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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

June 14 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Questions Raised Over Search for Democratic Party of Illinois’ Next Director Sources said a longtime employee of both Speaker Michael Madigan and Attorney General Lisa Madigan was quietly hired amid a committee search – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/questions-raised-over-search-for-democratic-party-of-illinois-next-director-485590891.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rep. Steve Scalise back on field at annual Congressional Baseball Game 1 year after shooting
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/remembering-the-congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-1-year-later

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois board moves forward with employee step increases – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-board-moves-forward-with-employee-step-increases/
— Zeppelins, monorails and, now, Rahm’s rich folks underground railroad – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/zeppelins-monorails-and-now-rahms-rich-folks-underground-railroad/
— Mayoral challengers, academics raise caution flags about Musk’s O’Hare Express – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mayoral-challengers-academics-raise-caution-flags-about-musks-ohare-express/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Elon Musk’s plans for O’Hare express draw skepticism – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-biz-elon-musk-boring-critics-20180614-story.html
— Why settling for a subpar job right out of college can hurt your career for years – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: After you earned your bachelor’s degree, did you take a job that did not require a bachelor’s degree? I did. In 1970, when I was 21 years old, after I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, I accepted the only job offer that I got – working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. I was draft bait. Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship would be granted. Further, employers were under tremendous pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. 7 months later, after my application had been approved, my Firestone boss fired me when I told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. IRS offered me the job because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take it.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-college-graduates-underemployment-0617-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But with student loan bills looming, Villagomez can sense how the need for a paycheck — any paycheck — could suck him into a job that doesn’t take advantage of his education. He has seen cousins and friends abandon ambitions and fall into the rut of low-wage work when life gets in the way. “I’m worried about not following through on my plans,” said Villagomez, 27, who spent five years in the Marine Corps before enrolling at University of Illinois at Chicago, where he majored in economics and minored in biology. “Sometimes it’s easier to get stuck in these other fields.”)
— Four siblings raised in poverty by a single mother ‘beat all the odds,’ earn master’s degrees – Jerry Davich (DIERSEN: What percent of those who you graduated high school with a) earned bachelor’s degrees, b) earned master’s degrees, c) earned professional certifications, and d) earned professional licenses?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-four-siblings-graduate-same-university-st-0615-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Metra pays the price for being frugal – BGA (DIERSEN: I remember riding in rail cars built in the 1920s when I commuted to my IRS job in the Loop from Crete in 1971.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180614/NEWS10/180619938/metra-pays-the-price-for-being-frugal
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With a sticker price of $3 million for a new commuter rail car, the cash-strapped Metra system is trying to upgrade its vintage rolling stock on the cheap with $700,000-a-car gut and rehab jobs at its 49th Street Car Shop on the South Side. There’s a lot to overhaul, because 40 percent of Metra’s existing fleet predates the system’s launch in the 1980s. Some cars still in use, inherited from private railroads that once ran suburban service, date back to the Eisenhower administration.)

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Budget moves Illinois toward fiscal responsibility – Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180614/my-view-budget-moves-illinois-toward-fiscal-responsibility

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— It Isn’t for Lack of U.S. Immigration Laws – Kathleen McCarthy
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/isnt-lack-us-immigration-laws

 

CHICAGO READER
— Chicago Corruption Walking Tours take sightseers through the seedy underbelly of the city’s politics – Matt Harvey
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/14/chicago-corruption-walking-tours-take-sightseers-through-the-seedy-underbelly-of-the-citys-politics

 

KANE COUNTY GOP
— GOP Chairmen in 33rd Senate District to fill Karen McConnaughay Vacancy (DIERSEN: Application deadline is 7:00 PM, Friday, June 15, 2018.)
http://kanegop.org/docs/2018/GOP_Chairmen_in_33rd_Senate_District_to_fill_Vacancy.pdf

 

JOHN BIVER
— REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO MISS THE TARGET IN A TARGET RICH ENVIRONMENT
https://johnbiver.com/republicans-continue-miss-target-target-rich-environment/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— STATE GOVERNMENT WATCHDOGS REMAIN FAR TOO TAME Illinoisans shouldn’t have to wait for yet another humiliating scandal to fix what’s wrong here: Politicians should have no place in policing their own oversight. – Austin Berg (DIERSEN: What watchdog credentials do you have? I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I 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, I became a Forensic Accountant, Certified Financial Services Auditor, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Fraud Examiner, Licensed CPA, and Certified Internal Auditor, and I earned master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/state-government-watchdogs-remain-far-too-tame/

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Federal tax reform gives boost to Illinois companies, despite state’s bleak economic outlook – Bethany Blankley
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/federal-tax-reform-gives-boost-to-illinois-companies-despite-state/article_a913ef5a-65c7-11e8-ad1a-f35903c1aa18.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Mary Morrissey appointed Chief Operating Officer at Democratic Party of Illinois
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/14/mary-morrissey-appointed-chief-operating-officer-at-dpi/
— Rauner campaign responds; Top Madigan lawyer takes over for Mapes as treasurer for Dem fund and MJM fund
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/14/top-madigan-lawyer-takes-over-for-mapes-as-treasurer-for-dpi-and-mjm-fund/

 

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Roskam makes Obama’s hit list. Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Roskam that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Roskam has had, is having, and will have. They stress to Roskam that in the March 20, 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 and because of my GOPUSA Illinois emails.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/14/obama-directing-midterms-hit-list-morphed-campaign-operation/
— DOJ Inspector General: FBI Leakers ‘Improperly Received Benefits from Reporters’ – Joshua Caplan
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/14/doj-inspector-general-journalists-treated-fbi-agents-to-sporting-events-meals/

 

DAILY CALLER
— IG REPORT: FBI AGENTS REGULARLY RECEIVED FREE HANDOUTS FROM JOURNALISTS – Joe Simonson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/14/ig-report-fbi-agents-bribed-journalists/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Department of Justice inspector general identified a number of instances where FBI employees regularly spoke with members of the media and received a number of free perks from journalists including meals and tickets to various events. On page XII in the report, the IG says the department “identified numerous FBI employees, at all levels of the organization and with no official reason to be in contact with the media, who were nevertheless in frequent contact with reporters.” The IG expressed “profound concerns about the volume and extent of unauthorized media contacts by FBI personnel that we have uncovered our review.” The contact between FBI agents and the media extended to receiving “improperly receiving benefits from reporters, including tickets to sporting events, golfing outings, drinks and meals, and admittance to nonpublic social events.”)

 

TOWNHALL
— Text Message From Leading FBI Agent: ‘We’ll Stop’ Donald Trump From Becoming President – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/06/14/senior-fbi-agents-text-well-stop-donald-trump-from-becoming-president-n2490745

 

GOPUSA
— Supreme Court strikes down Minnesota’s voter clothing law as too broad
http://www.gopusa.com/supreme-court-strikes-down-minnesotas-voter-clothing-law-as-too-broad/
— Students, survivors call for gun control with ‘die-in’ at Mar-a-Lago
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47889

 

FOX NEWS
— IG report on Clinton email probe faults Comey for being ‘insubordinate,’ agents for anti-Trump texts – Alex Pappas (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors viewed me as being an insubordinate who should be gotten rid of a) because I avoided the draft, b) because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, c) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, d) because I complained about reverse discrimination, e) because I complained about age discrimination, and f) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/14/justice-dept-ig-report-released-on-fbis-handling-clinton-email-case-comey-found-insubordinate.html
— Lawmakers accuse FBI of ‘destructive level of animus’ following release of IG report – Andrew O’Reilly
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/14/lawmakers-accuse-fbi-destructive-level-animus-following-release-ig-report.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/marijuana-policy-should-be-left-to-states/

 

THE HILL
— Members of Congress demand new federal gender pay audit – NIV ELIS (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://thehill.com/policy/finance/392332-members-of-congress-demand-new-federal-gender-pay-audit

 

ROLL CALL
— Senate Democrats Oppose Federal Retirement Cutbacks Mark Warner leads a total of 26 senators in rebuke
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/senate-democrats-oppose-federal-retirement-cutbacks
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The report concludes that total compensation costs among workers with a professional degree or doctorate were actually 18 percent lower for federal employees than for similar private-sector employees,“ the senators wrote Wednesday. “To further increase this differential would hamper our ability to hire experts in mission-critical areas.” “Furthermore, CBO states that the scope of their analysis is limited to selected benefits, and does not include, for example, the stock options that some private-sector firms provide to their employees,” they said.)

 

NBC NEWS
— California initiative to split state into three makes November ballot
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/california-initiative-split-state-three-makes-november-ballot-n882936

 

CNBC
— House GOP immigration bill includes pathway to citizenship for ‘Dreamers’ – Jacob Pramuk (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they want to get rid of citizens of America who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and replace them with Dreamers.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/14/house-gop-releases-immigration-daca-compromise-bill.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— FBI agent texted ‘We’ll stop’ Trump from becoming president, a disclosure that’s included in a Justice report to be released today – Karoun Demirjian, Devlin Barrett and John Wagner (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were always very careful to not put anything in writing that might get them in trouble.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-receiving-briefing-ahead-of-public-release-of-report-expected-to-criticize-fbi/2018/06/14/c08c6a5a-6fdf-11e8-bf86-a2351b5ece99_story.html
— If you think your job is pointless, it probably is – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: The jobs that I had were viewed as being “bad,” but not “pointless.” I audited federal agencies 1980-1997; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; delivered mail 1966-1969; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; washed dishes 1964-1966; and did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2018/06/14/if-you-think-your-job-is-pointless-it-probably-is/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Over 25 senators urge OPM to drop proposed retirement changes, focus on recruitment challenges – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/your-money/2018/06/over-25-senators-urge-opm-to-drop-proposed-retirement-changes-focus-on-recruitment-challenges/slide/1/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Democratic Senators Demand OPM Reverse Course on Proposed Retirement Cuts – Erich Wagner
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/06/democratic-senators-demand-opm-reverse-course-retirement-cuts/149010/
— Government Already Has a Blueprint for Implementing Pay For Performance – Howard Risher (DIERSEN: Assessing job performance is extremely subjective. The Democrats who run the federal government use that subjectivity a) to promote Democrats, and especially those who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of Republicans, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. My Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the lower half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes.)
https://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2018/06/government-already-has-blueprint-implementing-pay-performance/149016/

 

BUZZFEED
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, America is becoming anti-White and anti-male, and Democrats and RINOs are overjoyed about that.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhernandez/an-arizona-politician-complained-there-arent-enough-white

June 14 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner says ‘a whole bunch’ more ads coming like one featuring other Republican governors
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-governors-ads-20180613-story.html
— Pritzker hits Rauner in new video – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporting individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-governors-ads-20180613-story.html
— ERA began as a farce but has ended in tragedy — with Illinois playing a role – George Will (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have a low opinion of women. According to them, the federal government should be and is the “employer of last resort.” According to them, a) instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a woman in 1966, b) the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job, c) instead of me, IRS should have hired a woman in 1971, d) instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) instead of me, GAO should have hired a woman in 1980, f) instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986, and g) GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-will-era-women-equal-rights-tragedy-0614-20180613-story.html
— ‘The Chief, yesterday, today, forever:’ Billboard in Champaign supports controversial former Illini mascot – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-illinois-billboard-chief-illiniwek-mascot-20180613-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Why are taxpayers still covering end-of-career pay boosts? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Have you benefited from a pension boost? 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 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 a) their $25,000 buyout “offer” in 1993 when I was 45 years old, and if not that, b) their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180614/editorial-why-are-taxpayers-still-covering-end-of-career-pay-boosts
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want citizens of foreign countries to bring their children to American illegally so that anti-Trumps can use them against Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180614/inside-casa-padre-the-converted-walmart-where-the-us-is-holding-nearly-1500-immigrant-children

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner calls for independent probe into sexual harassment at Capitol – Tim Ditman
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-06-14/rauner-calls-independent-probe-sexual-harassment-capitol.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Madigan aide ousted in harassment scandal responds to accuser – Stacy St. Clair and Christy Gutowski (DIERSEN: Because my critics/opponents know that I could and would sue them, they have their “judgment proof” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_proof) operatives and their “judgment proof” dupes make accusations against me.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180614/madigan-aide-ousted-in-harassment-scandal-responds-to-accuser

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Price of leniency? More Illinois corruption – Editorial
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-price-of-leniency-more-illinois-corruption/article_24e91aa5-d665-5be1-afb8-df29466df391.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Black Unemployment In Illinois Tops Other States – MAUREEN FOERTSCH MCKINNEY (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have a low opinion of Blacks. According to them, the federal government should be and is the “employer of last resort.” According to them, a) instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/black-unemployment-illinois-tops-other-states#stream/0

 

ROBERT FEDER
— Sun-Times CEO Eisendrath fires back at critics (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one calls my tunes. My critics/opponents cannot take away my $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, my $18,000/year federal health/dental/vision insurance subsidy, or my $2,064 Social Security.)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2018/06/13/robservations-sun-times-ceo-eisendrath-fires-back-critics/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sun-Times CEO Edwin Eisendrath is responding to critics who’ve questioned whether the paper can cover politics and City Hall fairly under its current ownership. Foremost among them is Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass, who challenged the connection between Sun-Times chairman Jorge Ramirez and his boss, investment executive Michael Sacks, whom Kass described as Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s “money guy, closest confidant and top fundraiser.” This week Eisendrath fired back: “The truth is the journalists do their job, and they’re not being bossed around by anyone on our board. That line is held, and it’s been clear. I don’t see any evidence that anybody is walking around me and talking to the reporters and trying to push them to do anything,” he told me. “The same way I’m able to say — in spite of clear evidence that the Tribune has a corporate point of view and a political point of view — I’m able to give credit to the journalists for the work they do. And I would expect Kass to do the same thing. . . . It’s fair to go after corporate citizenship. You bet it is. But that’s a different case. That’s not what he did. He said the reporters are going to get their marching orders from City Hall. Shame on him. He knows better.”)

 

CHICAGO NOW
— If Trump’s goal is to stick it to Chicago, freeing Rod Blagovejich is genius – Judy Marcus
http://www.chicagonow.com/opinionated-woman/2018/06/if-the-goal-is-to-stick-it-to-chicago-freeing-rod-blagovejich-is-genius/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Attacks on Andrew Gasser’s Attorney Robert Hanlon Continue at Algonquin Township Meeting
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/13/attacks-gassers-attorney-robert-hanlon-continue-algonquin-township-meeting/
— More Information on Andrew Gasser Attorney Robert Hanlon
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/13/information-andrew-gasser-attorney-robert-hanlon/
— McSweeney Offers Legislation to Address Public Teacher Sex Abuse
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/13/mcsweeney-offers-legislation-make-public-teacher-sex-abuse/
— State Rep. Candidate Tom Weber Hosting Boat Race Watching Fundraiser at Blarney Island Thursday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/13/state-rep-candidate-tom-weber-hosting-boat-race-watching-fundraiser-blarney-island-next-thursday-copy/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Appellate court hears case challenging taxpayer-funded abortion in Illinois – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/appellate-court-hears-case-challenging-taxpayer-funded-abortion-in-illinois/article_b7103ff8-6f33-11e8-b586-23dd8d98bb67.html

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Abortion fight becomes matter of dollars-&-cents – Raquel Martin
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/abortion-fight-becomes-matter-of-dollars-cents/1237256962
— Pritzker attack ad links Rauner to Trump’s Charlottesville remarks
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/video/pritzker-attack-ad-links-rauner-to-trump-s-charlottesville-remarks_20180614071006/1238175707

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Illinois Republicans Miss the Target in Target-Rich Environment–Again – John Biver and David E. Smith (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail or prosecution, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/06/illinois-republicans-continue-to-miss-the-target-in-a-target-rich-environment/

 

GOPUSA
— What happens if voters approve three Californias?
http://www.gopusa.com/what-happens-if-voters-approve-three-californias/

 

BREITBART
— Ryan’s Amnesty Plan Compromises Trump’s Four Pillars – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/13/ryan-amnesty-plan-compromises-trump-four-pillars/

 

DAILY CALLER
— PIT BULL MAULS ITS OWNER — RIGHT IN FRONT OF ANIMAL CONTROL – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/13/pit-bull-attack-owner-animal-control/

 

CNN
— Gutierrez ‘absolutely’ stands by claim Sessions wants blacks ‘in the back of the bus again’ – Marc Rod (DIERSEN: Democrats focus on uniting members of Group A against members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/13/politics/gutierrez-sessions-trump-black-bus-kitchen-cnntv/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Ex-Treasurer of Illinois Town Gets 4-Year Sentence for Theft
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-06-13/ex-treasurer-of-illinois-town-gets-4-year-sentence-for-theft

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Paul Ryan Says Trump Is All In on Next Week’s Immigration Votes – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Thomas Kaplan
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/us/politics/paul-ryan-trump-immigration-votes.html
— Congressman Steve King Retweets a Nazi Sympathizer – Melissa Gomez (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents who do not want me to include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS email to articles that promote a) the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform; b) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling; c) those who they cannot manipulate/dominate; d) etc.?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/us/politics/steve-king-collett-nazi.html
— Illinois Elementary School to Drop Woodrow Wilson From Name – AP
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/06/12/us/ap-us-dropping-woodrow-wilson.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: School officials in central Illinois have decided to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from an elementary school and instead honor the area’s first black female doctor. The Peoria Public Schools board voted Monday to rename Woodrow Wilson Primary School after Peoria-native Dr. Maude Sanders.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Parades are a joy and a nightmare — and somehow still the way we celebrate in 2018 – Dan Zak (DIERSEN: Every year, those who are anti-parade, that is, anti-Republican, work harder a) to discourage Republican candidates from having entries in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade, b) to discourage Republicans from helping sponsor the parade, and c) to encourage Democrat candidates to have entries ion the parade.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/parades-are-a-joy-and-a-nightmare–and-somehow-still-the-way-we-celebrate-in-2018/2018/06/12/91444eac-6d8c-11e8-bf86-a2351b5ece99_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: All the ways President Trump is cutting legal immigration – Alan Gomez (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because they vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because they want cheap labor.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/06/12/donald-trump-cutting-legal-immigration/692447002/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s ‘Cult-Like’ Grip on GOP Keeps Most Party Members in Line – Sahil Kapur
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-13/trump-s-cult-like-grip-on-gop-keeps-most-party-members-in-line
— More Unions Sue Over Trump Federal Worker Orders – Louis C. LaBrecque
https://www.bna.com/unions-sue-trump-n73014476462/

 

NASDAQ
— Should You Give Your House Away? – Tracy Craig (DIERSEN: Will you, or someone who you are responsible for, be one of more than 70 percent of Americans over the age of 65 who will need long-term health care services? My father’s sister, my mother’s sister, and my wife’s sister are all paying more than $200/day out of their life’s savings for long-term health care.)
https://www.nasdaq.com/article/should-you-give-your-house-away-cm977157

 

FED SMITH
— When EEO Isn’t About Discrimination – Robbie Kunreuther (DIERSEN: How has EEOC impacted you? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/06/13/eeo-isnt-discrimination/

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Should More Newspapers Charge a Fee to Publish Political Endorsement Letters? – Rachael Garcia
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/critical-thinking-should-more-newspapers-charge-a-fee-to-publish-political-endorsement-letters/

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 818 James Court, Wheaton – $499,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448290_zpid/
— FOR SALE: 1111 Golf Lane, Wheaton – $439,900
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Wheaton-IL/pmf,pf_pt/4447943_zpid/
— FOR SALE: 1112 Golf Lane, Wheaton – $759,000
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Wheaton-IL/pmf,pf_pt/4447929_zpid/

June 13 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Deerfield Ban On Assault Rifles On Pause Following Court Ruling – Jeremy Ross
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/12/deerfield-ban-on-assault-rifles-on-pause-following-court-ruling/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel says talk of Madigan’s future misses the point of #MeToo movement – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-says-talk-of-madigans-future-misses-the-point-of-metoo-movement/
— U.S. charitable giving tops $400 billion for first time – AP (DIERSEN: How much of this $400+ billion was used to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, etc.?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/charitable-giving-usa-philanthropy-billionaires-foundations/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gender, social media help Dems win Anti-Trump activism propelling women in midterm primaries – Mary Jordan
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180613/281706910388174
— Emanuel offers to pay for Jeff Sessions to visit Ellis Island – John Byrne (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Emanuel officially banish from Chicago individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Ever-increasingly, Emanuel promotes hatred against members of the aforesaid groups.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-jeff-sessions-20180612-story.html
— Crete-Monee teacher pushed student out of classroom for wearing sandals, lawsuit claims – Alicia Fabbre (DIERSEN: What reputation did your high school have when you graduated? What reputation does it have now? Have you done better or worse financially than those who you graduated with?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-crete-monee-suit-st-0613-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Foreign countries and their citizens that want to destroy America illegally send illegal drugs into America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-mail-order-fentanyl-20180524-story.html
— OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: There’s a growing trend of Naperville-area students being caught vaping, sometimes with THC – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-204-discipline-st-0613-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to bring their children to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-met-caravan-immigration-asylum-chicago-20180607-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR GRAPHIC: Suburban school districts pay penalties for giving raises over 6 percent – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180613/suburban-school-districts-pay-penalties-for-giving-raises-over-6-percent-
— Pulte developers honor legacy of nuns at former Wheaton convent – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180612/pulte-developers-honor-legacy-of-nuns-at-former-wheaton-convent-
— After weekend floods, Mount Prospect planning up to $8 million in sewer upgrades – Steve Zalusky
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180612/after-weekend-floods-mount-prospect-planning-up-to-8-million-in-sewer-upgrades

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— And now some good news about Chicago – JOE CAHILL (DIERSEN: For those who run Chicago, good news is progress in driving out of Chicago individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180613/BLOGS10/180619970
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Chicago marijuana grower GTI begins trading in Canada – JOHN PLETZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180613/NEWS03/180619956
— Higher property assessments mean more work for lawyers – CLAIRE BUSHEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180608/ISSUE01/180609898

 

WLS AM
— GOP candidate Seth Grossman says diversity is ‘bunch of crap’ (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/06/12/gop-candidate-says-diversity-is-bunch-of-crap/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Activists ask board to make Sangamon ‘gun sanctuary’ county – John Reynolds
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180612/activists-ask-board-to-make-sangamon-gun-sanctuary-county
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Tonight, I ask you to please consider protecting your constituents and the voters and the taxpayers of Sangamon County,” said Springfield resident Rosanna Pulido. “Please pass a resolution to make Sangamon County a sanctuary for gun owners.” Other Illinois counties, including nearby Christian County, have adopted gun sanctuary resolutions. The terminology comes from so-called sanctuary cities, such as Chicago, that don’t cooperate with aspects of federal immigration enforcement. Speaking before the meeting, Sangamon County Administrator Brian McFadden said the county has an informal policy that it does not weigh in on symbolic measures that are outside its regulatory authority. Even if the county were to pass a gun sanctuary resolution, it would not affect the enforcement of federal, state or local gun laws. . .“This is not a symbolic resolution. It is a defense of the Constitutional principle. It is incumbent on our local elected officials to make sure their constituents’ voices are heard by the state in regards to protecting the Constitution. You took an oath of office to that effect,” Pulido said. Pulido, as well as Springfield residents Tom Shafer and Lynn Wilson, spoke at the end of the county board meeting. Board members did not comment or ask them any questions.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Best route for Illinois may be state bankruptcy – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-13/jim-dey-best-route-state-may-be-bankruptcy.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Tazewell auditor criticizes County Board funding (DIERSEN: I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that taking and passing the CIA examination was a waste of time and money. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the review courses that I took for the examination 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. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180612/tazewell-auditor-criticizes-county-board-funding

 

PEKIN TIMES
— Hranka: Tazewell board not funding auditor office properly – Sharon Woods Harris
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20180612/hranka-tazewell-board-not-funding-auditor-office-properly
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Harris said the auditor’s position by statute can be filled by anybody off the street, and the county wants more experience. “I’m not saying we’ve got bad people, but we want more stability in the job,” said Harris. “We want to know that we have an accounting professional in the job. “We know some of our audits haven’t been completed. The main job is compliance, and some audits just haven’t been completed over the years. It’s not against the person that’s on the job, it’s the knowledge to do the audit. We can’t guarantee consistent qualifications in the job through the process that we have. We would like to bring in talent that can do it, can see it. Anybody can come on the job and learn it, but we want our auditor to have a CIA, Certified Internal Auditor.” The county is not seeking professionals in other elected posts. Hranka said under statute, the sheriff, coroner and others are not required to have experience in the field pertaining to the position they are running for. She said the board allows her only $2,000 for continuing education even though she is required to do 20 hours per year.)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Protesters visit Rauner’s house to demand $15 minimum wage – MAXIMILIAN KWIATKOWSKI (DIERSEN: Did you work for less than $15/hour in today’s dollars? I worked for far less than $15/hour in today’s dollars when I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; and cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/herald-review/news/state-and-regional/protesters-visit-rauner-s-house-to-demand-minimum-wage/article_399e3bc3-8ea1-5e77-bd2f-4de57be4ddfc.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Speaker Madigan seeks officer to combat sexual harassment – AP (DIERSEN: What about combating patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote the aforesaid.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/speaker-madigan-seeks-officer-to-combat-sexual-harassment/article_e88b65d1-5e75-578f-bfb4-1ab4bab7ebf8.amp.html

 

TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Social media altering street-gang culture, fueling violence – AP
http://www.telegraphherald.com/ap/national/article_2a180d26-6abd-5e63-801b-595d374b1ec0.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lamanta Reese lived much of his gang life in virtual reality, posting videos on YouTube of him and others taunting rivals. He died at age 19 in the real world, bleeding from his head onto a porch on Chicago’s South Side after one of those gang rivals, prosecutors say, shot him 11 times. Another possible factor in his slaying: A smiley-face emoji Reese posted that the suspected gunman may have interpreted as a slight about his mom. Gangs’ embrace of social media to goad foes or conceal drug dealing in emoji-laden text is the biggest change in how gangs operate compared with 10 years ago, according to new law enforcement data provided exclusively to The Associated Press ahead of its release Tuesday by the Chicago Crime Commission. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other sites have radically altered gang culture in Chicago. They are having a similar influence on gangs nationwide. These days, there is nearly always a link between an outbreak of gang violence and something online, said Rodney Phillips, a gang-conflict mediator working in the low-income Englewood neighborhood where Reese lived and died. When he learns simmering tensions have spilled into violence, he no longer goes first to the streets. “I Google it,” Phillips said. “I look on YouTube and Facebook. Today, that’s how you follow the trail of a conflict.”)

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Starbucks’ actions promote liberal agenda – Alan Webber
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/starbucks-actions-promote-liberal-agenda/article_13dc4c9c-6d9d-11e8-bb0f-eb3310de0fff.html

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Lieutenant governor: Communities should be envious of DeKalb opioid collaboration Treatment strategies were discussed during forum – DREW ZIMMERMAN
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/06/12/lieutenant-governor-communities-should-be-envious-of-dekalb-opioid-collaboration/abdwi6h/

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— What’s fairest tax for Illinois? You decide – JOHN DONALD O’SHEA (DIERSEN: What taxes do your critics/opponents want increased? Because virtually all my and my wife’s income is retirement income, my critics/opponents want retirement income to be taxed. Further, they oppose raising the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/what-s-fairest-tax-for-illinois-you-decide/article_c3915140-d211-5e58-913f-ba8f3b6b38f4.amp.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/voices-act-could-protect-undocumented-immigrants-who-are-sexual-assault-survivors#stream/0

 

WSIU
— Gov. Rauner Talks with State Workers About FY-19 Budget – STEPH WHITESIDE
http://news.wsiu.org/post/gov-rauner-talks-state-workers-about-fy-19-budget#stream/0

 

WIFR
— DeKalb County leaders discuss growing opioid overdoses with Lt. Governor – Kourtney Adams
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/DeKalb-County-leaders-discuss-growing-opioid-overdoses-with-Lt-Governor-485289161.html

 

WJBC
— Rep. Brady cautiously backs Rauner’s plan for massive infrastructure bill – Howard Packowitz
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/06/12/rep-brady-cautiously-backs-rauners-plan-for-massive-infrastructure-bill/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Public Housing Crisis Threatens Cairo’s Existence – Kirk Siegler
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/12/619109573/public-housing-crisis-threatens-illinois-river-towns-existence

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— IL STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Rauner Signs Budget Minus Reforms
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511454569-il-state-chamber-of-commerce-rauner-signs-budget-minus-reforms

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Rave Reviews for President Trump’s Innovative Diplomacy
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14509

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— RAUNER’s baby step toward TRUMP – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: It certainly seems like Rauner’s advisors want him to dump individuals, dump organizations, dump companies, dump governments, and dump countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Who are Rauner’s advisors?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/13/rauners-baby-step-toward-trump-gop-superpac-invests-heavily-in-il-12-ig-takes-over-cps-abuse-cases-279929
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Pritzker campaign wasted no time hanging President Donald Trump around Gov. Bruce Rauner’s neck on Tuesday, just hours after the governor made a rare positive statement about the Trump White House. He did it, of course, without saying the president’s name. “I am very proud of what’s been going on in the federal government, Congress, and the White House,” Rauner said at a Downstate stop. Rauner is well aware that if he hopes to have any chance in November, he needs to reach out to the Republican base in southern Illinois, which is solid Trump country. Look no further than Rep. Mark Sanford’s loss last night, after Trump tweeted support for Sanford’s opponent, state Rep. Katie Arrington, as evidence of what can happen to Republicans who dump on Trump.)
— “Across the great divide: Sen. Dick Durbin shames politicians and media that sow divisions in Illinois” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats “sow divisions in Illinois.” They do everything that they can to make members of Group A hate members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/13/rauners-baby-step-toward-trump-gop-superpac-invests-heavily-in-il-12-ig-takes-over-cps-abuse-cases-279929

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: State lawmakers still eyeing gambling expansions, marijuana legalization – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/state-lawmakers-still-eyeing-gambling-expansions-marijuana-legalization/article_282e6922-6d99-11e8-af06-2f1bb959ee86.html
— Labor board: Taxpayers owe union workers $412 million in unpaid step increases – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Step increases recognize the work experience that you gain. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have little or no professional work experience. Have you gotten pay increases? While I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, because of COLAs, step increases, and promotions, my pay increased every year except 1980 when I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/labor-board-taxpayers-owe-union-workers-million-in-unpaid-step/article_3a20f3b6-6ec5-11e8-9b43-e3ebe9179cb2.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Mayor Emanuel rejects the “Madigan question” (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that when they blamed me for all of the problems that 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. had, VERY FEW CAME TO MY DEFENSE.  In my defense, I stress that my critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and they have made it very clear that they will viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, or any government that might come to my defense.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/13/mayor-emanuel-rejects-the-madigan-question/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION HARM – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/diversity-and-inclusion-harm/
— WHY CAN’T WE FIX SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE? – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/why-cant-we-fix-social-security-and-medicare/

 

GOPUSA
— Hogg claims net neutrality repeal part of conspiracy to suppress vote; marches in pride parade (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of those who are anti-Second Amendment are 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, anti-draft dodgers, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47893
— Anti-Trump incumbent loses primary in South Carolina (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? Do anti-Trumps dominate a) your Republican township/ward party organization, b) your Republican county party organization, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and d) the IRP?)
http://www.gopusa.com/anti-trump-incumbent-loses-primary-in-south-carolina/
— Princeton pressing psych chats to turn men into little girls (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of those who are anti-men are also anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft dodgers, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47809

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP House nominee Seth Grossman doubles down on anti-diversity comments: ‘Diversity is not a virtue’ – Jessica Chasmar (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/12/seth-grossman-gop-house-nominee-doubles-down-diver/

 

CNS NEWS
— Putting America First Has Made USA No. 1 – Stephen Moore
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/stephen-moore/putting-america-first-has-made-usa-no-1

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: NOW HARMING THE SCIENCES Walter Williams flays lowered standards in STEM subjects (DIERSEN: Passing the CPA examination used to be required to advance at IRS and at GAO. But because few minorities and few females took CPA examination, let alone pass it, IRS and GAO dropped that requirement. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old. Very few of them had taken the examination, let alone passed it.)
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/diversity-and-inclusion-now-harming-the-sciences/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Executive Orders Are Surprisingly Popular With Federal Employees – John York (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Assessing job performance is extremely subjective. The Democrats who run the federal government use that subjectivity to get rid of federal employee who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/12/trump-executive-orders-are-surprisingly-popular-with-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When President Donald Trump recently issued three executive orders that made it easier to fire poorly performing government employees, the backlash from public-sector unions was fierce. Union leaders did not like it—one called it an “assault on federal employees.” But a recent poll shows a slight majority of government workers—51 percent—supports the administration’s efforts. Moreover, only 24 percent of federal employees oppose the recent executive orders and another quarter are unsure. The level of support among federal workers for executive orders that will make it easier to fire them is surprising, but only at first glance. In fact, Trump’s executive orders represent modest reforms that will not affect the vast majority of employees and, in fact, likely will improve their working conditions. For instance, one of the new executive orders imposes a 30-day limit on the time an agency can give an employee to improve his poor performance before being fired. When a federal manager determines that an employee is not up to the job, he must present that employee with a performance improvement plan as a last-ditch effort to turn his performance around. Prior to the president’s executive order, agencies set the length of this grace period, which stretched to 120 days in some cases. The new executive order also gives managers more freedom to decide how to punish misconduct. Prior to Trump’s executive orders, managers were ordinarily bound to progress through lesser disciplinary steps from verbal warning and written notices to suspensions, demotions, and removal from the civil service. Now, managers are free to choose a punishment that fits the crime. Some federal employees no doubt take advantage of their insulation from accountability, but most civil servants are hard-working and dedicated—a fact attested to by the 70 percent customer satisfaction rate among those who receive some federal service. These diligent workers must pick up the slack for those who do not do their share, then are sometimes denied opportunities for advancement by the dead weight above them. And, as anyone who has worked in an office environment knows, unmotivated and unruly co-workers can take a heavy toll on morale. So, although a few bad apples may prefer to keep the status quo, it is not surprising most federal employees welcome these provisions of the president’s executive orders.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— NEW USCIS OFFICE INVESTIGATING THOUSANDS WHO GOT U.S. CITIZENSHIP THROUGH IDENTITY FRAUD – Will Racke
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/12/aliens-used-fake-identities/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— Think Way Outside the Box to Clean Up Illinois’ Fiscal Mess A state this broke has nothing to lose. – GERALD D. SKONING (DIERSEN: Those who run Illinois focus on driving out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://spectator.org/think-way-outside-the-box-to-clean-up-illinois-fiscal-mess/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Louisiana gov reverses course, signs campus free speech bill – Nikita Vladimirov (DIERSEN: If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended high school or college, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11011

 

THE HILL
— Equal pay for women elusive 55 years after landmark law – NIV ELIS (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 work experience than I had, no professional certifications, and/or no professional licenses higher salaries than GAO paid me. I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. 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://thehill.com/policy/finance/391965-equal-pay-for-women-elusive-55-years-after-landmark-law

 

ABC NEWS
— Trumpism again dominates Republican Party – RICK KLEIN and MARYALICE PARKS (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? Do anti-Trumps dominate a) your Republican township/ward party organization, b) your Republican county party organization, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and d) the IRP?)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-trumpism-dominates-republican-party/story?id=55849587

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Talking to Trump: A How-To Guide Insights from more than 50 people the president met with in his first year in office – Peter Nicholas and Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/talking-to-trump-a-how-to-guide-1516303402

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to bring their children to America illegally.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/10/immigrants-zero-tolerance-mcallen-separate-families-trump/687348002/
— Retirement cut proposals threaten millions of federal workers – Dan Caplinger (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican paint themselves as being a) pro-employer and b) anti-employee. They side with GAO in Diersen v. GAO.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2018/06/12/these-retirement-cuts-threaten-millions-of-workers/35914843/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There’s a lot of debate about the differences in working conditions that public-sector and private-sector workers face. Some private-sector workers who have seen many of their employee benefits deteriorate or disappear entirely over the years believe their public-sector counterparts get benefit packages that are too expensive for taxpayers to maintain. Public-sector employees can point to base salaries that have historically often been lower than what they could make in the private sector as a justification for additional benefits to make up the difference.)

 

MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY JOURNAL
— 3 Surprises To Watch Out For When Paying For Long-Term Care – Chris Orestis (DIERSEN: Will you, or someone who you are responsible for, be one more than 70 percent of Americans over the age of 65 who will need long-term health care services? My father’s sister, my mother’s sister, and my wife’s sister are all paying more than $200/day out of their life’s savings for long-term health care.)
https://communityjournal.net/3-surprises-to-watch-out-for-when-paying-for-long-term-care/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 70 percent of Americans over the age of 65 will need long-term health care services, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Yet, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, only 13 percent of those who received professional home health care had long-term insurance policies, which can protect seniors from high out-of-pocket costs. “There is a wide gap of people without long-term care insurance (LTCI), and some of the alternatives carry little-known laws and legal liabilities that can pose a problem to the care recipient and their family, says CHRIS ORESTIS, Executive Vice President of GWG Life (www.gwglife.com ) and author of the books Help on the Way and A Survival Guide to Aging. “The growing long-term care funding crisis has brought lawsuits and mandated claw-back actions against families in attempts to recover monies spent on long-term care,” Orestis says. “There is a growing need for consumers to consider all their available financial options to fund long-term care, and that can include selling a life insurance policy.” “Often the weight for long-term care falls on the family, and they need to avoid a financial surprise that can come late in life for their loved ones.”)

 

MARSHALL TOWN TIMES REPUBLICAN
— Diversity and inclusion harm – Walter Williams (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.timesrepublican.com/opinion/columnists/2018/06/diversity-and-inclusion-harm/

 

ATLANTA VOICE
— GOP congressional candidate Seth Grossman: “Diversity is ‘a bunch of crap and un-American” – Sophie Tatum (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.theatlantavoice.com/articles/gop-congressional-candidate-diversity-is-a-bunch-of-crap-and-un-american/

 

FED WEEK
— Disciplinary Actions Accelerate at VA Since Change in Law (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat superiors took the following disciplinary actions against me. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government against me: 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 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. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/disciplinary-actions-accelerate-at-va-since-change-in-law/

 

WHO WHAT WHY
— TRUMP SETS STAGE FOR FEDERAL WORKER PURGES – CELIA WEXLER (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors were always purging federal employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/06/13/trump-sets-stage-for-federal-worker-purges/

June 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Republicans challenge Democrats to call for Michael Madigan’s resignation over MeToo fallout.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/republicans-challenge-democrats-to-call-for-madigans-resignation-over-metoo-fallout/3590991/
— Illinois Republicans urge Trump not to grant Blagojevich clemency
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-republicans-urge-trump-not-to-grant-blagojevich-clemency/3591013/

 

CBS2
— Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO, Blasted For Patronizing Chick-Fil-A
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/11/twitter-chick-fil-a-jack-dorsey-gay-same-sex-marriage/
— Illinois Republican Lawmakers Call For Democrats To Turn On House Speaker Mike Madigan – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/11/lawmakers-call-democrats-to-turn-backs-on-mike-madigan/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ Republican Washington delegation asks Trump to leave Blago’s sentence intact – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-gop-congressional-delegation-trump-blago-20180611-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Woman who uncovered Madigan’s #metoo mess Alaina Hampton wants to run state Democratic Party – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/woman-who-uncovered-madigans-metoo-mess-wants-to-run-state-democratic-party/
— Blagojevich clemency: The 7 Illinois GOP Congress members tell Trump to say no – Lynn Sweet and Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/blagojevich-clemency-the-7-illinois-gop-congress-members-tell-trump-to-say-no/
— U.S. launches bid to find citizenship cheaters – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/us-launches-bid-to-find-citizenship-cheaters/
— Demand independence, transparency if you want government you can trust – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/demand-independence-transparency-if-you-want-government-you-can-trust/
— Protesters block Loop traffic demanding rent control, elected school board – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/protesters-block-loop-traffic-rent-control-elected-school-board-cps-rahm-emanuel/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “President’s belligerence may have a cost for suburbs, Illinois.” In my precinct, because I am a Trump supporter, anti-Trump voters take their anger against Trump out on me. What do you say to Trump supporters who say that a) I do not do enough to help Trump and b) I do not do the right things to help Trump? They use against me the fact that 211 voted for Clinton in my precinct while only 137 voted for Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180611/editorial-presidents-belligerence-may-have-a-cost-for-suburbs-illinois

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they want to use citizens of Mexico and citizens of other foreign countries to get rid of Republicans once and for all. What if Republicans brought in citizens of foreign countries to get rid of Democrats once and for all?
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180611/BLOGS02/180619988/durbin-rips-immigration-policy-as-possible-daca-vote-nears

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Bost, Davis, Shimkus urge Trump to not pardon Blagojevich – Chuck Raasch
    https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bost-davis-shimkus-urge-trump-to-not-pardon-blagojevich/article_7e3d6c33-6eae-5ffe-8345-387eeaba4f15.html

 

WTAX
— Because Gov. Rauner said no to a $15-an-hour minimum wage in Illinois, protesters outside his house in Springfield Monday said they would say no to Rauner come Election Day.
http://wtax.com/news/101101-mansion-protest/

 

WQLZ
— Ives Among Others Call for Democrats to Force Mike Madigan to Step Down
http://www.wqlz.com/2018/06/11/ives-among-others-call-for-democrats-to-force-mike-madigan-to-step-down/

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— Bears Or IL Lawmakers: Who Do You Side With On NFL Anthem Policy? The team publicly supported the rule change last week. But 4 U.S. representatives sharply criticized the league for silencing players. – Joe Vince
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/bears-or-il-lawmakers-who-do-you-side-nfl-anthem-policy

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Leaks Dips into Lakewood Poliltics
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/10/illinois-leaks-dips-lakewood-poliltics/
— Looking at Algonquin Township Road District Vacation Pay
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/11/117697/
— McHenry Citizen Says Annual Town Meeting Had No Authority to Order Township Board to Conduct a Cost-Benefit Study on Elimination of an Independent Road District
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/11/mchenry-citien-says-annual-town-meeting-no-authority-order-township-board-conduct-cost-benefit-study-elimination-independent-road-district/
— Looking at Reception of Joe Tirio’s County Clerk Campaign Slogan “I Won’t Hire My Wife” at Milk Day Parade
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/11/looking-reception-joe-tirios-campaign-slogan-wont-hire-wife-milk-day-parade/
— Sen. Dan McConchie Town Hall Meeting at Cary Village Hall Tuesday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/11/sen-dan-mcconchie-town-hall-meeting-cary-village-hall-tuesday/

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Righter and House GOP members question Firearms Restraining Order Act – Angela Underwood
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511453163-righter-and-house-gop-members-question-firearms-restraining-order-act

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives says that colleagues are ‘denying reality’ by telling public that new state budget is ‘balanced’- Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511454002-ives-says-that-colleagues-are-denying-reality-by-telling-public-that-new-state-budget-is-balanced

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES-LED GROUP OF GOP LAWMAKERS AND CANDIDATES CALL FOR MADIGAN TO RESIGN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) either promote reverse discrimination or have not been adversely affected by it and b) stress that I support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/ives-led-group-of-gop-lawmakers-and-candidates-call-for-madigan-to-resign.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERS PUSH FOR MORE VIDEO GAMBLING IN COOK COUNTY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-republican-party-leaders-push-for-more-video-gambling-in-cook-county.html
— CONGRESSMAN LAHOOD LEADS OPPOSITION TO BLAGOJEVICH PARDON
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/lahood-leads-opposition-to-blagojevich-pardon.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives uses #MeToo presser to showcase some of Proft’s candidates (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) either promote reverse discrimination or have not been adversely affected by it and b) stress that I support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/11/ives-uses-metoo-presser-to-showcase-some-of-profts-candidates/
— Durbin takes credit for all-female DPI panel to find Mapes replacement (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I orchestrated the end of the following, but maybe someday, they will come forward and take credit: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship (2012), Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership (2011), Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster (2010 and 2004), Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership (2007), American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership (2004), GAO employee (1997), etc.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/11/durbin-takes-credit-for-all-female-dpi-panel-to-find-mapes-replacement/
— Illinois Republican congressmen ask Trump to oppose clemency for Blagojevich
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/11/illinois-republican-congressmen-ask-trump-to-oppose-clemency-for-blagojevich/

— Moody’s: Pension buyout plan is credit positive, poses “modest budget risk” (DIERSEN: If I was still working for GAO, since 1997, when I was 49 years old and my Democrat superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” I would have paid $182,035 into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) instead of the CSRS paying me $1,076,178 in today’s dollars.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/11/moodys-pension-buyout-plan-is-credit-positive-poses-modest-budget-risk/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— It’s Not Bigotry to Believe Homosexuality Is a Sin – DAVID FRENCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/its-not-bigotry-to-believe-homosexuality-is-a-sin/
— The Equal Rights Amendment Is a Feminist Ruse – ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/equal-rights-amendment-unnecessary-feminist-project/

 

GOPUSA
— Supreme Court rules that Ohio, other states can purge voting rolls (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is there on the voting rolls in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47764
— ICE raid worries landscapers who say they can’t find legal workers (DIERSEN: If there were as many legal and illegal immigrants when I was young as there are now, employers would have hired them instead of me. 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47696
— Melania Trump’s sophistication annoys vicious media
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47725

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Twitter CEO apologizes for eating at Chick-fil-A, says he forgot its Christian ‘background’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/twitter-ceo-apologizes-for-eating-at-chick-fil-a-says-he-forgot-its-christi

 

NEWSMAX
— OUTSTANDING: Attorney General Sessions to Tighten Asylum Rules – Joe Crowe
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/jeff-sessions-asylum-rules-immigration-courts/2018/06/11/id/865439/

 

BREITBART
— GOP Gap Spikes in Generic Poll as GOP Donors, Ryan Push Amnesty – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: Cheap labor Democrat plants, cheap labor Libertarian plants, cheap labor Green plants, and cheap labor RINOs in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants have always worked very hard against me.)
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/10/generic-poll-gap-widens-as-gop-donors-ryan-push-amnesty/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The GOP’s deficit in the generic-ballot poll score has spiked from just 3.2 points to 7.6 points in the last week as business donors and House Speaker Paul Ryan push for a wage-cutting amnesty. The new polls show all of the GOP’s gradual gains since mid-March were suddenly wiped out starting June 1, when the Democrats held a mere 3.2 point advantage in the generic ballot, which records voters’ partisan preference. One week late, on June 8, the gap had jumped to 7.6 percent as the establishment media extensively and favorably covered the discharge-petition push and Ryan’s June 6 public support for an amnesty.)

 

BLAZE
— OUTRAGEOUS: President Trump tells reporters he would likely support bill ending federal ban on pot – Jana J. Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/11/president-trump-tells-reporters-he-would-likely-support-bill-ending-federal-ban-on-pot

 

DAILY CALLER
— HOLLYWOOD HATES YOU – Derek Hunter
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/11/daily-daily-caller-podcast-hollywood-hates-you/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The G-7’s socialist-leaning communique – Tom Rogan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-g-7s-socialist-leaning-communique
— Real racism isn’t in Trump’s Twitter feed, it’s in America’s elite universities – Ying Ma
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/real-racism-isnt-in-trumps-twitter-feed-its-in-americas-elite-universities

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN: HEADLINE: Those who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform “face decision day on Dreamer petition.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/391736-gop-centrists-face-decision-day-on-dreamer-petition?userid=3526
— GOP House nominee Seth Grossman calls diversity a ‘bunch of crap’ and ‘un-American’ – JUSTIN WISE (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire Republicans and to get rid of Republicans.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/391687-nj-gop-house-candidate-calls-diversity-a-bunch-of-crap
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the video, Grossman calls diversity an “un-American” concept, implies that the country was better off before affirmative action and says black Americans would benefit from stronger immigration enforcement. “The whole idea of diversity is a bunch of crap and un-American,” Grossman says. Diversity, he says, is “an excuse by Democrats, communists and socialists, basically, to say that we’re not all created equal, that if some people or somebody is less qualified, they will get a job anyway or they’ll get into college anyway because of what group or what box they fit into.” “Once we say that Republicans want these traditional ways that made America great for all these years, then maybe African-Americans will realize if we enforce our immigration laws, they’ll be more opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds,” he adds. “When we talk about women saying ‘Well we need special care for child care, we need this credit and that credit.’ I say, wait a minute, when America was great, one parent alone earned more than enough money to comfortably support a family.” On Monday, Grossman, a noted supporter of President Trump, told Philly.com that he stands by his comments. He also contended that American Bridge PAC is trying to brand Trump-aligned Republicans as “radical and unacceptable.”)

 

POLITICO
— Illinois Republicans buck Trump over Blagojevich – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/11/illinois-republicans-blagojevich-commutation-trump-636881

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Sessions Says Domestic Violence Is Not Grounds for Asylum – Katie Benner
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/us/politics/sessions-domestic-violence-asylum.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What to Do When the Labor Market Stops Working for Workers – Alan S. Blinder (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are pro-employer and anti-worker. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I was a lowly failed worker. They stress that 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.wsj.com/articles/what-to-do-when-the-labor-market-stops-working-for-workers-1528756950

 

JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
— Attracting women to construction still requires much groundwork – Keri Salvisburg Miller (DIERSEN: Because all the jobs that I had are viewed by society as being “bad” jobs that are held by “losers,” my superiors were frustrated in attracting and retaining qualified minorities and qualified females. 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://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/associations/2018/06/attracting-women-construction-still-requires-much-groundwork-pca

 

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— DGA Calls on Rauner to Reveal Whether He Supports Trump Pardoning Himself (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but when will the DGA call on Rauner to reveal whether he supports Diersen’s call for him to sign a pledge that he will not take any actions against the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/dga-calls-on-rauner-to-reveal-whether-he-supports-trump-pardoning-himself/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— The Victory Fund, the only national Political Action Committee dedicated to electing LGBTQ people to all levels of government announced their endorsement of Democratic nominee for Cook County Commissioner Kevin B. Morrison, who is running against the chair of the Illinois Republican Party 15th District Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider. (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who will tell Schneider that to get reelected, he will have to a) dump all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) dump all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/LGBTQ-Victory-Fund-backs-gay-Dem-for-Cook-County-Commissioner-/63153.html

June 11 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DEADLINE FOR HAVING AN ENTRY IN WHEATON’S INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JUNE 20: So far, Republican entries are Peter Roskam, Peter Breen/Amy Grant, Paul Hinds, James Mendrick, Grant Eckhoff/Tim Elloitt/Chris Zaruba, Jeff Mckay, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6, 2018 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, Joseph Cantore, and Karen Wilson. The deadline for parade entries has been extended to June 20, 2018 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 This year again, for the 13th year in a row, DuPage Republicans will help sponsor the parade and the fireworks the evening before. So far, outstandingly, Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has contributed $500, Judge Jeff Mackay has contribute $250, and DuPage County Clerk Paul Hinds has contributed $100 toward the $2,500 sponsorship pledge. Bob Berlin, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Dave Molitor, and Peter Roskam have made $100 pledges. DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands. 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 sponsors and the amount that they contributed. Please urge the candidates to 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. Thanks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CBS2
— Viral G7 Photo Released By Germany
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/10/viral-g7-photo-released-by-germany/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to abolish the Second Amendment state what they want.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-all-31-ways-you-can-fight-gun-violence/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A group of Illinois House Republicans, including Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton, candidates and whistleblowers will hold a news conference in Chicago to discuss a plan to address harassment and abuse. (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want me to know about this news conference, promote this news conference, attend this news conference, or report on this news conference because I support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-susana-mendoza-metoo-20180608-story.html
— Anti-harassment panel will look for ways to promote more women in politics, Mendoza says – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Have you been charged with sexual harassment? I have not. But my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that those who like me who support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-susana-mendoza-metoo-20180608-story.html
— The Web as you know it may soon be altered as Obama-era net neutrality rules end – Tony Romm (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want internet service providers (ISP) to prioritize them over me. Of course, my critics/opponents who have lots of money can/would/do give ISPs, Google, Facebook, etc. lots of money to prioritize them over me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-net-neutrality-end-20180610-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The two events in Washington could lead to further consolidation of wireless, cable and content giants, public-interest advocates say. And they fear that behemoths like AT&T might someday prioritize their own TV shows and other content over rivals’. Internet service providers, or ISPs, deny that they would engage in such a practice — yet consumer watchdogs worry that consumers would have little legal recourse if they did. “I think this could be a one-two punch to consumers and online competition,” said Gene Kimmelman, the president of Public Knowledge, a Washington, D.C.-based public interest group. “The combination of no net neutrality and video consolidation creates new bottlenecks that empower the traditional media industry to raise prices and limit online competition.”)
— Former Miss America contestant: Girls like me don’t belong anymore – Lea Schiazza
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-beauty-miss-america-swimsuit-evening-gown-20180611-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Company finds its office space, culture are key to retaining employees – David Semerad (DIERSEN: The federal government’s top priority is hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. Therefore, the federal government does everything that it can to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of those 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 critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have absolutely no problem with the aforesaid.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/businesscollective/tca-money-is-great-but-a-positive-space-may-be-more-vital-20180601-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame gun violence on Republicans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-met-grossman-guns-divided-america-20180605-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Nod toward pension crisis is a start, but we need much more – Editorial (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) want cheap labor, b) are pro-employer and pro-business, are c) are anti-employee and anti-consumer. They side with all the defendants in all the lawsuits that I have filed.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180610/editorial-nod-toward-pension-crisis-is-a-start-but-we-need-much-more
— Poll shows deep divisions between Israelis and American Jews – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180610/news/306109988/
— Fox News host sorry for calling Trump, Kim ‘two dictators’ – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180610/news/306109930/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans discourage immigrants from speaking English, from reading English, and from writing English.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180611/many-work-hard-to-learn-english
— Why you can’t fix retirement without fixing wages – Christopher Ingraham (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) want cheap labor, b) are pro-employer and pro-business, are c) are anti-employee and anti-consumer. They side with all the defendants in all the lawsuits that I have filed.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180611/why-you-cant-fix-retirement-without-fixing-wages
— In eye of storm, scant news of Trump summit in North Korea – AP (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If you are a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, how often do you receive emails a) from the chairman of your township/ward party organization, b) from the chairman of your county party organization, c) from your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and d) from the IRP? Do the aforesaid encourage you to subscribe to and to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? Since 2004, I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Those emails have included links to more than 303,800 articles and information on many upcoming events. Those emails are free of charge and contain no advertising. Those emails promote the IRP platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180610/news/306109964/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps “chant for immigration reform during Friday rally in DeKalb.”
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/09/dozens-chant-for-immigration-reform-during-friday-rally-in-dekalb/arfdlof/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Work remains to put Illinois on strong fiscal footing – Sen. Bill Brady
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180610/sen-bill-brady-work-remains-to-put-illinois-on-strong-fiscal-footing
— City wants to put competing ballot question about absorbing Capital Township – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: What do you say to past and present township officials and employees who talk and/or act like they want me to be anti-township?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180610/city-wants-to-put-competing-ballot-question-about-absorbing-capital-township
— Former Springfield Ald. Bartolomucci fined for political texts – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180608/former-springfield-ald-bartolomucci-fined-for-political-texts

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— State Sen. Toi Hutchinson (D-Olympia Fields), pays herself with campaign cash – David Giuliani
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/lawmaker-pays-herself-with-campaign-cash/article_4fa00dee-3ccf-11e8-8103-f7670dbcc440.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois becomes 30th state to adopt Uniform Bar Exam – AP (DIERSEN: What professional examinations have you passed? In 1979, when I was 30 years old, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. In 1981, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always dismissed, belittled, badmouthed, demonized, denigrated, and condemned the aforesaid.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article212935619.html

 

CHICAGO READER
— Could Democrats survive without Michael Madigan at the top? – Ben Joravsky
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/11/could-dems-survive-without-michael-madigan-at-the-top

 

ROBERT FEDER
— Sun-Times has ‘60 percent’ chance of survival, CEO Eisendrath says (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are worthless a) because GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are free, b) copies of the emails are posted at www.gopillinois.com and are not behind any kind of paywall, c) the emails contain no pictures or advertising, and d) my critics/opponents who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout demonize, denigrate, and condemn the emails.)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2018/06/08/sun-times-60-percent-chance-survival-ceo-eisendrath-says/#more-18295
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Despite its appeal for support among union households, the Sun-Times has not experienced a groundswell of subscribers under the new ownership, Eisendrath said. With a redesign of the paper’s website and its move to a subscription paywall model, there will be a renewed effort to attract new customers.)

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Is Madigan Now In Survival Mode?
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/is-madigan-now-in-survival-mode

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Accepting Including Embracing and Sharing Deviance – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, a) who takes the lead in promoting deviance and b) who takes the lead in fighting deviance?)
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/accepting-including-embracing-and-sharing-deviance/
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-accepting-including-embracing-and-sharing-deviance/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— OUTRAGEOUS: RAUNER ALLY JOHN ROWE JOINS UP WITH CHICAGO MAYOR EMANUEL IN PROMOTING NEW IMMIGRATION EFFORT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/rauner-ally-john-rowe-joins-up-with-chicago-mayor-emanuel-in-promoting-new-immigration-effort.html
— CHICAGO SUBURBAN BURBANK PAYS HISPANIC CHURCH $459,000 FOR ANTI-RELIGIOUS BIAS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/burbank-pays-church-459000-for-discrimination-.html
— THORNER/INGOLD: PELOSI SCORNS MAY’S INCREDIBLE JOBS REPORT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/thorneringold-pelosi-scorns-mays-incredible-jobs-report.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— OUTSTANDING: Administration rallies for mandatory E-Verify to stop illegal employment – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/administration-rallies-for-mandatory-e-verify-to-stop-illegal-employment-1

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Willie Brown warns Dems they may be in for a surprise with Cox – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/06/willie_brown_warns_democrats_they_may_be_in_for_a_surprise_with_cox.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Krishnamoorthi to Trudeau: Stop ‘feuding’ with Trump over trade – Gregg Re
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/10/democratic-congressman-to-trudeau-stop-feuding-with-trump-over-trade.html

 

BREITBART
— OUTRAGEOUS: Democrats Push Licensing, Registration of Semi-Automatic Handguns, Rifles – Awr Hawkins
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/11/democrats-push-firearm-licensing-registration-in-house-senate/

 

NEWSMAX
— Republicans Furious Over Possible Freedom for Blagojevich – John Gizzi
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/blago-blagojevich-obama-darin-lahood/2018/06/11/id/865322/
— Twitter Lights Up Over Trudeau’s Eyebrow – Solange Reyner
https://www.newsmax.com/thewire/justin-trudeau-canada-g7-summit-eyebrow/2018/06/10/id/865286/

 

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Congress Can Cut Billions in Wasteful Spending – Romina Boccia and Dody Eid (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who rail against wasteful government spending, but side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who wasted me and wasted my career?)
https://www.heritage.org/budget-and-spending/commentary/congress-can-cut-billions-wasteful-spending-following-blueprint

 

DAILY CALLER
— Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Sunday expressed regret over eating at Chick-fil-A, because of the chicken company’s CEO’s personal views on gay marriage.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/10/twitter-ceo-chick-fil-a-gay-marriage/

 

ANDY MARTIN
— New Hampshire carpetbagger candidate “Moneybags Maura” Sullivan heads to Chicago, USA’s capital of corruption New Hampshire congressional candidate Andy Martin exposes how local fake news media in that state are being used to promote a corrupt, arrogant carpetbagger candidate, Maura Sullivan
http://andymartinforcongress.blogspot.com/2018/06/new-hampshire-carpetbagger-candidate.html
https://andymartinforcongress.wordpress.com/2018/06/11/new-hampshire-carpetbagger-candidate-moneybags-maura-sullivan-heads-to-chicago-usas-capital-of-corruption/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— NRA’s Loesch: School ‘protected’ confessed Parkland shooter with lax discipline regimen Gun control comes under criticism at Western Conservative Summit – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/10/dana-loesch-parkland-protected-nikolas-cruz-lax-di/

 

REUTERS
— College pay-off seems elusive for many U.S. young people – Gail MarksJarvis (DIERSEN: If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 when I was 21 years old, Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 and Oldsmobile and IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971. If I had not earned a job-related master’s degree in 1976 and a job-related professional certification in 1979, GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980. If I had not earned job-related master’s degrees in 1980 and 1997 and job-related professional certifications in 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and a job-related professional license in 1981, the Democrats who ran GAO would have gotten rid of me much sooner than they did.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-world-work-college/college-pay-off-seems-elusive-for-many-u-s-young-people-idUSKCN1J30ZM

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— TRAGIC: Alabama’s Longtime Hostility to Gambling Shows Signs of Fading – Alan Blinder
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/10/us/alabama-sports-betting-evangelicals.html
— ‘Drama, Action, Emotional Power’: As Exhausted Aides Eye the Exits, Trump Is Re-energized – Maggie Haberman and Katie Rogers (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what it was like for those who shared my demographics (Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, etc.) to work for GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969. I should write a book about what it is/was like for those who share my demographics (conservative, old) to be a member of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/10/us/politics/trump-turnover.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mr. Trump, a former reality television star, may soon be working with a thinned-out cast in the middle of Season 2, well before the midterm elections. Several high-profile aides, including John F. Kelly, the president’s chief of staff, and Joe Hagin, a deputy of Mr. Kelly’s, are said to be thinking about how much longer they can stay. Last week, Mr. Kelly told visiting senators that the White House was “a miserable place to work,” according to a person with direct knowledge of the comment. The turnover, which is expected to become an exodus after the November elections, does not worry the president, several people close to him said. He has grown comfortable with removing any barriers that might challenge him — including, in some cases, people who have the wrong chemistry or too frequently say no to him.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What to Consider Before You Change Your Residence Because of the New Tax Law Limits on deductions for state and local taxes have created a greater incentive for taxpayers living in high-tax states – Tom Herman (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-to-consider-before-you-change-your-residence-because-of-the-new-tax-law-1528682701
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For some people, saving taxes under the new law could be a moving experience. Among the biggest changes is a provision limiting deductions for state and local taxes to $10,000 a year ($5,000 for a married person filing a separate return), starting this year and scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. Also, the standard deduction amounts rose sharply. These changes have created a greater incentive for many taxpayers living in high-tax areas, including New York City, California, New Jersey and Connecticut, to consider becoming tax refugees. This includes upper-income taxpayers who have more than one home and want to claim a home in a lower-tax area as the one that counts for tax purposes. It also includes some taxpayers who are considering fleeing entirely from a high-tax area.)
— It’s Time to A/B Test Your Financial Life People often don’t know their true preferences. Trying them out could save you a lot of money. – Shlomo Benartzi
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-time-to-a-b-test-your-financial-life-1528682940
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Buying basic vs. luxury goods. . .2. Monitoring your portfolio more vs. less frequently. . .3. Retiring now vs. later. . .4. Spending more vs. less in retirement. . . .5. Spending on the usual vs. new experiences)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-legal-weed-let-states-tend-their-own-gardens-1528652158

June 10 Morning Edition

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Rauner trails Pritzker in latest poll – SARAH HAYDEN (DIERSEN: What has Rauner done so far to encourage those who voted for Trump and/or for Ives to help reelect him on November 6, 2018? For example, has he offered to sign a pledge that he will not take any action against Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform? For example, has he offered to attend a summit meeting with those who endorsed Trump, those who endorsed Ives, and the conservative leaders in Illinois? What does Rauner say to those who increasingly conclude that he does NOT want those who voted for Trump and/or for Ives to help reelect him on November 6, 2018? Increasingly, it looks like Rauner is running against those who support Trump and against those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the IRP platform, that is, it increasing looks like he is running as an anti-conservative, that is, it increasing looks like he is running as anti-Republican.)
https://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/rauner-trails-pritzker-in-latest-poll/article_56b6e274-50c5-50bb-913f-c2b8b775c864.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner is trailing Democratic gubernatorial rival J.B. Pritzker by at least 15 points, according to the May edition of The Illinois Poll. The telephone survey contacted 1,208 voters May 22-24. While Rauner holds narrow leads in northern and central Illinois, he has surged in the southern part of the state, with a 46-to-30 percent lead over Pritzker. Predictably, Pritzker is leading Rauner 76 to 11 percent in Democratic Chicago and suburban Cook County. The poll also asked residents whether they believe Rauner deserves to be re-elected to a second term in office. Thirty four percent of respondents said yes, while 53 percent said no.)
— Madigan must lead to change locker room culture – Editorial
https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/editorial-madigan-must-lead-to-change-locker-room-culture/article_39a9674e-5bcb-50a1-a8ba-2c923307f191.html
— Time to end state pension COLAs – Jim Turner, Fenton (DIERSEN: In my defense, federal COLAs average much less than 3% a year.)
https://qconline.com/opinion/letters/letter-time-to-end-state-pension-colas/article_4a7c17cd-9703-575b-b105-a441fbe25cea.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— More than 600 bills will land on Rauner’s desk as he seeks re-election – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-illinois-legislature-20180607-story.html
— Under attack, billionaire George Soros plans to redouble his efforts – Michael Kranish
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-george-soros-interview-20180609-story.html
— How many millions do you need to run for governor? – Alene L. Fishbein, Glencoe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-letters-illinois-governor-race-rich-20180608-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 3 people dead, 7 wounded Saturday in Chicago shootings
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/3-people-dead-7-wounded-saturday-in-chicago-shootings/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Let’s build on bipartisan momentum for change in budget – Gov. Bruce Rauner (DIERSEN: Historically and ever-increasingly, “bipartisan” is code for anti-conservative.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180610/rauner-lets-build-on-bipartisan-momentum-for-change-in-budget

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Imbalance deciding policies – Editorial
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-imbalance-deciding-policies/article_e0c176a7-ec5a-5027-a08f-a3a5effa887d.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Food pantries, co-op experiencing increase in need – PAUL SWIECH (DIERSEN: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be either a) getting welfare or b) giving out welfare.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/food-pantries-co-op-experiencing-increase-in-need/article_ebed5c09-c4d4-5609-9ffe-d254da9d0dca.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Cheering that new Illinois budget? Not so fast – Editorial
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/07/our-view-cheering-that-new-illinois-budget-not-so-fast/amign4e/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— It’s going to be a long campaign season – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180609/statehouse-insider-its-going-to-be-long-campaign-season

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
– Miss Illinois crowned; will be among first to forgo swimsuit contest at Miss America – MARY COOLEY
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/article212909354.html

 

HERALD NEWS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Roundup of food pantries in Will and Grundy counties (DIERSEN: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be either a) getting welfare or b) giving out welfare.)
http://www.theherald-news.com/2018/04/11/roundup-of-food-pantries-in-will-and-grundy-counties/ae82fg9/

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— New Plan Would Add Administrative Spending to State Report Card – Benjamin Yount
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=266555#.Wx0eLopKiM8

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps get dozens to chant for immigration reform during Friday rally in DeKalb
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/09/dozens-chant-for-immigration-reform-during-friday-rally-in-dekalb/arfdlof/

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Smartphones are doing to websites what Amazon did to the mall – Kyle Stock
    https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/fashion-and-style/smartphones-are-doing-to-websites-what-amazon-did-to-the/article_70f30ba9-1b44-5591-84e2-bfe97ae89b25.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Free concealed carry course offered to Illinois teachers – Nikki McGee
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/free-concealed-carry-course-offered-to-illinois-teachers

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— At G7 Summit, Trump Demands Changes To ‘Unfair’ Trade Policies – Bill Lukitsch
http://nprillinois.org/post/g7-summit-trump-demands-changes-unfair-trade-policies#stream/0
— California: High School Valedictorian’s Mic Cut When She Talks About Campus Sexual Assault
http://nprillinois.org/post/high-school-valedictorians-mic-cut-when-she-talks-about-campus-sexual-assault#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, those who stay in America illegally, and those who bring others to America illegally. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.
http://nprillinois.org/post/judge-halts-deportation-detained-new-york-pizza-delivery-man#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Facebook, Twitter, Google, Amazon in Cahoots w/SPLC – Michael F. Haverluck (DIERSEN: If you are in cahoots with SPLC, you shout that you want to get rid of the traditional family plank in the Republican Party platform and all those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that support that plank.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/facebook-twitter-google-amazon-in-cahoots-w-splc/

 

THE HILL
— Trump economic adviser: Trudeau ‘stabbed us in the back’ – BRETT SAMUELS
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/391535-kudlow-trudeau-stabbed-us-in-the-back

 

POLITICO
— Blue states find ways to undercut GOP tax law In states like New York, taxpayers would be better off than they were before Republicans changed the tax law. – BRIAN FALER (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Democrats can/will use the cap to shout that Republicans want to discourage marriage and homeownership.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/blue-states-gop-tax-law-634991
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Residents of some blue states may get a surprisingly big tax cut thanks to workarounds state lawmakers are crafting to subvert a controversial new cap on deductions for state and local taxes. In places like New York, taxpayers will not only be able to claim the same break as before Republicans imposed a new $10,000 cap on the deduction, but they will also be able to sidestep longstanding federal rules on exactly when the deduction may be taken.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats have shouted at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/opinion/african-americans-national-anthem-protests.html
— Turning Affluent Suburbs Blue Isn’t Worth the Cost – Lily Geismer and Matthew D. Lassiter (DIERSEN: How affluent is your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and Illinois? What percent have “money to burn” and want government a) to take more money away from those who have more money and b) give that money to those who have less money?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/opinion/sunday/affluent-suburbs-democrats.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Meet John Cox and Gavin Newsom, the candidates for California governor – PHIL WILLON
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-governor-candidates-john-cox-gavin-newsom-2018-htmlstory.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers are overjoyed that “Jeff Sessions Struggles to Get Planned Marijuana Crackdown Going.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jeff-sessions-struggles-to-get-planned-marijuana-crackdown-going-1528628400

 

THE DAY
— Too much news? Not for everyone – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about my critics/opponents who focus on discouraging everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? They want you read only what they publish or they bless. More than just being overjoyed about, they played major roles in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.theday.com/article/20180610/OP04/180619985
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Pew Research Center is out with a fascinating poll on “news fatigue.” The poll finds: “Almost seven-in-ten Americans (68%) feel worn out by the amount of news there is these days, compared with only three-in-ten who say they like the amount of news they get,” according to the report. “The portion expressing feelings of information overload is in line with how Americans felt during the 2016 presidential election, when a majority expressed feelings of exhaustion from election coverage.” On one hand, this is understandable given the constant drumbeat of scandal and outrage. On the other hand, no one forces Americans to watch or read the news. It is a choice whether to consume it or not, and judging from those stunning poll results (e.g. only 43 percent polled last year could name a single Supreme Court justice), many people do a fine job of being uninformed. Nevertheless, to the degree one attempts to be a diligent citizen, it seems to many that they are drinking out of the proverbial firehose. Looking a little closer, we see an interesting phenomenon. Distaste for President Donald Trump — and perhaps glee at his failures — makes Democrats more eager to ingest as much news as they can. “While majorities of both Republicans and Democrats express news fatigue, Republicans are feeling it more,” according the Pew’s findings. “Roughly three-quarters (77%) of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents feel worn out over how much news there is, compared with about six-in-ten Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (61%). This elevated fatigue among Republicans tracks with them having less enthusiasm than Democrats for the 2018 elections. The lack of interest in the news and in the election suggests that an outsize segment of Republicans don’t want to hear that much about, or take stock of, the president and Congress they elected. Yes, we can sympathize that it is stressful to see someone you were warned not to vote for display just about every rotten trait you chose to overlook during the campaign (e.g. dishonesty, vulgarity, racism). Ironically, the less-informed people feel the most overwhelmed, even if they don’t actually consume a whole lot of news. (“While a majority of those who follow the news most of the time (62%) are feeling worn out by the news, a substantially higher portion (78%) of those who less frequently get news say they are fatigued by the amount of it that they see.”) There may be a strong segment of the electorate that is trying to hide from the news — but just can’t. The demographic groups that most strongly supported Trump are now the most exhausted by the news. “Some demographic groups — most notably white Americans — are more likely than others to feel exhausted by the news,” the poll finds. “Nearly three-quarters (73%) of white Americans express fatigue with the amount of news, much higher than among both Hispanic (55%) and black Americans (55%). Women are also somewhat more likely than men to feel worn out (71% vs. 64%, respectively).” There is some good news in this for the anti-Trump forces. It seems they are more energized (perhaps by a sense of vindication or by a desire to stop the Trump madness) than Republicans, who, gosh, just don’t seem to want to be reminded of what and whom they voted for. They are not “tired of winning.”)

June 7 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— George P. Bush and Bruce Rauner spoke at an outstanding DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) Lincoln Day Dinner Wednesday evening, June 6, 2018 at the Marriott Hotel in Oak Brook. DCRCC Chairman Brian Krajewski served as Master of Ceremonies. Jay Kinzler led the Pledge of Allegiance. Robyn Vitson sang the National Anthem. Tonia Khouri gave the Invocation. Dan Goodwin introduced George P. Bush. James Mendrick recognized the sponsors and the elected officials in the audience. The 500+ attendees included state party leaders Claar, Grogan, Higgins, Schneider, and Shaw; past and present Illinois candidates and officials Bellock, B. Brady, Connelly, Curran, Dillard, Durkin, Helland, Holan, Ives, Lewis, Olsen, Robeletti, and Senger; past and present DuPage County candidates and officials Anderson, Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Eckhoff, Elloitt, Gavanes, Gustin, Hanselin, Hart, Henry, Hinds, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, McGowen, A. Murphy, Nero, Painter, Puchalski, Ruscitti, Schultz, Tully, Wiley, and C. Zaruba; past and present township candidates and officials Boltz, Cuzzone, Czernek, Dabrowski, Donner, Falbo, Ferguson, Grimsby, Hundhausen, Keller, Kelly, LeVan, Leventis, Monino, Moretti, Morrissey, Musson, Nathwani, Nowak, Prater, Santucci, Schroeder, Trowbridge, Valle, and Wilkins; past and present party leaders Carlyle, Fisher, A. LeVan, Marchese, Minor, B. Murphy, Pacilli, Ruhl, and Veenstra; judges Brennan, Burke, Chapman, Guerin, Hayes, Jacobs, Jorgensen, Kleeman, Mackay, Rome, Russo, Walsh, and Wilson; and many others including Caruso, Furstenau, Hogan, Kmiecik, Kubinski, Lofgren, McNeily, and Wagner. Event sponsors included the Republican township party organizations, DuPage County Assessors, Berlin, Claar, Durkin, Grogan, Henry, Hinds, Inland Real Estate Group, Kachiroubas, Krajewski, Larsen, Mackay, McMahon, Mendrick, Nero, Olsen, Romano, and Roskam. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— WHEATON INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE AND FIREWORKS: So far, Republican entries are Peter Roskam, Peter Breen, Paul Hinds, James Mendrick, Grant Eckhoff/Tim Elloitt/Chris Zaruba, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6, 2018 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, Amy Grant, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, Gwen Henry, Kevin Wiley, Jim Zay, Al Murphy, Joseph Cantore, Karen Wilson, and Jeff Mackay. The deadline for parade entries is June 11, 2018 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 This year again, for the 13th year in a row, DuPage Republicans will help sponsor the parade and the fireworks the evening before. So far, outstandingly, Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has contributed $500 and DuPage County Clerk Paul Hinds has contributed $100 toward the $2,500 sponsorship pledge. DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands. 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 sponsors and the amount that they contributed. Please urge the candidates to 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. Thanks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ousted Madigan aide (Tim Mapes, age 63) eligible for hefty (more than $135,000/year) pension – Ray Long (DIERSEN: Are you in line to get a hefty pension or are you getting a hefty pension now? When is a pension hefty? When my Democrat GAO superiors ousted me in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my pension was only $51,864/year in today’s dollars. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my Democrat GAO superiors ousted me because I was a bad employee like Mapes and a) NOT because since 1988 I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; b) NOT because I had always complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; c) NOT because they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who shared my demographics (Republican, White, male, old, non-veteran); and d) NOT because Newt Gingrich had dramatically cut GAO’s budget and GAO had promised its employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran that they would not suffer because of those dramatic budget cuts.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-thursday-edition-20180606-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-daca-immigration-discharge-illinois-20180606-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-daca-immigration-speaker-paul-ryan-dream-act-0608-story.html
— SIU trustees unexpectedly move to replace president without his prior knowledge – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-southern-illinois-university-president-leave-20180606-story.html
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Cook County allows video gambling in unincorporated areas – Gregory Pratt (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote vice. Ever-increasingly, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) shouts that it is anti-conservative, pro-Democrat, pro-Libertarian, and pro-Green. How soon, if not already, will the IRP officially banish conservatives, that is, how soon, if not already, will the IRP officially banish its base?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-cook-county-video-gambling-20180606-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “This is an opportunity for us to bring in revenue from people who want to pay the revenue, not by forcing something on somebody,” Commissioner Tim Schneider, a Bartlett Republican, said during a meeting Tuesday where officials discussed the plan. When video gambling machines went live in Illinois during fall 2012, Cook County prohibited them from unincorporated areas. Under state law, each establishment authorized to operate video gambling is allowed up to five machines. Schneider, who proposed the expansion plan in unincorporated Cook County said the measure would allow businesses with a liquor license to apply for video gambling. There are approximately 60 businesses with liquor licenses in unincorporated Cook, Schneider said. Ninety out of 132 municipalities in the county have allowed video gambling, Schneider said, arguing that the expansion will allow business in unincorporated Cook County to compete with them and “level the playing field.” Currently, electronic gambling devices in Cook County are taxed $1,000 per machine and $200 per year per terminal, according to Edward Nelson, a spokesman for the county’s finance bureau. Gambling revenue from incorporated areas of Cook County is expected to bring in $2.1 million this fiscal year, which is an increase from the year before, Nelson said in an email. There was little debate over the measure inside the county building Wednesday, though commissioner Bridget Gainer, D-Chicago, voted no, saying gambling can “create an undue burden on families.” Schneider said video gambling is “carefully regulated.” Officials from municipalities that have adopted video gambling reported “limited or no problems,” he said. Commissioners voted 9-1 in favor of the plan, with three voting present. Anita Bedell, executive director of the Illinois Church Action on Alcohol and Addiction Problems, called the expansion a “very bad idea.” “More people will gamble,” Bedell said, and it will lead to increased social costs, including addiction and divorce. “The money comes from residents that lose the money,” Bedell said. Sean Morrison, R-Palos Park, echoed Schneider’s points about creating a “level playing field” for business. He said this will generate new revenue without being a “mandated tax.” “You gamble if you choose or you don’t,” he said.)
— The #MeToo hypocrites of Springfield – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-mapes-harassment-metoo-20180606-story.html
— Google turns its back on America’s security – Michael R. Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-google-artificial-intelligence-national-security-project-maven-america-0607-story.html
— Through it all, Casino Cruz kept his job at CPS – David Jackson (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use Cruz to hint/imply/argue/shout that I must have been an extremely bad Post Office, IRS, and GAO employee.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180607/281535111684270

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Elgin woman downsizes her ‘Impeach Trump’ sign – Elena Ferrarin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180606/elgin-woman-downsizes-her-impeach-trump-sign
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DuPage County inmates to get tablets for communication, entertainment – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180606/dupage-county-inmates-to-get-tablets-for-communication-entertainment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Harris said the tablets are being provided at no cost from the vendor, GTL, which specializes in inmate telephone systems, visitation management solutions, jail management systems and inmate education programs. “Inmates are charged fees when they make purchases, which is what finances the tablets for GTL,” Harris said. “GTL bears the cost of all upfront implementation and continuing support. Inmates pay a fee for streaming music and movies, secure messaging and games during daytime hours.” Sheriff’s officials say the tablets have been proven to reduce inmate violence and staff assaults in other facilities. Direct internet access and social media sites will be restricted. Inmates also will have the ability to set up a direct message portal with family and friends on the outside.)
— Anyone can wave a flag, but true patriotism demands more – Burt Constable (DIERSEN: What would your critics/opponents use to paint you as being a patriotic hypocrite and even worse things? My critics/opponents would stress that I sought and obtained four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180607/constable-anyone-can-wave-a-flag-but-true-patriotism-demands-more
— GOP midterm strategist asks: what does it mean to ‘approve’ of Trump? – Byron York
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180607/gop-midterm-strategist-asks-what-does-it-mean-to-approve-of-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180606/editorial-parkland-students-should-be-welcome-in-naperville
— Striking Kane County workers challenge Lauzen to end walkout – Jim Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180606/striking-kane-county-workers-challenge-lauzen-to-end-walkout

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want individuals, organizations, and companies to leave Illinois that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180607/NEWS02/180609913

 

WBEZ
— Fired Madigan Aide Timothy Mapes In For 6-Figure Public Pension – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/fired-madigan-aide-in-for-6figure-public-pension/2096e08e-bf46-41be-8b79-35d401084ba6

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— California candidate Cox a long way from Illinois races – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180606/bernard-schoenburg-california-candidate-cox-long-way-from-illinois-races
— Acting Springfield battalion chief Chad Bates, 44, center of criminal, legal complaints – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my Democrat GAO superiors ousted me in 1997 when I was 49 years old because I was a bad employee like Bates and a) NOT because since 1988 I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; b) NOT because I had always complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; c) NOT because they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who shared my demographics (Republican, White, male, old, non-veteran); and d) NOT because Newt Gingrich had dramatically cut GAO’s budget and GAO had promised its employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran that they would not suffer because of those dramatic budget cuts.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180606/acting-springfield-battalion-chief-center-of-criminal-legal-complaints

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois pension buyout programs will take time to start – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Are you a non-veteran White male? Is/was your employer like the federal government? The federal government wants to get rid of its non-veteran White male employees that it does not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. 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.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180606/illinois-pension-buyout-programs-will-take-time-to-start

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Unlimited spending How much is enough? Gubernatorial candidates are afraid to try to find out. – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-06-07/editorial-unlimited-spending.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Rauner abandons reform, signs budget – SCOTT REEDER
http://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/rauner-abandons-reform-signs-budget/article_36fadd8e-2252-51fa-b7f9-92e846b07661.html

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Rauner talks budget, medical pot at Batavia campaign stop – TONY SCOTT
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/06/06/breaking-rauner-talks-budget-medical-pot-at-batavia-campaign-stop/akicygg/

 

SOUTHERN
— SIU trustees to discuss putting Dunn on administrative leave, appointing acting president – K. JANIS ESCH
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu/siu-trustees-to-discuss-putting-dunn-on-administrative-leave-appointing/article_24eafc2e-ba3d-5ce0-bbc7-c3b5d07a1d54.html

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Blagojevich commutation would upend law enforcers’ judgment – Pat Gauen
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/gauen-blagojevich-commutation-would-upend-law-enforcers-judgment/article_2f0e3669-9ced-5d9f-b2f1-445c10e13e1c.html

 

WBEZ
— Fired Madigan Aide In For 6-Figure Public Pension – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/fired-madigan-aide-in-for-sixfigure-public-pension/2096e08e-bf46-41be-8b79-35d401084ba6

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Money Machines: How Big Donors Dominate Campaign Funding In Illinois – MARY HANSEN (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and political organizations should be prohibited from seeking or accepting money to go against their party’s platform.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/money-machines-how-big-donors-dominate-campaign-funding-illinois#stream/0

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Hold Rahm accountable for CPS sexual abuse scandal
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-hold-rahm-accountable-for-cps-sexual-abuse-scandal

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Kinzler says Springfield ‘failed us again’ with passage of new budget – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511445716-kinzler-says-springfield-failed-us-again-with-passage-of-new-budget
— Breen says new budget doesn’t do enough to prevent people and jobs from ‘fleeing’ Illinois – Carrie Bradon
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511445859-breen-says-new-budget-doesn-t-do-enough-to-prevent-people-and-jobs-from-fleeing-illinois

 

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Rauner talks budget, medical pot at Batavia campaign stop – TONY SCOTT
http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2018/06/06/breaking-rauner-talks-budget-medical-pot-at-batavia-campaign-stop/akicygg/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Senator Karen McConnaughay Withdrawing from Re-Election Race
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/06/senator-karen-mcconnaughay-withdrawing-re-election-race/

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Funded by $5 billion in tax increases, Rauner signs $38 billion budget
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/06/06/5-billion-in-tax-increases-rauner-signs-38-billion-budget/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Mapes’ accusers say fixing harassment culture under capitol dome requires more than just one resignation – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/mapes-accusers-say-fixing-harassment-culture-under-capitol-dome-requires/article_b359e968-69e3-11e8-a80e-f35f7fe97619.html
— Rauner mum on ‘cannabis for opioids’ bill awaiting signature – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-mum-on-cannabis-for-opioids-bill-awaiting-signature/article_74ddd6a4-68e4-11e8-989d-434292fc1f31.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— FACEBOOK, AMAZON, GOOGLE AND TWITTER ALL WORK WITH LEFT-WING SPLC – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if an individual, organization, company, government, or country does not promote LGBTQ activity, SPLC hints/implies/argues/shouts that individual, organization, company, government, or country is White supremacist, Nazi, KKK, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/06/splc-partner-google-facebook-amazon/

 

BREITBART
— Steve King Sounds Alarm: Estb. Is Stampeding GOP Towards Amnesty Cliff – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/07/rep-king-paul-ryan-is-stampeding-gop-towards-amnesty-cliff/

 

FOX NEWS
— John Cox: Won’t let Newsom turn California into Venezuela – Julia Limitone
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/john-cox-wont-let-newsom-turn-california-into-venezuela

 

BLAZE
— Religious teacher won’t call transgender kids by preferred name — and says he was forced to resign – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/06/religious-teacher-wont-call-transgender-kids-by-preferred-name-and-says-he-was-forced-to-resign

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— John Cox Victory Speech: It Wasn’t Trump Who Made California Highest Taxed State, It Was Gavin Newsom – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/06/05/john_cox_victory_speech_it_wasnt_trump_who_made_california_highest_taxed_state_it_was_gavin_newsom.html

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Amnesty talk, aided by GOP, keeps border busy The passage of liberal “Dream Act” legislation in the future will create a new wave of illegal aliens demanding legal rights, the country’s top immigration enforcement officer is warning. – Chad Groening
https://www.onenewsnow.com/national-security/2018/06/07/amnesty-talk-aided-by-gop-keeps-border-busy

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Southwest Border Arrests Rise for Third Month in a Row – Ron Nixon
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/us/politics/southwest-border-arrests-rise-trump-.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New Tax Laws Have Home Buyers Checking New Places The new cap on deductions for taxes, including on property, have people looking for deals outside high-tax states; Florida and Nevada more popular after GOP overhaul – Robyn A. Friedman (DIERSEN: The $10,000 SALT cap discourages people from getting married and buying homes in the 6th Congressional District. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-tax-laws-have-home-buyers-checking-new-places-1528295467
— IRS to Spend Nearly $300 Million on IT in Tax Overhaul Money will help update 140 computer systems to help the agency implement the new tax law – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-to-spend-nearly-300-million-on-it-in-tax-overhaul-1527871564
— Democrats’ Interest in Midterm Elections Running Ahead of Republicans’ President Donald Trump gets more credit for economy’s strength, new poll finds – Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-interest-in-midterm-elections-running-ahead-of-republicans-1528365600
— Good Morning! Your Starbucks Coffee Just Got More Expensive The price of a brewed coffee has increased by between 10 cents and 20 cents in most U.S. stores – Julie Jargon (DIERSEN: Of course, Starbucks will use that additional revenue a) to defend and advance the Democrat Party, Libertarian Party, and Green Party platforms and b) to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/good-morning-your-starbucks-coffee-just-got-more-expensive-1528365603

 

USA TODAY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Canada poised to approve legal marijuana sales; pot shops could be open by late summer – Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/06/canada-and-marijuana-nation-set-approve-legal-pot-sales/674912002/

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1237 Golf Circle, Wheaton – $480,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447939_zpid/

June 6 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— WHEATON INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE AND FIREWORKS: Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6, 2018 ballots in Wheaton a) to have an entry in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and b) to help sponsor the parade. Those candidates include Peter Roskam, Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Amy Grant, Peter Breen, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, James Mendrick, Paul Hinds, Gwen Henry, Grant Eckhoff, Chris Zaruba, Kevin Wiley, Jim Zay, Al Murphy, Joseph Cantore, Karen Wilson, and Jeff Mackay. The deadline for parade entries is June 11, 2018 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 This year again, for the 13th year in a row, DuPage Republicans will help sponsor the parade and the fireworks the evening before. So far, outstandingly, Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has contributed $500 toward the $2,500 sponsorship pledge. DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands. 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 sponsors and the amount that they contributed. Please urge the candidates to 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 at 915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326. Thanks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— JULY 4, 2017 EVENING EDITION FLASHBACK: Republicans who participated in Wheaton’s outstanding Independence Day Parade this morning were: DuPage State’s Attorney Bob Berlin; DuPage County District 4 officials Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, and Tim Whelan; James Mendrick for DuPage Sheriff; Frank Bibbianno for DuPage Sheriff; Karen Wilson for DuPage Judge; and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC). Republicans who walked with entries included Ron Almiron, Lori Carlson, Joseph Caruso, Flo Dangelo, Sal Falbo, Chris Heidorn, Pat Hinchey, Marty Keller, Larry LaVanway, Antonio Lollino, Paula McGowen, Ron Menna, David Norck, Thommen Poozhikunnel, Mary Rash, Pat Ryan, and Janet Shaw. Gary Muehlfelt drove the truck that pulled the outstanding MTRCC float. Peter Breen, Mike Connelly, and Jeanne Ives could not participate in the parade because of the Democrats. Peter Roskam participated in a different parade. This year, for the 12th year in a row, “DuPage Republicans” helped sponsor the parade and fireworks. “DuPage Republicans” was the $2,500 “Star” sponsor again sponsored the Wheaton high school bands and the Tunes of Glory Pipes and Drums parade entries. Because of a last minute shortage of banner carriers, I had the honor of helping carry the “Sponsored by DuPage Republicans” banner ahead of the Tunes of Glory Pipes and Drums. Outstandingly, again this year Tim Whelan coordinated Republican use of the “DuPage Republicans” booth at the fireworks. This year again, I delivered flyers to the residences and businesses on the parade route. The flyers listed the Republican entries in the parade and the Republicans who helped sponsor entries. Outstandingly, the flyers were printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics. This year, outstandingly, Roger Claar is a $500 contributor, Chris Nybo is a $250 contributor, Phil Suess is a $150 contributor, and Bob Berlin, Peter Breen, Mike Connelly, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Jeanne Ives, Marty Keller, Deanne Mazzochi, Paula McGowen, James Mendrick, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, and Tim Whelan are $100 contributors. Please thank them for helping sponsor the parade and fireworks. This year was the 10th anniversary of an elephant walking behind Roskam in the parade. For that 2007 parade, I had the honor of raising $2,000 on short notice from DuPage Republicans to sponsor that elephant. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— John Cox advances in California primary with Trump’s help – AP (DIERSEN: Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced candidates for U.S. Senate (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren. We can forever ask ourselves, “What if Trump had endorsed Ives?”)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–california-primary-governor-20180606-story.html

— 1 day after state budget celebration, S&P says it represents ‘the status quo’ – Monique Garcia)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-wednesday-edition-20180605-story.html

— Ex-Gov. Blagojevich’s lawyers file for clemency days after Trump raises hopes – Jason Meisner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-blagojevich-trump-clemency-20180605-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ promoter Bob Barth of Chicago complains about hostility against those who engage in LGBTQ activity. However, Barth knows full-well that in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton, if you fail/refuse to promote LGBTQ activity, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to get rid of you.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-letters-supreme-court-colorado-baker-lgbt-discrimination-20180605-story.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— 6th Congressional District candidate: Trump harming the US with tariffs
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/05/6th-congressional-district-candidate-trump-harming-the-u-s-with-tariffs/a7zsgpa/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield fire battalion chief Chad W. Bates, 44, arrested in Sherman – John Reynolds
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180605/springfield-fire-battalion-chief-arrested-in-sherman
— Blagojevich files paperwork asking Trump to commute sentence – Jason Meisner (DIERSEN: In July of 1998, my attorney, Walter T. Charlton, filed paperwork in federal court in Washington, DC, that is, a lawsuit, that asked the court to order GAO to reverse the adverse actions that it had taken against me, including its forcing me to take its early retirement “offer” in September of 1997.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180605/blagojevich-files-paperwork-asking-trump-to-commute-sentence
— GOP midterm strategist asks: What does it mean to ‘approve’ of Trump? – Byron York
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180605/byron-york-gop-midterm-strategist-asks-what-does-it-mean-to-approve-of-trump

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Does Rauner Support Trump Commuting Blagojevich’s 14-Year Sentence? – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: Does Rauner support Trump commuting my sentence? Being forced to take early retirement is a major adverse employment action. If you have been forced to take early retirement, you know how devastating it is. Constructively, since 1997, when I was 49 years old, the Democrats who run GAO have had the Civil Service Retirement System pay me $1,076,178 in today’s dollars to not come to work. Prior to that, they 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.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/does-rauner-support-trump-commuting-blagojevichs-14-year-senatence#stream/0

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— Are we in for five months’ worth of annoying broadcast campaign ads? – Gregory Tejeda (DIERSEN: QUESTION: When voters get annoyed by campaign ads, who do they lash out at? ANSWER: Their Precinct Committeeman/Captain.)
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2018/06/are-we-in-for-five-months-worth-of.html

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Will Illinois be destroyed by pension liabilities & massive taxes? Watch Berkowitz w/Kolber
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/06/will-il-be-destroyed-by-pension-liabilities-massive-taxes-watch-berkowitz-wkolber-cableweb/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee member Charlene Foss-Eggemann says grassroots involvement is key to November gubernatorial win – Robert Hadley (DIERSEN: Tragically, from what I see, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) is divided between “Group A” individuals, organizations, and companies that want to dump voters who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the IRP platform and Group B individuals, organizations, and companies who support the IRP platform. Those in Group A voted for Rauner and those in Group B voted for Ives.)
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511445366-gop-committee-member-says-grassroots-involvement-is-key-to-november-gubernatorial-win
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Elected to represent Illinois’ Ninth Congressional District, Foss-Eggemann is positioning herself as a grassroots volunteer who is intent on providing a conservative voice from her district at the state level. “I will work to unify the Republican Party before we head into another tough gubernatorial election cycle,” she told the North Cook News. “I will also work toward facilitating the development of party volunteers, protecting the conservative planks of the party platform, bolstering our statewide fundraising efforts and improving the quality of our voter data.” But if she is sounding a somewhat conciliatory note, it may be because the party seems to have divided loyalties. Rauner, who won the primary by a scant 22,000-vote margin, faced opposition stirred up from “grassroots anger over [his] more liberal positions,” according to a May 19 piece in the State Journal-Register. However, that same report said that Tim Schneider, a member of Rauner’s camp, had won another term as chairman of the Illinois GOP, an indication that the party’s cracks—if there were any—are healing. “It’s important to note, however, that robust competition and debate is a cornerstone of our party’s principles,” Foss-Eggemann stated. “So I would not characterize a race as ‘division.’” But with a tough battle against Pritzker ahead, Foss-Eggemann is realistic about what it may take to keep the governor’s office in the GOP column. “We need to run with the opportunity and make the most of what we have,” she said. “We must all raise our game to make everyone feel welcome and do even more to engage and train grassroots volunteers. If we do these things, we win.”)

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— S&P: Illinois’ new budget is ‘more of the same’ – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/s-p-illinois-new-budget-is-more-of-the-same/article_0a5164e4-68e0-11e8-ab97-7b3de47dc74c.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Troubling SCOTUS Decision on Cake-Baker – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/troubling-scotus-decision-on-cake-baker/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— PAST VERSUS PRESENT AMERICANS – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 69.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/past-versus-present-americans/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Having enjoyed my 82nd birthday, I am part of a group of about 50 million Americans who are 65 years of age or older. Those who are 90 or older were in school during the 1930s. My age cohort was in school during the 1940s. Baby boomers approaching their 70s were in school during the 1950s and early ’60s. Try this question to any one of those 50 million Americans who are 65 or older: Do you recall any discussions about the need to hire armed guards to protect students and teachers against school shootings? Do you remember school policemen patrolling the hallways? How many students were shot to death during the time you were in school? For me and those other Americans 65 or older, when we were in school, a conversation about hiring armed guards and having police patrol hallways would have been seen as lunacy. There was no reason.)

— WILL MORE BLACKS VOTE REPUBLICAN? – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/will-more-blacks-vote-republican/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Gavin Newsom and John Cox to Compete in California Election for Governor – Adam Nagourney and Alexander Burns (DIERSEN: Trump endorsed John Cox. Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced candidates for U.S. Senate (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren. We can forever ask ourselves, “What if Trump had endorsed Ives?”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/us/politics/california-primary.html
— How to Participate in Politics – Ian Prasad Philbrick and David Leonhardt (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens who “participate in politics” by falsely claiming to be Republican? These Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs focus on destroying Republican individuals, Republican organizations, Republican companies, and Republican governments.)
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/year-of-living-better/how-to-participate-in-government

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Gavin Newsom, John Cox advance to showdown for governor of California – Sean Sullivan (DIERSEN: Trump endorsed John Cox. Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced candidates for U.S. Senate (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren. We can forever ask ourselves, “What if Trump had endorsed Ives?”)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/live-updates/midterms/live-primary-election-results/gavin-newsom-advances-to-showdown-for-governor-of-california/
— Sucking up has always been part of Washington culture. In the Trump era, it’s a sport. – Roxanne Roberts (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents demand that I suck up to them, glorify and praise them, pander to them, and give them money. Of course, because I refuse to do that, they have their operatives and their dupes demonize me, denigrate me, condemn me, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/sucking-up-has-always-been-part-of-washington-culture-in-the-trump-era-its-a-sport/2018/06/05/e4728164-64e7-11e8-a69c-b944de66d9e7_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— It’s Newsom vs. Cox in November as Villaraigosa tumbles in governor’s race – PHIL WILLON, SEEMA MEHTA, MELANIE MASON and JACLYN COSGROVE (DIERSEN: Trump endorsed John Cox. Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced candidates for U.S. Senate (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren. We can forever ask ourselves, “What if Trump had endorsed Ives?”)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-governor-california-20180605-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republican John Cox Secures Spot in California Governor’s Race Businessman comes in second in primary, is set to face Democrat Gavin Newsom in November election – Alejandro Lazo and Janet Hook (DIERSEN: Trump endorsed John Cox. Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced candidates for U.S. Senate (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren. We can forever ask ourselves, “What if Trump had endorsed Ives?”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-john-cox-secures-spot-in-california-governors-race-1528262967
— Why Banks Are Losing the Battle for M.B.A. Talent More business-school graduates are opting for jobs in tech and consulting – Laurence Fletcher and Pat Minczeski (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who dismiss, belittle, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, and/or condemn MBA degrees and those have MBA degrees? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes dismiss, belittle, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and my 1976 MBA degree from Loyola. They stress that Loyola is not an Ivy League university. They stress that I earned the degree such a long time ago. They stress that IRS did not promote me after I earned the degree. They stress that IRS never paid me more than $91,880/year in today’s dollars.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-banks-are-losing-the-battle-for-m-b-a-talent-1528277402
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For graduates of MIT Sloan School of Management, median starting salaries paid by financial-services firms jumped 25% between 2012 and 2017 to $125,000. Technology and consulting median salaries were up just 9%, to $125,000 at technology companies and $147,000 at consulting firms, over the same period. Still, the share of Sloan graduates accepting jobs at financial-services firms was cut almost in half to 14% over that time, while technology’s share nearly doubled to 32%. At five of the top 10 schools, the share of newly-minted M.B.A.s accepting jobs in finance declined by more than 5 percentage points. “Over the last 10 years you’ve had an almost complete flip between finance and technology,” said Jean Ann Schulte, director of employer relations and recruiting services at MIT Sloan. She said one factor cited by students is a workweek of 90 to 100 hours that can be typical in the banking industry. “You can have a lucrative career without those lifestyle costs,” Ms. Schulte said.)
— Universities Devise Rules for Professors Accused of Sexual Harassment Tenured faculty facing complaints can be told to keep their office doors open, meet students in public and steer clear of female colleagues – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: I stress that despite their tremendous efforts, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have never succeeded in getting anyone to accuse me of sexual harassment. I am a prime target for sexual harassment complaints because of my demographics. I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1949), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German Americans, draft avoider, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/universities-devise-rules-for-professors-accused-of-sexual-harassment-1528277400
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Administration Puts on Hold Search for Justice Department No. 3 Early potential candidates said they weren’t interested in the position, which would oversee the Mueller probe if Rod Rosenstein were to depart – Sadie Gurman and Aruna Viswanatha (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-sidelines-effort-to-appoint-justice-department-no-3-1528208396

 

FORBES
— No, Illinois Hasn’t Solved Its Pension Crisis – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2018/06/05/no-illinois-hasnt-solved-its-pension-crisis/#44d323a86a86

 

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Who is John Cox? Trump-backed Republican faces Newsom in California’s governor race – ALEXEI KOSEFF (DIERSEN: Trump endorsed John Cox. Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced candidates for U.S. Senate (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren. We can forever ask ourselves, “What if Trump had endorsed Ives?”)
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article212377084.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cox has a long history of failed political campaigns: He ran for a suburban Chicago House seat in 2000 and the U.S. Senate in 2002 and 2004, but never made it out of the primary. He lost a 2004 race for Cook County Record of Deeds and the Illinois Republican Party chairmanship in 2005. The following year, he announced his candidacy for president, but dropped out early. Since moving to California in 2011, Cox has reinvented himself as a crusader against what he considers the legal “corruption” of money’s influence on the political process.)

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Republican John Cox Advances in California Primary With Trump’s Help California Republicans get a boost from John Cox’s second-place finish in the governor’s primary but can he win in November? (DIERSEN: Trump endorsed John Cox. Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced candidates for U.S. Senate (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren. We can forever ask ourselves, “What if Trump had endorsed Ives?”)
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-06-06/republican-advances-in-california-primary-with-trumps-help

 

FED WEEK
— Timeline Uncertain on Changing Disciplinary Policies (DIERSEN: What disciplinary actions have been taken against you? 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 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. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/timeline-uncertain-on-changing-disciplinary-policies/

 

WIX
— 8 Effective Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Website (DIERSEN: I should write a book about individuals, about organizations, about companies, about governments, and about countries that do not want me to drive traffic to their websites. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000. Many of the aforesaid blamers state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.wix.com/blog/2018/03/8-ways-drive-traffic-to-website/