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June 25 Morning Edition

GOVERNOR RAUNER
— A beautiful Sunday to celebrate Pride Day in Chicago! (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the future looks bleak for those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. To promote LGBTQ activity is to dump those voters who support the traditional family plank in the IRP platform. To promote abortion is to dump those voters who support the right to life plank in the IRP platform. To promote illegal immigration is to dump those voters who support the immigration plank in the IRP platform. Ever-increasingly, Rauner seems to promise that if he is reelected, he will drive those who support the aforesaid planks out of the IRP once and for all, that is, that he will destroy the IRP once and for all. If Rauner is reelected, he will dump those who support the aforesaid planks. If Rauner is not reelected, he will blame those who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://twitter.com/GovRauner/status/1010998446646546433

 

NBC5
— Corporate America Increasingly Avoids Gun-Industry Business In the wake of high-profile mass shootings, corporate America has been taking a stand against the firearms industry amid a lack of action by lawmakers on gun control – Lisa Marie Pane (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-Second Amendment are most commonly also 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.nbcchicago.com/news/business/Corporate-America-Gun-Industry-486420701.html
— Democratic insurgents want to ‘abolish ICE.’ Democrats aren’t there yet. – David Weigel (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to get rid of 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-democrats-ice-analysis-20180624-story.html
— Democrats Hoping to Flip House Not Just Trash-Talking Trump (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps make it extremely clear that the more that you support Trump, the harder that they will work to destroy you. How successful have the anti-Trumps been in getting the Republican candidates on the November 6 ballot in your precinct a) to play down their support for Trump, b) to not support Trump, and c) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump? How soon will anti-Trumps post signs that say that members of the following groups are NOT WELCOME: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/democrats-hoping-to-flip-house-not-just-trash-talking-trump-486402771.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The party is encouraging the “all politics is local” approach despite the temptation to focus on the Republican president’s tweets. U.S. Rep. Denny Heck, of Washington, is helping lead the Democrat’s effort to pick up the 23 seats needed to regain control of the House. He said trash talking Trump will only go so far. Republicans also are encouraging House candidates to focus on local issues instead of the latest national headlines.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE ARTICLE TITLE: 6 months in, abortion law having impact – Angie Leventis Lourgos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-abortion-medicaid-taxpayer-funded-illinois-20180523-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner outraged his party’s conservative base by signing the legislation in September. Then in the March primary he narrowly defeated challenger Jeanne Ives, a state lawmaker whose televised campaign ad featured a young woman thanking the governor “for making all Illinois families pay for my abortions.” Anti-abortion organizations along with some Republican lawmakers sued to block the measure and, after a judge dismissed their case, appealed to the Illinois State Supreme Court in February. The suit is pending. “The fact that the government is using taxpayer money to fund abortion is reprehensible to me,” said Tim Moore, president of Springfield Right to Life, one of the plaintiffs. “I’m subsidizing an immoral act. I’m subsidizing the culture of death. The government, which is supposed to protect life, is willfully taking part in the slaughter of innocents.”)
— A collision of values: Does Harvard cheat Asian-American applicants? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? According to Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs, it should be Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-harvard-asian-american-bias-20180619-story.html
— Time magazine’s major mistake on the crying-girl cover – Aaron Blake
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mistake-time-magazine-cover-crying-girl-trump-0625-20180622-story.html
— Another whack at Illinois pension spiking. Good. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Have you benefited from a pension spike? My critics/opponents would say that I did. They would say that the only reason why my Democrat GAO superiors promoted me to GS-13 in 1986 and gave me step increases in subsequent years was to get my “high 3” salary, and therefore my pension, high enough that I would cave in and take their a) early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, if not take b) their $25,000 buyout “offer” in 1993 when I was 45 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pension-spiking-rauner-schools-20180619-story.html
— Here’s how successful people meet their goals – Marcel Schwantes (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. If you are a non-veteran White male federal employee who want to be successful, that is, if you want to 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, you should a) become a Democrat, b) paint yourself as being a yes-man, and c) help your superiors get rid of their employees who are non-veteran, White, and/or male who did not make the aforesaid promotions.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-here-s-how-successful-people-meet-their-goals-20180619-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in promoting hatred of Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-glanton-column-trump-reversal-20180622-story.html
— Republican state Sen. Sam McCann to enter governor race Monday, posing threat to Rauner – Rick Pearson, Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-sam-mccann-illinois-governor-preview-20180622-story.html
— Outmigration of Illinois high school students a concern – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-sam-mccann-illinois-governor-preview-20180622-story.html
— The latest sign of political divide: shaming and shunning public officials – Mary Jordan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Green and Green plants, and RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have shamed and shunned me the most.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-shaming-public-officials-20180624-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Between Donald Trump and the internet, we’re forgetting how to be decent – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/decency-corey-lewandowski-and-the-trump-administration/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children who were brought into America illegally to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180624/news/306249996/
— Gun industry sees banks as new threat to 2nd Amendment – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180624/news/306249963/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: DuPage mayors: Fight against state funding cuts not over – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180625/dupage-mayors-fight-against-state-funding-cuts-not-over

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County Board member Michael Walkup sells home, leaves Illinois District 3 representative Walkup sold historic Crystal Lake home in March – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/21/mchenry-county-board-member-sells-home-leaves-illinois/aysp57o/

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180624/georgette-braun-rauner-overstates-colo-pot-trouble

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote those who come into America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/immigrant-rights-advocates-call-rauner-sign-bills

 

JOLIET PATCH
— Laurie McPhillips Gets 2 Big Will County Clerk Endorsements McPhillips goes against Lauren Staley Ferry in November’s election. – John Ferak
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/laurie-mcphillips-gets-2-big-will-county-clerk-endorsements

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/Wirepoint’s Ted Dabrowski on exploding IL Gov Pensions & bankruptcy as a cure
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/06/berkowitz-wwirepoints-ted-dabrowski-on-exploding-il-gov-pensions-bankruptcy-as-a-cure-cable-web/

 

DAILY CALLER
— NEW NORMAL: TRUMP ALLIES FACE HARASSMENT, PROTESTS ANYWHERE THEY SHOW THEIR FACES – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps make it extremely clear that the more that you support Trump, the harder that they will work to destroy you. How successful have the anti-Trumps been in getting the Republican candidates on the November 6 ballot in your precinct a) to play down their support for Trump, b) to not support Trump, and c) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump? How soon will anti-Trumps post signs that say that members of the following groups are NOT WELCOME: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/24/trump-allies-facing-threats/
— MAXINE WATERS: GOD IS ON THE SIDE OF PEOPLE DRIVING TRUMP OFFICIALS FROM RESTAURANTS – Virginia Kruta
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/24/maxine-waters-driving-trump-aides/
— TRUMP-FRIENDLY FLORIDA AG PAM BONDI DRIVEN OUT OF MOVIE THEATER: ‘SHAME ON YOU’ – Virginia Kruta
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/24/pam-bondi-driven-out-movie-theater/

 

BLAZE
— Maxine Waters comes completely unhinged, calls for public harassment of Trump’s Cabinet – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/24/watch-maxine-waters-comes-completely-unhinged-calls-for-public-harassment-of-trumps-cabinet

 

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The New York Times Highlights Heritage’s Influence Three Times in One Week (DIERSEN: Which individuals and organizations have the most conservative influence in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality? What are the indicators of their influence? Who reads their emails?)
https://www.heritage.org/impact/the-new-york-times-highlights-heritages-influence-three-times-one-week

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/24/opinion/america-white-extinction.html
— Silicon Valley Gets Even More Political – Jack Nicas (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Silicon Valley officially dump all those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/technology/tech-silicon-valley-immigration-political.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and its citizens.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-advocates-depriving-undocumented-immigrants-of-due-process-rights/2018/06/24/dfa45d36-77bd-11e8-93cc-6d3beccdd7a3_story.html
— Illicit drone flights surge along U.S.-Mexico border as smugglers hunt for soft spots – Gina Harkins
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/illicit-drone-flights-surge-along-us-mexico-border-as-smugglers-hunt-for-soft-spots/2018/06/24/ea353d2a-70aa-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Candidates Highlight Their Ties to Trump – Valerie Bauerlein (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps make it extremely clear that the more that you support Trump, the harder that they will work to destroy you. How successful have the anti-Trumps been in getting the Republican candidates on the November 6 ballot in your precinct a) to play down their support for Trump, b) to not support Trump, and c) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-south-carolina-runoff-trump-is-on-the-ballot-twice-1529845201
— How to Re-Elect Trump You’re so deplorable you can’t eat in their restaurants. – Editorial (DIERSEN: How soon will anti-Trumps post signs that say that members of the following groups are NOT WELCOME: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-re-elect-trump-1529878046
— Amid Chaos at Border, Some Immigrant Families Reunite In a series of tweets, Trump ratchets up rhetoric, suggesting he would like to change the legal process for asylum seekers – Ian Lovett and Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-reunites-522-immigrant-children-with-adults-1529850825
— Divided GOP Lawmakers Seek Another Vote on Immigration Bill would provide $23.4 billion for border security and a legal status for Dreamers – Siobhan Hughes (DIERSEN: The more that is given to Dreamers, the children that will be brought into America illegally.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/divided-gop-lawmakers-seek-another-vote-on-immigration-1529877119
— How Income Equality Helped Trump Working Americans sense that taxes and transfers now leave them little better off than those who work less – Phil Gramm and Robert B. Ekelund Jr. (DIERSEN: Progressive income taxes discourage earning more income.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-income-equality-helped-trump-1529862473

 

USA TODAY
— Retiring with debt? More Americans are. Here are some strategies – Susan Tompor (DIERSEN: How much debt do you have? My critics/opponents continue to be furious that my wife and I paid off our mortgage in the 1990s and that we have not had any debt since then. They continue to hint/imply/argue/shout that we would not have been able to do that a) if I had not avoided the draft, b) if the federal government had not grossly overpaid me, and c) if we had not given up trying to have children, if we had adopted, or if we had become foster parents.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/tompor/2018/06/24/retiring-debt-here-some-strategies-worth-considering/721265002/

 

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— A day care and a dog rescue benefit: On Facebook, they were political ads – Kevin Roose (DIERSEN: Will Facebook deem GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to be “political ads?” GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails promote Trump and the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and all the other planks in the Republican Party platform. But those who dominate the Republican politics in Illinois do not want me to promote Trump or the traditional family, right to life, immigration, or Second Amendment planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/A-day-care-and-a-dog-rescue-benefit-On-Facebook-13020539.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under the new rules, advertisers who want to buy political ads in the United States must first prove that they live in the country, and mark their ads with a “paid for by” disclaimer. Any ad Facebook deems to contain political content is stored in a searchable public database.)

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Lawmakers Call for an Investigation Into Discipline at VA – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: When will Republicans call for an investigation into discipline at GAO, IRS, and the Post Office? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2018/06/lawmakers-call-investigation-discipline-va/149135/

June 22 Evening Edition

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Durbin uses “66 children separated from parents at border being housed in Chicago” a) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans and b) to encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/senator-dick-durbin-66-migrant-children-housed-in-chicago-trump-486277751.html
— Rauner, Pritzker Exchange Jabs – Carol Marin and Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-rauner-pritzker-ads-486302861.html

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Durbin uses “66 children separated from parents at border being held in Chicago” a) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans and b) to encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/-durbin-meets-with-some-of-66-separated-children-being-held-in-chicago/3636105/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote hecklers outside Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s home
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/homeland-security-secretary-kirstjen-nielsen-heckled-outside-her-home/3637261/

 

WGN TV
— Black lawmakers’ feud with Rauner grows – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/06/22/backlash-continues-over-rauners-comments-on-his-contribution-to-black-businesses/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Anti-Madigan messages might have edge on anti-Rauner messages – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/anti-madigan-messages-might-have-edge-on-anti-rauner-messages/
— Bruce Rauner’s off base when he claims on Juneteenth to be a friend to blacks – Juliana Stratton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/bruce-rauners-off-base-when-he-claims-on-juneteenth-to-be-a-friend-to-blacks/
— Is Melania Trump rising to Evita status? – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/is-melania-trump-rising-to-evita-status/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner praises Trump for executive order halting family separations, calls for immigration reform – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rauner-praises-trump-20180621-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago promotes LGBTQ activity. What does your municipality promote?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/data/ct-chicago-gay-pride-fest-parade-history-2018-htmlstory.html
— Former owner of Chicago soccer bar Globe Pub charged with pocketing taxes withheld from employees’ paychecks – Jason Meisner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-globe-pub-owner-tax-charges-20180622-story.html
— As officials spar, Kane County morgue using candles against ‘unbelievable’ smell of decomposing bodies – Denise Crosby
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-coroner-st-0624-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with MS-13.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-willie-horton-immigration-0625-20180622-story.html
— A renewed case for term limits: Time to fire everyone in Washington – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-heather-term-limits-congress-0625-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump says Dems are spreading phony border tales – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180622/news/306229932/
— Off-duty Schaumburg police officer resigns after DUI charge – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180622/off-duty-schaumburg-police-officer-resigns-after-dui-charge

 

WLS AM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives, that is, anti-Republicans, promote Pat Brady.
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/06/22/connected-to-chicago-06-24-2018-special-guest-pat-brady/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— President Trump’s trade war threatens the U.S. newspaper industry – Jackie Spinner (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails drive lots of traffic to newspaper websites.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/22/president-trumps-trade-war-threatens-the-u-s-newspaper-industry/agrb4ga/

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Rauner: Black Legislators Not Serving Their Community – BRIAN MACKEY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/rauner-black-legislators-not-serving-their-community#stream/0

 

WDBR
— Black Caucus “motivated as hell” after Rauner remarks on WTAX
http://wdbr.com/news/101101-black-caucus-motivated-as-hell-after-rauner-remarks-on-wtax/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois Democrats take wait-and-see approach on Madigan’s leadership – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-democrats-take-wait-and-see-approach-on-madigan-s/article_b111bc16-758d-11e8-942e-0311fd176ed3.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSKAM LONE IL GOPER TO OPPOSE GOODLATTE IMMIGRATION BILL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/roskam-lone-il-goper-to-oppose-goodlatte-immigration-bill-.html
— ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL SUES TO END TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S “ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY” TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-attorney-general-sues-to-end-trump-administrations-zero-tolerance-policy-towards-immigrants.html
— GRIEVING ILLINOIS FATHER RAY TRANCHANT SHARES TESSA’S STORY WITH THE NATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/grieving-illinois-father-ray-tranchant-shares-tessas-story-with-the-nation-.html
— IN VIDEO, IL COMPTROLLER BLASTS TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION POLICY AS “RACIST, ANTI-AMERICAN AND EVIL”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/in-video-il-comptroller-blasts-trumps-immigration-policy-as-racist-anti-american-and-evil-.html
— CHICAGO TONIGHT FEATURES DISCUSSION ON IMMIGRANT FAMILY SEPARATIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/discussion-on-family-separations.html
— GUTIERREZ ON IMMIGRATION BILL SAYS GOP WANTS TO BE BOTH ARSONISTS AND FIREFIGHTERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/gutierrez-on-the-immigration-issue-gop-wants-to-be-both-arsonists-and-firefighters.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker campaign calls comments “racist” *** After Black Caucus backlash, Gov. Rauner says he’s “Not surprised they’re sensitive because the black legislators really have not been serving their community very well”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/after-black-caucus-backlash-gov-rauner-says-hes-not-surprised-theyre-sensitive-because-the-black-legislators-really-have-not-been-serving-their-community-very-well/
— Police chiefs want Rauner to veto hemp bill
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/police-chiefs-want-rauner-to-veto-hemp-bill/
— Rauner brags he’s “dramatically” reduced Medicaid enrollment, but hit on “failing” computer system
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/rauner-brags-hes-dramatically-reduced-medicaid-enrollment-but-hit-on-failing-computer-system/
— Rauner campaign responds *** New Pritzker TV ad blames Rauner for job losses to neighboring states
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/new-pritzker-tv-ad-blames-rauner-for-job-losses-to-neighboring-states/
— School has kid slapped with felony eavesdropping charge
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/school-has-kid-slapped-with-felony-eavesdropping-charge/
— AG Madigan to file lawsuit challenging “cruel and unconstitutional policy” at southern border
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/ag-madigan-to-file-lawsuit-challenging-cruel-and-unconstitutional-policy-at-southern-border/
— Fitch: “The enacted budget entails significant implementation risk”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/fitch-the-enacted-budget-entails-significant-implementation-risk/

 

WHITE HOUSE
— President Donald J. Trump Stands with the Victims of Illegal Alien Crime (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps stand with a) those who come to America illegally, b) those who stay in America illegally, and c) those who bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-stands-victims-illegal-alien-crime/

 

FOX NEWS
— ‘They Seek Power at All Costs’: Levin Says Dems Are Nothing But Hypocrites Over Immigration Detention Protests
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/06/21/mark-levin-rips-democrats-over-illegal-immigration-asylum-seeking-open-borders
— Mexican Presidential Frontrunner Essentially Encourages Illegal Immigration to U.S. – Tucker Carlson (DIERSEN Essentially, Mexico has declared war on America a) by its sending millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) by its keeping millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) by its sending mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/06/21/tucker-carlson-debates-jorge-ramos-mexico-presidential-election-encouraging-illegal
— U.S. has 25 million illegal immigrants: Texas Lt. Gov. – Julia LimitonePu
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/us-has-25-million-illegal-immigrants-texas-lt-gov

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump meeting with ‘angel families’ whose loved ones were killed by illegal immigrants – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/22/trump-meet-families-loved-ones-killed-illegals/

 

GOPUSA
— Trump rips media for ignoring Americans ‘permanently separated’ from loved ones by illegals’ crimes
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-rips-media-for-ignoring-americans-permanently-separated-from-loved-ones-by-illegals-crimes/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN, MSNBC Conflate Legal Asylum Seekers With Illegal Immigrants – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2018/06/21/cnn-msnbc-conflate-legal-asylum-seekers-illegal-immigrants

 

CNS NEWS
— The Catholic Establishment and Illegal Immigration – Matt Abbott
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/matt-abbott/catholic-establishment-and-illegal-immigration

 

JUDICIAL WATCH
— McCain’s Subcommittee Staff Director Urged IRS to Target Conservative Groups – Tom Fitton
https://www.judicialwatch.org/video-update/tom-fittons-video-weekly-update-6-22-18/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Amnesty Push Proves We Need Jim Jordan As Speaker
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28215

 

BLAZE
— Advertiser drops ‘The Ingraham Angle’ after latest David Hogg boycott – Sarah Taylor (DIERSEN: I do not seek advertisers a) because he who pays the piper calls the tunes and I do want anyone to call my tunes and b) because I can afford to contribute the time and money necessary to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out each and every morning and each and every evening. But if I did seek and get advertisers, my critics/opponents would viciously destroy them. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. They reject a) some, most, or all of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and/or b) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/22/advertiser-drops-the-ingraham-angle-after-fox-news-issues-scathing-statement-on-david-hogg-boycott

 

NEWSMAX
— Joe Walsh: Immigration Vote Will Only Anger GOP Base – Bill Hoffmann
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/joe-walsh-immigration-vote-immigration-bill/2018/06/22/id/867794/

 

DAILY CALLER
— HERE ARE THE 41 REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED AGAINST SECURING THE U.S. BORDER – Robert Donachie (DIERSEN: The list includes Roskam.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/22/republicans-who-voted-against-border-security/
— PHOTOS: CONDITIONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN IN AMERICA VS. SHELTER FOR MIGRANT CHILDREN – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/22/photos-homeless-shelters-detention-centers/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Trump’s Position on Immigration, Compared With Obama’s ‘Catch-and-Release’ Policy – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/22/poll-americans-overwhelmingly-support-trumps-position-on-immigration-compared-with-obamas-catch-and-release-policy/
— Trump Budget Embraces Numerous Conservative Reforms – Romina Boccia
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/22/trump-budget-embraces-numerous-conservative-reforms/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— The Children’s Crisis Isn’t Working – SCOTT MCKAY
https://spectator.org/the-childrens-crisis-isnt-working/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump: “Inhumane Treatment” of Illegals Under Obama Admin – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/06/21/trump_inhumane_treatment_of_illegals_under_obama_admin.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrats Have Zero Tolerance for Solutions to Illegal Immigration – DAVID HARSANYI
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/democrats-maintain-status-quo-illegal-immigration/
— The New Democratic Party – THEODORE KUPFER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat, is to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/democrats-economic-policy-radicalism-has-obstacles/

 

THE HILL
— GOP pollster: Democrats are poised to take back the House (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and RINOs will blame Trump and Trump’s supporters for each and every defeat that Republicans suffer on November 6.)
http://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/393735-gop-pollster-democrats-are-poised-to-take-back-the-house-in-the

 

NBC NEWS
— Trump accuses Dems of ‘phony stories’ of sadness on border, seeks delay on immigration fix until after midterms “Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November,” Trump tweeted. – Adam Edelman and Rebecca Shabad
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/reversal-trump-suddenly-calls-lawmakers-stall-immigration-action-until-after-n885661

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— E-Verify, Guest-Worker Terms Return to Center of Immigration Fight Republican leadership had planned to hold a later vote on the two issues, but they are now adding them to a compromise bill – Andrew Duehren (DIERSEN: What do you say to employers that a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/e-verify-guest-worker-terms-return-to-center-of-immigration-fight-1529688372

 

BLOOMBERG
— Agency Reorganization Not About Cutting Workers, Official Says (DIERSEN: To help him dramatically downsize GAO, Charles Bowsher got buy-ins from the agency’s employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That meant that employees who were 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 would be adversely affected by the downsizing.)
https://www.bna.com/agency-reorganization-not-n73014476783/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The administration will need to get “buy-in” from both parties in Congress and from stakeholder groups such as federal employee unions if the plan is to become a reality, Stier said.)

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-how-to-help-immigrant-kids-20180622-story.html

 

GOVERNING
— 11 States (INCLUDING ILLINOIS) Will Challenge Trump’s New Immigration Executive Order in Court – Lewis Kamb
http://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/tns-states-lawsuit-trump-immigrant-children.html

June 22 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Trump Throws Wrench In GOP Immigration Push, Says Republicans Are ‘Wasting Their Time’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/22/donald-trump-immigration-republicans-midterms/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No, thank you! That’s Pritzker’s snarky message to Rauner in latest TV ad – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/no-thank-you-thats-pritzkers-snarky-message-to-rauner-in-latest-tv-ad/
— Roskam navigates immigration uproar as rival Casten woos Hispanics in Illinois 6 – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: The more that a bill defends and advances the Republican Party platform, a) the more that the bill is called “hard-line” and b) the more that Democrats and RINOs vote against it.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/roskam-navigates-immigration-uproar-as-rival-casten-woos-hispanics-in-illinois-6/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., voted against a hard-line immigration bill on Thursday that failed on a 193-231 roll call, siding with Democrats as his Democratic rival, Sean Casten, is making a major appeal to Hispanic voters. Casten campaign manager Michael Garton told the Chicago Sun-Times that they project the Hispanic vote in the west suburban 6th Congressional District seat to be between five and eight percent, a big enough bloc to be a factor in the high- profile battle. Garton told me that the Casten campaign is “specifically targeting the Hispanic community,” and has been running immigration related ads on Facebook and websites. There were 193 Republicans who voted for HR4760, introduced by Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. ANALYSIS Roskam was one of 41 Republicans to vote no, along with 190 Democrats. There were no Democratic yes votes. Roskam most often votes with the GOP majority. The other six Illinois House Republicans – Randy Hultgren; Adam Kinzinger; John Shimkus; Rodney Davis and Michael Bost – voted for the Goodlatte legislation. . .Roskam heads into the summer election fight with immigration a Casten priority issue, with about 2,900 Dreamers in the district, according to Garton.)
— City urged to go easy on scofflaws after study shows minorities bear the brunt – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: What percent of those who share your demographics are scofflaws?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/city-urged-to-go-easy-on-scofflaws-after-study-show-minorities-bear-the-brunt/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity crow about their success in getting Jews to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pride-parade-chicago-and-israel/
— Trump tells GOP to ‘stop wasting their time’ on immigration – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/immigration-donald-trump-gop-stop-wasting-time/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois set to collect sales tax on more online purchases after Supreme Court ruling – Lauren Zumbach and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-supreme-court-online-sales-tax-illinois-0622-story.html
— Lake County’s congressional leaders weigh next steps after Trump signs order ending family separations – Emily K. Coleman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-lake-county-border-st-0621-story.html
— Mundelein prepares for the next trend in storage units: $90,000 ‘garage condominiums’ – Rick Kambic
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/mundelein/news/ct-mun-industrial-flex-condominiums-storage-tl-0628-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County clerk feels pressure of meeting needs of Aurora voters – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180621/kane-county-clerk-feels-pressure-of-meeting-needs-of-aurora-voters
— It may take a calamity to force governments to act on pensions. – Dan McCaleb
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180622/it-may-take-a-calamity-to-force-governments-to-act-on-pensions

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. Democrat anti-Trumps want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINO anti-Trumps want immigrants because RINO anti-Trumps want cheap labor.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180622/ISSUE07/180629954
— Why McDonald’s may be safe in China Authorities in China are free to punish McDonald’s, like any other U.S. company. But the government’s stake in the company gives them reason not to. – JOE CAHILL (DIERSEN: Who has a stake in you? No one has a stake in me. He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180622/ISSUE10/180629955

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps celebrate immigrant families.
https://qconline.com/rock-island-event-celebrates-immigrant-families/collection_6e3a808e-8f2f-56ee-956d-13a11231446e.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— University of Illinois requests dismissal of students’ free-speech suit over protest fallout – Ben Zigterman
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-06-21/ui-requests-dismissal-students-free-speech-suit-over-protest-fallout.html
— Put on a happy face? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-06-22/editorial-put-happy-face.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Should Madison County become a ‘sanctuary county’ for gun owners? Voters will weigh in. – KELSEY LANDIS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article213536284.html

 

WIFR
— New tax credit to make adoption process easier in Illinois (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/New-tax-credit-to-make-adoption-process-easier-in-Illinois-486214381.html

 

CHICAGO READER
— If Rauner loves African-Americans, he’s got a funny way of showing it – Ben Joravsky (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors would say that they showed their love for African-Americans by forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would say that they showed their love for African-Americans by not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions in 1978, getting rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would say that they showed their love for African-Americans by forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. 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.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/22/if-rauner-loves-african-americans-hes-got-a-funny-way-of-showing-it

 

ONE ILLINOIS
— ILLINOIS WORKERS HAVE TO MAKE $20 AN HOUR JUST TO AFFORD A DECENT RENTAL HOME (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, I earned $26.88 an hour in 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park. In addition to my IRS salary, I worked part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 and I was taking graduate business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.oneillinois.com/stories/2018/6/21/boxed-in
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new study finds that Illinois workers need to make more than $20 an hour just to afford a decent two-bedroom rental home. “Out of Reach 2018: The High Cost of Housing” was released this month as a national study localized by Housing Action Illinois. Working from a statewide average of $1,058 a month for rent and utilities for a two-bedroom apartment, the study projects that a resident spending the generally accepted 30 percent of income on housing would need to make a “housing wage” of $20.34 an hour to afford it. According to Sharon Legenza, executive director of Housing Action Illinois, it casts in relief how unaffordable it is to eke out a living at the minimum wage.)

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Average pensioner in Norwood Park FPD Firefighters Pension Fund earns $96,230 per year
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511418762-report-average-pensioner-in-norwood-park-fpd-firefighters-pension-fund-earns-96-230-per-year

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PRIME WORKING-AGE ILLINOISANS LEADING THE STATE’S POPULATION DECLINE – Orphe Divounguy and Bryce Hill and Suman Chattopadhyay
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/prime-working-age-illinoisans-leading-the-states-population-decline/

 

NUMBERS USA
— ‘Goodlatte bill’ vote was highest in House EVER to end chain migration & mandate E-Verify – Roy Beck
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/goodlatte-bill-vote-was-highest-house-ever-end-chain-migration-mandate-e-verify

 

GOPUSA
— House GOP cancels immigration votes in setback for Ryan’s amnesty
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48618
— Democrats don’t cry for U.S. citizens — or aborted babies
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48629

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump says ‘red wave’ needed to pass immigration bill over ‘obstructing’ Democrats – Adam Shaw (DIERSEN: What about the 41 obstructing House Republicans?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/22/trump-says-red-wave-needed-to-pass-immigration-bill-over-obstructing-democrats.html
— Government can more easily tell federal employees ‘You’re fired!’ for poor performance – it’s about time – Kay Coles James (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, it would be great if Trump would pardon me. Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because my federal superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer,” I must have been one of the worst of the worst employees in the federal government. They stress that before that, a) my GAO superiors gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/06/22/government-can-more-easily-tell-fed-workers-re-fired-for-poor-performance-it-s-about-time.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the same time, I realized a few bad actors have given the federal workforce a bad reputation. Of course, “few” is a relative term. In a federal civilian workforce of 2.1 million, a “few” can equate to tens of thousands of nonproductive workers. And their impact is not only wasteful – it’s a real disservice to their hard-working colleagues. That’s why I produced a series of OPM reports that explored ways to attract high performers to the federal workforce. And it’s why I think President Trump’s recent action is so important. On May 25, the President issued three executive orders that will do much to protect outstanding federal workers from the comparatively few “bad apples” in their midst. One order holds nonproductive workers more accountable for unsatisfactory performance and speeds up the disciplinary process. This fixes what has become a seemingly never-ending appeals process that has made it extremely difficult to remove those who are guilty of poor performance or misconduct.)
–Steve King: House Is Trying To “Fool” American People, Pass Amnesty – Tom Shillue
https://radio.foxnews.com/2018/06/21/steve-king-house-is-trying-to-fool-american-people-pass-amnesty/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— House Republicans cancel immigration votes in embarrassing setback – Stephen Dinan and Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/21/house-republicans-cancel-immigration-votes/

 

BREITBART
— Trump Tweet Deflates Ryan’s Amnesty Push – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/21/trump-tweet-deflates-ryan-amnesty-push/
— Ryan Pulls Amnesty, Promises Changes and Vote Next Week – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/21/ryan-pulls-amnesty-promises-rewrite-and-vote-next-week/
— Nervous Republicans Ask Trump to Save Ryan’s Amnesty Bill – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/21/amnesty-wavering-gop-reps-want-cover-from-president-trump/

 

BLAZE
— Trump asked protesting NFL players for pardon recommendations. Here’s how they responded. – Aaron Colen (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, it would be great if Trump would pardon me. Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because my federal superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer,” I must have been one of the worst of the worst employees in the federal government. They stress that before that, a) my GAO superiors gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/21/trump-asked-protesting-nfl-players-for-pardon-recommendations-heres-how-they-responded

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— 48 conservative groups demand media, tech companies disavow Southern Poverty Law Center – Calvin Freiburger (DIERSEN: Of course, I would have signed this letter if I had been asked. Since 2000, I have led a conservative group. It is called “GOPUSA ILLINOIS Email Readers.” However, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress the conservative leaders in Illinois who have never come to my defense. The only legitimate reason to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is to get information to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/48-conservative-groups-demand-media-tech-companies-disavow-southern-poverty
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 48 conservative organizations joined forces Wednesday to call on governments, corporations, and media to cut ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), in light of the group’s recent surrender in a major defamation case. SPLC’s ostensible mission is to monitor hate groups, but is notorious for applying the “hate” label to mainstream Christian, pro-family, and conservative groups. Earlier this week, it admitted defeat in a defamation suit brought by the British-based Quilliam Foundation. SPLC issued a public apology for labeling the group “anti-Muslim extremists” and agreed to pay $3.4 million. The new letter, signed by representatives of the Family Research Council, the Ruth Institute, Liberty Counsel, Eagle Forum, and more — all of whom have been “maligned, defamed, and otherwise harmed” by SPLC’s “groundless epithets” — cites the settlement as the latest reason for disavowing SPLC.)

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that a bill defends and advances the Republican Party platform, a) the more that the bill is called “hardline” and b) the more that Democrats and RINOs vote against it.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/393460-hardline-immigration-bill-fails-in-the-house

 

CBS NEWS
— House vote on “compromise” immigration bill delayed until next week
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-vote-on-compromise-immigration-bill-delayed-until-next-week/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— House Rejects Hard-Line Immigration Bill and Delays Vote on Compromise – Thomas Kaplan and Nicholas Fandos (DIERSEN: The more that a bill defends and advances the Republican Party platform, a) the more that the bill is called “hardline” and b) the more that Democrats and RINOs vote against it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/us/politics/house-immigration-bills-dreamers-daca-family-separation.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Rebuking Trump, Senate panel okays federal pay raise, but House plans big hit on pensions – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have painted themselves the most strongly as being a) anti-federal employee and b) anti-federal retiree.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/06/21/rebuking-trump-senate-panel-okays-federal-pay-raise-as-house-plans-big-hit-on-pensions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the House, Budget Committee Republicans proposed taking from federal workers by cutting $145 billion from their pensions over 10 years — that’s $1.5 billion more than Trump wanted. . .Greater contributions by individuals with no increase in benefits amounts to a cut in compensation. Creating parity with private-sector employers that have already whittled away or ended pensions is the opposite of progress. If parity is the goal, encourage the corporate world to offer better retirement. . .Womack adopted recommendations by a 2010 panel informally known as the Simpson-Bowles Commission. In addition to the points mentioned in the budget document, the commission also recommended reducing pensions by basing them on the highest five years of earning for new employees, instead of the highest three, which is now the case. The budget plan also calls on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to find $32 billion in savings, which likely would result in another hit on federal employees’ wallets. With recommendations like these, federal employee organizations are preparing for a fierce fight against the House GOP budget plan.)
— Why do we need more people in this country, anyway? – Michael Anton (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want cheap labor. They despise lowly workers like I was 1964-1997. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-do-we-need-more-people-in-this-country-anyway/2018/06/21/4ee8b620-7565-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After at least two decades of wage stagnation and even decline, now that we’ve finally reached the nirvana of full employment (and who knows how long it will last), why not take advantage of this tight labor market to raise wages across the board? Especially for the working and middle classes that got nowhere or even lost ground during the housing, finance and tech booms of recent years? Just about everyone knows the answer: because the business community does not like tight labor markets and the concomitant necessity to raise wages. That’s bad for the bottom line. The solution? More workers! And so the Chamber of Commerce annex — a.k.a. Capitol Hill Republicans — dutifully attempt to do their donors’ bidding at the expense of their voters’ interests. . .It’s clear what the oligarchs get out of an endless influx of cheap labor. What the Democratic Party gets is also clear: more voters, and with them the tantalizing possibility of turning the country as irreversibly blue as Democratic policies have already done to New York, California and many other states.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Canada Attacks Religious Freedom We tried to open a law school that upholds Christian values. That’s not allowed. – Bob Kuhn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/canada-attacks-religious-freedom-1529623475
— Trump’s Order to End Immigrant Family Separation Sows Confusion Law enforcement says prosecution plans are changing, while support groups say fate of 2,300 young illegal immigrants remains unclear – Alicia A. Caldwell and Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-order-to-end-immigrant-family-separation-sows-confusion-1529606272
— House GOP Postpones Vote on Immigration Bill Until Next Week The chamber already has rejected a more conservative version of the legislation – Natalie Andrews and Siobhan Hughes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-weighs-immigration-bills-1529594711
— Trump’s Critics Desecrate the Holocaust – Jay Winik (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint Trump as being Hitler, paint Republicans as being Nazis, and paint anti-Trumps as being Jews.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-critics-desecrate-the-holocaust-1529623337
— The Case for the Do-Nothing Vacation – Danny Heitman (DIERSEN: My wife and I have not taken a vacation since the early 1990s.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-case-for-the-do-nothing-summer-1529623412

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE OF TRUMP: Polarized poll: People see worst in each other – Susan Page and Merdle Nzanga DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in making individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries more and more and more 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.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20180622/281535111715621

— Who is accountable for immigrant kids? – Elvia Diaz
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20180622/281672550669093

June 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump signs executive order to keep families together at border, says ‘zero-tolerance’ prosecution policy will continue – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-signs-executive-order-to-keep-families-together-at-border/3626085/
— Children separated from families at the border being cared for in Chicago – Mark Rivera
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/children-separated-from-families-at-the-border-being-cared-for-in-chicago/3628229/

 

NBC5
— In Reversal, Trump Signs Order Temporarily Stopping Family Separations He said his order would not end the “zero-tolerance” policy that criminally prosecutes all adults caught crossing the border illegally – Jill Colvin and Colleen Long
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Family-Separation-Border-Homeland-Security-486035941.html

 

CBS2
— Trump Signs Executive Order To End Family Separation But Says ‘Zero Tolerance’ To Stay
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/20/trump-executive-order-ends-family-separations/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— President Trump signs executive order stopping family separations at border
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/white-house-considering-executive-action-to-prevent-family-separations-at-border-fox-news-reports

 

WGN TV
— Black lawmakers slam Rauner for bragging about helping black businesses – TAHMAN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2018/06/20/black-lawmakers-slam-rauner-for-bragging-about-helping-black-businesses/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago activists decry Trump move that will keep families together but still in detention – Tony Briscoe and Tessa Weinberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-immigration-family-separation-chicago-20180620-story.html
— Trump signs order stopping family separation at border but families won’t be immediately reunited – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-migrant-family-border-separation-20180620-story.html
— Lake County’s congressional leaders weigh next steps after Trump signs order ending family separations – Emily K. Coleman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-lake-county-border-st-0621-story.html
— Illinois coroner who withheld remains until relatives could pay $1,000 resigns – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-quincy-illinois-coroner-resigns-20180620-story.html
— How bad is teacher pay? Nearly 1 in 5 teachers works a second job, report says – Moriah Balingit
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-teacher-pay-second-job-report-20180620-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. Gutierrez brings children to House floor to dramatize Trump border policy – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-democrats-next-surprise-move-to-protest-trump-children-separation-policy/
— Some children taken from parents at U.S.-Mexico border are being held in Chicago – Carlos Ballesteros
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/children-family-separation-border-chicago/
— South suburban homeowners see their property taxes go north – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/south-suburban-homeowners-see-their-property-taxes-go-north/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Canadian lawmakers legalize pot, NYC to stop arresting public tokers – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/pot-topics-canadian-lawmakers-legalize-pot-nyc-to-stop-arresting-public-tokers/
— Trump caves: Using kids as pawns, triggered crisis of his own making – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-caves-using-kids-as-pawns-triggered-crisis-of-his-own-making/
— Text of President Trump’s executive order on family separation – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/text-of-president-trumps-executive-order-on-family-separation/
— Civil rights leaders: Trump Order ending family separation doesn’t go far enough – Maudlyne Ihejirika
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/civil-rights-leaders-trump-order-ending-family-separation-doesnt-go-far-enough/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: United and American airlines side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens. Ever-increasingly, companies make it clear that they are not in business to make a profit, but that they exist to defend and advance the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180620/NEWS02/180629985/united-american-airlines-to-feds-do-not-put-detained-immigrant-kids-on-our-flights
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use children who were brought into America illegally to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180619/BLOGS02/180619862/mexican-border-policy-explodes-as-illinois-campaign-issue

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner calls for action on discrimination complaints backlog – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180620/rauner-calls-for-action-on-discrimination-complaints-backlog

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Raises for teachers capped at 3 percent in last four years on the job – Lyndsay Jones (DIERSEN: Because of step increases, in today’s dollars, my GAO salary increased about 3% a year between 1986 and 1997, from $96,403/year to $125,325/year. When GAO dumped the General Schedule (GS) system in 1989 and when to “Bands,” it promised its employees GS employees that they would get pay increases at least equal to what their step increases would have been.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-06-20/raises-teachers-capped-3-percent-last-four-years-the-job.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— She embezzled $230,000 from SIUE. Now she’s entitled to a state pension – GEORGE PAWLACZYK AND BETH HUNDSDORFER
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article213247509.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Important Reasons Why Longevity Plan Should Be in Place Prior to Retirement (DIERSEN: My father’s sister, my mother’s sister, and my wife’s sister are all paying more than $200/day out of their life savings for long-term health care.)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/sponsored/articles/2018/06/20/32310081/index.xml

 

VANDALIA RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “President Needs New Family Policy At Border.”
http://www.vandaliaradio.com/2018/06/20/governor-rauner-says-president-needs-new-family-policy-at-border/

 

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois lags nation, neighbors in getting residents off food stamps – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-lags-nation-neighbors-in-getting-residents-off-food-stamps-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— School district leaders ask Rauner to veto $40,000 teacher pay mandate – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/schools/school-district-leaders-ask-rauner-to-veto-teacher-pay-mandate/article_181cc0de-73e7-11e8-8ebf-8798f3a36862.html

 

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Minority groups disagree about Rauner’s success – Raquel Martin
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/minority-groups-disagree-about-rauner-s-success/1252087273

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Sanguinetti says she’s not ruling out run for governor
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/20/sanguinetti-says-she%E2%80%99s-not-ruling-out-run-for-governor/
— What can actually be extracted from Gov. Rauner’s comments on President Trump’s zero-tolerance policy?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/20/did-he-actually-say-anything/
— Black Caucus strikes back at Rauner for yesterday’s claims on WVON
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/20/black-caucus-strikes-back-at-rauner-for-yesterday%E2%80%99s-claims-on-wvon/
— Lawmakers eviscerate CPS for sexual abuse of students at hands of teachers, staff
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/20/lawmakers-eviscerate-cps-for-sexual-abuse-of-students-at-hands-of-teachers-staff/

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Stop Separating Families – Charlie Spiering
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/20/donald-trump-signs-executive-order-to-stop-separating-families/
— Twitter Takes 20 Hours to Remove Tweet Advocating Murder of ICE Agents – Allum Bokhari (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will members of Group A a) publish lists of members of Group B and b) call for all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries to get rid of 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. Ever-increasingly, members of Group B are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/06/20/twitter-takes-no-action-against-tweet-advocating-murder-of-ice-agents/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Fund The Wall Before Any Other Immigration Legislation
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28197

 

TOWNHALL
— The Left Goes Full Nazi Railing About Immigration Enforcement – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/06/20/never-go-full-nazi-when-talking-about-immigration-enforcement-n2491827
— Leftist Group Shows Activists How to Kill an ICE Agent, Pledges to Go After Their Families – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/06/20/left-shows-activists-how-to-kill-an-ice-agent-pledges-to-go-after-their-families-n2492637
— Melania Trump Calls Secret Service After Actor Peter Fonda Suggests Kidnapping Barron Trump – Lauretta Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/06/20/actor-peter-fonda-promotes-violence-against-dhs-secretary-nielsen-barron-trump-in-series-of-tweets-n2492744

 

DAILY CALLER
— PETER FONDA APOLOGIZES FOR SAYING BARRON TRUMP SHOULD BE KIDNAPPED, CAGED WITH PEDOPHILES – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/20/peter-fonda-apologizes-for-saying-barron-trump-should-be-kidnapped-caged-raped/

 

GOPUSA
— Who’s behind the ‘immigration’ protests?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48426
— Trump and the Invasion of the West
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-and-the-invasion-of-the-west/
— Canada’s Supreme Court rules against the Bible
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48397

 

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Starbucks Gets Million$ from U.S. Govt., Picks Soros-Funded Group to Lead Anti-Bias Training
https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/06/starbucks-gets-million-from-u-s-govt-picks-soros-funded-group-to-lead-anti-bias-training/

 

THE HILL
— Trump signs executive order to keep undocumented families together – JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: Of course, this will encourage millions of citizens of foreign countries a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/393303-trump-signs-executive-order-to-keep-undocumented-families-together

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms. His Goal: Flip the House – Alexander Burns
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/politics/mike-bloomberg-democrats-election.html
— Trump Plans Executive Order to Allow Detaining Families Together Indefinitely – Maggie Haberman and Michael D. Shear (DIERSEN: Of course, that would encourage many more “families” to come to America illegally.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/politics/trump-immigration-children-executive-order.html

 

NEWS ONE
— Illinois’ Racially Tone Deaf Governor Claims He’s Done More For Blacks Than ‘Any Other Governor’ He presided over a state with the highest Black unemployment rate. – Nigel Roberts
https://newsone.com/3811740/illinois-governor-rauner-african-americans/

 

NEW YORK POST
— House Dems call for Trump to end ‘psychological torture’ of immigration policy – Lia Eustachewich
https://nypost.com/2018/06/20/house-dems-call-for-trump-to-end-psychological-torture-of-immigration-policy/

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— A List of ICE Employees Scraped From LinkedIn Was Removed by Medium and GitHub – Brian Feldman (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will members of Group A a) publish lists of members of Group B and b) call for all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries to get rid of 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. Ever-increasingly, members of Group B are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/06/linkedin-list-of-ice-employees-removed-by-medium-and-github.html

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Employees, Newsroom Editors Emphasize They Are Separate From Editorial Pages – Joyce Gannon (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/pittsburgh-post-gazette-employees-newsroom-editors-emphasize-they-are-separate-from-editorial-pages/
— Americans Believe Two-Thirds of News on Social Media is Misinformation Americans believe 39 percent of news in newspapers, on TV or on the radio is misinformation — but their views of social media are even worse. They believe 65 percent of news on social media is made up or can’t be verified as accurate. – Taylor Blatchford (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for the news that they put out or bless.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/americans-believe-two-thirds-of-news-on-social-media-is-misinformation/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Senate subcommittee passes pay raise for federal employees – Jessie Bur
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/pay-benefits/2018/06/19/senate-subcommittee-passes-pay-raise-for-feds/

 

RAUMUSSEN REPORTS
— Those Closely Following Trump Choose TV News (DIERSEN: Virtually every GOPUSA ILLINOIS email includes links to postings on Illinois TV news websites.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/june_2018/those_closely_following_trump_choose_tv_news

 

ILLINOIS SENATE DEMOCRATS
— Legislative Black Caucus: Rauner no friend to black communities (DIERSEN: Those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform would not say that Rauner is their friend.)
http://illinoissenatedemocrats.com/caucus-news/feature-story-archive/6498-legislative-black-caucus-rauner-no-friend-to-black-communities?platform=hootsuite

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Gay commissioner candidate Kevin B. Morrison holds Pride fundraiser – Carrie Maxwell
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Gay-commissioner-candidate-holds-Pride-fundraiser/63265.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kevin B. Morrison, the gay democratic Cook County Commissioner candidate for the 15th district, held a Pride month fundraiser June 13 at Sidetrack. Morrison is running against incumbent and Illinois Republican Party Chair Timothy Schneider. Illinois state Rep. Greg Harris said this night will be remembered because Morrison “is going places” politically. Harris noted that the 15th county commissioner race is important because he is running against one of the most prominent Republicans in Illinois.)

June 19 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— OUTSTANDINGLY, 19 REPUBLICANS HELP SPONSOR WHEATON’S INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE AND FIREWORKS! Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has pledged $500, Judge Jeff MacKay has pledged $250, and DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioner Tim Whelan has pledged $150. Bob Berlin, Dan Cronin, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Marty Keller, Deanne Mazzochi, Dave Molitor, John Monino, Chris Nybo, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, Phil Suess, Kevin Wiley, and Karen Wilson have each pledged $100.

 

As a $2,500 Star sponsor, DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands in the parade. DuPage Republicans will again have a booth at the fireworks the evening before the parade. I will again hand deliver a flyer to all the residences and businesses on the parade route that lists the Republican entries in the parade, the Republican sponsors, and the amount that they contributed. The flyers will be printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics and I plan on delivering them on Thursday, June 21.

 

So far, Republican entries in the parade are Peter Roskam, Peter Breen/Amy Grant, Paul Hinds, James Mendrick, Grant Eckhoff/Tim Elloitt/Chris Zaruba, Jeff McKay, Karen Wilson, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6 ballots in Wheaton to have an entry in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade. Those candidates include Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, Gwen Henry, Kevin Wiley, Jim Zay, Al Murphy, and Joseph Cantore. The deadline for parade entries has been extended to June 20 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 Thanks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in promoting “outcry against separation of families at border.”
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/as-outcry-against-separation-of-families-at-border-grows-trump-defends-policy/3618266/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Rauner to be more anti-Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-pritzker-blast-zero-tolerance-border-policy-but-only-one-blames-trump/
— New Rauner TV ad seeks to flush Pritzker out on property taxes – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/new-rauner-tv-ad-seeks-to-flush-pritzker-out-on-property-taxes/
— Cook County faces $177 million in deficits over next two budget years – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cook-county-faces-177-million-in-deficits-over-next-two-budget-years/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Unacceptable and frustrating’: Chicago sees most violent weekend of the year – Madeline Buckley, Hannah Leone and Jeremy Gorner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-weekend-violence-20180618-story.html
— Preckwinkle: Cook County facing ‘difficult and challenging’ $82 million budget shortfall – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-cook-county-budget-forecast-20180618-story.html
— Chicago iPhone users soon will automatically share location on 911 calls – Ally Marotti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-iphone-911-location-20180618-story.html
— Rauner toilet ad — Pritzker earns “royal flush” for tax avoidance – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-state-house-federal-prosecutor-20180618-story.html
— Rauner looks to unify Downstate GOP in new web testimonials – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, rejecting the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform destroys the IRP base.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-state-house-federal-prosecutor-20180618-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But the three testimonials that are featured are an indication of Rauner’s continued effort to try to unify a Republican base focused on Downstate Illinois. Featured are video testimonials from Beth Montfort of Saline County, a city commissioner in Harrisburg; Scott Preston of Normal, a town council member; and Wendy Erhart of Madison County, a businesswoman in Maryville. “He understood Southern Illinois values were a lot different,” Montfort says in her testimonial.)
— Video shows Tesla bursting into flames on Los Angeles street ‘out of the blue’ – Peter Holley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/fuelefficient/ct-tesla-fire-video-20180618-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Bypass gets boost from bipartisanship – Robert Schillerstrom and Raja Krishnamoorthi
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180619/bypass-gets-boost-from-bipartisanship
— Geneva 2nd Ward Alderman Cummings resigns – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180618/geneva-2nd-ward-alderman-cummings-resigns

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— VERY SAD: We’re tapping home equity as much as we did a decade ago – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180619/CRED0701/180619876/more-home-equity-loans-issued-in-chicago

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.pantagraph.com/herald-review/lifestyles/health-med-fit/rauner-to-consider-allowing-medical-cannabis-for-opioid-patients/article_d7f885c4-4625-561c-9e75-3446bcbc8a73.html

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DETHRONING PRITZKER – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: Have you appealed your property taxes? I did during the 1980s and 1990s. I won a reduction from the Property Tax Appeal Board. I should write a book about it and about how I have been punished for it ever since.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/19/immigration-debate-roils-gop-pritzker-places-1m-behind-separation-ads-jbs-toilets-vs-rauners-9-homes-280517
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Finally! We have a campaign ad out of Team Rauner that focuses on something other than imprisoned ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Instead, it zooms in on Pritzker’s Cook County property tax appeal that involved pulling toilets from a mansion abutting his own Chicago mansion. This was from a 2017 Tim Novak special that reported Pritzker disconnected toilets from an Astor street property abutting his Chicago home to classify it as “vacant and uninhabitable.” Pritzker ended up with a $230,000 property tax break. Watch “Porcelain Prince” Pritzker quickly retaliated in his own new TV ad taking a shot at Rauner’s wealth, his nine homes and past property tax appeals. But what’s likely to be even more controversial is the ad’s assertion that Rauner wanted to raise local property taxes. “Bruce Rauner owns nine homes and he’s appealed his property taxes 22 times. But now he’s attacking somebody else for the same thing? Now that’s bad. But you know what’s worse? Bruce Rauner wants to raise your property taxes. That’s right, Rauner’s budget cost taxpayers more than $1 billion.”)

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Illinois, other high tax states, seeking ways around deduction cap; IRS warns it decides proper deductions In the wake of the new nationwide tax law, states, including Illinois, which are setting up workarounds to state and local tax deduction caps, have been warned by the Internal Revenue Service that federal law controls deductions. – John Breslin (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511446534-il-other-high-tax-states-seeking-ways-around-deduction-cap-irs-warns-it-decides-proper-deductions

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Gubernatorial Election: What to Do, What to Do… – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: To vote for Pritzker is to vote for pot and to vote for even worse things.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/06/gubernatorial-election-what-to-do-what-to-do-_-docx/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Maybe Illinois conservatives, beaten down by Illinois politics and bad governance, badgered by fellow Republicans, and panicking because they focus too much on the short-term nightmarish picture they see before their eyes, will at the last moment fold and vote for Bruce Rauner. That would be a huge mistake. The long-term health of the party, the state, and the nation depends not solely or even centrally on tax rates for businesses but on issues related to respect for human life, marriage, and sexuality. The fact that so many Republicans don’t see that bodes ill for Illinois and America. Having Pinocchio Rauner at the helm of the Republican Party will exacerbate the ignorance on these issues, and the GOP will continue to rot from within. We don’t need any more evidence of Rauner’s unfitness for office, but here goes. On Father’s Day, Rauner chose to demonstrate his contempt—again—for conservative voters by marching in the shameful homosexual “pride” parade in Aurora, Illinois. On the day that commemorates fathers, he marched in a parade that celebrates the intrinsically sterile unions of people who are acquiring children like commodities and intentionally depriving children of fathers (and mothers).)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner goes statewide with “Porcelain Prince” ad buy
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/19/rauner-goes-statewide-with-%e2%80%9cporcelain-prince%e2%80%9d-ad-buy/
— Sean Morrison defends his handling of Anthony Martin arrested twice for child sex crimes
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/18/morrison-defends-his-handling-of-svp-arrested-twice-for-child-sex-crimes/

 

DAILY CALLER
— LEFTISTS ARE USING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT KIDS AS POLITICAL PAWNS – Stephanie Hamill
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/18/leftists-illegal-immigrant-kids-pawns/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— House ‘Compromise’ Immigration Bill Fails to Adequately Address Broken System – David Inserra
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/18/house-compromise-immigration-bill-fails-to-adequately-address-broken-immigration-system/

 

GOPUSA
— Chicago: 9 killed, 46 wounded by gunfire
http://www.gopusa.com/chicago-9-killed-46-wounded-by-gunfire/
— 5 dead after van carrying illegal aliens crashes in TX
http://www.gopusa.com/5-dead-after-van-carrying-illegal-aliens-crashes-in-tx/

 

BLAZE
— White House fires right back at former first lady Laura Bush over family separation – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/18/white-house-fires-right-back-at-former-first-lady-laura-bush-over-family-separation

 

NEWSMAX
— Harvard’s Microaggressions Incessant Against Asian-Americans – Rich Lowry
https://www.newsmax.com/richlowry/harvard-asian-admissions-school/2018/06/18/id/866894/

 

THE HILL
— Trump digs in amid uproar on zero tolerance policy – RAFAEL BERNAL AND MIKE LILLIS
http://thehill.com/latino/392912-trump-digs-in-amid-uproar-on-zero-tolerance-policy
— Women speak of pervasive harassment in DC lobbying culture – MEGAN R. WILSON
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/k-street-insiders/392913-women-speak-of-pervasive-harassment-in-dc-lobbying

 

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with foreign countries against America.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-centam/honduras-el-salvador-decry-us-border-separations-impact-on-kids-idUSKBN1JF0DP

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things unless you a) encourage people to come to America illegally, b) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) encourage others to bring people, especially children, to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/us/politics/immigration-children-sessions-miller.html (front page)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/opinion/child-separation-border-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/opinion/trump-children-border-immigration-nielsen.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/us/politics/trump-immigration-midterms.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Unapologetic Trump digs in on immigration despite outrage – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/unapologetic-trump-digs-in-on-immigration-despite-outrage/2018/06/18/862f8712-7367-11e8-bda1-18e53a448a14_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trust in Social Media Falls – Suzanne Vranica (DIERSEN: Who does NOT want anyone to a) trust you and/or b) trust what you do? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest a) that no one should trust me and/or b) that no one should trust my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trust-in-social-media-fallsraising-concerns-for-marketers-1529312580
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With regard to government intervention, 62% of those polled agreed that governments should do more to regulate social media.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs a) reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform and b) want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-gops-immigration-meltdown-1529364334
— Harvard Is Too Discriminating A lawsuit may eventually give the Supreme Court a chance to clarify its view of racial preferences. – Ilya Shapiro (DIERSEN: Do you have a degree from an Ivy League university? I do not. I should write a book about those who a) stress that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities and b) belittle, dismiss, and badmouth NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvard-is-too-discriminating-1529363694

 

USA TODAY
— Google says it will focus diversity efforts on black, Hispanic women – Jessica Guynn (DIERSEN: Google should bring in Charles Bowsher. Bowsher had great success at GAO during the 1980s and 1990s a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) making way for them by getting rid of the agency’s non-veteran White male employees 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.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/14/google-says-focus-diversity-efforts-black-hispanic-women/703003002/

 

HARVARD CRIMSON
— Court Filings Reveal Academic Strength of Asian-American Applicants to Harvard – CAROLINE S. ENGELMAYER (DIERSEN: How much academic strength do those who share your demographics have?)
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/6/19/asian-american-academics/
— Revelations in Harvard Admissions Suit Unlikely to Prove Discrimination, Experts Say – ANGELA N. FU and LUCY WANG
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/6/19/admissions-lawsuit-analysis/

June 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Tower in Chicago failed to follow fish protection rules.”
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/records-trump-tower-in-chicago-failed-to-follow-fish-protection-rules/3617085/

 

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with those who bring their children to America illegally.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/border-immigration-families-separated-children-donald-trump-rahm-emanuel-485838841.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use family separation policy to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/18/thousands-protest-trump-administrations-family-separation-policy/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Food stamp enrollment falls to 8-year low as Trump clamps down on fraud, economy improves
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/food-stamp-enrollment-falls-to-8-year-low

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump digs in on immigration amid family separation crisis: ‘The United States will not be a migrant camp’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-family-separation-policy-border-20180618-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with those who bring their children to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-glanton-column-trump-sessions-20180618-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-trump-immigration-children-20180618-story.html
— Stop waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to end gerrymandering in Illinois – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-scotus-gerrymandering-illinois-remap-20180618-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says U.S. won’t be a ‘migrant camp’ as national outrage rises – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/donald-trump-immigration-policy-migrant-camp/
— AG Sessions heading to Supreme Court over Chicago’s sanctuary city policy – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/jeff-sessions-going-supreme-court-sanctuary-city-policy/
— Nine bills Gov. Rauner should sign to make Illinois safer and fairer – Editorial (DIERSEN: All nine of these bills conflict with the Illinois Republican Party platform, either completely, or to some extent.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-legislature-bills-bruce-rauner-2018-gun-violence-immigration-voter-rolls-opioids-editorial/
— Madigan taps Rauner’s former watchdog Maggie Hickey to probe House for ‘failures and mistakes’ – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, while Hickey served as Peter Fitzgerald’s Chief of Staff, Fitzgerald appointed both the district court judge, Amy J. St. Eve, and the attorney who represented GAO, Patrick Fitzgerald. All of the aforesaid made it very clear that they favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Eve granted Patrick Fitzgerald’s motion to deny me my 7th Amendment rights, that is, to deny me a jury trial. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes used that to hint/imply/argue/shout that Peter Fitzgerald, Hickey, Eve, and Patrick Fitzgerald viewed me as being someone who was lazy, stupid, bad, and even worse things.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-taps-rauners-former-watchdog-to-probe-house-for-failure-and-mistakes/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Madigan spokesman Steve Brown said Hickey will be paid $500 an hour to conduct the investigation. Brown said the funds will come from the Illinois House operations budget. Brown initially told the Sun-Times there was a cap of $50,000 but later said “the final version of the contract does not have a cap.” . . . When Hickey left Rauner’s administration, the governor said in a statement that “her objectivity and fairness can be a model for public servants.” Hickey helped to lead a health care fraud elimination task force and also led an investigation into the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services that uncovered multiple flaws. Hickey left the administration to join the Schiff Hardin LLP law firm as a partner. Hickey also served as an investigative counsel for a U.S. Senate committee and as the chief of staff for former Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill. But as a Rauner political appointee, she was blocked by Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, as well as Mayor Rahm Emanuel last year to replace former U.S. Attorney Zach Fardon in the Northern District of Illinois.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with those who bring their children to America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-trump-policy-separate-families-us-mexico-border-zero-tolerance-sessions-sanctuary/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/because-im-pro-life-i-am-appalled-to-see-children-taken-from-parents-at-border/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/slave-owners-and-nazis-quote-the-romans-13-to-justify-immorality-too/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/who-we-are-as-americans-is-being-tested-as-our-government-tears-families-apart/
— Homeland Security chief says no apology for separating families – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/homeland-security-kirstjen-nielsen-no-apology-separating-families-border/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with those who bring their children to America illegally.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180618/roskam-trump-administration-needs-to-immediately-end-tearing-apart-migrant-parents-and-kids
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180618/news/306189916/
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180618/news/306189934/
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180618/news/306189954/
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180618/what-suburban-members-of-congress-are-saying-about-trump-immigration-policy
— Protesters burn Mississippi flag, say it symbolizes racism – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180618/news/306189895/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Public money for the Obama Center? Just say no, Mr. President. – MARK GLENNON
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180615/ISSUE07/180619947/obama-should-reject-taxpayer-money-for-chicago-presidential-center

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, ANTI-RELIGIOUS, ANTI-CONSERVATIVE, ANTI-REPUBLICAN: GOV RAUNER MARCHES IN AURORA’S FIRST GAY PRIDE PARADE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/gov-rauner-marches-in-auroras-first-gay-pride-parade-.html
— CLARK CO JOINS GROWING NUMBER OF ILLINOIS COUNTIES PASSING RESOLUTIONS UPHOLDING SECOND AMENDMENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/clark-co-passes-2nd-amendment-resolution.html
— 50% OPPOSE SANCTUARY COMMUNITIES IN NEW RASMUSSEN POLL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/50-oppose-sanctuary-communities-in-new-rasmussen-poll.html
— JUDICIAL WATCH SUES STATE DEPARTMENT FOR OBAMA-ERA RECORDS ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT SITE LOCATIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/judicial-watch-sues-state-department-for-obama-era-records-on-refugee-resettlement-site-locations.html
— THORNER: GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA’S LARRY PRATT, REP. IVES HONORED BY LAKE COUNTY CONSERVATIVE GROUP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/gun-owners-of-americas-larry-pratt-and-rep-ives-honored-by-lake-county-conservative-group.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Bill Brady says GOP leveraged balanced budget from nervous Democrats
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/18/brady-says-gop-leveraged-balanced-budget-from-nervous-dems/
— Rauner campaign launches two new initiatives
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/18/rauner-campaign-launches-two-new-initiatives/
— Madigan taps Maggie Hickey for independent investigation of House
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/18/madigan-taps-maggie-hickey-for-independent-investigation-of-house/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/18/medical-marijuana-expansion-bill-to-be-released/

 

DAILY CALLER
— MOMS OF CHILDREN KILLED BY ILLEGAL ALIENS SLAM MEDIA FOR HYPOCRITICAL COVERAGE OF BORDER SEPARATIONS – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/18/angel-moms-border-separation/
— SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER PAYS OUT MILLIONS TO GROUP IT WRONGLY LABELED BIGOTED – Joe Simonson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who talk and/or act like they are SPLC operatives or SPLC dupes.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/18/splc-pays-out-millions-to-group/

 

BREITBART
— U.S. Far-Left Group SPLC To Pay Counter-Extremist Maajid Nawaz $3.3M Settlement Over Anti-Muslim ‘Hate List’ – Chris Tomlinson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who talk and/or act like they are SPLC operatives or SPLC dupes.)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/18/u-s-far-left-anti-hate-group-to-pay-maajid-nawaz-3-3-million-dollar-settlement-for-including-him-on-hate-list/
— GOP’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers: Ryan Bill ‘Does Not Provide Amnesty to Anyone’ – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/17/gop-pr-ryan-amnesty-not-amnesty-you-are-looking-for/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The message tries to downplay the demand by GOP donors for more cheap labor, yet it describes immigration as a tool for business groups and also reveals that Ryan plans to expand the H-2B visa-worker program. Some of the phrases chosen by McMorris Rodgers are even plagiarized from pro-amnesty speeches by President Barack Obama, who also supported cheap-labor immigration.)
— Schumer: Ryan’s Amnesty Bill is ‘Doomed to Fail’ For Cutting Legal Immigration – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/06/18/schumer-ryan-amnesty-bill-doomed-fail/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No immigration bill can get through the Senate without support from 60 Senators. That high number means a bill has to be backed by roughly 15 Democratic Senators plus nearly all of the GOP’s cheap-labor caucus, which includes at least 20 Senators out of the 51 GOP members in the Senate. In February, for example, Sen. Susan Collins and eight other GOP Senators pushed a surprise bill that would have provided a priority-amnesty for all 8 million illegal immigrants who are holding jobs.)

 

BLAZE
— Poll: Democrats view President Trump more unfavorably than Kim Jong Un – Mike Ciandella (DIERSEN: How unfavorably do Democrats in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county view Trump? If you are a Trump supporter, how unfavorably do the anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county view you?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/18/poll-democrats-view-president-trump-more-unfavorably-than-kim-jong-un

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— John Cox might be California’s last chance – Steve Deace
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/john-cox-might-be-californias-last-chance/

 

TOWNHALL
— Unhinged: Citing Trump Immigration Policies, Leftists Attack Conservatives for…Celebrating Father’s Day – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/06/18/unhinged-liberals-attack-paul-ryan-for-celebrating-fathers-day-n2491486

 

NEWSMAX
— 51 Percent of Federal Workforce Support Bid for Easy Firing – Scott Rasmussen (DIERSEN: I would expect that all of the aforesaid 51 percent are Democrats, minorities, females, and/or veterans. The federal government wants to get 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.)
https://www.newsmax.com/scottrasmussen/administrative-conduct-performance-regulatory/2018/06/18/id/866869/

 

GOPUSA
— Illinois judge blocks village’s ban on semiautomatic rifles, magazines
http://www.gopusa.com/illinois-judge-blocks-villages-ban-on-semiautomatic-rifles-magazines/
— Wanna stop parent-child separation on the border with Mexico? Build the wall
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48234
— It’s green power, not fossil fuels, that would collapse without subsidies
http://www.gopusa.com/its-green-power-not-fossil-fuels-that-would-collapse-without-subsidies/
— The Left’s Kathy Griffin unleashes profanity-laced tirade at Melania Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/the-lefts-kathy-griffin-unleashes-profanity-laced-tirade-at-melania-trump/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use “family separation” against Trump.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/family-separation-border-central-american-migration-lessons/
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/family-separation-trump-policy-controversy-dominate-news/

 

THE HILL
— Poll: Majority of Republicans back family separation policy – LUIS SANCHEZ
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/392802-poll-majority-of-republicans-back-family-separation-policy
— Trump defends family separation policy: US ‘will not be a migrant camp’ – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/392788-trump-defends-immigration-policy-us-will-not-be-a-migrant-camp
— Trump doubles down on family separation policy – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/392757-trump-doubles-down-on-family-separation-policy
— Joe Walsh: Every Republican privately admits Trump lies all the time but is afraid to say it publicly – ARIS FOLLEY
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/392743-ex-gop-lawmaker-every-republican-privately-admits-trump-lies
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use “family separation” against Trump.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/392908-mccain-calls-on-trump-to-rescind-family-separation-policy-its-an-affront-to

 

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQers blame their problems on members of the following groups: 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://abcnews.go.com/Politics/conservative-republican-senator-calls-action-acute-suicide-crisis/story?id=55928749

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage illegals to bring their children so that they came be used against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/us/immigration-deported-parents.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/opinion/trump-lying-separate-immigrant-children.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/opinion/amnesty-deportation-immigration-family-separation.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Why would the Fed want to raise the unemployment rate a full percentage point? – Jared Bernstein (DIERSEN: Unemployed people are a far more likely to vote for Democrats. RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/06/18/why-would-the-fed-want-to-raise-the-unemployment-rate-a-full-percentage-point/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Administration Defends Family-Separation Policy – Louise Radnofsky and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-defends-family-separation-policy-1529341079

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use “family separation” against Trump.
http://www.businessinsider.com/list-of-senior-republicans-attacking-trump-family-separation-policy-2018-6

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage illegals to bring their children so that they came be used against Trump.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/border-saga-a-foreshadowing-of-mass-deportation-backlash.html

 

FED SMITH
— Will Federal Employee Buyouts Go to $40,000? – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, including me, a $25,000 buyout.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/06/18/will-federal-employee-buyouts-go-40000/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— The Federal Agencies Where the Most Employees Are Eligible to Retire – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee, you should expect to be forced to retire as soon as you are eligible if you are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, and you 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.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/06/federal-agencies-where-most-employees-are-eligible-retire/149091/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 50% Say No to Living in a Sanctuary Community
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/june_2018/50_say_no_to_living_in_a_sanctuary_community

June 18 Morning Edition

ABC7 & CBS2 & CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner promotes LGBTQ activity in Aurora. Ever-increasingly, Rauner makes it clear a) that he rejects the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and b) that he does not want those who support that plank to help reelect him. Constructively, he has banished from the IRP those who support the traditional family plank in the IRP platform.
http://abc7chicago.com/society/aurora-holds-first-ever-pride-parade/3612265/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/17/898858-aurora-first-pride-celebration/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-pride-parade-st-0618-story.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Laura Bush to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-laura-bush-separating-child-immigrants-20180617-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Be a rebel at work – Marcel Schwantes (DIERSEN: In what ways were you a rebel at work? I refused to become a Democrat. I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I refused to help my superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I maintained and improved my job skills by taking job-related graduate courses.)
https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/how-can-you-tell-someone-has-true-leadership-skills-surprisingly-science-says-they-are-rebels-who-break-rules.html
— Other pensions can put Social Security benefits at risk – Elliot Raphaelson (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced, it is only $2,064/year, because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security 1964-1973 while I washed dishes; cleaned golf shoes; chipped slag; pumped gasoline; delivered mail; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard; and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201806051948–tms–savingsgctnzy-a20180605-20180605-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: he most common complaints I hear from readers about Social Security relate to the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions reduce Social Security benefits, and those affected don’t believe they are fair. One class of people affected are those who receive a pension from a job in which they haven’t paid Social Security FICA taxes, such as public-sector workers like police officers and firefighters. Many federal, state and local employees are enrolled in retirement systems that are not part of Social Security. Federal employees hired before 1984 who stayed under Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) are affected. Federal workers who retired under the newer Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) are not subject to WEP because they paid Social Security FICA taxes. Some foreign workers are also affected.)
— Summer job lessons that can last a lifetime – Jill Schlesinger (DIERSEN: What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; washed dishes during the summer of 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966; and delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201806081909–tms–retiresmctnrs-a20180608-20180608-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-tomboy-hair-bigotry-gender-racism-0618-20180614-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage illegals to illegally bring their child to America so that anti-Trumps can use them against Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–immigration-holding-facility-20180617-story.html
— Evergreen Park school board rescinds new principal’s contract following anonymous misconduct allegations – Zak Koeske (DIERSEN: Have you ever had a job offer withdrawn? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. But of course, my critics/opponents reject that. They hint/imply/argue/shout that Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer because it found out from my Firestone Stores boss that I was a bad person. My Firestone Stores boss did not hire me. His superiors hired me and sent me to his store. He refused to let me report for work at his store unless I passed a 2-week probationary period at the Firestone Store in Gary, Indiana. He disapproved of my demographics – he disapproved of my avoiding the draft, my national origin, and my religion.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-evergreen-park-terminates-principal-st-0617-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Trump Tower, one of largest users of Chicago River water, has never met EPA rules for protecting fish, records show – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-trump-tower-fish-kill-20180618-story.html
— State Senate GOP leader Bill Brady “fundamentally opposed” to graduated income tax – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rahm-emanuel-fundraising-shahid-khan-20180617-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat Senator Don Harmon crows about his success in pushing pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rahm-emanuel-fundraising-shahid-khan-20180617-story.html

 

WGN RADIO
— Bill Brady on the IL State Budget: “Maybe the election was an opportunity we could leverage to do the right thing”
http://wgnradio.com/2018/06/17/bill-brady-on-the-il-state-budget-maybe-the-election-was-an-opportunity-we-could-leverage-to-do-the-right-thing/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHIC: 1 slot machine for every 46 residents: The suburbs with the most gambling – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180618/1-slot-machine-for-every-46-residents-the-suburbs-with-the-most-gambling
— Free summer meal program participation declines in suburbs, nation – Madhu Krishnamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180618/free-summer-meal-program-participation-declines-in-suburbs-nation
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Melania Trump to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180618/news/306189990/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180615/ISSUE05/180619902

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry Township officials send letter to Gov. Bruce Rauner supporting elimination bill Correspondence opposes County Board measure – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/17/mchenry-township-officials-send-letter-to-gov-bruce-rauner-supporting-elimination-bill/anspe2u/
— Some McHenry County officials flee homes in search of cheaper property taxes – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/15/some-mchenry-county-officials-flee-homes-in-search-of-cheaper-property-taxes/ap8qeej/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINES: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180617/rauner-to-consider-allowing-medical-cannabis-for-opioid-patients
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want everyone to oppose Trump.
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180617/george-will-congress-suffers-arthritic-knees-from-genuflecting-to-presidential-power

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Base raises on merit, not ‘steps’ – Dan McCaleb (DIERSEN: Step increases recognize the work experience that you gain. The more step increases that you get, the more that is expected of you.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-17/dan-mccaleb-base-raises-merit-not-steps.html

 

TIMES
— Rauner pledges $5,000 to Freedom Run – Kate Reynolds
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/06/17/rauner-pledges-5-000-to-freedom-run/a1trf9k/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Push To Bridge Gender Wage Gap Continues – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees who had less job-related work experience than I had, less job-related education than I had, no professional certifications, and/or no professional licenses higher salaries than GAO paid me. I worked for GAO 1980-1997 and for IRS 1971-1980. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/push-bridge-gender-wage-gap-continues#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Republican Leader Bill Brady talks budget, capital plan, campaign season – Paul Cicchini
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/ldr-brady-talks-budget-capital-plan-campaign-season/1242140105

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) analogize Trump to Hitler, b) analogize Trump supporters to Nazis, and c) analogize illegals to Jews.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/18/gutierrez-rips-nazi-administration-tactics-elizabeth-brackett-rip-musks-high-speed-plan-280346

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CRITICIZE ‘CHILD ABUSE’ ON FACEBOOK, GET BANNED FOR ‘HATE SPEECH’ Controversial video shows adult indoctrinating 5-year-olds to identify as ‘gay allies’
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/criticize-child-abuse-on-facebook-get-banned-for-hate-speech/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites use Roseanne Barr to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/opinion/roseanne-racism-blacks-apes.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage illegals to illegally bring their child to America so that anti-Trumps can use them against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/opinion/trump-and-the-baby-snatchers.html
— Why the I.R.S. Should Go After Trump – Philip T. Hackney (DIERSEN: In its February 1978 4-page article on me, constructively, Money Magazine called for IRS to disallow my education deductions. Money Magazine hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business and accounting courses that I had deducted a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. Of course, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates sided with Money Magazine.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/opinion/trump-foundation-new-york-attorney-general.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Melania Trump to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/06/18/us/politics/ap-us-immigration-melania-trump.html

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Top 20 Milton Township precincts in terms of percent of Republican turnout
http://www.gopillinois.com


Rank Precinct Committeeman Registered Voters Total Ballots Cast Percent
1         130             Beth Tatro                465                                156                               33.5%
2         109            Stanley Boris             666                                182                               27.3%
3         32              Mark Thomas            784                                213                               27.2%
4         4                Amy Grant                 554                                141                               25.5%
5         65             Jeanne Ives               630                                 157                               24.9%
6        71              Joseph Caruso          559                                 138                               24.7%
7        102            Richard Klinger          559                                136                                24.3%
8        107            Fred Bucholz             672                                 163                               24.3%
9        75              Bob Larsen                710                                 172                               24.2%
10      25              Robert Jacobsen       779                                 188                               24.1%
11      37              John Monino             768                                  184                               24.0%
12      91              Chuck Smith             658                                  156                               23.7%
13      99             John Zaruba              448                                  103                               23.0%
14     106            Gary Muehlfelt           664                                  149                               22.4%
15     95              Conner McCarthy      904                                  202                               22.3%
16     9                David Diersen           504                                  112                               22.2%
17     84             Martin Keller               792                                  176                              22.2%
18     77             Open                          609                                   134                              22.0%
19     85             Ron Menna                657                                   143                              21.8%
20    126            Open                          524                                   114                              21.8%

 

— Top 20 Milton Township precincts in terms of total Republican turnout
http://www.gopillinois.com

Rank Precinct Committeeman Registered Voters Total Ballots Cast Percent
1         32               Mark Thomas          784                                 213                               27.2%
2         95               Conner McCarthy     904                                 202                               22.3%
3         25               Robert Jacobsen      779                                188                                24.1%
4        37                John Monino            768                                 184                                24.0%
5        109              Stanley Boris            666                                 182                               27.3%
6         84               Martin Keller             792                                 176                               22.2%
7        75                Bob Larsen              710                                  172                               24.2%
8        107              Fred Bucholz           672                                  163                               24.3%
9        65                Jeanne Ives             630                                  157                               24.9%
10      130              Beth Tatro                465                                  156                               33.5%
11       91               Chuck Smith             658                                  156                               23.7%
12      90                Drew Ellis                 724                                  155                                21.4%
13      87                Bob Cherry               752                                  154                               20.5%
14      18                Scott Marquardt        762                                  150                               19.7%
15      106              Gary Muehlfelt          664                                  149                                22.4%
16      54                Art Grant                   747                                  148                               19.8%
17      74                Ralph Hinkle             684                                   147                              21.5%
18       8                Suzanne Fitch            697                                   147                               21.1%
19      85               Ron Menna                657                                   143                               21.8%
20      23               Ryan Kipfer                 816                                   142                              17.4%

June 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New directive takes aim at immigrants fleeing gang violence – AP (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrats who flee the crime and poverty in Democrat areas for the safety and prosperity in Republican areas, but who hypocritically continue to blame Republicans for crime and poverty?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-sessions-immigrants-asylum-gang-violence-20180616-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The MS-13 gang made Jose Osmin Aparicio’s life so miserable in his native El Salvador that he had no choice but to flee in the dead of night with his wife and four children, leaving behind all their belongings and paying a smuggler $8,000. Aparicio is undeterred by a new directive from Attorney General Jeff Sessions declaring that gang and domestic violence will generally cease to be grounds for asylum. To him, it’s better to take his chances with the American asylum system and stay in Mexico if his bid is denied.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Government should encourage marriage and homeownership.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-0617-kenneth-harney-20180611-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting Parkland students to shakeup ‘detached politicians’ aligned with NRA.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/parkland-students-shakeup-politicians-aligned-nra-road-to-change-tour/
— Google barely moves needle on gender, diversity in workforce – AP (DIERSEN: Google should bring in Charles Bowsher. Bowsher had great success at GAO during the 1980s and 1990s a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) making way for them by getting rid of the agency’s non-veteran White male employees 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://chicago.suntimes.com/working/google-barely-moves-needle-on-gender-diversity-in-workforce/

 

DAILY HERALD
— State must instill bipartisanship as routine for creating budgets – J.B. Pritzker (DIERSEN: To defend and advance the fiscal planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, RINOs are far too happy to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the IRP platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180617/state-must-instill-bipartisanship-as-routine-for-creating-budgets
— Business Ledger honors 75 companies as “Best Places to Work in Illinois’ – Richard Klicki (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors could hint/imply/argue/shout that GAO is a “best place to work” for young Democrat minorities and for young Democrat females because GAO wastes the careers of and 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. My Democrat GAO superiors could stress the facts presented in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180518/business-ledger-honors-75-companies-as-x201cbest-places-to-work-in-illinois

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— City should not put competing township referendum on ballot – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180616/our-view-city-should-not-put-competing-township-referendum-on-ballot?rssfeed=true
— Juneteenth Celebration helps kids understand abolition of slavery – Tamara Browning (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America and where have they lived? What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are Republican, White, and/or male, a) the longer that your ancestors have been in America and b) the longer that they lived where slavery was legal, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against females and b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? My ancestors have been in America since 1844 and they have always lived in northeast Illinois.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180616/juneteenth-celebration-helps-kids-understand-abolition-of-slavery

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Is ice too thin for political heavyweight Madigan? – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-17/jim-dey-ice-too-thin-political-heavyweight-madigan.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Caucus leaders must take #MeToo to next level – Editorial (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I never saw any sexual harassment. To the contrary, I saw tremendous preference being given to federal employees who were female, and especially to those who were Democrat and/or younger.)
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-caucus-leaders-must-take-metoo-to-next-level/article_7461efaa-bf90-5dff-88d9-ceb5ab2dfb5e.html

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— Poll Numbers Show Deep Dissatisfaction with Gubernatorial Candidates – Rich Miller
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/poll-numbers-deep-dissatisfaction

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Faith Leaders Oppose Trump’s Immigration Policy Of Separating Children From Parents – SASHA INGBER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder. Laura Ingraham says “Criminals are separated from their children all the time.”)
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/16/620651574/faith-leaders-oppose-trumps-immigration-policy-of-separating-children-from-paren

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Congressmen Rodney Davis, Darin LaHood, and others aim to give Route 66 Historic Trail status, more federal dollars – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/congressmen-aim-to-give-route-historic-trail-status-more-federal/article_150de704-70c4-11e8-8305-6b05676a6be0.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Families separated at the border: what’s really going on? (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder. Laura Ingraham says “Criminals are separated from their children all the time.”)
http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2018/06/15/families-separated-at-border-whats-really-going-on.html

 

BLAZE
— Why Sessions’ use of the Bible to defend admin’s abhorrent policy couldn’t be more wrong (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder. Laura Ingraham says “Criminals are separated from their children all the time.”)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/16/commentary-why-sessions-use-of-the-bible-to-defend-admins-abhorrent-policy-couldnt-be-more-wrong

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— The Liberal Media’s Cult of Trump Derangement Syndrome – Jeffrey Lord
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2018/06/16/liberal-medias-cult-trump-derangement-syndrome

 

THE HILL
— Media breakdown enables Trump’s onslaught against the press – JEFF MCCALL
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/392465-media-breakdown-enables-trumps-onslaught-against-the-press

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Sometimes You Have to Quit to Get Ahead – Stephanie Lee (DIERSEN: Of course, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates in the federal government always wanted me to quit. Of course, my critics/opponents in the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants always wanted me to quit. Of course, my critics/opponents want me to quit as the GOPUSA Illinois editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They want to replace me with someone who they can manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/smarter-living/knowing-when-to-quit.html
— Why Aren’t More Men Working? – N. Gregory Mankiw (DIERSEN: Democrat politicians want the federal government to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat women and young Democrat minorities. Of course, that means not hiring, not retaining, not promoting, wasting the careers of, and getting rid of those who are old, Republican, male, White, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/business/men-unemployment-jobs.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With unemployment at 3.8 percent, its lowest level in many years, the labor market seems healthy. But that number hides a perplexing anomaly: The percentage of men who are neither working nor looking for work has risen substantially over the past several decades. The issue, in economist’s jargon, is labor force participation. When the Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys households, every adult is put into one of three categories. Those who have a job are employed. Those who are not working but are searching for a job are unemployed. Those who are neither working nor looking for work are counted as out of the labor force. This last group is ignored when calculating the unemployment rate. The presumption is that if a person without a job isn’t looking for one, then he or she doesn’t want one, and the joblessness is not a problem. But is that really accurate? The data show some striking changes over time. Among women, the share out of the labor force has fallen from 66 percent in 1950 to 43 percent today. That is not surprising in light of changing social norms and the greater career opportunities now open to women. Men, however, exhibit the opposite long-term trend. In 1950, 14 percent of men were out of the labor force. Today, that figure stands at 31 percent. Some of this change is easy to explain. People now spend more years in school, delaying their start of work. In addition, as life expectancy rises, people have longer retirements. A man retiring at age 65 in 1950 could expect to live another 13 years. Today, a man retiring at that age has an average retirement of 18 years. Yet schooling and retirement explain only part of what has occurred. Consider prime-age men, those from the ages of 25 to 54. These men are generally well past their schooling and well before their retirement. Yet this group has also been exiting the labor force. In 1950, only 4 percent of prime-age men were not working or looking for work. Today, that figure is 11 percent.)
— No, Not All Women Are Democrats – S.E. Cupp (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at women that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/opinion/sunday/no-not-all-women-are-democrats.html
— Asian-Americans Face Multiple Fronts in Battle Over Affirmative Action – John Eligon
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/us/affirmative-action-asian-americans.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Pregnancy Discrimination Is Rampant Inside America’s Biggest Companies Many pregnant women have been systematically sidelined in the workplace. They’re passed over for promotions and raises. They’re fired when they complain. – NATALIE KITROEFF and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG (DIERSEN: During the early 1990s, to help GAO a) hire, retain, and promote young women and b) to get rid of its employees who smoked (overwhelmingly old White men), GAO gutted the smoking room in its Chicago office and turned it into a lactation room.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/15/business/pregnancy-discrimination.html

 

VIRGINIAN PILOT
— Stop separating parents from their children (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder. Laura Ingraham says “Criminals are separated from their children all the time.”)
https://pilotonline.com/opinion/editorial/article_0747bcae-701e-11e8-9ae8-87456abe7abc.html

 

DAILY COMMERCIAL
— Democratic policies are ruining our cities – Russ Sloan
http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20180617/from-right-democratic-policies-are-ruining-our-cities

 

NEWSWEEK
— REPUBLICANS’ BLIND LOYALTY TO DONALD TRUMP IS A ‘CANCEROUS GROWTH’ IN THE GOP, MARK SANFORD SAYS – ALEXANDRA HUTZLER (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who a) expect everyone to be blindly loyal to them and b) focus on destroying those who are not blindly loyal to them.)
http://www.newsweek.com/republicans-trunmp-loyalty-mark-sanford-979656

 

ENTREPRENEUR
— Why Businesses Must Invest More in Human Capital – Dorothy Mitchell (DIERSEN: Both GAO and IRS invested a lot in me in terms of classroom and on-the-job training. But my Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I learned when they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, and kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. My IRS superiors wasted what I had learned by not promoting me beyond GS-12. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/315090

 

FOR SALE
— 629 Arbor Avenue, Wheaton – $479,900
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/629-Arbor-Ave-Wheaton-IL-60189/4447739_zpid/

June 15 Evening Edition

CBS2
— County Fairs Get Financial Boost From State
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/15/farming-funding-illinois/
— As Manafort Is Jailed, Giuliani Suggests Trump Could Issue Pardons
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/15/as-manafort-is-jailed-giuliani-suggests-trump-could-issue-pardons/

 

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps to rally in Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/parkland-chicago-st-sabina-485676391.html

 

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
http://wgntv.com/2018/06/15/white-house-on-separating-undocumented-children-from-parents-very-biblical-to-enforce-the-law/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/immigration-children-families-separated/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/immigration-border-separating-families-zero-tolerance-donald-trump-jeff-sessions-editorial/
— The show will go on: Stormy Daniels and Admiral say ‘misunderstanding’ resolved – Joe Ward and Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/stormy-daniels-admiral-run-canceled-after-spat-says-owner-threatening-lawsuit/
— Ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort sent to jail pending trial – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/paul-manafort-jail-trial-obstruction-charges/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Push is on for Rauner to sign bill allowing referendum for electing Lake County assessor – Frank Abderholden
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-elected-lake-county-assessor-st-0615-story.html
— Donald Trump scolds NFL players ‘making $15 million a year’ for mixing politics with sports – Rick Maese
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/ct-spt-donald-trump-nfl-fox-and-friends-20180615-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lauzen breaks tie to reimburse himself for expenses – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180615/lauzen-breaks-tie-to-reimburse-himself-for-expenses–/1
— Cooperation, not secession, is best for all of Illinois – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois make it clear that they want individuals, organizations, and companies that are members of the following groups to leave Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180615/editorial-cooperation-not-secession-is-best-for-all-of-illinois
— Trump says he won’t sign ‘moderate’ GOP immigration bill – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180615/trump-says-he-wont-sign-moderate-gop-immigration-bill
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180615/suburban-muslims-mark-end-of-ramadan-with-eid-festivities

— Sun-Times sells Chicago Reader to African-American group – Robert Feder
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180615/feder-sun-times-sells-chicago-reader-to-african-american-group

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Roskam’s intriguing immigration move – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Those who want Roskam to lose a) want Roskam to dump Trump, b) want Roskam to dump all those who voted for Trump, c) stress that in the 2016 general election, only 137 voted for Trump in my precinct while 211 voted for Clinton, and d) stress that in the 2016 primary election, only 21 voted for Trump while 93 voted for Kasich.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180615/BLOGS02/180619894/roskams-intriguing-immigration-move
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In what some are interpreting as a clear break with the president, embattled west suburban U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Wheaton, is putting some distance between himself and the Trump administration on the volatile issue of whether to seize and separately hold the children of immigrant parents who are arrested for illegally trying to enter the country. But the size and duration of the distance isn’t quite clear yet. And Roskam’s Democratic re-election foe, Sean Casten, promptly attacked Roskam’s action as inadequate. Roskam’s move came in a statement late yesterday, in which he said that “dragging children away from their parents” should not be a means to securing the U.S. border. “The events unfolding at our nation’s borders are heartbreaking. Being forcibly separated from a child is a parent’s worst nightmare and I cannot fathom the pain these families are enduring,” said Roskam, who already was under pressure from major donors and others to do something to break the immigration standoff. “Every day these children spend apart from their parents, confused, scared, and alone, inflicts additional and unnecessary trauma.” “While I believe we have a responsibility to secure our borders, I also believe that how we treat strangers reflects the moral values this country was founded on. Dragging children away from their parents ought not be a part of the solution,” he continued. “I stand with residents of the 6th District and urge the Department of Justice and Homeland Security to reverse the zero tolerance policy that removes children from their parents at the border.” U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions shows no sign of doing so. In a speech yesterday, he even cited a Bible passage—once used to defend slavery—in arguing that God wants citizens to obey the laws of their country. All he’s doing is enforcing a law that Democrats and former President Barack Obama could have changed, Sessions and Trump have said. But Obama didn’t enforce the law in the way Session has, grabbing pre-teen children and holding them in camps and other facilities sometimes thousands of miles away, with little if any contact with their parents. So, what is Roskam going to do to pursue his views and change U.S policy? Roskam’s spokeswoman said he would have supported compromise legislation that House Speaker Paul Ryan is pushing to end family division while giving Trump some things he wants, such as money for the Mexican wall. But Trump today said he wouldn’t sign it, dealing the bill a possibly fatal blow. Given that, what will Roskam do now to turn up pressure on Sessions, Trump and others to back off? Roskam apparently wants to let the dust settle for a few days and see what happens next. Casten is pouncing. “Congress is supposed to be a ‘check’ on the President, not a rubber stamp. It’s clear that neither the Department of Justice nor the Department of Homeland security will act against the president’s wishes,” Casten’s campaign said in a statement. “So we need a Congress with the backbone to pass a law and make this stop. Peter Roskam won’t do it. Sean Casten will. And that’s the fundamental difference in this campaign between an independent Democrat and a Trump Republican who votes with his leader 94 percent of the time.” No word yet on where the Chicago area’s two other GOP congressmen, Randy Hultgren of Plano and Adam Kinzinger of Channahon, stand. But watch for this issue to get increased attention because, even today, TV film of scared kids locked up away from their mom and dad is horrible politics.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Kinzler says culture in Springfield is ‘broken’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511456644-kinzler-says-culture-in-springfield-is-broken

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— After trashing Trump for two years, Rauner says he’s “very proud” of White House (DIERSEN: Those who want Rauner to lose a) want Rauner to trash Trump and b) want Rauner to trash all those who voted for Trump.)
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/06/14/after-trashing-trump-for-two-years-rauner-says-hes-very-proud-of-white-house/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SAM MCCANN SAYS HE’S ESTABLISHING ILLINOIS’ CONSERVATIVE PARTY WITH GUBERNATORIAL BID (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party is the liberal/Libertarian/Green party. The Republican Party is supposed to be the conservative party.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/sam-mccann-says-hes-establishing-illinois-conservative-party-with-gubernatorial-bid.html
— ILLINOIS STATE REP ALLEN SKILLICORN OFFERS FREE CONCEAL AND CARRY TRAINING FOR 12 CONSTITUENTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-state-rep-offers-free-conceal-and-carry-training-for-12-constituents.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner claims unpaid bills at $10B when he took office
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/15/rauner-claims-unpaid-bills-at-10b-when-he-took-office/
— McCann talks supporting Trump, Rauner buying GOP
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/15/mccann-talks-supporting-trump-rauner-buying-gop/

 

BLAZE
— Nancy Pelosi wonders why Americans are not ‘uprising’ against Trump admin. over border conditions – Teri Webster
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/15/nancy-pelosi-wonders-why-americans-are-not-uprising-against-trump-admin-over-border-conditions

 

BREITBART
— Dave Brat: E-Verify ‘Will Stop the Magnet’ of Illegal Immigration – Sean Moran
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/15/brat-e-verify-stop-magnet-illegal-immigration/
— Emboldened Trump Repeatedly Rips Media During Impromptu Press Conference – John Nolte
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/06/15/trump-rips-media-blasts-cnn-as-a-fraud-slams-obnoxious-reporter/
— Kentucky Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail For Attacking Sen. Rand Paul – Joshua Caplan
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/15/kentucky-man-sentenced-to-30-days-in-jail-for-attacking-sen-rand-paul/
— In Merkel migrant row, Germans back tough policies: poll – AFP
http://www.breitbart.com/news/in-merkel-migrant-row-germans-back-tough-policies-poll/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP TELLS JAPANESE PM WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HE SENT ’25 MILLION MEXICANS’ TO JAPAN – Saagar Enjeti
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/15/trump-japan-mexicans/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps work very hard to make religious people and religious organization anti-American.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/15/nancy-pelosi-religion-hypocrites-immigration/

 

TOWNHALL
— WSJ Columnist: Hey, The ‘No Bias’ Claim In DOJ IG Report Is Not What It Seems – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/06/15/wsj-columnist-hey-the-no-bias-claim-in-doj-ig-report-is-not-what-it-seems-n2490944

 

GOPUSA
— RINOs defect, Democrats scream over Trump’s zero tolerance border policy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48100
— Court-appointed monitor says children being treated well in border detention facility
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48088

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
http://thehill.com/latino/392522-ap-about-2000-children-separated-from-parents-over-6-weeks
— Anti-Trump Republicans better look out — voters might send you packing – LARRY HART
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/392490-anti-trump-republicans-better-look-out-voters-might-send-you-packing
— Trump immigration comments spark chaos in GOP – SCOTT WONG AND MELANIE ZANONA
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/392474-trump-immigration-comments-spark-chaos-in-gop

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/politics/family-separation-democrats-trump/index.html

 

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2000-children-now-us-custody-dhs-calls-family/story?id=55930450

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/1-995-children-separated-families-border-under-zero-tolerance-policy-n883716

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Orders Paul Manafort Jailed Before Trial, Citing New Obstruction Charges – Sharon LaFraniere
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/politics/manafort-bail-revoked-jail.html
— How Much Can Democrats Count on Suburban Liberals? – Thomas B. Edsall
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/opinion/trump-racism-liberals-suburbs.html
— Harvard Rated Asian-American Applicants Lower on Personality Traits, Lawsuit Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollment-applicants.html
— Feeling Good About the Economy? You’re Probably a Republican – Ben Casselman and Jim Tankersley (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican in Illinois, you probably do NOT feel good about the future. Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois make it clear that they want you to leave Illinois if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/business/economy/survey-trump-economy.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/06/15/why-the-trump-administration-bears-the-blame-for-separating-children-from-their-families-at-the-border/
— Promoted six times and then fired: Inside a 24-year-old political appointee Taylor Weyeneth’s wild ride in Trump’s Washington – Robert O’Harrow Jr. (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $100,000-a-year in to today’s dollars (GS-13 Step 3)? I did in 1988 when I was 40 years old. By then, I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/promoted-six-times-and-then-fired-the-inside-story-of-a-political-appointees-wild-ride-in-trumps-washington/2018/06/15/ebf6290a-5eab-11e8-8c93-8cf33c21da8d_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He was one of the fastest-rising political appointees of the Trump administration, an unpaid campaign intern with no professional experience who soared into a top job with a six-figure salary at the White House’s drug policy office. But on Jan. 14, in the hours after a front-page Washington Post story cast doubt on his résumé and qualifications, 24-year-old Taylor Weyeneth was feeling vulnerable. “Can I ask you what the plan is for me now,” Weyeneth texted the White House official who had promoted him. “You’re fine. No action required,” Sean Doocey, then deputy director of the Office of Presidential Personnel, wrote back. “It is garbage journalism by a garbage newspaper.” Two months later, Weyeneth was gone — demoted, told not to speak publicly and finally fired as the political fallout spread. This is the inside account of a political appointee’s time in Trump’s Washington. It’s the story of a young operative whose central qualification was loyalty and whose responsibilities included furnishing the White House with intelligence about career employees at a time when the administration distrusts the standing bureaucracy to an unusual degree.)

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/15/dhs-nearly-2-000-children-separated-adults-border/706265002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/15/tent-cities-immigrant-children-texas-backlash/705562002/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-daca-immigration-20180615-story.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-children-immigrant-trump-administration-policy-20180615-story.html

 

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children as cannon fodder.
http://fortune.com/2018/06/15/trump-border-kids-separated/

 

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— MAY 21, 2018 FLASHBACK: Why It’s So Hard to Speak Up Against a Toxic Culture – Francesca Gino (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the toxic culture in GAO’s Chicago office while I worked there 1980-1997. The culture was especially toxic for its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://hbr.org/2018/05/why-its-so-hard-to-speak-up-against-a-toxic-culture
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One reason people don’t speak up is the significant risk of doing so. Challenging the status quo threatens people’s status and relationships with supervisors and coworkers, research shows. Speaking up can also result in negative performance evaluation, undesirable job assignments, or even termination. Most people are aware of these potential costs; as a result, most stay quiet about bias, injustice, and mistreatment. Then there is the bystander effect: When a person is in trouble, others who are present often fail to intervene, whether because they assume other people will or because they think it’s not their place to act. The more costly intervening would be, the less likely we are to do so.)

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Equality Illinois Urges Gov. Rauner to Extend Non-Discrimination Protections to All Illinois Workplaces (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for an employer that had 14 or fewer employees? While I worked for employers 1964-1997, I worked for an employer that had 14 or fewer employees for about 2 months in 1966.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/EI-Urges-Gov-Rauner-to-Extend-Non-Discrimination-Protections-to-All-Illinois-Workplaces-/63218.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Equality Illinois urges Gov. Bruce Rauner to sign legislation that would extend Illinois’ workplace non-discrimination protections to businesses of all sizes in the state and ensure all Illinoisans have access to the legal tools of justice when they experience employment discrimination. Under current law, workers in businesses of 14 and fewer employees outside of Cook County can still be fired for being LGBTQ, a racial minority, a woman, because of their faith, and for other reasons based on their personal identities. The Illinois General Assembly passed the important civil rights measure, House Bill 4572, ending that exclusion and extending protections to thousands more workers, with bipartisan support during the spring session. The bill was delivered to the governor’s office on Thursday.)

June 15 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING SPONSOR WHEATON’S INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE AND FIREWORKS! So far, $1,950 has been pledged, but $550 more is needed. Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has pledged $500 and Judge Jeff MacKay has pledged $250. Bob Berlin, Dan Cronin, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Marty Keller, Dave Molitor, John Monino, Chris Nybo, Peter Roskam, and Darlene Ruscitti have each made $100 pledges. Of course, I have promised the Wheaton Park District, the organizer of the parade and fireworks, that I will cover any fundraising shortfall.

As a $2,500 Star sponsor, DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands in the parade. DuPage Republicans will again have a booth at the fireworks the evening before the parade. I will again hand deliver a flyer to all the residences and businesses on the parade route that lists the Republican entries in the parade, the Republican sponsors, and the amount that they contributed. The flyers will be printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics and I plan on delivering them on Thursday, June 21. Please phone me at 630-653-0462 about sponsorship and mail a check made out to the Wheaton Park District for $100 or more to me ASAP at 915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326.

So far, Republican entries in the parade are Peter Roskam, Peter Breen/Amy Grant, Paul Hinds, James Mendrick, Grant Eckhoff/Tim Elloitt/Chris Zaruba, Jeff McKay, Karen Wilson, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6 ballots in Wheaton a) to have an entry in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and b) to help sponsor the parade. Those candidates include Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, Gwen Henry, Kevin Wiley, Jim Zay, Al Murphy, and Joseph Cantore. The deadline for parade entries has been extended to June 20 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 Thanks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s legal team dealt setback in defamation suit – Mark Berman and Frances Stead Sellers (DIERSEN: According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation), “There are several things a person must prove to establish that libel has taken place. In the United States, a person must prove that 1) the statement was false, 2) caused harm, and 3) was made without adequate research into the truthfulness of the statement. These steps are for an ordinary citizen. For a celebrity or public official, a person must prove the first three steps, and that the statement was made with the intent to do harm or with reckless disregard for the truth, which is usually specifically referred to as “actual malice.”)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180615/281779924837124
— Almost nothing is known about dozens of concealed carry shootings in Illinois. Why? – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, Jennifer Smith Richards
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-concealed-carry-shootings-20180523-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: University of Chicago to stop requiring ACT and SAT scores for prospective undergraduates – Dawn Rhodes (DIERSEN: According to this article, students who are NOT low-income and NOT minority have an unfair advantage. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I have always had many unfair advantages. They a) decry my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) decry my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) decry my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, d) decry my passing the Post Office employment examination in 1966, and e) decry my passed all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-university-chicago-sat-act-20180614-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A growing number, including DePaul University, have opted to stop requiring the SAT and ACT in their admissions process, saying the tests place an unfair cost and burden on low-income and minority students, and ultimately hinder efforts to broaden diversity on campus. But the trend has escaped the nation’s most selective universities.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Aurora promotes LGBTQ activity. What does your municipality promote?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/lifestyles/ct-abn-ent-pride-aurora-0615-story.html
— CPS workers to undergo fresh background checks before start of next school year – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-school-background-check-changes-20180614-story.html
— After performance, Stormy Daniels seemingly storms out of Chicago strip club – Morgan Greene
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-stormy-daniels-chicago-20180615-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House GOP unveils bill for young immigrants, $25B for border – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/gop-leaders-sell-immigration-bills-with-trumps-blessing/
— After shooting fiancée, ex-cop was hired, promoted by medical examiner – Robert Herguth and Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cook-county-medical-examiner-anthony-finnelly-ex-cop-shot-fiancee/
— Cicero town president pulled into primary rival’s election suit against Madigan
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cicero-town-president-pulled-into-primary-rivals-election-suit-against-madigan/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Trump backer to sign thieves: Just pay up to avoid prosecution – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: How anti-Trump is your precinct? In the 2016 general election, only 137 voted for Trump in my precinct while 211 voted for Clinton. In the 2016 primary election, only 21 voted for Trump while 93 voted for Kasich. How long would a pro-Trump sign last in your front yard?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180615/trump-backer-to-sign-thieves-just-pay-up-to-avoid-prosecution
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Last week, with a high-stakes summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on the horizon and plenty of news coverage in the Daily Herald and elsewhere about an “Impeach Trump” yard sign in Elgin, Ernest Lasse decided that someone ought to show some support for the president. Lasse installed in front of his Mount Prospect home a roughly 15-square-foot plywood sign reading “TRUMP” in big red letters, surrounded by the words “Make America Great Again.” Not being naive, Lasse knew the sign wouldn’t be popular with everyone. He set up a camera in his front window to capture video of anyone who would do the sign harm. Sure enough, footage shows that a pair of young men came along about 9:30 p.m. Friday and stole the sign from the yard. Lasse found pieces of it the next morning on the bank of nearby Weller Creek. Police were called, reports were written and charges are possible. But before he pursues a formal complaint, Lasse has an offer he hopes the vandals can’t refuse.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting high school students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180614/naperville-church-preparing-for-parkland-gun-control-bus-tour

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Republicans attack Dems for sex harassment—even as they worship Trump.”
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/15/republicans-attack-dems-for-sex-harassment-even-as-they-worship-trump
— Stormy Daniels storms out of Chicago strip club amid dispute: ‘I got fired,’ she says as weekend shows appear canceled The porn star left her performance early Thursday during the first of five planned shows at the Admiral. The strip club plans to sue her. – Ryan Smith
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/15/stormy-daniels-storms-out-of-chicago-strip-club-amid-dispute-i-got-fired-she-says-as-weekend-shows-appear-canceled

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ROSKAM breaks from Trump on BORDER policy – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: How anti-Trump is your precinct? In the 2016 general election, only 137 voted for Trump in my precinct while 211 voted for Clinton. In the 2016 primary election, only 21 voted for Trump while 93 voted for Kasich. To get more votes in my precinct for Roskam in the 2018 general election, will anti-Trumps want me to stress to the voters in my precinct the ways in which Roskam breaks with Trump? Anti-Trumps stress to Roskam that in the 2018 primary, of the 504 registered voters in my precinct, a) only 90 (18%) voted for Roskam, b) only 112 (22%) cast Republican ballots, c) only 207 (41%) are registered Republicans, d) 23 (5%) changed their party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, and e) 21 (4%) changed from unaffiliated to Democrat. They stress that there is no elected or appointed Democrat Precinct Committeeman in my precinct. They hint/imply/argue/shout that Roskam has gotten far fewer votes in my precinct because of me, because of my GOPUSA Illinois emails, and because of my support for Trump.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/15/roskam-breaks-from-trump-on-border-policy-koch-group-targets-durbin-new-bill-targets-cps-abuse-280333
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) broke from the Trump administration on Thursday and called on the Department of Justice and Homeland Security to reverse a zero tolerance policy that separates children from their parents at the border. Roskam’s comments come amid a national debate that grew more acrimonious on Thursday after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the practice, citing the Bible: “I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained them for the purpose of order. If you cross the Southwest border unlawfully, then the Department of Homeland Security will arrest you and the Department of Justice will prosecute you. Having children does not give you immunity from arrest and prosecution.” At a contentious White House press briefing, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended that stance, saying: “I can say that it is very biblical to enforce the law. That is actually repeated a number of times throughout the Bible.” Roskam joins other Republicans, including Speaker Paul Ryan, to raise concerns with the policy. Roskam’s statement on Thursday called for a full reversal. “The events unfolding at our nation’s borders are heartbreaking. Being forcibly separated from a child is a parent’s worst nightmare and I cannot fathom the pain these families are enduring. Every day these children spend apart from their parents, confused, scared, and alone, inflicts additional and unnecessary trauma,” Roskam said in a statement. “While I believe we have a responsibility to secure our borders, I also believe that how we treat strangers reflects the moral values this country was founded on. Dragging children away from their parents ought not be a part of the solution.” Roskam has been under intense pressure by both constituents and donors to come up with a resolution on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Roskam’s suburban district has the largest DACA population of any Illinois member, according to the Illinois Business Immigration Commission. He’s faced regular protests in his district, including from advocates who have called for him to fix DACA.)

 

ROBERT FEDER
— Shia Kapos takes over Illinois Playbook (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents succeed in stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, who do they want to replace me with? Of course, most importantly, they want someone who they can manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2018/06/14/robservations-shia-kapos-takes-illinois-playbook/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Shia Kapos, the longtime and well-connected chronicler of Chicago’s movers and shakers, is replacing Natasha Korecki as writer of Politico’s Illinois Playbook. Korecki, who’s been writing the daily newsletter on politics and government since 2015, was promoted to national correspondent for Politico. “I’ll still be here for a couple of weeks before handing over the baton,” Korecki reported. Kapos, a former columnist for the Sun-Times and Crain’s Chicago Business, has been blogging — Taking Names at ShiaKapos.com — and covering corporate governance for Acuris. “I’ve loved writing about big shareholders for Acuris, but I really enjoy digging in to Chicago news,” Kapos said. “Writing the Illinois Playbook is a dream come true. I have big shoes to fill as Natasha has become the premiere political writer in Illinois — and soon the Midwest. I think together we’ll be kicking ass and taking names.”)

 

JOHN BIVER
— THE RACE FOR CHICAGO MAYOR: WINTER IS COMING
https://johnbiver.com/race-chicago-mayor-winter-coming/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— AN APOLOGY TO ILLINOIS REVIEW READERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/an-apology-to-illinois-review-readers-.html
— ILLINOIS HOME VALUE ARMAGEDDON Crime, pensions and taxes are driving down the value of your home.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-home-value-armageddon.html
— AMERICANS THINK THE NEWS INDUSTRY IS “HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/americans-think-the-news-industry-is-headed-in-the-wrong-direction.html

 

GOPUSA
— What will the media do if Trump isn’t the second coming of Hitler?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47959

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congressional Republicans break from Trump on zero-tolerance border policy – S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/14/trump-administrations-zero-tolerance-border-policy/

 

NEWSMAX
— GOP Responds to IG Report: ‘Not the FBI Our Country Needs’ – Todd Beamon
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/justice-department-trey-gowdy-house-oversight-committee-inspector-general/2018/06/14/id/866229/

 

DAILY CALLER
— IG REVELATIONS ON AGENT/JOURNO GIFT-GIVING COULD BE FEDERAL CRIMES – Kevin Daley
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/14/agent-journalist-gifts-could-be-federal-crimes/

 

DAILY TORCH
— Did an Obama Executive Order force the government to hire unqualified applicants? – Natalia Castro (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.)
http://dailytorch.com/2018/06/did-an-obama-executive-order-force-the-government-to-hire-unqualified-applicants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Employees should be hired based on their ability to complete the tasks they have been assigned and nothing else. Yet under the Obama administration, hiring practices for the federal government were moved away from merit to fulfill goals irrelevant to the positions. Policies intended to simplify the federal government application process had the consequence of increasing politicization in the federal workforce and overburdening human resource offices. In May 2010, former President Barack Obama issued a memorandum on Improving the Federal Recruitment and Hiring Process. This memorandum directed agencies to simplify their application process to “eliminate any requirement that applicants respond to essay-style questions” and allowed individuals to submit resumes and cover letters or complete “simple, plain language” instead. The result was a flood of new applications. According to Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning, the goal was not just to increase hiring in the federal government but to increase political hiring. Manning notes, “The 2010 memorandum was always intended to give Obama supporters an easier path to enter the civil service. By overwhelming human resource departments with applications, it accomplished just that.” This was the first of several presidential orders to reshape the federal workforce.)

 

BLAZE
— IG Report: Do you support Trump? Then you’re a lazy pieces of shit,” according to (at least one) FBI employee – Breck Dumas (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were always very careful to not put anything in writing that could get them in trouble.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/15/ig-report-do-you-support-trump-then-youre-a-lazy-pos-according-to-at-least-one-fbi-employee

 

POLITICO
— Trump Ordered Troops to the Border, But They’re Doing Busywork In this ramshackle town, National Guard soldiers are doing everything from shoveling manure to changing tires. What they’re not doing: Watching the border. – BRYAN BENDER (DIERSEN: Talk about waste. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 after having 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. Outrageously wastefully, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/14/trump-ordered-troops-to-the-border-but-theyre-doing-busywork-218821

 

REUTERS
— Rocky road ahead for ‘Dreamer’ immigrants bill in U.S. House – Susan Cornwell, Amanda Becker
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-congress/rocky-road-ahead-for-dreamer-immigrants-bill-in-u-s-house-idUSKBN1JA27K

 

ABC NEWS
— RNC Chairwoman clarifies tweet viewed as threat to anti-Trump GOPers – JOHN VERHOVEK
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rnc-chairwoman-clarifies-tweet-viewed-threat-anti-trump/story?id=55896450

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “conservative religious leaders” to act as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/us/trump-immigration-religion.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps use children brought into America illegally to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/insider/brownsville-walmart-migrant-shelter.html
— How the I.R.S. Could Punish Trump and His Foundation – Jesse Drucker (DIERSEN: How has IRS punished you? My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/business/trump-foundation-irs-attorney-general.html
— Facebook’s New Political Algorithms Increase Tension With Publishers – Ben Sisario (DIERSEN: Beyond overwhelmingly, news is reported by people who want to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/business/media/mark-thompson-facebook-algorithm.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The most recent salvo came on Thursday, when Mark Thompson, the chief executive of The New York Times Company, accused Facebook of unintentionally “supporting the enemies of quality journalism” by using algorithms that can mischaracterize news as partisan political content. Mr. Thompson was speaking at a panel discussion in New York, which also included Campbell Brown, Facebook’s head of global news partnerships. Ms. Brown defended a policy Facebook recently introduced in response to criticism over how its ad network was able to be manipulated during elections. Ms. Brown cited the importance of safeguarding elections and said the problems with political ads were “something we are deeply concerned about. We hear you.”)
— In Name of Free Speech, States Crack Down on Campus Protests – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/us/politics/campus-speech-protests.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says he would oppose immigration bill cobbled together by House GOP, dealing a blow to leaders rallying support for it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/06/15/trump-says-he-would-oppose-immigration-bill-cobbled-together-by-house-gop-dealing-a-blow-to-leaders-rallying-support-for-it/
— Trump’s attacks on federal employee unions, pay and benefits draw bipartisan rebukes – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican a) are anti-federal employee and b) anti-federal retiree.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/06/15/trumps-attacks-on-federal-employee-unions-pay-and-benefits-draw-bipartisan-rebukes/

 

BALTIMORE POST
— Trump’s attacks on federal employee unions, pay and benefits draw bipartisan rebukes – JOE DAVIDSON
http://thebaltimorepost.com/trumps-attacks-on-federal-employee-unions-pay-and-benefits-draw-bipartisan-rebukes/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— This Is No Time to Go to Pot Legalizing marijuana encourages use of harder drugs and sets back the cause of social justice. – Patrick Kennedy and Kevin Sabet
https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-no-time-to-go-to-pot-1529018027
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-security-needs-immigrants-1529018058
— Insubordination and Bias at FBI The inspector general report is careful in its conclusions, but damning on the facts. – Kimberley A. Strassel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/insubordination-and-bias-at-fbi-1529018176
— In Harvard Affirmative Action Suit, Filings to Provide Rare Look at Admissions Process Lawsuit alleges Harvard intentionally discriminates against Asian-Americans – Melissa Korn and Nicole Hong
https://www.wsj.com/articles/court-filings-to-shine-light-on-how-harvard-employs-affirmative-action-in-admissions-1528905750
— University of Chicago Drops SAT, ACT Requirement for Admissions Prestigious university joins movement to de-emphasize test scores, saying it ‘levels the playing field’ – Tawnell D. Hobbs (DIERSEN: According to this article, “Some students are good testers, some students are not.” Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I have had an unfair advantage because I am a good tester. They a) decry my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) decry my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) decry my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, d) decry my passing the Post Office employment examination in 1966, and e) decry my passed all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/university-of-chicago-drops-sat-act-requirement-for-admissions-1529009194

 

ARIZONA DAILY SUN & TUCSON
— GOP brass wants rep out after immigration remark – Howard Fischer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, America is becoming anti-White and Democrats and RINOs are overjoyed about that.)
https://azdailysun.com/news/local/gop-brass-wants-rep-out-after-immigration-remark/article_20ac9769-12c2-5787-8617-23568e3d77ed.html
https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-gop-chair-calls-on-prescott-legislator-to-resign-over/article_e53cc5e9-cd22-55d0-88f0-4a239bae3d16.html