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March 22 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— MADIGAN, KELLY AND STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: What congressional district do you live in? Who do you want to represent you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC)? Who do you want to be the next IRP chairman? Who do you want to represent you on the 2020 IRP Platform & Resolutions Committee? What weighted vote will your next representative on the IRP SCC have, that is, what percent of the approximate 700,000 Republican primary ballots cast statewide were cast in your congressional district?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/3-big-takeaways-from-the-illinois-primary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Robin Kelly won two victories in the primary from Democratic voters in the 2nd Congressional District. She was nominated for another term in Congress — that’s a clinch for November on this Democratic turf — and she won her race to become one of 38 members in charge of the Democratic Party of Illinois. They pick the chairman. The party chair is state House Speaker Michael Madigan, who has been slammed for his handling of sexual harassment allegations — serious hits in this “MeToo” era. GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner plans to continue to make Madigan a centerpiece of his re-election campaign. Madigan will be up for re-election as state party chair. With Kelly on the committee, there is, for the first time in ages, a viable alternative to Madigan.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Incumbent Roskam already calling for 6th Congressional district debates with Democratic challenger Sean Casten – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: Who badmouths you to Roskam? Who badmouthed you to Hyde? I should write a book about a) those who badmouth me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to Roskam, b) those who badmouthed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to Hyde, and c) those who since 1989 have badmouthed me to both Roskam and Hyde.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-roskam-casten-6th-race-st-0323-20180322-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Roskam didn’t face a primary challenger, but suburban Democrats see November’s general election as a potential chance to take the seat in November because Democrat Hillary Clinton won the 6th District over Republican President Donald Trump by 7 percentage points in the 2016 election. Roskam prevailed in his race that year by more than 18 points. Roskam has faced tough campaigns before. He has held the 6th Congressional District seat since 2006, when he narrowly defeated Democrat Tammy Duckworth in a nationally watched race. The district’s boundaries have changed since then, and it now includes parts of Naperville, Elgin, Wheaton and portions of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Cook counties.)
— Republicans blame Democrats for allowing Holocaust denier Art Jones with Nazi affiliations to get 20K GOP votes – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: Why should anyone listen to the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) concerning Jones? Rauner rejects the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the IRP planform. Because the IRP promotes Rauner, the IRP rejects the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the IRP platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-primary-election-recap-st-0322-20180321-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Maybe some of the 13,158 suburban Cook County residents who voted for Jones strongly believe in freedom of speech and Jones’ right to express his views. Perhaps some of the 3,023 voters in Chicago who punched his ticket agree with his positions on immigration (“no more sanctuary cities!”) or his support of 2nd Amendment rights (“concealed carry for personal protection!”). I suppose it’s possible some of the 4,093 people in Will County who cast ballots for Jones did so knowing about his anti-Semitic views but supported him anyway because of his stances against abortion and same-sex marriage. More likely, the 65 DuPage County residents who voted for Jones, 70, didn’t know about his former membership in the American Nazi Party or that he ran for mayor of Milwaukee as a member of the National Socialist White People’s Party in 1976. Jones, however, told me Wednesday he believes the votes for him were no accident. “The people who voted for me knew exactly who I was,” Jones said. “They liked what I had to say.” Jones said the Republican Party sent mailers and made robocalls telling people about his views, so voters must have known. “That might have gotten me a lot of votes,” he said of the party’s efforts. I think it’s more likely the vast majority of Jones voters simply supported whatever GOP candidate happened to be on the ballot. “Yes, I think your surmise is spot on,” said Sean Morrison of Orland Park, chair of the Cook County Republican Party, state committeeman for the 3rd District and Cook County Board member. “Look, the overwhelming majority of most folks in the district have absolutely no idea who the Nazi Art Jones is,” Morrison told me Wednesday. “I feel that they very likely pulled their Republican ballot and voted down the line.” Jones has previously run for the seat, but Republicans either successfully knocked him off the ballot by challenging his petitions or ran legitimate candidates whose totals dwarfed the few votes cast for Jones. This year was different. I asked Morrison why Republicans failed to field a “serious” candidate to challenge seven-term incumbent Democrat Dan Lipinski, a conservative who narrowly withstood a primary challenge from progressive Marie Newman. “Well, it was certainly not for lack of trying to draw in candidates,” Morrison said. “The 3rd Congressional district has historically voted very high for Congressman Lipinski. Even many Republicans vote for him due to his strong family values positions, so he receives a great deal of crossover voters. “He typically wins his general races in 70 percent to 30 percent margins. Most prospects see the seemingly futile attempt in running against him.” In other words, the problem isn’t so much that 20,000 Republicans may have just voted for a Nazi. It’s the partisan political system where the party in power gets to redraw district maps every 10 years to maximize odds of retaining power by keeping races noncompetitive. “The seat is mathematically drawn like the majority of districts as a Democrat district seat,” Morrison said. “This is the larger issue citizens should recognize and be concerned about in Illinois. “The Democrats have controlled the district remap drawings for several decades now. The Democrat-controlled gerrymandering is unabashed and (is the reason) why we have a real one-party system throughout Illinois.” I accept Morrison’s explanation as based in fact and admire his skill at spinning this as the fault of Democrats. Still, I think the candidacy of Jones harms the Republican brand more than it does the Democrats.
On a national scale Wednesday, reaction to Jones’ win ranged from shock and disbelief to outrage across traditional and social media channels. “Arthur Jones is a Nazi, not a Republican. It is a disgrace that he has won the Republican nomination,” Norman Coleman, chair of the Republican Jewish Coalition, said in a statement. “The GOP didn’t invite Jones into the party,” Coleman said. “The only mistake was not running a candidate in an uncompetitive, safe-Democrat district.” The Illinois GOP continues to denounce Jones. A state party spokesman told The New York Times the party would devote resources to supporting a Republican to run as an independent against Lipinski in November. “Arthur Jones is not a real Republican; he is a Nazi whose disgusting, bigoted views have no place in our nation’s discourse,” Tim Schneider, the Illinois Republican Party chairman, said in a statement. The National Republican Congressional Committee issued a statement that did not mention Jones by name. . .”There is no gerrymandering in Illinois,” Brown said. “Their whining about that is not factual.” There was ample publicity prior to the election about Jones’ Nazi affiliations, he added. “How anybody could vote for this individual is mind-boggling,” Brown said. “It was a conscious effort to cast those votes.” I think the number of votes cast for Jones is another statement about the perils of uneducated voters. Despite record early-voting numbers, turnout ended up at just 28.5 percent of suburban Cook County’s 1.5 million registered voters. Turnout among younger voters was notably low — at 3.4 percent — despite heightened interest in the Lipinski-Newman race and a nonbinding referendum asking whether Cook County should legalize marijuana for recreational use. The measure passed by a nearly two-to-one margin. Millennials ages 18-27 cast just 16,780 ballots, Clerk David Orr reported. That was the lowest of any age group and compares to 76,696 for ages 58-67, 67,302 for ages 48-57 and 48,225 for ages 68-77.)
— Former campaign worker Alaina Hampton sues Madigan fund, Democratic Party in sexual harassment case – Ray Long, Stacy St. Clair, Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-madigan-lawsuit-sexual-harassment-20180321-story.html
— U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve presided over Trump case and scolded him: ‘I do not follow tweets!’ – Kim Janssen (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails religiously and b) who crow that they do not read the emails. In Diersen v. GAO, Peter Fitzgerald appointed both the district court judge, Amy J. St. Eve, and the attorney who represented GAO, Patrick Fitzgerald. All of the aforesaid made it very clear that they favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Eve granted Patrick Fitzgerald’s motion to deny me my 7th Amendment rights, that is, to deny me a jury trial. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes used that to hint/imply/argue/shout that Peter Fitzgerald, Eve, and Patrick Fitzgerald viewed me as being someone who was lazy, stupid, bad, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-trump-st-eve-0322-chicago-inc-20180321-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: She may have both slapped him down and ruled in his favor back in 2013, but don’t count U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve among President Donald Trump’s Twitter followers. St. Eve — nominated by Trump to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning. When U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin asked her what she made of Trump’s tweets crowing about his victory in a trial St. Eve presided over, the judge replied with magisterial hauteur. “I have heard that, but I do not follow tweets!” she told the committee. The hearing was plain sailing for St. Eve and fellow nominee Michael Scudder, who have the backing of both Durbin and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth.)
— Kane County Board candidates separated by three votes – Sarah Freishtat
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-kane-county-board-three-votes-st-0322-20180321-story.html
— Tired of hearing from rich white guys? Get ready for $300 million more, Illinois – Rex Huppke
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-rauner-pritzker-illinois-governor-huppke-20180321-story.html
— 3 Republican incumbents ousted from Will County board – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-board-races-st-0322-20180321-story.html
— Whittling government excess? Start with the townships – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-township-government-abolition-20180313-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— A deeper look at what elections say about choices – Jim Slusher
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180322/slusher-a-deeper-look-at-what-elections-say-about-choices

 

ABC7
— Illinois Primary: Holocaust denier officially claims 3rd Dist. GOP nomination on 7th try – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/holocaust-denier-officially-claims-3rd-dist-gop-nom-on-7th-try/3242614/

 

WTTW
— Backed by Rauner, Former Miss America Harold is GOP Pick for AG – Paul Caine (DIERSEN: Who backs you? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, if anyone backed me, I would still be a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that I cause all my own problems.)
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/03/21/backed-rauner-former-miss-america-harold-gop-pick-ag
— Mudslinging Begins as Democrats Look to Take Back Governor’s Mansion – Amanda Vinicky (DIERSEN: Who are/were the lead mudslingers in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about past and present mudslingers in my precinct, in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc.)
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/03/21/mudslinging-begins-democrats-look-take-back-governor-s-mansion

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Metro Chicago shrinks again – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs focus on driving out of the Chicago metro area and out of all of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180322/BLOGS02/180329954

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats turn out in big numbers for Illinois primary – AP (DIERSEN: Of the 203 ballots cast in my precinct, 105 (52%) were Republican and 98 (48%) were Democrat.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180321/democrats-turn-out-in-big-numbers-for-illinois-primary
— Pritzker on spending: Like Simon said, no unilateral disarming – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180321/bernard-schoenburg-pritzker-on-spending-like-simon-said-no-unilateral-disarming

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Expect Rauner, Harold campaigns to partner up – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-22/tom-kacich-expect-rauner-harold-campaigns-partner.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— B-N goes for Rauner, Biss, Quinn; local turnout low – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/elections/b-n-goes-for-rauner-biss-quinn-local-turnout-low/article_3fd2a76a-73bb-53b1-8cdb-c71e8b657f9d.html

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Ives carries Knox County Republican vote – Rebecca Susmarski (DIERSEN: How many voted for Ives in your precinct? Of the 504 registered voters in my precinct, 64 voted for Ives and 41 voted for Rauner.)
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20180321/ives-carries-knox-county-republican-vote

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Rauner’s millions might not save him – Editorial (DIERSEN: What will Rauner do? Will he officially banish from the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), from the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and other Republican county party organizations, and from the Milton Township Republican Central Committee and other Republican township/ward party organizations those like me who voted for Ives, that is, those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and the rest of the planks in the IRP platform? Who does Rauner want the next 18 IRP State Central Committee members to be?)
http://qctimes.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-rauner-s-millions-might-not-save-him/article_16403745-e7a5-56f3-a28f-e70f008873ec.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Campaign between wealthy Rauner, Pritzker for Illinois governor expected to be expensive, brutal and long – Rick Pearson
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180321/campaign-between-wealthy-rauner-pritzker-for-illinois-governor-expected-to-be-expensive-brutal-and-long

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — After dismal primary showing, turbulent times ahead for Illinois’ GOP – Editorial (DIERSEN: Anti-Republicans want the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) “to field more palatable candidates,” that is, to field candidates who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the IRP platform.).
    http://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-after-dismal-primary-showing-turbulent-times-ahead-for-illinois/article_1994ac4b-7a5d-59d7-948c-7332abc0b801.html

 

WQAD
— Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner thanks Quad City republicans voters after close election victory – LAUREN SIMONE (DIERSEN: How many voted for Rauner in your precinct? Of the 504 registered voters in my precinct, 41 voted for Rauner and 64 voted for Ives.)
http://wqad.com/2018/03/21/illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-thanks-quad-city-republicans-voters-after-close-election-victory/

 

WVIK
— Rauner And Pritzker To Face Off In November’s Illinois Governor Race – DAISY CONTRERAS
http://wvik.org/post/rauner-and-pritzker-face-novembers-illinois-governor-race#stream/0

 

WTVA
— DEMOCRATS GET HIGH TURNOUT AGAIN, THIS TIME IN ILLINOIS (DIERSEN: Of the 203 ballots cast in my precinct, 105 (52%) were Republican and 98 (48%) were Democrat.)
http://www.wtva.com/content/national/477554533.html?ref=533

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— In a case with potentially broad implication, the U.S. Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to prosecute people for obstructing IRS enforcement of the tax code. – NINA TOTENBERG (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are filled with hatred against IRS, against its former employees, against it current employees, and against its future employees.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/hiding-income-and-destroying-records-obstruction-maybe-not#stream/0

 

CHICAGO REPORTER
— In Illinois, a fight between big money and grassroots insurgencies rages on – Curtis Black
http://www.chicagoreporter.com/in-illinois-a-fight-between-big-money-and-grassroots-insurgencies-rages-on/

 

ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN FOR POLITICAL REFORM
— Democratic Turnout Surges, While GOP Turnout Drops in IL Primary (DIERSEN: Of the 203 ballots cast in my precinct, 105 (52%) were Republican and 98 (48%) were Democrat. I expect that some, if not many, of those 98 who cast Democrat ballots a) were Democrats who had never voted in a primary before and b) were Democrats who had unethically cast Republican ballots before “to do what damage they could.”)
https://mailchi.mp/ilcampaign/illinois-governors-race-on-track-to-break-us-spending-record-51517
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1.92 million people voted in yesterday’s Primary Election, after nearly a year of full-fledged campaigning from candidates on both sides of the aisle. Overall, turnout this year was the highest for a gubernatorial Primary Election since 2002. Democratic turnout increased by 325,000 from 2010, the most recent year with a competitive gubernatorial Primary on the Democratic ballot. In contrast, Republican turnout dropped 138,000 since the last contested primary, which took place in 2014.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Grant wins out in three-way GOP race in Ives’ district – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511367327-grant-wins-out-in-three-way-gop-race-in-ives-district
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511367306-amy-grant-beats-minor-byrne-in-gop-race-for-house-seat-in-42nd-district

 

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— LaBarbera Discusses LGBTQ Lobby’s Intolerance on VCY America Crosstalk Radio
https://americansfortruth.com/2018/03/21/labarbera-discuss-lgbtq-lobbys-intolerance-on-vcy-america-crosstalk-radio/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— After narrow primary defeat, Ives supporters mixed on whether they’ll support Rauner in November – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Of course, after Jim Ryan won the Republican gubernatorial primary in 2002, I fully supported him. But to this day, because I supported Pat O’Malley in the primary, those who supported Ryan in the primary blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for Ryan’s losing the general election.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/after-narrow-primary-defeat-ives-supporters-mixed-on-whether-they/article_ace2cf86-2d3f-11e8-bf37-b366d49ea566.html
— Even if he rallies his base, Gov. Rauner faces uphill general election campaign – Dan McCaleb (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What is Rauner’s base? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-even-if-he-rallies-his-base-gov-rauner/article_4361f138-2d01-11e8-8b0f-9b14c6cae712.html
— One ‘Madigan Republican’ State Rep. David Reis, R-Olney loses seat in Republican primary – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/one-madigan-republican-loses-seat-in-republican-primary/article_78aa4d10-2d13-11e8-911c-6bd3e5eaf339.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Another Disruptive Political Stunt Coming to Schools in April: Day of Silence – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat teachers a) encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity and b) make it clear that they want to destroy the traditional family.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/another-disruptive-political-stunt-coming-to-schools-in-april-day-of-silence/

 

POLITIFACT ILLINOIS
— Bruce Rauner cites own remarks as proof of outside support for election night claim – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who cite their own statements as proof for their claims against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I did not want to continue on 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, etc. and that I easily could have continued on if I had wanted to.)
http://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2018/mar/21/bruce-rauner/rauner-cites-own-remarks-proof-outside-support-ele/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner had weakest primary showing by a GOP governor since 1928 (DIERSEN: How many voted for Rauner in your precinct? Of the 504 registered voters in my precinct, 41 voted for Rauner and 64 voted for Ives. 41 X $130/vote is $5,330.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/22/rauner-had-weakest-primary-showing-by-a-gop-governor-since-1928/
— A very rough road ahead for Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/22/a-very-rough-road-ahead-for-rauner/
— Rauner campaign warns on Pritzker tax hike
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/22/rauner-campaign-warns-on-pritzker-tax-hike/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Former RNC Chairman Criticizes GOP ‘Spending Spree’ Under Trump as ‘Bad Politics’ – NICHOLAS BALLASY
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/former-rnc-chairman-criticizes-gop-spending-spree-trump-bad-politics/

 

GOPUSA
— ACLU: Shield illegal immigrants from deportation by not enforcing low-level crimes
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41993

 

THE HILL
— 2020 Dems compete for top campaign operatives – REID WILSON AND AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: I should write a book about operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents. Are my critics/opponents paying them at least $15 an hour?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/379647-2020-dems-compete-for-top-campaign-operatives?userid=3526
— Omnibus spending bill gives IRS $320M to implement tax law – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are filled with hatred against IRS, against its former employees, against it current employees, and against its future employees.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/379675-omnibus-spending-bill-gives-irs-320m-to-implement-tax-law

 

CNN
— Democrats get high turnout again, this time in Illinois – Harry Enten (DIERSEN: Of the 203 ballots cast in my precinct, 105 (52%) were Republican and 98 (48%) were Democrat. I expect that some, if not many, of those 98 who cast Democrat ballots a) were Democrats who had never voted in a primary before and b) were Democrats who had unethically cast Republican ballots before “to do what damage they could.”)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/politics/democrat-high-turnout-illinois/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The primaries in Illinois on Tuesday night were, for the most part melodramatic — some big names got scares but there were no major upsets. There was, however, some good news for Democrats: In the second of two statewide primaries this year (Texas being the other), turnout was significantly higher for Democrats than in either 2010 or 2014. There were just under 1.3 million votes cast in the Illinois Democratic primary Tuesday to just over 700,000 in the Republican primary. Put another way, 64% of the votes cast were on the Democratic line, compared with only 36% on the Republican line. Now, Illinois is a blue state, but even taking that into account, it was an impressive performance for Democrats. Dating back to 1998, there has never been a midterm year in which there was a higher percentage of two-party votes cast in the Illinois Democratic primary compared with 2018. Importantly, this includes 2010, when both the Democrats and Republicans had competitive gubernatorial primaries, like this year. In 2010, just 54% of all primary votes were cast in the Democratic primary when Republicans gained over 60 seats across the country and control of the US House.)

 

MSN
— Is Bruce Rauner Re-electable? (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What is Rauner’s base? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/lifestyle/is-bruce-rauner-re-electable/vp-BBKxvBS

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Republican John Cox inches ahead of Antonio Villaraigosa for second place in California governor’s race, new poll finds – PHIL WILLON
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-governor-senate-poll-20180321-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Dead End of Identity Politics To expand the base is almost inevitably to shrink it equally. – Crispin Sartwell (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who pander to 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, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-dead-end-of-identity-politics-1521671743
— Retirees Reshape Where Americans Live Baby boomers fuel growth in retirement hot spots, new census figures show – Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg (DIERSEN: To get my wife and I to leave, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that in my precinct, a) only 21 voted for Trump in the 2016 Republican primary election, b) only 137 voted for Trump in the 2016 general election, c) 98 cast Democrat ballots in the 2018 primary election, and d) only 64 voted for Ives in the 2018 Republican primary election.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retirees-reshape-where-americans-live-1521691261
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Americans are relocating to retirement hot spots scattered around the country and returning to suburbia, according to Census Bureau figures released Thursday. The population of federally designated retirement destination counties rose 2% last year, almost three times the rate of national population growth, according to census county population estimates for the year that ended July 1. Almost three-quarters of a million Americans during that period moved into one of the 442 counties that the Agriculture Department tags as retiree spots. The figures are a fresh sign that the nation’s 74 million baby boomers—those born between 1946 to 1964—have dug out from the 2007-09 recession that locked many of them in place when home and stock values plummeted.)

SLATE
— Illinois Governor Spent $130 Per Vote, and That Was the Easy Part – JOSH VOORHEES (DIERSEN: How many voted for Rauner in your precinct? Of the 504 registered voters in my precinct, 41 voted for Rauner and 64 voted for Ives. 41 X $130 is $5,330.)
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/illinois-gov-bruce-rauner-spent-usd130-for-each-primary-vote-he-got-tuesday.html

 

FED SMITH
— Back to the Future: How to Cut Federal Salaries and Agency Programs – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: In 1997, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” they cut my $125,325 federal salary in today’s dollars to zero. Previously they gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/03/21/back-future-cut-federal-salaries-agency-programs/

 

SUN DAILY
— Facebook, Google warn Singapore against ‘fake news’ law (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news that is not fake is the news that they put out or bless.)
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2018/03/22/facebook-google-warn-singapore-against-fake-news-law

March 19 Morning Edition

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Diana Rauner: We’re moving to Italy if Bruce loses
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511364971-diana-rauner-we-re-moving-to-italy-if-bruce-loses
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner says he’ll fight for Illinoisans. But only if he wins re-election. If he loses, Rauner’s wife, Diana, says she and Bruce are out of here. “Bruce and I are moving to Italy,” a source says she flippantly told a group of “mostly Democrat” women from DuPage County last Thursday. The occasion was an event at the home of Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico and his wife, Julie Cole Chirico, chief fundraiser for embattled, but Rauner-financed House GOP Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs). Diana Rauner’s Italy remark was a response to a question she received about Illinois’ stunning rate of outmigration. An attendee noted that several of her neighbors had left the state, asking Diana Rauner what her husband planned to do to encourage people to stay. “She made a vague comment about stopping Madigan and then said that, if Bruce lost and they couldn’t stop Madigan, they were moving to Italy,” the source told DuPage Policy Journal. “It was awkward.” In addition to employing his wife, Durkin and his campaign chief, David Walsh, are a longtime backers of Mayor Chirico, a moderate Republican who supports Rauner but actively opposed President Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. The Rauners have traveled to Italy on official business during his administration. In Nov. 2016, Gov. Rauner and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel traveled to Rome along with State Sen. John Cullerton (D-Chicago) Chicago Ald. Ed Burke (D-14th), former social secretary to President Barack Obama, Desiree Rogers and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) to see then-Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich be elevated to cardinal. At a co-press conference with Emanuel in Vatican City, Rauner said “this time reminds us that the good lord did not make us Republicans or Democrats.” Seven months later, Rauner would break his promise to Cardinal Cupich that he would not sign a bill that would force Illinois taxpayers to pay for abortions.)

 

NBC5
— Candidates in Final Push Ahead of Illinois Primary Undecideds could determine Democrat outcome – Carol Marin and Don Moseley
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Candidates-in-Final-Push-Ahead-of-Illinois-Primary-477248143.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner spent his Sunday campaigning downstate. Meantime his challenger, state senator Jeanne Ives, criticized the $75-million dollar Rauner campaign. “He thinks he can use his money to spread lies about me,” she said, “to put him back into office and that’s pathetic.”)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump a power player in Illinois 2018 primary – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-a-power-player-in-illinois-2018-primary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump is a big player in Tuesday’s Illinois primary with Trump-fueled voting expected to boost 2018 turnout compared to 2010 and 2012, the most recent nonpresidential years. Who does that help the most? On the GOP side, it’s pro-Trump governor candidate Jeanne Ives, taking on Gov. Bruce Rauner, who has been running from Trump. As for Democrats, the Trump factor benefits most the contenders who are able to seize the support of angry, newly energized voters. In the bigger primary races, that would include governor hopeful state Sen. Daniel Biss; House contender Marie Newman and Cook County Assessor challenger Fritz Kaegi. Here’s what I’ve learned about the Illinois Trump factors based on interviews with strategists, and my analysis of TV ads, direct mail and other political communications: Democrats furious over Trump’s 2016 victory, who usually don’t vote in nonpresidential years, are in this time. Those voters — younger, people of color and women — are likely more progressive, strategists tell me. Far fewer Republicans vote in Illinois primaries, so a candidate with a committed, animated base — that would be Ives — has an advantage. Rauner is wobbly on Trump. He’s loath to associate with Trump for fear of alienating Democratic and crossover GOP voters he will need in November. That is, should he be renominated since pro-Trump Ives, a state representative from Wheaton, has mustered a strong challenge from the right. The Democratic Governor’s Association is trying to throw the primary to Ives because she will be easier to beat in November. The DGA is running an ad praising her for being in “lockstep” with Trump — a pitch, wicked as it is from Democrats, to appeal to Trump primary voters turned off by Rauner.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The real job description to work for Trump: Blind loyalty – Dahleen Glanton (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. Each and every one of them demands blind loyalty, and if you do not give them blind loyalty, they have their operatives and their dupes destroy you. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-trump-jobs-20180316-story.html
— Thousands of Chicago, Cook County voters cast early ballots in governor primary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-primary-early-voting-20180319-story.html
— Competitive primaries expected in Lake County races – Emily K. Coleman (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman? The more that you 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 and the more that you do to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the aforesaid planks, the more likely that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs will succeed in getting someone to run against you.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-lake-county-election-round-up-st-0319-20180318-story.html
— Men, ask a woman to mentor you – Melissa Lamson (DIERSEN: I did that in early 1990. In my opinion, GAO failed/refused to promote into its Senior Executive Service a GS-15 Jewish woman a) who was my immediate supervisor during my last 4 years at GAO and b) who supervised my immediate supervisor the previous 4 years because she failed/refused to do more to waste my career and to get rid of me. Most, if not virtually all of my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates DID NOT want to work for her, work with her, or supervise her because she was female, younger, Jewish, very intelligent, very demanding, and wealthy. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago and had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. To turn her against me, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed to her a) that I was conservative (she was liberal), b) that I was Republican (she was Democrat), c) that I was 100% German national origin (she was 100% Russian national origin), d) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (she was Jewish), and e) that my ancestors had been in America since the 1840s (her ancestors were recent immigrants.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-men-ask-a-woman-to-mentor-you-20180314-story.html
— False rumors spread fast. So do some true ones. – Cass Sundtein (DIERSEN: Should sue I those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I use my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to spread false rumors? The aforesaid have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. But that does not discourage me from suing them.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-rumors-false-true-social-media-katy-perry-taylor-smith-twitter-facebook-0319-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Election preview: Congressional primaries across the suburbs – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180319/election-preview-congressional-primaries-across-the-suburbs
— Tronc execs got raises, bonuses after Tribune cut staff – Robert Feder
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180319/feder-tronc-execs-got-raises-bonuses-after-tribune-cut-staff
— Weaponizing news to promote an agenda – Gregory Moffett, Glen Ellyn
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180319/weaponizing-news-to-promote-an-agenda
— Effort underway in Kane County to save 1854 schoolhouse – AP (DIERSEN: Where did your parents attend grade school? My outstanding mother never attended high school. She attended grade school in a one room schoolhouse that was in walking distance of the farm where she spent her childhood in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180318/news/303189963

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How changed are Chicago-area Democrats? – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: From what I see having lived in the Chicago-area since 1948, Democrats here are ever-increasingly anti-Trump supporters, 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. Where have you lived and worked? I lived in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in Wheaton since 1978. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972, Flossmoor in 1966, Park Forest 1966-1969, DeKalb and Belvidere in 1970, Chicago in 1971 and 1973-1997, Harvey in 1972, and Joliet 1973 and 1974.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180316/ISSUE05/180319929
— What’s making traffic worse in Chicago? Signs point to Uber, Lyft. – MARK GUARINO
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180316/ISSUE01/180319945
— Here’s who’s been spending millions on Trump condos this year – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180319/CRED0701/180319901

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Security of state voter rolls a concern as primaries begin – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180318/security-of-state-voter-rolls-concern-as-primaries-begin

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Negative ads drive away more voters than they attract – Chris Kaergard and Nick Vlahos
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180318/word-on-street-negative-ads-drive-away-more-voters-than-they-attract

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Candidates for Illinois governor weigh in on gun control policies
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/16/candidates-for-illinois-governor-weigh-in-on-gun-control-policies/a3bih15/
— Illinois gubernatorial candidates differ on marijuana legalization
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/16/illinois-gubernatorial-candidates-differ-on-marijuana-legalization/aploppx/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Hundreds gather in downtown Decatur for Second Amendment rally – TONY REID
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/video-hundreds-gather-in-downtown-decatur-for-second-amendment-rally/article_a3dcf836-f4bd-5fcc-88f4-0a31892bae2c.html

 

TIMES
— Tea party group backs Marter (DIERSEN: Which groups do NOT back you? Groups that do NOT back me or my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails 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/or they 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.mywebtimes.com/news/local/tea-party-group-backs-marter/article_3564128c-d2e2-57df-8667-74dcb4ddc960.html

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Money And The Legal Weed Debate In Illinois – JACLYN DRISCOLL (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/money-and-legal-weed-debate-illinois

WGLT
— Q&A with Ives: ‘Fringe’ Issues, Gun Control, And Why Everything Begins With Pensions – RYAN DENHAM
http://wglt.org/post/qa-ives-fringe-issues-gun-control-and-why-everything-begins-pensions#stream/0

 

CHICAGO READER
— Black families left in lurch after state abandons commission tasked with helping them, critics say – Sandra Guy
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/03/19/black-families-left-in-lurch-after-state-abandons-commission-tasked-with-helping-them-critics-say

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Chicago Leads the Nation in Homes Underwater…Ives has a Life Preserver
https://mailchi.mp/529b061398b4/chicago-leads-the-nation-in-homes-underwaterives-has-a-life-preserver

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Hundreds of second amendment supporters hold rally – Erick Payne
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/hundreds-of-second-amendment-supporters-hold-rally/1056654777

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner mailers predict “showdown” with Madigan, who will be sent “packing”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/19/rauner-mailers-predict-showdown-with-madigan-who-will-be-sent-packing/
— The politics behind Rauner’s veto and the future of gun bills
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/19/the-politics-behind-rauners-veto-and-the-future-of-gun-bills/

 

FOX NEWS
— Hillary Clinton tries to explain her comments on Trump voters after backlash – Samuel Chamberlain (DIERSEN: What percent of the voters in your precinct continue to side with Hillary? For which candidates will they vote for in the March 20, 2018 primary?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/18/hillary-clinton-tries-to-explain-her-comments-on-trump-voters-after-backlash.html

 

BLAZE
— Illegal immigrants made 1.3 million identity thefts and IRS isn’t sure if cases were prosecuted – Teri Webster
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/18/illegal-immigrants-made-1-3-million-identity-thefts-and-irs-isnt-sure-if-cases-were-prosecuted

 

CNS NEWS
— Sens. Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham Warn Trump Not to Fire Mueller – Susan Jones (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted like no Republican politician had ever warned them to not take adverse actions against me. Consequently, a) 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; b) 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; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/sens-dick-durbin-lindsay-graham-warn-trump-not-fire-mueller

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Hillary Clinton’s India Trip Cost Taxpayers More than $22k Gov’t spends thousands for security on Clinton’s accident-prone trip through India – Brent Scher
http://freebeacon.com/issues/hillary-clintons-india-trip-cost-taxpayers-22k/

 

ROLL CALL
— Democratic Showdown in Illinois’ 3rd District Lipinski-Newman primary is flashpoint in party’s identity struggles – Simone Pathé
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/democratic-showdown-illinois-3rd-district

 

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders pull back from hard-line immigration demand – MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: Not in Illinois. In Illinois, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs continue to viciously destroy those like me who support the immigration plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/378881-democratic-leaders-pull-back-hard-line-immigration-demand

 

POLITICO
— The biggest Republican megadonor you’ve never heard of Richard Uihlein is spending tens of millions to reshape the GOP, including almost single-handedly funding Bruce Rauner’s primary challenger in Illinois. – MAGGIE SEVERNS (DIERSEN: What does Uihlein think of you and what does he think of what you do? Whose advice does Uihlein take concerning people like you and me? Does Uihlein read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout at Uihlein that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have caused all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/19/republican-megadonor-uihlein-470268
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats and many Republicans in Illinois were horrified by the ad: a 60-second spot released by Gov. Bruce Rauner’s GOP primary challenger, Jeanne Ives, featuring a parade of politically incorrect takes on thorny cultural issues. A deep-voiced man portraying a transgender woman tells Rauner, “Thank you for signing legislation that lets me use the girls bathroom.” Then a young woman thanks Rauner for “making all Illinois families pay for my abortions.” But equally shocking to the content was the person who had made the ad possible: Richard Uihlein, a little-known Republican donor who had until recently been one of Rauner’s biggest supporters. After a fallout out with the governor over abortion policy, Uihlien gave $2.5 million to Ives in a single week this past January — essentially bankrolling her campaign to defeat Rauner in a Republican primary on Tuesday.)

 

NBC NEWS
— Democrats hold double-digit lead for 2018 midterm elections A new NBC News/WSJ poll also shows President Trump’s approval ratings edging up – Mark Murray
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-hold-double-digit-lead-2018-midterm-elections-n857466

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook Data of Millions – Matthew Rosenberg, Nicholas Confessore and Carole Cadwalladr (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. What does Facebook know about you? Facebook knows that I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and a Republican Precinct Committeeman, Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal retiree, former union member, American-nameplate car owner, married, childless, pet-less, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/us/politics/cambridge-analytica-trump-campaign.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Facebook’s Role in Data Misuse Sets Off Storms on Two Continents – Matthew Rosenberg and Sheera Frenkel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/us/cambridge-analytica-facebook-privacy-data.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says that Trump “has damaged the American brand.” I should write an article about 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 who state that they are conservative and/or Republican but a) who have damaged the Republican brand and/or b) who have damaged the conservative brand.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/opinion/trudeau-trump-deficit.html
— FRONT PAGE: Sons of Rich Black Families Fare No Better Than Sons of Working-Class Whites – EMILY BADGER, CLAIRE CAIN MILLER, ADAM PEARCE and KEVIN QUEALY
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/19/upshot/race-class-white-and-black-men.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Illinois Gubernatorial Candidates on Board for Legal Marijuana Democrats across the country see painless way to avoid raising taxes; no longer a political third rail – Douglas Belkin and Shibani Mahtani (DIERSEN: Who leads the fight against pot in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world? Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote pot focus on destroying me. I should write a book about the aforesaid pot pushers.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-gubernatorial-candidates-on-board-for-legal-marijuana-1521460800
— FRONT PAGE: The Next Housing Crisis: A Historic Shortage of New Homes Fewer new houses are being built in America than at almost any time before; ‘It’s a good time to be here in Grand Rapids, if you can get a house’ – Laura Kusisto (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-housing-shortage-slams-the-door-on-buyers-1521395460

 

USA TODAY
— Facebook backlash: Failure to disclose political firm’s profile access draws scrutiny – Nathan Bomey
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/03/18/facebook-cambridge-analytica/436373002/

 

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want the Republican Party to dump all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/commentary/conor-lamb-rick-saccone-republicans-gop-diversity-opinion-20180315.html

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Made White House Staff Sign Non Disclosure Agreements in Futile Effort to Stop Leaks – Margaret Hartmann (DIERSEN: When you work for the federal government, you work for the federal government, NOT for your superiors or for your supervisors, and especially if those superiors and supervisors focus on getting rid of federal employees because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/trump-made-white-house-staff-sign-ndas-to-stop-leaks-report.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s well-known that nearly everyone in Donald Trump’s orbit has to sign a nondisclosure agreement, from business associates, to campaign employees, to women he may or may not have had an affair with. Therefore it is simultaneously galling and non-at-all surprising that Trump may have pressured senior White House staffers into signing NDAs, though they are members of the federal government, not his personal employees. Trump actually told the Washington Post in April 2016 that he intended to use NDAs in the White House, saying “when people are chosen by a man to go into government at high levels and then they leave government and they write a book about a man and say a lot of things that were really guarded and personal, I don’t like that.” He allowed that “there could be some kind of a law that you can’t do this,” and experts say he was on to something: ACLU: Public employees can’t be gagged by private agreements. These so-called NDAs are unconstitutional and unenforceable.)

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 16 Evening Edition

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Rauner’s Latest Dishonest Attack on Conservative Challenger Ives – ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/corner/rauners-latest-dishonest-attack-on-conservative-challenger-ives/

 

POLITICO
— Primary challenge squeezes Illinois GOP governor   Conservatives accuse Bruce Rauner of being too liberal on social issues. – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: If Rauner wins the primary, it certainly looks like he and the candidates who he supports will run as an anti-Republicans to win the general election. It certainly looks like if he wins, he will use his money and power to dump if not to destroy each and every individual, organization, company, and government entity that did not glorify and praise him, that did not pander to him, that did not serve as one of his operatives or dupes, and/or that did not gave him money during the primary.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/16/illinois-governor-race-2018-467935

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Bruce Rauner: The DGA’s Favorite Fake Republican
https://mailchi.mp/e60315061b0a/bruce-rauner-the-dgas-favorite-fake-republican
— Real Conservatives Stand With Jeanne Ives
https://mailchi.mp/29536a435779/real-conservatives-stand-with-jeanne-ives
— Rauner Sticks to his Script While Vets Continue to Get Sick Bruce Rauner possesses none of what the veterans he has ignored possess: honor.
https://mailchi.mp/58b83271dc91/rauner-sticks-to-his-script-while-vets-continue-to-get-sick

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Truth – It must be reported – Governor Rauner should be ashamed! – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/truth-it-must-be-reported-governor-rauner-should-be-ashamed/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COOK COUNTY GOP TRIES NEW TACTIC TO UNDERMINE GOP TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES’ PRO-IVES ENDORSEMENTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/cook-county-gop-tries-new-tactic-to-undermine-gop-township-committees-pro-ives-endorsements.html
— WHICH IS IT? IS IVES “TOO CONSERVATIVE FOR ILLINOIS” OR “MADIGAN’S FAVORITE REPUBLICAN”?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/which-is-it-is-ives-too-conservative-for-illinois-or-madigans-favorite-republican.html
— NATIONAL PRO-LIFE GROUP CALLS FOR DEMOCRAT PRO-LIFERS TO VOTE LIPINSKI IN IL’S 3RD CD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/national-prolife-group-undermines-ives-while-supporting-congressman-in-democrat-primary.html
— AS IL GOP GUBERNATORIAL RACE TIGHTENS, NATIONAL REVIEW ENDORSES IVES FOR GOVERNOR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/as-il-gop-gubernatorial-race-tightens-national-review-endorses-ives-for-governor.html

 

BRUCE RAUNER
— Rauner Campaign Calls on DGA to File In-Kind Donations for Ads Supporting Rep. Ives
https://www.brucerauner.com/news/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— By vetoing gun bill, Rauner threw red meat to his base – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: Republicans want gun laws to be enforced and they oppose new gun laws. Democrats want to abolish the Second Amendment.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/by-vetoing-gun-bill-rauner-threw-red-meat-to-his-base/
— 2 candidates with prominent supporters seek GOP nomination to replace longtime DuPage sheriff – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-dupage-sheriff-republican-primary-preview-20180315-story.html
— Illinois’ next governor – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-governors-primary-election-20180315-story.html
— Evangelical support for Trump isn’t hypocritical – Laurie Higgins, cultural issues writer, Illinois Family Institute
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-donald-trump-stormy-daniels-evangelicals-sin-20180316-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats who want to defeat Roskam and Hulgren. Both Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me when I first ran for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Committeeman in Wheaton in 2000. Of course, since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Roskam and at Hultgren that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have caused all the problems that Roskam and Hultgren have had.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-congress-6th-14th-20180315-story.html
— House Republican leader Jim Durkin catching rare primary challenge symbolizes GOP conflict – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jim-durkin-primary-challenge-20180316-story.html
— Rauner money helps Harold’s attorney general campaign, but Grasso questions her independence – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-republican-attorney-general-20180315-story.html
— Br’er Democrats beg voters: Don’t vote for Ives, whatever you do! – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-phony-democratic-ad-ives-0318-20180316-story.html
— 6 vie for county board District 6 seats – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-board-district-6-primary-st-0318-2-20180316-story.html
— High turnout of fired-up voters expected for Tuesday’s primary election – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-primary-election-overview-st-0318-20180316-story.html
— As Illinois lawmakers pursue bump stock ban, Northbrook online retailer can’t keep enough in stock – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-bump-stock-ban-northbrook-retailer-20180315-story.html
— What Naperville residents will see on primary election ballots Tuesday – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-march-primary-election-naperville-st-0318-20180317-story.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Ives: Rauner ‘in hiding’ before primary – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/elections/ives-rauner-in-hiding-before-primary/article_7f685dc0-587d-5524-81e9-7440fd90b4d1.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Ives Pushes Back on School Walkouts, DGA Ad – RYAN DENHAM
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/ives-pushes-back-school-walkouts-dga-ad#stream/0

 

WDBR
— 3 YEARS AGO FLASHBACK: Rauner Tells GOP Not to Expect Favors if He is Elected
http://wdbr.com/news/101101-rauner-tells-gop-not-to-expect-favors-if-he-is-elected/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner opens new online track against Ives (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress to Ives that I was a member of a government union for almost 12 years.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/rauner-opens-new-online-track-against-ives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Script…“When I served on Wheaton city council, the only thing that union membership understood were layoffs. It’s the only thing they understood. So if you can’t impose your final, best offer because the courts have blocked it, then you just start laying people off.”)
— Rauner calls Madigan “a unified force of bad, of evil”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/rauner-calls-madigan-a-unified-force-of-bad-of-evil/
— Sen. Duckworth gets involved in another state central committee race (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican? Who do you want to represent you on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and why?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/sen-duckworth-gets-involved-in-another-state-central-committee-race/
— Pro-life group launches GOTV effort for Lipinski (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Why doesn’t Lipinski become a Republican? ANSWER: Those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) fail/refuse to defend/advance the right to life plank in the IRP platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/pro-life-group-launches-gotv-effort-for-lipinski/
— $451,000 *** New DGA ads bash Jeanne Ives, Bruce Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/15/new-dga-ad-bashes-jeanne-ives/
— New Ives radio ad claims Democrats are trying to help Rauner, while Brady does Rauner robocall
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/new-ives-radio-ad-claims-democrats-are-trying-to-help-rauner/
— Elections board says DGA should file disclosure for Ives ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/elections-board-says-dga-should-file-disclosure-for-ives-ad/
— Rauner: “Madigan has rigged the Democratic primary for Pritzker”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/rauner-madigan-has-rigged-the-democratic-primary-for-pritzker/
— New Ives radio ad claims Democrats are trying to help Rauner, while Brady does Rauner robocall
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/16/new-ives-radio-ad-claims-democrats-are-trying-to-help-rauner/

 

ABC7
— Governor candidates make final push for votes ahead of primary – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/governor-candidates-make-final-push-for-votes-ahead-of-primary/3225268/

 

WLS AM
— Kennedy and Ives trade barbs over religion – Bill Cameron (DIERSEN: What is your religion? I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL). Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes despise if not hate MSLs as being “too conservative.”)
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/16/kennedy-and-ives-trade-barbs-over-religion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Taping “Connected to Chicago with Bill Cameron” for Sunday night at 7, Democratic candidate for governor Chris Kennedy was controversial talking about Gov Rauner’s GOP challenger State Representative Jeanne Ives. Chris Kennedy is candid. When Cameron asked who he’d rather run against, Bruce Rauner or Jeanne Ives, he brought up religion and said Ives “has no moral core” that he can identify with. “You know Jeannie Ives, it’s kind of interesting to me, she’s proved you can be a Catholic without being Christian,” said Kennedy. “And if you want evidence of that, you can see the ad that she ran attacking immigrants in the United States which were largely the people of Abraham in this country. We don’t attack immigrants. To attack the LGBT community in that ad. That’s not what we do.” The Ives campaign has a biting response. It says, “Chris Kennedy might want to check with Cardinal Cupich or Pope Francis on matters like respecting and protecting unborn life before he starts excommunicating people from the Church.” It adds “Kennedy is just another vacuous, virtue-signaling Leftist hack who worships at the altar of big government and prays to the almighty Mike Madigan.”)
— Erika Harold says if she made anti-gay comments “It was absolutely wrong.”
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/16/erika-harold-says-if-she-made-anti-gay-comments-it-was-absolutely-wrong/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Win or lose, women and are stepping up in Tuesday’s elections – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/win-or-lose-women-and-are-stepping-up-and-running-in-tuesdays-elections/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/chicago-student-walk-out-nra-bruce-rauner-letters-to-the-editor/

 

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: 1,100 Downers Grove students get hour detentions for walkouts – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180316/1100-downers-grove-students-get-hour-detentions-for-walkouts
— Lawsuit: Wheaton College, football coach ignored hazing – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180316/lawsuit-wheaton-college-football-coach-ignored-hazing
— Polls open all weekend; here’s what else you need to know – Diane Dungey
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180316/polls-open-all-weekend-heres-what-else-you-need-to-know–

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Madigan backs Illinois Democrat Party State Central Committee incumbent Jayne Mazzotti in 13th Congressional District – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican, who are the candidates running to represent you on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee for your congressional District? If you live outside of Cook County, how well does your Republican Precinct Committeeman know them? If you live in Cook County, but outside of Chicago, how will does your Republican Township Committeeman know them? If you live in Chicago, how will does your Republican Ward Committeeman know them? The election is on April 18, 2018.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180316/madigan-backs-dem-central-committee-incumbent-in-13th

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Harold clarifies same-sex stance – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-03-16/harold-clarifies-same-sex-stance.html

 

SCHAUMBURG TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
— STRO Unity Breakfast and Committeeman Transition with Guest Speaker Darlene Senger Saturday, March 24, 2018 (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, a) the Illinois Republican Party should host a major unity event for state-wide candidates and b) each Republican county party organization should host a major unity event for candidates in their county. If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be hosting a unity event for candidates in DuPage County.)
http://www.stgop.org/events/stro-unity-breakfast-and-committeeman-transition-with-guest-speaker-darlene-senger/

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— What We Learned From The Walkouts
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/what-we-learned-from-the-walkouts

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Employer groups ask Rauner to veto Dem-backed bill to transfer enforcement powers from Labor Dept to A/G – John Sammon
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511363134-employer-groups-ask-rauner-to-veto-dem-backed-bill-to-transfer-enforcement-powers-from-labor-dept-to-a-g

 

NEWSMAX
— IRS Found 1.2 Million Cases of Identity Theft by Illegal Immigrants – Theodore Bunker
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/irs-illegal-immigrants-identity-theft-fraud/2018/03/16/id/849101/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Pro-Life Democrat Dan Lipinski: ‘It Would Be a Disaster’ for Party to Expel People Like Me – Cameron Cawthorne (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present anti-conservative leaders of the Republican Party in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on expelling Republican Precinct Committeemen like me a) who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/pro-life-democrat-disaster-party-expel-people-like-me/

 

GOPUSA
— Fleeing Illinois
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41477

 

MSN
— Extreme Political Polarization is Contributing to a Federal Employee Exodus
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/life/extreme-political-polarization-is-contributing-to-a-federal-employee-exodus/vp-BBKjLPG
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The political polarization that—now more than ever—dominates Washington is making federal employees deeply uncomfortable. On the right, many attack civil servants as part of a putative “deep state” bent on sabotaging President Donald Trump’s agenda, and they want to restrain or get rid of those whom they derisively describe as “unaccountable bureaucrats.” And on the left, some castigate federal employees as complicit in policies that are “unconscionable,” “undemocratic” or worse.)

 

CNN
— Trump is creating a dangerous echo chamber around himself – Julian E. Zelizer (DIERSEN: While I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, I certainly did not create an echo chamber around me. For many years before I became the TAPROOT chairman, and while I served as its chairman, virtually no one wanted to serve as a TAPROOT officer or director. Virtually all those who did want to serve talked and acted like they wanted to destroy me and destroy TAPROOT.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/opinions/trump-creates-echo-chamber-around-him-opinion-zelizer/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Big Names and Big Money in Illinois as Governor Faces Challenges on All Sides – Julie Bosman
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/us/illinois-governor-election.html

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— The Attempted Purge of a Rare Pro-Choice Republican (Rauner) in Illinois – Ed Kilgore (DIERSEN: In Illinois, far too many “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. fail/refuse to defend/advance the right to life plank in the party’s platform. Far too many of them focus on getting rid of those like me who support the right to life plank in the party’s platform.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/the-attempted-purge-of-a-rare-pro-choice-republican.html

March 13 Morning Edition

NBC5
— ‘Political Hit Job’: Rauner Responds to Harold Gay Adoption Controversy – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is a) to promote LGBTQ activity and b) to destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Political-Hit-Job-Rauner-Responds-to-Harold-Gay-Adoption-Controversy-476616963.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The recent controversy over what Erika Harold said while a contestant for the Miss Illinois pageant 18 years ago is a political hit job, Gov. Bruce Rauner said Monday. He said he still supports her candidacy for attorney general, but how do Rauner and his opponent Jeanne Ives stand on the issue of gay adoptions? “I’ve known Erika Harold for about five years,” Rauner said. “I have found her to be a person of great talent and integrity.” Harold has not released a public schedule since the NBC 5 report last week that when she competed in the pageant in 2000 and was asked if she had to choose to place a child in foster care with either a loving gay couple or a heterosexual couple who were known child abusers. Sources in the room that days said she selected the child abusers. “It’s a preposterous question and I know many loving, excellent parents who are gay couples–and that would be a good option,” Rauner said. Jeanie Ives responded to the question as well. “Nobody ever places any child in an abusive situation–period,” she said. The four sources with knowledge of the pageant, including a contestant who watched the videotaped interview, confirmed Harold’s response. Other officials have taken offense to the comment. “I know there are anti-gay people out there,” Democrat state Rep. Greg Harri said. “But the disturbing thing to me is that she would want a child to go into a family of abusers.” As for the state of the GOP race, while Rauner leads in the polls, Ives, who is fighting ads that link her to House Speaker Mike Madigan, believes she could score an upset. “We know the most motivated voters are the ones that are showing up at the poll,” she said. “And when that comes up–I’ll tell you what–that is real victory on March 20 for us.”)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sessions points to background check requirements – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sessions-points-to-background-check-requirements/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ives to have WTTW to herself tonight
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-daniel-biss-central-committee-20180313-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With a week to go before the primary election, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s primary opponent state Rep. Jeanne Ives is scheduled to get as much as 30 minutes on TV this evening. WTTW-Ch. 11’s “Chicago Tonight” has a forum for the GOP governor candidates scheduled for 7 p.m. A Rauner campaign spokesman confirms the governor isn’t attending, and a spokeswoman for the station says Ives will be interviewed alone if he doesn’t show. That likely leaves the January Rauner vs. Ives matchup before the Tribune Editorial Board as their only joint appearance of the campaign, when she voiced the frustrations of conservative Republicans disappointed in Rauner on abortion and taxes.)
— Protests over border wall await Trump for his first visit to California as president – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-protests-trump-california-border-20180312-story.html
— J.B. Pritzker profile: Gold Coast billionaire bets big on governor’s race – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-democrat-governor-20180306-story.html
— Sen. Daniel Biss runs in progressive lane while trying to outpace voting record – Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-daniel-biss-democratic-governor-candidate-20180310-story.html
— Biss plots overthrow of Madigan Democratic Party control – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: If you asked your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain the following questions, would they know the answer: a) Who represents our congressional district on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC), b) is he/she seeking another term, and c) who has declared their candidacy for the IRP SCC position?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-daniel-biss-central-committee-20180313-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic governor candidate Daniel Biss is exploring ways to help insurgent candidates for the state party’s leadership committee and challenge House Speaker Michael Madigan’s chairmanship. A Biss aide said the state senator from Evanston has talked with campaign attorneys about what fundraising mechanism could be used to assist challengers to about a dozen members the Democratic State Central Committee. The 36-member panel elects the party chairman. It’s made up of one man and one woman from each of Illinois’ 18 congressional districts, and the seats are on the primary ballot. There were no details yet on whether any arrangement had been made. Madigan has been actively backing current committee members seeking re-election. Such a move would be a furtherance of Biss’ effort to support progressive causes in his bid to gain support for governor from the more liberal wing of the Democratic Party. On Tuesday, he is expected to add endorsements from Indivisible groups in the Lakeview neighborhood and Oak Park. The Indivisible groups were formed in the wake of President Donald Trump’s election. Over the weekend, rival candidate Chris Kennedy said he believed the Democratic Party establishment should welcome such groups into the party fold but said they had been rebuffed. “It’s great to see Chris Kennedy wants progressive groups involved in the state party, especially since those progressive groups have overwhelmingly endorsed Daniel Biss for governor,” said Biss spokesman Tom Elliott.)
— An experiment in Democracy: Stroll to the Polls (DIERSEN: Who are the Republican Precinct Committeemen in these five Naperville precincts? What have they done to turn out the vote? Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will watch very closely a) how many of the 504 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton vote, b) how many of the registered Republican voters cast Republican primary ballots, c) how many of the registered Independent voters cast Republican primary ballots, c) how many of the registered Democrat voters cast Republican primary ballots, and d) how many votes that Rauner/Sanguinetti, Ives/Morthland, Harold, Grasso, Minor, Grant, Byrne, Mendrick, Bibbiano, McGowen, Almiron, Eckhoff, Zaruba, Tatro, Chinchilla, and Diersen get. Of course, as soon as my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes get the vote totals, they will hint/imply/argue/shout at the primary winners and at the primary losers that they got fewer votes because of me and because of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/community/chi-ugc-article-an-experiment-in-democracy-stroll-to-the-pol-2018-03-12-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: n a chilly Sunday afternoon, 69 American Government students from Metea Valley High School and Waubonsie Valley High School turned out to join with the League of Women Voters Naperville to encourage voters to participate in the March 20 primary elections. Five Naperville precincts were identified as having some of the lowest voter turnout in terms of the number of registered voters, so students went door to door in those precincts to encourage people to vote. Students returned with feedback from residents, some of it positive, and some of it negative. Some of the negative comments included, “Voting is too much effort,” “All politicians are liars.” Positive feedback included, “Voting is a way to have an impact on society,” and “I vote because I want to see good things happen in my country.” One resident told students, “I like it when you’re not selling anything,” to which the students replied, “We’re only selling Democracy.” After the March 20 election, students and their teachers will review voter turnout numbers to see if they were able to positively affect voter turnout in the precincts they visited.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Democrats crow about their success in a) using high school students as cannon fodder and b) using high school students as Democrat Party operatives and as Democrat Party dupes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-walkout-student-profiles-20180307-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why DuPage Democrats may ask some county board nominees to drop out of race – Robert Sanchez and Bob Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180312/why-dupage-democrats-may-ask-some-county-board-nominees-to-drop-out-of-race
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Elizabeth Chaplin, the only Democrat on the county board, said candidates have been aware of the strategy since last summer. While she didn’t sign the pledge, Chaplin said she likely will step aside if she’s not the top vote-getter among the three Democrats seeking her party’s nod for two District 2 seats. The challenge, she said, is that Republicans normally pull about 20,000 ballots in DuPage primaries while Democrats pull only 5,000. If those numbers hold this year — and there are indications they might based on the number of campaign signs and the number of DuPage politicians who marched in recent parades — the Democrats’ chances of winning any board seat will drop dramatically unless they focus their efforts on a smaller number of races. “We can have more candidates on the ballot and lose or fewer candidates on the ballot and have a better chance of winning,” Chaplin said. While the plan was known in Democratic circles, it didn’t gain much public attention until John Basco, one of three Democrats seeking two seats in District 3, posted it on social media. Basco said he originally agreed to step down if he finished second in the primary, but has since changed his mind.)
— Kenosha woman accused of striking, injuring Lake County judge on Metra train – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180312/kenosha-woman-accused-of-striking-injuring-lake-county-judge-on-metra-train
— 9th District Republicans differ on gun reform, concealed weapons – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180312/9th-district-republicans-differ-on-gun-reform-concealed-weapons
— District 300 superintendent’s email to parents about school walkout
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180313/district-300-superintendents-email-to-parents-about-school-walkout

 

WBBM NEWS RADIO
— Rauner Signals He’ll Wait On Gun-Licensing Bill – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbmnews.radio.com/articles/rauner-signals-hell-wait-gun-licensing-bill

WTTW

— New Initiative Aims to Reduce Alcohol Use in Chicago Teens – Kristen Thometz
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/03/12/new-initiative-aims-reduce-alcohol-use-chicago-teens

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— What if Downstate dumped Chicago and formed new state? – Phil Luciano
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180312/luciano-what-if-downstate-dumped-chicago-and-formed-new-state
— 10 years later, statewide smoking ban is part of everyday life – Maximilian Kwiatkowski (DIERSEN: I have never been a smoker. Virtually all my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who worked the hardest against me were big time smokers.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180312/10-years-later-statewide-smoking-ban-is-part-of-everyday-life

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats strong in local early voting – Derek Beigh (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, of those who have voted so far, what percent are a) Republicans who cast Republican ballots, b) Independents who cast Republican ballots, c) Democrats who cast Republican ballots, d) Republicans who cast Democrat ballots, e) Independents who cast Democrats ballots, and f) Democrats who cast Democrat ballots?)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/elections/democrats-strong-in-local-early-voting/article_b5631df7-2545-56eb-b1d3-c8bd2e576c45.html

 

HERALD REVIEW
— Davis introduces bill to require ID for opioid pickup at pharmacies – RYAN VOYLES
https://herald-review.com/news/local/davis-introduces-bill-to-require-id-for-opioid-pickup-at/article_6909746a-c8ec-55f8-8ab4-faf6f0b27665.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— If your kid is headed to college, the deadlines are approaching for these scholarships – LEXI CORTES (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, what would your undergraduate major have been? For me, it would have been accounting. I did not major in accounting because I thought I could never pass the CPA examination. However, almost 9 years after I graduated with a degree in management, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. I credit my having taken the Becker CPA review course, my taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul, my taking graduate business courses at Loyola, and my having worked for IRS for almost 8 years.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/education/article204429394.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois CPA Society scholarships The Illinois CPA Society, a professional association for certified public accountants, is offering a variety of scholarships. It encourages college students to apply if they plan to pursue the CPA licensure. The available scholarships include: Accounting tuition and textbook scholarships: Multiple tuition scholarships of up to $4,000 each and multiple textbook scholarships of up to $500 each are available. Applicants must be enrolled as a senior or graduate student. Herman J. Neal Accounting Scholarships: Multiple scholarships of up to $4,000 each are available to black students enrolled as a junior, senior or graduate student. Jovencio P. and Violeta R. Mangahas Accounting Scholarships: Multiple scholarships of up to $4,000 each are available to students enrolled as a senior or graduate student. Women’s Executive Committee Advancing Women in Accounting Scholarships: Multiple scholarships of up to $4,000 each are available to women enrolled as a senior or graduate student. All of the scholarships use the same online application, and students can apply for more than one.)

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Republican for attorney general in Illinois: Erika Harold – Editorial
http://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-republican-for-attorney-general-in-illinois-erika-harold/article_9c9543e1-d012-5243-814a-77f838a11d34.html

 

BARRINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AP GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS CLASSES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrat 6th Congressional District Candidates
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/6th-congressional-district-democratic-primary-candidates-forum-barrington-registration-43262277637

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Fox Host Tucker Carlson calls Rauner a “Fake Republican Governor.”
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511360453-fox-host-carlson-calls-rauner-a-fake-republican-governor
— IL Rising: Jeanne Ives Leads On Cleaning Up Springfield
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511360600-il-rising-jeanne-ives-leads-on-cleaning-up-springfield
— Sex, lies, and Bruce Rauner – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511360462-sex-lies-and-bruce-rauner

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Bill on medical marijuana use in schools moves to House floor – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511359254-bill-on-medical-marijuana-use-in-schools-moves-to-house-floor
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I remember how this went down the first time when we approved using marijuana products for epilepsy and I was in favor of it, and then the sponsor who is here today immediately changed all the rules in a floor amendment that didn’t go back to committee,” Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) said, adding Lang was doing the same thing again. “Now we know what the intent is, and the intent is to eventually have school personnel be the ones who are administering this drug.” She called the bill a a “slippery slope,” though it was narrowly tailored to a child sitting before her at the witness panel with her parents. “We started with a four-year pilot program for medical marijuana, and we have made changes every single year since,” Ives said. “Now the concern quite frankly is that before you know it, it’s an edible not an oil, there are all sorts of other conditions and not just epilepsy and then it is administered by school nurses or other personnel.” Ives made it clear to the family that she will support the bill for them, but she “will be watching,” Lang for future changes in the bill that he may try to slip in. . .Prefacing his comments with the fact that he comes from the old school, Rep. John Cavaletto (R-Salem) remembers when marijuana had only a negative connotation before it was considered to be medically healing, however he still sees it as a problem. “I visited Colorado not too long ago and happened to be there for about five days and did walk from one restaurant back to my hotel every evening with my wife and I witnessed these people on the sidewalks, in the corner and on the grassy knolls are drugged out,” Cavaletto said. “That’s the side of marijuana I see.” He said he cannot seem to put it in his mind that of all the drugs now produced, medical marijuana is the only one that can control epileptic seizures for children, but his thoughts are countered by the parents that sat before him, making him reconsider the notion.)
— House panel backs bill making physicals for substitute teachers optional – Angela Underwood (DIERSEN: Democrats run the schools. Of course, if physicals are made optional, those Democrats will waive the requirement for Democrat applicants and impose the requirement on Republican applicants. Overwhelmingly, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who had serious health problems were Democrats.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511359301-house-panel-backs-bill-making-physicals-for-substitute-teachers-optional
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) brought up the irony of having unfit substitute teacher supervising a gym class. “Nobody says you have to hire them,” Sherer said. Sherer said the bill was about giving more rights back to local control. “I agree with that too; however you have issues here because once you leave it open to interpretation by the school district then you are absolutely opening it up for discrimination, because they forced someone to get a physical or they declined them because they felt like they were not physically fit enough for the position,” Ives said. “Then you put them (school districts) in a conundrum, you see.” Next comes workers’ compensation problems, Ive said, noting if a substitute gets injured doing an exercise they are not up for, the school district could become liable; however, Scherer said it is “about local control and it is as simple as that.” After Ives voted no and left the meeting, Rep. Robert Pritchard (R-Hinckley) sought clarification on the bill, asking if Sherer was looking to temporarily waive the licensing in an effort to get needed teachers sooner and was told no; he then asked if the “teachers association and management alliance” approved the bill. “There are no opponents,” Sherer said. Rep. David Olsen (R-Downers Grove) said he was confused. “Maybe I am the only confused one whether it is evidence of physical fitness or a physical where I go to my doctor and I get a physical,” Olsen said. Sherer said it is not about how many sit-ups a substitute can perform or times they can run around the block, it is a money issue, alleviating the ancillary educator from coming up with even more funds than necessary to be certified. “I respect the concerns Rep. Ives had about workers’ comp and such, but you are correct we do have a teacher shortage and I think we need to take some steps to address that shortage,” Olsen said. Rep. John Cavaletto (R-Salem) shared Ives’ apprehension. “I really don’t like that,” Cavaletto, adding though he understands the shortage, that should not be a reason to exclude some substitutes from mandates teachers themselves are required to follow. He then asked about the cost of a physical, which Sherer said could cost up to $400, but physical or not a substitute would have to be free of communicable disease. “How many of those are there I wonder,” Cavaletto said. Though he was not thrilled with the bill, Cavaletto said he would support the bill due to the teacher shortage. The panel approved HB4706 and the bill moved to the House floor.)

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— “If we give them what they want, are there folks who can be helpful with positive statements, endorsements, etc.?” – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/if-we-give-them-what-they-want-are-there-folks-who-can-be-helpful-with-positive-statements-endorsements-etc/

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Rauner tip toeing around gun bill to placate his, um, liberal Democrat friends
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/03/12/rauner-tip-toeing-around-gun-bill-to-placate-his-liberal-democrat-friends/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Combined hospital bed and outpatient tax increased by $140 million annually under new assessment program – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/combined-hospital-bed-and-outpatient-tax-increased-by-million-annually/article_55b79188-262d-11e8-9cd8-772af992eddc.html

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Bill would force Rauner to disclose new cases of Legionnaire’s (DIERSEN: What about a bill that would force the Democrats who run the federal government to disclose adverse actions that they take to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40?)
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-bill-would-force-rauner-to-disclose-new-cases-of-legionnaires/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Republicans Were Warned About Rauner. But in 2014, They Just Wanted to Win. – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/03/republicans-were-warned-about-bruce-rauner-but-in-2014-they-just-wanted-to-win/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— School CEO Rationalizes Violation of School Policy to Defend Disruptive Anti-Gun Protest – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/school-ceo-rationalizes-violation-of-school-policy-to-defend-disruptive-anti-gun-protest-2/

 

BREITBART
— Hillary: Trump’s ‘Looking Backwards’ Reality TV Style Worked in Less Sophisticated, Less Diverse Red States – PAM KEY (DIERSEN: Clinton won in precincts, in municipalities, in township/wards, in counties, and in states in which the majority of voters are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/03/12/hillary-trumps-looking-backwards-reality-tv-style-worked-less-sophisticated-less-diverse-red-states/

 

BLAZE
— GOP AG candidate under fire for reported 20-year-old comments about gay couples adopting children – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/12/gop-ag-candidate-under-fire-for-reported-20-year-old-comments-about-gay-couples-adopting-children

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— NEWEST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PORN SCANDAL EMERGES SEC managers take 5 months to put the brakes on X-rated sites at work -BOB UNRUH (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO on audits of SEC 1990-1997 while I was at the GS-13 Step 3-10 levels, currently $102,830-$125,325.)
http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/newest-government-porn-scandal-emerges/

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Hillary Clinton: I won the places that are ‘dynamic, moving forward,’ while Trump’s campaign ‘was looking backwards’ – David Choi (DIERSEN: Clinton won in precincts, in municipalities, in township/wards, in counties, and in states in which the majority of voters are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-says-trump-won-backwards-states-in-2016-2018-3

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Over a Third of Democrats Would Repeal Second Amendment – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/repeal-second-amendment-almost-half-democrats-say-yes/

 

THE HILL
— Sessions pushes prosecutions for those who lie on gun background checks – JULIA MANCHESTER
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/378048-sessions-pushes-us-attorneys-to-prosecute-individuals-lying-on-gun
— Scaramucci: Trump’s war on the media ‘not good for America’ – MALLORY SHELBOURNE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the war on Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/377907-scaramucci-trumps-war-on-the-media-not-good-for-america

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Young Is Too Young for Protest? A National Gun-Violence Walkout Tests Schools – Stephanie Saul and Anemona Hartocollis (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/us/national-school-walkout-guns.html

 

NATIONAL MEMO
— Wave Of Firings At VA Targets Working Staff, Not Top Officials – Isaac Arnsdorf (DIERSEN: If there are budget cuts or any other kind of problem in a federal agency, that agency will get rid of its non-veteran White male employees who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.nationalmemo.com/wave-firings-va-targets-working-staff-not-top-officials/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump ousts Tillerson, will replace him as secretary of state with CIA chief Pompeo – Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-ousts-tillerson-will-replace-him-as-secretary-of-state-with-cia-chief-pompeo/2018/03/13/30f34eea-26ba-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html

 

MARKET WATCH
— America still divided by racism into two separate, unequal societies Not enough progress toward ‘jobs and freedom’ has been made since Kerner Report of 1968 (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/america-still-divided-by-racism-into-two-separate-unequal-societies-2018-03-12

March 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Questions about spending of taxpayer money fuel movement to abolish township government – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: What do you know about township government? I have watched the Milton Township government, its officials, and its employees since 1999. Wednesday evening, I will be voting on recommending a replacement to fill the Marty Keller Milton Township Trustee vacancy. I should write a book about a) those who promote township government who accuse me of using my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to harm township government and b) those who oppose township government who accuse me of using my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to promote township government.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-townships-abolish-20180308-story.html
— Kennedy wants progressive groups involved in state party – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Political parties use their operatives and their dupes to destroy groups like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chris-kennedy-illinois-governor-20180312-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kennedy said “incredible” groups such as the “indivisible” movement “have cropped up and they’ve cropped up outside of the Democratic Party because the leadership and the infrastructure is not welcoming.” “We’re developing this external group that really acts as a Democratic Party and I really hope we will be able to bring them all together so we have the strength from combined effort,” he said.)
— Rally shows free-wheeling, media-bashing Trump here to stay – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have bashed me and bashed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails the most since 2000.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rally-shows-free-wheeling-media-bashing-trump-here-to-stay/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. What percent of those who use guns illegally are Democrats – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-bruce-rauner-guns-dahleen-glanton-20180309-story.html
— The growing attack on boys – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-0311-story.html
— 5 Lake County residents indicted on election-related charges – Jim Newton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/crime/ct-lns-lake-election-charges-st-0312-20180311-story.html
— Parents still lean on traditional ways to save for their children’s college education – Steve Rosen (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents were not able to save anything for my college education. My father’s salary was too low. However, they provided me with room and board a) while I attended UIC 1966-1968, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180312
— Schools in U.S. apply various strategies to student walkouts – Denise Lavoie
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180312

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF BREEN AND HOWARD: Abortion-rights group takes aim at Breen in re-election bid – Katlyn Smith (DIERSEN: If you promote abortion, Democrats promote you big time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180312/abortion-rights-group-takes-aim-at-breen-in-re-election-bid-
— Trump backs off call for raising minimum age to buy gun – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180311/news/303119886/
— 10th Congressional District GOP candidates critical of Trump’s tweets – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180312/gop-congressional-candidates-critical-of-trumps-tweets
— Video gambling likely to continue in St. Charles – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180312/video-gambling-likely-to-continue-in-st-charles-

 

ABC7
— Trump unveils 2020 campaign slogan: ‘Keep America Great!’ – Danny Clemens
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-unveils-2020-campaign-slogan/3201727/
— Mayor Emanuel, Supt. Johnson continue to pressure Gov. Rauner to sign gun control bill – Megan Hickey (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. What percent of those who use guns illegally are Democrats – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/mayor-emanuel-supt-johnson-continue-to-pressure-gov-rauner-to-sign-gun-control-bill/3204407/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— From Spiwak to O’Malley: Chicago attorney accused of changing name to win Irish votes – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/from-spiwak-to-omalley-chicago-attorney-accused-of-changing-name-to-win-irish-votes

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180311/springfield-ball-chatham-students-plan-to-rally-for-more-gun-control

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— From Spiwak to O’Malley: Was change to Irish name political? – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article204616434.html

 

HERALD NEWS
— Hyper-partisan gerrymandering creating lack of competitive state elections It’s the voter’s choice … sort of – ALEX ORTIZ
http://www.theherald-news.com/2018/03/09/hyper-partisan-gerrymandering-creating-lack-of-competitive-state-elections/a8shbyb/

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— As AG, Erika Harold will be advocate – SARAH HAYDEN
http://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/as-ag-erika-harold-will-be-advocate/article_54795156-ed5d-556f-b109-93cbd39f70d0.html

 

WJBD
— Those With Suspended Drivers Licenses May Not Be Eligible to Go to Jail in Future Breen Says In This Case Jail Is Essentially a Debtors Prison for Administrative Violations
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/11/those-with-suspended-drivers-licenses-may-not-be-eligible-to-go-to-jail-in-future

 

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— One day after political candidate Dilara Sayeed paid an editor $10,000, a positive story ran in the Chicago Defender, causing the journalist to lose her job and the newspaper scrambling to protect its reputation. (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and/or act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if the get rid of me. But are they being paid at least $15 an hour?)
https://chicagocrusader.com/10000-to-burn/

 

ZERO HEDGE
— Illinois’ Regressive Pension-Funding Scheme Exposed – Tyler Durden
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-11/illinois-regressive-pension-funding-scheme-exposed

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/Gov. Rauner: No regrets by Rauner for not closing Quincy Vets’ Home before 13 deaths
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/03/berkowitz-wgov-rauner-no-regrets-by-rauner-for-not-closing-quincy-vets-home-before-13-deaths/

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— An Inside Look At Diana Rauner’s Political Influence
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/an-inside-look-at-diana-rauners-political-influence

 

REPUBLICANS FOR MORALITY
— LaBarbera and RFM Statement on DuPage County Sheriff Zaruba’s 2017 Order to Stop Honoring ICE Detainers on Criminal Illegal Aliens – Peter LaBarbera
https://republicansformorality.com/2018/03/12/labarbera-and-rfm-statement-on-sheriff-zaruba-2017-order-to-stop-honoring-ice-detainers-on-criminal-illegal-aliens/
— DuPage County Board Candidate Christopher Zaruba Denies Father – Sheriff John Zaruba – Changed ICE Detainer Policy – Refuses to Accept FOIA’d Email Evidence – Peter LaBarbera
https://republicansformorality.com/2018/03/12/dupage-county-board-candidate-christopher-zaruba-denies-father-sheriff-zaruba-changed-ice-detainer-policy-refuses-to-accept-foiad-email-evidence/

 

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS GLEN ELLYN
— VIDEO: LWVGE Candidate Forum March 10, 2018 // County Board District 4 (Republican)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3opOhPxV2U

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Lawmakers face pushback from gun store owners – Erick Payne
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/lawmakers-face-pushback-from-gun-store-owners/1030332536

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner may have tipped his hand on gun bill
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/12/rauner-may-have-tipped-his-hand-on-gun-bill/

 

GOPUSA
— Elizabeth Warren clings to tales of Indian ancestry while declining DNA test
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41214

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump: New York Times Reporter Is ‘Hillary Flunky’ – SAAGAR ENJETI (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican candidates in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton who since 2000 have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a flunky for their Republican opponents.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/11/trump-new-york-times-reporter-hillary-flunky/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Transgressing the diversity dictate – Robert Knight (DIERSEN: Do you promote diversity? To promote diversity is to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/11/transgressing-the-diversity-dictate/

 

THE HILL
— White House unveils proposals to ‘harden’ schools in wake of Fla. shooting – BRETT SAMUELS
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377872-white-house-unveils-new-gun-proposals-in-wake-of-florida-shooting
— Dem lawmaker to Trump: If you want to see someone with a low IQ, look at DeVos – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my IQ is very low. Therefore, of course, they were furious when 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. They were especially furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/377914-dem-lawmaker-to-trump-if-you-want-to-see-someone-with-a-low-iq-look-at-devos

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Is Remaking The Courts In His Image: White, Male and Straight He’s nominated 87 people to be lifetime federal judges. They’re about as diverse as a casting call for “Mad Men.” – Jennifer Bendery (DIERSEN: Democrats 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.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-judicial-nominees-white-male-straight_us_5aa2b9bee4b07047bec6107c

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Google Is Trying Too Hard (or Not Hard Enough) to Diversify The internet giant is being sued by former employees who say the company is going too far with diversity. Other lawsuits accuse it of the opposite. – Daisuke Wakabayashi
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/technology/google-diversity-lawsuits.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Social Security is now headless because of Trump’s inaction. Will other agencies be decapitated? – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO was headless when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/12/social-security-now-headless-because-of-trumps-inaction-will-others-agencies-be-decapitated/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— GOP candidate for California governor John Cox once linked gay rights to polygamy, bestiality – SEEMA MEHTA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-gop-candidate-for-california-governor-1518478473-htmlstory.html

 

USA TODAY
— Should you help your adult child with a down payment for a house? – Tanisha A. Sykes (DIERSEN: Where did the down payment money come from for your first real estate purchase? For me, it was money that I had saved a) working for IRS for the previous 15 months during 1971 and 1972 and b) working for Firestone Stores the previous 25 months during 1970, 1971, and 1972.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2018/03/12/should-you-help-your-adult-child-down-payment-house/410949002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Political Speech Crackdown The Honest Ads Act uses Russia as an excuse to stifle American debate. – Editorial (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news that is not fake is the news that they put out or bless.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-political-speech-crackdown-1520802916
— White House Unveils Proposals on Guns Plan would fund training for armed teachers in wake of Florida school shooting but omits President Trump’s earlier call to raise age limit for buying guns – Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-unveils-proposals-on-guns-1520811900
— After 40 Years, the Black-White Labor Force Participation Gap Has All But Closed Fields with high concentrations of African-Americans add jobs quickly, though economic disparities persist – Sharon Nunn (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? What did your employers do to increase Black labor force participation? My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they 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 would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were Black.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-40-years-the-black-white-labor-force-participation-gap-has-all-but-closed-1520780610
— FRONT PAGE: Are You Underpaid? In a First, U.S. Firms Reveal How Much They Pay Workers   Workers can compare their co-workers’ pay with their own and that of the CEO—yet comparisons between companies can be tricky – Theo Francis and Vanessa Fuhrmans (DIERSEN: Do you work for a big company? If so, much does it pay you compared to your CEO?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-you-underpaid-in-a-first-u-s-firms-reveal-how-much-they-pay-workers-1520766000
— Trump Visits California This Week After Clashing With State Some of state’s Republicans are distancing themselves from president – Alicia A. Caldwell and Alejandro Lazo (DIERSEN: What are your connections with John Cox? I served with Cox on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. The Daily Herald reported that Cox attended my July 5, 2003 picnic in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct that I had organized for the residents of my precinct and the residents of Jeanne Ives’ precinct to the east and Debra Olson’s precinct to west. Attendees got to meet the five announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate – John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan. Cox brought Jays Potato Chips. Oberweis brought ice cream. The 200+ attendees included now Congressman Randy Hultgren. Jack Ryan won the primary, but withdrew. His replacement, Alan Keyes lost to Barack Obama.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-visits-california-this-week-after-clashing-with-state-1520859600
(FROM THE ARTICLE: John Cox, a venture capitalist and Republican gubernatorial candidate, who has praised the Trump administration’s lawsuit targeting the state’s immigration laws, declined to say whether he would be attending any of the pro-Trump rallies taking place during the president’s visit.)

 

BLOOMBERG
— Google Has a Diversity Problem. And a Lawsuit Problem. It’s doing diversity all wrong. That’s why it’s vulnerable to a suit by a white man. – Joe Nocera (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors treated me like they wanted me to file a lawsuit that charged them with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They believed that would help them hire and retain young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. Further, they believed that I would never get my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial because judges believed that because my demographics were so bad, no jury would ever decide in my favor.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-07/discriminating-against-white-men-isn-t-google-s-big-diversity-problem

 

NEWSWEEK
— WHITE MALE WORKERS RESPOND POORLY TO WOMEN AND RACIAL MINORITIES IN POWER AND TAKE IT OUT ON COLLEAGUES: REPORT – CHANTAL DA SILVA (DIERSEN: How much experience do you have working for, working with, and supervising Democrats, minorities, women, younger people, veterans, and disabled? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors did everything that they could to assure that my supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats, minorities, women, younger than me, veterans, and/or disabled.)
http://www.newsweek.com/white-men-react-poorly-women-and-minorities-power-positions-study-finds-839862
— IVANKA TRUMP STILL MAKING $1.5 MILLION A YEAR FROM FAMILY BUSINESS, RAISING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST QUESTIONS – GREG PRICE (DIERSEN: If I sought a government job or a political job, would my critics/opponents stress that I worked for Firestone Stores part-time pumping gasoline 1971-1972 while I worked full-time for IRS? Just kidding, but not completely. I had IRS’s permission to hold that job.)
http://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-making-million-family-business-840580

 

QUARTZ
— You’re probably way too optimistic about your future happiness – Dan Kopf (DIERSEN: Do you expect to be happier in the future? I do not because ever-increasingly, politicians are dumping those who share my demographics. Ever-increasingly, politicians pander to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://qz.com/1225195/youre-probably-way-too-optimistic-about-your-future-happiness/

March 11 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration sues California over sanctuary laws – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–sessions-california-20180307-story.html
— Trump detours from focus of Pennsylvania rally to slam media and call for drug dealer executions – Seung Min Kim and Jenna Johnson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those politicians, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails the most. They blame me and my emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They glorify and praise Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat news media.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-rally-pennsylvania-special-election-20180310-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump also delivered a profane attack on the news media, calling NBC News anchor Chuck Todd a “sleeping son of a bitch” and deeming CNN “fake as hell,” as the enthusiastic crowd booed at the mention of journalists and chanted “CNN sucks!”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, illegals and their promoters use children as cannon fodder.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-aclu-class-action-border-trump-huppke-20180309-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-gun-reform-chicago-violence-20180308-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Social media offers dark spaces for political campaigning – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180311/news/303119996/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The main events in a political campaign used to happen in the open: a debate, the release of a major TV ad or a public event where candidates tried to earn a spot on the evening news or the next day’s front page. That was before the explosion of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as political platforms. Now some of a campaign’s most pivotal efforts happen in the often-murky world of social media, where ads can be targeted to ever-narrower slices of the electorate and run continuously with no disclosure of who is paying for them. Reporters cannot easily discern what voters are seeing, and hoaxes and forgeries spread instantaneously.)
— President Donald Trump’s campaign to discredit the news media has spread to officials at all levels of government, who are echoing his use of the term “fake news” as a weapon against unflattering stories. – AP (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake, except for the news that they put out or bless.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180311/news/303119995/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County Board members on candidate Brettman: Beware – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/08/mchenry-county-board-members-on-candidate-brettman-beware/a5bmm73/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— School pension-cost shift cause for concern – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-school-pension-cost-shift-cause-for-concern/article_735e30c8-1d0d-5b0a-95d5-0c385735101f.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Comptroller Questions Rauner’s Hiring Practices – Benjamin Yount
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=261569#.WqUCRIyKSM8

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE REGISTER JOURNAL & WJBD RADIO
— Illinois Attorney General Race a Battle Over Independence – AP (DIERSEN: How independent are you? The more easily that your critics/opponents can cut/eliminate your income, the less independent that you are. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents are furious that they cannot easily cut/eliminate a) my $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, b) my $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, or c) my $2,064/year Social Security.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180310/race-for-attorney-general-battle-over-independence
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/03/10/illinois-attorney-general-race-a-battle-over-independence

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Kennedy, Biss won’t pledge to veto partisan redistricting – Rich Miller
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-03-11/rich-millercapitol-fax-kennedy-biss-wont-pledge-veto-partisan-redistricti

 

CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
— Rauner Stymied in New Trier Republican Caucus Vote
http://www.cdobs.com/archive/chicago/rauner-stymied-in-new-trier-republican-caucus-vote/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Coles County – Why the public should be guarded about what they read in the paper. – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/coles-county-why-the-public-should-be-guarded-about-what-they-read-in-the-paper/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Political Agitation at Schools & Vulnerable Kids – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/political-agitation-schools-vulnerable-kids/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Betsy DeVos: States should consider letting teachers carry guns in classroom Education Secretary says states, communities should make decision – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/11/betsy-devos-says-teachers-carrying-guns-classroom-/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Offend ‘Diversity,’ Lose Your Job – MICHAEL WALSH
https://pjmedia.com/trending/offend-diversity-lose-job/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Steve Bannon: ‘Let Them Call You Racist; Wear It As A Badge Of Honor’ – Mary Papenfuss (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps call you a racist if you are NOT 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.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bannon-far-right-french-racists_us_5aa45bade4b07047bec70239

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Vote. That’s Just What They Don’t Want You to Do. Disillusionment and disenfranchisement have combined to undermine our democracy. We don’t have to let them. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries do not want you to vote? Those that do not want me to vote are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/go-vote.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: G.O.P. Rushed to Pass Tax Overhaul. Now It May Need to Be Altered. – Jim Tankersley and Alan Rappeport (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the GOP should immediately increase the SALT cap from $10,000 to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/11/us/politics/tax-cut-law-problems.html
— Why Louis Farrakhan Is Back in the News – Jonah Engel Bromwich
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/us/louis-farrakhan-facts-history.html
— Money Is Power. And Women Need More of Both. – Susan Chira (DIERSEN: Because I have always supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always shouted at all the minorities and at all the females around me a) that I caused all their problems in the past, b) that I am causing all their problems now, and c) that unless I am gotten rid of, I will cause all their problems in the future.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/sunday-review/women-money-politics-power.html
— How Lies Spread Online – Sinan Aral (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, everything that is online is a lie except for that which they post or bless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/opinion/sunday/truth-lies-spread-online.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Sessions: U.S. prosecutors won’t take on small-time pot cases – AP (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future. Consider Adam Palinski, a former voter in my precinct. SEE: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-08-17/news/0208170308_1_arson-case-arson-arrest-solicitation-chargesand http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-11-07/news/0311070064_1_wheaton-church-school-parishioners)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sessions-us-prosecutors-wont-take-on-small-time-pot-cases/2018/03/10/e9c93b98-247e-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New Life for Steel Plant Perks Up Depressed Illinois Town, Workforce – Andrew Tangel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-life-for-steel-plant-perks-up-depressed-illinois-town-workforce-1520766001
— Trump’s Gun Plan to Include Encouraging States to Allow Armed School Staff – Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-gun-plan-to-include-encouraging-states-to-allow-armed-school-staff-1520728721
— Like the Big Kids, Kindergartens Plan Protests for Gun Control – Leslie Brody (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/like-the-big-kids-kindergartens-plan-protests-for-gun-control-1520683201

 

FED SMITH
— Lawmakers Want to Know Why OPM is Suddenly Withholding Federal Employee Salary Data – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: If I had not be denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which women a) who had less job-related work experience than I had, b) who had less job-related education than I had, and/or c) who had fewer job-related professional certifications and/or licenses than I had were paid more by GAO than GAO paid me.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/03/11/lawmakers-want-know-opm-suddenly-withholding-federal-employee-salary-data/

 

CHICAGO PRIDE
— Grasso calls for Harold to drop out of AG race over alleged anti-gay adoption remarks – GoPride.com News Staff
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/92211604/candidate-calls-for-harold-to-drop-out-of-ag-race-over-alleged-antigay-adoption-remarks
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a statement, Harold campaign spokesman Jason Heffley said, “It is troubling that NBC Chicago chose to run with a political hit piece based on anonymous sources that occurred almost twenty years ago. “Two decades ago when Erika was 20 years old, she did not support same sex adoption. It was a different era when many from both political parties did not support it. Erika, like many others, has changed her position on the issue over the last twenty years. She acknowledges that position was wrong and now strongly supports same sex adoption and foster placement. “She does not recall the specific exchange alleged by anonymous sources. If some form of that exchange did occur, it was wrong and it is in no way reflective of how Erika feels or has lived her life. She has spent her career working to protect the interests of the underserved and advocating for those who have been bullied and abused.”)

March 10 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown wants accusers prosecuted for lying to feds – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/circuit-court-clerk-dorothy-brown-wants-accusers-prosecuted-for-lying-to-feds/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Domestic violence agency details the reality of ‘affluent abuse’ across Lake County – Yadira Sanchez Olson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-lake-county-domestic-violence-st-0310-20180309-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois Attorney General race a battle over political and financial independence – AP (DIERSEN: How much political and financial independence do you have? Who in your precinct, your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in world has enough religious, government, political, and/or financial clout that they can harm you if not destroy you?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180310/news/303109943/
— Here’s why Amazon bought the doorbell company Ring – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180310/heres-why-amazon-bought-the-doorbell-company-ring

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Fact check: Governor candidates’ job claims built on shaky foundation – BGA
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180310/fact-check-governor-candidates-job-claims-built-on-shaky-foundation
— I hope Democrats defend sanctuary cities – it’s bad policy, and it’ll cost them – Ed Rogers (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, and Republican party leaders in Illinois who talk and/or act like they are paying political consultants who have advised them to dump those Republican voters, dump those Republican Precinct Committeemen, dump those Republican etc. who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180309/ed-rogers-i-hope-democrats-defend-sanctuary-cities—its-bad-policy-and-itll-cost-them
— Executive Mansion utility costs all Rauner said they were and more – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180310/executive-mansion-utility-costs-all-rauner-said-they-were-and-more
— Mendoza finds new way to tweak Rauner – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180310/statehouse-insider-mendoza-finds-new-way-to-tweak-rauner

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Republicans should give Ives a chance to be governor – Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180310/our-view-republicans-should-give-ives-chance-to-be-governor

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Northern Illinois University professor promotes LGBT activity.
http://www.whig.com/20180311/lgbt-speaker-never-assume-gender-identity-sexual-orientation#//

 

WGEM
— Illinois lawmakers looking to address teacher shortage – Patrick Doss (DIERSEN: In 1980, because the shortage of qualified Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans was so bad, GAO hired me. In 1971, because the shortage of qualified Democrats, minorities, females, and veterans was so bad, IRS hired me. In 1966, because the shortage of qualified Democrats, minorities, females, and veterans was so bad, the Post Office hired me.)
http://www.wgem.com/story/37692644/2018/03/Friday/illinois-lawmakers-looking-to-address-teacher-shortage

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Rockford Register Star Endorses Ives
https://mailchi.mp/0b00f5fecf6d/rockford-register-star-endorses-ives

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Katie Miller battles Springfield GOP machine in 53rd House District primary race – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: This speaks volumes about the House Republican Organization.)
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511359238-miller-battles-springfield-gop-machine-in-53rd-house-district-primary-race
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Through the House Republican Organization (HRO), the Republican machine in Springfield is dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into primary campaigns of their handpicked candidates. One of HRO’s toughest, more expensive campaigns is in the 53rd District against Mt. Prospect’s Katie Miller. The HRO’s candidate there is 29-year-old Eddie Corrigan. HRO has given over $150,000 to his campaign just since late February, according to Illinois State Board of Elections records. Corrigan lives with his father in Arlington Heights and has a colorful party history on full display on Facebook. The 39-year-old Miller is a registered nurse and married mother of three who pays nearly $10,000 a year in property taxes. In TV commercials and mailers, Corrigan’s HRO-funded campaign — just as with other HRO smears targeting those running against their handpicked candidates — is saying that Miller is a Democrat at heart and has ties to Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan. Miller, a self-described “across-the-board conservative,” calls the ads “outright lies.” “I was carrying posters for Republican candidates ever since I was 4,” Miller said. “I have never even met Madigan.” The Corrigan campaign has also criticized Miller for appealing her property taxes, describing the process as “shady.” Millions of homeowners in Cook County appeal their taxes each year, standard practice in a state with the highest property taxes in the nation. Corrigan doesn’t pay property taxes. After the hit ads against Miler, the Liberty Principles PAC financed mailers containing Facebook photos that show Corrigan in full party mode: one shows his head back chugging from a beer bottle, and another shows his tongue out and beer can in hand during a St. Patrick’s Day celebration; in others, he’s making an obscene gesture. A caption with the photos reads: “These are worth at least 1,000 words. But here are ten: We Have Enough Children In Springfield. Don’t Send Any More.” Corrigan refers to himself as a conservative, but in a debate with Miller he waffled on the issues, especially social ones. Miller says she will fight for the rollback of the 34 percent income tax hike approved last summer, the repeal of the taxpayer-funded abortion law (HB 40) Gov. Bruce Rauner signed in September and the repeal of the statewide “sanctuary” bill the governor signed in August. Other conservative primary candidates battling the HRO and their handpicked candidates include Marko Sukovic in the 59th District and Jillian Rose Bernas in the 56th District.)

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Kenneth Wilson, Website Owner, Unmasked; Removes Offensive Content – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/kenneth-wilson-website-owner-unmasked-removes-offensive-content/

 

BREITBART
— Laura Ingraham: ‘California Is Almost Acting Like It’s a Separate Country’ – JEFF POOR
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/03/10/laura-ingraham-california-almost-acting-like-separate-country/

 

HOT AIR
— So The Democrats Have Decided To Run On Abolishing ICE – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/03/10/democrats-decided-run-abolishing-ice/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ACLU slams ‘shameful’ First Amendment Defense Act – Bradford Richardson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, ACLU makes clear that if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, ACLU wants to get rid of you.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/9/aclu-slams-shameful-first-amendment-defense-act/

 

NUMBERS USA
— Texas Republican Voters Overwhelmingly Back Non-Binding E-Verify Proposition – Van Esser (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, all employers in America should be required to use E-Verify.)
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/texas-republican-voters-overwhelmingly-back-non-binding-e-verify-proposition
— Workplace Enforcement leads to better wages for a legal workforce – Jeremy Beck
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/washington-post-workplace-enforcement-leads-better-wages-legal-workforce

 

NEW YORK POST
— Cutting welfare to illegal aliens would pay for Trump’s wall – Paul Sperry
https://nypost.com/2018/03/10/cutting-welfare-to-illegal-aliens-would-pay-for-trumps-wall/

 

GASTON GAZETTE
— What does a Republican look like anyway – Lewis Guignard (DIERSEN: In what ways are you a minority? In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world, are there more people who are a) anti-Trump than Trump supporters, b) anti-Protestant than Protestant, c) anti-conservative than conservative, d) anti-patriotic than patriotic, e) anti-Republican than Republican, f) anti-American than American, g) anti-White than White, h) anti-male than male, i) anti-older people than older people, j) anti-rich people than rich people, k) anti-gun owners than gun owners, l) anti-German Americans than German Americans, and m) anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors than those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Sadly for me, if not tragically for me, ever-increasingly, I am a minority in more and more and more ways. Ever-increasingly, the Republican Party dumps those who share my demographics.)
http://www.gastongazette.com/opinion/20180309/my-turn-what-does-republican-look-like-anyway
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Historically, discrimination has to do with a majority, or the politically powerful, keeping a minority under their heel. In the U.S. that has included women, Africans, Indians, Irish, Italians, Catholics, Jews and Chinese. More recently, but harder to identify, are the LBGT adherents. (If your favorite was left out, my apologies) In a nutshell, these groups have no choice about their identity, so laws about discriminating against them are understandable. But what is a Democrat or Republican or a Libertarian that one can complain they have a right to equal representation at the ballot box? Were they born that way? Is it a religious belief, or a demographic affliction which requires protections under the law? No, they are no different than a sports team, which one chooses, for various reasons, as the team they support. Can you tell the difference between a Democrat or Republican or a Constitutionalist by looking at them? Only if they’re working for their team near an election. Like Panther’s fans, they proudly show their affiliation. But that affiliation can easily change. Democrats become Republicans or independents and vice versa. On what then, do Democrats base their challenges to a gerrymandered district? They say they want an equal chance to win and the districting the legislatures have done, which appears legal under the Constitution, doesn’t give them those chances.)

 

TIME MAGAZINE
— ALL OF THE FRONT COVER: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally and b) viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn those who do NOT glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.)
http://time.com/longform/donald-trump-immigration-policy-splitting-families/

 

FINANCIAL ADVISOR
— Workplace Benefits Influence Employee Feelings Of Financial Security, Study Says – JADAH RILEY
https://www.fa-mag.com/news/workplace-benefits-influence-employee-feelings-of-financial-security–study-says-37584.html

 

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— Does Rauner Stand by His Hand-Picked Attorney General Candidate, Erika Harold?
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/does-rauner-stand-by-his-hand-picked-attorney-general-candidate-erika-harold/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— AG candidate Erika Harold says anti-gay adoption sentiment shifted – Matt Simonette
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/AG-candidate-says-anti-gay-adoption-sentiment-shifted/62184.html

March 10 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Candidates Sound Off on Harold Gay Adoption Comment Controversy – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-conservatives and anti-Republicans do everything that they can to destroy candidates, including candidates who are minority and/or female, who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/AG-Candidates-Sound-Off-on-Gay-Adoption-Comment-Controversy-476430433.html
— Biss, Kennedy Criticize Pritkzer for Campaign Spending Pritzker has pumped $63 million of his own money into the campaign – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/daniel-biss-chris-kennedy-hit-jb-pritzker-on-spending-476433233.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Downstate Illinois vote could be primary election key for both parties – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: In the 2014 Republican Illinois gubernatorial primary, Rauner got 40% of the vote, but together, the other three candidates got 60% of the vote – Dillard got 37%, Brady got 15%, and Rutherford got 8%. Dillard, Brady, and Rutherford ran to the right of Rauner. What if Brady and Rutherford had withdrawn and had thrown their support to Dillard? Why has Rauner gone so strongly negative against Ives? Rauner talks and acts like he wants those in Illinois who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform to vote for him in the primary election and in the general election. Ever-increasingly, Rauner runs as an anti-conservative and as an anti-Republican.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governor-race-downstate-20180309-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ives’ message “hits a lot of the buttons” of socially conservative Downstate Republicans, said Mooney, who cited the candidates’ opposition to abortion, transgender and immigrant rights as well as her attacks on Chicago. “She gives the movement conservatives Downstate something to love.”)
— Your negative political ad will sway my vote — against you – Mary Schmich (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always had their operatives and their dupes spread negatives about me and spread negatives about a) others who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) others who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform, c) others who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and d) others who refuse to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-met-negative-political-ads-mary-schmich-20180309-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois House candidate Dilara Sayeed accused of paying for publicity – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and/or act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if the get rid of me. But are they being paid at least $15 an hour?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-house-candidate-accused-of-paying-for-publicity/
— Gov’s ex-lawyer Dennis Murashko ready to ‘move on,’ says probe cleared him of ‘false’ complaint – Mitchell Armentrout (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I was 25 years old, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors filed a false complaint against me. GAO did not clear me of that false complaint until 1977. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866 By then, of course, my IRS career was ruined.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/govs-ex-lawyer-ready-to-move-on-says-probe-cleared-him-of-false-complaint/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Today, the Office of the Executive Inspector General notified me that the Office has concluded the investigation into the false, malicious, and defamatory complaint against me. The case has been closed as unfounded,” Murashko wrote in a statement Friday. “In layman’s terms, the complaint has always been a lie.” The specifics of the complaint remain unclear. In the weeks after his ouster, sources told Politico Murashko was accused of “using his position to dole out plum duties to someone with whom he had a personal relationship.”)

 

WBEZ
— Obama: Up Or Out – Jennifer White, Colin McNulty (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who promote “up or out,” that is, what do you say to those who promote age discrimination? What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that non-veteran White males in the federal government are lazy, stupid, and far worse things if they did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who did not promote me to GS-9 (currently $55,905) until I was 23, to GS-11 (currently $67,638) until I was 24, to GS-12 (currently $81,071) until I was 25, and to GS-13 (currently $96,404) until I was 38?)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/making-obama/up-or-out/f2378d3c-de46-4165-87f6-2a91a5ebecac
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After his failed run for Congress in 2000, former President Barack Obama faced debt and an endangered political career. Obama, who was a state senator at the time, found himself questioning whether to attempt moving forward or leave politics completely. He continued to set his ambitions higher and planned to run for the U.S. Senate. Episode five of Making Obama dives into the essential next steps Obama had to take to advance his political career. Hear how he built a political record and won over some powerful backers who helped make him a viable candidate for the U.S. Senate.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Biss calls his 2013 comments on state workers ‘sloppy’ – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? How many of those who share your demographics live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world? Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs shout at politicians that members of the following groups are dying off fast and should be dumped: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. One could argue that Rauner and his supporters agree that members of the aforesaid groups should be dumped.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180309/biss-calls-2013-comments-on-state-workers-sloppy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Sen. Daniel Biss, the Evanston Democrat among candidates seeking his party’s nomination for governor, says his talk in 2013 about how few state workers live in his district was “a sloppy way of making a point about pragmatic reality.”)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Remap is a niggling detail – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: Politicians use remapping to punish, if not to get rid of, those who refuse to glorify and praise them, those who refuse to pander to them, those who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or those who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about the aforesaid politicians who got the DuPage County Election Commission in 2015 a) to gerrymander my precinct and b) to remap fellow Republican Precinct Committeeman Jeanne Ives into my precinct.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-remap-a-niggling-detail/article_b8a01279-7969-5ae1-80c5-2a27be2e78e3.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Rauner ‘all in’ to make Republicans the majority party Governor makes stop at annual Lincoln Day Dinner in Deer Grove – RACHEL RODGERS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Rauner talks and acts like his advisors have told him that for Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to become the majority party, Rauner has to get rid of those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the IRP platform.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/03/10/rauner-all-in-to-make-republicans-the-majority-party/alyktp9/

 

WGEM
— Early voter turnout smaller for Illinois primaries – Patrick Doss (DIERSEN: So far, how many registered voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois a)have cast a Republican primary ballot, b) have cast a Democrat primary ballot, c) have switched their party affiliation from Republican or from Independent to Democrat by casting a Democrat ballot, and d) have switched their party affiliation from Democrat or from Independent to Republican by casting a Republican ballot?)
http://www.wgem.com/story/37692140/2018/03/09/early-voter-turnout-smaller-for-illinois-primary

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— With gun control on the agenda, Second Amendment supporters rally behind Ives – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511359133-ives-touts-nra-marks-in-gubernatorial-bid

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Plan would force Illinois governors to detail true employee costs – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/plan-would-force-illinois-governors-to-detail-true-employee-costs/article_7d5c12b4-23a7-11e8-a4e2-c3a1c2d2ac18.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Paul Simon Institute Polls Satisfy Everyone but Illinois Citizens – Pat Hickey
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/03/paul-simon-institute-polls-satisfy-everyone-but-illinois-citizens/
— Political Agitation at Schools Vulnerable Kids
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-political-agitation-schools-vulnerable-kids/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Gun Confiscation Begins in Illinois – Daniel John Sobieski (DIERSEN: Did you own firearms before you were 21? I did.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/03/gun_confiscation_begins_in_illinois.html

 

PJ MEDIA
— Treasury Report: True U.S. Government Shortfall Is $88.9 Trillion, an Average of $704K Per Household – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/treasury-report-true-u-s-government-shortfall-88-9-trillion-average-704k-per-household/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Times Scholarship Winners Excelled Through Adversity – Sarah Maslin Nir (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that unlike me or you, they “Excelled Through Adversity.” I should write a book about my critics/opponents. To justify their demonizing, denigrating, and condemning me, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I was born with silver spoons in my mouth and that I have always been privileged. They stress that I am a White male and that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s. They stress that my parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. They stress my good health, that is, that I was 1-A for the draft in 1966. They stress that I avoided the draft with four student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that the federal government grossly overpaid, b) that I should not have been promoted in 1972, 1973, 1974, or 1986, and c) that my Civil Service Retirement System pension and federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies are much too generous. They stress that my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/nyregion/times-scholarship-winners.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Myths abound about standardized tests, but the research is clear: They provide an invaluable measure of how students are likely to perform in college and beyond – Nathan Kuncel and Paul Sackett (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, ever-increasingly, to help hire, retain, and promote minorities and females, the federal government has lowered its hiring, retention, and promotion standards and made its standards much more subjective. The federal government has eliminated the Federal Service Entrance Examination which I passed in 1970. IRS and GAO have eliminated passing the CPA examination to get promoted. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-truth-about-the-sat-and-act-1520521861

 

JD SUPRA
— Do Millennials Post a Retention Risk? According to GAO, It’s Reasonable For Agencies to Consider It.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/do-millennials-post-a-retention-risk-56657/

 

FEDWEEK
— Management Agenda to Be Watched for Signs of Buyouts, Early Outs (DIERSEN: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered a $25,000 buyout to all its employees, including me, who had 25 years or more of federal service. Constructively, once you have been offered a buyout, whatever career that you had is over.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/management-agenda-watched-signs-buyouts-early-outs/

 

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
— Howard Stern Beats Lawsuit Over Airing of I.R.S. Agent’s Call With Taxpayer – Debra L Rothenberg (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years.)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/howard-stern-beats-lawsuit-airing-irs-agents-call-taxpayer-1093454

 

CRAIG’S LIST
— FOR RENT: Office Space on Roosevelt Road – 400 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton
https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/off/d/wheaton-office-space-on/6524629804.html

March 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois AG candidate Erika Harold under fire for remarks about gay adoption during Miss Illinois pageant
http://abc7chicago.com/illinois-ag-candidate-under-fire-for-remarks-about-gay-adoption/3195930/
— Wisconsin governor candidate breastfeeds in campaign ad
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/wisconsin-governor-candidate-breastfeeds-in-campaign-ad/3194338/

 

NBC5
— How to Find Your Chicago-Area Polling Place Ahead of the Primary Election Bring a government-issued photo ID if you have one to make the voting process smoother should any questions arise. – Jonathon Sadowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/how-to-find-your-polling-place-ahead-of-the-illinois-primary-election-476404033.html

 

WLS AM
— Biss to his rivals: Don’t assume Rauner can’t win – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/03/09/biss-to-his-rivals-dont-assume-rauner-cant-win/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The thing we as Democrats need to beat Bruce Rauner is motivation and inspiration and contrast,” Biss says, “I think the notion that we’re gonna put our own wealthy, inexperienced businessman up against their wealthy, inexperienced businessman risks leaving the electorate very, very unmotivated. And the notion that we would nominate JB Pritzker, Mike Madigan’s candidate with ties to Rod Blagojevich and Joe Berrios is playing right into Rauner’s hands.” Biss warns don’t assume Rauner can’t win.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois deserves a conflict-free attorney general – Laura Washington (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have conflicts.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-deserves-a-conflict-free-attorney-general/
— Drawing legislative maps is ultimate way to reward friends, punish enemies – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: In 2015, to get rid of me, nasty vicious disgusting politicians succeeded in getting the DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC), the officers of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the officers of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to outrageously gerrymander my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. Without giving me a timely opportunity to object, the DCEC, DCRCC, and MTRCC took away about 100 residences from the west side of my precinct and gave me about 100 residences from the west side of Jeanne Ives’s precinct 86 to the east, including Ives’ residence. But then, they redrew Ives into Precinct 65 to the southeast, I am told, because she successfully insisted that be done. Nasty vicious disgusting politicians use gerrymandering to get rid of those like me a) who refuse to glorify and praise them, b) who refuse to pander to them, c) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, or d) who refuse to give them money. I should have sued them; maybe I still can.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/drawing-legislative-maps-is-ultimate-way-to-reward-friends-punish-enemies/
— Kennedy accuses Pritzker of trying to buy forgiveness for insulting black pols – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kennedy-accuses-pritzker-of-trying-to-buy-forgiveness-for-insulting-black-pols/
— Knowing where state employees work shouldn’t be a hard job – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-knowing-where-state-employees-work-shouldnt-be-a-hard-job/
— Trump should come clean about Stormy Daniels – Linda Chavez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-should-come-clean-about-stormy-daniels/
— ‘Indivisible Chicago’ using Tea Party tactics to fuel Trump resistance – Jason Rieger
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/indivisible-chicago-using-tea-party-tactics-to-fuel-trump-resistance/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner’s former top attorney complains about abrupt exit – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-dennis-murashko-20180309-story.html
— Looking to buy a home in Chicago? Here’s the salary you’ll need. – Darcel Rockett
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-salary-needed-to-afford-chicago-home-20180307-story.html
— Reasons to fire Assessor Berrios: Voters, don’t be complicit in punishing poor communities – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-berriosbox1-berrios-kaegi-cook-county-assessor-20180309-story.html
— Michael Madigan, the #MeToo mansplainer – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-cassidy-harassment-springfield-20180309-story.html
— A fresh look at 1968’s Kerner Report shows how divided we remain – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-kerner-report-donald-trump-opiates-0311-20180309-story.html
— NRA files suit after Florida governor signs compromise gun, school safety bill – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-florida-governor-gun-control-bill-20180309-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Erika Harold under fire for reports of same-sex adoption comments – Barbara Vitello
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180309/erika-harold-under-fire-for-reports-of-same-sex-adoption-comments
— Hanover Township grants $860,000 to local agencies
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180309/hanover-township-grants-860000-to-local-agencies
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180309/state-sen-bush-leading-gun-violence-walkout-in-solidarity-with-students

 

WTTW
— Progressive Democrats: Madigan Offered Deal to Keep Power – Paris Schutz
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/03/08/progressive-democrats-madigan-offered-deal-keep-power

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Executive Inspector General Maggie Hickey leaving the Rauner Administration – Emily Manley
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/executive-inspector-general-leaving-the-rauner-administration
— Rauner’s former general counsel breaks silence after abrupt departure – Rachel Droze
http://newschannel20.com/news/il-politics/rauners-former-general-counsel-breaks-silence-6-months-after-abrupt-departure

 

DEWITT DAILY NEWS
— Rauner Compares Fair Share Fees To Corruption (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate unions, former union members, current union members, and future union members. What does Rauner and his supporters think of former union members? I was a dues-paying union member for almost 12 years, for almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997. My Democrat GAO superiors hated unions, hated former union members, hated current union members, and hated future union members. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://dewittdailynews.com/local-news/351807

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Gov. Rauner debates his ads about Jeanne Ives w/Berkowitz: Truthful or gross distortions?
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/03/gov-rauner-debates-his-ads-about-jeanne-ives-wberkowitz-truthful-or-gross-distortions/

 

FAMILY PAC
— Help Jeanne Ives
https://mailchi.mp/656dc78b6fa4/help-jeanne-ives

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Al Salvi sees parallels in Ives’ quest for GOP primary win – Glenn Minnis
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511358804-salvi-sees-parallels-in-ives-quest-for-gop-primary-win
— Parallels to Salvi upset in Ives quest – Glenn Minnis
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511358804-parallels-to-salvi-upset-in-ives-quest

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Edgar County Watchdogs Release More Diana Rauner Emails: First Lady Directed the Chicago Public School Pension Bailout Betrayal
https://mailchi.mp/4ae01da55a19/edgar-county-watchdogs-release-more-diana-rauner-emails-first-lady-directed-the-chicago-public-school-pension-bailout-betrayal

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Death threats, perverted and extreme sexual and racial slurs – Sunshine Week coming up! – JOHN KRAFT (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always tried hard to not put anything into writing that might incriminate them.)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/death-threats-perverted-and-extreme-sexual-and-racial-slurs-sunshine-week-coming-up/

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Campaign defends Harold against comments – Raquel Martin
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/campaign-defends-harold-against-comments/1026846832

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Governor Rauner hiding $5 million in salary costs off his budget
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-governor-rauner-hiding-5-million-in-salary-costs-off-his-budget/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CONSERVATIVES’ DISGUST WITH RAUNER KEY REASON FOR IVES’ GOP PRIMARY CHALLENGE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/conservatives-disgust-with-rauner-key-reason-for-ives-gop-primary-challenge.html
— SANCTUARY POLICIES AREN’T THAT POPULAR WITH AMERICANS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/sanctuary-policies-arent-that-popular-with-americans.html
— WHITE HOUSE: LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD – WHY TRADE ACTION IS NECESSARY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/white-house-leveling-the-playing-field-why-trade-action-is-necessary.html
— WOMEN’S MARCH LEADER FACES HEAVY CRITICISM FOR ATTENDING FOR 30TH TIME FARRAKHAN’S SAVIOR’S DAY IN CHICAGO LAST MONTH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/womens-march-leader-faces-heavy-criticism-for-attending-for-the-30th-time-farrakhans-saviors-day-in-.html
— THE COST OF AMERICAN NON-CITIZENS’ HEALTH CARE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/03/the-cost-of-american-non-citizens-health-care.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP: “Pritzker will support Mike Madigan at all costs, regardless of how many women Madigan’s corruption hurts”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/ilgop-pritzker-will-support-mike-madigan-at-all-costs-regardless-of-how-many-women-madigans-corruption-hurts/
— Mrs. Rauner may have saved education funding reform (DIERSEN: One could argue that a vote for Mr. Rauner is really a vote for Mrs. Rauner.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/mrs-rauner-may-have-saved-education-funding-reform/
— Poll: 76 percent support a 3 percent surtax on (income over $1 million a year) (DIERSEN: What percent want a 3 percent surtax on those who are 1) Trump supporters, 2) Protestant, 3) conservative, 4) patriotic, 5) Republican, 6) American, 7) White, 8) male, 9) over age 40, 10) rich (net worth let’s say over $1 million), 11) gun owners, 12) German American, 13) draft avoiders, and/or 14) those whose ancestors have been in America since let’s say 1850? Those who have income over $1 million a year and all 14 of the aforesaid demographics would pay a 45% surtax.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/poll-76-percent-support-a-3-percent-surtax-on-millionaires/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are some areas in which a majority of voters would support increased revenue, starting with the so-called “millionaire’s tax,” which would impose an extra 3 percent levy on income over $1 million, favored by three-quarters [76 percent, 21 oppose, with 57 percent strongly in favor] of respondents in the sample. Nearly as many [72 percent in favor, 24 percent oppose, with 47 percent strongly in favor] would favor a constitutional amendment to allow a graduated income tax, with higher rates for higher earners and lower rates for lower earners. A slight plurality (49 percent favor, 46 percent oppose) would favor legalized gambling in Illinois to raise state revenues [23 percent strongly favor and 28 percent strongly oppose]. Less popular were a sales tax on services [39 percent favor, 58 percent oppose, with 36 percent strongly opposed] and a tax on gasoline to fund highway, road, and bridge improvements [42 percent favor, 57 percent oppose, with 41 percent strongly opposed). A recurring idea is for the state to tax retirement income, such as pensions and social security. This idea is widely unpopular, with 74 percent opposing and only 22 percent in favor. However, in a follow-up question in which only retirement income above $100,000 would be taxed, majorities are in favor. Combining the 22 percent who favored it in the first question with the 52 percent of the 745 initial opponents who would favor it with the exemption, 60 percent of the total sample favor taxing retirement income above $100,000.)
— Poll: Majority of Illinoisans believe in budgetary magic beans
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/poll-majority-of-illinoisans-believe-in-budgetary-magic-beans/
— Breen under attack, Salvi compares himself to Ives, Ives agrees with… herself
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/breen-under-attack-salvi-compares-himself-to-ives-ives-agrees-with-herself/
— New Biss ad claims “billionaire class” will say and spend anything to hold onto power
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/new-biss-ad-claims-billionaire-class-will-say-and-spend-anything-to-hold-onto-power/
— Candidates who say they refused to pledge support for Madigan now under attack
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/candidates-who-say-they-refused-to-pledge-support-for-madigan-now-under-attack/
— First reported in 2014 *** Harold campaign pushes back against NBC 5 story
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/harold-campaign-pushes-back-against-nbc-5-story/
— Pritzker is spreading around a ton of cash
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/pritzker-is-spreading-around-a-ton-of-cash/
— Fallout continues over Erika Harold story
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/fallout-continues-over-erika-harold-story/
— Pritzker TV ad hits Biss, Kennedy on “widely unpopular” retirement income tax
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/pritzker-tv-ad-hits-biss-kennedy-on-widely-unpopular-retirement-income-tax/
— Murashko says he’s been cleared
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/09/murashko-says-hes-been-cleared/

 

GOPUSA
— Hollywood attacks NRA while making a living from gun violence
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41068
— Twitter users blocked by President Trump argue First Amendment case in federal court
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41077
— Campus political correctness threatens democracy, prosperity
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=41066

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Dreamers turn on Dems, call them ‘fake allies’ – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2018/03/09/dreamers-turn-on-dems-call-them-fake-allies

 

BREITBART
— Left-wing Google Employees Urge Company to Disavow CPAC Over ‘Ethno Nationalism,’ ‘Hate’ – ALLUM BOKHAR
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/03/09/exclusive-left-wing-google-employees-urge-company-to-disavow-cpac-over-ethno-nationalism-hate/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— McDupes… International Women’s Day and Its Useful Idiots What a bunch of meatheads at McDonald’s.- PAUL KENGOR
https://spectator.org/mcdupes-international-womens-day-and-its-useful-idiots/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— To Fight Racial Inequality We Need To Rethink Our Economy – Lester Spence (DIERSEN: What do say to Whites and to males who do not want to work for the federal government because many federal employees are minorities and/or females, and they do not want to work for, work with, or supervise minorities or females? I should write a book about the many minorities and females that I worked for, worked with, and supervised while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/racial-inequality-kerner-report_us_5aa278a1e4b07047bec5948c

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Progressive Tax Gambit Despite a tax hike last year, Democrats and unions are back for more. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-progressive-tax-gambit-1520636290

 

FORBES
— How Unreliable And Costly Childcare Keeps People Off The Job – Aakash Kumar
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aakashkumar/2018/03/08/how-unreliable-and-costly-childcare-keeps-people-off-the-job/#2d0b82bc5e18

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Wanted: Public Servants Once a prestigious career path, heading to Washington to work in government is losing its luster. – Susan Milligan
https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2018-03-09/with-trump-in-the-white-house-public-service-takes-a-hit

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump’s Nominee for Employee Protection Board Has Checkered Past With Protecting Employees – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are pro-employer and anti-employee. I was an employee 1964-1997.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2018/03/trumps-nominee-employee-protection-board-has-checkered-past-with-protecting-employees/146569/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— U.S. vs. California: Voters Cool to Sanctuary States
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/march_2018/u_s_vs_california_voters_cool_to_sanctuary_states