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June 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump schemes aside, Blagojevich deserves shorter sentence – Editorial (DIERSEN: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-schemes-aside-blagojevich-shorter-sentence-trump-commute/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Why Trump should leave Blagojevich in prison – Editorial (DIERSEN: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-blagojevich-trump-commute-sentence-20180531-story.html
— Ever-defiant Blago doesn’t deserve Trump’s mercy – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-blagojevich-trump-commutation-0601-20180531-story.html
— More firms used Facebook to block older job seekers, lawsuit alleges – Josh Eidelson (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. QUESTION: What percent of Facebook employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? ANSWER: !00%)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-facebook-job-seekers-age-discrimination-20180529-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A proposed class action lawsuit alleging Facebook’s ad placement tools facilitate discrimination against older job-seekers has been expanded to identify additional companies, further widening the latest front in claims that candidates are being filtered out by gender, geography, race and age. “When Facebook’s own algorithm disproportionately directs ads to younger workers at the exclusion of older workers, Facebook and the advertisers who are using Facebook as an agent to send their advertisements are engaging in disparate treatment,” a communications union alleged in the amended complaint- citing a legal test for employment discrimination-filed Tuesday in San Francisco federal court. The union added claims under California’s fair employment and unfair competition statutes to the lawsuit, which was initially filed in December.)
— How I would’ve made my 40s a happier decade of my life – Jonathan Rauch (DIERSEN: What do you regret? Should I regret not pretending to be Swedish national origin, not being a Democrat or a RINO, avoiding the draft, not even trying to earn a degree from an Ivy League university, accepting the Post Office’s job offer in 1966, accepting IRS’s job offer in 1971, accepting GAO’s job offer in 1980, complaining about patronage and political affiliation discrimination, complaining about reverse discrimination, complaining about age discrimination, complaining about retaliation, filing grievances and other complaints, filing lawsuits, not painting myself as being a yes-man, not being a yes-man, not glorifying and praising, pandering to, and giving money to those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, not being a church member since the 1970s, not attending church services since the 1970s, not giving money to a church since the 1970s, giving up trying to have children, not adopting, not becoming a foster parent, not owning dogs, etc.?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-midlife-crisis-changing-slump-0601-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Today I know why: Recent research in economics, psychology and neuroscience shows that aging has an independent effect on life satisfaction, separate from factors such as health, wealth and other life circumstances. In other words, time is not an emotionally neutral backdrop. Instead, its effect on happiness is U-shaped: Other things being equal, people’s life satisfaction tends to decline from their early 20s until midlife, then turns around at about age 50. Armed with this knowledge, I often wish I could go back and warn the pre-40 me of what was coming. I first started to notice the onset of nagging dissatisfaction around my 40th birthday; I figured it would pass. But counting my blessings, as I often did, only deepened my funk. As my 40s went on, the perplexing feelings of restlessness and regret deepened. At 45, I attained the highest prize in my profession, yet not even that success hushed the inner critics saying I had wasted my life. By my late 40s, I painfully concluded that dissatisfaction and ingratitude were my new normal.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Is attacking a cop a hate crime? New federal law would give police similar protections – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of Group A promote hatred against members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180601/is-attacking-a-cop-a-hate-crime-new-federal-law-would-give-police-similar-protections
— Only the fat cats are better off – Marion J. Reis, Lombard (DIERSEN: Are/were you a fat cat? My critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout have always had their operatives and their dupes shout at those who have less money than I have that I am a fat cat. They stress the money that I have spent on new cars, real estate, tuition, collector cars, computers, etc.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180601/only-the-fat-cats-are-better-off
— Polls: Most Americans say teachers are underpaid — and many would pay higher taxes to fix it – Valerie Strauss
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180601/polls-most-americans-say-teachers-are-underpaid-x2014-and-many-would-pay-higher-taxes-to-fix-it

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A third of Chicago home borrowers can’t afford to move – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: What percent of homeowners in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois cannot afford to move? If they could afford to move, where would they move to?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180601/CRED0701/180609998
— SALT tax-cap workaround hits Springfield roadblock – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180531/BLOGS02/180539945
— The deadline to nominate someone for 40 Under 40 is June 11, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. CDT. (DIERSEN: For non-veteran White males to be rising stars in the federal government, they must 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. There are extremely few non-veteran White male rising stars in the federal government.)
https://crainschicago.secure-platform.com/a/page/40under40

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Feds File Charges Against 2 For Allegedly Selling Drugs Online – Tom Wessell
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/feds-file-charges-against-2-for-allegedly-selling-drugs-online/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Gun control advocates change approach with June 1 call to action – BOB RAKOW
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/05/29/gun-control-advocates-change-approach-with-june-1-call-to-action/an9wiv/

 

WQAD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?
http://wqad.com/2018/05/31/trump-considering-commuting-rod-blagojevichs-sentence/

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Kelly thanks Trump for pardoning Dinesh D’Souza
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-thanks-trump-for-pardoning-dinesh-dsouza

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Governor Bruce Rauner Reaches Point Governor Dan Walker Did in His First Year in Office – Gets Budget – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/31/governor-bruce-rauner-reaches-point-governor-dan-walker-first-year-office-gets-budget/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Harris, House Republicans put ERA over the top
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511436454-harris-house-republicans-put-era-over-the-top

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Durkin, Olsen, Wehrli, Winger vote ‘yes’ in House ERA vote
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511436401-durkin-olsen-wehrli-winger-vote-yes-in-house-era-vote

 

WIREPOINTS
— A budget for lawmakers, not Illinoisans – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/a-budget-for-lawmakers-not-illinoisans-wirepoints-original/
— Illinois, One Chart Shows How You’re Being Lied To Again About This Budget Being ‘Balanced’ – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-one-chart-shows-how-youre-being-lied-to-again-about-this-budget-being-balanced-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CONSERVATIVE LAWSUIT AGAINST U OF I PROCEEDS TO FEDERAL COURT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/conservative-lawsuit-against-u-of-i-proceeds-to-federal-court.html
— PATTI BLAGOJEVICH APPEALS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR COMMUTATION OF ROD’S SENTENCE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/patti-blagojevich-appeals-to-president-trump-for-rods-pardon.html
— THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF CORPORATE WELFARE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/the-opportunity-cost-of-corporate-welfare.html

 

GOPUSA
— Black market in marijuana much greater since legalization
http://www.gopusa.com/black-market-in-marijuana-much-greater-since-legalization/
— Illegal alien children cost taxpayers $670 a day
http://www.gopusa.com/illegal-alien-children-cost-taxpayers-670-a-day/
— CNN’s Don Lemon lectures: If you watched Roseanne, you’re a bigot (DIERSEN: What do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say about those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.gopusa.com/cnns-don-lemon-lectures-if-you-watched-roseanne-youre-a-bigot/

 

CNN
— Two companies (Autotrader and State Farm) suspend ads from Samantha Bee’s show after vulgar remark about Ivanka Trump – Jackie Wattles and Brian Stelter
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/31/media/samantha-bee-advertiser/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— The wife of Chicago’s police superintendent has filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming she’s a victim of discrimination. (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, all the many employees who my Democrat superiors assigned me to supervise were one or more of the following: Democrat, minority, female, older, disabled, veteran, and/or an employee who they wanted to get rid of. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, no discrimination complaint was ever filed against me. No Democrat employee ever charged me with discriminating against Democrats. No minority employee ever charged me with discriminating against minorities. No female employee ever charged me with discriminating against females. No older employee ever charged me with discriminating against older employees. No disabled employee ever charged me with discriminating against disabled employees. No veteran employee ever charged me with discriminating against veterans. No LGBTQ employee ever charged me with discriminating against LGBTQ employees. Never-the-less, my Democrat superiors treated me like I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/wife-of-police-superintendent-files-discrimination-complaint/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Political Provocateur Dinesh D’Souza, at Times Held Up as a Hero of the Right – Daniel Victor (DIERSEN: Who are the “heroes of the right” in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality? What do they do to defend and advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/us/politics/dinesh-dsouza-facts-history.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Starbucks Racial Bias Training ‘Uncomfortable’ and ‘Enlightening’: Employees React Some baristas wonder how to implement lessons discussed Tuesday in their day-to-day jobs – Julie Jargon and Rachel Feintzeig (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, all bias training calls all Republicans White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbucks-racial-bias-training-uncomfortable-and-enlightening-employees-react-1527807677
— ‘The Happiness Curve’ Review: Midlife Slump and Late-Life Upswing Research shows that, after hitting 50, most people feel less regretful about their past and more positive about their lives in general. Emily Bobrow reviews “The Happiness Curve” by Jonathan Rauch. (DIERSEN: What do you regret? Should I regret not pretending to be Swedish national origin, not being a Democrat or a RINO, avoiding the draft, not even trying to earn a degree from an Ivy League university, accepting the Post Office’s job offer in 1966, accepting IRS’s job offer in 1971, accepting GAO’s job offer in 1980, complaining about patronage and political affiliation discrimination, complaining about reverse discrimination, complaining about age discrimination, complaining about retaliation, filing grievances and other complaints, filing lawsuits, not painting myself as being a yes-man, not being a yes-man, not glorifying and praising, pandering to, and giving money to those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, not being a church member since the 1970s, not attending church services since the 1970s, not giving money to a church since the 1970s, giving up trying to have children, not adopting, not becoming a foster parent, not owning dogs, etc.?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-happiness-curve-review-midlife-slump-and-late-life-upswing-1527809014
— Summer Jobs Teach Real-World Lessons – Mike Kerrigan (DIERSEN: What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; washed dishes during the summer of 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966; and delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/summer-jobs-teach-real-world-lessons-1527809051

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote LGBTQ activity. Ever-increasingly, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time DEMONIZE, DENIGRATE, AND CONDEMN those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/01/why-we-have-lgbtq-pride-not-straight-pride-column/658306002/
https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/faces-of-lgbtq-pride-month-2018/#/?_k=zatf7b
— Internet usage may be nearing peak, says Mary Meeker in annual tech forecast – Jefferson Graham (DIERSEN: Members of the following groups want you to a) talk and act like Facebook IS THE INTERNET and b) not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/05/30/internet-usage-growing-slightly-smartphone-sales-have-hit-wall/656078002/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Employers Skate on Thin Ice With Immigration Compliance, Bias – Laura D. Francis (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers do not want to hire, retain, or promote employees who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, employers pander to individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bna.com/employers-skate-thin-n57982093108/

 

FED SMITH
— What’s Really in Those New Executive Orders? – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the following adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/05/30/whats-really-new-executive-orders/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It goes on to say that agencies should make decisions on proposed removals within 15 days of the end of the employee reply period, and that agencies should use Chapter 75 (adverse action) procedures where appropriate rather than the more common Chapter 43 (performance) procedures when dealing with poor performance. It also reminds agencies that the probationary period is the final step in the hiring process. . .This section says “Agencies shall not agree to erase, remove, alter, or withhold from another agency any information about a civilian employee’s performance or conduct in that employee’s official personnel records, including an employee’s Official Personnel Folder and Employee Performance File, as part of, or as a condition to, resolving a formal or informal complaint by the employee or settling an administrative challenge to an adverse personnel action.”)

 

DAILY BEAST
— Trump: Why Haven’t They Fired ‘No Talent Samantha Bee?’ (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be fired and why? Should I write a book about a) those who want me to be fired as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and why and b) those who wanted me to be fired as 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, IRS employee, Post Office employee, etc., and why?)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-why-havent-they-fired-no-talent-samantha-bee

May 15 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Factors that discourage Illinois residents who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican from planning on attending the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee meeting in Springfield this Saturday, May 19:
– Those who want Tim Schneider reelected as IRP chairman have not asked you to attend,  

– The meeting agenda might not include a public comment period,
– The meeting room might be filled to capacity before you get there,
– It appears that the Winchester v. IRP lawsuit has not been filed and that it will not be filed,
– Ives and other IRP chairman candidate Mark Shaw supporters might not be allowed to speak,
– Possibly, the meeting will be broadcast live over the internet, and
– It appears that Tim Schneider will be reelected IRP chairman no matter what.  – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Rauner’s opponent, William J. Kelly gears up for fight for the Illinois GOP
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/rauners-opponent-william-j-kelly-gears-up-for-fight-for-the-illinois-gop
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: WHAT: William J. Kelly, independent candidate for Illinois Governor, will have a press conference on Friday to discuss the future of the post-Rauner Illinois GOP. Kelly also plans to speak at the Illinois GOP State Central Committee meeting on Saturday morning and will be broadcasting live from the State Central Committee meeting. Kelly has released the following statement: “The last four years have been difficult ones for those of us who sounded the warning bell on Bruce Rauner and that bell has finally been heard at a terrible cost: Illinois is now a sanctuary state and expanded taxpayer-funded abortion on demand is the law of the land. The blame is not Governor Rauner’s alone; he had help. I blame Rauner’s payroll conservatives at Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois Opportunity Project, and Liberty Principles PAC. In 2013, when Rauner announced for Governor, his history as a liberal pro-abortion, pro-amnesty Democrat donor was already well-known. Ignoring this, a number of conservative leaders and donors heralded Rauner’s coming. Illinois Policy Institute’s John Tillman and Liberty Principles PAC’s Dan Proft were well-paid to induce conservative voters to support Rauner despite his left-wing history. A number of Illinois Tea Party leaders forced Rauner on us too, attacking anyone who opposed him. For the last four years I, too, have endured the public attacks of Rauner’s payroll conservatives. However, since Rauner’s betrayal on illegal immigration and abortion, many former Raunerites have apologized to me. We need to recruit new conservative and tea party leaders to take the place of those that let us down. I am running for Illinois Governor to reform, rebuild, and redeem the Illinois Republican Party now and for the future. Please join me.”
WHEN: Friday, May 18, 2018, 11:00 AM
WHERE: Blue Room (room 010), Illinois state capitol building, 401 S. 2nd Street, Springfield, IL 62706
CONTACT: Amy Olson 312-768-8683 or by email at williamjpkelly@gmail.com)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State election board director says hacking a ‘declaration of war’ – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: If Russians hacked Illinois election data to help elect Trump, they certainly failed. Trump got only 127 votes in my precinct and Clinton got 211.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-elections-board-hacking-20180515-story,amp.html
— Efforts to battle opioid crisis are ‘starting to pay off’ in Will County, officials say – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-heroin-summit-st-0515-story.html
— Dozens of Crete homes made from Sears kits – Jerry Shnay (DIERSEN: During the 1950s and early 1960s, I frequently visited my aunt and uncle who lived in a Sears home just four doors north of my parents’ 1926 home on Wood Street in Crete. They had introduced my father and mother to each other and they sparked my interest in cars. The homes two and three doors north of my parent’s home are also Sears homes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-shnay-column-st-0515-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here are some facts about Crete. The first settlers came to the area in 1836. The Will County town was incorporated in 1880 and the 2010 census listed its population as 8,227. In 2012, the Crete-Monee High School football team won a state championship. Crete also is home to more than 40 houses sold by Sears, making it the largest repository for these dwellings in the south suburbs, according to Phyllis Monks, president of the Crete Area Historical Society. Monks said residents were able to build “kit” homes because trains made frequent stops at the local depot, leaving all that was needed to build one in two boxcars.)
— In Rauner’s gun proposal, politics comes ahead of policy – Dahleen Glanton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-rauner-assault-weapons-20180514-story.html
— Report offers solutions for Chicago region’s segregation woes – Patrick M. O’Connell (DIERSEN: What have you done to cut down your work commute time? Since my wife and I got married in 1978, we have always lived in walking distance of a commuter train station in Wheaton. I bought a one bedroom condo in 1976 and a studio condo in 1974 in downtown Chicago so that I could walk to work and to night classes. I bought a new town home in 1972 when I worked in Harvey. I asked Firestone Stores to assign me to its Chicago Heights Store in 1970 when I was living with my mother and brother in Crete.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-segregation-report-20180511-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Moore wanted to move closer to work but said he could not afford the rent at apartments on the Northwest Side or nearby suburbs that would have made his commute more manageable. And even if he could, Moore said he often felt out of place in the predominantly white neighborhoods. “It’s almost like being an alien, you know,” Moore said. “It’s like, do I belong here?” Moore, who lives in North Lawndale, eventually found work as a community organizer in a job that reduced his travel time by more than half. Moore’s hunt for affordable housing, a shorter commute and a different neighborhood are among the elements highlighted in the Metropolitan Planning Council’s new report on the Chicago region’s segregation, which offers a buffet of initiatives that take aim at entrenched racism and inequities holding back the region.)
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Will liberals see backlash? Few heeding old warning. – Heidi Stevens (DIERSEN: Members of Group A should expect that at some point, members of Group B will start defending themselves and fight back. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Members of Group B have purchased a tremendous amount of firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-monday-liberal-backlash-me-too-0514-story.html
— A full day of Rauner boasts at forum – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-elections-board-hacking-20180515-story,amp.html
— How the death penalty was abolished in Illinois
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-illinois-death-penalty-timeline-gfx-20180514-htmlstory.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants overwhelmingly vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-hospitality-industry-needs-the-work-ethic-immigrants-bring-to-the-job/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago Fed team proposes perhaps the dumbest ‘solution’ yet to the state’s pension crisis – MARK GLENNON
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180515/ISSUE07/180519937
— Odds leap for legal Illinois sports betting – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: If you promote gambling, you are a) Democrat, Libertarian, and/or RINO and/or b) anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180515/BLOGS02/180519934#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccb-morning10&utm_campaign=ccb-morning10-20180515

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner’s top priorities sidelined in final budget talks of his first term – KIM GEIGER (DIERSEN: Rauner says that he has no social agenda, but he has signed legislation that promotes LGBTQ activity, abortion, and illegal immigration.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/rauner-s-top-priorities-sidelined-in-final-budget-talks-of/article_93ae10f8-0c53-5ccd-b7e1-88d92f7bac1e.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner’s amendatory veto revives death-penalty debate – Ben Zigterman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about George Ryan promoters who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) for all of George Ryan’s problems, b) for all of their problems, c) for all of your problems, d) for all of my problems, and e) for all of everyone’s problems. They all but shout that were in not for me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, George Ryan would still be the Governor of Illinois.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-05-15/rauners-amendatory-veto-revives-death-penalty-debate.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2000, Gov. George Ryan placed a moratorium on the death penalty because of the number of wrongful convictions.)
— Rauner taps Chicago corporate attorney Sanford “Sandy” Perl for last UI trustees vacancy – Julie Wurth
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-05-14/rauner-taps-chicago-corporate-attorney-last-ui-trustees-vacancy.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Senate unanimously confirms Belleville native Amy St. Eve to serve as federal circuit judge – KARA BERG (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation are overjoyed about this and will use this against me. St. Eve denied me my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, that is, she denied me a jury trial. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article211147019.html

 

STATELINE
— Leaders Weigh in on Governor Rauner’s Controversial Death Penalty – Jerrica Valtierra
http://www.mystateline.com/news/leaders-weigh-in-on-governor-rauner-s-controversial-death-penalty/1179440424

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, politicians who are anti-men hint/imply/argue/shout that most if not virtually all men abuse women and that therefore, men should be gotten rid of.
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/women-seize-on-their-past-abuse-to-fuel-political-ambition/article_fbeb784b-8f0f-5452-91a0-af323ae165b0.html

 

WJBD RADIO
— Leaks plague White House despite crackdown (DIERSEN: Of course, ever since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, I have been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being a leaker by Democrats and Democrat plants, by Libertarians and Libertarian plants, by Greens and Green plants, and by RINOs. Should I sue the aforesaid? I have never been a leaker.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2018/05/14/leaks-plague-white-house-despite-crackdown

 

ILLINOIS CHANNEL
— Joe Topinka Remembers his Mother, Judy Baar Topinka with a new book, “Just Judy” (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, starting in 2000, me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails caused all the problems that Topinka had.)
http://www.illinoischannel.org/2018/05/14/joe-topinka-remembers-his-mother-judy-baar-topinka-with-a-new-book-just-judy/

 

CITY OF WHEATON
— New Route for Memorial Day Parade (DIERSEN: Please consider watching the parade a) in Ives’ precinct along Main Street between Roosevelt Road and Elm Street and along Elm Street between Main Street and Wheaton Avenue or b) in my precinct along Elm Street between Wheaton Avenue and Warrenville Road and along Warrenville Road between Elm Street and the Wheaton Cemetery at 1209 South Warrenville Road. Please consider watching the ceremony. It starts at 11:00 AM at the Wheaton Cemetery in my precinct.)
https://www.wheaton.il.us/civicalerts.aspx?AID=98

 

WIREPOINTS
— A note to readers: We’re getting our research spread and our viewpoint heard – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails drive lots of internet traffic to Wirepoints articles.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/a-note-to-readers-were-getting-our-research-spread-and-our-viewpoint-heard-wirepoints-original/

 

WEST COOK NEWS
— ‘It’s like being foreclosed on;’ Read Oak Park homeowners’ stunning comments on their property tax bills
https://westcooknews.com/stories/511416463-it-s-like-being-foreclosed-on-read-oak-park-homeowners-stunning-comments-on-their-property-tax-bills#new_tab

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives roiled by lack of a permanent legislative inspector general in Springfield – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: What qualifications do want an Illinois Legislative Inspector General to have? 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 worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511413724-ives-roiled-by-lack-of-a-permanent-legislative-inspector-general-in-springfield
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Noting that during the time the inspector general’s post went vacant at last 27 complaints of harassment in Springfield went unscrutinized, Ives added, “We only have three weeks before regular session adjourns and there has been no resolution prepared to designate a permanent legislative inspector general. Legislative leaders of both parties and members of the Legislative Ethics Commission should make this a priority.”)

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Skillicorn embraces Trump volunteer Shane Bouvet who wants to ‘drain the swamp’ in Illinois – Marian Johns (DIERSEN: What have you done that might prompt elected officials to embrace you? I led a major effort that succeeded in getting Comcast to start carrying Fox News Channel in Wheaton and in other west suburban municipalities in 2002. I organized a picnic in my precinct that drew all five announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, Randy Hultgren, and other elected officials in 2003. I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2004 and 2005.)
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511412510-skillicorn-embraces-trump-volunteer-who-wants-to-drain-the-swamp-in-illinois

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Pritzker dares Rauner to sign pro-choice pledge – Mark Maxwell (DIERSEN: When will Rauner sign a pledge that he will not take any action against any of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, including its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks? When will Rauner sign a pledge that he will defend and advance all the planks in the IRP platform, including its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks?)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/pritzker-dares-rauner-to-sign-pro-choice-pledge/1179558037

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Southern Illinois mayor says cities across the state face insolvency from pension debt – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/southern-illinois-mayor-says-cities-across-the-state-face-insolvency/article_11166cb0-5478-11e8-b37f-c7abbf681e32.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Opposition emerges to Rauner AV
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/14/opposition-emerges-to-rauner-av/
— Gov. Rauner warns against name-calling, and then does just that
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/15/gov-rauner-warns-against-name-calling-and-then-does-just-that/
— Elections director says Russia declared war on Illinois
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/15/elections-director-says-russia-declared-war-on-illinois/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Senate confirms two more of Trump’s judicial picks (Michael Scudder and Amy St. Eve) to the 7th Circuit – Alex Swoyer (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation are overjoyed about this and will use this against me. St. Eve denied me my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, that is, she denied me a jury trial. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/14/michael-scudder-amy-st-eve-trump-judges-confirmed-/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a 90-0 vote, Michael Scudder, a Chicago-based lawyer, was cleared and Amy St. Eve, a judge for the Northern District of Illinois, was confirmed by a 91-0 vote.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— It’s Time For Common Sense Pit Bull Regulation – SCOTT GREER
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/15/pit-bull-regulation/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Northeastern Illinois University philosophy professor says ‘wealth redistribution’ key to ‘sexual fulfillment’ – Celine Ryan
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10887

 

THE HILL
— Pompeo lifts hiring freeze at State Department – MAX GREENWOOD (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes. Overwhelmingly, my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats who a) blamed the hiring and/or promotion freezes on Republicans and b) took their anger against Republicans out on GAO’s few Republican employees including me.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/387719-pompeo-lifts-hiring-freeze-at-state-department

 

POLITICO
— Trump says leaks are exaggerated but vows to track down ‘traitors’ – REBECCA MORIN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. I have never leaked anything. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a leaker. I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/14/trump-leaks-traitors-white-house-586041

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Workplace Inspections Increase in Pursuit of Illegal Hirings There were 3,510 site investigations between Oct. 1 and May 4, more than all of fiscal year 2017 – Laura Meckler (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, employers in America talk and act like they want to replace all their employees who are citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/workplace-inspections-increase-in-pursuit-of-undocumented-hirings-1526336685
— CEO Pay and Performance Often Don’t Match Up The S&P 500 CEOs who received the biggest pay increases scored middling shareholder returns – Vanessa Fuhrmans (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, to make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40, you had to a) excel at hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) excel at getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make the aforesaid promotions. Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ceo-pay-and-performance-dont-match-up-1526299200
— The Issue Is Liberty, Not Gambling The Supreme Court says Congress can’t command state legislatures. (DIERSEN: If you promote gambling, you are a) Democrat, Libertarian, and/or RINO and/or b) anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-issue-is-liberty-not-gambling-1526338622

 

USA TODAY
— Sports-betting ruling feeds states’ gambling addiction – Editorial
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/05/14/supreme-court-sports-betting-ruling-feeds-states-gambling-addiction-editorials-debates/609179002/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump talks to Hannity on the phone nearly every night to ‘decompress’: report – JESSICA CHIA
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-talks-hannity-phone-night-report-article-1.3990081

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— How free is the free press in Trump’s America? – BARBARA RUSSUM (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents could stop my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, my Medicare, and/or my Social Security to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, they certainly would have done that by now. So far, they, their operatives, and their dupes have ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/how-free-is-the-free-press-in-trumps-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There is an old saying, “He who pays the piper calls the tune,” meaning that someone who provides the money has the right to determine what it is spent on. In journalism these days it has taken on a sinister connotation for everything from censoring school newspapers to the firing and even murder of outspoken journalists. Here in the U.S. we like to reflect on the concept of a free press as written into the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. But President Donald Trump describes journalists who offer anything but fawning coverage of him and his administration as “enemies of the people.” Another president, Richard Nixon, also once declared, “The press is the enemy.” Carl Bernstein, one of the Washington Post reporters who exposed Nixon’s Watergate scandal in the 1970s, says Trump’s rhetoric is similar to Nixon’s in that he is “trying to divide the country, and make the conduct of the press the issue, instead of the conduct of the president.” The Trump administration is trying to get the public to buy the idea that when a newspaper or television network reports anything that is at all unflattering to the president that newspaper or network is automatically displaying its bias. “In Donald Trump’s America,” said the Los Angeles Times in an editorial, “the mere act of reporting news unflattering to the president is held up as evidence of bias. Journalists are slandered. Facts that contradict Trump’s version of reality are dismissed as ‘fake news.’ Reporters and their news organizations are ‘pathetic,’ ‘very dishonest,’ ‘failing,’ and even, in one memorable turn of phrase, ‘a pile of garbage.’” While Trump aims his fire at even objective reporting that shines light on negative features of his administration, not all newspapers, television networks and other media outlets are placed on his enemies list. Some, like Fox News, shower praise on the president almost round the clock and he rewards them with frequent exclusive interviews. It is impossible to avoid the conclusion that a big difference between the networks and outlooks he likes and the ones he opposes correlates to who owns those various networks and outlets. It goes without saying that the high costs of putting out the news favors billionaires to become owners of huge chunks of print and broadcasting media and it is not always easy to keep track of who owns what. Recent headlines provide an example of how it can get confusing: “Comcast prepares all-cash bid to gate-crash Disney-Fox deal,” or “Disney Could Give Up Sky to Get Fox Assets.” Another fact is that big money doesn’t just limit itself to controlling editorial policy. At times it goes after the ability of newspapers to even continue to exist. Clarity about the nature of what goes on in a world where big money influences journalism was the aim of a May 8 Democracy Now show with Amy Goodman and Juan González. They talked about how rank and file journalists are rising up against a Wall Street hedge fund that is chewing up and spitting out newsrooms across the country. Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund, owns Digital First media, the nation’s second largest newspaper chain.)

May 9 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP CONSERVATIVES EXPECT TO PICK NEW PARTY LEADER SATURDAY, MAY 19TH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/il-gop-leadership-expected-to-pick-shaw-over-schneider-saturday.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thus far, Stan Bond (14), John McGlasson (16), Char Foss-Eggman (9) and assumedly Mark Shaw (10) will support Shaw. Bob Grogan (6) supported Jeanne Ives in the gubernatorial primary and is likely to support Ives. Shaun Murphy (1), Judy Diekelman (2), Sean Morrison (3), Jay Reyes (4) and Ryan Higgins (8) are expected to back Rauner – as is Chapin Rose (15) and Jan Weber (17) – who the Rauner campaign backed during county elections. Saturday’s meeting will be held at 11:00 am at 522 S. Fifth Street.)
— SKILLICORN STEPS UP TO DEFEND TRUMP FAN BLOCKED OUT OF HOUSE RACE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/skillicorn-steps-up-to-defend-trump-fan-blocked-out-of-house-race-.html

 

ABC7
— Kendall County Democrats led by all-female board for first time – Jesse Kirsch
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/kendall-county-dems-led-by-all-female-board-for-first-time/3446533/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Yingling Joins McSweeney, Demands Apology From Bruce Rauner (DIERSEN: Who calls who an extremist? Beyond overwhelmingly, members of Group A call members of Group B extremists. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. If your group does not promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, sooner or later, if not already, the SPLC will call your group a hate group.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/community/chi-ugc-article-yingling-joins-mcsweeney-demands-apology-fro-2018-05-09-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. – In response to a Northwest Herald report that Bruce Rauner met with Diane Evertsen, the former president of Minutemen Midwest, a group the Southern Poverty Law Center labeled a nativist extremist group, state Rep. Sam Yingling (D-Grayslake) issued the following statement: “Instead of negotiating in good faith to pass a state budget or working to reduce local property taxes, Bruce Rauner spent last weekend meeting with the former leader of Minutemen Midwest, a group the Southern Poverty Law Center labeled a “nativist extremist” group. There’s no place in for the fear-mongering tactics and conspiracy theories these extremist groups espouse in our state, and I applaud Representative Dave McSweeney, a Republican from McHenry County, for demanding an apology from Bruce Rauner, the head of the Illinois GOP. I join my colleague across the aisle in demanding an apology from this failed governor and hope other local elected officials and candidates will as well.”)
— Experts dismiss central Illinois cop’s claim that legalizing pot would lead to euthanizing drug-sniffing dogs – Elyssa Cherney
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-legal-marijuana-police-dogs-20180509-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-say, those who encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and/or to bring others to America should be prosecuted.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-immigrants-crime-ms-13-sessions-trump-0510-20180509-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump suggests revoking reporters’ credentials – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about times since 2000 when Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) threatened to take away my GOPUSA ILLINOIS press credentials and b) took them away.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/trump-suggests-revoking-reporters-credentials/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County Clerk’s Office announces ballot position lottery for November General Election – Kane County Clerk John A. Cunningham
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180509/kane-county-clerks-office-announces-ballot-position-lottery-for-november-general-election

 

WLS AM
— Civic Federations grades Rauner’s budget: “Incomplete” – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/05/09/civic-federations-grades-rauners-budget-incomplete/

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Adams County to consider becoming gun sanctuary – Matt Dutton
http://www.whig.com/20180509/adams-county-to-consider-becoming-gun-sanctuary

 

TIMES
— Streator sets limits on city officials spending City declines to give locals leeway in bidding – Brent Bader
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/05/08/streator-sets-limits-on-city-officials-spending/a3tpb9g/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner, Democrats say they don’t want another budget war but face deficit despite tax hike – MONIQUE GARCIA
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/rauner-democrats-say-they-don-t-want-another-budget-war/article_3d4c97b9-9e6f-5c96-8bbf-3e5fdcde919d.html

 

CITY OF WHEATON
— New Route for Memorial Day Parade (DIERSEN: Please consider watching the parade a) in Ives’ precinct along Main Street between Roosevelt Road and Elm Street and along Elm Street between Main Street and Wheaton Avenue or b) in my precinct along Elm Street between Wheaton Avenue and Warrenville Road and along Warrenville Road between Elm Street and the Wheaton Cemetery at 1209 South Warrenville Road. Please consider watching the ceremony. It starts at 11:00 AM at the Wheaton Cemetery in my precinct.)
https://www.wheaton.il.us/civicalerts.aspx?AID=98


(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2018 Memorial Day Parade is Monday, May 28, 2018, beginning at 10 a.m. Due to construction taking place on part of the usual parade route, the parade is scheduled to step off from Memorial Park and proceed:

– South on Hale Street to Wesley Street.
– West on Wesley Street to Wheaton Avenue.
– South on Wheaton Avenue to Liberty Drive.
– East on Liberty Drive to Main Street.
– South on Main Street to Elm Street.
– West on Elm Street to Warrenville Road.
– South on Warrenville Road to the Wheaton Cemetery.

During the parade, the Wheaton Police Department, with the cooperation and assistance of the Milton Township Highway Department, will temporarily modify the traffic pattern on Warrenville Road from Wheaton Cemetery / Merrill and Warrenville Road to Orchard Road from two-way to only one way southbound. This condition will exist for approximately two and a half hours (9:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.). During the event, these streets will be adequately staffed with uniformed Police Officers to assist and direct traffic. Residents, citizens, and motorists are being asked for their cooperation in not moving the barricades to ensure the safety of the parade participants. Motorists may experience temporary traffic delays and choose to alter their travel route to avoid these areas. American Legion Post 76 invites veterans, youth groups, bands and schools to participate. A ceremony honoring those who have given their life in service will begin at 11 a.m. at Wheaton Cemetery, located at 1209 S Warrenville Road.)

 

WQAD
— Rock Island and Moline among 20 Illinois cities a watchdog group says should declare bankruptcy
http://wqad.com/2018/05/09/rock-island-and-moline-among-20-illinois-cities-a-watchdog-group-says-should-declare-bankruptcy/

 

WQLZ
— Lang Calls on Rauner to Push ERA Over the Finish Line
http://www.wqlz.com/2018/05/09/lang-calls-on-rauner-to-push-era-over-the-finish-line/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County’s 2018 Real Estate Tax Bill Music Video
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/09/mchenry-countys-2018-real-estate-tax-bill/
— BGA Supports McSweeney Abolish McHenry County Townships by Referendum Bill
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/09/bga-supports-mcsweeney-abolish-townships-referendum-bill/
— Support for Referendum to Put McHenry Township Road District Under Township Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/09/support-putting-mchenry-township-road-district-township-board/
— Tax Information for McHenry County Schools
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/09/tax-information-mchenry-county-schools/
— Former Algonquin Township Assessor Bob Kunz Replies to Illinois Leaks’ Article
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/08/former-algonquin-township-assessor-bob-kunz-replies-illinois-leaks-article/
— Illinois Leaks Calls for Resignation of Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/08/illinois-leaks-calls-resignation-algonquin-township-clerk-karen-lukasik/
— Secret Gift Cards Put Karen Lukasik & Bob Miller in Sights of Illinois Leaks Again
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/08/secret-gift-cards-put-karen-lukasik-bob-miller-sights-illinois-leaks/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CIVIC FEDERATION “THUMBS DOWN” ON GOVERNOR’S FY 2019 BUDGET PROPOSAL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/civic-federation-thumbs-down-on-governors-fy-2019-budget-proposal.html
— SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN STATE’S HEADLINE NEWS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/sexual-orientation-in-states-headline-news.html
— AKIN: LAWMAKERS STILL HAVE TIME TO PASS LAWSUIT REFORM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/akin-lawmakers-still-have-time-to-pass-lawsuit-reform.html
— ERA PROPONENTS RALLY FOR HOUSE VOTE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/era-activists-push-for-illinois-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— McSweeney slams Rauner for meeting with party chair who’s also “a known extremist” (DIERSEN: Who calls who an extremist? Beyond overwhelmingly, members of Group A call members of Group B extremists. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. If your group does not promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, sooner or later, if not already, the SPLC will call your group a hate group.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/09/mcsweeney-slams-rauner-for-meeting-with-party-chair-whos-also-a-known-extremist/
— Hippies are gonna make us kill all our dogs!!!
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/09/hippies-are-gonna-make-us-kill-all-our-dogs/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— ‘Downward spiral’ of Scouts self-inflicted, says LaBarbera – Charlie Butts
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2018/05/09/downward-spiral-of-scouts-self-inflicted-says-labarbera

 

BLAZE
— Here’s who will really pay for all that ‘free’ stuff progressives keep promising – Glenn Beck
https://www.theblaze.com/video/surprise-heres-who-will-really-pay-for-all-that-free-stuff-progressives-keep-promising

 

GOPUSA
— California wants money for illegal alien health care
http://www.gopusa.com/california-wants-money-for-illegal-alien-health-care/
— Why is Los Angeles a hotbed of STDs? Racism, of course.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45389

 

NEWSMAX
— Drudge Hits Trump Over Reporter Ban, Fears Licensing of Reporters – Mark Swanson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about times since 2000 when Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) threatened to take away my GOPUSA ILLINOIS press credentials and b) took them away.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/matt-drudge-media-credentials-wh-reporters-fake-news/2018/05/09/id/859335/
— Trump Threatens to Take Away Press Credentials Over Fake News – Jeffrey Rodack (DIERSEN: I should write a book about times since 2000 when Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) threatened to take away my GOPUSA ILLINOIS press credentials and b) took them away.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/press-credentials-fake-news-donald-trump/2018/05/09/id/859260/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump, citing negative news coverage about him, questioned whether the “corrupt” and “fake” news media should be stripped of credentials. The president’s comments came in an early morning tweet on Wednesday. He pointed out 91 percent of the “network news about me is negative (fake).” Trump appeared to be referencing a report by the Media Research Center. The MRC had looked at broadcast evening news reports of Trump from Jan. 1 through April 30 and “found 90 percent of the evaluative comments about the president were negative.” The report examined 1,065 network evening news stories about Trump and key members of his administration. And it noted the “hostile coverage” from ABC, CBS and NBC. According to the study, The Russia “collusion” story was given the most time on the broadcasts of all stories regarding the administration. The MRC reported it took up 321 minutes or nearly one-fifth of all Trump administration coverage. The study was a topic of conversation on TV’s “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday. The president is a longtime viewer of the show.)

 

THE HILL
— GOP leaders seek to stamp out Republican revolt on immigration – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/386977-house-gop-leaders-blast-move-to-force-a-vote-on-immigration

 

FISCAL TIMES
— Trump Administration Proposes $143.5 Billion in Federal Employee Retirement Cuts – Yuval Rosenberg (DIERSEN: Because I am a federal retiree, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are overjoyed about this.)
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2018/05/09/Trump-Administration-Proposes-1435-Billion-Federal-Employee-Retirement-Cuts

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Congressman slams OPM for targeting federal employee benefits – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: From what I see, I am one of only an extremely few, if not the only, Republican federal retiree in the 6th Congressional District. If you know of any Republican federal employees or retirees who live or work in the 6th Congressional District, please ask them to contact me ASAP.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/05/09/congressman-calls-out-opm-targeting-of-feds-retirement-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, wrote to Office of Personnel Management Director Jeff Pon May 9, 2018, to express “strong opposition” to a recent letter in which the director proposed sweeping cuts and increased contributions to federal employee retirement. “Federal employees are the cornerstone of an effective and efficient federal government. Our country relies on these talented men and women to perform critical duties across all sectors of government, from national security and healthcare to economic expansion and infrastructure development,” Turner wrote. Turner’s opposition as a Republican is notable, as Democrats have traditionally held a strong line against cutting federal employee benefits in order to balance the budget. Pon’s legislative proposals would likely require fairly unified Republican support to pass into actual legislation. According to a news release on the letter of opposition, Turner’s district contains 30,000 federal employees that would likely be impacted by the proposed changes. Turner took particular issue with aspects of OPM’s proposals that would impact current employees and retirees, such as increases in retirement contributions for current employees and the elimination of cost-of-living adjustments for all current and future retirees under the Federal Employee Retirement System. “This breaks a promise to current federal employees and retirees. We should not arbitrarily make changes to policies that families have planned their lives around, particularly when it affects current retirees with limited ability to make up for unanticipated reductions in estimated income,” wrote Turner. Pon justified the proposed changes as bringing the government more in line with private sector practices, though some have argued that prospective employees are attracted to the government over the private sector due to more generous retirement packages. “In order to ‘recruit, retain and honor a world-class workforce to serve the American people’ as OPM seeks, the federal government must maintain a competitive benefits package befitting such a workforce. With the United States’ growing economy and a tightening labor market, we cannot afford to make the federal government a less attractive place to work by diminishing the very benefits that help the government keep pace with jobs in the (often higher-paying) private sector,” Turner wrote.)

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— OPM Chief Defends Pay Freeze as a Chance to ‘Right-Size’ Compensation Across Occupations – Erich Wagner
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/05/opm-omb-leaders-take-tough-questions-compensation-proposals/148085/

April 30 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Matt Dietrich with the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE), the ISBE will not take any action in response to Robert Winchester’s April 26, 2018 (https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000163-04de-d374-a77b-04df3b5c0000) letter concerning the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee election for the 15th Congressional District and that the ISBE will be notifying Winchester of that decision shortly. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

BRUCE RAUNER
— 1998: What the World Looked Like When Madigan Took Over the Democratic Party of Illinois (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Illinois Republican Party Chairmen since 1999: Richard S. Williamson 1999–2002, Lee A. Daniels 2002, Dallas Ingemunson 2002, Gary MacDougal 2002, Judy Baar Topinka 2002–2005, Andrew McKenna 2005–2009, Pat Brady 2009–2013, Jack Dorgan 2013–2014, and Tim Schneider 2014–present. The book would also cover a) their elections, b) those who backed their elections, c) major events during their terms in office, d) those who unsuccessfully sought the positions, and e) those who backed the unsuccessful candidates. I could title the book “History of the Illinois Republican Party 1999-2018.)
https://www.brucerauner.com/news/madigan-monday-one-week-away-illinois-democratic-party-elections-pritzker-still-silent-madigan-2/

 

POLITICO
— New Illinois news site designed to counter Breitbart, IPI – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the emails and all the websites that have come and gone since 2000 that were designed to counter GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and www.gopillinois.com.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/30/one-illinois-news-site-559765

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— PAWAR launches answer to Illinois Policy Institute – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the emails and all the websites that have come and gone since 2000 that were designed to counter GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and www.gopillinois.com.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinoisplaybook

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bridget Gainer says big mayoral field won’t deter her as she considers bid – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bridget-gainer-chicago-mayor-20180430-story.html
— Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will have a downtown event to announce an internship program. (DIERSEN: Were you an intern? GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates vehemently opposed my transferring from IRS to GAO. Instead my taking a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10), they wanted me to transfer in as an intern and take a $58,902/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-4 Step 1). To justify that, they viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned a) the knowledge of IRS that I had gained by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880; b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979; c) my having almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul; d) my having earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976; and e) the fact that much of what GAO Analysts do is similar to what IRS Revenue Officers do. To turn everyone at GAO against me, they stressed to GAO employees a) who were Democrats, that I was a Republican, b) who were liberal or moderate, that I was conservative, c) who were non-Protestant, that I was a Missouri Synod Lutheran, d) who had less money than my wife and I had, that my wife and I had more money than they did, e) who were non-German American, that I was 100% German American, f) who had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, that my ancestors had been in America since 1844, and g) who were veterans, that I was a draft avoider. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bridget-gainer-chicago-mayor-20180430-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-men shout at women that men are sexists and even worse things. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified woman, Democrat, minority, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified woman, Democrat, minority, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified woman, Democrat, minority, or veteran who would take the job.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-women-don-t-believe-being-average-is-just-fine-20180425-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Medical costs for seniors march upward – Terry Savage
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/terrysavage/tca-getting-ahead-of-rising-medical-costs-20180420-story.html
— The Constitution doesn’t guarantee you can protest with a mask – Stephen L. Carter (DIERSEN: If you protest something, you should expect that those who are responsible for want you protest will do everything that they can to destroy you. I protested political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government, and my Democrat superiors, their operatives, and their dupes continue to do everything that they can to destroy me. I filed lawsuits during the 1980s and 1990s and the defendants, their operatives, and their dupes continue to do everything that they can to destroy me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-carter-georgia-masks-anonymity-protests-0430-20180427-story.html
— Pre-empting the carnage: Illinois needs a ‘red flag law’ – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-travis-reinking-red-flag-laws-20180426-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that everyone involved in law enforcement is racist.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–calling-911-race-20180426-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner, lawmakers in showdown over how — and how fast — to spend VW settlement – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-lawmakers-in-showdown-over-how-and-how-fast-to-spend-vw-settlement/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with photos of Casten and Roskam unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote Casten.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180430/how-phantom-voters-could-decide-6th-district-race
— Outsider Democrats stalk 6th District – Mary Plunkett, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180430/outsider-democrats-stalk-6th-district
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Greg Reasor of Westmont wants Roskam to meet with, to listen to, and to represent, that is, to do the bidding of, those in the 6th Congressional District who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180430/congressman-should-meet-serve-entire-district

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Who wins, who loses with graduated Illinois tax? Study spells it out – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180430/BLOGS02/180439999#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccb-morning10&utm_campaign=ccb-morning10-20180430

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Nunda Township supervisor: Consolidation efforts overshadowing property tax problem
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/04/27/nunda-township-supervisor-consolidation-efforts-overshadowing-property-tax-problem/a9tr3lq/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Time expires on Fair Map proposal – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-04-29/jim-dey-time-expires-fair-map-proposal.html
— Illinois poverty is severe and may worsen – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-04-27/jim-dey-states-poverty-problems-severe-could-get-worse.html
— Budget policy and politics – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-04-30/editorial-budget-policy-and-politics.html

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Meet the little-known Illinois ‘big fish’ megadonor setting the tone for GOP primary races Richard Uihlein, a wealthy shipping-supplies magnate from Illinois who shuns the spotlight – Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Michael Scherer
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/04/30/meet-the-little-known-illinois-big-fish-megadonor-setting-the-tone-for-gop-primary-races/a5iu0ri/

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— WHICH TOWNSHIPS HAVE THE HIGHEST, LOWEST AVERAGE PROPERTY TAX BILLS?
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/04/which-townships-have-the-highest-lowest-average-property-tax-bills/

 

NORTHERN STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats at NIU.
http://northernstar.info/news/niu-hosts-democratic-kickoff/article_90abeaea-4c2b-11e8-ba90-336126a15977.html

 

SHIA KAPOS
— Pritzker’s got a pot connection (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://shiakapos.com/pritzkers-got-a-pot-connection-plus-news-on-rogers-trott/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GRESZLER: UNDERFUNDED PENSIONS FORCE CHOICE: LAY OFF WORKERS OR KEEP PROMISES TO RETIREES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/underfunded-pensions-force-choice-lay-off-workers-or-keep-promises-to-retirees.html

 

GOPUSA
— Kasich rips GOP: I can bring that party back (DIERSEN: Kasich hints/implies/argues/shouts that to win over individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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 for a long time, he would get rid of those 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/kasich-rips-gop-i-can-bring-that-party-back/
— Alien caravan reaches U.S. border, demands asylum
http://www.gopusa.com/alien-caravan-reaches-u-s-border-demands-asylum/
— Smut ‘Comedian’ Entertains White House Press with Attacks on Trump Team
http://www.gopusa.com/smut-comedian-entertains-white-house-press-with-attacks-on-trump-team/
— GOP senator joins Elizabeth Warren in effort to legalize marijuana nationwide
http://www.gopusa.com/gop-senator-joins-elizabeth-warren-in-effort-to-legalize-marijuana-nationwide/
— What if your teacher called you ‘the next Hitler’ for defending your rights?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44799

 

DAILY CALLER
— Migrants From Central American Caravan Caught Scaling The Border Fences – RYAN PICKRELL
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/29/migrant-caravan-border-wall/
— Reporters Slam White House Correspondents’ Dinner As ‘Embarrassment’ And ‘Gift’ To Trump Admin – Kerry Picket
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/29/reporters-slam-white-house-correspondents-dinner/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— White House Spokeswoman Called ‘Uncle Tom’ At Correspondents’ Dinner Sarah Huckabee Sanders has passionately defended Trump in the face of sexual assault allegations from numerous women. – Nigel Roberts (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use minorities and women to do their dirty work. Since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I ask bad questions, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should a) stop me from learning about their events and other activities, b) stop me from promoting their events and other activities, c) stop me from attending their events, and d) stop me from reporting on their events and other activities.)
https://newsone.com/3795827/sarah-huckabee-sanders-uncle-tom-white-house-correspondents-dinner/

 

BLAZE
— Trump threatens federal government shutdown in September if Congress doesn’t fund Mexico border wall – Teri Webster
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/29/trump-threatens-federal-government-shutdown-in-september-if-congress-doesnt-fund-mexico-border-wall
— Salem Academy and College issues formal apology for owning slaves in the 1800s – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: What do the Democrats want you to apologize for? The Democrats would want me to apologize for my ancestors coming to America during the 1840s and 1850s when slavery was legal. In their defense, they always stayed in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/29/salem-academy-and-college-issues-formal-apology-for-owning-slaves-in-the-1800

 

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— How Obama and State Officials Swelled Food Stamp Rolls The House Republican farm bill seeks to reverse the trend through stronger work requirement and tighter eligibility rules – Brendan Kirby (DIERSEN: How successful have the Democrats and RINOs been in swelling the food stamp rolls in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/how-obama-and-state-officials-swelled-food-stamp-rolls/

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— After Failing Parkland, Broward County Leads State in Gun Seizures – Jack Davis
https://www.westernjournal.com/after-failing-parkland-broward-county-leads-state-in-gun-seizures/
— Tasteless Comedian Makes Fun of Sarah Sanders, Causes Walkout – Jack Davis (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use minorities and women to do their dirty work.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/tasteless-comedian-makes-fun-of-sarah-sanders-causes-walkout/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Comedian’s Vulgar Riff Gives a ‘Blue’ Cast to Annual Correspondents’ Dinner – AP
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/29/comedians_vulgar_riff_gives_a_blue_cast_to_annual_correspondents_dinner_136935.html

 

POLITICO
— Being mean isn’t funny. It’s mean. – JAKE SHERMAN (DIERSEN: Who are the meanest people in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois. I should write a book about the meanest people in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2018/04/29/being-mean-isnt-funny-its-mean-266565

 

CNN
— The 57 most outlandish, outrageous and offensive lines from Trump’s Michigan rally – Chris Cillizza
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/30/politics/donald-trump-michigan-speech-annotation/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Kim Says He’ll Give Up Weapons if US Promises Not to Invade – CHOE SANG-HUN (DIERSEN: For many decades, Mexico and other foreign countries have been invading America. They have illegally sent many millions of their citizens into America illegally. They are illegally keeping many millions of their citizens in America illegally. They continue to illegally send many mountains of illegal drugs into America to destroy America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/world/asia/north-korea-trump-nuclear.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Meet the little-known ‘big fish’ megadonor Richard Uihlein setting the tone for GOP primary races – Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Michael Scherer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/meet-the-little-known-big-fish-megadonor-setting-the-tone-for-gop-primary-races/2018/04/29/2e784d76-3215-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This spring, Uihlein was the primary backer of the gubernatorial campaign of Jeanne Ives, who ran an ad that cast actors as a transgender woman, a pro-immigration anarchist protester, a pink-hat-wearing feminist and a black Chicago teacher — all thanking the incumbent governor for fulfilling their priorities. “Thank you, for signing legislation that lets me use the girls’ bathroom,” said the deep-voiced actor wearing a dress and holding a purse. “Thank you, for having all Illinois families pay for my abortion,” said the woman in the pink hat. Uihlein gave her $2.5 million, state campaign finance filings show.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Teens Worry About Getting Summer Restaurant Jobs. Parents Worry About Sexual Harassment Before the start of the first summer in the #MeToo era, families are having frank discussions about the pitfalls of the nation’s largest employer of teenagers – Julie Jargon (DIERSEN: What did you do during the summer between your junior and senior high school years? I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. My understanding is a) that I am the only White male who held that job and b) that I held it longer than anyone else: November of 1964 through May of 1966. I earned and saved enough money doing that to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/teens-worry-about-getting-summer-restaurant-jobs-parents-worry-about-sexual-harassment-1524830401
— How to Keep Online Speech Free Authoritarian regimes aren’t the only threat. European nations have restrictions too. – Mark Epstein (DIERSEN: Who wants to abolish the First Amendment? My critics/opponents want to abolish the First Amendment. They want to destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-keep-online-speech-free-1525034806
— Starbucks Is Not the Next Selma Today’s protests are a useful diversion for those who reap the profits of the race-grievance industry. – Robert L. Woodson Sr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbucks-is-not-the-next-selma-1525034581

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Pot pushers push pot big time. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/25/pot-taxes-across-u-s-shore-up-school-budgets-drug-prevention-efforts/531983002/
— Migrant caravan: No room for asylum seekers at border crossing, U.S. says – Daniel González and Rebecca Plevin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about asylum seekers in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County. They are Democrats who have fled the poverty and crime in Chicago, in Cook County, and in other Democrat-controlled areas.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/30/migrant-caravan-border-asylum-seekers/563851002/
— 3 steps to avoiding running out of retirement money – Ken Fisher (DIERSEN: To avoid “running out of retirement money,” my wife and have dramatically cut back our standard of living. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of what my 1997 salary was in today’s dollars.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2018/04/29/401-k-avoiding-running-out-retirement-money/558356002/
— Second Amendment Foundation: Don’t penalize law-abiding gun owners – Alan Gottlieb
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/04/27/second-amendment-foundation-scrutinize-gun-confiscation-editorials-debates/34307357/

 

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— What’s in a name? For Greg Pence, the VP’s brother, it could be a seat in Congress – Kaitlin Lange
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/30/vice-president-mike-pence-brother-greg-pence-could-become-indiana-6th-district-congressman/544003002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most of Pence’s campaign ads center on his business experience, his devotion to President Donald Trump’s agenda and his time as a Marine. He’s been heavily involved in business since he received his MBA from Loyola University of Chicago in 1985. (He also has a bachelor’s degree in theology and philosophy from Loyola.) Following in his late father’s footsteps, Greg Pence in 2000 started his four-year stint as president of the Kiel Brothers Oil Company, a chain of over 200 convenience stores throughout Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. The company’s profits started to fall as gasoline prices fluctuated and cigarette taxes increased, and in 2004, the chain announced it was filing for bankruptcy. Pence resigned that same day.)

 

BARRONS
— Why Pensions and Politics Don’t Mix
http://www.cetusnews.com/business/Why-Pensions-and-Politics-Don%E2%80%99t-Mix-.HykUlFWpf.html#new_tab

 

GOVERNING
— However bad you think government might be, it’s worse.
http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/gov-quotes-bruce-rauner-illinois.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaking to a crowd of call center workers in Moline, Ill. Rauner has reason to make such a statement: nearly everyone is in agreement that Illinois government is broken, though opinions differ as to why. In our May cover story, reporter Dan Vock tries to answer that question.)

 

NATIONAL MEMO
— At White House Correspondents Association Dinner, Michelle Wolf Infuriates Thin-Skinned Trumpists (DIERSEN: (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use minorities and women to do their dirty work. Since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I ask bad questions, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should a) stop me from learning about their events and other activities, b) stop me from promoting their events and other activities, c) stop me from attending their events, and d) stop me from reporting on their events and other activities.)
https://www.nationalmemo.com/whca-dinner-michelle-wolf-kills-infuriates-trumpists/

 

ATLANTIC
— The Slow, Awkward Death of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Michelle Wolf’s biting mockery of it was only the latest reminder: The annual event’s contradictions have become too heavy to bear. – MEGAN GARBER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use minorities and women to do their dirty work.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/04/what-happened-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/559232/

 

DARTMOUTH
— Rauner to hire fellows to study history of marginalized groups at Dartmouth – Jennie Rhodes (DIERSEN: What groups are you a member of? Who marginalizes members of those groups? I should write a book about old White men in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who marginalize members of Group B to curry favor with members of Group A. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Members of Group B 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.thedartmouth.com/article/2018/04/rauner-to-hire-fellows-to-study-history-of-marginalized-groups-at-dartmouth

April 4 Morning Edition

ABC7
— YouTube shooter identified as user Nasim Aghdam
http://abc7chicago.com/sources-youtube-shooter-identified-as-user-nasim-aghdam/3298743/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to her website, a possible motivation for the shooting could have been tied to her many YouTube accounts, which she says have seen a decline in viewership over the past few months. She embedded videos from the biggest YouTubers on the platform on the site, including massive creator Casey Neistat. In them, they talk about the YouTube “Ad-apocalypse” where many users are seeing massive dips in traffic, subscriber count loss, and de-monetization of videos. Neistat has more than 9,000,000 subscribers and made a famous video about the YouTube ad revenue scare for creators. It appears that Aghdam was disgruntled by the changes in the YouTube platform. She wrote on her website, “Be aware! Dictatorship exists in all countries but with different tactics! They only care for personal and short-term profits and do anything to reach their goals even by fooling simple-minded people, hiding the truth, manipulating science and everything, putting public mental and physical health at risk, abusing non-human animals, polluting the environment, destroying family values, promoting materialism and sexual degeneration in the name of freedom and turning people into programmed robots!” She goes on to quote Adolf Hitler saying, “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it and eventually they will believe it.” The rest of her message targets YouTube and censorship. “There is no free speech in the real world and you will be suppressed for telling the truth that is not supported by the system. Videos of targeted users are filtered and merely relegated so that people can hardly see their videos.” Aghdam’s website shows screenshots of her “reduced” and “supressed” videos. She referred to a specific video that appeared to be an instructional video for a workout saying, “This video got age-restricted after new, close-minded YouTube employees got control of my farsi YouTube channel last year, 2016, and began filtering my videos to reduce views and suppress and discourage me from making my videos!” Feb. 20, YouTube enacted a new advertising policy that demonetized channels with less than 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of watch time. Though Aghdam’s main English channel had more than 5,000 subscribers, many of her videos appeared to be demonetized.)

 

NBC5
— YouTube Shooting Suspect ID’d; Parents Reported Her Missing – Kiki Intarasuwan, Brendan Weber, Riya Bhattacharjee and Kristofer Noceda
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Gunshots-Youtube-Office-San-Bruno-478682453.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Joining census lawsuit is Emanuel’s latest legal move against Trump administration – John Byrne (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Emanuel paints Chicago 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-census-20180404-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has said the census citizenship question is “necessary for the Department of Justice to protect voters, specifically to help us better comply with the Voting Rights Act, which is something that’s important and a part of this process.”)
— Illinois is in line to receive $13 million from the federal government to help beef up election security, but officials on Tuesday raised questions about whether the money will make it to the counties that need it in time for the November election. – Kim Geiger)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-census-20180404-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago awards more than $440,000 to Catholic Charities, Phalanx Family Services, and Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in Chicago illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-census-20180404-story.html
— When Trump tries to destroy your reputation – Jill McCabe (DIERSEN: Should I sue those individuals, those organizations, those companies, those governments, those countries, those etc. that try to destroy my reputation? Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I use my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to spread fake news.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-reputation-andrew-mccabe-jill-hillary-clinton-james-comey-trump-reputation-fbi-0403-story.html
— Democratic principles will always thwart the creep of authoritarianism – Cass R. Sunstein (DIERSEN: Who wants authority over you? My critics/opponents want authority over me. They want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but failing that, they want authority a) over which articles I link to in the emails and what my comments, if any, are on those articles. They want to stop everyone from reading the emails, but failing that, they want to stop as many people as they can from reading the emails.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-trump-democracy-threat-authoritarian-20180403-story.html
— Free speech takes another hit from thin-skinned liberals – Cal Thomas
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180404/281878708937573
— Student Michael Brown applies to 20 colleges: all accept – Amy Wang
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180404/281779924689765
— Orland Park trustees reconsider full-time mayor position – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-orland-park-mayor-st-0404-20180403-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, Democrats call for the abolition of the Second Amendment.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-foster-gun-violence-forum-st-0404-20180403-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump Durbin says Trump is unreliable, unprepared, and unstable.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/durbin-on-trump-he-is-unreliable-he-is-unprepared-and-he-is-unstable/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180403/editorial-we-all-must-work-to-complete-dr-kings-dream

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— VERY SAD: Hultgren and Roskam duck on citizenship query (DIERSEN: Political consultants who want Hultgren and Roskam to lose advise them to dump voters who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Political consultants who want Hultgren and Roskam to lose advise them to pander to voters who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things. Political consultants who want Hultgren and Roskam to lose advise them to not only dump Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but to destroy Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180403/BLOGS02/180409967/local-gop-congressmen-duck-on-citizenship-query
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two others would not take a public stance—Randy Hultgren of Plano and Wheaton’s Peter Roskam—perhaps because both face what are shaping up to be re-election challenges this November.)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Could sports betting come to Illinois? Lawmakers listen to options – BILL LUKITSCH (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote destruction.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/jg-tc/news/state-and-regional/could-sports-betting-come-to-illinois-lawmakers-listen-to-options/article_60133d8b-ad07-5750-8085-cd37d61f2467.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Champaign County’s results for 2018 primary are certified — and historic – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-04-04/champaign-countys-results-2018-primary-are-certified-%E2%80%94-and-historic.html
— UI student group hosting town hall meeting on gun violence Thursday – Tim Mitchell (DIERSEN: Democrats a) blame Republicans for gun violence and b) want to abolish the Second Amendment.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-04-03/ui-student-group-hosting-town-hall-meeting-gun-violence-thursday.html
— Rates missing from progressive-tax talk – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-04-04/jim-dey-rates-missing-progressive-tax-talk.html
— Pensions: A problem without solution? – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it extremely clear to everyone that if they could, they would immediately end a) my $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, b) my $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and c) my $2,064/year Social Security. I should write a book about my hate-filled critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-04-04/editorial-problem-without-solution.html

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Public invited to Rockford town hall meeting on school gun violence – Corina Curry (DIERSEN: Even though Democrats run Illinois, ever-increasingly Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence in Illinois.)
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180403/public-invited-to-rockford-town-hall-meeting-on-school-gun-violence
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs oppose any and all efforts to discourage people from coming to America illegally, from staying in America illegally, and from bringing others to America illegally.
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180402/questionable-immigration-flyers-spread-in-boone-county

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Ready For General Election Races In 8th State Senate, 15th, 20th State House Villivalam Awaits GOP Challenger, D’Amico, Biela Continue Door-To-Door Canvassing, McAuliffe, Marwig Not Yet Fully In Campaign Mode – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/ready-for-general-election-races-in-8th-state-senate-15th-20th-state-house/

 

DEKALB DAILY JOURNAL
— Rauner is no Sister Jean – Scott Reeder
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/scott-reeder-rauner-is-no-sister-jean/article_6e069fb4-3806-11e8-b6f4-b3c527b6e7b1.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Business Pushes Back on Public Right to Sue Bills – SAM DUNKLAU (DIERSEN: What lawsuits have you filed? Of course, to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being litigious and even worse things, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress the lawsuits that I have filed. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with the defendants in all the lawsuits that I have filed.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-business-pushes-back-public-right-sue-bills-0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Town hall meeting w/Pritzker & Rauner on Opioids & helping ex-offenders? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/04/town-hall-meeting-wpritzker-rauner-on-opioids-helping-ex-offenders-watch-berkowitz-wa-safe-havens-neli-vazquez-rowland-cableweb/

 

PROPUBLICA ILLINOIS
— How Do You Identify Fake News? Solid sources and some healthy skepticism can help. – Vignesh Ramachandran (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news that is not fake is the news that they put out or bless.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/ask-propublica-illinois-how-do-you-identify-fake-news

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Lake County GOP to select party leaders at upcoming county convention – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: Are you an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman? If so, has your Republican County Central Committee notified you of the date, time, location, agenda, candidates, and your weighted vote for your county convention? If the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee race is contested for your congressional district, have the candidates contacted you concerning their candidacy? What percent of the Republican ballots cast in your county were cast in precincts in which no one ran for Precinct Committeeman? The chairman of your Republican County Central Committee will cast those votes.)
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511381743-lake-county-gop-to-select-party-leaders-at-upcoming-county-convention
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Lake County Republican Party is slated to hold its official county GOP convention on April 18 at Concorde Banquets in Kildeer. “All Lake County Republican precinct committeemen who were duly elected and certified in the March 20, 2018, Republican primary election are called on to attend the county convention and cast their respective weighted votes for chairman of the Lake County Republican Central Committee, Central Committeemen of the Illinois Republican Party from their respective congressional districts, duly proposed amendments to the bylaws of the Lake County Republican Central Committee, various legislative and representative committees and certain other important business of the Lake County Republican Central Committee,” Lake County Republican Party Chairman Mark Shaw said in a press release. Shaw added “all 18 Republican Township Organizations will convene to conduct business relevant to their respective organizations and to caucus regarding the business to be conducted at the county convention, which (will be) gaveled to order at 7 p.m. that same evening.” “Recently, I announced my candidacy for re-election and would be honored if you would be my guest at the event,” Shaw said in the release disbursed among GOP leaders. Shaw is also committeeman for the 10th Congressional District and ran for representative in the 58th House District in 2012, losing to Scott Drury (D-Highwood). Among the Republican winners in the March 20, primary that will be on the ballot for the Nov. 6 general election are Gov. Bruce Rauner, states attorney candidate Erika Harold and secretary of state candidate Jason Helland. In other races on the fall ballot where GOP incumbents will be seeking another term, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) is set to face Democrat Sean Casten in the 6th Congressional District, Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Plano) takes on Lauren Underwood in the 14th Congressional District, state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) squares off against Democrat Bill Downs in the 52nd House District, and state Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Hills) faces Tom Georges in the 26th Senate District.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker uses Ives to slam Rauner on Quincy veterans’ home
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/04/pritzker-uses-ives-to-slam-rauner-on-quincy-veterans-home/
— More answers needed on Pritzker’s “artificial progressive income tax”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/04/more-answers-needed-on-pritzkers-artificial-progressive-income-tax/
— Pritzker says he’ll immediately end “back-door voucher program”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/04/04/pritzker-says-hell-immediately-end-back-door-voucher-program/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump to deploy military to guard border until wall completed President says caravan of illegals crossing Mexico ‘is broken up’ – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/3/trump-says-hell-guard-mexican-border-military/

 

GOPUSA
— Another California city votes to sue state over sanctuary law (DIERSEN: When will your municipality, your township/ward, and your county sue Illinois over its sanctuary law?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42937
— Gun control students unhappy with their clear backpacks
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42923
— YouTube shooter described as animal rights vegan, born in Iran
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42954
— Caravans, Churches and Criminal Sanctuaries
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42959
— Chicago wants to ban body armor (DIERSEN: One could argue that depending on where you are in Chicago, for your self-defense, you should definitely wear body armor and pack heat.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42831

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Next up: Gov’t-endorsed bullying, taunting? If LGBTQ advocates in Illinois get their way, all public school students will be indoctrinated with pro-homosexual propaganda from the time they’re five years old. – Bob Kellogg
https://www.onenewsnow.com/education/2018/04/04/next-up-govt-endorsed-bullying-taunting
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Homosexual and transgender activists have persuaded liberal legislators to sponsor legislation that would require all public school (K-12) textbooks, regardless of the subject, to proclaim positive contributions of homosexuals to society. “[This legislation] would require that any book or book substitute that will be used as a text or text substitute include the ‘role and contributions’ of homosexuals and men and women who adopt opposite-sex persona [a.k.a., transgenderism],” explains Laurie Higgins with the Illinois Family Institute. Two Democratic lawmakers – State Senator Heather Steans and State Representative Anna Moeller – are the sponsors of SB 3249 and HB 5596 respectively. The bills also “require every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the significant role of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals in society.” Higgins warns parents that those who live outside of Illinois shouldn’t brush aside this information, believing it will not affect them. “This will come to other states,” she warns. “It started in California; now it’s coming to Illinois. All it takes is a couple of homosexuals and/or leftists in your state legislature to bring this bill and it will be in your schools, too.” And the danger in that, according to Stella Morabito at The Federalist, is that the highly politicized nature of public schools will essentially “draw virtual targets” on the backs of students whose beliefs don’t align with the school’s. “A bully [would be] free to target with the taunt ‘bigot’ any child who comes from a traditional Christian home – and the curricula will back them up,” Morabito writes. Higgins is convinced that should the legislation pass, Republican Governor Bruce Rauner would sign it into law. It would become effective July 1, 2019. She recommends a two-fold approach to parents at this time: fight the bills – but at the same time “plan an escape route for your children from government schools.”)

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— Marching Orders for Trump’s New VA Secretary – BETSY MCCAUGHEY (DIERSEN: What work experience do you have? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned the work experience that I gained working for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880 and for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. What opinion do those who represent you in government and in politics have of the work experience that you have? Based on their words and their actions, many, if not most, if not virtually all of those who represent me in government and in politics have an extremely low opinion of the work experience that I have.)
https://spectator.org/marching-orders-for-trumps-new-va-secretary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since President Trump ousted Veterans Administration Secretary David Shulkin, the question reverberating in Washington is whether Trump’s new pick, Admiral Ronny Jackson, is capable of heading a department with 360,000 employees and 9 million vets under its care. Senate Democrats carp he lacks experience running “a complex organization.” Experience is overrated. President Obama’s VA Secretary, Robert McDonald, failed miserably, despite having run Procter & Gamble. Vets died on phony wait lists on McDonald’s watch. . .Pundits are predicting a confirmation battle. The smart money should be on Jackson. He’s combat tested. Disregard the partisan drivel about his lack of experience running a big organization. It’s coming from the same people who had no problem making a community organizer the President.)

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— DISCRIMINATION AND DISPARITIES – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/discrimination-and-disparities/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— GOP Response To Illegal Alien Caravan Will Decide 2018 Midterms – George Rasley (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs a) side with Mexico and with other foreign countries against America and b) side with the citizens of Mexico and with the citizens of other foreign countries against the citizens of America.)
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/27706

 

BREITBART
— Secretary Ben Carson on Illegals: HUD Is ‘Going to Cooperate Very Much with the Justice Department’ – AMANDA HOUSE
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/03/exclusive-secretary-ben-carson-on-illegals-hud-is-going-to-cooperate-very-much-with-the-justice-department/

 

POLITICO
— Conway responds to claim she’s the No. 1 leaker – LOUIS NELSON (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a leaker. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/02/kellyanne-conway-number-one-leaker-494436

 

CNN
— Prices of 20 brand-name drugs that are most prescribed to seniors have skyrocketed – Max Richtman
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/opinions/prescription-prices-opinion-richtman/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Trump under investigation, but not criminal target (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors had me “under investigation” a) 1974-1977 for my claiming partial day per diem (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866) and b) 1978-1979 for my deducting educational expenses. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat IRS superiors.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/report-trump-under-investigation-not-criminal-target-mueller-probe-n862576

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— GAO Finds Racial Bias in School Discipline – Erica L. Green (DIERSEN: Democrats run the public schools in America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/us/politics/racial-bias-school-discipline-policies.html
— India’s ‘Fake News’ Crackdown Crumbles Over Journalists’ Outrage – Kai Schultz and Suhasini Raj (DIERSEN: Should I sue those individuals, those organizations, those companies, those governments, those countries, those etc. that hint/imply/argue/shout that I use my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to spread fake news?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/world/asia/india-fake-news.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Indian government called the decree a crackdown on fake news. It lasted less than a day. On Monday evening, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting abruptly announced that it would penalize journalists who spread “fake news,” the term popularized by President Trump to disparage what he has regarded as unfair coverage of his 2016 American presidential campaign and first year in office. The term is now widely used around the world by authoritarian politicians and governments to describe reporting that they find objectionable. Members of India’s freewheeling press expressed shock and outrage at the announcement, seeing the hidden hand of Prime Minister Narendra Modi — who enjoys warm relations with Mr. Trump — to quell negative media coverage ahead of India’s general election next year.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump claimed his plan to put troops on the border is extraordinary. It was routine for Obama. – Alex Horton
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2018/04/04/trump-claimed-his-plan-to-put-troops-on-the-border-is-extraordinary-it-was-routine-for-obama/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— California: A ‘Sanctuary’ for Criminals The state threw out the rule of law, but Orange County will join the resistance. – Michelle Park Steel (DIERSEN: When will DuPage County “join the resistance?” Which DuPage County Board Members will lead the resistance?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-a-sanctuary-for-criminals-1522793743
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Orange County, we reject this kind of reckless behavior. As a member of the Board of Supervisors, I have a say in how to improve my community of 3.2 million residents. We are home to large groups of immigrant communities, and we fully embrace the diverse cultures of our immigrant population. Our concern is about criminal illegal aliens who are falling through the cracks because our sheriff can’t talk to federal immigration agents. On March 27 I introduced a resolution to condemn the state sanctuary law and to direct county counsel to take legal action. Every Orange County supervisor present voted in favor. We currently are reviewing the best ways in which to intervene in the federal government’s lawsuit against California. States cannot simply opt out of federal laws they don’t like. If tomorrow California decided that the First Amendment was a nuisance and passed legislation to restrict this constitutional right, Americans wouldn’t accept the new law. I came to this country with a great respect for the freedom and safety that the Constitution affords its citizens. Condemning the sanctuary law has nothing to do with race or politics. It’s about protecting Americans and their constitutional rights. There’s a long road ahead in fixing our broken immigration system, but, along the way, local law enforcement should cooperate fully with the federal law.)
— Nebraska: A Model for Licensing Reform – Editorial (DIERSEN: I became a licensed CPA in 1981 based on my having a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, c) worked for GAO for 1 year at the GS-9 Step 10 level, currently $72,677, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, f) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and g) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-model-for-licensing-reform-1522795235
— Martin Luther King: ‘We Can’t Keep On Blaming the White Man’ Fifty years after his death, many pay lip service to his ideals, but far too few are following his example. – Jason L. Riley (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/martin-luther-king-we-cant-keep-on-blaming-the-white-man-1522792580
— Trump Plunges Ahead With America-First, Nationalist Approach Actions on immigration, trade and U.S. military presence in Syria signal a new phase in presidency – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-plunges-ahead-with-america-first-nationalist-approach-1522793064

 

FRESNO BEE
— Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox urges Valley cities to reject sanctuary policies – ROBERT RODRIGUEZ
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article207803219.html

 

GOVERNING
— Election Expands Liberals’ Presence on Wisconsin Supreme Court
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/Liberals-Expand-Their-Presence-on-Wisconsin-Supreme-Court.html

 

BLOOMBERG
— It’s So Bad in Illinois Its Bonds Pay Like a Reviled Jersey Mall – Elizabeth Campbell
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-03/it-s-so-bad-in-illinois-its-bonds-pay-like-a-reviled-jersey-mall

 

FORBES
— Why We Are Failing To Win The Arguments For Free Speech – Dr. Wolf von Laer (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news that is not fake is the news that they put out or bless.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2018/04/04/why-we-are-failing-to-win-the-arguments-for-free-speech/#178c7ced76fd

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Sinclair Chairman Claims Entire Print Media Has ‘No Credibility’ – Olivia Nuzzi (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news that is not fake is the news that they put out or bless.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/sinclair-chairman-entire-print-media-has-no-credibility.html

 

FED WEEK
— More Employees Report Seeing Prohibited Personnel Practices (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I saw my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates commit many PPPs, most commonly, a) discriminating against federal employees because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and 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 and b) wasting the careers of and getting rid of employees who complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age retaliation, and/or retaliation.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/more-employees-report-seeing-prohibited-personnel-practices/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More federal employees reported in 2016 that they had seen prohibited personnel practices in the workplace than in 2010, MSPB has said in a preview of an upcoming report. A budget-related document notes that until the MSPB board has a quorum—it has lacked one for more than a year although nominees for the two vacant seats recently were named—it cannot issue the kind of studies it conducts regularly into federal personnel issues. However, it gave some detail regarding reports in progress. One shows that in a survey MSPB conducted in 2016, more employees reported observing “PPPs”—which include whistleblower retaliation, various forms of discrimination, decisions not based on merit, and more—compared with a similar survey in 2010. “Notably, only 54 percent of respondents in 2016 indicated that they had observed no PPPs, compared to 78 percent in 2010,” it says. The later survey also found high rates of employees reporting that their agencies are not complying with new PPP created in 2012, that non-disclosure policies must include language stating that the policies do not reduce employee whistleblowing rights. MSPB added that it is working on several other studies that rely in part on the survey data. “Those studies cover areas such as individual drivers of employee engagement, sexual harassment, performance management, effectiveness of the HR workforce, and the Pathways program,” it said.)

April 3 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Deerfield Village Board unanimously votes to ban some semi-automatic weapons – Eric Horng
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/deerfield-village-board-unanimously-votes-to-ban-some-semi-automatic-weapons/3294859/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Opponents of the ban said it makes Deerfield less safe. “You are the bureaucrats that Thomas Jefferson warned us about,” said Deerfield resident Dan Cox. The new law goes into effect on June 13. Residents who do not remove the banned weapons from their homes by that date face a fine of $1,000 per day.)
— After Easter shooting, Hyde Park neighbors say violent crime is on the rise – Cate Cauguiran
http://abc7chicago.com/hyde-park-neighbors-say-violent-crime-is-on-the-rise/3293953/
— Feds charge 3 as rat poison-laced drugs take toll in Chicago – Chuck Goudie and Christine Tressel and Barb Markoff
http://abc7chicago.com/feds-charge-3-as-rat-poison-laced-drugs-take-toll-in-chicago/3294313/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity, that is, Democrats promote the destruction of the traditional family.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-transgender-reproduction-20180308-story.html
— Illinois lawmakers to discuss sports betting today – Bill Lukitsch (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-sports-gambling-hearing-20180403-story.html
— Trump heats up rhetoric on border, immigration as some supporters grow impatient – David Nakamura
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-immigration-daca-20180402-story.html
— Pentagon can’t transfer funding to Trump’s border wall, Democratic senators say – Seung Min Kim (DIERSEN: The military’s highest priority is to stop invasion. For many decades, treasonous Democrats and treasonous RINOs have successfully encouraged Mexico and other foreign countries to invade America. Trump was elected to stop that invasion.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-pentagon-border-wall-funding-20180402-story.html
— Synthetic pot leaves 2 dead, dozens hospitalized in Illinois; 3 arrested in Chicago – Elvia Malagon and Tony Briscoe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-update-synthetic-outbreak-investigation-20180402-story.html
— Main bank for Illinois’ medical marijuana industry is pulling out, leaving some operators to deal in cash – Ally Marotti (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-medical-marijuana-bank-illinois-20180402-story.html
— Maine Township attorney resigns, citing ‘disagreement and controversy’ on divided board – Jennifer Johnson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/news/ct-prh-maine-township-attorney-tl-0405-story.html
— The nation’s biggest conservative broadcaster is putting words in its anchors’ mouths. Critics blame the FCC. – Brian Fung (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one pays me, so no one calls my tunes. No one puts words in my mouth.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-sinclair-anchor-message-fcc-20180403-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hold fast against the assault on Dr. King’s legacy – Jesse Jackson (DIERSEN: Because I have always supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, my Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed me for the problems that they had hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/hold-fast-against-the-assault-on-dr-kings-legacy/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180403/rep-bill-foster-at-naperville-forum-congress-must-act-to-end-gun-violence
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame fake news for Trump’s winning the 2016 election. According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for news that they put out or bless.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180403/study-fake-news-might-have-won-donald-trump-the-2016-election

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The Midwest loses if immigrants are too scared to complete the census – ROB PARAL AND SARA MCELMURRY (DIERSEN: What percent of “immigrants” who live in the Midwest are in America illegally? The percentage must be extremely high.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180402/OPINION/180409995#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccb-morning10&utm_campaign=ccb-morning10-20180403

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Who will pay for paid family leave? – George Will (DIERSEN: Of course, the answer is those who do not have children. I should write book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents. Of course, they not only want Roskam to keep the marriage penalty for those who itemize, they want Roskam to increase the marriage penalty.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180401/george-will-who-will-pay-for-paid-family-leave
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The recent bipartisan budget agreement, which indicates that 10-digit deficits are acceptable to both parties even when the economy is robust, indicates government’s future. So does government’s pregnancy, which was announced nine months ago by this tweet from Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.: “In America, no family should be forced to put off having children due to economic insecurity.” The phrase “due to economic insecurity” is a way to avoid saying “until they can afford them.” Evidently it is now retrograde to expect family planning to involve families making plans that fit their resources. Which brings us to the approaching birth of a new entitlement: paid family leave after the birth or adoption of a child. This arrival will coincide with gargantuan deficits produced primarily by existing entitlements.)

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— Union pay ruling could cost taxpayers $400 million – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: I got many step increases while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Step increases recognize the work experience that you gain. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned the work experience that I gained working for the Post Office 1966-1969, for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, and for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. What opinion does Rauner and his supporters have of the work experience that you have? Based on their words and their actions, Rauner and his supporters have an extremely low opinion of the work experience that I have.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Union-pay-ruling-could-cost-taxpayers-400-million-12801150.php

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Rauner’s office launches email newsletter (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the many newsletters that have come and gone since I started sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails in 2000.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/04/01/rauners-office-launches-email-newsletter/alc1o9y/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner’s campaign team has blanketed the airwaves with ads since announcing his re-election bid in October. But on the government operations side, Rauner’s team is looking to reach Illinois residents in a different way: through their email inbox. Rauner’s office on Friday announced the launch of a new email newsletter billed as a way for state residents to stay up to date on Illinois news, issues and events.)

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Algonquin Township Highway Department proposes $250,000 budget for legal fees
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/29/algonquin-township-highway-department-proposes-250-000-budget-for-legal-fees/a9bh1zj/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Grant blames Madigan for dysfunction in Springfield – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511381158-grant-blames-madigan-for-dysfunction-in-springfield
— Khouri making property taxes, pension reform key issues in 49th District race – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511381108-khouri-making-property-taxes-pension-reform-key-issues-in-49th-district-race
— Smith vows to fix broken state in campaign to unseat Kifowit – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511381164-smith-vows-to-fix-broken-state-in-campaign-to-unseat-kifowit

 

POLITIFACT ILLINOIS
— When it comes to Illinois’ deficit, how bad is bad? – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
http://www.politifact.com/illinois/article/2018/apr/03/when-it-comes-illinois-deficit-how-bad-bad/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— On DACA, Trump shifts from dealing with Democrats to damning them – W. James Antle III
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/on-daca-trump-shifts-from-dealing-with-democrats-to-damning-them

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— U.S. TAXPAYERS GIVE PLANNED PARENTHOOD CASH TO FUND ALL ABORTIONS GAO report cites hundreds of millions received by branches now under investigation – BOB UNRUH
http://www.wnd.com/2018/04/u-s-taxpayers-give-planned-parenthood-cash-to-fund-all-abortions/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Fox News Stands By Ingraham, Slams ‘Agenda-Driven Intimidation Efforts’ – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/02/fox-news-laura-ingraham-david-hogg-boycott/
— DNC Official Tweets ‘Repeal The Second Amendment’ – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/02/dnc-official-second-amendment/

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Doesn’t Have to Wait for Congress to Stop the Illegal Alien Caravan – Chris Reeves
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chrisreeves/2018/04/02/trump-doesnt-have-to-wait-for-congress-to-stop-the-illegal-alien-caravan-n2467101

 

JP MEDIA
— GOP Sen. Scott: Trump ‘Not a Racist’ but is ‘Racially Insensitive’ – BRIDGET JOHNSON
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/scott-trump-not-a-racist-but-is-racially-insensitive/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success in using teens as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/381347-the-memo-teens-rankle-the-right-with-gun-activism

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Republican Women Running For Office Find Politics Is All About Trump – Lisa Belkin (DIERSEN: What if Trump had campaigned for Ives?)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republican-women-running-for-office-find-politics-is-all-about-trump_us_5ac28598e4b09712fec358ae

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Malaysia Moves to Ban ‘Fake News,’ Worries About Who Decides the Truth – Hannah Beech (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for the news that they put out or bless. Should I write a book about my critics/opponents 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?)?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/world/asia/malaysia-fake-news-law.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being racists.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/opinion/supreme-court-racism-suppression.html
— ‘A Bit of Divine Justice’: Trump Vowed to Change Libel Law. But Not Like This. – Adam Liptak (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I am a “public figure” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_figure) and b) that therefore, they can slander and libel me without worrying that I might sue them for slander or libel. But wait, those same critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that no one knowns who I am, b) that no one knows what I have done, c) that no one knows what I do, and d) that no one reads GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/us/politics/trump-libel-lawsuit.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Returns to a Hard Line on Immigrants – Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/us/politics/trump-immigration-mexico-daca.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/us/politics/women-campaign-managers-midterms.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump said Sinclair ‘is far superior to CNN.’ What we know about the conservative media giant. – Eli Rosenberg (DIERSEN: What do the Republicans who represent you in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois say about GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2018/04/02/get-to-know-sinclair-broadcast-group-the-conservative-local-news-giant-with-a-growing-reach/
— Trump said ‘DACA is dead’ but his administration approved 55,000 applications just this year – Samantha Schmidt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/04/03/trump-said-daca-is-dead-but-his-administration-approved-55000-applications-just-this-year/
— The hidden crisis on college campuses: 36 percent of students don’t have enough to eat – Caitlin Dewey (DIERSEN: Did you have enough to eat while you were a full-time college student? I had enough money not only to eat, a) but to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) but to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) but to live in the University Plaza for three semesters 1969-1970, d) to live in Lincolnshire Apartments for the summer session in 1970, and e) but to graduate from NIU in August of 1970 debt-free and owning that 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I had enough money to do the aforesaid a) because my outstanding parents provided me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) because I earned and saved money doing yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I was able to do the aforesaid solely because I avoided the draft.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/03/the-hidden-crisis-on-college-campuses-36-percent-of-students-dont-have-enough-to-eat/

 

USA TODAY
— Jesse Jackson calls on big tech to redouble diversity efforts — and figure out what’s not working (DIERSEN: Should big tech bring in Charles Bowsher? During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in promoting diversity at GAO, that is, Bowsher had great success in getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/04/02/jesse-jackson-apple-amazon-facebook-google-redouble-diversity-efforts/474543002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New Quotas for Immigration Judges as Trump Administration Seeks Faster Deportations Rules were laid out in a message sent Friday to immigration judges – Laura Meckler (DIERSEN: Were quotas imposed on your superiors? All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, Democrat politicians imposed quotas, goals, and targets on my superiors a) to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigration-judges-face-new-quotas-in-bid-to-speed-deportations-1522696158
— Degree Inflation and Discrimination Could civil-rights laws and ‘disparate impact’ protect job applicants who haven’t finished college? – Frederick M. Hess and Grant Addison (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had an unfair advantage over Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran because I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/degree-inflation-and-discrimination-1522708380

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Western Illinois University Opens Food Bank for Students Western Illinois University has opened a food pantry after a student survey showed a large number of students skipping meals or going hungry. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-04-01/western-illinois-university-opens-food-bank-for-students

 

INTERCEPT
— A NEW STUDY SHOWS HOW AMERICAN POLARIZATION IS DRIVEN BY A TEAM SPORT MENTALITY, NOT BY DISAGREEMENT ON ISSUES – Zaid Jilani
https://theintercept.com/2018/04/03/politics-liberal-democrat-conservative-republican/

 

ROSKAM FOR CONGRESS
— Oversight and Accountability (DIERSEN: On what do you base your knowledge of IRS? I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $96,403-$102,830. I should write a book about those who have done the most to waste my knowledge of IRS.)
https://www.roskamforcongress.com/issues/oversight-and-accountability/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As Chairman of the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, Peter has been leading the fight to reform the IRS and root out the mismanagement and abuse the troubled agency has inflicted upon hardworking taxpayers. When the IRS got caught abusing its power and unfairly targeting conservatives, Peter led the charge to investigate and hold the guilty parties accountable. When the agency tried to use gift taxes to target and diminish charitable donations to conservative groups, Peter passed a law to stop it – scoring a major legislative victory. He will continue to hold the IRS accountable and make sure these abuses never happen again. Peter has been a leading voice fighting to change the culture at the IRS. He wrote and passed into law the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, which protects taxpayers and their private information from IRS abuse. He forced the IRS to re-train every one of its employees and hang a copy in every one of its facilities. Through his oversight and accountability work, Peter exposed major abuses of power by the IRS. The agency used strong-arm tactics to seize the assets of law-abiding citizens and small businesses. He is now forcing the IRS to repay every dollar they took and is changing the rules so that it can’t happen again.)

March 28 Evening Editiion

ABC7
— 2020 census citizenship question sparks concerns, Illinois will sign onto lawsuit – Mark Rivera (DIERSEN: How many illegals live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? Democrats shout at illegals that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/2020-census-citizenship-question-sparks-concerns-lawsuit/3274684/

 

CBS2
— Citizenship Questions On Census May Hurt Illinois Count (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/28/illinois-census-impact-citizenship/

 

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Democrats joining fight against citizenship question on U.S. Census (DIERSEN: How many illegals live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? Democrats shout at illegals that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://wgntv.com/2018/03/28/illinois-joining-fight-against-citizenship-question-on-us-census/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump nominates Downstate state senator Kyle McCarter to be ambassador to Kenya – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-nominates-downstate-state-senator-to-be-ambassador-to-kenya/
— Illinois taxpayers who prepaid property taxes can take IRS deduction – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/illinois-taxpayers-who-prepaid-property-taxes-can-take-irs-deduction/
— Trump: Second Amendment won’t be repealed – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-says-second-amendment-wont-be-repealed/
— Young anti-gun demagogues copy their elders – Jacob Sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/young-anti-gun-demagogues-copy-their-elders/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The federal government’s spending bill speeds us toward national bankruptcy – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-spending-bill-national-bankruptcy-20180329-story.html
— Incidents of sexual harassment, assault high at music festivals, new survey reveals – Jessi Roti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-music-festivals-sexual-assaults-0328-story.html
— “The governor is clearly lying to the people of Illinois” – Tom Cullerton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-tom-cullerton-the-governor-is-clearly-lying-2018-03-28-story.html
— Retired Justice Stevens puts Democrats on a pin with call to repeal Second Amendment – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-second-amendment-kass-0329-story.html
— NRA host says Justice Stevens’ call to repeal Second Amendment is a ‘disgrace to America’ – Marwa Eltagouri
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-john-paul-stevens-nra-second-amendment-20180328-story.html
— Some officials still fighting for Aurora Election Commission – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-commission-st-0329-20180328-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Treasury declares prepaid property taxes are deductible – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180328/treasury-declares-prepaid-property-taxes-are-deductible
— One week after surviving primary, Democrat John Basco drops out of DuPage County Board race – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180328/one-week-after-surviving-primary-democrat-drops-out-of-dupage-county-board-race
— Hearings planned ahead of automatic voter registration – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180328/news/303289969/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago-area property tax prepayers are safe from the IRS, Roskam says – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180328/BLOGS02/180329864/chicago-area-property-tax-prepayers-are-safe-from-the-irs-roskam-says

 

WTTW
— 2020 Census Citizenship Question ‘Politically Motivated,’ Say Officials – Kristen Thometz (DIERSEN: How many illegals live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? Democrats shout at illegals that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/03/28/2020-census-citizenship-question-politically-motivated-say-officials

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Poor roads cost Illinois drivers $16 billion per year – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180328/report-poor-roads-cost-illinois-drivers-16-billion-per-year

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State Rep. David McSweeney files two bills to curb gun violence Legislation follows wave of gun protests throughout U.S. – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/28/state-rep-david-mcsweeney-files-two-bills-to-curb-gun-violence/abu8b5y/

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Roskam, Casten Waste No Time Bringing General Election Battle To 6th District – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/roskam-casten-waste-no-time-bringing-general-election-battle-to-6th-district/
— After Divided Primary, Lower Turnout, Republicans Preach Unity For November – TOM ROBB
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/after-divided-primary-lower-turnout-republicans-preach-unity-for-november/
— Rosemont Residents Take To Polls For Primary Elections – Miriam Finder Annenberg
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/rosemont-residents-take-to-polls-for-primary-elections/
— Will Mount Prospect Trustees Roll Dice On Video Gaming? Village Hears From Business Owners; Will Talk Further
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/will-trustees-roll-dice-on-video-gaming/

 

STATELINE
— Rockford caregivers protest Rauner for promised pay raise (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? Even though my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always painted me as being lazy, stupid, and even worse things, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/rockford-caregivers-protest-rauner-for-promised-pay-raise/1086077954

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrats fear immigrants will skip census with citizenship query – AP (DIERSEN: How many illegals live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? Democrats shout at illegals that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article207100944.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Spreading a message of bipartisanship – Alyssa Paldo (DIERSEN: Virtually always, bipartisanship has meant that the Republican Party platform loses and the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green Party platforms win.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/spreading-a-message-of-bipartisanship/1085771414

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Republican State Lawmaker David McSweeney Offers Gun Control Measures – SAM DUNKLAU
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/republican-state-lawmaker-offers-gun-control-measures

 

WJBD RADIO
— Testimony Taken in Bill to Override State Licensing of Gun Dealers NRA Sites Several Issues With the Legislation
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/28/testimony-taken-in-bill-to-override-state-licensing-of-gun-dealers-

 

WSIL TV
— Illinois Republican David McSweeney proposes two new gun laws – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37832659/illinois-republican-proposes-two-new-gun-laws

 

NIU TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Durbin encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.niutoday.info/2018/03/28/durbin-visits-niu-talk-dreamers/

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Recapping The 2018 Primaries
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/recapping-the-2018-primaries

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Skillicorn: Rauner needs to heed his base – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: What percent of Rauner’s base a) want him to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, b) want him to dump individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that support the aforesaid planks, and/or c) want him to close down the IRP?)
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511372026-skillicorn-rauner-needs-to-heed-his-base
— Mystery surrounds Hoffman Estates group behind campaign mailers – W.J. Kennedy
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511372165-mystery-surrounds-hoffman-estates-group-behind-campaign-mailers

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Republican Mazzochi to face Democrat Caffrey in November election – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511371976-republican-mazzochi-to-face-democrat-caffrey-in-november-election
— Campaign spending: Ortiz raised $187K ahead of primary victory
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511371328-campaign-spending-ortiz-raised-187k-ahead-of-primary-victory

 

GOPUSA
— Facebook good way for ICE to track down illegal aliens
http://www.gopusa.com/facebook-good-way-for-ice-to-track-down-illegal-aliens/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mitt Romney campaigns against Trump’s amnesty offer for 1.8 million illegal aliens – Ed Straker
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/03/mitt_romney_campaigns_against_trumps_amnesty_offer_for_18_million_illegal_aliens.html

 

BLAZE
— California sheriff pushes back against sanctuary laws, tells department to cooperate with ICE – Jana J. Pruet (DIERSEN: If Zaruba did this in DuPage County, would Lisa Madigan threaten him with arrest?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/28/california-sheriff-pushes-back-against-sanctuary-laws-tells-department-to-cooperate-with-ice

 

FOX NEWS
— ‘No Illegal Alien Left Behind’: Malkin Says Left Wants to Use Census as ‘Power Grab’ (DIERSEN: How many illegals live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? Democrats shout at illegals that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/03/28/michelle-malkin-2020-census-standoff-power-grab-left-get-congressional-seats
— Double Standard? Tucker Asks Whether Schools, Media Would Support Pro-Life Marches
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/03/28/double-standard-tucker-asks-whether-schools-media-would-support-pro-life-marches

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Orange County Pushes Back against California’s Sanctuary-State Laws – THEODORE KUPFER
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/orange-county-pushes-back-against-californias-sanctuary-state-laws/

 

THE HILL
— Democrats to party: Go on offense with Trump’s alleged affairs – AMIE PARNES
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/380569-dems-to-party-go-on-offense-with-trumps-alleged-affairs
— Democrats ask GAO to investigate Interior staff reassignments – MAX GREENWOOD (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years when I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, my Democrat GAO superiors refused to assign me to audits of IRS except for 3 years 1986-1988. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would not have done that.)
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/380676-dems-want-answers-on-interior-staff-reassignments
— The window for Facebook to make amends with the public is quickly closing – RICHARD LEVICK
http://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/380627-the-window-for-facebook-to-make-amends-with-the-public-is-quickly

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Can Social Media Be Saved? – Kevin Roose
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/technology/social-media-privacy.html

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Rauner OK With Aide Campaigning During Legionnaires’ Crisis – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-03-28/rauner-ok-with-aide-campaigning-during-legionnaires-crisis

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Romney lost because he supports America’s immigration laws.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/yes-romney-was-right-wing-on-immigration-in-2008-and-2012.html

March 18 Morning Edition

NATIONAL REVIEW
— National Review Urges IL Republicans to Vote for Ives
http://link.nationalreview.com/view/547fb2963b35d0210c8c883a7hmmc.1jes/09778ff9

 

NBC5
— Pritzker Now at $70 Million, Rauner Feeling Pressure from Ives Days before the Illinois primary, candidates for governor attend the St. Patrick’s Day parade. – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Governor-Illinois-candidates-st-Patricks-day-477182573.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow that “Parkland shooting survivors visit CPS students to plan Chicago gun control march.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/parkland-shooting-survivors-visit-cps-students-to-plan-chicago-gun-control-march/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Guilty of lying to the FBI, Michael Flynn hits the campaign trail for GOP in California – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-michael-flynn-campaign-20180317-story.html
— Microsoft says it fired about 20 people last year for sexual harassment – Rachel Lerman (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Of course, my nastier critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me NOT because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation or because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, but because I am a sexual harasser, White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. In support of their charges against me, they stress a) that I am White, b) that I am a male, c) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, d) that I am 100% German American, e) that I am conservative, f) that I am patriotic, g) that I am Republican, h) that I am not poor, i) that I am a gun owner, j) that my ancestors have been in America since 1844, k) etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-tns-bc-microsoft-harassment-20180316-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Some races to watch Tuesday in Lake County – Mick Zawislak
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180317/some-races-to-watch-tuesday-in-lake-county
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Place your bets? Illinois preparing for legal sports wagering – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180318/place-your-bets-illinois-preparing-for-legal-sports-wagering—–
— Hillary, stop. Please. – Kathleen Parker (DIERSEN: How many votes did Hillary get in your precinct? Hillary got 211 in my precinct, while Trump got only 137. What do those who voted for Hillary think of you? What do those 211 who voted for Hillary in my precinct think of me?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180318/hillary-stop-please
(FROM THE ARTICLE: She has variously blamed former FBI Director James Comey, Russia, sexists, “deplorables” and, in a speech in Mumbai, racism. In one of her worst-yet panders — quite a distinction if you remember Hillary’s 2007 speech in Selma, Alabama — she apparently noticed the darker pigmentation of her Indian audience and adapted. She started out by reiterating her disdain for those who failed to recognize her virtues, saying that she won in places “that are optimistic, diverse, dynamic, moving forward,” compared with Trump voters who are always looking “backward.” Then, mockingly, talking to “those people” who voted for him, she continued, “You know you didn’t like black people getting rights, you don’t like women, you know, getting jobs, you don’t want to, you know, see Indian-Americans succeeding more than you are.”)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democratic early-voting turnout is up all over – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: What percent of those who cast Democrat primary ballots now a) previously cast Republican primary ballots and b) previously had not cast any primary ballots?)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-18/tom-kacich-democratic-early-voting-turnout-all-over.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— My predictions for Tuesday’s primary election – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180317/bernard-schoenburg-my-predictions-for-tuesdays-primary-election
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A year ago, it would have been hard to imagine a serious Republican challenge to first-term Gov. BRUCE RAUNER. But state Rep. JEANNE IVES of Wheaton is waging just that type of fight. A key reason Ives got into the race is that Rauner signed a bill he said he would veto — which in part expands taxpayer-paid abortions to Medicaid recipients. Rauner has said Ives is too far to the right to get elected in Illinois. Ives says Rauner lied about the abortion bill and is lying about her in ads that accuse her of being linked to House Speaker MICHAEL MADIGAN, D-Chicago. She also says Rauner doesn’t deserve another term after his first one. Ives got a lot of attention by running an ad, roundly criticized, that showed actors (including a man in a dress) seen by critics as stereotypical negative views of groups including transgender people. Some newspapers have cited that ad as divisive and the reason they can’t endorse Ives. It did get attention, but also gave people pause. I think Rauner gets the nomination — but Ives could well be close. And if she even overcomes him, it won’t be a shock. . .On the GOP side, Rauner backs Urbana attorney ERIKA HAROLD, and she beats DuPage County Board member GARY GRASSO.)
— Sadly, the primary campaign is coming to an end – Doug Finke – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180317/statehouse-insider-sadly-primary-campaign-is-coming-to-end
— Pritzker defends putting $69.5 million of his fortune into campaign – Kim Geiger and Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always blasted my putting so much of my time and/or money into a) earning three job-related master’s degrees, b) earning six job-related professional certifications, c) earning a job-related professional license, and d) serving on the board of a job-related professional association for 13 years. My doing the aforesaid frustrated their efforts to waste my career and to get rid of me.)

http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180317/pritzker-defends-putting-695-million-of-his-fortune-into-campaign

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois primary puts focus on security of state voter rolls – CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY AND SARAH ZIMMERMAN
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article205739494.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Don’t lose chance to frame debate; vote Tuesday – Editorial (DIERSEN: What do you say to candidates who run as Republicans in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton, but who talk and act like they will not defend or advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? At a minimum, Republican candidates should a) pledge to make E-Verify mandatory and b) pledge to stop the legalization of pot for recreational use. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-don-t-lose-chance-to-frame-debate-vote-tuesday/article_df02d5a2-5eda-5d7b-9dc3-e41dfbd9bd4b.html

 

PONTIAC DAILY LEADER
— Ives makes local campaign stop – Paul Westermeyer
http://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/news/20180317/gubernatorial-candidate-makes-local-campaign-stop

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— Rauner’s Gun-Bill Veto Was Timed Accidentally, but Perfectly – Rich Miller
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/rauners-gun-bill-veto-timed-perfectly

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Voters: Bring jobs to Illinois – Rebecca Susmarski
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20180318/voters-bring-jobs-to-illinois

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Senate GOP leader Bill Brady talks guns, voter fraud – Paul Cicchini
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/senate-gop-leader-talks-guns-voter-fraud/1053734965

 

WGLT
— Gov. Rauner Spotted In Bloomington-Normal On St. Patrick’s Day – RYAN DENHAM
http://wglt.org/post/gov-rauner-spotted-b-n-st-patricks-day#stream/0

 

97.1 TALK
— Jeanne Ives: “There Is A Day Of Reckoning Coming Over Assessments.” Annie talk with Jeanne about Taxes, Rauner, and the politics of running for candidate for Governor. – Annie Frey (DIERSEN: If you had to sell your home, would you be able to sell it for its assessed valuation?)
http://www.971talk.com/blogs/annie-frey-show/weekender/jeanne-ives-there-day-reckoning-coming-over-assessments

 

FOX NEWS
— Hillary Clinton’s ‘Deplorables 2’ moment and why it matters for America’s future – Steve Hilton (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Which candidates will the anti-Trumps vote for? Which candidates will the Trump supporters vote for?)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/03/17/hillary-clinton-s-deplorables-2-moment-and-why-it-matters-for-america-s-future.html

 

TOWNHALL
— California Continues to Steamroll Its Citizens’ Rights by Appointing an Illegal Alien to a Statewide Post – Donna Carol Voss (DIERSEN: In Illinois, to curry favor with Hispanic voters, Democrats and RINOs would love to appoint an illegal Hispanic to a statewide post.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/donnacarolvoss/2018/03/18/california-continues-to-steamroll-its-citizens-rights-by-appointing-an-illegal-alien-to-a-statewide-post-n2462039
— Trump the Turnaround Manager – Bruce Bialosky (DIERSEN: Democrats continue to run the federal government. I am sure that under Trump, overwhelmingly, a) those who have left the federal government are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and b) those who have not been hired for entry-level federal jobs have been Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2018/03/18/trump-the-turnaround-manager-n2461290
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump has gotten flack for not filling a significant number of political appointee positions in his first year. His answer to that is “You don’t need them.” He has cut positions across departments by eliminating people who probably don’t like the guy anyway. In his first six months, the federal employee count went down 10,700. It is not just what he cut, but likewise what he has not added. In their first six months, President Bush (the younger) added 36,000 and President Obama added 60,000. While 10,700 may be a small dent in the total number of federal workers (2.8 million), it is still headed in the right direction.)

 

BLAZE
— Despite mainstream media narrative, Andrew McCabe wasn’t fired for political reasons — here’s the truth – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that all the adverse actions that they took against me were justified. But they know full-well that neither the official record nor anything else supports any of the adverse actions that they took against me.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/17/despite-mainstream-media-narrative-andrew-mccabe-wasnt-fired-for-political-reasons
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Despite the mainstream media narrative surrounding Andrew McCabe’s Friday termination, the now-former deputy FBI director wasn’t fired for political reasons. Instead, it was an internal Department of Justice investigation lead by inspector general Michael Horowitz that led to McCabe’s dismissal.)
— Democrats rally to help former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe still get $1.8 million pension – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents stress that after my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, that neither they, nor anyone else offered me a federal job. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I was any good, Henry Hyde, Peter Fitzgerald, Dennis Hastert, Peter Roskam, etc. would have offered me jobs.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/17/democrats-rally-to-help-former-fbi-deputy-director-andrew-mccabe-still-get-1-8-million-pension

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Joe Walsh tears into Republicans for lacking ‘courage and the decency” to tell Trump to lay off Mueller – Katie Leach
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/joe-walsh-tears-into-republicans-for-lacking-courage-and-the-decency-to-tell-trump-to-lay-off-mueller

 

THE HILL
— GOP pushes for ‘phase two’ of tax cuts – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, Roskam should increase the SALT cap from $10,000 to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Government should encourage marriage and homeownership.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/378861-gop-pushes-for-phase-two-of-tax-cuts
— ‘Saturday Night Live’ targets DeVos over ‘60 Minutes’ interview – REBECCA SAVRANSKY
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/378983-saturday-night-live-targets-devos-over-60-minutes-interview

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Mike Pompeo Could Save the State Department – SAMANTHA POWER (DIERSEN: Did you “start at the bottom?” I started at the bottom a) at the Post Office in 1966 when I was 18 as a GS-4, currently $15.85/hour in today’s dollars, b) at IRS in 1971 as a GS-7 Revenue Officer, currently $45,703/year in today’s dollars, and c) at GAO in 1980 as a GS-9 Step 10 Analyst, currently $72,677/year in today’s dollars. If I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran, GAO would not have forced me to “start at the bottom” and suffer a $19,203/year pay cut in today’s dollars. To justify forcing me to “start at the bottom,” GAO dismissed the fact a) that GAO audits IRS, b) that much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is similar to what GAO Analysts do, c) that I had almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, d) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and f) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/opinion/samantha-power-pompeo-state-department.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We also need to attract new Foreign Service officers. Hiring declined by more than a third from 2016 to 2017, and the number of young people seeking to take the Foreign Service exam has dropped significantly from the rates seen during the previous two administrations. Attracting the right personnel will require Mr. Pompeo to work with Congress and take other steps to change obsolete rules that, for instance, discourage former State Department employees from returning, and require even experienced people to start at the bottom if they have not previously worked in government — denying our diplomatic corps the ability to draw on specialized expertise.)
— Stanford History Event Was ‘Too White and Too Male,’ Organizer Admits – MAYA SALAM (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get elected/reelected, Democrats and RINOs stress that they want individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/us/stanford-conference-white-males.html
— Stop Apologizing for Being Elite – Susan Jacoby
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/opinion/sunday/elites-stop-apologizing.html
— It’s Hard to Be Hungry on Spring Break – Anthony Abraham Jack (DIERSEN: To demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being an undeservedly filthy rich draft dodger while attended NIU, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I drove my 1969 Dodge Charger SE to Florida for spring break in 1969 and 1970.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/opinion/sunday/spring-break-colleges-poor-students.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH TWO COLOR PICTURES: Oakland Embraces Marijuana Sales. Compton Bans Them. How Is Justice Best Served? – Thomas Fuller
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/us/california-marijuana-oakland-compton.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Retirement frees congressional Republicans to give some straight talk – Paul Kane (DIERSEN: In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors freed me to become a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999 and a GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000 and to serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/retirement-frees-congressional-republicans-to-give-some-straight-talk/2018/03/17/2a164d08-292a-11e8-874b-d517e912f125_story.html
— Russia scrambles to get voters to polls to legitimize election ahead of expected Putin landslide – Anton Troianovski (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, a) how many registered Republican voters will cast Republican primary ballots, b) how many registered Democrat voters will cast Democrat primary ballots, c) how many registered Republican voters will cast Democrat primary ballots, d) how many registered Democrat voters will cast Republican primary ballots, e) how many registered Independent voters will cast Republican primary ballots, and f) how many registered Independent voters will cast Democrat primary ballots? How close is the polling place for your precinct and how easy it for the voters in your precinct to find it?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russia-scrambles-to-get-voters-to-polls-to-legitimize-election-ahead-of-expected-putin-landslide/2018/03/18/f8d31426-2963-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bc_story.html
— Distinguished federal employee of the week: This is what you do when asked to lie – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: If you are a non-veteran White male federal employee, to keep your job, you have to falsely say that there is no political affiliation discrimination, no reverse discrimination, no age discrimination, and no retaliation in the federal government. Ironically, one could argue that political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation encourages Democrats, minorities, females, and younger people to become federal employees and remain federal employees.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/03/18/distinguished-person-of-the-week-this-is-what-you-do-when-asked-to-lie/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. One could argue that Democrats are becoming more successful at demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Republicans than Nazis were at demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Jews.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-regain-double-digit-advantage-over-gop-in-voter-sentiment-poll-1521378001

 

DAILY MAIL
— ‘That was sneaky evil, even for me’: Jeff Sessions struggles with ‘Trump’s order’ to fire FBI Deputy McCabe in SNL cold open as he is joined by an irate Rex Tillerson – while The Mooch pops up for an indiscreet cameo – MATTHEW WRIGHT (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents stress that after my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, that neither they, nor anyone else offered me a federal job. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I was any good, Henry Hyde, Peter Fitzgerald, Dennis Hastert, Peter Roskam, etc. would have offered me jobs.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5514711/Trumps-firing-Tillerson-McCabe-brutally-slammed-SNL.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Job Market Confidence Hits New Highs (DIERSEN: From what I see, employers only want hire those who are anti-Trump supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, ant-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/jobs_employment/march_2018/job_market_confidence_hits_new_highs

March 17 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Former Chicago Police Department Superintendent McCarthy to run for mayor – Craig Wall (DIERSEN: Emanuel fired McCarthy blaming him for Chicago’s crime problems. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old blaming me for GAO’s Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion problems.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/former-cpd-superintendent-mccarthy-to-run-for-mayor/3225909/

 

NBC5
— Ives Appears to Gain Surge of Support Days Before Election – Brendan Pedersen
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Ives-Appears-to-Gain-Surge-of-Support-Days-Before-Election-477150183.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Abortion promoters promote Newman.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Race-Between-Lipinski-Newman-Gaining-National-Attention-477152643.html
— Pritzker Keeps Distance From Media Ahead of Primary Election – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Who keeps their distance from you? The following keep their distance from me: 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/pritzker-keeps-distance-from-media-ahead-of-primary-election-477100733.html

 

CBS2
— Hazing Victim Sues Wheaton College – Dana Kozlov
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/16/hazing-victim-sues-wheaton-college/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Wheaton College, football players sued in alleged attack of teammate – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/wheaton-college-football-players-sued-in-alleged-attack-of-teammate

 

WGN TV
— These 2 Republicans want to replace Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan – TAHMAN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2018/03/16/these-2-republicans-want-to-replace-attorney-general-lisa-madigan/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner supporters call Ives “right-wing” because she defends/advances the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. Rauner supporters refuse/fail to defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the IRP platform.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/rauner-seeks-re-election-but-right-wing-rival-ives-seeks-a-reckoning/
— Flaps, flubs and funds — Dem gov primary flush with all of it – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/flaps-flubs-and-funds-dem-gov-primary-flush-with-all-of-it/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote Bridget Degnen for Cook County Board.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/pot-execs-show-the-green-for-ex-regulators-bid-for-cook-county-board-seat/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State senator Chris Nybo says tollway officials need to listen to Hinsdale, Western Springs concerns on Tri-State widening – Kimberly Fornek (DIERSEN: What are your concerns? Which officials listen to your concerns and say that other officials need to listen to your concerns? I should write a book about officials who represent me in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who not only do not listen to my concerns, they belittle/badmouth my concerns and paint me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/western-springs/news/ct-dhd-tollway-meeting-tl-0322-20180316-story.html
— Leave the gun. Take the cannoli: Let ‘The Godfather’ guide you through the Illinois primaries. – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-election-preparation-kass-0304-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois lieutenant governor candidate Litesa Wallace linked to harassment complaint on list compiled by Speaker Madigan – Stacy St. Clair, Christy Gutowski and Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-litesa-wallace-harassment-payment-ethics-20180315-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: More than 900 high school students marked truant in Hinsdale District 86 after national walkout – Kimberly Fornek
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/burr-ridge/news/ct-dhd-d86-walkout-discipline-tl-0322-20180316-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrat marchers.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-march-for-our-lives-chicago-20180316-story.html
— Silverstein in tough primary fight following sexual harassment allegations – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-ira-silverstein-primary-challenge-20180316-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrat marchers.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180316/march-for-our-lives-gun-protest-draws-support-across-the-suburbs
— Youth (Marko Sukovic) versus experience (Karen Feldman) for Republican candidates in 59th District – Mick Zawislak (DIERSEN: What is Sukovic’s position on age discrimination? Does he agree with the federal government’s policy of wasting the careers of and getting rid of its non-veteran White male employees who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180316/youth-versus-experience-for-republican-candidates-in-59th-district
— College of DuPage raises tuition by $1 per credit hour – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180316/college-of-dupage-raises-tuition-by-1-per-credit-hour
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 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, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180316/diversity-enriches-community-college-experience

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— When legislators become pot ‘pushers’ – Ralph E. Whitfield, Farmington
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20180316/letter-when-legislators-become-pushers

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner, in Champaign, says Democrats trying to help his GOP opponent – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-17/rauner-champaign-says-dems-trying-help-his-gop-opponent.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— The candidates and Madigan’s gerrymandering
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/03/16/the-candidates-and-madigans-gerrymandering/cf1mdw7/
— Ives, Marter are the true conservatives – Robert A. Baker, Princeton
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/03/15/ives-marter-are-the-true-conservatives/a4h76mc/
— ‘Time to end establishment politics as usual’ – James T. Marter. Oswego
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/03/08/time-to-end-establishment-politics-as-usual/adr8kj/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats who want to unseat Hultgren.
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/16/7-democrats-talk-strategy-for-winning-primary-unseating-hultgren-in-fall/a3oj9ql/

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Davidsmeyer facing GOP primary challenge from Petty – Doug Wilson
http://www.whig.com/20180317/davidsmeyer-facing-gop-primary-challenge-from-petty#//

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Taking aim at elections – Rich Miller
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/miller-taking-aim-at-elections/article_2a41d98f-d19d-5689-b5ef-fe6065816b52.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Let’s get rid of all the political consultants – Jim Nowlan (DIERSEN: I have been a member of the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) (https://theaapc.org/) since 2001. I served on the board of AAPC’s Midwest Chapter 2001-2004. I have always complied with AAPC’s Code of Ethics (http://theaapc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/AAPC-Code-of-Ethics.pdf). There are extremely few Republican AAPC members in Illinois. I am one of them. I should write a book about those in Illinois who claim to be Republican political consultants, who are not AAPC members, who reject AAPC’s Code of Ethics, who viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn me, and who bring disgrace at all political consultants.)
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/jim-nowlan-let-s-get-rid-of-all-the-political/article_b4313f71-0ce4-5fe9-b42e-e753909887c2.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recently, on the same day, I received five over-size, glossy political postcards from Gov. Bruce Rauner. The cards told the most outrageous, bald-faced lies about an opponent that I have ever read. As I digested the messages, I became sick to my stomach. Rauner is being challenged by state Rep. Jeanne Ives for the GOP nomination for governor, at the March 20 Republican primary election. I do not favor either candidate. Ives is too conservative for me, and Rauner is, well, a bald-faced liar. And, apparently, not embarrassed or shamed a whit about his lying to the voters. The messages say that Ives, among other dastardly deeds: Is the lackey of Democratic Speaker of the Illinois House Mike Madigan Wants to keep the recent increase in the income tax and Opposes cutting property taxes Thee anti-Ives statements are “supported” by citations of roll call votes and quotations found in newspapers. Shamefully, the above claims by Rauner represent lying by the ploy of excerpting snippets from larger statements to reverse the meaning. For example, in Henry IV, Shakespeare has Dick the Butcher declare: ”The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Sounds like an attack on lawyers. Yet, in the full context, Butcher thought if he disturbed law and order, he could become king. Thus, Shakespeare meant the famous line as a compliment to attorneys and judges who instill justice in society. That is what Rauner and his consultants have done. Reverse the meaning. Red becomes green; night, day. Indeed, Ives is as anti-Madigan, anti-tax (of any kind) as they come. Respected publications, such as Crain’s Chicago Business, columnist Scott Reeder and others, already have called out Rauner for his lying. We also must note Democrat Madigan, Rauner’s nemesis, has been using misleading attack ads against GOP opponents for years. I still stifle a rueful chuckle when I recall an ad in which Madigan minions charged a GOP opponent for consorting with sex perverts. This was so because the Republican rented an apartment to someone who had years earlier been convicted of some sex crime. Political campaigning has been rough and tumble since the early days of the Republic, when Federalists passed the Alien and Sedition Act. The law allowed President John Adams to jail to newspaper editors and others who criticized him, which he did with gusto. Today, billionaires flaunt limitless campaign spending as they assault untutored voters with lies and misleading half-truths that are laughable to insiders. Why do they do this? Because it works. In my day, half a century ago, candidates generally stuck to making positive statements about themselves, leaving their opponents alone. Not today, obviously. I blame the political consultants. They are paid to win, period. Not to win fairly, honestly, nor with substantive arguments. But simply to win. Win-at-any-cost consultants disgust me. They lurk in the background of campaigns, holding in contempt the voters they deceive. Consultants have found that voters — their cynicism probably ingrained by endless attack ads courtesy of those same consultants — tend to believe the worst about candidates today. Of course, candidates don’t have to accept the advice from consultants that they mislead the public about their opponents. Yet, too many candidates want to win so badly they accept the “wisdom” of their consultants, and thus often spend most of their money on the attack. Legitimate criticism of an opponent is fair game, of course, and helpful to voters. But outright lying? Come on. If we — you and I — don’t call out bald-faced lying, things will only get worse, if such is possible. At the national level, PolitiFact uses volunteers and donations to call out misrepresentation and lies. I propose at the state and local level in Illinois we create a simple Code of Ethics for Political Campaigns: “I will neither lie nor mislead voters about my opponents.” Then we ask all candidates to sign the pledge. Those who fail to sign the pledge, or break it, would be publicly rebuked. Those who sign and keep to the pledge would be publicly commended. The ideal group to implement a Code of Ethics would be the nonprofit Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. But they would need lots of volunteer help. Pollyannaish? Sure, but we could use some Jimmy Stewart (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) politics in our democracy. So, to be charitable, let’s not kill all the political consultants, appealing as the thought might be. Instead, let’s call out those consultants and candidates who lie and mislead.)

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— As lawmakers pursue bump stock ban, Illinois online retailer can’t keep enough in stock – Robert Channick
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/as-lawmakers-pursue-bump-stock-ban-illinois-online-retailer-can/article_4c8ba982-a111-56a1-aeb5-d55ba3c82b8b.html

 

TIMES
— The corrupt state GOP – ART HAVENHILL, Leader, La Salle County Tea Party
http://www.mywebtimes.com/opinion/columnists/the-corrupt-state-gop/article_b3381eab-e3b9-5f6b-97a4-abd7b9b79260.html
— Pro-Kinzinger mailer sparks controversy – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/pro-kinzinger-mailer-sparks-controversy/article_9839ad56-cc65-52d9-ae7b-45f4cceeda30.html
— Voters should do the vetting in primaries – Editorial (DIERSEN: How much do voters know about the candidates? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on stopping voters and everyone else from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/our-view-voters-should-do-the-vetting-in-primaries/article_5d8bed28-2bce-5f0f-8267-f06de2e1f572.html

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Governor Rauner stops in Champaign ahead of the election
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/governor-rauner-stops-in-champaign-ahead-of-the-election

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Black Voters Need More Convincing From Democrats In 2018 – ASMA KHALID (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at Blacks that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Since the Civil War, Democrats have shouted at Blacks that Republicans have caused all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/black-voters-need-more-convincing-democrats-2018#stream/0
— Trump’s Attorney Seeks $20 Million In Damages From Porn Star – RICHARD GONZALES
http://nprillinois.org/post/trumps-attorney-seeks-20-million-damages-porn-star#stream/0

 

WJBC
— As primary approaches, Ives ramps up attacks on Rauner – Howard Packowitz (DIERSEN: What about Rauner’s attacks on Ives? Who attacks you and why? I should write a book about those who attack me and why they do it.)
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/03/16/as-primary-approaches-ives-ramps-up-attacks-on-rauner/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— DUPAGE COUNTY VOTERS TO DECIDE ON MERGER BETWEEN CLERK’S OFFICE AND ELECTION COMMISSION – Brendan Bakala
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/dupage-county-voters-to-decide-on-merger-between-clerks-office-and-election-commission/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— State Rep. Morrison: Vote for Jeanne Ives and Help Spread the Word! – John Biver (DIERSEN: What discourages you from helping elect candidates? I am discouraged from helping elect candidates because of the success that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have had in a) viciously demonizing, denigrating, and condemning my judgment and b) getting candidates and everyone else to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all their past, present, and future problems. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who state that they are conservative and/or Republican, b) who could/should have come to my defense, but c) did not come to my defense.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/03/state-rep-tom-morrison-vote-for-jeanne-ives-and-help-spread-the-word/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— McCann, barred from Senate GOP caucus meeting, claims Rauner threatened to “destroy you and your family” (DIERSEN: I should write a book about adverse actions that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have taken against me.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/mccann-barred-from-sgop-caucus-meeting-claims-rauner-threatened-to-destroy-you-and-your-family/

 

BREITBART
— Calling America ‘Land of Opportunity’ Is a ‘Microaggression’ Says University of California – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes belittle/badmouth my accomplishments and they hint/imply/argue/shout that I would not have accomplished anything were it not for a) my parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors being undeservedly filthy rich, b) my benefiting from their racism, c) my benefiting from their sexism, d) my benefiting from their bigotry, e) my avoiding the draft, f) my being grossly overpaid by the federal government, g) my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents, h) etc.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/17/calling-america-land-opportunity-microaggression-says-university-california/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Lawyers Claim Stormy Daniels Violated Confidentiality Agreement at Least 20 Times – Jim Rutenberg and Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/us/trumps-stormy-daniels-lawsuit.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Andrew McCabe, Trump’s foil at the FBI, is fired hours before he could retire – Matt Zapotosky (DIERSEN: According to this article, “The move will likely cost McCabe a significant portion of his retirement benefits, though it is possible he could bring a legal challenge.” My Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old a) has cost me a tremendous amount of money and b) resulted in my attorney Walter T. Charlton filing Diersen v. GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/ So far, at a minimum, in today’s dollars, my Democrat GAO superiors have cost me $1,505,950 ($2,569,162 lost salary minus $1,063,212 pension payments).)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbis-andrew-mccabe-is-fired-a-little-more-than-24-hours-before-he-could-retire/2018/03/16/e055a22a-2895-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Attorney General Jeff Sessions late Friday night fired former FBI deputy director Andrew Mc­Cabe, a little more than 24 hours before McCabe was set to retire — a move that McCabe alleged was an attempt to slander him and undermine the ongoing special counsel investigation into the Trump campaign. Sessions announced the decision in a statement just before 10 p.m., noting that both the Justice Department inspector general and the FBI office that handles discipline had found “that Mr. McCabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor — including under oath — on multiple occasions.” He said based on those findings and the recommendation of the department’s senior career official, “I have terminated the employment of Andrew McCabe effective immediately.” The move will likely cost McCabe a significant portion of his retirement benefits, though it is possible he could bring a legal challenge. He responded on Friday night with a lengthy statement, claiming he was being targeted because he was a witness in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and asserting that his actions were appropriate. He also alleged former FBI Director James B. Comey knew about the media disclosure about which the inspector general has raised questions. “This attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals more generally,” McCabe said. “It is part of this Administration’s ongoing war on the FBI and the efforts of the Special Counsel investigation, which continue to this day. Their persistence in this campaign only highlights the importance of the Special Counsel’s work.” Trump tweeted early Saturday morning, “Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI – A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!” An email notifying McCabe of the move was sent to his work account and his lawyers just minutes before Sessions’s statement was made public, though McCabe learned of the firing from press accounts, his spokeswoman said. McCabe has been fighting vigorously to keep his job, and on Thursday, he spent nearly four hours inside the Justice Department pleading his case.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Truth Isn’t the Problem—We Are Politics has warped facts since the days of Pericles, but our ‘post-truth’ era offers a destructive new twist: defying facts as a badge of tribal allegiance. – Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for the news that they put out or bless.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/truth-isnt-the-problemwe-are-1521124562
— You Can’t Work Your Way Through College Anymore – Richard R. West (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) 1966-1968 while I was a student at UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. The money to pay for tuition, books, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and room and board at NIU 1969-1970 (three semesters at University Plaza Dormitory (https://www.uplaza.com/) and then a summer session at Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/ ) came from my part-time Park Forest Post Office job 1966-1969 that paid $15.85-$16.91 an hour in today’s dollars and my part-time jobs working on a Chrysler automobile assembly line in Belvidere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvidere_Assembly_Plant) and as a security guard at the University Plaza Dormitory in 1970. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-cant-work-your-way-through-college-anymore-1521239612

March 15 Evening Edition

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Conservative Jeanne Ives Gains Ground on Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner in Primary Race – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/bruce-rauner-primary-challenger-gains-ground/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner has alienated the Republican base by taking moderate positions in deep-blue Illinois, signing sanctuary-state legislation and bills that allocated taxpayer funding for abortion. He is currently polling at 42 percent to Ives’s 35 percent, according to an internal poll released yesterday by Ogden & Fry.)

 

POLITICO
— Democrats meddle in Illinois GOP primary The Democratic Governors Association is running an ad calling Gov. Bruce Rauner’s primary challenger, Jeanne Ives, ‘too conservative’ for the state. – NATASHA KORECKI and DANIEL STRAUSS (DIERSEN: Who calls you “too conservative?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am “too conservative” a) because I support all the planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) because I support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/illinois-rauner-jeanne-ives-primary-democratic-ad-419484

 

ABC7
— Primary race for governor heads into home stretch – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/primary-race-for-governor-heads-into-home-stretch/3221128/

 

NBC5
— GOP Watches Vote Count in Pa. House Race, Seeks Complaints Election officials in the four counties in the Pittsburgh-area district had identified about 400 uncounted provisional, military and overseas ballots by Thursday – Marc Levy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Pennsylvania-House-Race-Lamb-Saccone-476937843.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Flawed assessments under Assessor Berrios caused $2 billion shift in Chicago property taxes, study finds – Jason Grotto
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/taxdivide/ct-met-property-tax-shift-berrios-cook-county-20180314-story.html
— University of Chicago study on tax assessments from 2011 to 2015
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/taxdivide/ct-university-of-chicago-study-property-taxes-20180315-htmlstory.html
— Even with $1 billion upgrade, Deep Tunnel swamped by winter storm as streets and basements flooded – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-deep-tunnel-swamped-20180307-story.html
— Queer black Chicagoans talk about isolation, lack of safe spaces where they can explore identity – Sadé Carpenter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-dating-black-and-queer-20180217-story.html
— The Irish were the original bad hombres – Ruben Navarrette Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-irish-bad-hombres-immigrants-navarrette-0316-20180315-story.html
— Pot tourists can smoke it where they buy it in San Francisco – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–marijuana-smoking-lounges-20180315-story.html
— Will your teen activist grow up to be a liberal? Maybe. – Cindy Dampier
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/sc-fam-teen-activists-0327-story.html
— DuPage judge still not back on bench following acquittal in gun incident – Clifford Ward
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton-glen-ellyn/news/ct-met-dupage-judge-20180315-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Aurora sets limit on video gambling terminals – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-video-gambling-st-0316-20180315-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion? According to individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of Group A, those who are members of Group B should pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion. 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, anti-draft avoiders, 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, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/lookingglass-theatre-plantation-kevin-douglas-natalie-moore/
— Kennedy, Biss spar over who should drop out of race, Pritzker drops from sight – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kennedy-urges-pritzker-to-drop-out-pritzker-campaign-responds-with-eye-roll/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County judge returning to work after acquittal in gun incident – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180315/dupage-county-judge-returning-to-work-after-acquittal-in-gun-incident
— Echoes of Al Capone heard in today’s gun-control debate – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180315/echoes-of-al-capone-heard-in-todays-gun-control-debate
— Kane County judge hopefuls diverge on top needs and priorities – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180315/kane-county-judge-hopefuls-diverge-on-top-needs-and-priorities
— 11th GOP hopefuls differ on future of ‘Dreamers’ – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180315/11th-gop-hopefuls-differ-on-future-of-dreamers

 

WTTW
— VIDEO: Governor’s Race Forum: Republican Jeanne Ives
http://video.wttw.com/video/3010371670/

 

WBEZ
— Rauner: Replace Legionnaires’-Stricken VA Home With New ‘Ultra-Modern’ Facility – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/rauner-replace-legionnairesstricken-va-home-with-new-ultramodern-facility/9b5e1bb3-c505-4341-b6d5-093438d11580

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— McCann says Rauner threatened to ‘destroy’ him in 2015 over vote – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180315/mccann-says-rauner-threatened-to-destroy-him-in-2015-over-vote

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Ives asks Savoy rally attendees if they’re ‘ready to turn state upside down’ – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-15/ives-asks-savoy-rally-attendees-if-theyre-ready-turn-state-upside-down.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Tea Party PAC backs Republican challenger James Marter in 16th District
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/03/15/tea-party-pac-backs-republican-challenger-in-16th-district/a7907ep/

 

MORTON COURIER
— Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti visits with Courier writer to discuss key issues – ADAM LARCK
http://www.courierpapers.com/morton_courier/article_f49e2a3a-27b5-11e8-a145-c34acfba2d45.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County judge acquitted in reckless conduct case assigned to administrative duties Patrick O’Shea allegedly discharged gun last fall in Wheaton apartment – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/15/dupage-county-judge-acquitted-in-reckless-conduct-case-assigned-to-administrative-duties/ax23kuk/

 

WJBD RADIO
— Pritzker Denies Offshore Accounts Voided Taxes – AP (DIERSEN: If I sought a government or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that I improperly avoided federal taxes and that I took advantage of loopholes. They would stress a) that I deducted what I paid for tuition and books to take graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and graduate finance courses at IIT 1992-1997, b) that I deducted what paid for mortgage interest until the 1990s and real estate taxes and state income tax every year since 1972, and c) that I have itemized every year since 1972.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/15/pritzker-denies-offshore-accounts-voided-taxes

 

WLS AM
— Rauner: Teachers should not be armed – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/14/rauner-teachers-should-not-be-armed/

 

WSIL TV
— Illinois candidates at all levels rake in campaign cash – Brandon Richard
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37726019/illinois-candidates-at-all-levels-rake-in-campaign-cash

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Response to DGA Ads On policy, Rauner and the DGA are two sides of the same counterfeit bill.
https://mailchi.mp/cb7ed0b5c072/ives-response-to-dga-ads-rauner-and-the-dga-are-two-sides-of-the-same-counterfeit-bill
— Ives Closes, Rauner Hides No Show for Chicago Tonight; Tribune’s Kass Opines
https://mailchi.mp/22da54095586/ives-closes-rauner-hides

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— “This Isn’t Smoke. This Is Fire.” Ives to Call for Action on Inspector General Complaint Against Rauner
https://mailchi.mp/0d3d2d00ec9b/this-isnt-smoke-this-is-fire

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Did Rauner staff do political work on taxpayer dime?
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-did-rauner-staff-do-political-work-on-taxpayer-dime/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— New DGA ads bash Jeanne Ives, Bruce Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/new-dga-ad-bashes-jeanne-ives/
— Report: Regressive property tax adjustments made poor pay more, rich pay less
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/report-regressive-property-tax-adjustments-made-poor-pay-more-rich-pay-less/
— Fact-checking Kennedy on retirement income tax and legalizing marijuana
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/fact-checking-kennedy-on-retirement-income-tax-and-legalizing-marijuana/
— Rauner said he didn’t know what “pants on fire” meant
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/rauner-said-he-didnt-know-what-pants-on-fire-meant/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CHICAGO GOP TO FILE LAWSUIT OVER STUDENT WALKOUT Accuse public schools of ‘political indoctrination, pure and simple’
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/chicago-gop-to-file-lawsuit-over-student-walkout/

 

BLAZE
— California appoints illegal alien to state government post – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/15/california-appoints-illegal-alien-to-state-government-post

 

BREITBART
— Western Journal: Facebook’s Algorithm Change Disproportionately Hits Conservative Sites – ALLUM BOKHARI
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/03/15/western-journal-facebooks-algorithm-change-disproportionately-hits-conservative-sites/
— Food Stamp Enrollment Drops by More than 1.3 Million Since Trump’s Inauguration – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/15/food-stamp-enrollment-drops-1-3-million-since-trumps-inauguration/
— CNN Exploits Holocaust, Suggests ICE Agents are Nazis – JOEL B. POLLAK (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more likely that anti-Trumps will hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a Nazi: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/03/15/cnn-exploits-holocaust-suggests-ice-agents-nazis/

 

USA TODAY
— Illinois Democrats wage brutal, pricey primary fight in governor’s race – Aamer Madhani
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/15/illinois-democrats-primary-governors-pritzker-kennedy-biss/428258002/

 

U.S. NEW & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Loses Out as Companies Move Out Budget woes and political chaos have businesses and workers fleeing Illinois. – Anna Marie Tomczyk
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2018-03-15/companies-want-out-of-illinois