February 2 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Jeanne Ives ‘Thank You’ ad stirs controversy – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/jeanne-ives-thank-you-ad-stirs-controversy-/3025076/
— House Republicans release partisan memo on Russia probe – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/house-republicans-release-partisan-memo-on-russia-probe/3023390/
— Delays in Cook County assessor’s office probe raises red flags – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/delays-in-cook-county-assessors-office-probe-raises-red-flags/3025011/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican candidate for Attorney General Gary Grasso is going beyond just criticizing the current property tax system in Cook County. He has sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions requesting that his office launch an investigation. “I don’t know that he will or won’t. But I believe that he should and that’s because no one locally here will take this on,” said Gary Grasso, R-Candidate for Attorney General. The Department of Justice could not immediately confirm receipt of the letter. Grasso pointed to published reports which have criticized Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios for giving tax breaks to the rich who use politically-connected law firms to get their assessments lowered at the expense of the poor.)

 

NBC5
— Ives Releases Advertisement Criticizing Rauner’s ‘Betrayals’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/jeanne-ives-releases-controversial-new-ad-attacking-governor-bruce-rauner-472421723.html
— Early Voting to Be Delayed in Chicago, Cook County: Officials – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Early-Voting-to-Be-Delayed-in-Chicago-Cook-County-472379413.html

 

CBS2
— Controversial Republican Memo Released; Pelosi Warns Of Possible ‘Constitutional Crisis’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/02/pelosi-nunes-trump-gop-memo/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Officials: Chicago area could see delay in early voting – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/officials-chicago-area-could-see-delay-in-early-voting-1

 

WLS AM
— Optimism at RNC meeting, but chair says 2018 election ‘is not going to be easy’
http://www.wlsam.com/news/optimism-at-rnc-meeting-but-chair-says-2018-election-is-not-going-to-be-easy/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After Uihlein cash boost, Rauner rival Ives begins airing TV campaign ads – TINA SFONDELES
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/after-uihlein-cash-boost-rauner-rival-ives-begins-airing-tv-campaign-ads/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Ives says “Ives ad targets transgender community, immigrants and women who get abortions.” Who targets you? The following target me: those who promote class warfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LBGTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, etc.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/ives-ad-targets-transgender-community-immigrants-and-women-who-get-abortions/
— Cook County judge knocks Scott Drury from ballot for attorney general – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/cook-county-judge-knocks-scott-drury-from-ballot-for-attorney-general/
— Banning free speech in Poland is no way to end accusations of Holocaust complicity – Jacob Sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/banning-free-speech-in-poland-is-no-way-to-end-accusations-of-holocaust-complicity/
— Chicago’s young African-Americans don’t count in Trump’s job numbers – LAURA WASHINGTON
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-state-of-the-union-speech-excludes-black-chicago-youth/
— State Sen. Ira Silverstein survives ballot challenge by two signatures – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/state-sen-ira-silverstein-survives-ballot-challenge-by-two-signatures/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Ives says “The debate splash by Rep. Jeanne Ives probably won’t last.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/jeanne-ives-debate-splash-probably-wont-last-rich-miller/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois college presidents want more money. What do they offer in return? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-colleges-illinois-higher-education-board-20180123-story.html
— Democratic Rep. Quigley says Republican memo release ‘will come at the great expense of our national security’ – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-donald-trump-fbi-memo-illinois-20180202-story.html
— Walker’s welfare overhaul bills cost Wisconsin more than $90 million – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-walker-welfare-overhaul-cost-wisconsin-20180202-story.html
— RNC sides with Trump ban of transgender people in military – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-rnc-transgender-military-20180202-story.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Jeanne Ives hits social issues in anti-Rauner ad – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180202/jeanne-ives-hits-social-issues-in-anti-rauner-ad

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— UI student leaders’ requests for early-voting expansion rejected – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-02-02/ui-student-leaders-requests-early-voting-expansion-rejected.html

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Ives attacks Rauner, Pritchard in DeKalb visit – KEVIN SOLARI
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/02/02/ives-attacks-rauner-pritchard-in-dekalb-visit/duf7g4j/

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Ives Blasts Rauner During DeKalb Meet-And-Greet – GUY STEPHENS
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/ives-blasts-rauner-during-dekalb-meet-and-greet

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner says he talks with leaders all the time, Madigan’s office disagrees – Emily Manley
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-says-he-talks-with-leaders-all-the-time-madigans-office-disagrees-02-03-2018

 

WGLT
— Pritzker: Campaign Will Carry Down-Ballot Democrats In November – RYAN DENHAM
http://wglt.org/post/pritzker-campaign-will-carry-down-ballot-democrats-november#stream/0
— Normal Council’s Scott Preston Considers Run For McLean County GOP Chair – RYAN DENHAM
http://wglt.org/post/normal-councils-scott-preston-considers-run-mclean-county-gop-chair#stream/0

 

THE X RADIO
— Focus on Inclusion and Diversity as Part of Illinois Bicentennial (DIERSEN: Generally, if you are a White male, the less privileged that you are, the more that you have to pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/32208-focus-on-inclusion-and-diversity-as-part-of-illinois-bicentennial

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Protest march seeks clean Dream Act – Betty Simpson (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at illegals and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, sexual harassers, bigots, and even worse things. One should expect that if Trump lets the illegals stay, Democrats will use the illegals to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/protest-march-seeks-clean-dream-act/949730840

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jeanne Ives Event at Bull Valley Golf Club Large Crowd Attends $100 Per Person Fundraiser – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/02/jeanne-ives-event-at-bull-valley-golf-club/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Despite Nybo’s objections, Senate backs limits on voter data sharing – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511325637-despite-nybo-s-objections-senate-backs-limits-on-voter-data-sharing

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Bailey points to Rauner’s record as reason for not debating Ives – Glenn Minnis
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511325654-bailey-points-to-rauner-s-record-as-reason-for-not-debating-ives

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES RELEASES NEW TELEVISION AD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/ives-releases-new-television-ad.html
— IVES CAMPAIGN RELEASES ‘THANK YOU BRUCE RAUNER’ AD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/ives-campaign-releases-thank-you-bruce-rauner-ad.html
— GOP AG CANDIDATE ASKS FEDS TO LOOK INTO SUSPECT COOK COUNTY PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/gop-ag-candidate-asks-feds-to-look-into-suspect-cook-county-property-tax-system.html
— LOCALS POINT TO ANTI-BLACK AGENDA FLOSSMOOR’S NEW PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINIC BRINGS IN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/locals-respond-to-new-planned-parenthood-clinic-in-flossmoor.html
— THORNER: 10TH CD GOP HOPEFULS FACE LAKE FOREST/LAKE BLUFF GOP WOMEN’S CLUB
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/10th-cd-gop-hopeful-faces-womens-republican-of-lake-forestlake-bluff.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pat Brady, Equality Illinois respond – Pritzker campaign responds – ACLU responds – Will air this weekend – Biss responds – Ives unveils 60-second version – Kennedy campaign responds – Rauner campaign responds, kinda *** Ives’ other TV ad is gonna cause a huge controversy if it airs
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/02/ives-other-tv-ad-is-gonna-cause-a-huge-controversy-if-it-airs/
— Garber also quit Republican State Central Committee post (DIERSEN: The 18 members of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) runs the IRP. Who represents you on the IRP SCC? Their term is ending soon. Have they announced that they are running again? Who wants to represent you on the IRP SCC and why? What promises did they make to get elected? Whose endorsements have they gained so far? Rauner? Ives? The Republican U.S. The congressman who represents their district? The Illinois representatives and senators who represent the district? The chairmen of the Republican county, township, and ward party organizations who represent their district? Your Republican precinct committeeman?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/02/garber-also-quit-republican-state-central-committee-post/
(Illinois Republican State Central Committee: Chairman: Tim Schneider 1st Congressional District: Shaun Murphy 2nd Congressional District: Judy Diekelman 3rd Congressional District: Sean Morrison 4th Congressional District: Jay Reyes 5th Congressional District: Jack Dorgan 6th Congressional District: Brian Colgan 7th Congressional District: Carol Smith Donovan 8th Congressional District: Ryan Higgins 9th Congressional District: Blair Garber 10th Congressional District: Mark Shaw 11th Congressional District: Roger Claar 12th Congressional District: Michael Neubert 13th Congressional District: Fred Floreth 14th Congressional District: Stanton Bond 15th Congressional District: Robert Winchester, Sr. 16th Congressional District: John McGlasson 17th Congressional District: Jan Weber 18th Congressional District: Michael Bigger SOURCE: https://illinois.gop/who-we-are/officials/)
— Rauner says state audit of managed care program was “fundamentally inaccurate” and “misinformation” (DIERSEN: What do you know about auditing? GAO audits the federal government. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently, $96,403-$125,325. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants 1983-1996.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/02/rauner-says-state-audit-of-managed-care-program-was-fundamentally-inaccurate-and-misinformation/

 

GOPUSA
— Black Lives Matter Minnesota is advising black visitors and other people of color to “exercise caution” while visiting St. Paul during Super Bowl LII.
http://www.gopusa.com/black-lives-matter-minnesota-issues-travel-alert-for-st-paul/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Photo Catches Democrats Literally Playing iPhone Games During Trump’s SOTU Speech – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/31/photo-catches-democrats-literally-playing-iphone-games-during-trumps-sotu-speech/

 

THE HILL
— Trump’s State of the Union makes clear: No amount of amnesty can please Democrats – DAVE RAY
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/371995-trumps-state-of-the-union-makes-clear-no-amount-of-amnesty-can-please

 

BLOOMBERG
— GOP Plans to Put Tax Cuts at Forefront of 2018 Campaign – Anna Edgerton and Laura Litvan (DIERSEN: What about those who will have to pay more federal income tax, most commonly, those who pay more than $10,000 a year in real estate tax and state income tax?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-02/gop-campaign-battle-plan-relies-on-putting-tax-cuts-at-forefront

 

RIPON ADVANCE
— Republican-led House oversight subcommittee, House colleagues urge IRS reform
https://riponadvance.com/featured/republican-led-house-oversight-subcommittee-house-colleagues-urge-irs-reform/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among the witnesses testifying before the subcommittee were U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Jim Renacci (R-OH), who each outlined two bills they separately introduced and would like to have members consider. Rep. Roskam, for instance, last August introduced the Free File Permanence Act of 2017, H.R. 3641, which has been referred to the House Ways and Means Committee. The bill would require the U.S. Treasury Department to continue operating the IRS Free File Program and to work with state government agencies and the private sector to expand and enhance the program, which offers free commercial-type online individual income tax preparation and electronic filing services to the lowest 70 percent of taxpayers by income, according to the bill’s summary. “As an added bonus, the program actually saves the federal government an estimated $13 million a year because electronic filings are less expensive for the IRS to process than paper versions,” said Roskam. The bipartisan bill has 123 cosponsors, including subcommittee chairman Jenkins and subcommittee members Bishop, Walorski, LaHood, and Curbelo. Rep. Roskam also introduced the bipartisan Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act, H.R. 1843, on March 30, 2017, which would limit IRS authority to seize the funds of law-abiding citizens under false pretenses, said Roskam. Multiple incidences uncovered by House Oversight Subcommittee members showed that the IRS has abused its authority “and was stealing legally earned funds solely because the owners ran afoul of structuring laws,” he said. An identical bill, S. 824, was introduced in the Senate by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) on April 4, 2017. Roskam’s bill passed the House on a voice vote in September and now awaits consideration by the Senate Finance Committee.)

February 2 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State Sen. Ira Silverstein four signatures up in back-and-forth ballot challenge – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/state-sen-ira-silverstein-four-signatures-up-in-back-and-forth-ballot-challenge/
— Finding impartial jurors could delay trial in Facebook video torture case – Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/finding-impartial-jurors-could-delay-trial-in-facebook-video-torture-case/
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Christian Gomez Garcia to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn ICE.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/they-treat-people-like-theyre-animals-dreamer-released-after-ice-detains-him/
— Let’s quit brainwashing kids that it’s a college degree or nothing – David McGrath (DIERSEN: Do you have a college degree? If I had not been taking undergraduate business courses, the Democrats who ran the Post Office might not have offered me a job in 1966 and they might have gotten rid of me sooner than they did. If I had not had a 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, a) Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 and b) Oldsmobile and the Democrats who ran IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate business courses, the Democrats who ran IRS might not have promoted me 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not had a 1976 MBA from Loyola and if I had not been taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980 and would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not been taking graduate courses in financial markets and trading at IIT, my Democrat superiors who ran GAO might have succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1993 instead of 1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lets-quit-brainwashing-kids-that-its-a-college-degree-or-nothing/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Day after togetherness pitch, Rauner says Madigan has ‘made corruption rampant’ – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-michael-madigan-20180202-story.html
— Fundraising in IL-10 – Katherine Skiba)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-michael-madigan-20180202-story.html
— U.S. CEOs seen earning 140 times more than the typical worker – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Trump is earning only $400,000/year, or only 3.2 times my $122,325/year GAO salary in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that GAO overpaid me. In my defense, a) I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years before that; b) I had six job-related professional certifications and a job-related professional license; and c) I had three job-related master’s degrees and a job-related bachelor’s degree.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ceo-worker-pay-disparity-20180201-story.html
— Will driverless cars mean the end of the road for the Chicago Auto Show? – Robert Channick (DIERSEN: What is your attitude toward cars? Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-American nameplate cars, if not just plane anti-car. The cars that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. My daily diver is a 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS that I bought from my aunt in 2010. Other cars that I own are: 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang. Previously, I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-auto-show-future-20180129-story.html
— Under Rauner, penalties sought against Illinois polluters have plummeted – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-met-rauner-epa-enforcement-20180123-story.html
— Democrats’ behavior at the State of the Union was embarrassing – Dana Milbank
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-state-union-democrats-behavior-20180201-story.html
— Twitter posts prompt NIU officials to deny they monitor students’ social media accounts – Kate Thayer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-niu-watchlist-20180130-story.html
— Organizers of proposed Aurora Pride Parade to meet with local clergy – Steve Lord (DIERSEN: How soon will those who promote LGBTQ activity in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality have enough religious, government, political, and financial clout to banish all individuals, all organizations, all companies, and all governments that do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-pride-st-0202-20180201-story.html
— High school students explore post-graduation alternatives at gap year fairs – Kathy Routliffe (DIERSEN: No gap year for White males who want to be federal employees because the federal government will get rid of you if you do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/winnetka/news/ct-wt-gap-year-fair-tl-0208-20180201-story.html
— Oregon’s top prosecutor holds marijuana summit to address ‘massive’ pot surplus – AP (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-oregon-marijuana-summit-20180202-story.html

 

CBS2
— Cook County Jail Prepares For Blitz Of ‘Sick Calls’ During Super Bowl (DIERSEN: While I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I was frequently called in to work because my coworkers had called in sick.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/31/super-bowl-sick-calls/#.WnNa4qsQAtk.twitter

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Suburban police receive Narcan training for overdose victims (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will opioid sellers give Narcan to their customers to sell more opioid?)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/suburban-police-receive-narcan-training-for-overdose-victims

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County ends 2017 with $1.9M budget surplus – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180201/kane-county-ends-2017-with-19m-budget-surplus
— Assessor’s lawsuit is mockery of campaign finance fairness – Nathaniel Hamilton
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180202/assessors-lawsuit-is-mockery-of-campaign-finance-fairness
— Aurora Police: Man greeted cops while smoking marijuana cigarette – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180202/police-man-greeted-cops-while-smoking-marijuana-cigarette

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180201/ISSUE01/180139951
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A DISCRIMINATOR SAYS: “When I joined Ritchie three and a half years ago, there were no women on the executive team. I told the recruiters, “Don’t bring me any men. If you do, then you’ll be fired.” So they brought me eight great candidates, and I am now blessed with a fantastic CFO. And once I got her, it was easier to get others.?)
— Emanuel struts Chicago’s gay-friendly policies in HQ2 pitch – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: What percent of those in Chicago are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180202/BLOGS02/180209980

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180201/point-its-time-for-illinois-to-end-its-failed-prohibition-of-marijuana
— Private school scholarship website flooded, shut down – Jason Nevel (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod. But my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who are anti-Protestant and/or who are anti-German American, have always used that against me.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180201/private-school-scholarship-website-flooded-shut-down
— Tax bill beginning to deliver bigger paychecks to workers – Sarah Skidmore Sell (DIERSEN: Are/were you a worker? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I was a lowly worker 1962-1997. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180201/tax-bill-beginning-to-deliver-bigger-paychecks-to-workers

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Biss: Illinoisans want middle-class governor – Derek Beigh (DIERSEN: What class are/were you? I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being upper class who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being lower class. I should write another book about those who paint themselves as being lower class who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being upper class.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/elections/biss-illinoisans-want-middle-class-governor/article_244dce4a-66d4-5db3-a783-5bea1105ff17.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— VERY SAD: March in support of ‘Dream Act’ planned Saturday in Champaign – Julie Wurth
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-02-01/march-support-dream-act-planned-saturday-champaign.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Rauner urges unity ahead of divisive election – AP
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/rauner-urges-unity-ahead-of-divisive-election/article_5119514e-11c3-5afa-82dc-da75ca781f38.html

 

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Cook County GOP Chairman Endorses Bruce Rauner for Re-election (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who blacklist me because I refuse to blacklist Rauner and his supporters? What do you say to those who blacklist me because I refuse to blacklist Ives and her supporters?)
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2018/02/02/cook-county-gop-chairman-endorses-bruce-rauner-re-election/

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Veteran Chicago Trader Creates Angel Fund for Women Entrepreneurs Women represent only 19 percent of angel investors in America. To combat that inequity, Carolyn Leonard is raising $1.92 million to help fund female-led companies. – SHIA KAPOS (DIERSEN: Because members of the following groups are ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being White euphemists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things, anyone who might create a fund for companies led by them would be viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/January-2018/Carolyn-Leonard-DyMynd-Angels-Fund/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Ignore Rauner: The State of the State is Bankrupt – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/02/ignore-rauner-the-state-of-the-state-is-bankrupt/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump likens Pelosi’s ‘crumbs’ tax comments to Clinton’s ‘deplorables’ – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/1/donald-trump-likens-nancy-pelosis-crumbs-tax-comme/

 

FOX NEWS
— Durbin faces Harvard mob angry over lack of ‘Clean Dream Act’ – Lukas Mikelionis
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/02/durbin-faces-harvard-mob-angry-over-lack-clean-dream-act.html

 

FOX BUSINESS
— Taxpayers’ paycheck problems could lead to big bill from IRS, expert warns – Brittany De Lea
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2018/01/30/taxpayers-paycheck-problems-could-lead-to-big-bill-from-irs-expert-warns.html

 

THE HILL
— Federal workers on edge over Trump call for firing power – LYDIA WHEELER (DIERSEN: 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 e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://thehill.com/regulation/371878-trumps-targeting-of-federal-workforce-puts-unions-on-edge

 

ROLL CALL
— Republicans Divided on Minimum Needed for Immigration Deal White House, conservatives pushing four pillars while others open to just two – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/republicans-divided-minimum-needed-immigration-deal

 

POLITICO
— Ryan renews welfare reform push But the House speaker is once again running into resistance from the Senate. – RACHAEL BADE and BURGESS EVERETT
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/01/welfare-reform-gop-paul-ryan-382591

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— An Indian ‘Chief’ Mascot Was Dropped. A Decade Later, He’s Still Lurking. The Cleveland Indians are retiring “Chief Wahoo,”
but the debate is far from over if other institutions, like the University of Illinois, are a guide. – MITCH SMITH
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/us/native-americans-sports-mascots-illinois.html
— Trump Sets Up a Grand Bargain on Immigration – George J. Borjas (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, immigrants are minorities and/or females. Democrats only want immigrants who will vote for Democrats. RINOs only want immigrants who will work for less money.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/opinion/trump-immigration-dreamers.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Does the Boss’s Pay Compare to the Rank and File? Survey offers early glimpse of the CEO-worker pay ratios in different industries – Vanessa Fuhrmans and Theo Francis (DIERSEN: Trump is earning only $400,000/year, or only 3.2 times my $122,325/year GAO salary in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that GAO overpaid me. In my defense, a) I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years before that; b) I had six job-related professional certifications and a job-related professional license; and c) I had three job-related master’s degrees and a job-related bachelor’s degree.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-early-look-at-the-ceo-worker-pay-ratio-1517505343

 

BLOOMBERG
— Wall Street Is Taking On More Risk Again – Sridhar Natarajan, Sally Bakewell, and Kiel Porter
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-02/leverage-is-back-wall-street-s-taking-on-more-risk-in-trump-era

 

USA TODAY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana shops prep for Super Bowl sales blitz – Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/02/01/marijuana-pot-shops-prep-super-bowl-sales-blitz/1085109001/
— German police sue American woman for slander for calling them ‘Nazis’ – Deutsche Welle Publish (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump supporters are Nazis, White supremacists, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, sexual harassers, bigots, and even worse things. At what point should Trump supporters hit them with cease and desist letters? At what point should Trump supporters sue them for slander? If you are a Trump supporter, the more of the following that you are, the more forcefully that anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a Nazi, White supremacist, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, sexual harasser, bigot, and even worse things: Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/01/26/german-police-sue-american-woman-slander-calling-them-nazis/1068397001/

 

HARVARD CRIMSON
— Durbin Speech Met With Protest at Kennedy School Around 100 students from across the University spent Thursday evening marching up and down in front of the Kennedy School to protest Senator Durbin’s visit. – ALEXANDRA A. CHAIDEZ AND SIMONE C. CHU (DIERSEN: If you were me, how would deal with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who viciously demonize, who viciously denigrate, and who viciously condemn my intelligence, my judgment, my motives, my abilities, my ethics, my accomplishments, my etc.? They hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that no one should tell me anything because I will use whatever they tell me improperly in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Those who my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have shouted at say to me “don’t quote me” and they require me to say “this is off-the-record” before they will tell me anything. Should I send my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes cease and desist letters and publish them in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? Should I sue them for slander?)
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/2/2/durbin-visit-protests/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Maribel Nava ’20, one of the attendees, declined to reveal exactly what Durbin discussed with the group, noting the meeting was supposed to be off-the-record. Nonetheless, she said she thought the conversation was at least somewhat productive.)

 

FEDERAL SOUP
— NTEU: White House call to ease firing ‘a step backward’ (DIERSEN: I was a NTEU member 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS. 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 e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://federalsoup.com/articles/2018/01/31/wh-call-to-ease-firing-a-step-backward.aspx

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump said, alluding to his administration’s proposals to make it easier for federal political appointees and managers to fire federal employees. Legislation has eased removals at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and President Trump has said he would like other departments to see similar changes. Among the first of the federal unions to respond at length, the National Treasury Employees Union criticized the language used in the speech. “It is unfortunate that the president chose to single out our world-class civil service tonight, leaving the impression that federal employees are not dedicated to public service, committed to the missions of their agencies and honorable Americans,” NTEU President Tony Reardon said in a statement. “At a time of no passed or enacted agency budgets, the nation artificially operating to avoid hitting the debt ceiling, no plan to provide relief from sequestration, four CRs to keep the government open, a shutdown last week, and less than nine days until a possible second shutdown,” he continued, “the American people need an administration and Congress that is accountable and performing for them, and not elected officials looking to pass the buck.” “Federal employees must retain existing protections that stop unfair and arbitrary management practices, along with political favoritism and retaliation,” Reardon said. “Our workforce is non-partisan and merit-based and any reduction in due process protections is a step backward for our country.”)

January 31 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Gov. Rauner delivering State of the State address Wednesday – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/gov-rauner-delivering-state-of-the-state-address-wednesday/3011538/
— State of the Union 2018: Donald Trump warns of immigration dangers – Rob Elgas and Liz Nagy
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/state-of-the-union-2018-trump-warns-of-immigration-dangers-/3007383/
— State of the Union 2018: Donald Trump gives first address – Rob Elgas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/state-of-the-union-2018-donald-trump-gives-first-address-/3007383/

 

NBC5
— Roskam Donates Campaign Cash From Disgraced Wynn to Wheaton Charity Wynn stepped down as RNC Finance Chair this weekend over allegations of sexual misconduct
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Roskam-Returns-Campaign-Cash-From-Disgraced-Wynn-471859743.html
— Gutierrez on Trump’s State of the Union Address: ‘Whoever Translated it for Him From Russian Did a Good Job’ The investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia in the 2016 election has been a storm cloud over the first year of the administration. – Richard Ray
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-democrat-response-trump-state-of-union-471877723.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump’s border wall prototypes prove impenetrable in testing
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/trumps-border-wall-prototypes-prove-impenetrable-in-testing

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rahm scorches Trump; State of the Union comes ‘amid peril for our nation’ – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-reaction-trump-state-of-union-2018/
— Illinois leaders react to Pres. Trump’s first State of the Union – LYNN SWEET
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-reaction-trump-state-of-union-2018/
— Dem gov hopefuls’ Downstate debate message: Trump the problem, not Trump voters – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dem-gov-hopefuls-downstate-debate-message-trump-the-problem-not-trump-voters/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/immigrants-in-chicago-speak-out-on-state-of-the-union-message/
— Chicago to hold police exam in May; fifth in seven years under Emanuel – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: If I had not passed the CPA examination in 1979, GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, IRS would not have offered me a job in 1971. If I had not passed the Post Office employment examination in 1966, the Post Office would not have offered me a job in 1966.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/chicago-to-hold-police-exam-in-may-fifth-in-seven-years-under-emanuel/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump calls for unity, then touts GOP agenda in State of the Union – Karen Tumulty and Philip Rucker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-state-of-the-union-20180130-story.html
— Kennedy, Biss question Pritzker’s electability, citing Blagojevich ties – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Are you electable? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that you are, the less electable that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German Americans, draft avoider, childless, if your ancestors have been in America for a long time, if you are/were a union member, if you are/were a federal employee or retiree, if you do not love dogs, if dogs do not live you, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-democrats-debate-carbondale-20180130-story.html
— A day after reporting a $500,000 contribution from conservative businessman Richard Uihlein, Republican governor challenger Rep. Jeanne Ives reported an additional $20,000 in contributions.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ira-silverstein-petitions-20180131-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Roskams promote potential challenger Sean Casten.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ira-silverstein-petitions-20180131-story.html
— U. of C. alumni deliver petition urging school to rescind Steve Bannon invite – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-university-of-chicago-steve-bannon-petition-20180130-story.html
— Firearm-owning pot fans face choice – Mark Scolforo
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180131/282626033121790
— Gambling regulators in 2 states reviewing sexual misconduct allegations against Steve Wynn – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-steve-wynn-sexual-misconduct-20180131-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Fact Check: Trump’s claims in State of the Union speech – AP (DIERSEN: Are/were you a fact checker? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180130/fact-check-trumps-claims-in-state-of-the-union-speech
— Schakowsky’s snub of State of the Union – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180131/editorial-schakowskys-snub-of-state-of-the-union

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Utilities giving freely to AG candidates after 15 years of Lisa Madigan freeze-out – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180131/NEWS02/180139967
— Godfather of Blago’s pension bond plan warns against replay – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180131/BLOGS02/180139973

 

WTTW
— State of the State Preview: Bipartisan and Blows – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/01/30/state-state-preview-bipartisan-and-blows
— $107 Billion Borrowing Plan Could Save State Pensions – Paris Schutz
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/01/30/107-billion-borrowing-plan-could-save-state-pensions

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Economic growth is in Illinois’ DNA – Bruce Rauner
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180131/gov-bruce-rauner-economic-growth-is-in-illinois-dna
— Statehouse legislation would ban smoking until age 21 – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180130/statehouse-legislation-would-ban-smoking-until-age-21
— Illinois State Board of Education to hire ‘storytellers’ – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180130/illinois-state-board-of-education-to-hire-storytellers

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner takes it on chin in debate with Republican challenger – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-01-31/jim-dey-rauner-takes-it-chin-debate-with-republican-challenger.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Central Illinois lawmakers react to State of the Union – ROGER MILLER
http://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/central-illinois-lawmakers-react-to-state-of-the-union/article_23c778d5-d6dd-5194-a571-4a2c57f40697.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois lawmakers offer reactions to Trump speech
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180130/illinois-lawmakers-offer-reactions-to-trump-speech

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Local Republicans endorse Rauner for governor ahead of March primary – Nikki Baim (DIERSEN: Does your Republican township/ward and/or county party organization officially/unofficially endorse candidates in Republican primaries? If so, have they endorsed or will they endorse Rauner or Ives? Officially/unofficially the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) has endorsed Rauner. Presumptively, any township/ward or country party organization that seeks/accepts money from the IRP endorses Rauner. I should write a book about how Republican township/ward and county party organizations and the IRP get rid of Republican Precinct Committeemen who support Republican candidates who they did not endorse. Since 2001, those who dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the IRP have been trying to get rid of me because I supported Pat O’Malley in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary. SEE: August 10, 2001 article by Rick Pearson and Ray Long titled “Jim Ryan jumps into race” at http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-08-10/news/0108100118_1_george-ryan-sen-patrick-o-malley-gen-jim-ryan)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/01/30/city/local-republicans-endorse-rauner-governor-ahead-march-primary/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmakers respond to President Trump’s first State of the Union Address
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/lawmakers-respond-to-president-trumps-first-state-of-the-union-address

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Crusher” Jeanne Ives Seeking Donations After Rauner Knockout – Cal Skinner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who tell Republican activists, candidates, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. that they will not give them any sign locations, endorsements, money, etc. until they “get rid of Diersen.”)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/01/30/crusher-jeanne-ives-seeking-donations-after-rauner-knockout/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz & Rep. Skillicorn assess the 2018 IL Republican and Democratic Primary Gubernatorial candidates
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/01/watch-berkowitz-and-rep-skillicorn-assess-the-republican-and-democratic-primary-candidates-cable-and-web/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Evanston GOP Chair, Rauner Lottery Chairman Garber calls East St. Louis “the shithole of the universe”
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511325512-evanston-gop-chair-rauner-lottery-chairman-garber-calls-east-st-louis-the-shithole-of-the-universe

 

WEST COOK NEWS
— Straub says story about Durkin’s possible influence on sister-in-law’s hiring raises questions – W.J. Kennedy
https://westcooknews.com/stories/511325057-straub-says-story-about-durkin-s-possible-influence-on-sister-in-law-s-hiring-raises-questions

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Lawmakers discuss proposal to borrow $107 billion to pay down pension debt; author concedes taxpayer risk – Dan McCaleb and Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/lawmakers-discuss-proposal-to-borrow-billion-to-pay-down-pension/article_ff0be296-0604-11e8-9337-1331e94c3793.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH DRAWS 70% POSITIVE REACTION, SAYS CNN POLL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/trumps-state-of-the-union-speech-draws-70-positive-reaction-says-cnn-poll.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner appointee/supporter in hot water over social media comments (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at everyone that they should not support or defend me in any way because sooner or later, I will say, write, or do something that will get them in “hot water.”)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/31/rauner-appointeesupporter-in-hot-water-over-social-media-comments/
— Rauner, interrupting
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/31/rauner-interrupting/
— Poll: Biss climbs into second place, Pritzker loses ground, Kennedy drops to third
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/31/poll-biss-climbs-into-second-place-pritzker-loses-ground-kennedy-drops-to-third/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats refuse to stand for Trump at State of the Union
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38232
— Border Patrol arrests third ‘DREAMer’ for smuggling illegal aliens
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38237

 

BREITBART
— Trump Presents Amnesty As Package Offer, Says it Puts Americans First – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Any kind of amnesty encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. Of course, illegals have focused and will forever focus on getting rid of Republicans.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/30/trump-presents-amnesty-package-offer-says-put-americans-first/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— BOGUS RACIST CLAIMS AGAINST TRUMP – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/bogus-racist-claims-against-trump/
— IMMIGRATION LIES AND HYPOCRISY – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/immigration-lies-and-hypocrisy/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Delusional Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidates promising the moon to citizens – Rick Moran
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/01/delusional_illinois_democratic_gubernatorial_candidates_promising_the_moon_to_citizens.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Luis Gutierrez Stormed Out Of House Chamber During SOTU – Henry Rodgers
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/30/gutierrez-stormed-out-sotu/
— Trump: ‘Americans Are Dreamers Too’ – Christian Datoc (DIERSEN: When you were in your early 20s, what was your career dream? My dream of getting a job in the automotive industry that had better potential for advancement ended in 1971 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/30/trump-americans-are-dreamers-too/

 

TOWNHALL
— ‘Dreamers’ and Demons – Michelle Malkin
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2018/01/31/dreamers-and-demons-n2442016

 

NEWSMAX
— Andrea Tantaros: Fox News Secretly Videotaped Female Staff Disrobing – Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/andrea-tantaros-roger-ailes-recorded-women-changing-amended-lawsuit/2018/01/30/id/840409/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Joe Kennedy Delivers Dem Response to SOTU — Then People Notice What’s Behind Him, Yikes – JUSTEN CHARTERS
https://ijr.com/the-declaration/2018/01/1058562-joe-kennedy-delivers-dem-response-to-sotu-then-people-notice-whats-behind-him-yikes/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrats Are Stuck in an Immigration-Maximalist Mode – Philip DeVoe (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because they overwhelmingly vote for Democrats. Overwhelmingly, immigrants are minorities and/or females who need lots of government assistance. Democrats have always promised to use government to give preference to minorities and to females.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455924/democrats-immigration-maximalism-chuck-schumer-options

 

ROLL CALL
— Gutierrez Pulls No Punches on Trump: ‘Explicitly Racist’ ‘Whoever translated it for him from Russian did a good job,’ Democratic rep says – Griffin Connolly
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/gutierrez-pulls-no-punches-trump-explicitly-racist
— President Pitches ‘Dreamers’ Deal to Skeptical Congress Signs of the ongoing immigration battle were seen all over the chamber Tuesday night
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/president-pitches-dreamers-deal-skeptical-congress
— A Dream Deferred for Young Immigrants at State of the Union Guests at speech taken aback by hard-line talk from president – Camila Dechalus
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/dream-deferred-young-immigrants-state-union

 

THE HILL
— Trump makes case he’s stoking American dream – JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: When you were in your early 20s, what was your career dream? My dream of getting a job in the automotive industry that had better potential for advancement ended in 1971 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/371525-trump-makes-case-hes-stoking-american-dream

 

REUTERS
— Illinois pension mega-bond sale idea gets legislative airing
https://www.reuters.com/article/illinois-bonds/illinois-pension-mega-bond-sale-idea-gets-legislative-airing-idUSL2N1PP2NA
— Despite crime, Chicago ranked world’s best city for enjoying life – Umberto Bacchi (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, Chicago is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-cities-index/despite-crime-chicago-ranked-worlds-best-city-for-enjoying-life-idUSKBN1FJ2G9

 

CNN
— Trump pledges to ‘make America great again for all Americans’ – Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/state-of-the-union-2018/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/state-our-union-strong-resistance-donald-trump-s-agenda-proves-ncna843061

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— State of the Union: Trump Declares ‘New American Moment’ While Democrats See ‘Chaos’
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/us/politics/trump-state-of-the-union.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump Can Sell an Improved Economy, but Not Himself.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/us/politics/president-trump-sotu.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump presses to expand VA firing powers across federal government – Lisa Rein (DIERSEN: While it is difficult to fire a federal employee, it is easy to take adverse actions against federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes approve of the adverse actions that the federal government took against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superior did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/live-updates/trump-white-house/fact-checking-and-analysis-of-trumps-state-of-the-union-2018-address/trump-presses-to-expand-va-firing-powers-across-federal-government/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Do Democrats Even Want a Compromise on Immigration? Schumer and Durbin act as if they’d rather have an issue to use against the Republicans in November. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-democrats-even-want-a-compromise-on-immigration-1517355597
— VIDEO: Trump’s State of the Union in Three Minutes
http://www.wsj.com/video/trump-state-of-the-union-in-three-minutes/C55927DC-4DCE-4D1D-96EF-CAD35572C06A.html?mod=djemwhatsnews
— In State of the Union, Trump Vows Optimism as More Fights Loom President promotes infrastructure plan, lays down his vision on an immigration deal – Peter Nicholas, Louise Radnofsky and Siobhan Hughes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-state-of-the-union-trump-vows-optimism-as-more-fights-loom-1517359822
— Trump Tries Taking On a New Role: Optimist In a capital riven by divisions, president steered clear of some of the targets of his recent attacks and insisted he could see the possibility of unity – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-tries-taking-on-a-new-role-optimist-1517371199
— Democrats Spurn Trump’s Vision of America In response to State of Union address, Rep. Joe Kennedy III laments ‘fault lines of a fractured country’ – Michael C. Bender (DIERSEN: Democrats want the federal government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-spurn-trumps-vision-of-america-1517372115
— Amazon, Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Employee Company’s hunt for a second home is worrying some employers near the possible sites – Lauren Weber and Laura Stevens (DIERSEN: From what I see, big companies like Amazon only want to hire those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-thou-shalt-not-covet-thy-neighbors-employee-1517394601
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: OUTSTANDING: Homeownership Rate Rose in 2017 for First Time Since 2004 Rate hit 64.2% in the fourth quarter of 2017, up from 63.7% a year earlier; millennials spur buying activity – Laura Kusisto (DIERSEN: Government should promote homeownership. Those who do not want to do what it takes to be a homeowner were furious a) when I bought a new town home in 1972 when I was 24 years old, b) when I bought condos in 1974 and 1976, c) when my wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978, and d) when we had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/homeownership-rate-rises-in-2017-for-first-time-since-2004-1517334537
— As Deficit Soars Toward $1 Trillion, Congress Shrugs and Keeps Spending – Alan Rappeport and Thomas Kaplan
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/us/politics/federal-deficit-1-trillion.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s simultaneously unifying and dividing State of the Union address, annotated – Callum Borchers (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of Group A are far more unified than those that are members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/01/30/trumps-first-state-of-the-union-address-annotated/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Connects Presidency With Prosperity in ‘American Moment’ – Justin Sink (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What helps retired people? ANSWER: Lower inflation, lower real estate taxes, lower medical and dental expenses, higher interest rates, lower crime, etc.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/trump-to-credit-tax-cuts-for-bonuses-paid-to-3-million-workers
— (Trump) asked Congress to give Cabinet secretaries the authority to fire federal workers “who undermine the public trust or fail the American people,” a proposal that would undercut U.S. civil service protections and would surely be fought by federal employee unions and Democrats. – Justin Sink (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for U.S. 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 e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/trump-to-credit-tax-cuts-for-bonuses-paid-to-3-million-workers

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Ex-US Rep. Tancredo Abandons Bid for Colorado Governor – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/colorado/articles/2018-01-30/ex-us-rep-tancredo-abandons-third-bid-for-colorado-governor

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Trump wants to give every cabinet secretary authority to remove employees – Jason Miller (DIERSEN: While it is difficult to remove a federal employee, it is easy to take adverse actions against federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes approve of the adverse actions that the federal government took against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superior did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/workforce/2018/01/president-wants-to-give-every-cabinet-secretary-the-authority-to-remove-employees/

 

FED SMITH
— Trump Calls for Making it Easier to Fire Federal Employees in SOTU – Ian Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/01/31/trump-calls-making-easier-fire-federal-employees-sotu/

 

FED WEEK
— Budget Likely to Target Agencies, Appeal Rights
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/budget-likely-target-agencies-appeal-rights/

 

PBS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in making teachers anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-teachers-are-training-themselves-to-be-dreamer-allies

 

VANITY FAIR
— THE LIMITATIONS OF FACT-CHECKING IN THE AGE OF TRUMP An army of experts can only do so much to shed light on a post-factual president. – JAMES WARREN (DIERSEN: Are/were you a fact checker? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/the-limitations-of-fact-checking-in-the-age-of-trump

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— Corporate tax cheats bring home the stash Ryan de Laureal reports on how corporations like Apple are already reaping billions from Trump’s tax bill–and falsely claiming that they’re going to pass it on to workers.
https://socialistworker.org/2018/01/31/corporate-tax-cheats-bring-home-the-stash

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— ELECTIONS, 16TH CONG. DISTRICT GOP’s James Marter on LGBT issues, challenging Kinzinger – Carrie Maxwell
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/ELECTIONS-16TH-CONG-DISTRICT-GOPs-James-Marter-on-LGBT-issues-challenging-Kinzinger/61755.html

January 30 Evening Edition

ABC7
— State of the Union 2018: Donald Trump makes first address tonight – Rob Elgas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/state-of-the-union-trump-makes-first-address-tonight/3007383/
— Celebs, activists speak at ‘hopeful, public alternative to Trump’s State of the Union’
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/celebs-speak-at-counter-event-to-state-of-the-union/3007780/
— 2 candidates drop out of 4th Congressional District race ahead of forum – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/2-candidates-drop-out-of-4th-congressional-district-race-ahead-of-forum/3008182/

 

NBC5
— Trump to Call for Unity in Address After Divisive Year Democrats, seeking to set the tone for their election-year strategy, have tapped Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy, the grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, to deliver a post-speech rebuttal – Julie Pace and Zeke Miller
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Trump-State-of-the-Union-Address-471729224.html
— Board Says Silverstein Is 1 Signature Short in Ballot Challenge
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/ira-silverstein-signatures-ballot-challenge-illinois-primary-471802484.html

 

WLS AM
— RTA’s Dillard: Gas tax increase needed for Trump infrastructure push – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/01/30/rtas-dillard-gas-tax-increase-needed-for-trump-infrastructure-push/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrat candidates for the 6th Congressional District.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/democrats-in-6th-cd-look-to-send-trump-message-by-sending-roskam-home/
— McCarthy gets $5,600 from Giuliani, won’t be goaded into talking about Trump – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mccarthy-gets-5600-from-giuliani-wont-be-goaded-into-talking-about-trump/
— The same old flimflam game on school funding – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/kadner-the-same-old-flimflam-game-on-school-funding/
— Democrat Schneider, Republican Hultgren sitting together at State of the Union – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/democrat-schneider-republican-hultgren-sitting-together-at-state-of-the-union/
— Before Trump’s 2018 State of the Union: Democrats pitching for millennials – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Which candidates pitch for those who share your demographics?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/before-trumps-2018-state-of-the-union-democrats-pitching-for-millennials/
— Report shows Cook County’s revenue flow misses projected mark – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/report-shows-countys-revenue-flow-misses-projected-mark/
— More job-selling allegations emerge in Dorothy Brown investigation – Robert Herguth and Jon Seidel (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. 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 e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/more-job-selling-allegations-emerge-in-dorothy-brown-investigation/
— Rauner to call for end to ‘partisan sniping’ in State of State speech – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-to-call-for-end-to-partisan-sniping-in-state-of-state-speech/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Two Chicago-area ‘Dreamers’ to attend Trump’s State of the Union address.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-met-chicago-dreamers-state-of-the-union-0131-story.html
— Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., calls for police to arrest undocumented immigrants at State of the Union – Elise Viebeck
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-state-of-the-union-gosar-immigration-arrests-20180130-story.html
— Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts expected to take RNC finance job – Katherine Skiba (DIERSEN: At the September 28, 2016 Trump fundraiser in Bolingbrook, Todd Ricketts predicted a) that the Cubs would win the World Series and b) that Trump would win the presidency.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-todd-ricketts-wynn-rnc-finance-chair-20180130-story.html
— Harley-Davidson shuts plant as woes worsen for Trump’s model manufacturer – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-harley-davidson-shuts-down-plant-20180130-story.html
— By Rauner’s own standards, he’s a miserable failure on jobs – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-rauner-jobs-ives-illinois-governor-0131-20180129-story.html
— Rauner to issue bipartisan call in Wednesday speech after ripping Madigan – Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rauner-state-of-state-preview-20180130-story.html
— The smart way to dispatch Chief Illiniwek – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-chief-illiniwek-mascot-university-20180130-story.html
— Ex-Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour arrested with gun at airport – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-former-mississippi-governor-arrested-20180130-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz.: Police should arrest undocumented immigrants at State of the Union – Elise Viebeck
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180130/congressman-police-should-arrest-undocumented-immigrants-at-state-of-the-union
— Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts could succeed Wynn as RNC fundraiser – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: At the September 28, 2016 Trump fundraiser in Bolingbrook, Todd Ricketts predicted a) that the Cubs would win the World Series and b) that Trump would win the presidency.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180130/cubs-co-owner-todd-ricketts-could-succeed-wynn-as-rnc-fundraiser
— Lawmakers sending their own messages during Trump’s speech – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180130/news/301309994/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts to be named RNC finance chair (DIERSEN: At the September 28, 2016 Trump fundraiser in Bolingbrook, Todd Ricketts predicted a) that the Cubs would win the World Series and b) that Trump would win the presidency.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180130/NEWS02/180139981/todd-ricketts-to-be-named-rnc-finance-chair-report
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat news media gives Rauner advice on how to defeat Ives.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180130/BLOGS02/180139983/jeanne-ives-is-vulnerable-if-gov-rauner-dares-to-attack
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You want to avoid that fate, governor? Then quit whining about Mike Madigan and start acting like you would against any Democratic foe: Attack. Engage. Contrast your views and record with hers. There’s plenty of material to use, if Rauner chooses to do so. For instance, Ives told Crain’s editorial board last week she’d balance the state budget in large part by shifting the tax load to the people of Chicago and suburban Cook County. She’d do so by slashing aid to Chicago Public Schools under the state’s new formula, and by working to end the Obamacare expansion, which shifted to the federal government and, to a lesser degree, the state hundreds of millions of dollars a year in costs for caring for indigent patients at Cook County’s network of hospitals and clinics. Yes, that might mean a local tax hike, she conceded. Are you listening, Governor? Your opponent seems to favor a tax hike in Cook County, which, despite its reputation of being a Democratic stronghold, cast more than a third of the vote statewide in the 2014 GOP primary—a cool 428,345. When pressed if dropping Obamacare might also result in a reduction of health care to people without the funds to pay for it, Ives notes they run a nice voluntary dental clinic in DuPage County. Now, there’s a campaign plank that will sell with moderate voters, not only in Cook County but also in the five suburban collar counties, which provided another quarter of the statewide vote in the 2014 Republican primary. It has a real ring, doesn’t it? “Let ’em go to the free clinic.” Of course, most voters don’t know that Ives said that, because Rauner hasn’t told them. Over at the Tribune, Ives had another budget solution. If employee groups won’t cave with financial concessions, “lay them off,” she said. Right! Start with the state troopers and prison guards, and work your way down to university professors and doctors in the health department. The latter can use their free time to volunteer at the community clinic! Of course, Ives could spark another crisis like the one that left Illinois without a budget for two years. That certainly was a big success. Ives, at the Trib, also bragged about being one of a handful of lawmakers to vote against extending the state’s Edge payroll incentive program to woo jobs. I understand her zeal that lower taxes for everybody is the libertarian gold standard. But in a country in which almost every state offers something like Edge, unilateral disarmament would leave Illinois even worse off. Guv, you might consider communicating Ives’ stance on Edge to people who work for Amazon in Will County, Sears in Hoffman Estates and Ford at the Torrence Avenue plant, all of which received Edge. And you might cc: everyone who hopes to land a job at Amazon’s possible HQ2 here. There’s other material out there, material that could be effective not only in a general election against a Democrat, but in a primary against Ives. Sure, doing so would provoke some conservative voters who might not come home in November. But I suspect most of them already are mad over Rauner’s actions on abortion and so-called sanctuary cities. The question this fall: Would they rather have a liberal—or very liberal—Democrat in office? “I think Rauner’s folks are making a mistake. They need to take her straight on,” says one top party insider, who asks not to be named. In this predominantly blue state, that insider adds, the message ought to be: “A vote for Jeanne Ives is a vote for (Illinois House Speaker) Mike Madigan to draw the new legislative map that will be in place until 2031.” That source is right. You want to keep your job, Governor? It’s time to start acting like you mean it.)
— Condo owners: New law erodes privacy – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want to be Republican Precinct Committeemen, but do not want anyone to know their home address, email address, or phone number? I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I have lived at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton since June of 1984. My email address has been diersen@aol.com since January of 1995. My phone number has been 630-653-0462 since April of 1978.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180130/CRED0701/180139995/condo-owners-new-law-erodes-privacy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two Chicago aldermen want to give condo boards in the city the power to ignore a piece of Illinois condo law that some homeowners consider a threat to their privacy. The state rule, which went into effect Jan. 1, requires a condo association to provide a list of contact information—including mailing address, phone number and email address—on all unit owners to any owner who requests it. The rule is intended to “provide transparency,” said state Rep. Andre Thapedi, the chief sponsor of HB 189. His district runs from Park Manor on the city’s South Side west to suburban Hickory Hills.)
— One guess who Rauner is blaming for the state of the state – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180130/BLOGS02/180139968/one-guess-who-rauner-is-blaming-for-the-state-of-the-state

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— What happened to last year’s State of the State goals? – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: What were your goals for 2017 and did you meet them? My goals included sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening and I met that goal.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180130/what-happened-to-last-years-state-of-state-goals
— Jeb Bush praises Gov. Rauner for private school scholarship program
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180130/jeb-bush-praises-gov-rauner-for-private-school-scholarship-program

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Pritzker blames Rauner for vets home crisis – Doug Wilson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me for a) all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, b) their problems, c) your problems, d) my problems, and e) everyone’s problems. Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes? Unlike many of them, I have never been a Milton Township Republican Central Committee officer, DuPage County Republican Central Committee officer or employee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member, IRP officer or employee, Wheaton elected official or employee, Milton Township elected official or employee, DuPage County elected official or employee, State of Illinois official or employee, or federal elected official.)
http://www.whig.com/20180130/pritzker-blames-rauner-for-vets-home-crisis#

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— State of the State Preview – Doug Jenkins
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=259397#.WnD-EsuKSM8

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— GOP’s Erika Harold: Public Corruption Focus Goes Beyond Politics – RYAN DENHAM
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/gops-erika-harold-public-corruption-focus-goes-beyond-politics#stream/0

 

WAND TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.wandtv.com/story/37384182/state-hashes-out-details-for-the-legalization-of-recreational-marijuana

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives blames Rauner for stalling property tax reform effort – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511323742-ives-blames-rauner-for-stalling-property-tax-reform-effort

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Should Rauner retaliate against Ives?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/30/question-of-the-day-2612/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s 2017 Illinois job disapproval rating was 62 percent.”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/30/gallup-trumps-2017-illinois-job-disapproval-rating-was-62-percent/

 

BREIBART
— WATCH: Conservative Jeanne Ives Debates Republican Establishment Gov. Bruce Rauner – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/30/jeanne-ives-crushes-gop-gov-bruce-rauner-illinois-candidates-meet-first-time/
— John Kass: Conservative Jeanne Ives ‘Crushed’ Gov. Bruce Rauner in Chicago Tribune ‘Debate’ – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/01/30/columnist-jeanne-ives-crushed-gov-bruce-rauner-chicago-tribune-debate/

 

GOPUSA
— If Pelosi Brings Illegals to SOTU, Trump Should Bring ICE Agents
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38180
— Judge rules illegals have constitutional right to ‘say goodbye’ to family (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those lawsuits in which judges denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial. The judges did not like the law and/or facts on which I based my arguments, they disapproved of my demographics, they had a tremendous conflict of interest, they believed that a jury would not rule in my favor because I lack “jury appeal,” and/or the defendants had tremendous clout.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38155
— Obama’s presidential library ripped as ‘ugly waste of taxpayer resources’ by Chicagoans
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38153

 

NEWSMAX
— Newsmax’s 30 Most Influential Republicans Under 30 – Jen Krausz
https://www.newsmax.com/bestlists/30-under-30-influential-republicans/2018/01/30/id/840225/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 13. Diante Johnson—At only 21 years old, Johnson has already founded the Black Conservative Foundation, a millennial-targeted organization that promotes policies that lead to economic stability, educational opportunities, and community service and leadership. The Chicago native has run for local office in Illinois, been featured on CNN and other media outlets, and recently wrote a piece for the Washington Examiner about the benefits of the tax reform bill — all while attending college at the University of Illinois as a political science major.)

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump’s border wall prototypes virtually impassable, pass rigorous testing – William La Jeunesse
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/30/trump-s-border-wall-prototypes-virtually-impassable-pass-rigorous-testing.html

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Immigration Legislation Should Stress Border Security and Enforcement, Not Incentivize Bad Behavior – Hans von Spakovsky
http://dailysignal.com/2018/01/30/immigration-legislation-stress-border-security-and-enforcement/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Steve Scalise Tells Illegal Immigrants To ‘Get In Line Like Everybody Else’ – Nick Givas
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/30/steve-scalise-illegal-immigrants-fox-news/

 

TOWNHALL
— Guess Who Kirsten Gillibrand Is Bringing as Her Plus One to the State of the Union – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/01/30/gillibrand-trolling-trump-with-her-state-of-the-union-guest-n2441289

 

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Trump EEOC Gets Settlement for Muslim Security Guard Discriminated by Co.’s Grooming Policy (DIERSEN: Under Trump, Democrats continue to run the federal government just like they did under Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and the Bushes. Further, Democrats continue to run GAO no matter which party controls the U.S. House and/or the U.S. Senate.)
https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/01/trump-eeoc-gets-settlement-muslim-security-guard-discriminated-co-s-grooming-policy/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Three Reasons the Left Wants Ever More Immigrants – Dennis Prager (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, because immigrants overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, Democrats want to give immediate U.S. citizenship to ANYONE who promises to vote for Democrats.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455887/democrats-immigration-policy-even-more

 

THE HILL
— If Dreamers get a deal, it will be because of Trump, not Schumer – NOLAN RAPPAPORT
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/371380-if-dreamers-get-a-deal-it-will-be-because-of-trump-not-schumer

 

REUTERS
— #MeToo movement puts pressure on U.S. banks to disclose diversity data – Ross Kerber (DIERSEN: The federal government has always been under far more pressure than any other employer to meet Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, that is, the federal government has always been under far more pressure than other employers a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Because of the aforesaid, extremely few federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-financials-diversity/metoo-movement-puts-pressure-on-u-s-banks-to-disclose-diversity-data-idUSKBN1FJ2WF

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Bill to evade President Trump’s tax overhaul gets watered down – LIAM DILLON
https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-legislation-to-help-californians-evade-1517344326-htmlstory.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A bid to help Californians dodge the effects of President Trump’s tax plan has gotten a little less generous. State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) has changed his bill allowing those who donate to a new state-run nonprofit to receive relief on both their state and federal taxes. In the new version of the bill, those who give to the nonprofit will reduce their state income taxes by 85% of the donation plus receive a federal charitable deduction. Previously, De León was aiming to provide a dollar-for-dollar reduction in state taxes for those who donated. But tax law experts working on the bill with De León worried that amount could cause the federal Internal Revenue Service to crack down on the plan, and advised that a lower percentage was more legally defensible. “The proposed 85% tax credit … will give Californians the opportunity to fund programs they care deeply about while at the same time shielding them from some of the most egregious elements of Trump’s tax reform plan,” De León said in a statement. De León, who also is running for U.S. Senate, introduced his bill after Trump and the GOP-led Congress passed a federal tax overhaul that capped state and local tax deductions at $10,000, an amount that disproportionately affects high-tax states like California. De León’s measure aims to allow Californians who previously used the state and local tax deduction — primarily single- and joint-filers reporting annual incomes of $100,000 or more — to instead take advantage of the charitable deduction.)

 

NEWSWEEK
— GOOD-LOOKING PEOPLE TEND TO VOTE REPUBLICAN BECAUSE THEY’VE HAD EASIER LIVES, SAYS STUDY – DANA DOVEY
http://www.newsweek.com/attractive-people-vote-democrat-republican-easier-lives-study-794966

 

FORBES
— 10 Cars Owners Keep 10 Years Or More – Jim Gorzelany (DIERSEN: I have owned my 1972 Corvette since 1971, my 1996 Thunderbird LX since 1995, my 2003 Cavalier since 2010, my 2005 Corvette since 2005, my 2013 Charger R/T since 2012, and my 2016 Mustang since 2016.)
http://www3.forbes.com/business/10-cars-owners-keep-10-years-or-more/

 

REASON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries oppose E-Verify? ANSWER: Those that are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and/or anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://reason.com/blog/2018/01/30/national-id-by-any-other-name-still-stin

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote “celebrities” who are “protesting at Trump’s State of the Union.”
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/jan/30/how-celebrities-are-protesting-trumps-state-of-the-union

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: If you are a Republican in Illinois, are the following legitimate reasons to NOT support a Republican candidate in a primary election? – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com
— The candidate lacks education, experience, professional certifications, etc. needed for the office sought
— The candidate’s opponent(s) is doing better in the polls
— The candidate’s opponent(s) has more money
— You believe the candidate’s opponent(s) has a better chance of winning in the general election
— You believe that the candidate has little or no chance of winning in the general election
— The candidate rejects planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform
— The candidate has said and/or done things that hint/imply/argue/shout that the candidate does not want your support
— Those who the candidate support and/or those who support the candidate have said and/or done things that hint/imply/argue/shout that the candidate does not want your support
— The candidate, those who the candidate supports, and/or those who the support the candidate hint/imply/argue/shout that they have a low opinion of you and/or those who share your demographics, values, priorities, etc.
— The candidate, those who the candidate supports, and/or those who the support the candidate demonize, denigrate, and condemn you and others who they cannot manipulate/dominate
— The candidate, those who the candidate supports, and/or those who the support the candidate have threatened you if you support the candidate’s opponent(s)

 

My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that any Republican candidate who I might support in contested Republican primary election is “too conservative” to win in the general election, and therefore, no Republican candidate should seek or accept my support in a contested Republican primary election.

January 30 Morning Edition

BREITBART
— Conservative Jeanne Ives Gets Massive Fundraising Boost in Illinois Governor’s Race – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/30/conservative-jeanne-ives-gets-massive-fundraising-boost-illinois-governors-race/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservative State Representative Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) received a massive donation on Monday from Lake Forest businessman Richard Uihlein, who formerly backed incumbent Republican Governor Bruce Rauner. Crain’s Chicago Business reports that Uihlein wrote Ives’s insurgent campaign a $500,000 check, giving it a boost even as Rauner attempts to look past the March 20 primary and towards likely Democratic nominee J.B. Pritzker. Uihlen’s defection from Rauner may also be a sign of things to come among conservative voters, who may be attracted to a strong alternative. Rauner won in 2014 on an agenda of reform, but has failed to deliver. He vetoed a tax increase by was overridden by the state’s Democrat-dominated legislature. Worse, from a conservative point of view, he broke a key pledge and signed a law expanding state funding of abortions. He also signed legislation making Illinois a “sanctuary state.” Ives is a solid conservative who graduated from West Point and served overseas in the U.S. Army. Her only political weakness is her lack of name recognition outside of her district in the western suburbs of Chicago. She trails Rauner by a wide margin in early polls. However, as Crain’s notes, having a sizable campaign war chest will help her advertise. Recently, Ives told Breitbart News: “Any time conservative voters know that there’s an opponent to Bruce Rauner, they’re motivated to come to the polls and work for me and vote for me. And that’s because my record is one of conservatism, and they are very upset at sanctuary policies, taxpayer funding of abortion, junk science on transgender issues, [and] bailing out Chicago schools with our school money.” Pritzker, like Rauner, is a billionaire with little prior formal political experience, although he has close ties to the state’s Democratic Party establishment.)

 

ABC7
— Republican gubernatorial candidates Rauner, Ives face off in debate – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/republican-gubernatorial-candidates-face-off-in-debate/3004190/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote those who boycott Trump. Who leads boycotts in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage, and in Illinois who have had the most success in leading boycotts against individuals, against organizations (including TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois), against companies, and against governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/list-of-illinois-democrats-boycotting-trumps-first-state-of-the-union-grows/3005051/

 

NBC5
— Rauner, Ives Get Heated in Sole Meeting Before the Republican Primary – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/bruce-rauner-jeanne-ives-tribune-endorsement-session-471701764.html

 

CBS2
— Lawmaker Ives Takes Shot At Gov. Rauner During Debate
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-wbbmtv/3800868-lawmaker-takes-shot-at-gov-rauner-during-debate/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ives crushes Rauner in Tribune governor debate – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-rauner-ives-kass-0130-story.html
— Ives vs. Rauner: It’s on. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-governor-rauner-ives-primary-20180129-story.html
— Stroger, Acevedo booted from ballot – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-russia-voter-data-20180130-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Durbin bringing Loyola Dreamer to State of the Union. Ever-increasingly, Democrats put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and its citizens.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/durbin-attending-state-of-union-to-respect-presidency-bringing-loyola-dreamer/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote those who boycott Trump. Who leads boycotts in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage, and in Illinois who have had the most success in leading boycotts against individuals, against organizations (including TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois), against companies, and against governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trumps-state-of-the-union-guests-boycotters-tell-another-story/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF IVES AND RAUNER: How the suburbs could decide the Rauner, Ives primary – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: According to this article, DuPage County leaders who support Rauner over Ives said “I suspect there are some single-issue Republicans that will (endorse Ives) as well, but mainstream Republicans are behind Rauner all the way” and “the talk on the street is he’ll beat Jeanne and Jeanne will pick up that hard-core base.” Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform. In Illinois, if you state that you are Republican, but you fail/refuse to defend/advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, you are not a Republican, you are a RINO, a Democrat plant, a Libertarian plant, or a Green plant. You should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office in Illinois as a Republican. Those who can/will defend/advance the IRP platform endorse Ives. Those who state that they are Republican, but fail/refuse to defend/advance the IRP platform endorse Rauner. I served on the 2008 IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee. The IRP’s 2012 and 2016 platforms are little changed from IRP’s 2008 platform. Needless-to-say, I want to serve on IRP’s 2020 Platform and Resolutions Committee. If Rauner wins the primary election, to win the general election, he will have to stress the planks in the IRP platform that he rejects, that is, he will have to destroy the IRP. Most commonly, RINOs, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, and Green plants reject the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks. Most commonly, they promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things. Most commonly, they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180130/how-the-suburbs-could-decide-the-rauner-ives-primary
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Jeanne Ives’ candidacy continues to roil Republicans as many in the GOP establishment embrace Gov. Bruce Rauner as their best hope in the general election, while conservatives dig in for the challenger in the March 20 primary. And if recent events are any indication, much of the battle will be fought in the suburbs. At a Rauner pep rally with DuPage County GOP leaders a week ago, some Republicans admitted to angst over how Ives, a social conservative from Wheaton, is splitting the party, although Rauner didn’t even mention her name. Instead, he said the real threat will come from Democrats in the November general election. “We can’t have Mike Madigan and J.B. Pritzker in total control,” Rauner said, referring to Illinois’ powerful House speaker and the Hyatt hotel heir who is one of six Democratic contenders for governor. Meanwhile, an undeterred Ives took the podium at Chicago’s Union League Club last week with her own posse of seven elected officials who back her candidacy. “It is unprecedented to have legislators in open revolt against the governor of their own party,” Ives said. The endorsement throwdown ramped up at Rauner’s event in Naperville, where DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin told party members in a private meeting “we’ve got to stick together” to re-elect the governor. “Nobody likes a primary,” Cronin said later. “We can ill afford to fight among ourselves.” Backing Rauner were 14 local mayors, countywide elected officials and four state senators and representatives. But not everyone’s on that bandwagon. While Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico hosted Rauner last week, two days later Naperville Township Assessor Warren Dixon was among those backing Ives. Likewise, state lawmakers Patti Bellock and (Peter) Breen represent neighboring districts in eastern DuPage County. She came out for Rauner and he for Ives. Said Chirico: “I suspect there are some single-issue Republicans that will (endorse Ives) as well, but mainstream Republicans are behind Rauner all the way. In my view, Gov. Rauner has the only realistic chance of winning as a Republican in the general election.” Breen, a Lombard state representative, said “our country was founded on a tradition of vigorous public debate. For these reasons, I’d respectfully contend that the greater good is best served by an open, robust contest for the Republican nomination for governor.” Ives has made some headway in Cook County with an endorsement by the Republicans of Wheeling Township organization. Rather than seeing Ives as a quixotic choice, Wheeling Township Committeeman Ruth O’Connell thinks Rauner “hasn’t accomplished anything” and Ives “has the better chance.” Ives’ opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage won’t sit well with the majority of Republicans in Cook and DuPage counties who are “strong fiscal conservatives and social moderates,” countered Aaron Del Mar, Cook County Republican Central Committee deputy chairman. Ives’ opposition to sanctuary cities also means Hispanic Republicans are with the incumbent, Northfield banker and Republican Joseph Gomez predicted. On the fiscal side, “there’s no doubt the Republican business community will be with Rauner,” Gomez said. The Cook County Central Committee votes on endorsements Feb. 5. “We’re the battleground,” Del Mar said. “I think (Ives will) do well in conservative areas and downstate. It will be uphill in Cook and DuPage.” Cook County lawmaker Tom Morrison of Palatine disagrees. “Consider the numbers of Republican congressmen and General Assembly members who are staying on the fence or actively speaking up for Rep. Ives,” he said. “By his own policy decisions, Bruce Rauner is a man without the base of support he needs to win in a general election.” Just-retired Addison Township Republican Chairman Pat Durante was shaken by Rauner’s signing a bill allowing for Medicaid to be used for abortions. But the veteran political observer said “the talk on the street is he’ll beat Jeanne and Jeanne will pick up that hard-core base.” Could Ives beat the odds? “Sure,” Durante said, “but she’ll need more money and the base needs to work for her.”)
— Ives’ campaign gets $500,000 from former Rauner supporter – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180130/ives-campaign-gets-500000-from-former-rauner-supporter

 

WTTW
— Rauner, Ives Get Heated in Only Primary Matchup – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/01/29/rauner-ives-get-heated-only-primary-matchup

 

WBEZ
— Activists: Gang Database Disproportionately Targets Young Men Of Color – Odette Yousef (DIERSEN: How many old White men do you know of who are members of street gangs in Chicago?)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/npr/activists-gang-database-disproportionately-targets-young-men-of-color/693f6b8b-4252-48b8-9812-5d461c99e86a

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Ives attacks Rauner on ‘trust’ over abortion, immigration – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180129/ives-attacks-rauner-on-trust-over-abortion-immigration
— Springfield’s City Water, Light and Power utility questions request to double level of chlorine concentration in water – Crystal Thomas
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180130/cwlp-questions-request-to-double-level-of-chlorine-concentration-in-water
— Springfield making effort to cut back on road salt use – Crystal Thomas
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180129/springfield-making-effort-to-cut-back-on-road-salt-use

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— In heavily Republican 15th District, consensus hard to find among Trump voters – Adalberto Toledo
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-01-30/heavily-republican-15th-district-consensus-hard-find-among-trump-voters.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois lawmakers seek feedback on legal marijuana – DEREK BEIGH (DIERSEN FEEDBACK: Marijuana is destruction.)
http://herald-review.com/news/local/state-and-regional/illinois-lawmakers-seek-feedback-on-legal-marijuana/article_ea0a17e2-1ade-54a1-98df-53874fd77c9f.html

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Ives attacks Rauner on ‘trust’ over abortion, immigration – AP
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/state-and-regional/ives-attacks-rauner-on-trust-over-abortion-immigration/article_543a8062-81e5-5f59-aef8-53317790cbad.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Analyst Jak Tichenor Predicts Little Action from Lawmakers in an Election Year – JENNIFER FULLER
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/analyst-predicts-little-action-lawmakers-election-year#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— New TV talker Christie says Trump shouldn’t sit with Mueller
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/former-new-jersey-gov-chris-christie-hired-by-abc-news/945378961

 

CHICAGO READER
— Jeanne Ives says Bruce Rauner has ‘betrayed’ Republicans, and other Chicago news – Kate Shepherd
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/01/29/jeanne-ives-says-bruce-rauner-has-betrayed-republicans-and-other-chicago-news

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w State Rep. Skillicorn on the 2018 IL Gov Democratic and Republican Party Primaries
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/01/watch-berkowitz-w-state-rep-skillicorn-on-the-2018-il-gov-democratic-and-republican-party-primaries-cable-web/

 

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Undocumented Loyola Medical Student to Join Durbin at State of the Union – Christopher Hacker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and its citizens.)
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2018/01/undocumented-loyola-medical-student-join-durbin-state-union/

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— 14 REFERENDUMS ON MARCH 20 PRIMARY BALLOTS IN KANE COUNTY
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/01/14-referendums-on-march-20-primary-ballots-in-kane-county/


— KANE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE HOSTS ‘PASSPORT DAY’ SATURDAY, FEB. 3 (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I have no desire to visit any foreign countries. Anti-Trumps have been extremely successful getting foreign countries and their citizens to hate those who share my demographics. Anti-Trumps have had great success in convincing foreign countries and their citizens to view those who share my demographics as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/01/kane-county-clerks-office-hosts-passport-day-saturday-feb-3/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Riverdale, Park Forest, Harvey have highest effective property tax rates in Cook County (DIERSEN: What is the effective property tax rate for your home and for the homes in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? How much clout do you have to bring those rates down? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted me to pay more real estate tax.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511319424-analysis-riverdale-park-forest-harvey-have-highest-effective-property-tax-rates-in-cook-county

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Republican candidates for governor clash, struggle to answer who’d get things done – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/republican-candidates-for-governor-clash-struggle-to-answer-who-d/article_a209a81c-0523-11e8-9c74-db60681d92c2.html

— Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti: Name change could make Asian carp more appetizing – Benjamin Yount (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? How successful have those who despise/hate those who share your demographics been in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning your demographics? Should those who share demonized, denigrated, and condemned demographics consider changing the names of their demographics? Members of Group A have had tremendous success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/outdoorsenvironment/lt-gov-name-change-could-make-asian-carp-more-appetizing/article_bdc441f0-0511-11e8-8577-3f35a39489d3.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— THANK YOU FOR SMOKING: ILLINOIS’ CIGARETTE TAXES FOURTH-HIGHEST IN THE MIDWEST – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/thank-you-for-smoking-illinois-cigarette-taxes-fourth-highest-in-the-midwest/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Thanks to the Tribune Editorial Board, we had at least one chance to see Ives and Rauner side by side. Rauner has not signed on to any other debates with Ives and when directly pressed on that issue, he would only repeat that he was debating her right then and there. – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: Who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county is leading the effort to defeat Ives/Morthland and to elect Rauner/Sanguinetti in the March 20 Republican primary? What are their marching orders? How much money has Rauner, that is, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), paid them so far? Conversely, who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county is leading the effort to defeat Rauner/Sanguinetti and to elect Ives/Morthland in the March 20 Republican primary? What are their marching orders? How much money have Ives supporters paid them so far? Because I support the IRP platform, I am presumed to be an Ives supporter. I should write a book about Ives supporters who do not want me to support Ives. They stress my demographic negatives, namely, that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (69), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, I was a union member for almost 12 years, I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I have been a federal retiree for more than 20 years, etc. They stress that they cannot manipulate or dominate me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that because no one supports me, I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/01/30/ives-gop-primary-come-alive-sotu-boycott-expands-sun-times-probes-roeper-twitter-followers-241294

 

BGA
— HOW HANDS OFF HAS RAUNER BEEN WITH HIS INVESTMENTS? – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
https://www.bettergov.org/news/fact-check-how-hands-off-has-rauner-been-with-his-investments

 

GOPUSA
— ‘Dreamers’ arrested, charged with smuggling illegal immigrants
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38137
— Justice Ginsburg, 84, plans to work for years but will skip Trump’s speech
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38056

 

DAILY CALLER
— Everything Is Racist — DACA Deal Edition – Scott Greer (DIERSEN: Democrats only want immigrants who will vote for Democrats; overwhelmingly, minorities and women vote for Democrats. RINOs only want immigrants who will work or less money; overwhelmingly. minorities and women will work for less money.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/30/racist-nyt-daca-deal-douthat/

 

BLAZE
— Democrat Senator is outraged at Trump’s sexism – but changes tune when Bill Clinton is mentioned – Carlos Garcia (DIERSEN: Democrats always want everyone to hold Republicans to much higher standards.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/29/dem-senator-is-outraged-at-trumps-sexism-but-changes-tune-when-bill-clinton-is-mentioned

 

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
— Time to Reshape the Federal Bureaucracy: A Call for Civil Service Reform (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. 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 e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://americansforprosperity.org/time-reshape-federal-bureaucracy-call-civil-service-reform/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Bruce Rauner Brings Educational Freedom to Illinois Families – Jeb Bush (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod. But my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who are anti-Protestant and/or anti-German American, have always used that against me.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455879/school-choice-victory-illinois

 

THE HILL
— Dems boycotting Trump’s State of the Union – CRISTINA MARCOS (DIERSEN: Who leads boycotts in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage, and in Illinois who have had the most success in leading boycotts against individuals, against organizations (including TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois), against companies, and against governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/371312-whip-list-dems-boycotting-trumps-state-of-the-union
— Democrats block 20-week abortion ban – JESSIE HELLMANN
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/371269-dems-block-20-week-abortion-ban

 

CNN
— These Democrats plan to boycott Trump’s State of the Union address – Sophie Tatum (DIERSEN: Who leads boycotts in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage, and in Illinois who have had the most success in leading boycotts against individuals, against organizations (including TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois), against companies, and against governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/state-of-the-union-congress-members-not-going/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Lawmakers sending their own messages during Trump’s speech – AP (DIERSEN: What message will your Republican Congressman send at the State of the Union?)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Lawmakers-sending-their-own-messages-during-12535394.php

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Are Republicans Ready to Join a Third Party? Conservatives are willing to leave the G.O.P. They just need a candidate. – Juleanna Glover (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those “Republicans” in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have worked the hardest to drive conservatives out of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc.?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/opinion/republicans-third-party-.html
— The State of the Union Is … Misspelled – Maggie Astor
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/us/politics/state-union-ticket-typo.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/opinion/east-germany-immigration-usa.html
— In Age of Trump, Political Reporters Are in Demand and Under Attack – Michael M. Grynbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/business/media/media-trump.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— McConnell hits Pelosi for ‘racial invective’ on immigration – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to curry favor with anti-Whites, anti-Trumps paint themselves as being anti-White.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/mcconnell-slams-pelosi-for-racial-invective-on-immigration/2018/01/29/f419549a-0550-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF MCCABE: FBI Deputy Chief Steps Down After Trump Criticism – Aruna Viswanatha and Del Quentin Wilber (DIERSEN: Who criticizes you and for what? Civil Service protections discouraged my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government from openly criticizing me because I am Republican, conservative, Protestant, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, etc. So instead, they criticized my job performance, my intelligence, my judgment, my motives, my accomplishments, my etc. They were especially furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-deputy-director-andrew-mccabe-to-step-down-1517249397
— FRONT PAGE WITH TWO GRAPHICS: With Stocks Surging, Americans Are Saving at 12-Year Low Shift away from saving could leave consumers exposed if stocks or other assets take a sudden turn for the worse – Harriet Torry (DIERSEN: What stopped you from saving more money for your retirement? My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, c) did not promote me beyond GS-13, d) got rid of my mentor in 1987, e) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and f) forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) did not promote me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, c) got rid of my mentor in 1975, and d) disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) forced me resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-consumer-spending-rises-in-december-as-incomes-improve-1517233281
— The War on Grades Deserves to Fail New assessments make it almost impossible to compare schools. – Jennifer C. Braceras (DIERSEN: What grades did you get? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious that I got good enough grades to be in the top 20% of my high school class in 1966, to earn a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970, to earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-war-on-grades-deserves-to-fail-1517270391

 

USA TODAY
— State of the Union: The Democratic boycott list grows – Nicole Gaudiano (DIERSEN: Who leads boycotts in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage, and in Illinois who have had the most success in leading boycotts against individuals, against organizations (including TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois), against companies, and against governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/01/29/state-union-democratic-boycott-list-grows/1076134001/

 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Young immigrants who can’t afford lawyer will have to go without, court says – Bob Egelko (DIERSEN: Have you ever filed a lawsuit? I should write a book about the lawsuits in which I represented myself. They include Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange. SEE: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1385001.html)
https://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Young-immigrants-who-can-t-afford-lawyer-will-12534763.php

 

NPR
— Why The Federal Workforce Morale Is At An All-Time Low – BRIAN NAYLOR (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, morale was always low, especially for its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://kcur.org/post/why-federal-workforce-morale-all-time-low#stream/0

 

TIME
— These Democrats Are Bringing ‘Dreamers’ to President Trump’s State of the Union Address – KATIE REILLY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and its citizens.)
http://time.com/5123287/state-union-daca-dreamers-democrat-guests/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps crow over their success in getting women to hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinron), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.newsweek.com/womens-march-donald-trump-2018-midterms-794559
— TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS: THE DEMOCRAT LAWMAKERS BOYCOTTING SPEECH – CHANTAL DA SILVA (DIERSEN: Who leads boycotts in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage, and in Illinois who have had the most success in leading boycotts against individuals, against organizations (including TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois), against companies, and against governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.newsweek.com/trumps-state-union-address-democrat-lawmakers-boycott-794840

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trumps says “Trump Keeps Throwing Tantrums When He Remembers He Isn’t a Dictator.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/trump-keeps-getting-mad-when-he-realizes-he-isnt-a-dictator.html

 

VAULT
— 5 Ways to Tell If Your Job Is Hurting Your Health – Annamarie Houlis (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors made it clear to me that if I did not take their early retirement “offer,” they would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
http://www.vault.com/blog/workplace-issues/5-ways-to-tell-if-your-job-is-bad-for-your-health

 

TRUTHOUT
— When It Comes to Elections, There Are More Options Than Endorsing a Candidate – Page May and B. Loewe (DIERSEN: Are/were you an incumbent? I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. I should write a book about those who succeeded in getting rid of me, the strategies and tactics that they used, who came to my defense, and who failed/refused to come to my defense.)
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/43348-when-it-comes-to-elections-there-are-more-options-than-endorsing-a-candidate

(FROM THE ARTICLE: To beat these incumbents took a variety of tactics, and the victories are in no way ours alone to claim. In both races, multiple local efforts formed sometimes intersecting and sometimes divergent forces aimed at taking down the incumbents. In Chicago, some groups focused on traditional phone and door-knocking outreach tactics on behalf of Alvarez’s challenger Kim Foxx. In Arizona, an organization received funding to send mailers targeting Republican voters to convince them that challenger Paul Penzone would do a better job at keeping them safer than his opponent. In contrast, each of us put our energies into grassroots campaigns that did not endorse anyone in the race. Instead, the #ByeAnita and #BaztaArpaio campaigns framed the races as watermark moments and motivated voters to set an example by taking down the incumbents for their racist behaviors. In these times, voters — especially voters of color — are cynical. (More eligible voters sat out the 2016 election, despite the stakes, than cast a ballot.) We would attribute this low turnout not only to extensive voter suppression efforts by the GOP, but also to decades of promises from Democrats who either fail to fulfill those promises, or campaign with the assumption that voters of color are a captive base. It’s created a broad disenchantment that any challenger has a hard time overcoming. Some candidates address this by continuing to count out or ignore segments of voters who are seen as notoriously hard to mobilize. Instead, they focus their efforts to tilt the turnout needle in their direction, aiming their messaging strictly at “high efficacy” or “reliable” voters. (Ironically, these “reliable” constituents are narrowly defined as people who have a history of turning out to vote in presidential and midterm elections. It isn’t defined as the Black women who reliably vote for Democrats at a much higher margin than any other demographic.) Others set up town halls and forums to get to know the candidates, particularly when they are lesser known than the incumbents.)

January 28 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump wants Jay-Z to know black jobless rate at record low – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-wants-jay-z-to-know-black-jobless-rate-at-record-low/3000198/
— In State of Union, Trump to make case that America is back – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/what-to-expect-during-trumps-state-of-the-union/3000144/

 

NBC5
— #MeToo Movement Starting to Show Generational Divides Baby Boomer women “took it for granted they wouldn’t be heard” by men, especially in sexual situations – David Crary and Tamara Lush
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Me-Too-Movement-Starting-Generational-Divides-471543283.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump trades barbs with Jay-Z over remarks on African-American unemployment
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/trump-trades-barbs-with-jay-z-over-remarks-on-african-american-unemployment

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump expected to tout infrastructure plan this week, but funding remains murky – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/wisniewski/ct-met-trump-infrastructure-getting-around-20180124-story.html
— Trump says he rejects feminism because he is ‘for everyone’ – Eugene Scott (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion laws, regulations, rules, policies, procedures, etc. require everyone in America to give preference to those who are minority and/or female, that is, to discriminate against those who are White and/or male. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of those who are Republican, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Of course, the aforesaid encourages minorities and females a) to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring other minorities and females to America illegally. What percent of those who are in America illegally are minority and/or female – 97%, 98%, 99%?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-feminism-20180128-story.html
— State Sen. Silverstein should stay on March ballot, election official says – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-ira-silverstein-ballot-20180128-story.html
— Two Republicans vie to represent Lake County’s 3rd District – Emily K. Coleman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-lake-county-board-3rd-primary-st-0127-20180128-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Celebrity chef provides “no further details” on Ivanka Trump alleged party snub (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at everyone that if I include a link to an article in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email that you do not like, it is because I am snubbing you.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/celebrity-chef-jose-andres-ivanka-trump-afterparty/

 

WGN RADIO
— McSweeney: IL Needs To See A Detailed Budget
http://wgnradio.com/2018/01/28/il-needs-to-see-a-detailed-budget/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Delaying retirement can have remarkable benefits – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: My $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of my $125,325/year ending salary in today’s dollars a) because my Democrat GAO superiors had refused to promote me beyond GS-13, b) because they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and c) because I succumbed to their efforts to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I would not again be eligible to retire until I was 55 years old in 2003. They had made it very clear to me that if did not take their early retirement “offer” that expired on September 30, 1997, they would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180128/analysis-delaying-retirement-can-have-remarkable-benefits
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You’re 49 years old, you make $113,000 a year and you’re starting to get worried about financing your retirement. You could take the drastic step of upping your retirement savings by 10 percent of your salary. Or you could achieve the same result by retiring two years and five months later than you had been planning to. This is one of a number of such comparisons in a remarkable new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, “The Power of Working Longer,” that I imagine is going to become a staple of retirement advice in the coming years. . .The basic result is that delaying retirement by 3-6 months has the same impact on the retirement standard of living as saving an additional one-percentage point of labor earnings for 30 years. The working-longer effect is strongest for those with the lowest incomes.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Hundreds march in Springfield to share pro-life message – Jason Nevel
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180128/hundreds-march-in-springfield-to-share-pro-life-message

 

SOUTHERN
— All eyes on Gov. Rauner as Wednesday’s State of the State address quickly approaches – DEREK BEIGH
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/all-eyes-on-gov-rauner-as-wednesday-s-state-of/article_27310da0-77c3-54ff-9d69-4e498c41f740.html
— Illinois 200: Through many decades of challenges, newspapers remain strong voice for information, democracy- TARA MCCLELLAN MCANDREW (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 to a) stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stop everyone from reading those emails.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/illinois-through-many-decades-of-challenges-newspapers-remain-strong-voice/article_26b890fe-6247-52f0-88a2-21f5b224582e.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Bruce Rauner, attorney general hopeful Erika Harold to appear at Stark County event – Gary L. Smith
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180128/bruce-rauner-attorney-general-hopeful-erika-harold-to-appear-at-stark-county-event

 

HERALD NEWS
— Despite regulations, video gambling provides benefits for some local businesses – ALEX ORTI (DIERSEN: If you promote video gambling, you promote destruction.)
http://www.theherald-news.com/lists/2018/01/28/6fc00521fe2c4581801d4049daae0161/index.xml

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries oppose the wall? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://nprillinois.org/post/former-mexican-president-vicente-fox-trump-and-false-prophets#stream/0

 

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s Why Trump’s Offering Amnesty To 1.8 Million Illegal Immigrants – SAAGAR ENJETI
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/28/trump-offers-amnesty-1-8-million-illegal-immigrants/

 

THE HILL
— GOP goes on offense with 20-week abortion vote – JESSIE HELLMANN
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/370992-gop-goes-on-offense-with-20-week-abortion-vote?rnd=1517136487

 

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Dreamers reject White House immigration framework for restricting family-based migration.”
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dreamers-reject-white-house-immigration-framework-restricting-family/story?id=52652720

 

NBC NEWS
— Millions of ex-cons lost their right to vote. Now they might get it back. – JANE C. TIMM (DIERSEN: What percent of criminals vote for Democrats?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/felony-disenfranchisement-bars-millions-voting-might-be-about-change-n841566
— Poll: Americans want government to “do more” – DANTE CHINNI (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants government to do more? ANSWER: Those who promote class warfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft dodgers (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/poll-americans-want-government-do-more-n841731

January 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New Naperville Park District budget includes property tax, fee increases – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-park-district-budget-st-0128-20180126-story.html
— Socially responsible investing gets a Trump bump – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps invest in companies that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-socially-responsible-investing-20180125-story.html
— Bye, bye, boomers — banks are looking toward millennials – Terry Savage
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201801232133–tms–savagectnts-a20180123-20180123-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The Trump economy is no great success.” How does the Trump economy help retired people? Interest rates continue to be far below inflation. Retirement savings in fixed income accounts continue to lose purchasing power.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-economy-growth-jobs-128-20180126-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Vallas mayoral bid would shine light on his record. Potential challenger to Emanuel has liabilities as well as experience. — Bill Ruthhart, John Byrne and Patrick M. O’Connell (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, what would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that even though I have been an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000, those who continue to dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) have never asked me to be an MTRCC committee chairman let alone a MTRCC officer. They would stress that they rudely dumped me as MTRCC webmaster in 2004 and 2010. They would stress that I got only 13 votes when I ran for MTRCC Treasurer in 2004. They would stress their success a) in closing a nearby polling place that served my precinct and b) in gerrymandering my precinct. They would stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They would stress the activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who could/should have come to my defense, but failed/refused to do so. They would stress that they blame me for all the problems that MTRCC has had, is having, and will have. They would stress that they blame me for all the problems that they have, that you have, that I have, and that everyone has. They reject most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform. They reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-paul-vallas-rahm-emanuel-mayor-challenge-20180126-story.html
— Military service isn’t required for public office – Paul Bloustein, Cincinnati, Ohio (DIERSEN: What does Duckworth think of you and what does she think of those who share your demographics? From what I see, she wants to get rid of me and she wants to get rid of those who share my demographics.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-duckworth-trump-draft-military-20180126-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois recent labeled President Donald Trump a draft dodger and implied that not serving in the military renders one incapable of insight on budgetary matters related to the Defense Department. Yes, Trump was deferred from military service when we had a draft, as were erstwhile President Bill Clinton and Vice President Dick Cheney. Our immediate past president, also from the Land of Lincoln, chose not to serve. Does Duckworth believe then that we should amend the Constitution so that only presidents who have worn the uniform can bear the commander-in-chief title? Animus directed at the orange-maned man in the Oval Office has reached manic proportions when senators can make ad hominem statements in lieu of addressing the issue of the moment. Duckworth may curry favor with other sufferers of Trump Distemper with her intemperate and illogical insults, but she leaves this disabled military veteran who did not vote for Trump displeased.)
— ‘Saturday Night Live’: Will Ferrell reprises George W. Bush to skewer Trump – Debra Birnbaum
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-snl-will-ferrell-20180128-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Amid turmoil, Trump seeking a reset with State of the Union – AP (DIERSEN: How disrespectful do you anticipate that the anti-Trumps will be during the State of the Union?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/amid-turmoil-trump-seeking-a-reset-with-state-of-the-union/
— To get at reasons for street crime, we need to look at black youth unemployment – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: Did you get jobs and promotions that young Blacks should have gotten? Do you agree with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a young Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a young Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a young Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted young Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a young Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a young Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a young Black could have my job and my preferred corner office?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/to-get-at-reasons-for-street-crime-we-need-to-look-at-black-youth-unemployment/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Opioid antidote saves lives, but overdose survivors still need help. Dr. Dipul Patadia says naloxone might save overdose patients from dying, but it doesn’t cure their addiction. – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180127/opioid-antidote-saves-lives-but-overdose-survivors-still-need-help
— Kochs to spend $20 million to promote tax overhaul – AP (DIERSEN: What do the Kochs say to those undeservedly filthy rich retired people who pay more than $10,000 a year in real estate taxes and state income tax?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180127/business/301279858/
— Blue states’ tax workarounds could mean $154B lost to Treasury – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will those who promote the Republican tax bill demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who pay more than $10,000 a year in real estate and state income tax as being undeservedly filthy rich people who should pay more federal income tax?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180128/blue-states-tax-workarounds-could-mean-154b-lost-to-treasury

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Catholic bishops side with AFSCME in Supreme Court case – JACK JENKINS
http://www.sj-r.com/entertainmentlife/20180127/catholic-bishops-side-with-afscme-in-supreme-court-case
— Most governor candidates favor new tax system – AP (DIERSEN: “New tax system” is code for making everyone pay more taxes and especially those who have more income.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180127/most-governor-candidates-favor-new-tax-system
— Here’s hoping for a sense of decorum at this week’s speeches – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180127/our-view-heres-hoping-for-sense-of-decorum-at-this-weeks-speeches
— Renewed focus on bipartisanship from both sides necessary for country to move forward – Rodney Davis (DIERSEN: Bipartisanship always harms Republicans because Republican elected officials fail/refuse to defend/advance the Republican Party platform. That is why Trump got elected.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180127/rep-rodney-davis-renewed-focus-on-bipartisanship-from-both-sides-necessary-for-country-to-move-forward
— Daiber suggests taxing retirement income to help pay for pensions – Brenden Moore (DIERSEN: Since 1997, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been beyond furious that my Civil Service Retirement System pension, currently $51,864/year, is not subject to state income tax. Since 2010, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been beyond furious that my Social Security, currently $2,064/year, is not subject to state income tax.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180126/daiber-suggests-taxing-retirement-income-to-help-pay-for-pensions

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois among states on road to ruin – Editorial
http://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/illinois-among-states-on-road-to-ruin/article_73183291-e175-586f-a93b-ffba63786a39.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rauner faces hard year – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-rauner-faces-hard-year/article_ba792fda-acec-5f34-90f6-5c88c9553d60.html
— State of the State 2018: Governor or candidate? – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/state-of-the-state-governor-or-candidate/article_b531cd7b-068d-5d6d-837c-280d721f9c5b.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Mismanaged managed care – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-01-28/mismanaged-managed-care.html

 

MORTON TIMES NEWS
— Time for another State of the State. Try to remain calm – Doug Finke
http://www.mortontimesnews.com/news/20180127/statehouse-insider-time-for-another-state-of-state-try-to-remain-calm

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Women’s Heavy Disapproval Of Trump May Not Cut So Deep Against GOP In 2018 Midterms – DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN (DIERSEN: Ever increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at women and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/womens-heavy-disapproval-trump-may-not-cut-so-deep-against-gop-2018-midterms#stream/0
— State Of The Federal Workforce: Low – BRIAN NAYLOR (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, morale was always low, especially for its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/state-federal-workforce-low#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The past year has been a tough one for the federal workforce. There was a hiring freeze at many agencies. For three days earlier this month, there was a government shutdown, leaving many workers to wonder when their next paycheck would arrive. Now, as President Trump prepares his first State of the Union address, one issue he is expected to take up, if not there then in his soon-to-follow proposed budget for fiscal year 2019, is reorganizing the federal bureaucracy. It’s a prospect that many in the federal workforce are dreading. Already, the state of the federal workforce is described as low. Morale “is the lowest that I have ever seen it in my just shy of 40 years” being a federal employee and working with federal employees, said J.David Cox Sr., president of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents some 700,000 federal workers. Agencies, he says, are already short-staffed, with vacancies unfilled, and Cox worries pay will be frozen. “We are concerned,” Cox says, “because reorganization means let’s figure out a way to cut or do more with less and do away with services that the American people want.”)

 

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— LaBarbera, Mefferd Assail Millennial Conservative Guy Benson’s ‘Prager U’ Video Claim to Be ‘Gay Christian’
https://americansfortruth.com/2018/01/26/radio-labarbera-mefferd-assail-millennial-conservative-guy-bensons-prager-u-video-claim-to-be-gay-christian/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Why Illinois Needs a Spending Cap Spending has consistently outpaced state tax revenues in Illinois for more than a decade. To avoid future tax hikes, Illinois must impose real fiscal discipline on state lawmakers. – Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill, Joe Tabor
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/why-illinois-needs-a-spending-cap/

 

BREITBART
— Ronald Reagan’s Biggest Regret Was Granting Amnesty and Trusting Congress on Border Security – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2018/01/27/kelli-ward-ronald-reagans-biggest-regret-was-granting-amnesty-and-trusting-congress-on-border-security/

 

BLAZE
— Pelosi again says Republican tax cuts offer ‘crumbs’ for middle class workers – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: Are/were you a worker? I was a worker 1964-1997. One could argue that I did not become a middle class worker until 1986 when I got promoted to GS-13, currently $96,403/year.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/27/pelosi-again-says-republican-tax-cuts-offer-crumbs-for-middle-class-workers

 

DAILY CALLER
— D.C. Protesters Shut Down Streets — Have No Clue What They’re Protesting – Julia Nista
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/27/d-c-protesters-shut-down-streets-have-no-clue-what-theyre-protesting/

 

HOT AIR
— How DREAMers Came To Dominate U.S. Politics (DIERSEN: Democrats count on Dreamers to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/01/dreamers-came-dominate-u-s-politics/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Pelosi Tries to Extend $137,000 Tax Break for Two of Her Multi-Million-Dollar Homes Congress’s wealthiest woman plays the tax game too: Pelosi rushed to pre-pay property taxes after decrying GOP tax overhaul as middle-class tax hike and corporate giveaway – Susan Crabtree (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the definition of being undeservedly filthy rich will paying more than $10,000 a year in combined real estate taxes and state income taxes?)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-tries-extend-tax-break-two-multi-million-dollar-homes/
— CNN’s Jim Acosta Frustrated He Wasn’t Called on During White House Press Briefing – Haris Alic (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those a) who do not want me to know about their press conferences, b) who do not want me to attend their press conferences, c) who do not want me to ask questions at their press conferences, and d) who do not want me to report on their press conferences. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They are scapegoaters to be polite.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/cnns-jim-acosta-frustrated-wasnt-called-press-briefing/
— Wasserman Schultz Slams $1,000 Bonuses Due to Tax Reform, Says They Won’t Go ‘Very Far’ – Cameron Cawthorne (DIERSEN: $1,000 would not go very far at all to cover my out-of-pocket expenses (nine home delivery and internet access newspaper subscriptions, Constant Contact, ISP expenses, etc.) to put together send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails every morning and every evening.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/wasserman-schultz-slams-1000-bonuses-tax-reform-says-wont-go-far/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Male journalists love gender-based pay cut – Ed Straker
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/01/male_journalists_love_genderbased_pay_cut.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What is it that makes liberal journalists happy? Sexually harassing their coworkers? Creating fake news stories about Donald Trump? Pushing the liberal agenda day after day? Well, it turns out that what makes male journalists the happiest is a pay cut, at least at the BBC. The BBC said on Friday that it was reducing the salaries of several of its most prominent male journalists following Carrie Gracie’s decision this month to leave her position as the British broadcaster’s China editor to protest unequal pay between men and women at the organization. Among those receiving pay cuts are the presenters Jeremy Vine, Huw Edwards and John Humphrys. Mr. Vine described his decision to take a wage cut as a “no-brainer.”)

 

CBN NEWS
— How Much Do You Need To Retire? Learn how to Calculate your Retirement Income Needs (DIERSEN: My $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of ending salary of $125,325 in today’s dollars.)
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/finance/2018/january/how-much-do-you-need-to-retire-learn-how-to-calculate-your-retirement-income-needs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The next step is to determine what net annual income will be necessary upon retirement. The easiest method I have seen is simply to review a current pay stub and use the “net income” on the pay stub as a good starting point to know how much money is needed in retirement to maintain your lifestyle. I recommend this because some expenses may go up in retirement and some may go down. Many clients might not want to change their lifestyle in retirement, i.e., they want to live off the same income pre- and post-retirement. It’s all part of the discovery process, but I err on the side of overestimating these needs initially.)

 

THE HILL
— Republicans hope for calm amid storm at State of the Union – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: How disrespectful do you anticipate that the anti-Trumps will be during the State of the Union?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/371000-the-memo-republicans-hope-for-calm-amid-storm-at-state-of-the-union

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want criminals to vote.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/felony-disenfranchisement-bars-millions-voting-might-be-about-change-n841566

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Is Hollywood So Liberal? – Neil Gross
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/sunday/hollywood-liberal.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/opinion/sunday/trump-davos-speech.html
— Are Corporate Tax Cuts Raising Pay? Yes, for Bosses – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/corporate-tax-cuts-salaries.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Fox News host’s hyperbolic take on the ‘war’ between Trump and the press – Margaret Sullivan (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who has been at war against GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000? ANSWER: Those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/fox-news-hosts-hyperbolic-take-on-the-war-between-trump-and-the-press/2018/01/25/264f8eba-0156-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTICLE TITLE: Advocates petitioning to allow use of food stamps to feed pets – Caitlin Dewey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/01/23/the-surprising-argument-for-extending-food-stamps-to-pets/?utm_term=.8d47c5a5c3be

 

USA TODAY
— Too much in retirement savings? Not possible – Peter Dunn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/columnist/2018/01/27/pete-planner-too-much-retirement-savings-not-possible/1035009001/

 

NEWS & OBSERVER
— Is Trump in ‘love’ with Dreamers again? – Editorial
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article196876709.html

 

CPA JOURNAL
— FROM THE ARTICLE: The Conference Committee adopted the seven-bracket approach of the Senate bill and adopted rates ranging from 10% on taxable income not over $9,525 for individuals ($19,050 for married couples filing jointly (MFJ) to a maximum of 37% for taxable income over $500,000 for individuals ($600,000 for MFJ). The Conference Committee bill therefore imposes a marriage penalty on married couples filing jointly. (DIERSEN: My wife and I have been paying the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978.)
https://www.cpajournal.com/2018/01/22/tax-act-first-look-complex-new-world-qualified-business-deduction-rule/

January 27 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump legislators who invite anti-Trumps to attend Trump’s State of the Union Address.  Anti-Trumps promote class warfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps call Trump and his supporter White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/state-of-the-union-guests-hope-presence-will-make-impact/2993472/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Judge dismisses lawsuit against Rauner, orders arbitration – AP (DIERSEN: What do you base your opinion of arbitration on? I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority since 1998. I filed a lawsuit to get out of a bad arbitration clause in 1986. SEE: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1975935/diersen-v-joe-keim-builders-inc/  An arbitrator ruled in my favor in Diersen v. IRS in the 1970s. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866  An arbitrator ruled in my favor in Diersen v. United States Post Office in the 1960s.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-rauner-orders-arbitration-1

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic governor candidate Bob Daiber’s settlement in retaliation case cost taxpayers nearly $500,000 – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bob-daiber-retaliation-lawsuit-settlement-20180126-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But records show that Madison County taxpayers paid nearly $500,000 to settle a 2010 lawsuit after a federal jury found Daiber retaliated against a woman by laying her off after she complained she wasn’t being paid as much as a male colleague. Daiber described the case as an “unfortunate situation,” but denied retaliating against the employee. Daiber said he tried to work with her to find a resolution, and added that he has built a reputation as a fair employer who has worked to help women achieve leadership roles in education and government. “People that know my character, (they) know that’s not my character,” said Daiber, the Madison County Regional Office of Education superintendent, in an interview Thursday. “I treat women as 100 percent equals.” As the only Democratic governor candidate from outside the Chicago area, Daiber frequently touts his government experience as something nearly all of his rivals lack. Daiber has raised just $104,000, a tiny fraction compared to what’s been spent by Gold Coast billionaire J.B. Pritzker, Kenilworth millionaire Chris Kennedy and Evanston state Sen. Daniel Biss. Daiber worked as a school teacher for more than a quarter century, and served on a village board, county board and as a township supervisor.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries demonize, denigrate, and condemn E-Verify? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-Draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-tns-bc-everify-workers-20180123-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Prospects for immigration deal dim as Trump taunts Schumer over shutdown fight.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-schumer-immigration-fight-20180126-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Time to end gender pay disparities – Sen. Michael Connelly, Naperville (DIERSEN: If I had not be denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which women a) who had less job-related work experience than I had, b) who had less job-related education than I had, and/or c) who had fewer job-related professional certifications and/or licenses than I had were paid more by GAO than GAO paid me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180127/time-to-end-gender-pay-disparities
— Holocaust refugee to speak on international day of remembrance (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, to turn my many Jewish superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates constantly reminded them a) that I am 100% German national origin, b) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and c) that I am conservative, Republican, and a draft avoider. In my defense, I stressed that all my ancestors 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.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180126/holocaust-refugee-to-speak-on-international-day-of-remembrance

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How UIC is defying the odds and actually growing – LYNNE MAREK (DIERSEN: I attended UIC 1966-1968.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180126/ISSUE01/180129903

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— New tax law could cause McHenry County home values to plummet
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/01/25/new-tax-law-could-cause-mchenry-county-home-values-to-plummet/aovxqt1/

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Rauner among the GOP leaders expected at Reagan-themed dinner (DIERSEN: Who has the chairmen of a) your Republican township/ward party, b) your Republican county party, and c) the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) invited to speak at upcoming party events? When, where, and who will speak at your next Republican township/ward event, your next Republican county party event, and the next IRP event?)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/01/26/rauner-among-the-gop-leaders-expected-at-reagan-themed-dinner/a7yal2b/

 

TIMES
— Voters lose when governor refuses to debate – Scott Reeder (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting debates for a) Rauner v. Ives, b) Sanguinetti v. Morthland, c) Harold v. Grasso, d) Diganvker v. Jhingan, e) Stella v. Vlakancic, f) Minor v. Grant v. Byrne, g) Kinzler v. Orozco, h) Zito v. Khouri, i) Mendrick v. Bibbiano, j) Tornatore v. DeMichele v. Gavanes, k) Hart v. Abbott v. Tully, l) McGowen v. Almiron v. Eckhoff v. Zaruba v. Tatro v. Chinchilla, m) Wiley v. Zay v. McQuade, n) Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee candidates, o) etc.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/opinion/columnists/statehouse-reeder-voters-lose-when-governor-refuses-to-debate/article_0773ad3a-c951-50de-97c4-7f78940ae4df.html

 

WAND
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to this article, “Congressman Rodney Davis, (R) Illinois, says he believes elected officials and others working for the federal government are going to be held to a much higher standard of transparency in the future.” I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. Unlike  other employers, the federal government treats its Democrat employees who are female and/or minority not only like they are members of protected groups, the federal government uses Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to give them preference over its employees who are Republican, male, White, older, and/or non-veteran. The federal government’s top priorities are a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are female, minority, and/or young and b) to make way for them by getting rid of its employees who Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
http://www.wandtv.com/story/37360876/congress-battles-sexual-harassment-claims

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they hate America.
http://nprillinois.org/post/world-economic-forum-trump-tries-sell-america-first-message#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— First lady’s rep blasts ‘false’ reports about Melania Trump
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/first-ladys-rep-blasts-false-reports-about-melania-trump/941098689

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Despite claiming blind trust, Rauner held private business meetings at taxpayer expense
https://theillinoischronicle.com/despite-claiming-blind-trust-rauner-held-private-business-meetings-at-taxpayer-expense/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— What is the Conservatives Movement’s Answer to Google, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube’s ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’? – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/conservatives-movements-answer-google-facebook-twitter-youtubes-viewpoint-discrimination/
— It’s Time to Bring the Southern Poverty Law Center to Justice – Tom DeWeese
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/01/its-time-to-bring-the-southern-poverty-law-center-to-justice/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Before We Get High – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/01/spotlight-before-we-get-high/
— Rauner was For a State Income Tax Increase Before He was Against It – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/01/rauner-was-for-a-state-income-tax-increase-before-he-was-against-it/
— 2018 Primary Election Picks
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/01/2018-primary-election-picks/
(FROM THE ARTICLE:

 

Illinois Statewide Races:


Governor – Jeanne Ives

 

Illinois General Assembly Races:
State Senate Dist. 54 – Jason Plummer
State Rep. Dist. 42 – Amy Grant
State Rep. Dist. 46 – Jay Kinzler
State Rep. Dist. 49 – Tonia Khouri
State Rep. Dist. 62 – Ken Idstein
State Rep. Dist. 82 – Mickey Straub
State Rep. Dist. 89 – Andrew Chesney
State Rep. Dist. 93 – Joshua Griffith
State Rep. Dist. 100 – Jonas Petty
State Rep. Dist. 107 – Blaine Wilhour
State Rep. Dist. 108 – Don Moore
State Rep. Dist. 109 – Darren Bailey
State Rep. Dist. 110 – Chris Miller
State Rep. Dist. 111 – Mike Babcock
State Rep. Dist. 112 – Dwight Kay
State Rep. Dist. 115 – Paul Jacobs
State Rep. Dist. 118 – Samuel Stratemeyer

 

Federal Races:
U.S. House Dist. 16 – James Marter
U.S. House Dist. 18 – Darin LaHood

 

The following candidates fell short of earning an IFA-pac endorsement in this election cycle, however, the board of directors have decided to recommend them to voters in these districts:

State Rep. Dist. 38 – Max Solomon
State Rep. Dist. 56 – Jillian Rose Bernas
State Rep. Dist. 101 – Dan Caulkins

 

Additionally, the IFA board of directors have unanimously endorsed Craig Chinchilla for DuPage County Board.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Provokes Democrats Into Showing Their True Colors On Immigration – Scott Greer (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What do Democrats want concerning immigration? ANSWER: Democrats want the United States to give immediate citizenship to ANYONE who promises to vote for Democrats.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/26/democrats-refuse-to-compromise-on-daca/

 

BREITBART
— E-Verify Advocate Lamar Smith: White House Amnesty Plan ‘Not a Good Deal’ for American Workers – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers in America talk and act like they want to replace all their employees who are citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries, that is, with people a) who will work for less money and b) who they can more easily manipulate, dominate, and exploit.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/26/e-verify-advocate-lamar-smith-white-house-amnesty-plan-not-a-good-deal-for-american-workers/
— Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) Firmly Opposed to White House Immigration Reform Framework, Amnesty: ‘We’re Gonna Kill It’ – MICHELLE MOONS
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/26/fair-firmly-opposed-to-white-house-immigration-reform-framework-amnesty-were-gonna-kill-it/

 

BLAZE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats make it clear that they not only want amnesty, they want America to officially surrender to Mexico and to surrender the rest of the foreign counties. Ever-increasingly, the Democrats make it clear that if you hate America, you should vote for Democrats.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/26/trump-offered-democrats-amnesty-for-the-border-wall-heres-how-schumer-responded
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Bushes talk and act like they have always been operatives or dupes for Mexico.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/26/jeb-bush-says-there-will-no-border-wall-and-mexico-will-not-pay-for-it

 

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Citizenship Plan for 1.8M DREAMers Draws Opponents on Both Sides – BRIDGET JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Deamers and everyone else who will never vote for Trump or for any other Republican are overjoyed that Trump would give Dreamers the right to vote. Is Trump aware that ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at Dreamers and at everyone else that Trump and his supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things? Is Trump caving into the anti-Trumps? Is Trump throwing his supporters under the bus to curry favor with the anti-Trumps who will never vote for him or any other Republican?
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/trump-citizenship-plan-1-8m-dreamers-draws-opponents-sides/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— OUTSTANDING: Senator Cruz Opposes Amnesty for Anyone Entering America Illegally – Steve Byas
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/28140-senator-cruz-opposes-amnesty-for-anyone-entering-america-illegally

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans and anti-Whites say “The White House Dreamer Deal Isn’t A Compromise. It’s A Racist Ransom Note.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-escalante-dreamer-deal_us_5a6b366de4b0ddb658c5b86c

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump turns the tables on immigration.” Dreamers and everyone else who will never vote for Trump or for any other Republican are overjoyed that Trump would give Dreamers the right to vote. Is Trump aware that ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at Dreamers and at everyone else that Trump and his supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things? Is Trump caving into the anti-Trumps? Is Trump throwing his supporters under the bus to curry favor with anti-Trumps who will never vote for him or any other Republican?
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-turns-tables-immigration-n841326

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— It’s Tax Time: What to Remember – Ann Carrns (DIERSEN: Do you prepare and file your own income tax returns? I have since 1964. I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO on audits of IRS 1986-1988. I itemized 1972-1977 and my wife and I have itemized since 1978. I won a split decision in Tax Court when my Democrat IRS superiors and Money Magazine disallowed my education deductions in 1978. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I have used Quicken and Turbotax since they became available. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn my knowledge of IRS and of federal taxes. What do you say to people who do not even know if they take the standard deduction or if they itemize who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn my knowledge of IRS and of federal taxes?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/your-money/tax-return-filing.html
— You Are Shaped by the Genes You Inherit. And Maybe by Those You Don’t. – Carl Zimmer (DIERSEN: Were you considered to be college material? While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the top 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). Further, my father had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. I am sure that many thought that I would soon come down with type 1 diabetes too.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/science/children-parents-genes-education.html
— Women Outnumber Men in Oxford’s Newest Class. It Only Took 1,000 Years. – Stephen Castle (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, men are falling behind women.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/world/europe/women-men-oxford.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Forget Senate negotiators — House conservatives could have the last word on immigration – Mike DeBonis (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote Dreamers are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors or they are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/forget-senate-negotiators-house-conservatives-feel-no-pressure-to-deal-on-immigration/2018/01/26/1962bbbe-0255-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump like Jeb Bush does, anti-Trumps promote you.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/26/jeb-bush-warns-trumps-character-may-drag-down-gop-2018-elections/1067795001/
— Google employees say the company’s not doing enough to protect them from harassment, threats – Jessica Guynn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/01/26/google-diversity-culture-war/1071107001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The firing of Google engineer James Damore for claiming women are not biologically suited for technical roles has triggered a culture war inside the Internet giant, with some Google employees saying the company is not doing enough to protect them from a harassment campaign that has subjected them to hateful comments and violent threats. These employees, many of whom volunteer as diversity advocates, say they’ve been targeted by some of their own coworkers for fighting to bring greater diversity to Google’s 78,000-plus staff of mostly white and Asian men. Their personal information and comments expressed in internal company forums have been leaked to the public and published on far-right websites, leading to mistreatment by online vigilantes. What’s more, they say they’ve been subjected to doxing on websites like 4Chan and Kiwi Farms after screenshots were included in the 161-page lawsuit Damore filed in January alleging Google discriminates against whites, conservatives and men.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Thank You for Tax Reform Fourth quarter GDP shows the economy needed a growth boost. (DIERSEN: In what ways does a growing economy help retired people? Retired people want a) lower inflation, lower medical and dental expenses, lower taxes and especially lower real estate taxes, etc. and b) higher interest rates.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/thank-you-for-tax-reform-1517009242
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Chinese Shoppers Splurge Again – Matthew Dalton (DIERSEN: What discourages you from splurging? Since 1997 and for the rest of my life, it is knowing that my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of my 1997 salary in today’s dollars.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-shoppers-are-splurging-on-luxury-goods-again-1516962601
– My 10-Year Odyssey Through America’s Housing Crisis Misery over real estate hasn’t ended—2.5 million homes are still worth less than their mortgages. Here’s the story of one Wall Street Journal reporter’s upside-down American dream. – Ryan Dezember (DIERSEN: I have owned real estate since I was 24 years old in 1972. I should write a book about my real estate odyssey. Government should encourage homeownership.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-10-year-odyssey-through-americas-housing-crisis-1516981725
— At #MeToo U, the Faculty Loses Its Ideological Immunity A ‘down’ Marxist prof is accused of harassing ‘young women and gender nonconforming people.’ – Allen C. Guelzo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-metoo-u-the-faculty-loses-its-ideological-immunity-1517007716
— Congress Plans to Bolster Technical Training. But First: Safeguards As lawmakers push to bolster short-term training, some raise concerns about quality and unintended consequences – Michelle Hackman (DIERSEN: Were you considered to be college material? While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the top 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). Further, my father had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. I am sure that many thought that I would soon come down with type 1 diabetes too.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/congress-plans-to-bolster-technical-training-but-first-safeguards-1516975200

 

BLOOMBERG
— Sorry, Blue States: You Can’t Fix the Tax Bill In the end, federal deductibility changes maybe simply force New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to cut their rates to compete with red states. – Megan McArdle (DIERSEN: Are you one of those undeservedly filthy rich homeowners who pays more than $10,000 a year in real estate taxes and state income taxes? Has the Republican tax bill motivated you to force the school districts on your real estate tax bill and other taxing bodies to lower their tax levies? How are you going to respond a) to your school districts, b) to other taxing bodies, and c) to others when they demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being undeservedly filthy rich because you pay more than $10,000 a year in real estate taxes and state income taxes?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-26/sorry-blue-states-you-can-t-fix-the-tax-bill

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP Lawmakers Warm to White House Plan to Give Citizenship to 1.8M. Democrats and some conservatives criticized the proposal, but Republicans – including some immigration hawks – signaled openness to the plan.” Deamers and everyone else who will never vote for Trump or for any other Republican are overjoyed that Trump would give Dreamers the right to vote. Is Trump aware that ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at Dreamers and at everyone else that Trump and his supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things? Is Trump caving into the anti-Trumps? Is Trump throwing his supporters under the bus to curry favor with anti-Trumps who will never vote for him or any other Republican?
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-01-26/gop-lawmakers-warm-to-white-house-plan-to-give-citizenship-to-18m

 

THE DRIVE
— Casino Courier Crash Leaves Illinois Highway Covered in Thousands of Dollars in Cash Police say they’ve cleaned up all the money. We’re wondering if that’s true. – KYLE CHEROMCHA
http://www.thedrive.com/news/18004/casino-courier-crash-leaves-illinois-highway-covered-in-thousands-of-dollars-in-cash

 

FEDERAL NEW RADIO
— From janitor to Thrift Savings Plan millionaire – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: I put the maximum into the TSP from when it was first available in 1987 until my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997. In today’s dollars, between 1987 and 1997, my GAO salary increased from $96,403/year to $122,325/year.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2018/01/from-janitor-to-tsp-millionaire/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thanks to the booming stock market, the miracle of compounding and a steady-as-she-goes investing plan, the number of federal workers and retirees with $1 million-plus Thrift Savings Plan accounts is rapidly expanding. Except for a relatively small number of political appointees (many successful lawyers named federal judges) most of the millionaires are rank-and-file civil servants who did it the old-fashioned way. They invested from day one, took advantage of the government’s generous 5 percent match and stuck with the C and S stock funds through good times and bad. They didn’t flinch during the Great Recession and kept on buying the C and S funds when they were on sale. One of the newest members of the Millionaires Club started out as a janitor at the Veterans Administration, spent 10 years in the Marine Corps and for the last 35-plus years has been a senior counsel at a federal agency. Here’s how he did it:)

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries promote Dreamers? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/27/the-civil-rights-issue-of-our-time-how-dreamers-came-to-dominate-us-politics

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Dreamers slam Trump’s “White Supremacist Ransom Note” – MARK GRUENBERG (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use anti-Whites to get rid of Trump and to get rid of Trump’s supporters.)
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/dreamers-slam-trumps-white-supremacist-ransom-note/

January 25 Evening Edition

UPI
— Trump offers citizenship path to Dreamers in exchange for border wall – Daniel Uria (DIERSEN: If/when Democrats get back into power, they would immediately tear down any border wall that has been built.)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/01/25/Trump-offers-citizenship-path-to-Dreamers-in-exchange-for-border-wall/9561516923656/

 

ABC7
— White House proposes path to citizenship for 1.8 million people in exchange for border wall, immigration cuts – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/white-house-proposes-path-to-citizenship-for-18-million-people-in-exchange-for-border-wall/2989183/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Doomsday clock ticks 30 seconds closer to midnight.”
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/doomsday-clock-ticks-30-seconds-closer-to-midnight/2987980/
— IG: Silverstein did not engage in sexual harassment – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/ig-silverstein-did-not-engage-in-sexual-harassment/2988948/

 

NBC5
— Emanuel Skips White House Meeting, Blasts Trump DOJ Action – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: If Trump invited the mayor of your municipality to a meeting, would he/she skip it?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/emanuel-trump-doj-sessions-sanctuary-cities-470979933.html
Former W.H. Strategist Steve Bannon to Speak at University of Chicago
— The former chief strategist Steve Bannon in the Trump White House will make his first public appearance since stepping down from Breitbart at the University of Chicago – James Neveau
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/former-white-house-adviser-steve-bannon-to-speak-at-university-of-chicago-471122593.html

 

CBS2
— Sen. Silverstein Cleared, But Reprimanded, In Sex Harassment Probe – Rob Hart
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/25/lawmaker-cleared-ethics-probe/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump plan offers citizenship path to 1.8 million immigrants – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/trump-immigration-path-to-citizenship
— PALATINE: Transgender student denied unrestricted locker room access
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/transgender-student-denied-unrestricted-locker-room-access-1

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump plan has citizenship path for 1.8 million immigrants, $25 billion in border security – Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin and Alan Fram
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-congress-immigration-plan-20180125-story.html
— U. of C. professor invites Steve Bannon to campus debate, prompting protest – Dawn Rhodes, Elvia Malagon and Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-steve-bannon-university-of-chicago-20180125-story.html
— Sen. Connelly sponsors legislation aiming to close the gender wage gap (DIERSEN: If I had not be denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which women a) who had less job-related work experience than I had, b) who had less job-related education than I had, and/or c) who had fewer job-related professional certifications and/or licenses than I had were paid more by GAO than GAO paid me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/community/chi-ugc-article-sen-connelly-sponsors-legislation-aiming-to-2018-01-24-story.html
— Proposed law would ban tackle football for kids under 12 in Illinois
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-football-tackle-ban-proposal-illinois-20180124-story.html
— Delta’s smart move to bar phony support animals – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-delta-support-animals-airlines-20180119-story.html
— Publicist for Drew Peterson and Rod Blagojevich among 22 dead in Taliban attack – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-glenn-selig-0126-chicago-inc-20180125-story.html
— Kennedy fail: Camelot has become Goofalot in the race for governor – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-kennedy-pritzker-debate-gaffe-0126-20180125-story.html
— Watchdog: Silverstein’s conduct ‘unbecoming of a legislator,’ but not sexual harassment – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-ira-silverstein-sexual-harassment-report-20180125-story.html
— The U. of C.’s valuable lesson: Sure, Steve Bannon can speak – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-bannon-university-chicago-expression-20180125-story.html
— 95 heroin, opioid deaths in DuPage County in 2017; record-high 8 in Naperville – Rafael Guerrero
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-dupage-county-opioid-2017-statistics-st-0126-20180125-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago appeals court denies Army vet’s bid to avoid deportation to Mexico A lawyer for Miguel Perez-Montes had asked the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to defer his client’s deportation after a drug conviction.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-appeals-court-denies-army-vets-bid-to-avoid-deportation-to-mexico/
— County commissioner, constituent trade barbs on Facebook over attendance record Cook County Commissioner Jeffrey Tobolski to a constituent on Facebook: “There is a special kind of hell for people like you.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/county-commissioner-constituent-argue-over-attendance-record/
— IG: Silverstein didn’t sexually harass, but behaved in ‘unbecoming’ manner “Silverstein never requested sexual favors from Rotheimer, and there was no conduct of a sexual nature,” Porter wrote.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/ig-silverstein-didnt-commit-sexual-harassment-but-violated-ethics-act/
— Protesters rally against Bannon U of C invite; school defends ‘academic freedom’ Their chants included: “Disinvite! Disinvite! Disinvite!” and “No hate. No fear. Nazi thugs aren’t welcome here!”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/protesters-rally-against-bannon-u-of-c-invite-school-defends-academic-freedom/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Republicans now own the problem of immigrant ‘Dreamers’ When you’re holding a pair of sixes, it’s time to fold and play another hand. Which is basically what Schumer did.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/lyons-republicans-now-own-the-problem-of-immigrant-dreamers/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Charity gives hope to family that can’t afford pet’s chemo – Burt Constable (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me a) for my spending money on new cars, real estate, tuition for job-related graduate courses, collector cars, etc. and b) for my saving money for my retirement.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180124/constable-charity-gives-hope-to-family-that-cant-afford-pets-chemo-
— Elgin diversity survey results call for less talk, more action – Elena Ferrarin (DIERSEN: Will Elgin bring in Charles Bowsher? During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in promoting diversity at GAO, that is, he had great success in getting rid of the agency’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180125/elgin-diversity-survey-results-call-for-less-talk-more-action
— Washington’s bickering motivates new U.S. nonpartisan groups (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, “nonpartisan groups” promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180125/news/301259970/
— Elgin mayor: ‘We will do the best we can’ to take care of homeless – Elena Ferrarin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180125/elgin-mayor-we-will-do-the-best-we-can-to-take-care-of-homeless

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump floats immigration deal: Double DACA, path to citizenship, $25B for wall – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180125/NEWS02/180129924/trump-floats-immigration-deal-double-daca-path-to-citizenship-25b-for-wall
— How blind is Gov. Rauner’s blind investment trust? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180125/BLOGS02/180129929
— Abortion-rights groups split on guv race—but why? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180125/BLOGS02/180129935/abortion-rights-groups-split-on-illinois-governors-race
— Loyola to pony up $270 million for MacNeal Hospital – KRISTEN SCHORSCH
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180125/NEWS03/180129932/loyola-to-pony-up-270-million-for-west-suburban-hospital
— Why Dems won’t get their way on immigration – MEGAN McARDLE
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180125/OPINION/180129944/why-dems-wont-get-their-way-on-immigration

 

WTTW
— NYC Considers Pay-to-Drive Plan. Could Chicago Be Next? – Evan Garcia
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/01/25/nyc-considers-pay-drive-plan-could-chicago-be-next

 

EVANSTON NOW
— Evanston GOP announces primary endorsements (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the dangers of endorsing candidates in primary elections. I could cite many examples in which candidates and/or their supporters a) who lost in primary elections who blamed me for their defeats, b) who won in primary elections but blamed me for their not winning by a wider margin, and c) who won in primary elections but lost in general elections who blamed me for their defeats. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that things that I did or did not do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, etc. caused them to lose or to get fewer votes.)

http://evanstonnow.com/story/government/evanston-now/election-2018/2018-01-25/79117/evanston-gop-announces-primary

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Conservation Officials Want You To Eat Asian Carp – MARK SCHULTZ
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/conservation-officials-want-you-eat-asian-carp

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— In Converging Marches On Washington, Deep Divides Remain – ADRIENNE ST. CLAIR
http://nprillinois.org/post/converging-marches-washington-deep-divides-remain#stream/0

 

BRUCE RAUNER
— DuPage County Elected Leaders Endorse Governor Rauner
https://www.brucerauner.com/news/dupage-county-elected-leaders-endorse-governor-rauner/


(The January 22, 2018 posting:

Today, DuPage County elected leaders, led by County Board Chairman Dan Cronin and Mayor Steve Chirico, endorsed Governor Rauner’s reelection campaign. See below for a full list of the leaders endorsing today.

 

Dan Cronin, DuPage County Board Chairman
Steve Chirico, Mayor of Naperville
Jim Durkin, State Representative – 82nd District
John Curran, State Senator – 41st District
Patti Bellock, State Representative – 47th District
Grant Wehrli, State Representative – 41st District
Christine Winger, State Representative – 45th District
Bob Berlin, DuPage County State’s Attorney
Fred Bucholz, DuPage County Recorder
Gwen Henry, DuPage County Treasurer
Paul Hinds, DuPage County Clerk
Richard Jorgenson, DuPage County Coroner
Greg Hart, DuPage County Board
Brian Krajewski, DuPage County Board and DuPage County Republican Party Chairman
Sean Noonan, DuPage County Board
Don Puchalski, DuPage County Board
Kevin Wiley, DuPage County Board
James Zay, DuPage County Board
Rich Veenstra, Mayor of Addison
Richard Irvin, Mayor of Aurora
Chuck Nelson, Deputy Mayor of Aurora
Kevin Wallace, Village President of Bartlett
Franco Coladipietro, Village President of Bloomingdale
Len Austin, Village President of Clarendon Hills
Martin Tully, Mayor of Downers Grove
Steven Morley, Mayor of Elmhurst
Rodney Craig, Mayor of Hanover Park
Jeff Pruyn, Mayor of Itasca
John Egofske, Mayor of Lemont
Ken McClafferty, Village Trustee of Lemont
Kevin Coyne, City Councilman of Naperville
Ruben Pineda, Mayor of West Chicago
Noreen Ligino-Kubinski, Alderman of West Chicago
Michael Gresk, Mayor of Wheaton
Todd Scalzo, City Councilman of Wheaton
Frank Trilla, Mayor of Willowbrook
Jim Mathieson, Wheaton Community Unit School District 200 Member)

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Government overspending, borrowing needs to stop, Ugaste says – Glenn Minnis
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511320761-government-overspending-borrowing-needs-to-stop-ugaste-says
— State’s penchant for taxing is forcing residents to leave, Ugaste says – Glenn Minnis
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511320777-state-s-penchant-for-taxing-is-forcing-residents-to-leave-ugaste-says

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Something in the water? Rauner fights back, with some help – Bruce Rushton
http://illinoistimes.com/article-19621-something-in-the-water.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois – Silence over ethics and principles – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/01/illinois-silence-over-ethics-and-principles/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— No reporter questions for fourth straight day
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/25/no-reporter-questions-for-fourth-straight-day/
— The governor’s denials aren’t believable
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/25/the-governors-denials-arent-believable/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps urge people to wear black for State of the State Address
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/25/people-urged-to-wear-black-for-state-of-the-state-address/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— DEMS RISK NATION FOR ILLEGALS, BUT NEVER FOR BLACKS Mason Weaver says loyalty to ‘dreamers’ should go to ‘plantation’ dwellers
http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/dems-risk-nation-for-illegals-but-never-for-blacks/

 

GOPUSA
— DC’s largest suburban area (Fairfax County, Virginia) just told federal immigration authorities to shove it
http://www.gopusa.com/dcs-largest-suburban-area-just-told-federal-immigration-authorities-to-shove-it/

 

BREITBART
— Obama-Farrakhan Photo Released After 13-Year Media Cover-up – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/01/25/obama-farrakhan-photo-released-13-year-media-cover/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— More Than 500 Criminal Ex-DACA Recipients Unaccounted For – Kyle Perisic
http://dailysignal.com/2018/01/25/over-500-criminal-ex-daca-recipients-status-uncertain-as-amnesty-bill-gains-support/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory On Immigration – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/27268

 

MOMS STRONG
— DID MY BROTHER’S TEEN POT USE LEAD TO HIS SCHIZOPHRENIA?
http://momsstrong.org/2018/01/19/brothers-marijuana-use-led-mental-illness/

 

THE HILL
— Trump to support path to citizenship for 1.8 million Dreamers – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/370784-trump-to-support-path-to-citizenship-for-18-million-dreamers-report?rnd=1516918527
— GAO to probe fake net neutrality comments – NATHANIEL WEIXEL
http://thehill.com/regulation/overnights/370592-overnight-regulation-government-watchdog-agrees-to-probe-fake-net

 

POLITICO
— White House jumps back into Dreamer battle with citizenship offer The White House is hoping to woo Democrats by offering protection to undocumented immigrants in exchange for border wall funding — and sharp restrictions on family reunification. – RACHAEL BADE, BURGESS EVERETT and LORRAINE WOELLERT
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/25/white-house-presents-immigration-plan-with-path-to-citizenship-for-18-million-369457

 

CNN
— White House proposes path to citizenship for 1.8 million people – Tal Kopan and Jeremy Diamond
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/25/politics/white-house-immigration-framework/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Government Accountability Office breaks tradition to name security clearance process as high risk – JULIA AINSLEY
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/government-accountability-office-breaks-tradition-name-security-clearance-process-high-n841096

 

CNBC
— Here’s how much money Americans think you need to be wealthy in 10 major US cities – Kathleen Elkins (DIERSEN: Because anti-Trumps viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn Trump supporters in the Chicago area who are wealthy, should it be illegal to do that unless the Trump supporter’s net worth is at least $2 million?)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/24/what-americans-think-it-takes-to-be-wealthy-in-10-major-us-cities.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago, Illinois To be financially comfortable, you need a net worth of $560,000 To be wealthy, you need a net worth of $2 million)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Immigration Plan Will Demand Tough Concessions From Democrats.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/us/politics/trump-immigration-plan-white-house.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump supports path to citizenship for up to 1.8 million ‘dreamers’ in new White House proposal – David Nakamura and Sean Sullivan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-supports-path-to-citizenship-for-up-to-18-million-dreamers-in-new-white-house-proposal/2018/01/25/fa3f01aa-01e3-11e8-8acf-ad2991367d9d_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
— Mayors boycott Trump meeting after sanctuary cities threat; Garcetti slams Justice Department action – AP (DIERSEN: If Trump invited the mayor of your municipality to a meeting, would he/she boycott it?)
https://www.dailynews.com/2018/01/24/mayors-boycott-trump-meeting-after-sanctuary-cities-threat/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Proposes Citizenship for Dreamers in Exchange for Wall, Other Concessions Administration also looking to restrict family-based immigration and hiring more border agents, immigration judges and prosecutors – Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-try-to-narrow-focus-of-an-immigration-deal-1516903971

 

BLOOMBERG
— Cruz Blasts Citizenship Path for Dreamers Suggested by Trump – Sahil Kapur
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-25/cruz-blasts-citizenship-path-for-dreamers-suggested-by-trump

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Trump Rolls Out Plan for Path to Citizenship for 1.8 Million ‘Dreamers’ – Reuters
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2018-01-25/republican-mcconnell-optimistic-on-immigration-spending-talks

 

NPR
— GAO Calls On U.S. To Fix ‘High Risk’ Security Clearance Process – BILL CHAPPELL
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/25/580766840/federal-watchdog-calls-on-u-s-to-fix-high-risk-security-clearance-process

 

REASON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
http://reason.com/blog/2018/01/25/trump-and-gop-nativists-are-preparing-to

 

GAO
— GAO Adds Government-wide Personnel Security Clearance Process to “High Risk List”
https://www.gao.gov/press/high_risk_security_clearance_process.htm

 

FED SCOOP
— Is that public comment fake? GAO is looking to find out – TAJHA CHAPPELLET-LANIER
https://www.fedscoop.com/public-comment-fake-gao-looking-find/

 

FED SMITH
— How Many Millionaires Are There in the Thrift Savings Plan? – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/01/25/many-millionaires-tsp/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the end of December 2016, there were 9,599 millionaires in the Thrift Savings Plan. Since then, with the rising stock market, the number of millionaires has exploded. The latest number of millionaires, as of the end of 2017, is 23,962 – an increase of almost 150% from two years ago. The average TSP millionaire has been contributing to the program for 28.87 years. The data are provided by Kim Weaver, Director, Office of External Affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB). This is a small percentage of more than five million TSP participants (about 0.48%) but still an impressive number.)

January 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner stays out of public eye, avoids questions about mansion meeting (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who state that they are conservative and/or Republican, but who a) pander to Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois, b) do not want me to know about their press conferences, c) do not want me to attend their press conferences, d) do not want me to ask them questions during their press conferences, and e) do not want me to report on their press conferences. To discredit me, they stress that I do not have a degree in journalism, that no one pays me for what I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, that no one pays for GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions, that www.gopillinois.com and GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails do not contain any advertising, that the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc. do not promote www.gopillinois.com or promote GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-mansion-meeting-20180125-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the third day in a row, Gov. Bruce Rauner doesn’t have any public events scheduled, so reporters won’t get a chance to ask him about a lawsuit that says he had a 2015 meeting about an investment on the back porch of the governor’s mansion.)
— It was to be a “rollout of major endorsements,” according to an advisory sent out by the campaign of Jeanne Ives, the three-term Wheaton lawmaker challenging Gov. Rauner in the Republican primary. But when a reporter arrived at the Union League Club of Chicago for the scheduled 1:30 p.m. event, a person at the front desk said the Ives news conference had already occurred — at 11:30 a.m. The Ives campaign apologized for the mistake and released video of the endorsers as well as the candidate. For the record, Ives picked up the backing of Republican state Reps. Peter Breen of Lombard, Allen Skillicorn of East Dundee, Tom Morrison of Palatine and Margo McDermed of Mokena. She already had the support of Reps. David McSweeney of Barrington Hills and Barb Wheeler of Crystal Lake, along with state Sens. Kyle McCarter of Lebanon and Tim Bivins of Dixon. – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-mansion-meeting-20180125-story.html
— Here’s a look at the world on a billionaire’s budget – Andrew D. Hwang (DIERSEN: What harms your budget the most? For me, it is my $51,864 Civil Service Retirement System pension being only 41% of my $125,325 GAO salary in today’s dollars. But nevertheless, I continue to have enough money that I can spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out without having to ask anyone to give me money. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I ask the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents, who calls their tunes? Are my critics/opponents paying the operatives and dupes at least $15 an hour? Do they report that income on their tax returns?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-billionaire-gates-bezos-spending-power-0125-20180124-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The world’s wealthiest are prospering. As of February 2017, there were about 2,000 billionaires in the world. This micro-elite controls over $7.6 trillion, an increase of 18 percent from 2016. A billionaire’s spending power is difficult to grasp, both because most people do not correctly intuit large numbers, and because a billion dollars far outstrips most people’s experience. What does a household budget look like to a billionaire? To find out, let’s scale down a billionaire’s income to $50,000, the median American income, adjusting budget items proportionally.)
— ‘Murphy Brown’ is returning to television again with Candice Bergen – Travis M. Andrews
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-murphy-brown-revival-20180125-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner’s lawyers accuse ex-business partner of ‘pattern of self-dealing’ The governor’s lawyers filed newly unsealed documents responding to the private lawsuit Harreld “Kip” Kirkpatrick III filed against Rauner.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauners-lawyers-accuse-ex-business-partner-of-pattern-of-self-dealing/
— New U.S. Atty has eye on violent crime; public corruption ‘always’ a priority
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-new-us-attorney-john-lausch-gun-violence-donald-trump/
— Chicago Teachers Union slams CPS’ effort to relax ethics code – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-teachers-union-slams-cps-relax-ethics-rule-janice-jackson/
— Has Melania been giving President Trump the cold shoulder? What’s really going on with The Donald and his missus, Melania, the nation’s first lady? – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/has-melania-been-giving-president-trump-the-cold-shoulder/
— Republicans under Trump have thrown away three core principles If Republicans no longer care about the federal debt, or state’s rights, or Russian aggression — what exactly do they care about? – Robert Reich
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/reich-republicans-under-trump-have-thrown-away-three-core-principles/

 

DAILY HERALD
— West Chicago High School teachers prepare for Friday strike vote – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180124/west-chicago-high-school-teachers-prepare-for-friday-strike-vote

 

WBEZ
— Retired Chicago Detective: Police Diversity Needed To Solve More Murders – Chip Mitchell (DIERSEN: By definition, to promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/retired-chicago-detective-police-diversity-needed-to-solve-more-murders/0443828a-d021-4078-b2a4-f0a9b5ef676c

 

AUTO EVOLUTION
— Illinois Highway Covered in Gambling Money Following Car Crash – Daniel Patrascu
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/illinois-highway-covered-in-gambling-money-following-car-crash-122945.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— War on gerrymandering raging ever louder – Jim Dey (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton in 2015. It showed the tremendous religious, government, political, and financial clout that my nasty/troubled critics/opponents have in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-01-25/jim-dey-war-gerrymandering-raging-ever-louder.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Flatlanders of Illinois shouldn’t rush to get a Rocky Mountain high – Editorial (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article196449134.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: “We also support legalizing small amounts of marijuana, which could bring in a few billions of dollars,” Democratic candidate Tio Hardiman told the Sun-Times. He’s blowing smoke. Billions in taxes only come with bales of pot. Republicans see a problem. Incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner said Illinois should wait and see the impacts in Colorado and California, allowing them to experiment on their people, especially their youth, before we subject ours to recreational marijuana use. His March 20 primary opponent, state Rep. Jeanne Ives, said impacts are already evident — literally. She cited the 48 percent boost in Colorado’s marijuana-related traffic deaths and boost in youth use of the drug. Not to mention, until the U.S. Congress changes federal law on marijuana, no state should be in the business of making it legal. It is one thing to decide the priority we place and resources we use on crimes related to marijuana. It is another to be so irresponsible, undisciplined and unimaginative about your state’s fiscal salvation that the only path you can see is taxation and proliferation of weed, especially without knowing how many lives you will lose or ruin.)

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Gov. Rauner should have courage to debate – SCOTT REEDER
http://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/gov-rauner-should-have-courage-to-debate/article_e1ea159e-f0d0-5ba0-bd75-3d7dd9bf8f6b.html

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Fraidy-cat Rauner won’t debate Ives – Scott Reeder
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180124/my-view-fraidy-cat-rauner-wont-debate-ives

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— State’s debt transparency a grim, ugly reality check – Editorial
http://www.thetelegraph.com/opinion/116443/editorial-states-debt-transparency-a-grim-ugly-reality-check

 

CHICAGO REPORTER
— Opioid crisis ‘whitewashed’ to ignore rising black death rate – Kathie Kane-Willis and Stephanie Schmitz Bechteler
http://www.chicagoreporter.com/opioid-crisis-whitewashed-to-ignore-rising-black-death-rate/#new_tab

 

PRITZKER
— VIDEO CLIP: JB Pritzker: “In Charge”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-RM6b14yKQ&feature=youtu.be

 

CHICAGO MAROON
— Steve Bannon Accepts Invitation to Speak at the University of Chicago – Pete Grieve
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/1/24/steve-bannon-invited-university-of-chicago/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ROSKAM: 4th quarter fundraising We have a first look at U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam’s fundraising numbers. The 6th district congressman raised $576,529 in the final three months of last year, his campaign tells POLITICO. Roskam raised $2.5 million this cycle and has $1.6 million cash on hand, with 82 percent of 4th quarter donations coming from Illinois donors, according to his campaign. Roskam is stockpiling as he is the target of a fierce anti-Trump movement that’s packed events in the Democratic primary with 800 people. The Democrat who raised the most money in the primary, Kelly Mazeski, had raised $680,000 to date, including nearly $300,000 of her own money. – Natasha Korecki
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/01/25/scoop-poll-shows-chuy-leading-59-to-8-scoop-roskam-raises-half-million-steve-bannon-to-speak-in-chicago-rahm-snubs-trump-240242
— BANNON TO SPEAK AT U OF C — “Steve Bannon Accepts Invitation to Speak at the University of Chicago,” by the Chicago Maroon’s Pete Grieve and Euirim Choi: “Steve Bannon has accepted an invitation from Booth professor Luigi Zingales to come speak at the University of Chicago, Zingales told The Maroon. The former White House chief strategist has not spoken at a public event since his departure from Breitbart. Zingales told The Maroon that Bannon could provide some insight into the current political and economic climate in the United States. “Whether you like his views or not, he seems to have understood something about America that I’m curious to learn more about,” he said. … The Provost affirmed the University’s policy that members of the University of Chicago can invite anyone they please to come speak.” The Story UofC Faculty have signed onto an open letter opposing the Bannon invite. – Natasha Korecki
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/01/25/scoop-poll-shows-chuy-leading-59-to-8-scoop-roskam-raises-half-million-steve-bannon-to-speak-in-chicago-rahm-snubs-trump-240242

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Labor analyst: Members-only unions would be answer in world without forced dues – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: I was a dues-paying union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. Government unions help protect their members from political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, retaliation, etc.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/labor-analyst-members-only-unions-would-be-answer-in-world/article_739e9a6c-007f-11e8-920b-6b628825e829.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— U.S. DOJ Letters may prove problematic for numerous public officials across the Nation, Illinois included – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/01/us-doj-letters-may-prove-problematic-for-numerous-public-officials-across-the-nation-illinois-included/

 

FOX NEWS
— The importance of public safety and national security in the immigration debate – Hans von Spakovsky
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/01/25/importance-public-safety-and-national-security-in-immigration-debate.html

 

BREITBART
— ‘They Are Killing Our Dreams!’ Illegal Aliens Hold Mock Funeral in U.S. Senate – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/24/killing-dreams-illegal-aliens-hold-mock-funeral-u-s-senate/
— Trump Backs Pathway to Citizenship as Illegals Storm Capitol Hill
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2018/01/24/breitbart-news-tonight-trump-backs-pathway-to-citizenship-as-illegals-storm-capitol-hill/

 

TOWNHALL
— Laugh At The Democrats As They Die On Amnesty Hill – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2018/01/25/laugh-at-the-democrats-as-they-die-on-amnesty-hill-n2438244

 

DAILY WIRE
— EQUALITY! Oxford Extends Math And Science Exam Times To Diminish Gender Gap – AMANDA PRESTIGIACOMO (DIERSEN: I should write a book about promotion requirements that my Democrat superiors in the federal government imposed on their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran that they did not impose on their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted the careers of and got rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26238/equality-oxford-gives-women-more-time-exams-amanda-prestigiacomo#

 

AOL NEWS
— Poll: Trump trails Biden, Sanders by wide margin in 2020
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/01/24/poll-trump-trails-biden-sanders-by-wide-margin-in-2020/23342644/

 

REUTERS
— Trump seeks $25 billion for border wall, offers ‘Dreamer’ citizenship – Roberta Rampton, Susan Cornwell
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-whitehouse/trump-seeks-25-billion-for-border-wall-offers-dreamer-citizenship-idUSKBN1FD2UU

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Says He Is Open to a Path to Citizenship for ‘Dreamers’ – Maggie Haberman, Katie Rogers and Michael D. Shear (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who is overjoyed about this? ANSWER: Those a) who will never vote for Trump or for any other Republican and b) those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/us/politics/trump-immigration-daca-dreamers-path-to-citizenship.html
— Most Americans Want Legal Status for ‘Dreamers.’ These Are Not Among Them. – Miriam Jordan
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/us/dreamers-opponents-daca-deal.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For Pav Sterry of Columbus, Ohio, legalizing any undocumented immigrants — even those who came as children without a choice in the matter — is just plain wrong. Huy Pham of St. Paul believes any concessions for the so-called Dreamers will unleash another tidal wave of illegal immigration. And Daniel Cotts of Phoenix regards “blanket amnesty” for them as unfair to foreigners who languish for years waiting to come here the legal way.)
— Salaried or Hourly? The Gaps in Family-Friendly Policies Begin to Close More large companies like Starbucks and Walmart are starting to see the value in paid leave and other benefits for parents, including hourly workers, though big disparities remain. – Claire Cain Miller (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my wife and I the most because we gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/upshot/parental-leave-company-policy-salaried-hourly-gap.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/technology/marijuana-start-ups-go-beyond-the-simple-joint.html
— The U.S. Can No Longer Hide From Its Deep Poverty Problem – Angus Deaton (DIERSEN: To fight poverty, 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 poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/opinion/poverty-united-states.html
— ‘Interrupters’ Peek at Social Media to Stop Street Violence – Jan Ransom
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/21/nyregion/facebook-violence-social-media-monitor.html
— ‘Me Too,’ Chinese Women Say. Not So Fast, Say the Censors. – Javier C. Hernández and Zoe Mou (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want to censure? My critics/opponents want to censure a) everything that is said or written by their critics/opponents, b) everything that promotes the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform, c) everything that promotes the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and d) everything that does NOT promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/world/asia/china-women-me-too-censorship.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump puts path to citizenship for some ‘dreamers’ on the table in immigration deal – David Nakamura
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2018/01/24/white-house-promises-new-immigration-framework-amid-stalled-negotiations-on-dreamers/
— The Trump appointee who lied on his résumé – Susan Nassaux, Bristow
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-trump-appointee-who-lied-on-his-resume/2018/01/24/593b87f8-0079-11e8-86b9-8908743c79dd_story.html

 

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue against doing anything to a) stop illegals and b) stop illegal drugs. Illegals and illegal drug dealers love anti-Trumps. Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/01/25/texas-smugglers-say-trumps-border-wall-wouldnt-stop-immigrants-drugs-p/

 

KANSAS CITY STAR
— Trump teases conservatives with big wall, liberals with citizenship path – FRANCO ORDOÑEZ
http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article196529529.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As More Employees Sign Arbitration Agreements, Sexual-Harassment Claims Fizzle Many in business community say arbitration is a cheaper, faster and simpler way to adjudicate claims; critics say it’s secretive and unfair to workers – Jacob Gershman (DIERSEN: What do you base your opinion of arbitration on? I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority since 1998. I filed a lawsuit to get out of an bad arbitration clause in 1986 SEE: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1975935/diersen-v-joe-keim-builders-inc/  An arbitrator ruled in my favor in Diersen v. IRS in the 1970s. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866  An arbitrator ruled in my favor in Diersen v. United States Post Office in the 1960s.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-more-employees-sign-arbitration-agreements-sexual-harassment-claims-fizzle-1516876201
— When #MeToo Becomes Catch-22 Women executives who speak up about sexual misconduct often see their careers stall – Joann S. Lublin (DIERSEN: The federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old if I had not complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination notwithstanding the fact that I am Republican, White, male, and non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-metoo-becomes-catch-22-1516798800
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want Republicans to lose want Republicans to surrender to Democrats, to Libertarians, and to Greens on immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-and-dreamers-1516836281

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because they want cheap labor.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-25/immigration-didn-t-have-to-tear-america-apart
— Trump Says He’s Weighing Path to Citizenship for ‘Dreamers’ – Jennifer Epstein and Laura Litvan (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who is overjoyed about this? ANSWER: Those a) who will never vote for Trump or for any other Republican and b) those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-24/trump-weighs-path-to-citizenship-path-for-some-young-immigrants

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— White House Says ‘Dreamer’ Citizenship Under Discussion (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who is overjoyed about this? ANSWER: Those a) who will never vote for Trump or for any other Republican and b) those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-01-24/the-latest-white-house-to-unveil-immigration-plan-monday

 

TIME
— Mayors Boycott Meeting with President Trump Over Sanctuary Cities Threats – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, mayors paint themselves as being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. How does the mayor of your municipality treat you and treat those who share your demographics?)
http://time.com/5117238/mayors-boycott-donald-trump-sanctuary-cities/

 

PBS
— Congress’ deal to end government shutdown added billions in tax cuts to deficit – AP
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/congress-deal-to-end-government-shutdown-added-billions-in-tax-cuts-to-deficit

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Congress wants reports. But Congress’s own budget challenges means they can’t get them. – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: GAO is just a shell of what it once was because during the 1980s and 1990s, Democrat and RINO politicians gutted the agency. I should write a book about Democrat and RINO U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives from Illinois who helped gut GAO. The Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1990s used the gutting to get rid of the agency’s employees like me who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/01/24/congress-wants-reports-but-congresss-own-budget-challenges-means-they-cant-get-them/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congress’s use of repeated continuing resolutions rather than a full budget authorization to fund the government damages the Congressional Budget Office’s ability to effectively produce reports, director Keith Hall told members of the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday. “It does make things harder. We’ve actually put off some things that we weren’t intending to put off, some computer work and some things like that,” said Hall. “If we continue under a CR, right now we’ll have to curtail our hiring, we’ll have to move down a few slots, we’ll have to cancel some training and travel. So it does have a consequence for us. It does degrade our performance.” The stall in hiring is particularly damaging to CBO performance, as Hall testified that the current staff already struggles to meet the requests made by committees and congressmen.)

 

FEDERAL SOUP
— Federal cuts will lead to more The Merit Systems Protection Board appeals (DIERSEN: 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 e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://federalsoup.com/articles/2018/01/24/federal-cuts-will-lead-to-more-mspb-appeals.aspx

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 to censor me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They include past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants leaders who claim to be conservative and/or Republican. They include past and present Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois officials and employees who claim to be conservative and/or Republican. They include activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim to be conservative and/or Republican.)
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/01/25/webi-j25.html