March 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New anxieties as Trump says Obamacare will ‘explode’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sns-bc-us–health-overhaul-insurance-woes-20170326-story.html
— Many governors welcome demise of GOP health care bill – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–health-overhaul-states-20170325-story.html
— Failure on health bill also hurts prospects for tax overhaul – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–health-overhaul-tax-reform-20170325-story.html
— DISGUSTING: Colorado weighs strategy for guarding against pot crackdown – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–marijuana-evading-a-crackdown-20170325-story.html
— Trump delivers his news to the Washington Post and New York Times – AP  (DIERSEN: When Republicans have news, they should issue a press release and include GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com in their press release list.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-bc-us–trump-media-20170324-story.html
— Endorsements count, especially in Aurora mayoral race – Denise Crosby  (DIERSEN: What impact does your endorsement have?  My “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have always worked harder against me than against any Democrat, any Libertarian, or any Green. While my endorsement has no impact anyway, they nevertheless hint/imply/argue/shout that no one should vote for any candidate that I endorse. They want candidates to not only not seek my endorsement, they want candidates to reject my endorsement. My “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject most if not virtually all of the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-mayoral-endorsements-st-0326-20170326-column.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump Supporters Rally at Statehouse
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/president-donald-trump-supporters-rally-at-statehouse

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who hires the illegals?  ANSWER: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, but not Republicans.  If you hire illegals, you are not a Republican and you do respect the rule of law.
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/ron-jackson-us-lawbreakers-reason-for-illegal-immigrants/article_e37c84b8-796b-5df5-8ecd-9cbe5f1e6562.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Nearly $1.1M wagered in first year of Rochester video gaming – Tim Landis  (DIERSEN: What percent of that $1.1 was wagered by people who are either a) are on government assistance or b) will be on government assistance – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170325/nearly-11m-wagered-in-first-year-of-rochester-video-gaming
— SIU grad says state discipline won’t interfere with service to marijuana patients – Dean Olsen  (DIERSEN: Pot pushers in Illinois want everyone in Illinois to be a stoner.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170325/siu-grad-says-state-discipline-wont-interfere-with-service-to-marijuana-patients
— State lawmakers look again at pension buyouts – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Have you ever been offered a buyout? In 1993, when I was 45 years old and when I had 25 years of federal service, GAO “offered” all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service $25,000 if they would take GAO’s early retirement “offer.”  Overwhelmingly, those who were eligible were White, male, and non-veteran like me.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170325/state-lawmakers-look-again-at-pension-buyouts
— Democrats seek to rally in wake of Trump win – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170325/bernard-schoenburg-democrats-seek-to-rally-in-wake-of-trump-win

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Lawmakers may be happy, but is anyone else? – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170325/statehouse-insider-lawmakers-may-be-happy-but-is-anyone-else

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— Governor addresses rural economics
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/107394/governor-addresses-rural-economics

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti- Trumps say “Self-inflicted collapse chokes GOP effort to undo Obamacare.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34995387/self-inflicted-collapse-chokes-gop-effort-to-undo-obamacare

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Some Glen Ellyn voters too intimidated to publicly oppose school referendum, village trustee Peter Ladesic says – Karen Kidd  (DIERSEN: Based on my experience, those who promote tax increases punish those who oppose tax increases.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511096028-some-glen-ellyn-voters-too-intimidated-to-publicly-oppose-school-referendum-village-trustee-says
— Downers Grove school board hopeful’s objectivity questioned over affiliation with teachers union – Glenn Minnis  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes question my objectivity because I was a union member for almost 12 years.  Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate unions, hate current union members, and hate former union members.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511088997-downers-grove-school-board-hopeful-s-objectivity-questioned-over-affiliation-with-teachers-union

 

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Kevin M. Coyne For Naperville City Council​: Patch Candidate Profile
http://patch.com/illinois/naperville/kevin-m-coyne-naperville-city-council-patch-candidate-profile

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Durbin’s Ignorant and Anti-Catholic Ideology – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/03/durbins-intolerant-leftist-ideology/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Has the Term ‘Racism’ Become Obsolete? – Bob Weir  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps shout that Trump and his supporters are haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps show that they themselves are haters, racists, sexists, bigots and even worse things.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/03/has_the_term_racism_become_obsolete.html

 

BLASTING NEWS
— Medicaid paid for births soar in the United States despite tight state budgets  Trump and Republicans throw much-needed Obamacare fix back into laps of uncooperative Democrats – Chet Dembeck
http://us.blastingnews.com/news/2017/03/medicaid-paid-for-births-soar-in-the-united-states-despite-tight-state-budgets-001576615.html

 

PJ MEDIA
— Pennsylvania Republicans Say State Is Undergoing ‘Illegal Alien Invasion’ – ROD KACKLEY
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2017/03/25/pennsylvania-republicans-say-state-is-undergoing-illegal-alien-invasion/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— MOST AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY MINORITIES, SAY NO TO SANCTUARY CITIES  Poll: Only one-third want own community to protect illegals – BOB UNRUH
http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/most-americans-especially-minorities-say-no-to-sanctuary-cities/

 

POLITICO
— The Ugly History Behind Trump’s Attacks on Civil Servants  President Trump’s criticisms of government workers have something in common with Joe McCarthy’s. – LANDON R. Y. STORRS  (DIERSEN: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 19 years.  Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who are not in line to get a pension or are not getting a pension, despise if not hate federal employees and federal retirees.)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/history-trump-attacks-civil-service-federal-workers-mccarthy-214951

 

ABC NEWS
— Worried about getting old? Poll sees optimism grow with age – AP  (DIERSEN: What has diminished your optimism?  The mayor of the city that I have lived in since 1978 publicly insults me.  I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest chapter board member.  My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, 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 $18,847 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, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims. Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer that I had accepted saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint in 1971. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/worried-poll-sees-optimism-grow-age-46308400

 

USA TODAY
— Steve Bannon’s rise forces Breitbart News out of the shadows, and the basement – Paul Singer  (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS has never been in the shadows or in a basement. GOPUSA ILLINOIS has always been in the first floor family room at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.  GOPUSA ILLINOIS has always officially declared who owns it (me) and who operates it (me).  Unlike Breitbart, GOPUSA ILLINOIS has had no lavish parties.  Unlike Breitbart, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and its website
www.gopillinois.com have no advertising.  He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/23/bannons-rise-forces-breitbart-news-out-shadows-and-basement-trump/99456912/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bare-knuckled conservative news organization has moved its office out of the house where former chief Steve Bannon lived, has begun to reluctantly disclose its ownership, and, in its quest for official recognition, may even go so far as to publicly declare who runs the place. Breitbart has for the past several years operated, basically, out of Bannon’s house. Bannon was the executive chairman of Breitbart News and the ideological engine behind the site’s bareknuckled anti-immigration, anti-government ideology. He and the site both operated out of a townhouse on Capitol Hill a couple of blocks behind the Supreme Court. It became known as the “Breitbart Embassy,” site of lavish parties upstairs and the typing of a staff of young reporters downstairs, whom Bannon  referred to as “the Valkyries.”)
— What’s in a name? In Scotland, Donald plummets in popularity – Kim Hjelmgaard  (DIERSEN: Who focuses on making you unpopular and why?  I should write a book about those who focus on making me unpopular and why they do it.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/25/name-donald-trump-scotland-boys/99402662/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Fox News host Jeanine Pirro calls on Ryan to step down, hours after Trump tweets about her show – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/25/trump-asks-his-supporters-to-watch-fox-news-host-who-calls-on-ryan-to-step-down/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Paul Ryan Emerges From Health Care Defeat Badly Damaged – MATT FLEGENHEIMER and THOMAS KAPLAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/us/politics/paul-ryan-health-care-defeat.html
— Health Bill’s Failure Leaves Supporters in a Political Jam Back Home – ALEXANDER BURNSM
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/us/trump-supporters-gop-health-bill.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/opinion/sunday/trump-and-ryan-lose-big.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/opinion/sunday/donald-this-i-will-tell-you.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/opinion/sunday/trumps-triumph-of-incompetence.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in making immigrants anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/opinion/sunday/the-best-time-to-become-an-american-is-now.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Trade-Offs We Make  Without thinking much, people decide what to spend on every day.  Time to see it clearly. – Ron Lieber  (DIERSEN: What do your say to those who have earned/saved far less money than you have, but who criticize how you spend your money?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/19/your-money/the-subconscious-decision-whats-worth-it.html
— Adulting, but With Your College Crowd  Living with college friends can offer a built-in social network. – RONNIE KOENIG  (DIERSEN: What do those who attended college with you think of you?  While I attended NIU 1969-1970, those who attended college with me seemed to have a low opinion of government employees like I was.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/realestate/adulting-instant-community-with-the-college-crowd.html
— What Racial Terms Make You Cringe?  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/us/cringeworthyraceterms.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump blames everyone else for failure of healthcare plan – Marisa Schultz  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame everyone else for their problems, but they especially blame me.)
http://nypost.com/2017/03/26/trump-blames-everyone-else-for-failure-of-healthcare-plan/

 

PADUCAH SUN
— Retirement dreams fizzle amid insurance uncertainty – AP  (DIERSEN: Have your retirement dreams fizzled?  According to OPM, “The basic Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) annuity cannot exceed 80 percent of your high-3 average salary, excluding your unused sick leave. Generally, you reach the 80 percent limitation when you have 41 years and 11 months of service, not including accumulated sick leave.”  If my GAO superiors had not succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, I would have had 42 years of service in 2010 when I was 62 years old.  In today’s dollars, my CSRS pension would be $98,393/year instead of the $50,856/year that it is now, or $47,537/year (48%) more.)
http://www.paducahsun.com/business/032617_PS_BIZ_BC-US–On-the-Money-Health-Overhaul-Early-Retirement-1st-Ld-Writethru–2445883

 

FED SMITH
— Hatch Act Protects Freedom of Political Speech on Social Media… to a Point – Mathew B. Tully, Esq.  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  The more Republican that a federal employee is, the harder that the Democrats who run the federal government work to waste that employee’s career and to get rid of that employee.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/03/26/hatch-act-protects-freedom-political-speech-social-media-point/

 

SLATE
— Will Reince Priebus Become the Fall Guy for Trumpcare’s Failure? – Daniel Politi (DIERSEN: When things go wrong, those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout determine who the fall guys will be.  Since 1978, those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have done everything that they can to make me their fall guy.)
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/25/will_reince_priebus_become_the_fall_guy_for_trumpcare_failure.html

March 25 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Trump Supporter’s Husband Faces Deportation
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/24/trump-supporters-husband-faces-deportation/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 18 Chicago city workers topped $100K in OT in 2016 – Fran Spielman and Mick Dumke
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs-18-chicago-city-workers-topped-100k-in-ot-in-2016/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brown-seniors-safety-shouldnt-depend-on-state-paying-its-bills/
— Security, parking, garbage irk Ivanka Trump’s DC neighbors – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/security-parking-garbage-irk-ivanka-trumps-dc-neighbors/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Violence erupts at pro-Trump rally in Huntington Beach – Cindy Carcamo and Ben Brazil
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-me-trump-rally-20170325-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Violence erupted at a Make America Great Again rally in Huntington Beach on Saturday when an anti-Trump protester allegedly doused the female organizer of the event with pepper spray and was immediately set upon by a group of Trump supporters. After spraying the march organizer, the man, wearing a black mask, was tackled by a group of flag-waving Trump supporters, who started punching and kicking him, according to witnesses at the scene.)
— Former Evanston city worker alleges millions in undeposited cash, checks – Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-evanston-whistle-blower-tl-0330-20170324-story.html
— Will you have enough? Only 18% very confident about their retirement savings – Gail MarksJarvis  (DIERSEN: Are the operatives and the dupes who work for your critics/opponents “confident about their retirement savings?”  All the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents appear to have severe financial, health, and/or other problems. They talk and act like they will do just about anything for money.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-retirement-savings-worry-study-marksjarvis-0326-biz-20170324-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-biss-democrats-governor-income-tax-zorne-perspec-0326-jm-20170324-column.html
— Yes, Illinois has a budget problem, but legalizing marijuana won’t fix it – Stephen Petersen, Downers Grove
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-yes-illinois-has-a-budget-problem-but-legalizing-marijuana-won-t-fix-it-20170324-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER:  Do state Sen. Heather Steans and state Rep. Kelly Cassidy have no shame? The thought of legalizing marijuana for the purpose of raising revenue from the manufacture and sale of marijuana is yet one more example of stealing from the futures of our children to pay for lawmakers’ pet projects today. I have two children in high school and one in middle school. They are good kids, get good grades, and are active in scouts and the community. I hear stories from them of what some of the other students are up to at Downers Grove North. I read about the heroin epidemic and grieve for the families that have recently lost children. My children tell me they just say no, and I believe them. But I also know what I was up to when I was in high school, and there but by the grace of God go I. I know that Illinois has a budget problem and have been told by Democrats for many years that there is literally nowhere to cut. I have also seen with my own eyes much of the graft in city and state contracting. The Democrats’ positioning is that there are no options but to raise taxes. These lawmakers want to raise taxes through drug use, and I find that despicable. For whatever reason, there has been no grand bargain on expanded gambling for expanded revenue, and that’s got to hurt. Prostitution is still illegal in Illinois, however not rare. My heart goes out to the young ladies and their families whose revenue potentials will be eyed next. Democratic leadership has already spent more money for today than our kids and grandkids could possibly pay back in their lifetimes, so that must make the politicians proud. Their idea of promoting and taxing drug use is a good one to keep money flowing in, but bodes poorly for future generations. By the time the bill comes due these two legislators will be living on their fat, taxpayer-provided pensions, so what do they care? What if there are no public taxpayers left in Illinois to pay it? Steans and Cassidy must think carefully about what they’re doing. And in the meantime, try not to string out the kids for their comfort.)
— Group disappointed to have no ‘impact’ on Roskam’s health care views – Linda Girardi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-roskam-meeting-constituents-health-care-st-0326-20170325-story.html
— Schneider credits public engagement for Trumpcare defeat – Luke Hammill  (DIERSEN: What do you say “Republicans” who paint themselves as being anti-Trump?  Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-brad-schneider-grayslake-event-st-0327-20170325-story.html
— New Naperville policy forces Day of Prayer event out of council chambers – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-national-day-of-prayer-st-0326-20170325-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Indoor shooting range, gun store planned for Naperville site – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-shooting-range-gunshop-st-0326-20170324-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— The Mendoza line on legislators pay – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170325/discuss/170329166/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What if money, name and connections aren’t enough to take on Rauner? – RICH MILLER  (DIERSEN: Will the anti-Rauners engage in negative campaigning?  I should write a book about “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who since 2000 have worked harder against me than they have ever worked against any Democrat.  The aforesaid talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170324/ISSUE01/170329890/what-if-money-name-and-connections-arent-enough-to-take-on-rauner
— Illinois’ stack of unpaid medical bills now reaches $3.5 billion – BRIGID SWEENEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170324/NEWS03/170329904/illinois-unpaid-medical-bills-reach-3-5-billion

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Emboldened Democrats look ahead to next fight – ASHLEY KILLOUGH  (DIERSEN: How hard are anti-Trumps working in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/emboldened-democrats-look-ahead-to-next-fight/680602551

 

WSIL TV
— DISGUSTING: Colorado weighs strategy for guarding against pot crackdown – AP  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you are NOT a Republican. If you got elected to or appointed to a government or to a political position as a Republican, and you promote pot, you should immediately resign so that you can be replaced with a Republican.  If you promote pot, you are a Democrat, a Libertarian, or a Green.  You are anti-Republican, anti-conservative, anti-religious, and anti-American.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34995922/colorado-weighs-strategy-for-guarding-against-pot-crackdown
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Colorado is considering an unusual strategy to protect its nascent marijuana industry from a potential federal crackdown, even at the expense of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax collections. A bill pending in the Legislature would allow pot growers and retailers to reclassify their recreational pot as medical pot if a change in federal law or enforcement occurs. It’s the boldest attempt yet by a U.S. marijuana state to avoid federal intervention in its weed market. The bill would allow Colorado’s 500 or so licensed recreational pot growers to instantly reclassify their weed. A switch would cost the state more than $100 million a year because Colorado taxes medical pot much more lightly than recreational weed – 2.9 percent versus 17.9 percent. The measure says licensed growers could immediately become medical licensees “based on a business need due to a change in local, state or federal law or enforcement policy.” The change wouldn’t take recreational marijuana off the books, but it wouldn’t entirely safeguard it either. What it could do is help growers protect their inventory in case federal authorities start seizing recreational pot. The provision is getting a lot of attention in the marijuana industry following recent comments from members of President Donald Trump’s administration. White House spokesman Sean Spicer has said there’s a “big difference” between medical and recreational pot. Sponsors of the bill call it a possible exit strategy for the new pot industry. It’s hard to say how many businesses would be affected, or if medical pot would flood the market, because some businesses hold licenses to both grow and sell marijuana in Colorado. The state had about 827,000 marijuana plants growing in the retail system in June, the latest available data. More than half were for the recreational market. “If there is a change in federal law, then I think all of our businesses want to stay in business somehow. They’ve made major investments,” said Sen. Tim Neville, a suburban Denver Republican who sponsored the bill. If federal authorities start seizing recreational pot, Colorado’s recreational marijuana entrepreneurs “need to be able to convert that product into the medical side so they can sell it,” Neville said. His bill passed a committee in the Republican Senate 4-1 last week.)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Senators seek visitor logs from White House, Mar-a-Lago – AP  (DIERSEN: I should the seek the visitor logs for all those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who work the hardest against me.  They talk and act like they have been promised lots of money, a new car, a new home, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if they succeed in stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Just kidding, but not completely.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/senators-seek-visitor-logs-from-white-house-mar-a-lago/article_a2fc2615-9860-5dfa-a803-dbc3d64131d3.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Lawmakers Relieved to Know They Will Get Paychecks – TONY ARNOLD  (DIERSEN: When has your income dropped and by how much in today’s dollars?  In 1997, my income in today’s dollars, dropped $72,135 (59%), from $122,991 down to $50,856, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”  In 1980, my income in today’s dollars, dropped $18,847 (21%), from $90,173 down to $71,326, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to take downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10 to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/lawmakers-relieved-know-they-will-get-paychecks#stream/0

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Elgin incumbent decries new teachers’ contract – Glenn Minnis
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511092730-elgin-incumbent-decries-new-teachers-contract

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Anti-abortion group voices outrage over House bill – Glenn Minnis
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511093696-anti-abortion-group-voices-outrage-over-house-bill

 

NAPERVILLE CITY COUNCIL WATCHDOG
— National Guard Not Needed In Downtown Naperville
http://citycouncilwatchdog.com/category/naperville-city-council

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Iroquois County Board Member threatens Watchdog with violence – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/03/video-iroquois-county-board-member-threatens-watchdog-with-violence/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— POLL RESULTS SHOW ONLY 1/3 OF ILLINOISANS SAY THEY’VE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE BUDGET IMPASSE – Hilary Gowins  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes depend on the State of Illinois for income and/or for assistance of some kind. They despise if not hate federal employees and federal retirees.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/poll-results-show-only-13-of-illinoisans-say-theyve-been-affected-by-the-budget-impasse/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WEYERMULLER FILES ELECTION BOARD COMPLAINT AGAINST “WILMETTE FRIENDS”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/weyermuller-files-election-board-complaint-against-wilmette-friends.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP cave on Obamacare repeal is the biggest broken promise in political history – PHILIP KLEIN
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gop-cave-on-obamacare-repeal-is-the-biggest-broken-promise-in-political-history/article/2618413

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— De Blasio blames ‘dynamic of hatred’ created by Trump for racist murder – Rick Moran  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled anti-Trumps promote hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.  For their self-defense, how soon will Trump supporters buy more firearms and more ammunition?)
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/03/de_blasio_blames_dynamic_of_hatred_created_by_trump_for_racist_murder.html

 

TOWNHALL
— Are We the Next Europe? – Pam Jablonski
https://townhall.com/notebook/pamjablonski/2017/03/25/are-we-the-next-europe-n2303462

 

BLAZE
— Trump was misled by Paul Ryan on health care bill, says Newt Gingrich – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/25/trump-was-misled-by-paul-ryan-on-health-care-bill-says-newt-gingrich/

 

DAILY WIRE
— At What Age Do Millennials Consider Themselves Adults? The Answer Will Stun You. – AARON BANDLER  (DIERSEN: At what age were you an adult, that is, at what age did you start paying all your own bills?  For me, it was age 21 in 1970, when I started working for Firestone Stores in Chicago Heights.  I paid not only all my own bills, I helped pay my mother’s and brother’s bills. My father had died suddenly in October of 1969 and I had applied for and I eventually got a financial hardship draft deferment.  I was able to buy a new town home in University Park when I was 24 in 1972.)
http://www.dailywire.com/news/14747/what-age-do-millennials-consider-themselves-adults-aaron-bandler
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new report has found that millennials don’t consider themselves adults until they reach the age of 30. Yes, you read that correctly. According to The Wrap, research compiled by David Poltrack, CBS’ chief research officer and their ratings expert, as well as Nielsen Catalina Solutions, found that millennials consider themselves adults at age 30 because that’s when they typically are completely responsible for themselves – they no longer reside with their parents and pay entirely for their own bills.)
— ‘Dear White People’ Posters Appear on Campus Ripping White Students – ELLIOTT HAMILTON  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps are anti-White.)
http://www.dailywire.com/news/14764/dear-white-people-posters-appear-campus-ripping-elliott-hamilton
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some of the signs, which were shared exclusively with Campus Reform, contained racially-charged language that peddled prejudiced and racist views toward white people. For example, one sign read, “Dear white people, there is no such thing as being ‘colorblind.’ You are perpetuating racism and white supremacy.” Another sign read, “Dear white people, black people can’t be racist. Prejudice, yes, but not racist. Racism describes a system of disadvantage based on race. Black people can’t be racist since we don’t stand to benefit from such a system.” Another sign peddled white stereotypes while insinuating all white people place black people in a box: “Dear white people, are you tired of your hum drum, Wonderbread existence of accidental racism and wishing you could sip on Henny out yo crunk cup without a bitch giving you the side-eye? Course you are.”)

 

THE HILL
— For Democrats, no clear leader – JONATHAN EASLEY  (DIERSEN: Who leads conservatives in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?  What have they done during the last week, month, and year that shows their opposition to promotion of dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal/mass immigration, booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, further erosion of the First and Second Amendments, etc.?)
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/324903-for-democrats-no-clear-leader

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Becomes Ensnared in Fiery G.O.P. Civil War – GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN  (DIERSEN: I am on the losing side of that civil war.  I am on the side that supports the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Party Central Committee resolution against video gambling.  The other side talks, writes, and acts like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs who are hell bent on destroying the Republican party in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/us/politics/trump-health-care-defeat-gop-civil-war.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Ivanka Trump’s Secret Service detail roiling her D.C. neighbors – Paul Schwartzman and Peter Jamison
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/ivanka-trumps-secret-service-detail-roiling-her-dc-neighbors/2017/03/24/6a1860a2-1018-11e7-ab07-07d9f521f6b5_story.html

March 25 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Demonstrators Do Victory Lap Outside Trump Tower After Health Plan Stalls  (DIERSEN: One should expect that anti-Trumps will oppose everything that Trump wants.  Anti-Diersens oppose everything that Diersen wants. Diersen wants Republicans to be elected who can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.  Diersen wants to stop the promotion of dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal/mass immigration, booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, further erosion of the First and Second Amendments, etc.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/24/demonstrators-do-victory-lap-outside-trump-tower-after-health-plan-stalls/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois health care advocates cheer GOP bill’s demise, worry about future – Lisa Schencker (DIERSEN: How much of a problem has health care insurance been for you?  For me, it has not been a problem because I had Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) insurance when I was a federal employee and my wife and I continue to have FEHB insurance because I am federal retiree.  We pay $5,763 a year and the federal government pays $17,288 a year for our health, dental, and vision insurance.  I addition, we are both covered my Medicare. Together, we pay $2,731 a year for that.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-obamacare-replacement-bill-dies-0326-biz-20170324-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump blames Dems, but Obamacare now his problem.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-trump-blames-dems-but-obamacare-now-his-problem/
— Partisan games make America the biggest loser – Linda Chavez  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn Republicans as being haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/partisan-games-make-america-the-biggest-loser/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens.  Soon, if not already, anti-Trumps will get rid of you if you do not glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/were-against-emotionalism-except-when-were-not/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-biss-democrats-governor-income-tax-zorne-perspec-0326-jm-20170324-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote dependency on government.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-hud-affordable-housing-cut-protest-0325-20170324-story.html
— Ex-North Chicago cop Ramtin Sabet sues, says he was harassed, then fired, for being Muslim – Duaa Eldeib  (DIERSEN: In Sabet v. North Chicago, Democrats and RINOs will side with Sabet against North Chicago just like Democrats and RINOs sided with GAO in Diersen v. GAO.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-muslim-police-officer-lawsuit-met-20170324-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Bobby McNeily: Candidate Profile  Wheaton City Council West District
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170310/submitted/303109448/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mundelein discourages Hispanics from learning to speak, read, and write English.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170325/discuss/170329167/
— Let Roskam, Ryan find own insurance – Mike Malone, Glen Ellyn (DIERSEN: Federal employees and federal retirees are eligible to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program. Has Malone applied to be a federal employee?  Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170325/discuss/170329175/
— Muslim women try to embody Khadija, Ayesha – Mariam Sadiqa Qaderi, Lisle
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170325/discuss/170329177/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Durbin: Democrats are ready to change health care – Derek Beigh  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Change to favor who?  ANSWER: Democrats  QUESTION: Change to punish who?  ANSWER: Republicans.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/durbin-democrats-are-ready-to-change-health-care/article_d274aeda-f195-5fff-b09e-24719e1ba677.html

 

STATELINE
— Local Leaders and Residents React To Potential Marijuana Legislation  Illinois Lawmakers Propose Making Recreational Marijuana Legal – Gregory Cormie
http://www.mystateline.com/news/local-leaders-and-residents-react-to-potential-marijuana-legislation/680408773
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “it’s something that get’s discussed every year and it’s a chance for people to debate the issue, look at the pro’s and con’s,” said Senator Dave Syverson. “I wouldn’t think it’s going to move at all this year,” he added. Syverson is against the implementation of the bill. He says the risks of recreational marijuana outweigh the benefits. “We have a substantial increase in driving under the influence,” said Syverson. “In fact a couple of states have said they have been giving out more tickets for people driving under the influence of marijuana than the influence of alcohol,” he added.)

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— TRAGIC: Effort Underway to Legalize All Pot – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=239859#.WNZCAxHxZZI
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anita Bedell, executive director of Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems, said, “Just because something brings in revenue doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. They’re not considering the harm, they’re not considering costs.” Proponents also say it will spur on jobs. Bedell said, “So has gambling, so has other things … there’s always going to be money in some things, but this is not a good way to have money for Illinois, and it would just cause more harm and cause more damage.” Illinois Family Institute’s David Smith opposes legalization and said there would still be a black market. “The guy on the street that’s selling the pot doesn’t have to have the brick and mortar and the overhead and the employees and the insurance, and the workman’s comp,” Smith said. Smith also dismissed proponents who say illegal marijuana is a criminal justice issue because, he said, there are a very small number of inmates in the system for drug possession only. The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police said they oppose the bill because of the traffic safety concerns.)
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois Exodus Continues – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=239861#.WNZBjxHxZZI

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Davis: ‘Disappointed’ in many GOP colleagues for not backing health care bill
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-03-24/davis-disappointed-many-gop-colleagues-not-backing-health-care-bill.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— 2017 Election Questionnaire: College of DuPage Board of Trustees candidate Christine M. Fenne
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/03/21/2017-election-questionnaire-college-of-dupage-board-of-trustees-candidate-christine-m-fenne/atjn5m5/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Moving from Grand Bargain to small bargain: will the Republican base cheerlead for Governor Rauner again? When?
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/03/moving-from-grand-bargain-to-small-bargain-will-the-republican-base-ever-cheerlead-for-governor-rauner-again/

 

CITIZEN KELLY
— HANG THE MARYLAND RAPISTS
http://www.citizenkelly.com/citizen-kelly-hang-the-maryland-rapists/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Almost 90 percent of Illinois counties losing population.  Population loss means that Illinois could lose two representatives in the U.S. House next reordering of Congress in 2020. – Cole Lauterbach
http://ilnews.org/news/statewide/almost-percent-of-illinois-counties-losing-population/article_2f241e48-10a2-11e7-9772-5b9d171b5c7f.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— POT GROWERS WIN RIGHT TO INFLUENCE POLITICS IN ILLINOIS  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, if you promote pot, you promote the further destruction of Illinois.  Further, in Illinois, if you take money from pot promoters, you too promote the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/pot-growers-win-right-to-influence-politics-in-illinois.html

 

GOPUSA
— Now Kaepernick’s a Victim?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22197?omhide=true

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Top Eight Fake News Lies Against Trump by Democrats and their Media Lapdogs Since Inauguration Day – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/03/24/top-eight-fake-news-lies-trump-democrats-media-lapdogs-since-inauguration-day/

 

FOX NEWS
— Freedom Caucus drives dagger into heart of young Trump presidency – Elizabeth Peek
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/03/24/freedom-caucus-drives-dagger-into-heart-young-trump-presidency.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Haters Call for Presidential Assassination – DEROY MURDOCK  (DIERSEN: Who are the leading Trump haters in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?  Who are they operatives for?  Who are they dupes for?)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446110/trump-assassination-threats-investigate-prosecute

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Toronto Schools to Cease Field Trips to U.S. – CRAIG S. SMITH  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at Canada that America is full of haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/world/americas/canada-toronto-school-trips-united-states-travel-ban.html
— Tracing His Roots, Georgetown Employee Learns University Sold His Ancestor – AUDRA D.S. BURCH  (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s.  In my defense, I stress that all of my ancestors have always stayed in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/us/a-georgetown-employee-slavery.html
— I Loved My Grandmother. But She Was a Nazi. – JESSICA SHATTUCK  (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics?  Because of my terrible demographics, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued that I have always been a Nazi. In my defense, a) while all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany, they all immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, b) my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, c) my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and d) my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/opinion/i-loved-my-grandmother-but-she-was-a-nazi.html
— How to Log Off of Facebook Forever, With All Its Perks and Pitfalls – CHRISTOPHER MELEMA
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/technology/delete-facebook-twitter-accounts.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: College Is the Goal. The Problem? Getting There. – ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS  (DIERSEN: How easy was it for you to be accepted by a college?  UIC accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, Roosevelt in 1980, and IIT in 1992. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the aforesaid was easy for me a) because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, my parents were filthy rich, and I Have always been privileged, b) because I was born a White, c) because I was born a male, d) because I have good health, e) because I avoided the draft, and f) because the aforesaid colleges are not Ivy League.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/us/topeka-college-acceptance-applying-selection.html
— They Adopted Refugee  Families for 12 Months. Then Came ‘Month 13.’  Everyday Canadians spent a year embracing Syrians in the world’s most personal resettlement program. Letting them go might be the biggest test yet. – JODI KANTOR and CATRIN EINHORN  (DIERSEN: In America, individuals, organizations, companies, governments that promote refugees promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/world/canada/syrian-refugees.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Google’s YouTube Has Continued Showing Brands’ Ads With Racist and Other Objectionable Videos  PepsiCo, Wal-Mart, Dish Network say they are suspending Google non-search ads – JACK NICAS  (DIERSEN: There have been no ads in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and
www.gopillinois.com and there never will be. He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-youtube-has-continued-showing-brands-ads-with-racist-and-other-objectionable-videos-1490380551
— High Anxiety Over Health-Care Reform  ObamaCare proved to be a catastrophic victory. The Republican plan had the makings of another one. – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/high-anxiety-over-health-care-reform-1490391401
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants who will vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants who will work for less money.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-limit-immigration-1490366475

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— A New Report Proves Just How Unaffordable Colleges Are For Most Americans – Kim Clark
http://time.com/money/4712609/colleges-unaffordable/

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How much less would you have accomplished if you had been a stoner? – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they want to smoke pot legally, like they do smoke pot, and/or like they did smoke pot. Stoners want to drag everyone down with them.  To discredit me, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I am lazy and stupid.  I ask them this: If I had been a stoner, would I have been able to accomplish the following?
— Put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email a) each and every morning since 2004 and b) each and every evening too since 2015?
— Survive as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999?
— Serve on the 2008 Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolutions Committee?
— Survive as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012?
— Survive as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011?
— Survive as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004?
— Survive as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007?
— Survive as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004?
— Get hired by GAO in 1980 and survive until 1997?
— Get promoted by GAO in 1986?
— Serve on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996?
— Get hired by IRS in 1971 and survive until 1980?
— Get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974?
— Get a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971?
— Get hired by Firestone Stores in 1970?
— Get hired by the Post Office and survive until 1969?
— Earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997?
— Earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980?
— Earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976?
— Earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970?
— Earn a diploma from Crete-Monee High School in 1966?
— Become a Forensic Accountant in 1997?
— Become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996?
— Become a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994?
— Become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990?
— Become a licensed CPA in 1981?
— Pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981?
— Pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979?
— Get married in 1978?
— Have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984?
— Buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978?
— Buy a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago in 1974 and a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976?
— Buy a new town home in University Park in 1972?
— Buy many new cars since 1966, a collector car in 1989, and a collector car in 1994?

— Save lots of money for my retirement?)

March 24 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Rauner not a fan of legalizing marijuana – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-chicago-city-council-member-calls-colleague-chump-alderman-takes-it-back-20170323-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Responding to recently introduced legislation that would legalize marijuana in Illinois, Gov. Bruce Rauner had a less than enthusiastic response but said he’d be willing to study it. “I’m not a believer that legalizing more drugs will help our society so I’m not philosophically enthusiastic about it, but I’m also open to what actually works to make life better to people,” Rauner told the “Roe Conn Show” on WGN-AM 720 on Thursday. “I’m hearing some pretty bad stories. Now, I haven’t studied it. I think we should do a thoughtful analysis of what’s happening in these other states. I’m hearing a lot of trouble,” he said. “My friends in Colorado have told me some pretty terrible things about addiction problems and behavior problems, etc. over there in Denver.” To sum it up, Rauner said, “I just believe we’re conducting a massive human experiment as we legalize these drugs.”  One Democrat running for the right to take on Rauner next year endorsed the legislation. “Legalizing recreational marijuana is a social justice issue,” said Ald. Ameya Pawar in a statement. “It will reduce the amount we spend as a society arresting and jailing people for low-level nonviolent offenses, when our criminal justice system should be focused on reducing violence,” he said.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with big color pictures unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps treasonously glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-immigrants-mchenry-detention-center-met-20170323-story.html
— Health care workers protest efforts to overhaul Obamacare – Elyssa Cherney
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-health-care-rally-met-20170323-story.html
— Can budget deal ever get done with Rauner, Madigan at the table? – Rich Miller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-speaker-madigan-illinois-budget-met-20170324-story.html
— American democracy: Not so decadent after all – Charles Krauthammer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-health-care-congress-immigration-krauthammer-perspec-0324-20170323-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The media. Trump is right. It is the opposition party. Indeed, furiously so, often indulging in appalling overkill. It’s sometimes embarrassing to read the front pages of the major newspapers, festooned as they are with anti-Trump editorializing masquerading as news. Nonetheless, if you take the view from 30,000 feet, better this than a press acquiescing on bended knee, where it spent most of the Obama years in a slavish Pravda-like thrall. Every democracy needs an opposition press. We damn well have one now. Taken together — and suspending judgment on which side is right on any particular issue — it is deeply encouraging that the sinews of institutional resistance to a potentially threatening executive remain quite resilient. James Madison’s genius was to understand that the best bulwark against tyranny was not virtue — virtue helps, but should never be relied upon — but ambition counteracting ambition, faction counteracting faction. You see it even in the confirmation process for Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s supremely qualified and measured Supreme Court nominee. He’s a slam dunk, yet some factions have scraped together a campaign to block him. Their ads are plaintive and pathetic. Yet I find them warmly reassuring. What a country — where even the vacuous have a voice. The anti-Trump opposition flatters itself as “the resistance.” As if this is Vichy France. It’s not. It’s 21st century America. And the good news is that the checks and balances are working just fine.)
— Study finds white working class increasingly dying ‘deaths of despair’ – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, those who are ant-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WANT THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors TO DIE A DEATH OF DISPAIR.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-white-working-class-deaths-of-despair-20170324-story.html
— With the help of the interior secretary, Washington steps in it again – John Kass  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. What do you say to those who demonize, who denigrate, and who condemn those who do not own dogs?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-interior-department-dog-days-kass-0324-20170323-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Donald Trump: Touts how health bill defunds Planned Parenthood – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-touts-how-health-bill-defunds-planned-parenthood/
— Chicagoans take triple hit on old Wrigley factory -Tim Novak
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/the-watchdogs-chicagoans-take-triple-hit-on-old-wrigley-factory/amp/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Budget, property taxes key issues in calm COD board race – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170323/news/170329421/
— Worried about getting old? Poll sees optimism grow with age – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/303229915/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and Trump’s supporters.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170324/discuss/170329426/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why I broke up with Facebook – Justin Massa  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who focus on discouraging everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?  Groupings could include past and present a) Milton Township Republican Central Committee leaders, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee leaders, c) Illinois Republican Party leaders, d) City of Wheaton leaders and employees, e) Milton Township leaders and employees, f) State of Illinois leaders and employees, g) activists, h) major donors, and i) political consultants.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170324/OPINION/170329955

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Thumbs Down: To the never-ending Mendoza-Rauner blame game – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What do say to those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems?)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170323/thumbs-down-to-never-ending-mendoza-rauner-blame-game

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Thousands of Trump University students want their money back  3,700 file claims on Trump’s lawsuit settlement  (DIERSEN: Should I ask for my money back from IIT, DePaul, Loyola, and NIU?  My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government had a very opinion of my 1997 master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT, my 1980 master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, my 1976 MBA from Loyola, and my 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. They stressed that none of the aforesaid universities were Ivy League.  In addition, they had a very low opinion of my 1997 Forsenic Accountant certification, my 1996 Financial Services Auditor certification, my 1994 Government Financial Manager certification, my 1990 Fraud Examiner certification, my 1981 CPA license, my 1981 Certified Internal Auditor certification, and my 1979 CPA certification.  They would not have had such low opinions if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/thousands-of-trump-university-students-want-their-money-back/679835423

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Who Should Make Cuts? – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: In the federal government, when cuts have to be made, employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran are cut.)
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=239765#.WNUCzRHxZZI

 

LINCOLN COURIER
— Rauner speaks at Logan County Republican Party’s 2017 Lincoln Day Dinner – Jessica Lema  (DIERSEN: How successful was your Republican county party organization’s 2017 Lincoln Day Dinner?)
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20170323/rauner-speaks-at-logan-county-republican-partys-2017-lincoln-day-dinner

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Local Students Speak Out About Trump Administration – Esther Kwon
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/local-students-speak-out-about-trump-administration

 

STATE LINE
— Rick Perry: Texas A&M’s student body election was ‘stolen’  Lead vote getter was disqualified – EMANUELLA GRINBERG AND TONY MARCO
http://www.mystateline.com/news/national/rick-perry-texas-am-election-stolen/679609673

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner: Democrats say they want to see department cuts only to criticize them – Greg Bishop and Dan McCaleb  (DIERSEN: In the federal government, when cuts have to be made, employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran are cut.)
http://ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-democrats-say-they-want-to-see-department-cuts-only/article_fad6ed8e-0fe1-11e7-9c8e-9f3072b92cd1.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— EACH ILLINOIS HOUSEHOLD ON THE HOOK FOR $56K IN GOVERNMENT-WORKER RETIREMENT DEBT – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/each-illinois-household-on-the-hook-for-56k-in-government-worker-retirement-debt/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— OUTSTANDING: Rauner says his Colorado friends are telling him “pretty terrible things” about legal weed
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/24/rauner-says-his-colorado-friends-are-telling-him-pretty-terrible-things-about-legal-weed/
— Leader Radogno: “No Governor’s spokesman, even Goldberg speaks for the Senate caucus”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/24/leader-radogno-no-governors-spokesman-even-goldberg-speaks-for-the-senate-caucus/

 

GOPUSA
— Girl Gets Savagely Assaulted; School District Concerned about Backlash Against Attackers and Other Illegals  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who ever-increasingly put illegals ahead of citizens of America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22261
— Ramming with vehicles marks the new, go-to method of choice of today’s terrorists
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22244

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Ryan unmasks himself as biggest threat to GOP, Trump presidency – Ralph Z. Hallow
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/23/paul-ryan-unmasks-himself-biggest-threat-gop-trump/

 

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
—  IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WON’T COME; AFTER ILLEGAL ALIENS ALLEGEDLY COMMIT BRUTAL CRIME, MARYLAND LAWMAKERS CONSIDER SANCTUARY; MALIBU GIVES SANCTUARY TO ILLEGAL ALIENS (JUST AS LONG AS THEY DON’T TRY TO USE THE BEACH); JUDICIARY WAGES WAR ON TRUMP, JEOPARDIZES NATIONAL SECURITY; NORTH CAROLINA COMMITTEE PASSES ANTI-SANCTUARY ENFORCEMENT BILL
http://view.fairmail.fairus.org/

 

THE HILL
— Your pension could be at the center of America’s next financial crisis – JEFF REEVES
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/finance/325564-the-pension-crisis-will-be-americas-next-financial-crisis

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Natasha Korecki reports on what Rich Miller has behind his $500/year paywall at
https://capitolfax.com/.  Dave Diersen does not have any paywalls at https://gopillinois.com.  He who pays the piper calls the tunes. One could argue that Miller should publish the identities of all his $500 paywall subscribers.  No one pays me for what I do for your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.  No one calls my tunes.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/03/politico-illinois-playbook-lawmakers-paid-as-state-bleeds-16-shots-16-counts-health-care-vote-local-impact-219394

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— SUPREME COURT BOLSTERS RIGHTS OF LEARNING-DISABLED STUDENTS – AP
http://www.wwaytv3.com/2017/03/23/supreme-court-learning-disabled-students/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps promote voter fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/us/election-fraud-voter-ids.html
— Politicians who aren’t real leaders, but play leaders on TV – Paul Krugman (DIERSEN: In Illinois, you should not seek or hold a government or a political office as a Republican if you do not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
— Rep. Nunes Is a Lapdog in a Watchdog Role – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs have always wanted GAO to be a lapdog instead of a watchdog.  Democrats and RINOs are overjoyed that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, 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 $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/opinion/rep-nunes-is-a-lapdog-in-a-watchdog-role.html
— Americans Agree on Paid Family Leave, but Not on Who Should Pay – Claire Cain Miller  (DIERSEN: Those pay the “marriage penalty” pay for paid family leave and for many other such benefits.  My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978.  Virtually none of my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes have ever paid one penny of marriage penalty.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/upshot/americans-agree-on-paid-leave-but-not-on-who-should-pay.html
— The Trump Elite. Like the Old Elite, but Worse! – David Brooks  (DIERSEN: Who are the elites in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Who do they glorify and praise and why and who do they demonize, denigrate, and condemn and why?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/opinion/the-trump-elite-like-the-old-elite-but-worse.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Schumer Says He Will Lead Filibuster Of Gorsuch Nomination – Robert Barnes, Ed O’Keefe and Ann E. Marimow  (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in harming you in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  I should write a book about those who have taken the lead in harming me in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gorsuch-confirmation-hearing-to-focus-today-on-testimony-from-friends-foes/2017/03/23/14d21116-0fc7-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF CHAO: Elaine Chao understands ‘being on the outside.’ Why that helps her connect with Trump – Susan Page (DIERSEN: Far too many who want to be on the inside glorify and praise, pander to, serve as an operative for, serve as a dupe for, and/or give money to those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/23/exclusive-transportation-secretary-elaine-chao-uses-past-connect-outsider-president/99447410/

 

PACIFIC STANDARD
— What It’s Like When Your Federal Agency Disappears  The latest White House budget calls for the elimination of 19 small federal agencies. Pacific Standard talks to a researcher who lived through that with his own office on the Hill, 28 years ago. – Francie Diep  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. I should write a book about how that agency has virtually disappeared.)
https://psmag.com/what-its-like-when-your-federal-agency-disappears-2c66a95749e8#.9sq7rt7f8

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hawaii Republicans, Down to Five Members in the State Legislature, Try to Regroup  Former Hawaii house minority leader Beth Fukumoto’s decision to join the Democratic Party prompts state GOP officials to re-examine priorities – IAN LOVETT  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, you should not seek or hold a government or a political office as a Republican if you do not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hawaii-republicans-down-to-five-members-in-the-state-legislature-try-to-regroup-hawaii-republicans-down-to-five-members-in-the-state-legislature-try-to-regroup-1490287409
— States Move to Strengthen Laws in Response to Rise in Hate Crimes – JOSEPH DE AVILA and JON KAMP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn members of the following groups as being haters who should be gotten rid of: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-move-to-strengthen-laws-in-response-to-rise-in-hate-crimes-1490301718
— A Seminary Snubs a Presbyterian Pastor  Princeton rescinds an honor to Tim Keller over his traditional theological views. – CASE THORP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, religions act as arms of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-seminary-snubs-a-presbyterian-pastor-1490309996
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This unfortunate outcome was not surprising to anyone who has watched seminaries throughout the country embrace and elevate radical “identity theology.” Identity politics have been dividing Americans for decades. Now identity theologies are splitting Christian denominations, colleges and seminaries in similar fashion. Entire theologies have developed from one’s self-orientation in an attempt to denounce patriarchy, sexism, racism and homophobia. Feminist theology and black-liberation theology produced womanist theology. Now queer theology asks, in the words of Marcella Althaus-Reid, “What can sexual stories from fetishism and sadomasochism tell us about our relationship with God, Jesus and Mary?”)
— Amazon Defeats IRS in Tax-Court Case – RICHARD RUBIN and  LAURA STEVENS  (DIERSEN: I won a split-decision against IRS in Tax Court in 1978 when I was a 30-year-old IRS employee.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-defeats-irs-in-tax-court-case-1490298524
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Are you a glaring counter-example?  I am.  Anti-Trumps justify their call for illegal immigration and for mass immigration by shouting that citizens of America will not take bad jobs. I am a glaring counter-example.  I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fewer-immigrants-higher-prices-lower-profits-1490279355
— Cash Handouts for Everyone  Support for a universal income comes from technophiles like Elon Musk, libertarians like Charles Murray and labor leader Andy Stern. Marc Levinson reviews “Basic Income” by Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght. – MARC LEVINSON  (DIERSEN: If America offered universal income, at what level of that income would you stop working – $20,000/year, $30,000/year, $40,000/year, $50,000/year, $60,000/year, $70,000/year, $80,000/year, $90,000/year, $100,000+/year?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cash-handouts-for-everyone-1490309807

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Wall Is 30 Feet of Scary Politics for Builders – Thomas Black  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries oppose the wall?  ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-24/trump-s-wall-is-30-feet-of-political-trouble-for-edgy-companies

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Ivanka Trump: A White House force, just not an ’employee’ – JULIE BYKOWICZ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress I was just a low level federal employee for almost 30 years.  They stress that the federal government never paid me more than $122,991 in today’s dollars and they shout that I was overpaid.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/government-news/2017/03/ivanka-trump-a-white-house-force-just-not-an-employee/

 

SALON
— The Breitbart fear: Federal employees are scared they’ll be targeted by conservative media  Executive branch staffers right-wing hit jobs will cost them their careers – MATTHEW ROZSA
http://www.salon.com/2017/03/23/the-breitbart-fear-federal-employees-are-scared-theyll-be-targeted-by-conservative-media/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump has already left the State Department in chaos with his massive layoffs and marginalization of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Now it appears that, because of Trump’s past habit of getting his information from right-wing news outlets, many government staffers across the executive branch are afraid that conservative media hit pieces against them will cost them their careers. The belief that executive branch staffers are insufficiently loyal to Trump and are secretly working to promote the policies of President Barack Obama has inspired a wave of attack articles from right-wing sites like Breitbart and the Conservative Review, according to Politico. Breitbart has even published a list of so-called “Obama loyalist bureaucrats” that it urged Trump to “either fire immediately or remove from their current positions.” Breitbart’s former CEO, Steve Bannon, is currently Trump’s chief strategist.)

March 23 Evening Edition

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— Differences apparent in pot legalization debate – Greg Bishop  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois are leading the opposition against SB 316 and HB 2353?  Please ask them to phone me at 630-653-0462.  I am considering asking the DuPage County Board to pass a resolution ASAP against the legalization of marijuana for recreational use similar to the Milton Township Republican Central Committee’s 2009 resolution against video gambling.  For a sample of such a resolution, SEE:
http://archive.azcentral.com/ic/pdf/resolution-opposing-legalization-marijuana.pdf  I would ask all of the Republicans who represent all or part of DuPage County to endorse the resolution including U.S. Representatives Hultgren and Roskam; Governor Rauner; Lt. Governor Sanguinetti; Illinois Senators Connelly, Nybo, Oberweis, and Radogno; Illinois Representatives Bellock, Breen, Durkin, Fortner, Ives, Olsen, Wehrli, and Winger; DuPage County officials Anderson, Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Cronin, Curran, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Elliott, Fichtner, Grant, Grasso, Grogan, Healy, Henry, Hinds, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Khouri, Krajewski, Larsen, Murphy, Noonan, Puchalski, Redick, Ruscitti, Tornatore, Whelan, Wiley, Zaruba, and Zay; Milton Township officials Falbo, Heidorn, Hinkle, Keller, LeVan, Molitor, Muehlfelt, and Nathwani; and all the MTRCC members.)
http://rockrivertimes.com/2017/03/23/differences-apparent-in-pot-legalization-debate/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anita Bedell, executive director of Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems, said, “Just because something brings in revenue doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. They’re not considering the harm, they’re not considering costs.” Proponents also say it will spur on jobs. “So has gambling, so has other things …,” Bedell said. “There’s always going to be money in some things, but this is not a good way to have money for Illinois, and it would just cause more harm and cause more damage.” . . . Illinois Family Institute’s David Smith opposes legalization and said there would still be a black market. “The guy on the street that’s selling the pot doesn’t have to have the brick and mortar and the overhead and the employees and the insurance, and the workman’s comp,” Smith said. Smith also dismissed proponents who say illegal marijuana is a criminal justice issue because, he said, there are a very small number of inmates in the system for drug possession only. The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police said they oppose the bill because of the traffic safety concerns.) . . . Rauner’s office said Thursday the governor is currently reviewing the legalization measure.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS COULD BE NEXT TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/illinois-could-be-next-in-legalizing-recreational-marijuana.html
— JOLIET AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL TESTS STUDENTS ON THEIR TRUMP ATTITUDES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/joliet-area-middle-school-tests-students-on-their-trump-attitudes.html

 

ABC7
— TRUMP GIVES ULTIMATUM, DEMANDS HEALTH CARE VOTE FRIDAY – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/health/trump-gives-ultimatum-demands-health-care-vote-friday/1814403/
— ILLINOIS JUDGE RULES IN FAVOR OF LAWMAKERS SEEKING PAY – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/illinois-judge-rules-in-favor-of-lawmakers-seeking-pay/1815611/

 

CBS2
— Chicago City Council Approves State Union Bargaining Resolution – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/23/chicago-city-council-approves-state-union-bargaining-resolution/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As GOP dissent grows, U.S. Rep. Shimkus says party ‘on a rescue mission’ for health care – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-republicans-health-care-bill-met-0323-20170323-story.html
— Chicago aldermen try to push Rauner to bargain with union – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-city-council-bruce-rauner-met-20170323-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want to drive members of the following groups out of Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-urban-institute-0324-biz-20170323-story.html
— Domestic violence groups blast Oberweis’ ‘shocking’ analogy – Denise Crosby
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-oberweis-react-st-0324-20170324-column.html
— Judge: Move state lawmaker pay to the front of long line of unpaid bills – Kim Geiger and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-lawmaker-pay-case-met-0324-20170323-story.html
— Inside McHenry jail, immigrants prefer detention to deportation – Marwa Eltagouri, Tony Briscoe and Nereida Moreno
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-immigrants-mchenry-detention-center-met-20170323-story.html
— Experts warn parents of ‘sextortion’: ‘It happens at almost every Naperville school’ – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-naperville-teen-issues-forum-st-0324-20170323-story.html
— Documentary reignites controversy over New Trier civil rights seminar – John Keilman and Kathy Routliffe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-new-trier-documentary-met-20170323-story.html
— In New Trier, is a right-wing plot unfolding? – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-new-trier-conspiracy-allegation-zorn-perspec-0324-jm-20170323-column.html
— Google wants to fix tech’s diversity problem with an outpost for historically black colleges – Jena McGregor  (DIERSEN: Google should consider hiring Charles Bowsher.  During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and females at GAO and b) getting rid of the agency’s employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-google-diversity-wp-bsi-20170323-story.html
— Paul Ryan faces cliffhanger vote, with no pork to offer reluctant Republicans – Paul Kane
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-paul-ryan-republicans-health-care-20170323-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hundreds rally, march downtown to decry American Health Care Act – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/hundreds-rally-march-downtown-to-decry-american-healthcare-act/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: Of 19 largest metro areas in U.S., only Chicago’s lost residents – Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/of-10-largest-metro-areas-in-u-s-only-chicagos-loses-residents/
— Comptroller must pay lawmakers: judge – Andy Grimm
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/comptroller-must-pay-lawmakers-judge/
— As hate crimes increase, Bruce Rauner should do more – Betsy Shuman-Moore  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want to make members of the following groups responsible for ALL crimes: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/as-hate-crimes-increase-bruce-rauner-should-do-more/
— Aldermen go to bat for AFSCME in contract clash with Rauner – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/aldermen-go-to-bat-for-afscme-in-contract-clash-with-rauner/
— Trump tells GOP: Pass health bill or you’re stuck with Obamacare – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gop-still-hunting-votes-on-brink-of-house-health-care-vote/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Prosecutor: No evidence Long Grove vandalism a hate crime – Lee Filas  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want to make members of the following groups responsible for ALL crimes: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170323/news/170329461/
— House GOP leaders delay vote on health care repeal bill – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170323/news/170329454/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Durbin details cost of Ryancare to Illinois – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170323/BLOGS02/170329925/durbin-details-cost-of-ryancare-to-illinois
— Obamacare replacement vote postponed
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170323/NEWS02/170329924/house-gop-leaders-delay-vote-on-health-care-repeal-bill

 

WTTW
— Judge Orders Comptroller Mendoza to Pay Illinois Lawmakers – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/03/23/judge-orders-comptroller-mendoza-pay-illinois-lawmakers

 

DNA INFO
— TREASONOUS: Chicago Sanctuary City Status Set To Be Renewed – Heather Cherone
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170322/pilsen/sanctuary-city-status-renewed-undocumented-immigrants-chicago-city-council-deportations-veterans
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON COOK COUNTY TIGHTENS: Cook County Lost More People Last Year Than Any Other County In The U.S. – Tanveer Ali and Linze Rice
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170323/albany-park/cook-county-population-loss-us-census-bureau

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump defends wild claims: ‘I’m president, and you’re not’ President sits for wide-ranging Time interview – DAVID WRIGHT
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-defends-wild-claims-im-president-and-youre-not/678979435

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— License of pot-friendly Illinois doctor placed on probation – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/article140454283.html
— Congressman Davis fined by FEC after not reporting $95K in campaign donations – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article140320788.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Panel asked to recommend 1-year suspension for attorney Gray – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170323/panel-asked-to-recommend-1-year-suspension-for-attorney-gray

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Judge Gorsuch’s Supreme Court seat was not “Stolen” from Judge Garland, but earned, fair and square. – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz

 

WIRE POINTS
— Is Bankruptcy for States Illinois’ Answer? – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/is-bankruptcy-for-states-illinois-answer-a-primer-wirepoints-original/

 

WHEATON COLLEGE
— EVENT: Christian Political Witness in the Age of Trump Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7–8:30pm  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want Christians to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and Trump’s supporters.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Christian.)
http://www.wheaton.edu/Calendar-of-Events#/?i=2

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— A Chicago alderman compares Donald Trump’s deportation policy to Hitler’s. Does this hit the mark?
https://rebootillinois.com/2017/03/23/chicago-alderman-trump-hitler-comparison/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner disses “part-time” legislators
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/23/rauner-disses-part-time-legislators/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Why America must not go ‘green’  The green energy revolution around the world has turned into a meltdown – Stephen Moore
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/12/energy-security-requires-not-going-green/

 

GOPUSA
— Swedish Police Afraid to Work at New Station in No-Go Zone (DIERSEN: How many no-go zones are there in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22225
— U.S. to pay 1M to family of illegal alien teen who died while in custody – UPI
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22180
— Google to hire more people to police ads on ‘questionable’ websites – UPI (DIERSEN: There is no advertising in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails or on www.gopillinois.com.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22148

 

BLAZE
— Mayor of Los Angeles forces police to disregard immigration laws  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, any mayor that did that should be immediately removed from office.)
http://www.theblaze.com/video/mayor-of-los-angeles-forces-police-to-disregard-immigration-laws/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Americans not buying what Tinseltown is selling – Bill Bumpas
https://www.onenewsnow.com/media/2017/03/23/americans-not-buying-what-tinseltown-is-selling

 

DAILY CALLER
— British Lawmaker: London Terrorist’s Religion Is ‘Utterly And Completely’ Irrelevant – Saagar Enjeti
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/23/british-lawmaker-london-terrorists-religion-is-utterly-and-completely-irrelevant/

 

FOX BUSINESS
— CEO Uses ‘Snowflake Test’ to Weed Out Whiny, Unproductive Job Applicants – Julia Limitone
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/03/22/ceo-uses-snowflake-test-to-weed-out-whiny-unproductive-job-applicants.html

 

THE HILL
— GOP lawmakers leave Trump White House with no deal – BEN KAMISAR
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/325456-gop-lawmakers-leave-trump-white-house-with-no-deal

 

POLITICO
— Trump demands Friday vote on health care plan  If the House rejects the GOP plan, the president says, Obamacare will stay. – RACHAEL BADE, KYLE CHENEY and JOSH DAWSEY
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-freedom-caucus-health-care-236418

 

CNN
— House won’t vote on health care Thursday — bill in jeopardy – MJ Lee, Deirdre Walsh, Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/politics/house-health-care-vote/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Orders Tougher Screening of Visa Applicants – MICHAEL D. SHEARM
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/us/politics/visa-extreme-vetting-rex-tillerson.html
— Trump Tells G.O.P. to Fall in Line, Demanding House Vote on Health Overhaul – JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, ROBERT PEAR and THOMAS KAPLAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/us/politics/health-republicans-vote.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— At Trump’s urging, House Republicans to vote on health-care bill Friday even as they still whip for votes – Mike DeBonis and Juliet Eilperin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gop-health-care-plan-hangs-in-balance-as-house-leaders-push-for-thursday-floor-vote/2017/03/23/6e8bf05a-0fbd-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— House Republicans Cancel Planned Vote on Health-Care Bill  Last-minute negotiations and lobbying from Trump fail to lock down majority support for the legislation – KRISTINA PETERSON, SIOBHAN HUGHES and LOUISE RADNOFSKY
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-lawmakers-say-no-deal-yet-on-health-bill-1490291998

 

FORTUNE
— Why Chance the Rapper Is One of the World’s Greatest Leaders – Chris Taylor
http://fortune.com/2017/03/23/chance-the-rapper-worlds-greatest-leaders/

 

FORBES
— Let Federal Managers Actually Manage – Sidney Rocke  (DIERSEN: Federal managers have always been under tremendous pressure a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/03/23/let-federal-managers-actually-manage/#6e77d911427d

 

FED SMITH
— Legislation Would Ban Bonuses for Some Federal Employees – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: From what I saw while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, those who got bonuses were the most successful in a) retaining and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) getting rid of employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)

https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/03/23/legislation-would-ban-bonuses-some-federal-employees/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Say Too Many Still Dependent on Government (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at everyone that without massive government assistance, you have no chance of succeeding.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/march_2017/most_say_too_many_still_dependent_on_government

March 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA FOR ADULTS  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/illinois-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana/1813610/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago lawmakers introduce bills calling for marijuana legalization, taxation  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/243312958-story

 

WSIL TV
— Illinois Lawmakers consider ending marijuana prohibition – Courtney Cruse  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois are leading the opposition against SB 316 and HB 2353?  Please ask them to phone me at 630-653-0462.  I am considering asking the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to pass a resolution against the legalization of marijuana for recreational use similar to MTRCC’s 2009 resolution against video gambling.  I would ask all of the Republicans who represent all or part of Milton Township to endorse the resolution including U.S. Representative Roskam; Governor Rauner; Lt. Governor Sanguinetti; Illinois Senators Connelly and Nybo; Illinois Representatives Breen and Ives; DuPage County officials Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Cronin, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Elliott, Grant, Grogan, Henry, Hinds, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Larsen, Murphy, Noonan, Redick, Ruscitti, Whelan, Wiley, Zaruba, and Zay; Milton Township officials Falbo, Heidorn, Hinkle, Keller, LeVan, Molitor, Muehlfelt, and Nathwani; and all the MTRCC members.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34974887/illinois-lawmakers-consider-ending-marijuana-prohibition
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan to regulate and tax legal marijuana use for adults. Legislation introduced in the House and Senate Wednesday would allow adults 21 and older to purchase marijuana legally from a business licensed by the state. The Senate bill, SB 316, is sponsored by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Heather Steans (D-Chicago), while the House version, HB 2353, was presented by Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago). “Marijuana prohibition is a quagmire that creates far more problems than it prevents,” Cassidy said. “Several states have adopted sensible alternatives to prohibition, and it is time for Illinois to develop its own exit strategy.” Each bill would make it legal to possess, grow, and purchase limited amounts of marijuana. The state would license and regulate businesses to cultivate, process, test, and sell marijuana to adults, and it would create and enforce strict health and safety regulations, such as testing and labeling requirements and restrictions on marketing. “Right now, all the money being spent on marijuana is going into the pockets of criminals and cartels,” Steans said. “In a regulated system, the money would go into the cash registers of licensed, taxpaying businesses. It would generate hundreds of millions of dollars per year in new revenue for our state.”  The bills propose taxing marijuana at a rate of $50 per ounce at the wholesale level, and retail sales would be subject to the state’s standard 6.25% sales tax. Based on current usage rates and the market price of marijuana being sold for adults’ use in Colorado, the Marijuana Policy Project estimates regulated marijuana sales could generate between $349 million and $699 million per year in new revenue for Illinois.)

 

CBS2
— Bruce Rauner: Terror Attack In Illinois ‘Just A Matter Of Time’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/22/bruce-rauner-terror-attack-in-illinois-just-a-matter-of-time/

 

NBC5
— Trump to Deliver Commencement Address at Liberty University  President George H.W. Bush was the last president to deliver the Virginia-based university’s keynote address in 1990  (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1990?  I worked for GAO on audits federal financial industry regulators.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Trump-to-Deliver-Commencement-Address-at-Liberty-University-416825033.html
— Labor Nominee Says He Won’t Let Politics Influence Hiring  Senate Democrats want to know how he would enforce worker protections in an agency the president wants cut by 20 percent – Laurie Kellman  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always promoted patronage and political affiliation discrimination. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, 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 d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/US-Labor-Nominee-Acosta-Says-Hell-Advocate-for-Workers-416810563.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers propose legalizing recreational marijuana – Robert McCoppin  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-marijuana-legalization-proposal-met-20170322-story.html
— Most Illinois House Republicans follow party on health care – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-republicans-obamacare-repeal-met-0323-20170322-story.html
— GOP health care plan, facing conservative revolt, lacks the votes for House passage – Mike Debonis, Juliet Eilperin, David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-health-care-bill-house-20170322-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools chief fires back at Gov. Rauner – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-board-education-met-0323-20170323-story.html
— Aurora mayoral candidates announce more endorsements – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-mayor-endorse-st-0322-20170321-story.html
— Chicago lawyer fights Army veteran’s deportation order – Manya Brachear Pashman  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-green-card-veteran-ruling-met-20170322-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Obamacare replacement bill could harm disabled Illinoisans.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-obamacare-replacement-disabilities-0323-biz-20170322-story.html
— Neil Gorsuch earns his Supreme Court seat – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-neil-gorsuch-hearing-edit-0323-20170322-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— GOP briefing leaves Trump ‘somewhat’ vindicated, Dems outraged – Julie Pace and Deb Riechmann
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gop-lawmaker-trump-communications-may-have-been-monitored/
—  Reince Priebus Getting Trumped? – Michael
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-getting-trumped/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Hultgren questions GOP health plan hours before crucial vote – Randall Hultgren
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329579/
— Endorsement: Yes to merge Lisle, Naperville township road districts
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/discuss/170329699/
— Rauner wants to replace prison guards in watchtowers with cameras – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329583/
— Police: Schaumburg man posted anti-Semitic fliers at University of Chicago – Katie Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170321/news/170329667/
— TRAGIC: Why video gambling will likely remain legal in St. Charles regardless of April election – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329627/
— IMRF: Simple resolution could end pensions for elected DuPage forest officials – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.  My knowing that I was earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329542/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Forest preserve commissioners are paid $50,000 a year; the president is paid $75,000. The elected officials also are eligible to receive medical and dental insurance through the district. Commissioner Tim Whelan is questioning whether it’s a good idea to end the practice of offering pensions. He said the pension is an incentive for commissioners “to put in the time to benefit the taxpayers.” Whelan is one of five commissioners enrolled in IMRF. The others are Redick, Marsha Murphy, Linda Painter and Al Murphy. Redick, Painter and Marsha Murphy already are eligible for an IMRF pension — and will receive it regardless of whether the district does away with the perk. Whelan and Al Murphy are not yet vested.)
— District 200 asking voters for funds for improvements – Jeff Schuler  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that I should support the tax increase because I am UNDERSERVEDLY FILTHY RICH a) because my Civil Service Retirement System pension and federal health insurance subsidy are far too generous, b) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, c) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, d) because I avoided the draft, e) because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and I have always been privileged, f) because my parents had enough money to send me to a parochial grade school, g) because my ancestors have in America since the 1840s, h) because I was born a White male, i) because I do not give money to a church, j) because etc.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329606/
— Why two lines on Naperville property taxes will decrease – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329544/
— Ethics accusation in Geneva mayor race goes to court – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/news/170329532/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New shots at Ryancare from Hultgren, Rauner – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170322/BLOGS02/170329948/gop-obamacare-replacement-takes-flak-from-hultgren-rauner
— Here’s what’s at stake for Chicago under Trump’s budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170322/BLOGS02/170329959/heres-whats-at-stake-for-chicago-under-trumps-budget

 

WSIL TV
— Republicans rebelling against health care risk Trump’s wrath – AP  (DIERSEN: What have you rebelled against?  I have always rebelled against the promotion of dependency on government and on charity, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal/mass immigration, erosion of the First and Second Amendments, and other bad things.  Consequently, I have always incurred the wrath of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote the aforesaid bad things.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34976205/republicans-rebelling-against-health-care-risk-trumps-wrath

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Frerichs Wants “Clarity” on Medical Marijuana from Trump Administration – JEFF BOSSERT
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/frerichs-wants-clarity-medical-marijuana-trump-administration#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump to deliver Liberty University commencement address  Trump spoke at university in January 2016 – DAN MERICA
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-to-deliver-liberty-university-commencement-address/678050703
— Anti-Trumps say “Grieving father: ‘I don’t play Trump songs anymore’  Man says he feels betrayed by new health care bill.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/weird/grieving-father-i-dont-play-trump-songs-anymore/677949436

 

CHICAGO READER
— Potheads rejoice: Illinois lawmakers move to legalize recreational weed – Lee V. Gaines  (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like a) they smoke pot and/or b) they want to smoke pot legally.)
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/03/22/potheads-rejoice-illinois-lawmakers-move-to-legalize-recreational-weed

 

CHICAGOIST
— 8 Arrested At Downtown Protest Against Trump’s Proposed HUD Cuts
http://chicagoist.com/2017/03/22/eight_arrested_at_downtown_protest.php#photo-1
— IL Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Legalize Marijuana Sales To Adults – STEPHEN GOSSETT  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://chicagoist.com/2017/03/22/bills_to_legalize_marijuana.php

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Recent Votes at Naperville City Council Meeting
http://www.nctv17.com/recent-votes-at-naperville-city-council-meeting/
— District 203 Abates Tax Levy
http://www.nctv17.com/district-203-abates-tax-levy/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives honors hero to homeless veterans Robert Adams – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511096601-ives-honors-hero-to-homeless-veterans

 

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE COURIER
— COD tuition freeze leaves room for anxiety – Lucas Koprowski
http://codcourier.org/5812/opinion/cod-tuition-freeze-leaves-room-for-anxiety/
— College of DuPage board of trustees places a freeze on tuition for the third straight year – Vandy Manyeh
http://codcourier.org/5805/news/college-of-dupage-board-of-trustees-places-a-freeze-on-tuition-for-the-third-straight-year/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The yearn to return to 1950s-era culture – Jennifer Harper (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps talk, write, and act like they hate the 1950s and like they hate all those Whites and men like me who were alive during the 1950s.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/22/inside-the-beltway-the-yearn-to-return-to-1950s-er/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump Admin Makes Fight Against Sanctuary Cities Personal, Releases List ‘Naming and Shaming’ Them – PARKER LEE
http://ijr.com/2017/03/829898-trump-admin-makes-fight-sanctuary-cities-personal-releases-list-naming-shaming/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Slams His Own Supreme Court Nominee: ‘I’ll Criticize Judges’ – Jeffrey Rodack
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Trump-Slams-Neil-Gorsuch/2017/03/22/id/780112/

 

BREITBART
— Illegal Aliens Found Carrying Half Ton of Pot into U.S. – BOB PRICE
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/03/22/illegal-aliens-found-carrying-half-ton-pot-u-s/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Naperville Makes Effort to Educate On Crime Victim Rights – Allison Thibault
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/22/chicago-suburb-makes-effort-to-educate-on-crime-victim-rights/
— Chelsea Clinton To Receive Lifetime Impact Award For Some Reason – CHUCK ROSS  (DIERSEN: Were you born with a silver spoon in your mouth?  Have you always been privileged?  I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/22/chelsea-clinton-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-for-some-reason/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Clinton’s other achievements include being born to one of the most skilled politicians in American history, growing up in the White House, landing a $600,000 contract with MSNBC, marrying a hedge fund millionaire, and tweeting constantly about President Trump.)

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— HIGH SCHOOL ‘MUSLIM PRAYER ROOM’ CHALLENGED  Texas attorney general takes notice but ACLU ‘nowhere to be found’ – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/high-school-muslim-prayer-room-challenged/

 

POLITICO
— Federal staffers panicked by conservative media attacks  A spate of stories in Breitbart and other outlets have singled out individual career employees, questioning their loyalty to Trump. – NAHAL TOOSI and ANDREW RESTUCCIA
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/government-employees-conservative-media-236321

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Leanna Powell blasts those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, etc.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/seeing-through-white-privilege-to-cope-with-race-religion_us_58d28e8ce4b062043ad4aeac

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump: Most people don’t know President Lincoln was a Republican – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/22/trump-most-people-dont-know-president-lincoln-was-a-republican/
— Secret Service asked for $60 million extra for Trump-era travel and protection, documents show – Drew Harwell and Amy Brittain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-asked-for-60-million-extra-for-trump-era-travel-and-protection-documents-show/2017/03/22/0967e7b6-0a85-11e7-a15f-a58d4a988474_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— AT&T Pulling Ads From Google Over ‘Hate’ Videos  Latest company to act over concerns ads were placed on YouTube videos supporting terrorism – JACK NICAS
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-pulling-ads-from-google-over-hate-videos-1490206824

 

WBAA
— Inside The Wealthy Family That Has Been Funding Steve Bannon’s Plan For Years  (DIERSEN: Where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automobile assembly line and working as a security guard in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://wbaa.org/post/inside-wealthy-family-has-been-funding-steve-bannons-plan-years#stream/0

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Understanding risks as Congress, President review feds’ pay, benefits – Randy Silvey
http://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2017/03/understanding-risks-congress-new-president-review-federal-pay-benefits/
— Why some lawmakers are making recruitment calls to get new talent into the VA – Nicole Ogrysko  (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://federalnewsradio.com/hearingsoversight/2017/03/lawmakers-making-recruitment-calls-get-new-talent-va/

 

MILITARY TIMES
— Human resources problems causing hiring, retention headaches for VA – Leo Shane III  (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://www.militarytimes.com/articles/va-human-resources-problems-recruiting

March 22, 2017

JOURNAL COURIER
— Proposal (SB 316 and HB 2353) would make marijuana legal in state  (DIERSEN: If you push pot in Illinois, you push the further destruction of Illinois.)
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/107260/proposal-would-make-marijuana-legal-in-state

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Big shot mayors can’t allow just anybody to be an email pal – Editorial (DIERSEN: QUESTION: When a mayor publicly insults one of his constituents, for example, at the end of one of his state of the city addresses, and cites anonymous sources to justify those insults, should that constituent file a FOIA request to identify those anonymous sources?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/big-shot-mayors-cant-allow-just-anybody-to-be-an-email-pal/
— Ethics board targets six more lobbyists who emailed Emanuel – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ethics-board-targets-six-more-lobbyists-who-emailed-emanuel/
— MARCH 13, 2017 FLASHBACK: BGA goes back to court to gain access to Emanuel’s private emails – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/bga-goes-back-to-court-to-gain-access-to-emanuels-private-emails/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ethics board to look into possible lobbying violations in Tribune report – Bill Ruthhart and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-ethics-board-met-0322-20170321-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Emanuel pushes his “municipal ID” plan to treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-chicago-municipal-id-met-20170322-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Offering such an ID also allows Emanuel to plant a high-profile flag in his campaign to position himself in opposition to Trump as a defender of immigrants’ rights and Chicago as a safe haven for those living here without legal permission. The mayor’s handpicked city clerk, Anna Valencia, is heading up the ID initiative. Valencia’s office insists applicants’ information will be secure and those who apply will be properly vetted, though Valencia has offered no specifics on how the city will achieve those goals or when the program will launch. She declined to be interviewed.)
— VIDEO: Naperville’s 2017 State of the City on NCTV17 (DIERSEN: I did not watch this, but am sure that Mayor Chirico did not insult anyone during his address.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/community/chi-ugc-article-napervilles-2017-state-of-the-city-on-nctv17-2017-03-20-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Naperville mayor proposes downtown outdoor Wi-Fi work space – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-state-of-the-city-st-0322-20170320-story.html
— No speed limit on the Chicago Way – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-rahm-emanuel-emails-kass-0322-20170321-column.html
— The NRA’s gun market crisis – Firmin DeBrabander  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps talk, write, and act like they are going to get rid of Trump and like they are going to get rid of Trump’s supporters.  For their self-defense, I would expect that most, if not virtually all Trump supporters own firearms and lots of ammunition.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-guns-nra-conceal-open-carry-trump-market-manufacturers-perspec-0322-jm-20170321-story.html
— ‘Deep state’ troubles White House  Trump and staffers think holdovers are intent on sabotage – Jonathan Lemire
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170322/281728384340900
— Pockets of strong Trump support in deep blue Democrat Chicago – Ted Gregory  (DIERSEN: In which precincts in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois did the highest percent of registered voters vote for Trump in the November 8, 2016 election?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-donald-trump-chicago-supporters-met-20170321-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Say yes to District 200 referendum – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170322/discuss/170329738/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago officials shudder at Trump budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170322/BLOGS02/170329959

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Leaving the Land of Lincoln – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-03-21/leaving-land-lincoln.html

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Not standing up to hate permits it to fester, breed – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors PROMOTE HATRED AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thetelegraph.com/opinion/98727/editorial-not-standing-up-to-hate-permits-it-to-fester-breed

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— Whose money is truly tainted? Or, Are Rauner bucks really holier than thou? – Gregory Tejeda
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2017/03/whose-money-is-truly-tainted-or-are.html

 

CATHOLIC CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS
— ‘Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege’ fliers hung at U. Illinois-Chicago – REBECCA DOWNS (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who focused on turning my many Jewish superiors and Jewish supervisors against me. They stressed that I was 100% German national origin and that I had been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.  In my defense, I stressed that all my ancestors had immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/70421/ending-white-privilege-starts-ending-jewish-privilege-fliers-hung-u-illinois-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fliers recently hung at the University of Illinois at Chicago declare “Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege.”  The fliers use Pew Research Center data in an attempt to validate the statement, including that while Jews make up 2 percent of the population in the United States that “44% of these Jewish Americans are in the top 1%.” “Is the 1% straight, white men? Or is the 1% Jewish?” the flier questions. The university acted swiftly, issuing a statement March 15, the same day the fliers were found on campus. “Such actions do not reflect the values we hold as a community. Acts that invoke hatred or violence toward members of our community will not be tolerated on our campus,” campus officials said. “We strongly encourage all members of our university to exercise their right to free speech in a manner that recognizes these principles and avoids prejudice or stereotypes,” they added. Despite the campuswide statement, more anti-Semitic fliers were found posted on campus over the weekend. One discussed “Jewish privilege” with regard to “the special privilege when it comes to top universities.” Another linked the de-hiring of Professor Steven Salaita with then-Chancellor Phyllis Wise’s meeting with “a wealthy Jewish Donor in Chicago.” A third criticized jail time for those who deny the Holocaust. Still another flier equated Auschwitz with Gaza, claiming the “largest Concentration Camp in the world today is owned and operated by Zionists.” While the fliers did not identify the student or organization responsible, they did include various hashtags: #BlackLivesMatter, #WeAreAllMuslims, #WhitePrivilege and #StandwithPalestine. Student Eva Zeltser, who posted images of the fliers on Facebook, said her “heart is broken.” “While I try to abstain from writing personal narratives on Facebook, enough is enough,” she stated. “If you are against hate crimes against one group, you should be against these acts of violence for ALL groups. Found all over the UIC campus. Things like these posters are actively posted to catalyze anti-Semitism and increase hate toward Jews.” The incident at the University of Illinois at Chicago comes as a strong uptick in anti-Semitic incidents on campuses nationwide has been observed. UIC Levine Hillel Center’s Executive Director Rabbi Seth Winberg condemned the posters in an email to The College Fix, noting they have caused anger and sadness. The center asked the university to “conduct a full investigation and to address the campus culture that would allow such hateful targeting of Jews.” “We will not let these hateful flyers deter us from our work to build a vibrant community at UIC,” Winberg added.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NEW RANKING LISTS ILLINOIS AS #3 MOST CORRUPT STATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/new-ranking-lists-illinois-as-3-most-corrupt-state.html
— THORNER: WILL A RESURRECTION OF AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGE FROM ITS DEMISE?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/thorner-will-a-resurrection-of-american-higher-education-emerge-from-its-demise.html
— COURT RULING CLEARS PATH FOR U.S. SUPREME COURT TO HEAR LAWSUIT TO END MANDATORY UNION FEES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/appeals-court-ruling-clears-path-for-us-supreme-court-to-hear-lawsuit-to-end-mandatory-union-fees.html
— WHY ILLINOIS IS DEAD BROKE – Illinois Policy Institute
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/why-illinois-is-dead-broke-video.html

 

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Breitbart pushes pot in America. If you push pot in America, you push the destruction of America.
http://www.breitbart.com/marijuana/
https://pro.moneymappress.com/p/NVXMJ39TMRSHORT/LNVXT326/?SID=breitbart-ordamer_032217&h=true

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— A NATION OF LAW, NOT POLITICS, WITH GORSUCH – Star Parker (DIERSEN: Yes, but Democrats and RINOs elect politicians who have passed many laws that discriminate against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/a-nation-of-law-not-politics-with-gorsuch/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House: Md. school rape underscores Trump’s compassion for victims of illegal immigrant crimes – S.A. Miller
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/21/rape-underscores-trump-compassion-illegals-crime/
— Political partisans within the ivy-covered halls  Campus authorities may violate IRS rules with their Trump-hating activism – Anne Hendershott
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/21/betsy-devos-warned-colleges-inculcating-students/

 

GOPUSA
— Rich New Yorkers ask Cuomo to raise their taxes – AP
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22154

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— Gorsuch: ‘No Such Thing as a Republican or Democrat Judge, Just Judges’ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the judges in the lawsuits that I have filed. Their rulings show if they are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, or Republican.  By their rulings, the majority of the judges in Diersen v. GAO made it clear that they favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, that is, that they were Democrats.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/21/neil-gorsuch-senate-confirmation-hearing-no-republican-or-democrat-judges-country

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Puts Economic Nationalism on the Agenda – Andy Schlafly
https://townhall.com/columnists/andyschlafly/2017/03/22/trump-puts-economic-nationalism-on-the-agenda-n2302223

 

THE BLAZE
— Professor whose in-class anti-Trump tirade went viral nominated for campus award – Jon Street
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/21/unbelievable-professor-whose-in-class-anti-trump-tirade-went-viral-nominated-for-campus-award/

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s penchant for vengeance casts shadow on health care vote  Republican lawmakers thinking of bucking the White House on Obamacare know they’ll face a president who loves exacting retribution. – SHANE GOLDMACHER  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents are extremely vengeful and they focus on exacting retribution.  They blame me for all their problems and they crow that I am no longer a) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, b) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, c) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, d) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, e) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest chapter board member, and that f) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, 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 $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, g) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims, and h) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/donald-trump-vengeance-threat-236320
— Trump to Republicans: Vote for Obamacare repeal or lose your seat  ‘I’m asking for your vote on Thursday,’ the president said. – KYLE CHENEY, RACHAEL BADE and JOHN BRESNAHAN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-health-care-obamacare-repeal-236281
— GOP Takes Up Russia-Aligned Attack On Soros – ISAAC ARNSDORF, ANDREW HANNA and KENNETH P. VOGEL (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps side with Soros against America.)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/george-soros-russia-republicans-214938

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Objectively False Things Continue to Be Believed – AMANDA TAUB and BRENDAN NYHAN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents believe that I caused all their problems, that I am causing all their problems, and that I will forever cause all their problems. But in fact, my critics/opponents cause all their own problems, are causing all their own problems, and will forever cause all their own problems.  I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/upshot/why-objectively-false-things-continue-to-be-believed.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Alan Simpson says “During Donald Trump’s campaign, he repeatedly cast himself as a supporter of L.G.B.T. rights.”  Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity have always worked extremely hard against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/opinion/how-a-trump-turnabout-on-gay-rights-hurts-republicans.html
— Spicer Says Rape Case Against Undocumented Student Shows Need for Crackdown – LIAM STACKMAR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/us/politics/sean-spicer-high-school-rape.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Rockville High rape case draws attention at White House briefing – Bill Turque, Donna St. George and Ovetta Wiggins
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/2017/03/21/018ef7a6-0e49-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— White House calls alleged rape by immigrant teens ‘horrendous’ – Bob Fredericks and Danika Fears
http://nypost.com/2017/03/21/white-house-calls-alleged-rape-by-immigrant-teens-horrendous/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Latinos are reporting fewer sexual assaults amid a climate of fear in immigrant communities, LAPD says – James Queally  (DIERSEN: When Clinton, Bush, and Obama were in the White House, illegals knew that they had a friend in the White House, that is, someone who put citizens of Mexico and of other foreign countries ahead of citizens of America. That is a major reason why Trump won.)
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-immigrant-crime-reporting-drops-20170321-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Army says general Ron Lewis’ drunken escapades shouldn’t affect his secret clearance – Tom Vanden Brook  (DIERSEN: If Lewis claims to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, he should be dumped.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/21/brig-gen-ron-lewis-ash-carter-eric-fanning-swinging-general/99456588/
— White House links teen rape case to failed immigration policies – Debra Alfarone
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/21/white-house-links-teen-rape-case-failed-immigration-policies/99459772/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Media Attention’ and IRS Abuse  A simple rule fix could end partisan targeting tomorrow. – JOHN J. VECCHIONE  (DIERSEN: Were it not Henry Hyde’s intervention, IRS would never have approved Adversity.Net’s 501(c)(3) application. SEE:
http://www.adversity.net/)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/media-attention-and-irs-abuse-1490137171
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of Americans for their political views may have ended with the Obama administration—or even with its exposure in 2013. But it could easily recur. Even now, an internal IRS rule singles out applicants for nonprofit status who might be tied to anything newsworthy. The genesis of the targeting scandal was Section 7.29.3 of the Internal Revenue Manual. As noted in a report my organization is issuing Wednesday, this manual dictates how IRS employees handle everything from customer service to criminal investigations. This particular section tells them to flag for further review any application for tax-exempt status that might “attract media or Congressional attention.” That’s a broad, vague and subjective command that career IRS employees are nevertheless required to follow. Emails between IRS personnel make clear that low-level employees were guided by this rule throughout the targeting scandal. They repeatedly cited “media attention” on the Tea Party as the reason to single out and delay applications from conservative groups. This rule means that IRS enforcement reflects the ideological biases of the media. Aside from a small number of groups related to the Occupy Wall Street movement and the defunct advocacy group Acorn, libertarian and free-market groups were almost exclusively targeted. These provisions of the IRS manual have nothing to do with the merits of a nonprofit application and everything to do with keeping the agency from looking bad. It is inappropriate for a group’s tax-exempt status to be deep-sixed because of negative publicity. In the targeting scandal, this approach allowed partisan concerns to overtake the application process, resulting in the unfair treatment of political viewpoints at odds with the Obama administration. Equal justice under the law demands that the IRS abandon the “newsworthy” criterion. To date, however, the agency has promised only to stop making lists of targeted groups “until further notice.” Even if the halt were permanent, it wouldn’t be enough. IRS officials are still required to follow the manual and pull high-profile applications for enhanced scrutiny. The IRS can change its employee manual today. No new law is required. The simplest explanation for why the agency has not done so lies in the nature of bureaucracies—they refuse to relinquish power even after demonstrated abuse. The procedure for newsworthy applicants provides a convenient cover to shield improper partisan decision-making.)
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Retirement Remains Worker Worry – ANNE TERGESEN  (DIERSEN: If you are not retired, are you prepared for retirement? Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky.  In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors used the following facts to justify their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old: a) what my wife and I had saved for our retirement, b) my wife’s salary, c) we had no debts, d) our good health, e) we owned 915 Cove Court in Wheaton, f) we had no dependents, g) we owned a 1997 Chevy Cavalier, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, and 1962 Chevy Impala SS, and h) we could “afford” to suffer a $72,135/year loss of income in today’s dollars ($122,991 salary minus $50,856 pension).)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/workers-retirement-confidence-remains-below-pre-recession-levels-1490068865
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Women Gain as Skills Shift for High-Paying Jobs – LAUREN WEBER  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-skills-shift-for-high-paying-jobs-women-see-advantages-1490101201
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Men are losing ground in the labor market, and it’s not just the ones without college degrees. Even those with higher education are seeing their chances of holding a good job drop relative to women, according to new research. Three economists found that the high-paying occupations of the past few decades—from doctors to software engineers to financial advisers—require increasing levels of interpersonal skills such as collaboration, empathy and managing others. “That’s been favoring women in high-paying jobs,” said one of the study’s authors Henry Siu, a professor at the University of British Columbia. Women’s advancement in those jobs accelerated from 1980 to 2000. The trend slowed from 2000 to 2014, but even during that period, college-educated women saw their job prospects essentially hold steady while male peers’ prospects declined, according to Mr. Siu and his co-authors, Guido Cortes at the University of Manchester in England and Nir Jaimovich at the University of Southern California. The economists have been presenting their working paper, “The End of Men and Rise of Women in the High-Skilled Labor Market,” at economics conferences in recent months. Men are still better-represented in so-called good jobs, which the authors define as paying in the top 25% of all occupations or requiring mostly cognitive skills like problem-solving and analysis. But their chances of being in such jobs have fallen over time while women’s chances are rising. In 1980, 66.2% of male college graduates worked in cognitive jobs; by 2000, that proportion had fallen to 63.3%, according to U.S. census data reviewed by the economists. Meanwhile, 58.8% of college-educated women held such roles in 2000, up from 54.2% in 1980. By 2014, 61.4% of college-educated men were in those good jobs, compared with 57.8% for their female counterparts.)
— An Obama Decree Continues to Make Public Schools Lawless  To improve education, allow teachers to administer discipline regardless of race. – JASON L. RILEY
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-obama-decree-continues-to-make-public-schools-lawless-1490138783

 

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Better Marriage Between College and Job Training – Paul Fain  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took 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.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/22/ideas-improving-higher-educations-primary-role-work-force-development

 

DAILY BEAST
— Manafort Secretly Worked for Russian Billionaire  (DIERSEN: Many thousands, if not millions, in America talk, write, and act like they are secretly working for foreign countries, especially for Mexico.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/03/22/manafort-secretly-worked-for-russians.html

March 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— STATE SEN. DANIEL BISS SAYS HE’S RUNNING FOR ILLINOIS GOVERNOR – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/state-sen-biss-says-hes-running-for-illinois-governor/1809229/

 

NBC5
— Sen. Daniel Biss Announces Run for Illinois Governor  Biss joins Chicago Democrat Chris Kennedy and Ald. Ameya Pawar, who both threw their hats in the ring earlier this year
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Sen-Biss-Announces-Run-for-Governor-416621413.html

 

CBS2
— Mendoza: Gov. Rauner Stashing Money For Potential Government Shutdown  (DIERSEN: What have you stashed money for? During the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, I stashed money for cars to drive to work and to school, tuition and books, real estate, collector cars, and retirement. According to my critics/opponents, I was able to stash money a) because I was born a White male, b) because my parents were filthy rich, c) because I have had good health, d) because I avoided the draft, e) because I have always been overpaid, f) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and g) because I do not give money to churches like they do.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/20/mendoza-gov-rauner-stashing-millions-for-potential-government-shutdown/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— New polls show Trump is less popular than any other president at this point  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps focus on making Trump unpopular.  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on making unpopular a) those like me who do not glorify and praise them, b) those like me who do not pander to them, c) those like me who do not serve as one of their operatives or as one of their dupes, and d) those like me who do not give them money.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/242622271-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner aides dismiss Mendoza’s ‘jaw-dropping spending’ charge – Mitch Dudek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauner-aides-dismiss-mendozas-jaw-dropping-spending-charge/
— Biss diss—kisses off Madigan (‘there too long’), launches gov bid – Mitch Dudek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/state-sen-daniel-biss-announces-run-for-governor/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner, Mendoza again blame each other for the state budget stalemate – John Byrne and Kim Geiger  (DIERSEN: When things go bad in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world, who should get the blame?  Should it be those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world?  Who has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-susana-mendoza-city-club-met-0321-20170321-story.html
— Fear and loathing in Warren Township – Charles Selle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-selle-warren-township-democrat-warning-st-0321-20170320-story.html
— Trump administration releases list of police agencies that didn’t help feds with deportations – Maria Sacchetti  (DIERSEN: If a police agency refuses to “help feds with deportations,” it shouts that it is anti-White, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-law-enforcement-deportation-list-20170320-story.html
— Ivanka Trump gets West Wing office, access to classified information – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-ivanka-trump-west-wing-office-20170320-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Comey’s testimony leaves Trump looking desperate, childish and vulnerable.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-james-comey-russia-trump-tweets-20170320-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville mayor shares dreams for ‘out-of-the-box’ future – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170320/news/170329892/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Supreme Court won’t take up state employee pay case – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170320/illinois-supreme-court-wont-take-up-state-employee-pay-case

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Annual Adams County Lincoln/Reagan Day brings Republicans together – Ashley Szatala (DIERSEN: It would be great if those who organize such events would email me in advance ASAP the date, the event host, keynote speaker, and location so that I can include that information in the Upcoming Events section of GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Anti-Trumps will hint/imply/argue/shout that event organizers should not do that because anti-Trumps monitor GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and they will come and ruin such events.)
http://www.whig.com/20170320/annual-lincolnreagan-day-brings-republicans-together#

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Comptroller, Governor Spar Over State Spending – AP
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-comptroller-governor-spar-over-state-spending

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump job approval drops to 37%.  Poll numbers suggest growing dissatisfaction.”  What job do you have?  What is your job approval rating?  Who drives your job approval rating up or down?
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/gallup-trump-job-approval-drops-to-37/676074170

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Look who also is feeling the pinch of Illinois’ budget mess: the lawmakers who helped cause it – Kevin McDermott (DIERSEN: What power do your critics/opponents say that you have to cause problems?  My critics/opponents would say my being a) the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, b) a Republican Precinct Committeeman, c) someone who encourages Republican candidates and elected officials to have entries in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades, and d) the person who raises  $2,500 from Republicans each year so that “DuPage Republicans” can sponsor the Wheaton high school bands and the Tunes of Glory Drums and Bugles entries in those parades.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/look-who-also-is-feeling-the-pinch-of-illinois-budget/article_44dc4c80-b387-5404-a789-8fdd2f1ad5f9.html

 

NORTHERN STAR
— NIU President Doug Baker to visit state lawmakers – Lindsey Salvatelli
http://northernstar.info/news/administration/president-to-visit-state-lawmakers/article_6edb8fa6-0cf3-11e7-9542-770835002762.html
— Republican stigma unjustified – Ian Tancun  (DIERSEN: Sadly, anti-Trumps disagree with Tancun. Anti-Trumps are full of hatred against Trump supporters and especially against those Trump supporters who are Protestant, conservative, 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://northernstar.info/opinion/republican-stigma-unjustified/article_13e81eb8-0cdd-11e7-a2dd-2771890392f8.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I support peaceful protests. I support healthy debates. Both are helpful in allowing people to express their opinions and discuss their differences. I wholeheartedly condemn all the negative stereotypes being hurled at Republicans. As a Democrat, I would not expect to be judged based on the actions or words of Hillary Clinton, even though I voted for her. This misguided belief that all Republicans should be judged for the actions or words of Trump is unacceptable.)

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Biss announces governor bid, puts budget onus on the rich – Hoang Tran  (DIERSEN: Democrats always demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being rich.)
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511096337-biss-announces-governor-bid-puts-budget-onus-on-the-rich

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— The final candidates for the 2017 Milton Township Trustee Election  (DIERSEN: During Saturday and Sunday afternoons, March 18 and 19, I delivered campaign literature to all the homes in my precinct that had at least one Republican voter or one independent voter (about 200 homes) for all the Republican candidates for City of Wheaton, Milton Township, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and College of DuPage offices on April 3 ballots who made campaign literature available to me, along with a copy of the sample ballot for their Wheaton District – West, East, or South, and the number of votes that the candidates got in the precinct for the November 8, 2016 election.  The  Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 Administration building and two of its schools are in my precinct.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511093865-the-final-candidates-for-the-2017-milton-township-trustee-election
— The final candidates for the 2017 Lisle Township Trustee Election
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511093884-the-final-candidates-for-the-2017-lisle-township-trustee-election
— The final candidates for the 2017 Bloomingdale Township Trustee Election
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511093997-the-final-candidates-for-the-2017-bloomingdale-township-trustee-election
— The final candidates for the 2017 Glen Ellyn Village Trustee Election
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511093923-the-final-candidates-for-the-2017-glen-ellyn-village-trustee-election
— Ives: Chicago can be pilot program on minimum wage direction – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511096029-ives-chicago-can-be-pilot-program-on-minimum-wage-direction

 

GOPUSA
— Guy wearing Trump hat sues bar for refusing to serve him  (DIERSEN: If you wore a “Make America Great Again” hat in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, or in Illinois, how viciously would the anti-Trumps come after you?)
http://www.gopusa.com/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Iran’s Supreme Leader: ‘Gender Equality’ Is A ‘Zionist Plot’ – Christian Datoc
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/20/irans-supreme-leader-gender-equality-is-a-zionist-plot/

 

NEWSMAX
— White House Calling for 1.9% Raise for Federal Workers – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/white-house-pay-raise-federal-workers-budget/2017/03/20/id/779797/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump won’t cut back Mar-a-Lago trips, despite cost – GABBY MORRONGIELLO  (DIERSEN: Have you had to cut back spending? Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” I have had to cut back $72,135 in spending each year in today’s dollars. I have $72,135 less to spend each year because my GS-13 Step 10 GAO salary was $122,991 in today’s dollars and my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856 or $72,135 less or 59% less.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-wont-cut-back-mar-a-lago-trips-despite-cost/article/2617888

 

BARBWIRE
— THE PRICE OF (WHITE) PRIVILEGE – DANIEL GREENFIELD  (DIERSEN: What is your DNA? I would have to pay the full 5% White privilege tax.  According to
http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://barbwire.com/2017/03/18/the-price-of-privilege/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A proposal has been making its way through the social justice sewer system to have white people pay a 5% privilege tax. That would be a lot cheaper than the current wealth redistribution built into the tax system. In 2004, black people made up 12% of the population and 20% of those who didn’t file taxes at all. It was estimated that 50.7% of African American households, 52% of Hispanic households and 37% of white households paid no income taxes. The numbers would likely have only gotten worse after the recession, which destroyed large numbers of African-American jobs, and the Obama years, which traded social welfare for economic progress. An otherwise equal tax system with a 5% white privilege tax would be an enormous improvement. How do you calculate the income losses for a white student shut out of college by affirmative action or a white business owner’s income losses due to preferential business programs aimed at minorities? The white student would happily pay that 5% to be allowed to go to college instead of being told that more diverse students with worse grades will cut ahead of him in line because they are “disadvantaged”. It would be easier for the white business owner to calculate in a fixed privilege tax for an otherwise competitive market than the intangible forms of diversity discrimination that rig the game. A 5% white privilege tax would be far too honest. The real tax is hidden and much higher. But the white privilege tax does raise all sorts of fascinating questions. How do you calculate it? It can’t be by appearing or identifying as a minority. Such an unfair performative system would allow Rachel Dolezal, aka Nkechi Diallo, to escape paying her white privilege tax after unfairly exploiting her white privilege to head the NAACP. If white people can just braid their hair in dreadlocks and spend a week in a tanning salon before renaming themselves Mkesi Daluboo or Willami Clintonoo, what good is a white privilege tax? The only fair way to do it is with a DNA test.)
— EQUALITY, INEQUALITY AND THE TRANSGENDER REVOLUTION – BILL MUEHLENBERG  (It used to be a joke that men would become women to take advantage of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://barbwire.com/2017/03/20/equality-inequality-transgender-revolution/
— AMNESTY, HERESY, INSANITY: ‘CHRIST WAS UNDOCUMENTED’ – ARTHUR SCHAPER
http://barbwire.com/2017/03/20/amnesty-heresy-insanity-christ-was-undocumented/

 

BLAZE
— ‘Snowflake Test’ weeds out ‘whiny, needy, entitled little brats’ who apply for jobs – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/20/snowflake-test-weeds-out-whiny-needy-entitled-little-brats-who-apply-for-jobs/

 

BREITBART
— Limbaugh on Comey Hearing: Message to Trump Is Stop the ‘Drain-the-Swamp Stuff’ or Face Impeachment
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/03/20/limbaugh-comey-hearing-message-trump-stop-drain-swamp-stuff-face-impeachment/
— California Tattoo Removal Business Surges Amid Deportation Fears – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ  (DIERSEN: I have always opposed any kind of tattoo no matter what the alleged justification for that tattoo might be.)
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/03/20/california-tattoo-removal-business-surges-amid-deportation-fears/
— Roland Martin: Trump ‘Hoodwinked, Bamboozled’ White Working-Class Voters – Pam Key
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/03/19/roland-martin-trump-hoodwinked-bamboozled-white-working-class-voters/
— Actress Mayim Bialik Blasts Feminists for ‘Disgusting’ Silence on Muslim Countries’ Treatment of Women – JEROME HUDSON  (DIERSEN: If you promote Islam, you promote abuse of women.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/03/20/big-bang-theory-star-mayim-bialik-feminists-silent-on-islams-abuse-of-women/
— Watch: Migrants and Far Left Join Forces to Attack Paris Police with Flares, Petrol Bombs – JACK MONTGOMERY  (DIERSEN: Paris today, your municipality tomorrow?)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/20/migrants-far-left-join-forces-attack-paris-police-flares-petrol-bombs/

 

PATRIOT POST
— Turkey Threatens European Invasion? – Nate Jackson  (DIERSEN: Mexico has been invading America for many decades. Anti-Americans support that.)
https://patriotpost.us/posts/48070
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s no secret — at least to those informed by anything other than Leftmedia propaganda — that jihadis infiltrate the ranks of “refugees” in order to carry out terrorist attacks. Even Barack Obama’s State Department quietly acknowledged that fact. While American judges bemoan Donald Trump’s travel ban because it “targets Muslims,” some Muslims certainly don’t have any trouble making it all about religion. As Gary Bauer notes, “A diplomatic spat erupted recently when Turkey wanted to send diplomats to the Netherlands to campaign among the Turkish residents there for an upcoming constitutional referendum in Turkey. Dutch officials refused to allow the visit, which coincided with their own hotly contested election, and the Turkish government erupted in rage.” “Shame on the EU,” Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan thundered. “Down with your European principles, values and justice.” He wasn’t done, claiming, “They started a clash between the cross and the crescent. There is no other explanation.” Worse, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu threatened, “Soon wars of religion … will start in Europe.” This might happen because, he added, “We could open the way for 15,000 refugees … each month and blow [Europe’s] mind.” Now, a brief history lesson. Less than 100 years after Mohammad’s death, Muslims were invading Europe — first Spain and then France before Frankish King Charles Martel defeated them at the Battle of Tours in 732. Hundreds of years of subsequent Muslim aggression led to the Crusades. So no, Dutch politicians did not “start a clash between the cross and the crescent.” Muslims did that 1,400 years ago and they’ve never stopped. The battle just looks different now, and the “army” is a horde of “refugees.” Did we mention that Turkey is a member of NATO and ostensibly and ally of Western Europe?)

 

HOT AIR
— California growers still talking about the “jobs Americans won’t do” – JAZZ SHAW  (DIERSEN: What bad jobs have you had?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupe have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that all the jobs that I have had were bad jobs and that they would never stoop to taking them. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/03/20/california-growers-still-talking-about-the-jobs-americans-wont-do/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with German anti-Trumps.  My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI.  My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-germany-military_us_58cf4155e4b0ec9d29dcfcb4

 

ABC NEWS
— Ivanka Trump to receive White House office, security clearance – JOHN SANTUCCI and ADAM KELSEY
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ivanka-trump-receive-white-house-office-security-clearance/story?id=46263737

 

MSNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP senator acknowledges Americans’ ‘right’ to health care.”  Anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout a) that all those in America legally or illegally have a “right” to free housing, free food, free health care, free education if they want it, free transportation, a good job if the want one, and free everything else, b) that all Republicans are filthy rich, and c) that Republicans should pay for all the aforesaid free stuff.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-senator-acknowledges-americans-right-health-care

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The lopsided age distribution of partisan politics, visualized – Philip Bump  (DIERSEN: I was a conservative Republican when I was in my teens, in my 20s, in my 30s, in my 40s, in my 50s, in my 60s, and I will always be a conservative Republican.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/20/the-lopsided-age-distribution-of-partisan-politics-visualized/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Amid Spending Questions, White House Defends Trump’s Golf-Resort Trips – REBECCA BALLHAUS  (DIERSEN: Have you had to cut back spending? Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” I have had to cut back $72,135 in spending each year in today’s dollars. I have $72,135 less to spend each year because my GS-13 Step 10 GAO salary was $122,991 in today’s dollars and my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856 or $72,135 less or 59% less.)
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2017/03/20/white-house-defends-trumps-trips/

 

WCBM
— OUTSTANDING: FY Budget Proposes to Make E-Verify Mandatory
http://www.wcbm.com/2017/03/20/fy-budget-proposes-to-make-e-verify-mandatory-facebook-twitter/

 

NEW REPUBLIC
— Amazing Disgrace  How did Donald Trump—a thrice-married, biblically illiterate sexual predator—hijack the religious right? – SARAH POSNER  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, churches talk and act like they are arms of the Democrat Party.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/140961/amazing-disgrace-donald-trump-hijacked-religious-right

March 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner vs. Mendoza latest front in political battle at Capitol – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-susana-mendoza-battle-met-20170318-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners promote Pawar.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ameya-pawar-rauner-term-limits-met-story.html
— Smart moves to avoid college debt burden – Steve Rosen (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses?  I paid for my bachelor’s degree and for my three master’s degrees with money that earned doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assemble line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/kidsandmoney/tca-smart-moves-to-avoid-college-debt-burden-20170314-story.html
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTICLE TITLE: Play your part to get promoted – Jeff Pruit  (DIERSEN: Notwithstanding the fact that I am a White male, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service, currently $161,900, long before I was 40 years old a) if I had been a Democrat, b) if I had been a veteran, and c) if I had helped my superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/albuquerque-journal/20170319/282686162042052
— More Kane County Forest Preserve borrowing unwise – Christopher J. Lauzen, Kane County Board Chairman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-voice-letters-opinion-st-0319-20170317-story.html
— Don’t even think about ‘updating’ the Constitution – David A. Super  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WANT TO UPDATE THE CONSTITUTION TO GET RID OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, COMPANIES, AND COUNTRIES THAT ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-constitutional-convention-amendments-20170319-story.html
— Illinois parolees: Often undereducated, unemployed — and soon back behind bars – Ron Berler  (DIERSEN: How many parolees would take the bad jobs that I did? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-illinois-prisioners-undereducated-recidivate-college-parole-perspec-0320-jm-20170317-story.html
— Lessons about race, learned from my father – DAHLEEN GLANTON  (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America?  Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats call you a hater, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things.  Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, Democrats shout that the longer that your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities, against females, and against recent immigrants.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-race-hogansville-glanton-20170320-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Workshops help teachers cope with students’ immigration fears – Andrea Salcedo  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps treasonously a) glorify and praise those who are in America illegally, b) encourage people to come to America illegally, c) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and d) encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.  As everyone knows, illegals are the future of the Democrat Party.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/workshops-help-teachers-cope-with-students-immigration-fears/
— Agreement reached in Chance the Rapper child support case – Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/agreement-reached-in-chance-the-rapper-child-support-case/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a new article, anti-Trumps promote Islam big time.  Ever-increasingly, the anti-Trumps in the 11 Illinois counties that voted for Clinton make it more and more and more clear that if you do not promote Islam, they will get rid of you.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170320/news/170329981/
— Is there hope for state budget deal? Several suburban lawmakers say no – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170320/news/170329983/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ken Griffin tops list of Illinois billionaires
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170320/NEWS07/170329999/ken-griffin-tops-list-of-illinois-billionaires
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and anti-Republicans say “No one in Illinois thinks the GOP health bill is a good idea.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170317/ISSUE07/170319871/no-one-in-illinois-thinks-the-gop-health-bill-is-a-good-idea

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in uniting Jews with Muslims against Trump, that is, against those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton),and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article139597203.html
— Hoping we get someone in Springfield to turn around – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article139223513.html

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Crete trustees plan annual memorial day parade – Lhalie Castillo
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511092270-crete-trustees-plan-annual-memorial-day-parade

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUE
— The Barbarism of Feminism – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/the-barbarism-of-feminism/

 

GOPUSA
— ‘Affirmative right to immigrate’ made up by U.S. courts  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who agrees with “affirmative right to immigrate?” ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Trump supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22018
— Trump’s Budget Targets the Do-Nothings  (DIERSEN: Do-Nothings would never take the bad jobs that I did. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22027

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fearful Mexicans scrap Cinco de Mayo – Cheryl K. Chumley  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always a) sided with foreign countries, and especially with Mexico, against America, b) sided with citizens of foreign countries, and especially with citizens of Mexico, against citizens of America, and c) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a racist because I support America’s immigration laws, the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform, and the immigration plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes either a) have never been harmed by illegal immigration or b) benefit directly from it.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/20/cinco-de-mayo-canceled-mexicans-fear-trump-deporta/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Cinco de Mayo celebration called El Carnaval de Puebla, held each year in Philadelphia, has just been suddenly canceled — and in short order, it’s due to President Donald Trump. Why? The normal and usual Mexican holiday participants are worried they might get deported. This is a good thing. For years, under Barack Obama, the law-abiding of the nation have watched with a wintry mix of outrage and disbelief as the nation’s illegals stood at podiums — public podiums, immigration officials be hanged — to shed tears for their entitlement rights, and demand the mean ol’ Republicans who want to deport them get in the amnesty line. Jose Antonio Vargas was probably the worse-case scenario of a face-slapping to America’s border control laws. Remember Vargas? He was the guy who penned a long-winded heart-puller in New York Times Magazine entitled, “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant.” Was he arrested? No. Shortly after writing another piece about the plight of the illegals — to include his personal struggles in a country like America with borders — Team Obama announced the halting of deportation of those age 30 and under who met certain DREAM Act circumstances. Vargas was also the guy who called his illegal self an American — that he just didn’t “have the right papers.” Right. But he was hardly the only illegal in America, under the Obama administration, to boldly go forth as an illegal — to demand equal rights to citizens. Thousands of others took part in public events, outright outing their illegal statuses, outright casting deportation concerns to the wind. And why wouldn’t they? Obama had an open door policy at the border — an open door policy that led him, in the days before the last presidential election, to pretty much encourage those without voting rights to, well, get to the ballot boxes and vote, anyway. His message: Because who’s going to deport them?  When asked in late 2016 by a member of the media if undocumented citizens, dreamers — “I call them citizens” — got in the election game and voted, would immigration officials then know their location and deport them, Obama’s response: “Not true. And the reason is first of all when you vote you are a citizen yourself. And there is not a situation where the voting rolls somehow are transferred over and people start investigating.” Go on, Obama egged. Vote. Nobody’s checking — not in my administration, anyway. Well, new administration. And now illegals across the nation seem to be getting the message that the new sheriff in the White House isn’t so blind to the borders. Typically, up to 15,000 gather in South Philadelphia each year for the Cinco de Mayo celebration. But this year? Different story, it seems. In recent times, Trump’s border control officials have arrested or detained hundreds of illegals. Why just within the last few days, 248 were detained in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia during a mass federal raid that lasted about two weeks. As such, illegals everywhere are starting to think: Hey, maybe we ought not strut about as if we’re citizens any longer. Good idea. “The group of six organizers decided to cancel unanimously,” said Edgar Ramirez, one of the Cinco de Mayo organizers, to a local NBC affiliate about the fate of the event. “Everyone is offended by the actions of ICE. They did not feel comfortable holding the event.” Ramirez’s comments were meant to be critical — were meant to demonstrate just how Trump’s crackdowns were causing undue chaos in the illegal community. But sorry, no sympathy here. For the law-abiding in America, Ramirez’s announcement is just yet another feel-good moment for the election of Trump — another chance to breathe a collective sigh of relief that the adults are back in charge and order, justice and law once again count.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Approval Rating Drops To 40 Percent In Latest Gallup Poll – Kaitlan Collins  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who drives approval ratings up or down in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?  ANSWER: Those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  That is why so many glorify and praise, pander to, give money to, serve as operatives for, and serve as dupes for those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/18/trump-approval-rating-drops-to-40-percent-in-latest-gallup-poll/

 

BREITBART
— Fifth Democrat (State Senator Daniel Biss) Announces Bid to Topple Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/20/fifth-democrat-announces-bid-to-topple-illinois-republican-governor-bruce-rauner/

 

THE BLAZE
— Secret Service agent who said she wouldn’t ‘take a bullet’ for Trump has finally learned her fate – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, but I nevertheless always complied with my superiors’ orders to give preference to my coworkers and subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/19/secret-service-agent-who-said-she-wouldnt-take-a-bullet-for-trump-has-finally-learned-her-fate/

 

FEDERALIST
— Is The Democratic Party Going Extinct?  Today’s Democratic Party is hollowing itself out to progressive ideology—and leaving moderate and historically liberal voters behind. – Dominic Lynch  (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats is to shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Trump supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than your ancestors.)
http://thefederalist.com/2017/03/20/democratic-party-going-extinct/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Today’s Mean Comedians: Influenced by Letterman?  By contrast, the great Johnny Carson was never nasty — comics in 2017 could learn so much from him – Lawrence Meyers
http://www.lifezette.com/popzette/today-mean-comedians-influenced-by-letterman/

 

THE HILL
– DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “immigrants commit less crime than US-born citizens.”  To be in America illegally is to commit a crime.  Most illegals are in sanctuary cities and in welcoming cities where police are forced to give them preference, that is, to not arrest them when they commit crimes.
http://thehill.com/latino/324607-reports-find-that-immigrants-commit-less-crime-than-us-born-citizens

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— No Crackdown on Illegal Employers – Editorial (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, Trump should immediately require all employers in America to use E-Verify a) before hiring any new employees and b) to verify that all their current employees are legal.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/opinion/no-crackdown-on-illegal-employers.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump began his campaign assailing immigrants as ruthless lawbreakers who steal American jobs with impunity. To halt them, he has vowed to build a wall along the border with Mexico, hire thousands of new immigration agents, ramp up immigrant detention and subject visa applicants to even more rigorous vetting. His administration has been largely silent, however, about the strongest magnet that has drawn millions of immigrants, legal and not, to the United States for generations: jobs. American employers continue to assume relatively little risk by hiring undocumented immigrants to perform menial, backbreaking work, often for little pay. Meanwhile, as Mr. Trump’s deportation crackdown accelerates, families are being ripped apart, and communities of hard-working immigrants with deep roots in this country are gripped by fear and uncertainty. As long as employers remain off the hook, a border wall and an expanded dragnet can only make temporary dents in the flows of undocumented immigrants.)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump’s crackdown focuses on people in the U.S. illegally – but not on the businesses that hire them – Cindy Carcamo  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, Trump should immediately require all employers in America to use E-Verify a) before hiring any new employees and b) to verify that all their current employees are legal.)
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-immigration-employers-20170320-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY EDITORIAL TITLE: Nine questions for Judge Gorsuch  (DIERSEN: Nine questions for anyone who claims to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican: What have you done that shows that you oppose the promotion of 1.) dependency on government and on charity, 2.) LGBTQ activity, 3.) abortion, 4.) mass immigration and illegal immigration, 5.) diminution of the First and Second Amendments, 6.) booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, 7.) reverse discrimination and age discrimination, 8) patronage and political affiliation discrimination, and 9.) Islam.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/03/19/senate-questions-neil-gorsuch-editorials-debates/99388828/
— Trump budget cuts bankroll new waste: James Bovard – James Bovard  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  Agencies will use Trump budget cuts to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/03/19/trump-budget-cuts-waste-james-bovard-column/99254470/
— FRONT PAGE: The happiest country on Earth: The winner is … – Jessica Durando  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world, who focuses on making everyone unhappy? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Trump supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/20/happiest-country-world-united-nations/99280014/

 

DESCRETE NEWS
— Anonymous sources a First Amendment right – Ryan Curtis  (DIERSEN: Who slanders you and how do they justify it?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes slander me and they justify it by citing anonymous sources.)
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865674991/Letter-Anonymous-sources-a-First-Amendment-right.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Universities Feel the Brunt of State’s Fiscal Woes  Schools are taking drastic steps as funding from Springfield dries up – MELISSA KORN
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-universities-feel-the-brunt-of-states-fiscal-woes-1489842000
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise Mexico and its citizens. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps talk, write, and act like they are paid agents for Mexico. Constructively, Mexico have been war with America for many decades.  The proof is that Mexico has sent many millions of its citizens into America illegally, it has kept many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and it has sent many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nafta-has-made-mexico-a-better-place-1489957421
— Democrats Turn Against Israel – ANDREW STEIN and  DOUGLAS SCHOEN
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-turn-against-israel-1489957479
— Should College Students Be Required to Take a Course in Personal Finance? (DIERSEN: When you were in your teens, in your 20s, in your 30s, in your 40s, in your 50s, and in your 60s, what percent of your income did you a) spend on immediate pleasures, b) spent on tuition, and c) save for your retirement?  I have always spend less for immediate pleasures, spent more for tuition, and saved more for my retirement.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I could do that a) because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, b) because I have always been privileged, c) because I have had good health, d) because I avoided the draft, e) because I have always been overpaid, and f) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/should-college-students-be-required-to-take-a-course-in-personal-finance-1489975500
— How to Raise Your Child to Be a Philanthropist  Experts advise to start talking to children about philanthropy when they’re young and continue to have those discussions as they grow – VERONICA DAGHER  (DIERSEN: How much money do/did your parents have?  To demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as having always being filthy rich, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors as having been filthy rich.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-raise-your-child-to-be-a-philanthropist-1489757165

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps treasonously a) glorify and praise those who are in America illegally, b) encourage people to come to America illegally, c) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and d) encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.  As everyone knows, illegals are the future of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-20/in-its-sanctuary-cities-america-is-already-great

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— No Sympathy for the Hillbilly  Democrats need to stop trying to feel everyone’s pain, and hold on to their own anger. – Frank Rich
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/03/frank-rich-no-sympathy-for-the-hillbilly.html

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Agency programs under threat in the Trump budget – Carten Cordell (DIERSEN: Agencies are run by Democrats. I predict that instead of cutting programs, agencies will get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/agency-programs-under-threat-in-the-trump-budget

 

AFTERNET
— Why Bernie Is the Most Popular Politician in America  Sanders’ message about the ravages of runaway inequality hit home because it is true. – Les Leopold  (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight inequality?  My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, 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 $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, that they disallowed my education deductions, and that they disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.alternet.org/economy/why-bernie-most-popular-politician-america

March 19 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago business owner says she has to close her business because she is a Trump supporter  (DIERSEN: Should Trump supporters start wearing body cameras to better document how rude, nasty, insulting, threatening, etc. that anti-Trumps are?)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/242518816-story
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The owners of a longtime Ravenswood musical instrument store say they are shutting down and leaving Chicago because they are Trump supporters. Worlds of Music Chicago co-owner Suzzane Monk shared her frustration in a letter to Crain’s Chicago Business: “From the constant protests blocking roads and businesses, to the attacks on Trump supporters, to the verbal and online bullying going on every day across this city, Chicago, you have made it quite clear that Trump supporters are not welcome. When my fellow Chicagoans praised the riot at UIC that shut down the Chicago Trump rally I attended, I was angry and ashamed. Since I am not one to be silent, I have been bullied. My husband and our music store, Worlds of Music Chicago, are still being bullied. Sadly, my story is not unique. Other Chicago Trump supporters are experiencing the same hate, bullying and intimidation. If you need any further evidence of Trump supporters being unwelcome, you need merely turn on the local news, pick up a local paper or read your alderman’s latest newsletter bashing and misrepresenting our president.” Monk said the store, located at 4161 N. Damen, will close at the end of April. Her letter to Crain’s follows an unsuccessful GoFundMe campaign titled “Save Music Store From Trump Haters.” That campaign had a goal of $30,000, but as of March 18, had only raised $5,955.)
— Cops: Owner sold marijuana wax at Brookfield garden shop
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/242446504-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: As everyone knows full well, “welcoming city” is code for a city that is anti-Trump, anti-Trump supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-editorial-naperville-welcoming-st-0319-20170317-story.html
— Americans spent millions on political sign-making materials in January – Matthew Townsend and Jeff Green  (DIERSEN: What percent of those signs expressed hatred of Trump, Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-americans-sign-making-materials-20170317-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Most young Americans see Trump as illegitimate president.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-poll-young-americans-trump-20170318-story.html
— Schneider says he’ll fight Trump’s budget during North Chicago town hall – Luke Hammill
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-schneider-north-chicago-meeting-st-0320-20170318-story.html
— America’s assimilation problem: (Dis)united we stumble – Ed Feulner  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps make it clear that they do not want immigrants to assimilate.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they despise if not hate individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-american-immigrants-assimilation-20170317-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Beyond tragically, ever-increasing, non-Republicans, that is, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs, oppose efforts to discourage illegal drug use.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-jeff-sessions-opioids-drugs-perspec-0319-md-20170317-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps glorify and praise refugees.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-us–trump-travel-ban-a-refugees-journey-20170316-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS families, teachers cite pressure to take PARCC test – Lauren FitzPatrick  (DIERSEN: What tests have you taken and passed?  I passed the Certified Internal Auditor test on my first attempt in 1981. I passed the CPA test on my first attempt in 1979.  I passed all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, and a diploma from Crete-Monee High School in 1966.  I passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 that led to my becoming an IRS employee in 1971.  I passed the Post Office employment test in 1966 that led to my becoming a Post Office employee in 1966.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-families-teachers-cite-pressure-to-take-parcc-test/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Paris Orly Airport attacker wanted to kill, die for Allah – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170318/news/303189983/
— Endorsements: Barbier, Scalzo for Wheaton City Council
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170319/discuss/170318868/
— Tips for defusing heated political debates in the workplace – Tom Fox  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.  I should write a book about all the times that my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates asked me questions to confirm that I was a conservative Republican and that I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, smoking, pot, gambling, diminution of the First and Second Amendments and that I had been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that I was 100% Gernan national origin, that my ancestors had been in America since the 1840s, that my wife had a good job, that we had given up trying to have children, that we did not adopt, and that we did not become foster parents, that we were saving as much money as we could for our retirement, etc.  They used my responses to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as someone a) who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, b) who should have his career wasted, and c) who should be gotten rid of. Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky who believe that their end justifies their means.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170319/business/170319001/
— Study: You need 86 applicants to hire that one right person – Gene Marks  (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. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170319/business/170318980/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps glorify and praise refugees.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170316/news/303169991/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— What’s Neil Gorsuch’s religion? It’s complicated  Supreme Court nominee defends religious rights – DANIEL BURKE (DIERSEN: What religion are you?  I was baptized, raised, and conformed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL). I should write a book about churchgoers in Wheaton, in Gen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage Country, and in Illinois who demonize, denigrate, and condemn MSLs as being “too conservative.” They promote a) booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, b) LGBTQ activity, c) abortion, d) illegal/mass immigration to fill their pews, e) race based preference giving, f) gender based preference giving, g) age discrimination, h) patronage and nepotism, i) political affiliation discrimination, j) dependence on government, k) dependency of charity, l) hatred of Trump hatred of Trump’s supporters, and/or m) other terrible things. They all are extremely judgmental and they all have condemned me to Hell.  They all hint/imply/argue/shout that they manipulate/dominate all the churches in Wheaton and that they could/would easily stop any church in Wheaton from accepting me.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/whats-neil-gorsuchs-religion-its-complicated/675237663
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Eventually, the conversation turned to Gorsuch’s own religious background. He was raised Catholic, but now worships with his wife and two daughters at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Boulder, Colorado. Like the city, the congregation is politically liberal. It bars guns from its campus and installed solar panels; it condemns harsh rhetoric about Muslims and welcomes gays and lesbians. And its rector, the Rev. Susan Springer, attended the Women’s March in Denver, though not as a form of protest but as a sign of support for “the dignity of every human being.” Springer says St. John’s is carrying out the covenant Episcopalians recite during baptisms: to strive for justice and peace among all people. Her congregation, she added, includes liberals, conservatives and all political points in between. “What binds us together as one body is a curiosity and longing to encounter and know God,” she wrote in an email to CNN, “a willingness to explore our own interior selves, and a desire to leave the world in some small way better for our having been in it.”)
— Trump’s words come back to haunt in court  Two judges have blocked Trump’s new travel ban – LAURA JARRETT  (DIERSEN: Should I start wearing a body camera to better document insults, threats, etc. that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make against me?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trumps-words-come-back-to-haunt-in-court/675172272

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Good government a taxpayer right – Andy Shaw  (DIERSEN: What have you done to promote good government?  GAO promotes good government.  I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators for almost 9 years, on audits of IRS for 3 years, and on audits of many other federal agencies for almost 6 years.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170318/andy-shaw-good-government-taxpayer-right
— Sun needs to shine in government year-round – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170318/our-view-sun-needs-to-shine-in-government-year-round
— Democrats oppose, Republicans talk of tweaking Trump budget – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170318/bernard-schoenburg-democrats-oppose-republicans-talk-of-tweaking-trump-budget
— Gray, Gates vie for LLCC trustee seat – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170318/gray-gates-vie-for-llcc-trustee-seat

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Republican attacks targeting Carol Ammons – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-03-19/tom-kacich-republican-attacks-targeting-carol-ammons.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Talking about hate speech – Deborah Gertz Husar (DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.whig.com/20170319/talking-about-hate-speech#

 

SOUTHERN
— Civil lawsuit accuses Peoples National Bank and its leaders of racketeering, fraud – MOLLY PARKER
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/civil-lawsuit-accuses-peoples-national-bank-and-its-leaders-of/article_415e77ba-3610-5346-ae09-514b743490e3.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— No budget fix proposal gets majority in state poll  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/no-budget-fix-proposal-gets-majority-in-state-poll/article_24a1f4e8-c85f-57d3-a886-20eeb9e06123.html

 

HIGHLAND PARK PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Highland Park Patch blasts Highland Park City Council candidate for stating in campaign literature that his degree was in economics instead of agricultural economics.  As more and more and more rude, nasty, insulting, and threatening Democrats move into my precinct to take advantage of the safety and prosperity that Republicans have created there, when I deliver campaign literature in my precinct, I should wear a body camera to better document their rude, nasty, insulting, threatening behavior.
http://patch.com/illinois/highlandpark/candidate-apologizes-typo-misstating-degree

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— PRINCIPAL RECRUITS STUDENTS FOR SECRET ‘GAY’ CLUB  ‘We’re keeping it on the down low’ so parents can’t stop kids from attending – BOB UNRUH (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.  That should bar Democrats from being anywhere near children.)
http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/principal-recruits-students-for-secret-gay-club/

 

HOT AIR
— CNN poll: 90% support path to citizenship for illegals who have a job, speak English. (DIERSEN: Every job that an illegal has is a job that an American citizen does not have.  Pro-illegals hint/imply/argue/shout that all the jobs that illegals have are bad jobs that American citizens will not take.  What bad jobs have you had?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn all the jobs that I had as being bad jobs that they would never take. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.  Virtually all of the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial, health, and/or other problems and/or have “no visible means of support.”  They all appear to be “judgment proof.”)
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/03/18/cnn-poll-90-support-path-to-citizenship-for-illegals-who-have-a-job-speak-english/

 

DAILY CALLER
— It’s Not College Kids Creating Chaos To Resist Trump, ‘They’re Professionals’ – GINNI THOMAS
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/18/author-its-not-college-kids-creating-chaos-to-resist-trump-theyre-professionals-video/

 

DAILY WIRE
— 11 Times The Anti-Bible Democrats Cited The Bible To Defend Their Big Government Programs – AARON BANDLER
http://www.dailywire.com/news/14534/11-times-anti-bible-democrats-cited-bible-defend-aaron-bandler#

 

POLITICO
— Ryan: Health care bill must do more for older people – IAN KULLGREN  (DIERSEN: How old are you?  I am 68.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/ryan-health-care-bill-needs-more-help-for-older-people-236226

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ALL OF THE COVER OF THE MAGAZINRE: The New Party of No  How a president and a protest movement transformed the Democrats. – CHARLES HOMANS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/magazine/democratic-party-election-trump.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Picking a Suburb to Call Home – Vivian Marino  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Why do people who hate Protestants, who hate conservatives, and/or who hate Republicans move into or stay in my precinct, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County? ANSWER: They want to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Protestants, conservatives, and/or Republicans have created there.  They see that many of those in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout are Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, or RINOs who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/realestate/how-to-pick-the-right-new-york-city-suburb.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: When You’re Older than the Boss – When the Boss Is Half Your Age – JOANNE KAUFMAN  (DIERSEN: During my last 4 years at GAO, my boss was younger than me, and for the 4 years before that, my boss’s boss was younger than me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/your-money/retiring-older-workers-younger-bosses.html
— Going From Marginalized to Welcomed in the Workplace – CLAIRE MARTIN  (DIERSEN: Who marginalizes you?  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois who a) have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who a) marginalize those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate and b) have their operatives and their dupes marginalize those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/business/hiring-transgender-lgbt-workers-employment.html
— Trump, Working-Class Zero – Maureen Dowd  (DIERSEN: Are/were you a member of the working class?  I was 1964-1997.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have an extremely low opinion of working class people.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/opinion/sunday/trump-working-class-zero.html
— What My Red State Sees in Me – KARAN MAHAJAN  (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics?  Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors VICIOUSLY DEMONIZE, VICIOUSLY DENEGRATE, AND VICIOUSLY CONDEMN individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/opinion/sunday/how-does-my-red-state-see-me.html
— The Horror of Smug Liberals – Frank Bruni  (DIERSEN: Virtually all the liberals that I have encountered have been smug, rude, nasty, insulting, threatening, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-horror-of-smug-liberals.html
— How Liberal Colleges Breed Conservative Firebrands  Life on the defensive can curdle into reactionary politics. – Marin Cogan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about smug, rude, nasty, insulting, and/or threatening liberals in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  They have done much to motivate me to defend and advance conservative principles.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/opinion/sunday/how-liberal-colleges-breed-conservative-firebrands.html
— The False Feminism of ‘Fearless Girl’ – GINIA BELLAFANTE  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps focus on making women hate men.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/nyregion/fearless-girl-statue-manhattan.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in flooding Republican town halls with rude, nasty, insulting, and threatening anti-Trumps.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/03/18/a-republican-senator-defended-betsy-devos-at-a-town-hall-boos-drowned-her-out/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps blame everything that is bad on Trump and on Trump’s supporters.  One should compare and contrast how anti-Trumps treat Trump supporters with how Hitler treated the Jews.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2017/03/15/climate-change-making-us-sick-top-us-doctors-say/99218946/

 

DAILY MAIL
— Outrage at Donald Trump Nazi billboard with ‘dollar sign Swastikas’ in downtown Phoenix – KAILEEN GAUL  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trumps in your municipality call for your municipality to officially declare itself to be “Welcoming,” that is, that your municipality HATES individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4328050/Donald-Trump-Nazi-billboard-Swastikas-causes-uproar.html

 

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam. Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that they will get rid of all non-Muslims in America.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/frank-gaffney-donald-trump-and-the-denationalization-of-american-muslims/519954/