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February 14 Morning Edition

CBS2
— State Budget, Politics To Collide In Springfield Wednesday – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/13/state-budget-politics-to-collide-in-springfield-wednesday/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lawmakers flock to new Obama plaque at Illinois Capitol – Bill Lukitsch (DIERSEN: As retirees in Illinois are ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being undeservedly filthy rich and even worse things, will politicians start taxing retirement income?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-barack-obama-illinois-house-20180214-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State lawmakers are lining up like tourists in the Illinois House to take selfies in front of a new plaque that commemorates former President Barack Obama’s 2016 speech to lawmakers in the Illinois House. The marker hangs behind the speaker’s podium, where Obama delivered his remarks. In his speech, the then-president called on lawmakers to set partisan differences aside and work toward ending the longest budget impasse in Illinois history. That stalemate ended last summer, when lawmakers voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto and raise income taxes. The Republican governor will give his budget address at noon Wednesday near the new commemorative hardware.)
— OUTSTANDING: Commission advises against pedal pubs, or bars on wheels, in downtown Naperville – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-pedal-pub-downtown-advisory-st-0214-20180212-story.html
— Mike Madigan flunks the #MeToo test – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, all men flunk the #MeToo test if they fail/refuse to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn all older White men as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-harassment-madigan-hampton-quinn-20180213-story.html
— GOP candidate’s parents contributed maximum — to his potential Democratic opponent – Alex Horton (DIERSEN: What motivates you to help elect a candidate? For me, it is their convincing me that if elected, a) they can and will defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform, including their traditional family, right to life, immigration, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and b) they would vote against/veto anything that promotes LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminution of First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-gop-senate-candidate-donations-20180213-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Was the Speaker listening? Woman questions why Madigan took months to fire aide – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/woman-madigan-would-have-never-fired-alleged-harasser-without-her-going-public/
— ENDORSEMENT: Kelly Mazeski for Congress in 6th District Democratic Primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsement-6th-congressional-district-democratic-primary-kelly-mazeski-2018-illinois/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Aurora approves city’s first gay pride parade – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity promote hatred of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity. Soon, if not already, if you fail/refuse to get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will be stopped from getting an education, from getting a job, from etc.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180213/aurora-approves-citys-first-gay-pride-parade
— West Chicago High School teachers ready to strike Friday if no agreement – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180213/w-chicago-high-teachers-ready-to-strike-friday-if-no-agreement
— Jhingan dropped from 8th District GOP primary – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180213/jhingan-dropped-from-8th-district-gop-primary
— Find out how to address opioid issues in the workplace – Kim Mikus (DIERSEN: I have never used an illegal drug and I never will.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180208/find-out-how-to-address-opioid-issues-in-the-workplace
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Opioid issues in the workplace can include: drug-free workplace policy, understanding the law for prescription drug use at work, signs of impairment and abuse, safe handling, operating machinery and driving while using opioids and the impact on workers’ compensation.)
— Shaun White apologizes for calling sexual misconduct lawsuit ‘gossip’ – JAKE SEINERAP (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have painted me as being a spammer, as being someone who spreads false rumors, and even worse things. Should I sue them?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20180214/shaun-white-apologizes-for-calling-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit-gossip

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Madigan’s #MeToo moment: Is he history? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180213/BLOGS02/180219960/-metoo-moment-for-illinois-house-speaker-michael-madigan
— Why shouldn’t Illinois Medicaid recipients work? – ROBERT KAESTNER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180213/OPINION/180219973/why-shouldnt-illinois-medicaid-recipients-work

 

ABC7
— Suburban police, professionals struggle with growing funeral violence – Chuck Goudie and Christine Tressel
http://abc7chicago.com/suburban-police-professionals-struggle-with-growing-funeral-violence/3073920/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Mayor, aldermen play blame game over budget – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: Who blames you and for what? I should write a book about those who have blamed me, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and what I did 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. for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180213/mayor-aldermen-play-blame-game-over-budget

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Senate President offers advice to Rauner ahead of Wednesday’s budget address – Rachel Droze (DIERSEN: One could argue that Rauner is taking advice from those who want him to use the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to get rid of those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the IRP platform, that is, he is taking advice from those who want to destroy the IRP. What do IRP State Central Committee candidates have to say about that?)
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/senate-president-offers-advice-to-rauner-ahead-of-wednesdays-budget-address

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Rauner Budget Counts On Tax Hike – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/rauner-budget-counts-tax-hike#stream/0

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Lawmakers outraged after Quincy Vets Home residents test positive for Legionnaires’ – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/lawmakers-outraged-after-quincy-vets-home-residents-test-positive-for-legionnaires

 

PLAINFIELD PATCH
— Murder Capitals: 2 Illinois Cities (Chicago and East St. Louis) On List An Illinois city was ranked the No. 1 “Murder Capital” in the nation. – Shannon Antinori
https://patch.com/illinois/plainfield/murder-capitals-2-illinois-cities-list

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Demand Rauner Show Up for a Second Debate (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting candidate debates for a) Rauner v. Ives, b) Sanguinetti v. Morthland, c) Harold v. Grasso, d) Stella v. Vlakancic, e) Minor v. Grant v. Byrne, f) Kinzler v. Orozco, g) Zito v. Khouri, h) Mendrick v. Bibbiano, i) Tornatore v. DeMichele v. Gavanes, j) Hart v. Abbott v. Tully, k) McGowen v. Almiron v. Eckhoff v. Zaruba v. Tatro v. Chinchilla, l) Wiley v. Zay v. McQuade, m) Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee candidates, n) etc.)
https://ivesforillinois.com/demand-rauner-show-up-for-a-second-debate/

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— IL Republican Party Vs. IL Rauner Party
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/il-republican-party-vs-il-rauner-party
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two more residents of the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy are sick with Legionnaires. Rauner is on top of this, right? All under control? Is Rauner going to make a call to President Trump for federal assistance or is he too busy boasting about not having a relationship with the White House? Is Rauner’s lack of leadership going to leave Illinois out of major federal infrastructure funding? Illinois State Representative for the 52nd District, Dave McSweeney joins Dan and Amy to discuss.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Call for Madigan to step down as speaker comes from both sides of aisle – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511344364-call-for-madigan-to-step-down-as-speaker-comes-from-both-sides-of-aisle

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Abolishing Office of McHenry Township Road Commissioner Set for November Ballot
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/13/abolishing-office-of-mchenry-township-road-commissioner-set-for-november-ballot/
— Five Applicants Vying For Open County Auditor Position (DIERSEN: See Section 3 of the application. I had to give similar financial information to my Democrat superiors each year while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. They used that financial information to demonize, denigrate, condemn me, and then my wife and I, as being undeservedly filthy rich. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were moral relativists who believed that their end justified their means. They were disciples of Saul Alinsky. They promoted envy and class warfare. They stressed the money that I spent on new cars, tuition, real estate, collector cars, etc. They stressed the money that my wife and I had saved for our retirement. Those who had children painted themselves as being poor because of how tremendously expensive it is to raise children.)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/12/five-applicants-vying-for-open-county-auditor-position/
— Looking at Miscellaneous Income Paid Algonquin Township Highway Department Employees Since 2012
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/13/looking-at-miscellaneous-income-paid-algonquin-township-highway-department-employees-since-2012/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Four leaders gather in governor’s office for first time in 14 months
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/14/four-leaders-gather-in-governors-office-for-first-time-in-14-months/
— Rauner reboots cost shifts, pension consideration, capital plan
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/14/rauner-reboots-cost-shifts-pension-consideration-capital-plan/
— Pritzker campaign takes preemptive shot at Rauner budget
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/14/pritzker-campaign-takes-preemptive-shot-at-rauner-budget/

 

GOPUSA
— Barack Obama’s portrait artist, painted black women beheading white women
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39350

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— A NEW LOOK INTO POVERTY IN AMERICA – Star Parker (DIERSEN: To fight poverty, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/a-new-look-into-poverty-in-america/

 

BREITBART
— Trump Nominates 11th Wave of Federal Judges – KEN KLUKOWSKI (DIERSEN: 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.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/02/13/trump-nominates-11th-wave-of-federal-judges/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Amy St. Eve for the Seventh Circuit. A graduate of Cornell Law School, she is a former federal prosecutor and private litigator. St. Eve is currently a federal trial judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois as well as an instructor at Northwestern University’s law school.)

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— The Worst Colleges for Free Speech in America (DIERSEN: DePaul gets a “Lifetime Censorship Award.” I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.christianpost.com/voice/the-10-worst-colleges-for-free-speech.html

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-men and/or anti-Trump promote Duckworth big time.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/14/duckworth-i-cant-technically-take-maternity-leave-407279

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly pot pushers use medical pot to push recreational pot. If you push pot, you push destruction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/nyregion/marijuana-lawsuit-trump-sessions.html
— Fake News and Bots May Be Worrisome, but Their Political Power Is Overblown It’s very hard to change people’s minds, especially when so many are already committed partisans. – Brendan Nyhan (DIERSEN: What do you say to those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who a) focus on discouraging me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out and/or b) focus on discouraging everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/upshot/fake-news-and-bots-may-be-worrisome-but-their-political-power-is-overblown.html
— The F.B.I., Domestic Abuse and the White House: A Timeline of the Rob Porter Scandal The White House has shifted its story about how and when members of the administration learned about the domestic abuse allegations that forced a top aide to resign. – Michael D. Shear and Emily Cochrane
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/politics/rob-porter-fbi-white-house-timeline.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: White House Let Rob Porter Keep Job Even After Receiving Final F.B.I. Report – Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/politics/rob-porter-fbi-background-check.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— As foreign hackers plot next attack, Washington struggles to shore up vulnerable voting systems – EVAN HALPER and CHRIS MEGERIAN
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-elections-security-20180213-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Lawyer Says He Personally Paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 Campaign-finance experts said Michael Cohen’s payment, even if he footed the bill, likely violated election rules – Rebecca Ballhaus, Joe Palazzolo and Michael Rothfeld (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-lawyer-says-he-personally-paid-stormy-daniels-1518585093
— The New Tax Law: State and Local Tax Deductions The tax overhaul caps the deduction for state and local taxes at $10,000 per return – Laura Saunders (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. The $10,000 SALT cap discourages marriage and home ownership. My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978. Further under the new Republican tax law, if there was no marriage penalty, instead of $10,000, the SALT cap would be $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-tax-law-state-and-local-tax-deductions-1518542356
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new cap will also affect many married couples who file jointly more than it will affect singles, as the $10,000 limit is per return and not per person. Some Wall Street Journal readers have asked whether two spouses can each file separately for 2018 and claim two $10,000 deductions. The answer is no. Although married couples can file separate returns, in this case each spouse would get a $5,000 deduction for state and local taxes. To qualify for two $10,000 deductions, the couple would have to divorce.)
— Americans Want Big Government Responsible leaders should now inform the people how much that’s going to cost. – William A. Galston (DIERSEN: Members of Group A have always wanted big government and members of Group B pay more taxes. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-want-big-government-1518564556
— U.S. Households Shoulder Record $13.15 Trillion Debt to End 2017 Strong confidence, rising wages bolster increase in borrowing for the 14th straight quarter – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: How much debt are you shouldering? My wife and I have been debt-free ever since we paid off our mortgage in the 1990s. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-household-debt-up-193-billion-to-13-15-trillion-to-end-2017-1518537600

 

USA TODAY
— Users are moving on from Facebook ‘Toxic mess’ helping drive many from social network. Jessica Guynn
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20180214/281724090017441 (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)

 

CBS BOSTON
— The Worst Job In America – Jon Keller (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that all the jobs that I had were very bad jobs that they never would have stooped to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/02/14/john-kelly-chief-of-staff-jon-keller-wbz/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What is the worst job in America? Septic tank emptier? Toxic waste cleanup specialist? Journalist? How about White House chief of staff, the ultra-stressed, short-term employee in charge of managing the day-to-day affairs of the most powerful person on Earth?)

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Rauner Faces $9B Shortfall in Presenting Budget Plan Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner unveils his 2019 budget proposal to a General Assembly expecting to hear him explain how he’ll erase a $9 million deficit. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-02-14/rauner-faces-9b-shortfall-in-presenting-budget-plan

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Pay for Performance is Needed – Howard Risher (DIERSEN: Have you worked under pay-for-performance (PFP)? I did during my last 8 years at GAO 1989-1997. Measuring job performance is extremely subjective. To meet their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, my Democrat used the subjectivity in their PFP system to get rid of their employees like me who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.govexec.com/excellence/management-matters/2018/02/pay-performance-needed/145934/

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down. Who takes the lead in driving approval ratings down in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, in Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, in Milton Township Republican Central Committee, in DuPage County Republican Central Committee, in Illinois Republican Party, in Illinois Center Right Coalition, in American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, in etc. who have taken the lead in driving approval ratings down.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/trump-is-even-less-popular-now-than-when-he-was-inaugurated.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Notably dramatic drops in net approval ratings occurred in Arizona (plus 20 to minus 3), Illinois (plus 9 to minus 21), Montana (plus 24 to even), New York (plus 8 to minus 18), and Ohio (plus 14 to minus 4).)

February 12 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Speaker Mike Madigan’s consultant fired after investigation into inappropriate texts
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/speaker-madigans-consultant-fired-after-investigation-into-inappropriate-texts/3073339/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— An open letter to Holocaust denier Arthur Jones – Richard Porter, National Committeeman, Illinois Republican Party
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-nazi-arthur-jones-open-letter-holocaust-0211-story.html
— Trump’s infrastructure plan: 5 things it could mean for Chicago, state roads and airports – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-trump-infrastucture-illinois-20180212-story.html
— Rauner must talk to Trump about construction program, lawmaker says – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-donald-trump-infrastructure-lawmaker-20180212-story.html
— Trump’s new $1.5 trillion plan won’t ease Illinois’ infrastructure pain – Robert Reed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/reed/ct-biz-trump-infrastructure-illinois-need-robert-reed-0213-story.html
— Religious leaders hold Lenten fast in support of ‘Dreamers’ – Nereida Moreno (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-met-hunger-strike-clergy-0214-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s budget hits poor Americans the hardest.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-budget-poor-americans-20180212-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s budget balloons deficits, cuts social safety net.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-budget-20180212-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Policy Institute nonprofit tax status begs for FBI probe – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-illinois-policy-institute-nonprofit-tax-status-begs-for-fbi-probe/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “How Trump’s big new tax cut is making corporate CEOs wealthier — but not you.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/how-trumps-big-new-tax-cut-is-making-corporate-ceos-wealthier-but-not-you/
— Silverstein: ‘Joking’ with woman was ‘stupid,’ ‘inappropriate,’ ‘off the wall’ – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/silverstein-joking-with-woman-was-stupid-inappropriate-off-the-wall/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Madigan fires long-time consultant after inappropriate texts – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180212/madigan-fires-long-time-consultant-after-inappropriate-texts
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans promote anti-Republicans in 6th Congressional District.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180212/6th-district-hopefuls-trying-new-strategies-to-campaign-win-learn
— 56th District GOP hopefuls debate property tax relief – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180212/56th-district-gop-hopefuls-debate-property-tax-relief

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner promoters say “Rauner didn’t make taxpayers fund late abortions.”
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180212/politifact-rauner-didnt-make-taxpayers-fund-late-abortions

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Biz group blasts Ives’ new immigration ad – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, businesses side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180212/BLOGS02/180219986/biz-group-blasts-ives-new-immigration-ad
— Michael Madigan fires senior aide over harassment allegation – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180212/BLOGS02/180219991/michael-madigan-fires-senior-aide-over-harassment-allegation
— After #MeToo, the role of men in the workplace – K. SUJATA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are charged with anything bad, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be guilty: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180212/OPINION/180219984/after-metoo-the-role-of-men-in-the-workplace

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Some Illinois Republicans finally standing up to Rauner – Jim Young, Mount Sterling
http://www.whig.com/20180212/some-illinois-republicans-finally-standing-up-to-rauner

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Onetime Rauner supporter welcomes Ives to Stripmasters Services during Decatur stop – RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/local/onetime-rauner-supporter-welcomes-ives-to-stripmasters-services-during-decatur/article_e0226ba3-8e35-596a-a4f5-b9e54d3c7cd4.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Tax filers face confusion this year – Chris Breach
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/tax-filers-face-confusion-this-year/article_1b96699d-4f28-5e44-a21e-c58e03acee55.html

 

WHTC
— Upcoming state elections cast shadow over Illinois budget prospects – Karen Pierog
http://whtc.com/news/articles/2018/feb/12/upcoming-state-elections-cast-shadow-over-illinois-budget-prospects/

 

INDIANA LAWYER
— Trump makes two nominations (Michael Y. Scudder, Jr. and Amy J. St. Eve) to 7th Circuit bench (DIERSEN: 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.)
https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/46140-trump-makes-two-nominations-to-7th-circuit-bench

 

LAW 360
— 7th Circ. Nominee Amy J. St. Eve Once Rebuked Trump During Trial – Diana Novak Jones
https://www.law360.com/trials/articles/1011642/7th-circ-nominee-once-rebuked-trump-during-trial

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Kimme & Coli: Shaking Up Springfield? Just Another Rauner Betrayal
https://mailchi.mp/f2a22faa2c6a/kimme-coli-shaking-up-springfield-just-another-rauner-betrayal

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER, OTHER IL GOP LEADERS SUPPORTED PRO-IMMIGRATION POLICIES IN 2014 (DIERSEN: For “opposition research,” I attended this outrageous event as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/rauner-and-other-il-gop-leaders-were-open-about-pro-immigration-policies-in-2014.html
— NATIONAL: DECLASSIFIED FBI AGENT TEXTS SHOW ANIMUS TOWARDS PROLIFERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/national-declassified-fbi-agent-texts-show-animus-towards-prolifers-.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump confirms appearance at next week’s CPAC conference – Sarah Westwood
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-confirms-appearance-at-next-weeks-cpac-conference/article/2648871

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner Forced Taxpayers to Fund Abortions – MICAIAH BILGER
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/02/12/illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-forced-taxpayers-to-fund-abortions/

 

GOPUSA
— Nominee for 9th Circuit Appeals Court under fire for racial ‘hostility’ in college writings (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion, those who promote AA, Diversity, and Inclusion get rid of you.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39205

 

BLAZE
— Our fake ‘conservative’ Congress doesn’t care about debt — and probably never will – Justin Haskins
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/02/12/commentary-our-fake-conservative-congress-doesnt-care-about-debt-and-probably-never-will/

 

THE HILL
— The 22 agencies and programs Trump’s budget would eliminate – BRETT SAMUELS
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373441-the-federal-programs-trump-proposes-cutting-in-2019-budget
— White House releases 55-page, $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan – MALLORY SHELBOURNE
http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/infrastructure/373408-white-house-releases-55-page-infrastructure-proposal
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti Trumps and anti-Republicans say “Abuse furor risks gender backlash for Trump, GOP.” Ever-increasingly, if you are charged with anything bad, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be guilty: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373520-abuse-furor-risks-gender-backlash-for-trump-gop

 

MERCURY NEWS
— California GOP governor hopeful John Cox once suggested gay rights could ‘open the floodgates to polygamy and bestiality’ – CASEY TOLAN
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/12/john-cox-california-governor-lgbt-gay-rights/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— White House Proposes $4.4 Trillion Budget That Adds $7 Trillion to Deficits – Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/us/politics/white-house-budget-congress.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Budget provides no raise, targets retirement benefits for federal employees – Eric Yoder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/02/12/budget-provides-no-raise-targets-retirement-benefits-for-federal-employees/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Trump proposes pay freeze, new and familiar retirement cuts in 2019 budget – Nicole Ogrysko
https://federalnewsradio.com/your-money/2018/02/trump-proposes-pay-freeze-new-and-familiar-retirement-cuts-in-2019-budget/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump Calls for ‘Reskilling’ Federal Workforce, Firing ‘Overhaul’ and Reducing Union Influence – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: After my Democrat GAO superiors a) made it clear that to get rid of me, they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators, I reskilled myself by earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/02/trump-calls-reskilling-federal-workforce-overhaul-firing-and-union-influence/145917/
— Trump Formalizes 2019 Pay Freeze Proposal, Revives Benefits Cuts – Erich Wagner
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/02/trump-formalizes-2019-pay-freeze-proposal/145915/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Trump budget will cost federal employees in pay and benefits – Jessie Bur
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/budget/2018/02/12/trump-budget-will-cost-federal-employees-in-pay-and-benefits/

 

FED SMITH
— Substantial Cuts to Federal Employee Benefits Proposed in FY 2019 Budget – Ian Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/02/12/substantial-cuts-federal-employee-benefits-proposed-fy-2019-budget/
— OPM Identifies Priorities for Federal Workforce in New Report – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, its top priority was a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/02/12/opm-identifies-priorities-federal-workforce-new-report/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Campaign to unseat IL Republican chair gets Cong. Jan Schakowsky endorsement
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Campaign-to-unseat-IL-Republican-chair-gets-Cong-Jan-Schakowsky-endorsement-/61882.html

February 11 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Some who helped Arthur Jones get on the ballot say they didn’t know his politics – Frank Main (DIERSEN: Who are the Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in the precincts in which Jones gathered petition signatures? Do the Republican voters in those precincts keep their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains posted on what is going on in their precincts? Who are the officers of the Republican township parties in the townships in which Jones gathered petition signatures? Do the Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in those townships keep the officers of their Republican township parties posted on what is going on in their precincts? I have been gathering petition signatures in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton since 1999 for myself and for all the Republican candidates who seek to be on Republican primary ballots in my precinct. I would hope that if a Jones-type candidate sought petition signatures from Republicans in my precinct, they would let me know. I would certainly let the Milton Township Republican Central Committee officers know.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/arthur-jones-nominating-petitions-bridgeview-holocaust-denier-anti-semitic-views/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On an unusually warm afternoon last fall, residents in Bridgeview opened their doors to a stranger. Arthur Jones was going house to house in the southwest suburb on Oct. 5, rounding up signatures for his primary election petition for Congress. Voters signed it after Jones told them he was hoping to run as a Republican against Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski in the 3rd Congressional District. What Jones didn’t say is that he’s an avowed anti-Semite, Holocaust denier and the former leader of the New American Nazi Party. “He seemed like a nice guy,” said Michal Bodyziak, whose wife, Anna, signed her name to the petition. Now Jones is the sole GOP candidate in the 3rd District on the primary ballot March 20, which means he is on track to be the Republican Party nominee in the November general election. On a 10-degree evening last week, residents in Bridgeview opened their doors once again to tell a Chicago Sun-Times reporter how Jones went about collecting some of the 603 signatures he needed. Of the six people who agreed to be interviewed, none had heard of Jones until he rang their doorbells. Jones, 70, of Lyons, is now the subject of national and international news after the Sun-Times reported on Feb. 4 that the he was poised to clinch the nomination. In an interview with the Sun-Times, Jones has said he’s in charge of an organization called the American First Committee, whose membership is limited to “any white American citizen of European, non-Jewish descent.” But while he was collecting signatures, Jones didn’t mention any of that. “He just told us he was all about the people,” Michal Bodyziak said. Bodyziak said he and his wife are immigrants from Poland. Jones didn’t say that he denies there was a Holocaust in which 6 million Jews died, many of them in Poland. “No, he said none of that,” Anna Bodyziak said. According to her husband, Jones said he “wanted to help the state make everything better, lower taxes and that. Yes, it was very positive.” When a reporter showed the couple video snippets of Jones’ controversial statements on Jews, they winced. They said they could never support Jones for Congress after seeing that. A neighbor down the block also gave Jones his signature. The man said he’d never heard of Jones, either, but he agreed to sign the petition “because I want people to run for office. If I knew he stood for any of that, I wouldn’t have signed.” About a mile away, Medardo Elizalde was sitting on his couch when his son opened the door to a reporter. The son said his father mostly speaks Spanish and translated for him. He asked his dad if he remembered signing Jones’ petition. Jones had said people wanted to keep him off the ballot, Elizalde recalled. Elizalde said he gave his signature so Jones would go away. Jones managed to collect 834 signatures in Bedford Park, Bridgeview, Chicago Ridge, Countryside, Hickory Hills, Homer Glen, Justice, La Grange, Oak Lawn, Orland Park, Palos Hills, Stickney, Summit and Worth — but none in Chicago. “I waited on the last day, Dec. 4, to file my signatures. I turned them in, fully expecting for an objection or that there would be a candidate that they’re putting up against me,” he has told the Sun-Times. Though GOP officials in his own party have now repudiated Jones and his candidacy, he still thinks he’s got a shot even though the district is overwhelmingly Democratic. Lipinski, of Western Springs, faces Marie Newman, of LaGrange, in the Democratic primary. Said Jones, “Listen, I don’t go to all this damn trouble if I didn’t believe I had a chance to win.”)
— 2 Cook County commissioners missed over 40 percent of Forest Preserve meetings – Rachel Hinton and Dan Mihalopoulos (DIERSEN: Since 1999, I have the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Central Committee monthly meetings and fundraisers.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/cook-county-forest-preserve-meetings-missed-jerry-butler-bridget-gainer/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Fox News Channel.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-military-parade-tweets-fox-news-donald-trump-fiasco/
— GOP candidate for attorney general: Gary Grasso
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/gop-candidate-for-attorney-general-gary-grasso-2018-illinois-primary/
— GOP candidate for attorney general: Erika Harold
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/gop-candidate-for-attorney-general-erika-harold-2018-illinois-primary/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— McCarthy offers campaign preview during fundraiser: Emanuel’s Chicago ‘a mess’ – Bill Ruthhart and John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-garry-mccarthy-campaign-fundraiser-20180211-story.html
— Real estate market unfazed by changes to tax law – Kenneth R. Harney (DIERSEN: My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978. Under the new Republican tax law, if there was no marriage penalty, instead of $10,000, the SALT cap would be $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-0211-kenneth-harney-20180206-story.html
— Yes, you: Lawmakers, put the remap amendment on the ballot – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-remap-amendment-illinois-gerrymandering-20180208-story.html
— Waukegan approves new video gambling regulations – Emily K. Coleman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-waukegan-video-gaming-st-0209-20180211-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage GOP candidates tout experience in county board District 3 race – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180211/dupage-gop-candidates-tout-experience-in-county-board-district-3-race
— What the Porter accusations say about the White House – Kathleen Parker
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180211/what-the-porter-accusations-say-about-the-white-house

 

NBC5
— Democratic Candidates Attend Church Services to Shore Up African-American Support – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Do you attend church services? I do not. Should I write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who viciously demonize me, who viciously denigrate me, who viciously condemn me because I am not a member of any church, because I do not attend church services, and because I do not give money to a church? The aforesaid not only paint themselves as being far superior to you and I, they focus on destroying those like me who do not glorify and praise them, who do not pander to them, who do not serve as their operatives or dupes, and who do not give them money.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/candidates-for-governor-attend-church-services-to-shore-up-african-american-support-473737063.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Registered sex offender in small Pennsylvania town elected fire chief
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/registered-sex-offender-in-small-pennsylvania-town-elected-fire-chief

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Marter: It’s time to take our money back Congressional candidate talks spending, immigrant and education funding during Dixon visit – BOB TOMASZEWSKI
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/02/10/marter-its-time-to-take-our-money-back/aq7bb1g/

 

BREITBART
— Jeanne Ives Targets Illinois ‘Sanctuary State’ Law in Republican Primary – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/11/jeanne-ives-sanctuary-state-becoming-major-issue-il-governor-primary/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Revels In Chicago Nazi’s GOP Nod, Skips Democrat Hugs of Farrakhan – Tim Graham
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2018/02/11/ny-times-revels-chicago-nazis-gop-nod-skips-democrat-hugs-farrakhan

 

FOX NEWS
— Fast food workers set to protest in push for $15 minimum wage – Matthew Kazin
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/11/fast-food-workers-set-to-protest-in-push-for-15-minimum-wage.html

 

HOT AIR
— Rob Porter Is A National Security Scandal, Too (DIERSEN: If you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/02/rob-porter-national-security-scandal/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The ‘Manly’ Jobs Problem – Susan Chira (DIERSEN: Were the jobs that you held “manly?” I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Because very few qualified women or minorities wanted the bad jobs that I had, it was very difficult for my superiors to meet their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/sunday-review/sexual-harassment-masculine-jobs.html

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

— NOVEMBER 27, 2017 MORNING EDITION FLASHBACK: Nominating Petitions
https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/november-27-morning-edition-2/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since 2000, I have gathered signatures on nominating petitions for all the candidates who seek to be on Republican primary ballots in my precinct. For the March 20, 2018 Republican primary, I gathered 667 signatures from 19 households in my precinct for the following candidates:

U.S. CONGRESS: Peter Roskam
STATE OF ILLINOIS: Bruce Rauner, Governor and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Lieutenant Governor; Jeanne Ives, Governor and Rich Morthland, Lieutenant Governor; William Kelly, Governor and Brian Leggero, Lieutenant Governor; Erika Harold, Attorney General; Jason Helland, Secretary of State; Jim Dodge, Treasurer; and Darlene Senger, Comptroller
ILLINOIS SENATE: Michael Connelly
ILLINOIS HOUSE: Amy Grant, Jeanne Ives, Burt Minor
DUPAGE COUNTY: Dan Cronin, Board Chairman; James Mendrick and Frank Bibbiano, Sheriff; Paul Hinds, Clerk; Gwen Henry, Treasurer; Darlene Ruscitti, Regional Superintendent of Schools
DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD District 4: Ron Almiron, Grant Eckhoff, Amy Grant, Paula McGowen, Thommen Poozhikunnel, Beth Tatro, and Chris Zaruba
DUPAGE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE: Joseph Cantore, President
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE: Jeff MacKay, Richard Russo, Karen Wilson)

— OCTOBER 7, 2017 MORNING EDITION FLASHBACK: Nominating Petitions (DIERSEN: Subsequently, I circulated nominating petitions in my precinct for Ives/Morthland, Kelly/Leggero, Dodge & Senger, Helland, Minor, Almiron, MacKay, and Russo.)
https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/october-7-morning-edition-2/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So far, from 19 homes in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton, I have gathered 559 signatures from registered Republican voters on 56 nominating petition sheets for the 19 announced candidates who will be on the March 20, 2018 Republican primary ballot in my precinct. The candidates are: U.S. CONGRESS: Peter Roskam; STATE OF ILLINOIS: Bruce Rauner, Governor and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Lieutenant Governor and Erika Harold, Attorney General; ILLINOIS SENATE: Michael Connelly; ILLINOIS HOUSE: Jeanne Ives; DUPAGE COUNTY: Dan Cronin, Board Chairman; James Mendrick and Frank Bibbiano, Sheriff; Paul Hinds, Clerk; Gwen Henry, Treasurer; Darlene Ruscitti, Regional Superintendent of Schools; DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD District 4: Grant Eckhoff, Amy Grant, Paula McGowen, and Beth Tatro; DUPAGE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE: Joseph Cantore, President; CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE: Richard Russo and Karen Wilson; and REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN: Dave Diersen. Outstandingly, yesterday evening, my State Farm Insurance Agent Mark Prutzman notarized the aforesaid 56 nominating petitions and my Statement of Candidacy, Oath of Registration Officer, and Loyalty Oath. Ever since I was first elected Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000, my policy has been to gather signatures on nominating petition sheets for all the candidates who will be on Republican primary ballots in my precinct.)

February 10 Morning Edition

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Ives beats Rauner in Wayne Township Republican Organization straw poll – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be conducting straw polls for a) Rauner/Sanguinetti v. Ives/Morthland, b) Harold v. Grasso, c) Diganvker v. Jhingan, d) Stella v. Vlakancic, e) Minor v. Grant v. Byrne, f) Kinzler v. Orozco, g) Zito v. Khouri, h) Mendrick v. Bibbiano, i) Tornatore v. DeMichele v. Gavanes, j) Hart v. Abbott v. Tully, k) McGowen v. Almiron v. Eckhoff v. Zaruba v. Tatro v. Chinchilla, l) Wiley v. Zay v. McQuade, m) Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee candidates, n) etc.)
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511332446-ives-beats-rauner-in-wayne-township-republican-organization-straw-poll
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton} easily bested Gov. Bruce Rauner in a Republican primary straw poll vote conducted by the Wayne Township Republican Organization (WTRO), 88 percent to 12 percent. Ives also topped Rauner by a better than 3-to-1 margin (76 percent to 24 percent) on the question of “Who has the best chance of beating the democratic candidate.” The WTRO straw vote takes on added significance with some given how accurate it was in predicting the 2016 presidential race won by Donald Trump. “I have always felt the GOP committeemen in Wayne Township have the pulse of the voters,” organization chairman Jerry Marchese said in a press release. “We shall anxiously await the results of this poll and how it matches the outcome from the March 20th primary elections.” In the WTRO straw vote for sheriff, James Mendrick topped Frank Bibbiano, 69 percent to 31 percent; while Burt Minor topped Amy Grant in the race for state representative in the 42nd District, 85 percent to 15 percent; and Tonia Khouri squeaked by Nic Zito, 53 percent to 47 percent in the 49th District. Another poll of all the races is slated to take place on March 8, less than two weeks before voters formally go to the polls. “As always, we encourage everyone to get out to vote on Tuesday, March 20th, and vote for the candidate of their choice,” Marchese added in the press release. “Our committeeman will be stopping by or knocking on doors from now until Election Day to encourage voters to come out to vote.”)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Budget finally OK, Congress heads into big fight over immigration, Dreamers – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries, Democrats and RINOs call you a White supremacist, a Nazi, a KKK member, a hater, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things. Democrats want immigrants because they vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because they work for less money.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-congress-budget-immigration-fight-20180209-story.html
— Transgender student appeals after judge denies unrestricted access to Palatine locker room – Angie Leventis Lourgos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-transgender-locker-room-appeal-20180208-story.html
— Student says 1st Amendment rights violated when school ‘threatened’ him to be quiet during Cary mayor’s visit – Amanda Marrazzo (DIERSEN: Should I start filing lawsuits again? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being litigious, but I have not filed a lawsuit since 1998. Should I write a book about all the lawsuits and demands for arbitration that I have filed? In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-cary-grove-first-amendment-20180209-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Cary-Grove High School senior said his First Amendment rights were violated when Cary’s mayor came to his school for a question-and-answer session and the student was told not to interrupt, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. Matthew Ahmann, 18, a self-described political journalist, has been outspoken against Mayor Mark Kownick in recent years through his politically driven Facebook account. In his lawsuit filed against the school board of Crystal Lake-based District 155, Ahmann said that on Sept. 26 he did as he was told by the school’s dean, James Kelly, after receiving a “threatening ultimatum” and kept quiet during the mayor’s visit to his advanced placement politics class. Ahmann, who also is seeking $50,000 in compensatory damages, said in the lawsuit that Kelly approached him after having a conversation with Kownick. Kelly told him not to “say or do anything” during Kownick’s visit “or negative consequences would follow.” According to the lawsuit, “Mayor Kownick and Dean Kelly, working in concert and prior to the mayor’s speech, conspired to stifle Matt’s continued political journalism by having Dean Kelly threaten and intimidate Matt.” Ahmann did however record the session on his cellphone and weeks later posted it on his politically charged Facebook page. He said the district in retaliation punished him by placing him on a one-day in-school suspension. Ahmann said in the lawsuit he wants this expunged from his record because having this “permanent academic record of suspension” hurts his future chances of being accepted into colleges and earning scholarships.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As snow blankets Chicagoland, a third of Cook County jail guards called in sick – Andy Grimm (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I was frequently called in to work because my coworkers had called in sick.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/as-snow-blankets-chicagoland-a-third-of-cook-county-jail-guards-called-in-sick/

 

DAILY HERALD
— State appeals adding ‘pain’ as medical marijuana qualifier – AP (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180209/news/302099905/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois’ lousy credit rating: It’s contagious
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/bonds

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rauner makes re-election case as ‘proud Republican’ – RYAN VOYLES and TOM LISI (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. In Illinois, if you do not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/elections/rauner-makes-re-election-case-as-proud-republican/article_f6871c3d-134f-5195-9225-0ca5551d816a.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Polls don’t bode well for Rauner – RICH MILLER
http://herald-review.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/miller-polls-don-t-bode-well-for-rauner/article_99984a5a-4ce7-5ae3-9d7e-214f4546a82d.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner pushes for term limits, end to Madigan’s reign – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-02-10/rauner-pushes-term-limits-end-madigans-reign-visit-n-g.html

 

WGEM
— Illinois looking into medical marijuana instead of opioids – Patrick Doss (DIERSEN: If you promote pot or opioids, you promote destruction.)
http://www.wgem.com/story/37472301/2018/02/Friday/illinois-looking-into-medical-marijuana-instead-of-opioids
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill passed through a senate committee with a 16-1 vote, with the lone opposition vote coming from Republican Senator Bill Brady of Bloomington, Illinois. His office said Friday that the reasoning behind that opposition vote was concerns from the Illinois Department of Health over being able to staff the additional people needed to streamline the process. If it becomes a law, it would allow people applying for the medical marijuana program in the first year, to do so without a physician’s certification, or the fingerprint background check.)

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you are charged with anything bad, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be guilty: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German Americans, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://nprillinois.org/post/why-men-remain-high-power-positions-despite-claims-abuse#stream/0

 

WJBD RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you are charged with anything bad, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be guilty: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German Americans, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2018/02/09/white-house-speechwriter-resigns-after-domestic-abuse-allegations

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Releases New TV Spot To Honor the Life of Denny McCann: Repeal Sanctuary State
https://mailchi.mp/592bb3b94198/ives-releases-new-tv-spot-to-honor-the-life-of-denny-mccann-repeal-sanctuary-state

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly pot pushes use opioid problems to push pot.
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/dispensary-owner-medical-pot-for-pain-would-be-better-quality/article_089ee400-0d14-11e8-8f00-1f34e4a07e45.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Walgreens Restroom Kerfuffle – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/walgreens-restroom-kerfuffle-2/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NEW IVES’ AD: “NOW THAT I’VE GOT YOUR ATTENTION …”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/new-ives-ad-now-that-ive-got-your-attention-.html


— BETWEEN A FARMER AND A DISABLED VETERAN, WHO DESERVES TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES MORE?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/between-a-farmer-and-a-disabled-veteran-who-deserves-taxpayer-subsidies-more.html

 

AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Walgreens’ new policy welcomes men into women’s restrooms
https://www.afa.net/activism/action-alerts/2018/walgreens-new-policy-welcomes-men-into-womens-restrooms/

 

BREITBART
— Illinois Candidate for Gov. Jeanne Ives Releases Ad Aimed at Conservatives – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/09/illinois-candidate-for-governor-jeanne-ives-releases-ad-aimed-at-conservatives/
— Democrats, Business Sacrifice ‘Dreamers’ To Preserve Chain Migration – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because they vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because they work for less money.)
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/02/09/democrats-sacrifice-dreamers-to-preserve-chain-migration-immigration-inflow/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats Helped Create Neo-Nazi Arthur Jones – Rich Logis
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/02/democrats_helped_create_neonazi_arthur_jones.html

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Shame: 2018 Winter Olympics allows men claiming to be ‘women’ to compete against real women – DOROTHY CUMMINGS MCLEAN
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/shame-2018-winter-olympics-allows-men-claiming-to-be-women-to-compete-again

 

GOPUSA
— Bermuda repeals same-sex marriage
http://www.gopusa.com/bermuda-repeals-same-sex-marriage/

 

THE HILL
— Second White House aide resigns amid past abuse allegations – AVERY ANAPOL
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373227-second-white-house-official-in-one-week-resigns-over-domestic-abuse

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrats Give Up Fighting For Dreamers. Again. – Cesar Vargas (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Who fights for those who share your demographics?)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-vargas-dreamers-democrats_us_5a7e2bebe4b08dfc9304249f

 

REUTERS
— U.S. budget deals grants $1.5 billion for opioid-addicted babies, families – Duff Wilson, John Shiffman
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-congress-opioids/u-s-budget-deals-grants-1-5-bln-for-opioid-addicted-babies-families-idUSL2N1PZ112

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Fox News Removes a Top Executive’s Column on Olympic Team Diversity – Michael M. Grynbaum (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot and even worse things if you do not promote diversity, that is, if you do not promote getting 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 Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/business/media/fox-news-olympics-john-moody.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fox News on Friday removed an incendiary op-ed article by one of its top executives, after the piece drew criticism for mocking American Olympic officials who had emphasized the diversity of this year’s team of athletes. The column suggested, sarcastically, that the United States Olympic Committee adopt a new motto: “Darker, Gayer, Different.” The piece, published on Wednesday and written by John Moody, an executive vice president and executive editor of Fox News, caused an uproar on social media. Some of the network’s employees expressed dismay that Fox News had allowed the article to be published on its website. “John Moody’s column does not reflect the views or values of Fox News and has been removed,” the network said in a statement. Mr. Moody, a Time magazine alumnus who was one of the network’s earliest senior news managers, was close to Roger E. Ailes, Fox News’s former chairman. Mr. Moody’s role at Fox News has dwindled over the years; despite his lofty title, he has little formal oversight over the channel’s day-to-day coverage.)
— How Taxpayers Who Want Help Can Find a Reputable Preparer – Ann Carrns (DIERSEN: Do you prepare and file your own income tax returns? I have since 1964. I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO on audits of IRS 1986-1988. I itemized 1972-1977 and my wife and I have itemized since 1978. I won a split decision in Tax Court when my Democrat IRS superiors and Money Magazine disallowed my education deductions in 1978. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I have used Quicken and Turbotax since they became available. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn my knowledge of IRS and of federal taxes. What do you say to people who do not even know if they take the standard deduction or if they itemize who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn my knowledge of IRS and of federal taxes?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/your-money/find-tax-return-preparers.html
— Select the Worst Trump Minion – Gail Collins (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who serve as minions for my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/opinion/worst-trump-minion.html
— The Great Republican Power Grab – Editorial (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about a) those who succeeded in 2015 in gerrymandering my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton and b) why they did it?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/opinion/republicans-gerrymandering-power.html
— For Republicans, the Tea Party Is Over – Carl Hulse
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/politics/republicans-budget.html
— Fight Over Cambodian Leader’s Facebook ‘Likes’ Reaches a U.S. Court – Julia Wallace (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/world/asia/cambodia-facebook-hun-sen.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The Era of Fiscal Austerity Is Over. Here’s What Big Deficits Mean for the Economy. It depends on whether you look at the short, medium or long term. – Neil Irwin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/upshot/the-era-of-fiscal-austerity-is-over-heres-what-big-deficits-mean-for-the-economy.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Why might the White House have kept Rob Porter?” and says “Everyone else was incompetent.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-might-the-white-house-have-kept-rob-porter-everyone-else-was-incompetent/2018/02/09/f2ab30ac-0de2-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— There’s One Thing Worse Than Paying Bad Teachers Not to Work Bill de Blasio’s New York has started putting them back in the classroom, especially in poor areas. – Marcus A. Winter (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am so BAD that since 1997, my GAO superiors have had the Civil Service Retirement System pay me $1,058,890 ($4,322 X 245 months) in today’s dollars to not work.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/theres-one-thing-worse-than-paying-bad-teachers-not-to-work-1518219111
— Free Speech Gets Expensive A university sent the College Republicans a $17,000 security bill. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/free-speech-gets-expensive-1518221133
— College Republicans Avoid Security Fees for Campus Event University of Washington blocked from charging college GOP group security fees – Michelle Hackman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-group-avoids-school-fees-1518217236
— Will China Impose a New World Order? When Pax Britannica gave way to Pax Americana, the transition was peaceful. A repeat is unlikely, says the author of ‘Safe Passage.’ – Tunku Varadarajan (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who have no problem with China running the world? Those who promote China want to get rid of me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-china-impose-a-new-world-order-1518219178
— The Enlightenment Is Working Don’t listen to the gloom-sayers. The world has improved by every measure of human flourishing over the past two centuries, and the progress continues – Steven Pinker (DIERSEN: Has America been good to you? Are you doing better than your parents? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My mother never attended high school. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. I earned three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. My father did not buy a new car until he was 45, and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy. I bought my first new car in 1966 when I was 17. My daily driver is a 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS that I bought from my aunt in 2010. Other cars that I own are: 1972 Chevy Corvette*, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX*, 2005 Chevy Corvette*, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max*, and 2016 Ford Mustang*. Previously, I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint*, 1968 Oldsmobile 442*, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE*, 1974 Dodge Dart*, 1978 Chevy Chevette*, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale*, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX*, 1993 Ford Thunderbird*, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier*. (* = bought new))
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-enlightenment-is-working-1518191343
— In Collective Identities, We Both Lose and Find Ourselves Races, nations and even generations are thought of as having personalities, talents—even destinies. – Crispin Sartwell (DIERSEN: Who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning members of the following groups as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots, and even worse things: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-collective-identities-we-bothe-lose-and-find-ourselves-1518216561
— Despite U.S. Push, Most NATO Allies Fail to Fulfill Military-Spending Goals Even as European military outlays rise, the majority of allies won’t meet 2%-of-GDP benchmark, officials say – Julian E. Barnes (DIERSEN: As everyone knows, were it not for America’s military might, virtually every country in the world invade and would attempt to conquer the countries around them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/despite-u-s-push-most-nato-allies-fail-to-fulfill-military-spending-goals-1518200382

 

KIPLINGER
— Tax Planning for Newlyweds Will getting married cut your tax bill or will you fall victim to the marriage tax penalty? (DIERSEN: My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978. Under the new Republican tax law, if there was no marriage penalty, instead of $10,000, the SALT cap would be $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.kiplinger.com/article/taxes/T055-C000-S001-marriage-and-taxes.html

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says: Dumbed-Down Security Briefings Still Too Difficult for Trump to Read.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails contain links to too many articles from too many sources.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/dumbed-down-security-briefings-still-too-difficult-for-trump.html

 

RAW STORY
— Conservative group enriches its leaders with questionable dealings as its political influence grows – Pro Publica
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/conservative-group-enriches-leaders-questionable-dealings-political-influence-grows/

 

NEXT GENERATION STRATEGIES
— The only way Illinois Policy Institute survives is if it purges itself of Tillman, Proft and Hughes. Will be interesting to see as this unfolds what exactly Proft and Hughes did to justify the nearly $300,000 in consulting fees. – Pat Brady
https://twitter.com/pat_brady/status/962017458969182208

February 9 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Rauner ‘Very Troubled’ With Llinois Policy Institute’s Reported Questionable Dealings – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/09/governor-rauner-llinois-policy-institutes-report-investigation-financial/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Trump signs sweeping $400 billion budget deal, government to reopen – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-budget-deal-government-shutdown-20180208-story.html
— Civic Federation calls for taxing retirement income, maybe closing universities to balance state budget – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: The more that retirement income would be taxed, the more retired people would leave Illinois. All retired people in Illinois are members of one or more of the following groups: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-civic-federation-illinois-budget-20180209-story.html
— Top Trump aides knew of abuse allegations against Rob Porter for months – Josh Dawsey and Beth Reinhard
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-white-house-aide-domestic-abuse-20180208-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois GOP Congressmen note the lack of “civic-minded citizens” coming forward to run for the 3rd Congressional District office. Running for a congressional seat is a tremendously difficult undertaking, far more difficult than running for an Illinois Senate seat, an Illinois House seat, a county seat, etc. Rauner owns the Illinois Republican Party lock, stock, and barrel. Because of that, few run for seats as Republicans in Illinois unless Rauner asks them to run and he gives them lots of money.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-civic-federation-illinois-budget-20180209-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Duckworth and Schneider blast Trump’s military parade. I should write a book about those who since 1978 have worked the hardest a) to discourage Republican participation in Wheaton Independence Day parades, b) to discourage Republican sponsorship of the parades, and c) to discourage people from watching the parades.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-civic-federation-illinois-budget-20180209-story.html
— With U.S. competition hurting its marijuana business, Mexico warms a little to legalization – Kate Linthicum (DIERSEN: Mexico’s sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally is an act of war as well as its sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally and its keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/voiceit/world-views/ct-hoy-with-u-s-competition-hurting-its-marijuana-business-mexico-warms-a-little-to-legalization-20180208-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For decades, marijuana flowed in one direction across the U.S.-Mexico border: north. These days, drug enforcement agents regularly seize specialty strains of retail-quality cannabis grown in the United States being smuggled south. Widespread legalization in the U.S. is killing Mexico’s marijuana business, and cartel leaders know it. They are increasingly abandoning the crop that was once was their bread and butter and looking elsewhere for profits, producing and exporting drugs including heroin and fentanyl and banking on extortion schemes and fuel theft. So when Mexico’s tourism secretary boldly declared his hopes that Mexico will legalize marijuana for recreational use in an effort to reduce growing violence across the nation, some balked at the notion that marijuana was driving the bloodshed.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sun-Times wins Report for America grant to hire neighborhood reporter (DIERSEN: When will the mainstream media hire a reporter to cover Wheaton?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/sun-times-wins-report-for-america-grant-to-hire-neighborhood-reporter/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Kennedy tries to walk moderate line in Illinois Democratic governor fight – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180208/BLOGS02/180209905/chris-kennedy-tries-to-walk-moderate-line-in-illinois-democratic

 

DAILY HERALD
— 10th District rivals exchange barbs over political pasts – Russell Lissau (DIERSEN: If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame you for? They would blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, and especially the defeats that Jim Ryan sufffered in 2002, Judy Baar Topinka in 2006, and Bill Brady suffered in 2010.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180209/10th-district-rivals-exchange-barbs-over-political-pasts

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker regrets; Ives doesn’t – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-02-09/pritzker-regrets-ives-doesnt.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: SJ-R maligns Ives for political gain
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180208/thumbs-down-to-candidates-who-malign-others-for-political-gain
— Thumbs Down: To candidates who malign others for political gain – Editorial (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who maligns others? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County. and in Illinois who malign those 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.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180208/thumbs-down-to-candidates-who-malign-others-for-political-gain
— Civic Federation recommends taxing services, retirement to stabilize state – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: If this is done, how many millions will leave Illinois? Those who will leave will be those who are retired, Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180209/civic-federation-recommends-taxing-services-retirement-to-stabilize-state
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ahead of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget address next week, the Civic Federation is again calling for taxing some retirement income and extending the state sales tax to some services as part of its proposal to stabilize state finances. The Civic Federation, which is a watchdog over state finances, said the budget passed last summer to end the two-year budget impasse meant the state “was no longer careening toward unprecedented financial disaster.” “However, our elected officials again relied on shaky financial practices for short-term relief, such as counting on dubious one-time revenues and repeatedly kicking the pension can down the road,” said Federation president Laurence Msall in a statement. “Such actions only make achieving sound financial footing more difficult.” The Civic Federation compiled a list of 11 steps it believes the state should follow to reestablish the state’s financial health. Number one on the list is limiting annual spending growth to 2.1 percent for the next five years at a minimum. The group recommended other cost control measures like cutting the interest rate the state pays on overdue bills, consolidating government units and creating a commission to explore consolidating governance of state universities. Other recommendations will be more difficult, Msall acknowledged. The organization said the state should impose the income tax on the same retirement income that is taxed at the federal level. For example, there is a federal income tax on 401(k) distributions, but Illinois does not tax them. Imposing that tax has been a third rail in Illinois politics. Also, the report calls for a constitutional amendment to be placed on the ballot “to clarify the pension protection clause.” That clause prevents lawmakers from enacting cuts to pensions of current public employees. The report recommends extending the sales tax to 14 services that are also taxed in Wisconsin, such as landscaping and internet services. The federation also is calling for a new capital construction bill that would be financed by an increase in the gasoline tax. Rauner will deliver his budget speech on Wednesday.)
— Fox News’ Pirro, Rauner fire up Republicans at annual dinner – Maximilian Kwiatkowski (DIERSEN: How successful have the chairmen of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township/ward party organization been in recruiting speakers that draw draw large crowds and fire them up? While I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) demonized, denigrated, and condemned the speakers that I recruited, b) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had recruited better speakers, far more would have attended TAPROOT monthly meetings, picnics, and Christmas parties, and c) hinted/implied/argured/shouted that my failure to recruit better speakers was enough to viciously dump me as the TAPROOT chairman. After my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes succeeded in viciously dumping me, they recruited Dan Proft to speak at a TAPROOT meeting.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180208/fox-news-pirro-rauner-fire-up-republicans-at-annual-dinner
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Leading Republican figures doubled down on their attacks on Democrats Thursday as they rallied the Sangamon County branch of the party during its 114th Lincoln Day Dinner in Springfield. More than 900 party members, leaders and politicians showed up for the event at the Bank of Springfield Center to hear special guest Jeanine Pirro, host of Fox News’ “Justice with Judge Jeanine” program, and Gov. Bruce Rauner. Rauner said the main goal for Republicans this year is to defeat longtime Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, calling him a machine politician who was destroying the state. “It is a cancer that is eating us from the inside, sucking our vitality, sucking our quality of life to enrich himself and his friends inside government,” Rauner said. The governor focused on themes he has mentioned throughout his campaign: restoring economic success in Illinois and lowering taxation. He made a specific promise to fight a Democratic proposal for a progressive income tax, which would tax residents based upon their income level. “It ain’t progressive. It’s a destructive income tax hike that they want to put on the people of Illinois,” he said. “I will block that and make sure that our income taxes stay flat and low and actually down lower from where they are today and bring ’em back down to 3 percent over the next two years.” Pirro, meanwhile, focused on national issues. She praised the first year of President Donald Trump as a major improvement over Barack Obama and the rule of the Democratic Party, which she said was corrupt. She compared Trump to a maverick politician for doing things outside of norm for politicians. “He said things that weren’t politically correct, and he said things that weren’t considered acceptable,” she said. “But the forgotten men and women of this country heard him. And here we are one year later, with a resounding economy, with ISIS crushed in the Middle East, with unemployment at a 40-year low.” While acknowledging the stock market had taken downturn recently, she said Trump’s presidency has been a success thus far. Pirro said, however, there were still issues for the country to confront, specifically the FBI. She claimed the nation’s top law enforcement agency may have been politically biased and tried to ensure Trump’s 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton, became president. She said the situation “absolutely scares the hell out me.” She said the picture started to become clear with former FBI director James Comey not indicting Clinton over managing classified documents on a private email server. She said she believes Comey wanted Clinton to become president and was hiding information from her and may also have been covering for Obama. “It’s time for James Comey to be the target of an active criminal investigation,” she said. She then cited the Russian uranium deal, made under Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State, as another case that should be investigated, claiming a number of Washington politicians were working together to defend each other. According to Pirro, Robert Mueller, who is investigating allegations of Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election, is among them. She claimed Mueller was out for revenge over not becoming FBI director when Comey was removed last year and instead collaborated with Republican Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to investigate Trump. “Rosenstein needed Mueller to be there. Comey needed Mueller to be there, because they were all involved in a case that involves the sale of the uranium,” she said. She likened the whole investigation to an attempt to overthrow the government and highlighted it as a reason for Republicans to make sure they vote in 2018. “The 2018s are gonna be tough. They’re gonna be real tough,” she said. “You better get ready for this. I don’t care if you walk house to house, use social media, tweet, text, email, get the millennials involved, go to the old age homes. Whatever you gotta do you gotta get out there.” Rauner said he was confident that 2018 would be successful. “All of us worked hard last year. 2016 — even though President Trump, unfortunately, lost Illinois by over 16 points — we in Illinois picked up six seats in the General Assembly for the Republicans in 2016,” he said. “And you watch, this year, this is our year. We are going to take it to the Madigan machine of corruption and cronyism. We are going to run a great slate of candidates this November, and we are going to win nine (House) seats and knock Mike Madigan out as speaker of the House.”)

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Bill proposes $1B to help cover Illinois prison expenses – AP
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/bill-proposes-b-to-help-cover-illinois-prison-expenses/article_ddfe2146-2bbf-5c91-a8d6-1f81f226fce1.html

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Campaign Cash Proxy War Breaks Out In House Race Proft Groups Back Miller; Durkin, House GOP Back Corrigan – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/campaign-cash-proxy-war-breaks-out-in-house-race/

 

WCSJ NEWS
— Rauner Budget Chief: Governor Will Deal With Nine Billion Deficit
http://www.wcsjnews.com/news/local/rauner-budget-chief-governor-will-deal-with-nine-billion-deficit/article_fd76cd82-0d8a-11e8-9fb5-27d2842aa896.html

 

WJBC
— Illinois Republican congressmen distance themselves from GOP Holocaust denier candidate – Howard Packowitz (DIERSEN: Saying that someone is distancing themselves from someone hints/implies/argues/shouts that they initially supported that someone. Republicans never supported Arthur Jones.)
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/02/08/illinois-republican-congressmen-distance-themselves-from-gop-holocaust-denier-candidate/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/special-reportthe-possibility-of-legalizing-recreational-marijuana/961394232

 

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois politicians: stop guilting taxpayers – Wirepoints Original – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-politicians-stop-guilting-taxpayers-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Pritzker under fire for new FBI wiretapped Blagojevich talks – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: What are you “under fire” for? I am under fire from Democrats and Democrat plants, from Libertarians and Libertarian plants, from Greens and Green plants, and from RINOs for my supporting the Illinois Republican Party platform, and especially its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/pritzker-under-fire-for-new-fbi-wiretapped-blagojevich-talks/article_ebc1b9dc-0c48-11e8-ba46-e71ffdf0bdad.html

 

BREITBART
— Jeanne Ives Is the Real Deal in Illinois – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/09/blue-state-blues-jeanne-ives-real-deal-illinois/

 

BLAZE
— Effective immediately: House bans sexual relationships between lawmakers and their staffers – Jana J. Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/02/06/effective-immediately-house-bans-sexual-relationships-between-lawmakers-and-their-staffers

 

NEW YORK
— We All Have a Stake in the Stock Market, Right? Guess Again – Patricia Cohen
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/business/economy/stocks-economy.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Take a deep breath and relax. The riotous market swings that have whipped up frothy peaks of anxiety over the last week — bringing the major indexes down more than 10 percent from their high — have virtually no impact on the income or wealth of most families. The reason: They own little or no stock. A whopping 84 percent of all stocks owned by Americans belong to the wealthiest 10 percent of households. And that includes everyone’s stakes in pension plans, 401(k)’s and individual retirement accounts, as well as trust funds, mutual funds and college savings programs like 529 plans. “For the vast majority of Americans, fluctuations in the stock market have relatively little effect on their wealth, or well-being, for that matter,” said Edward N. Wolff, an economist at New York University who recently published new research on the topic. Both Republicans and Democrats have promoted the idea that a rising stock market broadly lifts Americans’ fortunes. When there was a parade of market rallies, President Trump asked, “How’s your 401(k) doing?”)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Dozens at White House lack permanent security clearances – Josh Dawsey, Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dozens-at-white-house-lack-permanent-security-clearances/2018/02/08/50e3cfd6-0d15-11e8-8890-372e2047c935_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Journalists are fleeing for their lives in Mexico. There are few havens – Kate Linthicum
http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-mexico-journalists-20180205-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Forget the 4% Rule: Rethinking Common Retirement Beliefs Three retirement-savings rules come into question as stocks and bonds get more expensive and retirements last longer – Anne Tergesen (DIERSEN: 10 times my 1997 GAO salary in today’s dollars is $1,253,250.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/forget-the-4-rule-rethinking-common-retirement-beliefs-1518172201
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 4% rule Conventional wisdom says you can withdraw 4% from your savings in the first year of retirement and give yourself an annual raise over the next 30 years to keep pace with inflation without a significant risk of going broke. For someone with a $1 million portfolio, the formula produces an initial income of $40,000 and—assuming inflation of 2.5%—an increase to $41,000 in year two. But in recent years, the rule’s safety has been questioned. While 4% would have worked over every 30-year retirement from 1926 on for an investor with 60% in large-company stocks and 40% in intermediate-term U.S. bonds, it failed in almost half of the simulations researchers recently ran using forecasts of future, rather than past, returns. As a result, “3% is the new safe withdrawal rate,” says Wade Pfau, a professor at the American College of Financial Services in Bryn Mawr, Pa., who ran the numbers with Mr. Blanchett and Michael Finke, also of the American College. . .Finding your ‘number’ This rule calls for amassing a specific dollar amount, such as 10 times your current salary, before retiring. But that can be dangerous, Mr. Blanchett says.)
— Brazil’s Largest Newspaper to Cease Posting on Facebook Move follows the social-media company’s decision to overhaul its news feed – Paul Kiernan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazils-largest-newspaper-to-cease-posting-on-facebook-1518110504
— A War on the Rich Won’t Help the Poor – David R. Henderson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-war-on-the-rich-wont-help-the-poor-1518134282

 

USA TODAY
— As Paul Ryan turns to Democrats for votes, conservatives fume over budget deal – Eliza Collins
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/08/paul-ryan-turns-democrats-votes-conservatives-fume-over-budget-deal/320248002/
— Drugs, alcohol and suicides contribute to alarming drop in U.S. life expectancy – Doyle Rice
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2018/02/07/drugs-alcohol-and-suicides-contribute-alarming-drop-u-s-life-expectancy/316271002/
— ‘Hire the best and fire the worst’: Trump proposes biggest civil service change in 40 years – Gregory Korte (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/09/hire-best-and-fire-worst-trump-proposes-biggest-civil-service-change-40-years/315981002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump foreshadowed the proposal in a line in his State of the Union address last week: “Tonight, I call on Congress to empower every Cabinet Secretary with the authority to reward good workers and to remove federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the American people,” he said. Trump is using the VA Accountability Act, which gave the Secretary of Veterans Affairs greater authority to fire and discipline workers, as a model. The White House says that law has resulted in the dismissal of 1,470 employees, the suspension of 443, demotions for 83 others last year. “While to some people those are code wards, they’re very clear to us,” said American Federation of Government Employees President J. David Cox, who represents about 700,000 workers for the federal government and District of Columbia. “Basically it wipes out due process rights for employees.” Another pillar of the proposal would reduce automatic pay increases and instead use that money for a performance bonus pool. Under the current system, federal employees get a review every one to three years. Employees whose performance is “fully successful” — as 99.7% are — get a within-grade “step” increase in addition to annual cost-of-living increases. Trump’s plan would stretch out the amount of time it takes to go from step 1 to step 10 from 18 years to 27 years, saving $10 billion over the next decade, officials said. That money would then go to high-performing employees either as merit raises or one-time bonuses. Federal employee unions fear the pay-per-performance plan would be used to reward loyalists and discriminate against women and minorities. “He seems to be interested in political revenge by firing people,” Cox said. “The government is not a family business that you get to be in total control of.” Some of Trump’s proposals can be done administratively, and others would take congressional action. Trump’s efforts to wrangle the bureaucracy fulfill a key campaign promise of the businessman president, who pledged a hiring freeze to shrink the cost of government and reduce regulation.)

 

SALON
— CNN let that Nazi GOP candidate spew his hate on live TV Both the state and national Republican Parties have denounced Arthur Jones. Yet CNN gave him a platform – Rachel Leah (DIERSEN: Of course, CNN is using Arthur Jones to harm Trump, to harm the Republican Party, to harm the Illinois Republican Party, and to harm all Republicans. CNN is an arm of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.salon.com/2018/02/08/cnn-let-that-nazi-gop-candidate-spew-his-hate-on-live-tv/

January 30 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrat candidates for the 6th Congressional District.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/democrats-in-6th-cd-look-to-send-trump-message-by-sending-roskam-home/
— McCarthy gets $5,600 from Giuliani, won’t be goaded into talking about Trump – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mccarthy-gets-5600-from-giuliani-wont-be-goaded-into-talking-about-trump/
— The same old flimflam game on school funding – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/kadner-the-same-old-flimflam-game-on-school-funding/
— Democrat Schneider, Republican Hultgren sitting together at State of the Union – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/democrat-schneider-republican-hultgren-sitting-together-at-state-of-the-union/
— Before Trump’s 2018 State of the Union: Democrats pitching for millennials – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Which candidates pitch for those who share your demographics?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/before-trumps-2018-state-of-the-union-democrats-pitching-for-millennials/
— Report shows Cook County’s revenue flow misses projected mark – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/report-shows-countys-revenue-flow-misses-projected-mark/
— More job-selling allegations emerge in Dorothy Brown investigation – Robert Herguth and Jon Seidel (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/more-job-selling-allegations-emerge-in-dorothy-brown-investigation/
— Rauner to call for end to ‘partisan sniping’ in State of State speech – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-to-call-for-end-to-partisan-sniping-in-state-of-state-speech/

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

January 27 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

DAILY HERALD
— Time to end gender pay disparities – Sen. Michael Connelly, Naperville (DIERSEN: If I had not be denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which women a) who had less job-related work experience than I had, b) who had less job-related education than I had, and/or c) who had fewer job-related professional certifications and/or licenses than I had were paid more by GAO than GAO paid me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180127/time-to-end-gender-pay-disparities
— Holocaust refugee to speak on international day of remembrance (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, to turn my many Jewish superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates constantly reminded them a) that I am 100% German national origin, b) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and c) that I am conservative, Republican, and a draft avoider. In my defense, I stressed that all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180126/holocaust-refugee-to-speak-on-international-day-of-remembrance

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Illinois Statewide Races:


Governor – Jeanne Ives

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

January 25 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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


(The January 22, 2018 posting:

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

FED SMITH
— How Many Millionaires Are There in the Thrift Savings Plan? – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/01/25/many-millionaires-tsp/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the end of December 2016, there were 9,599 millionaires in the Thrift Savings Plan. Since then, with the rising stock market, the number of millionaires has exploded. The latest number of millionaires, as of the end of 2017, is 23,962 – an increase of almost 150% from two years ago. The average TSP millionaire has been contributing to the program for 28.87 years. The data are provided by Kim Weaver, Director, Office of External Affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB). This is a small percentage of more than five million TSP participants (about 0.48%) but still an impressive number.)

January 25 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

WBEZ
— Retired Chicago Detective: Police Diversity Needed To Solve More Murders – Chip Mitchell (DIERSEN: By definition, to promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/retired-chicago-detective-police-diversity-needed-to-solve-more-murders/0443828a-d021-4078-b2a4-f0a9b5ef676c

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

FEDERAL SOUP
— Federal cuts will lead to more The Merit Systems Protection Board appeals (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://federalsoup.com/articles/2018/01/24/federal-cuts-will-lead-to-more-mspb-appeals.aspx

 

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

January 20 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Pritzker haunted by wiretapped conversation with Blagojevich at candidate forum – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/pritzker-haunted-by-wiretapped-conversation-with-blagojevich-at-candidate-forum/2969075/

 

WLS AM
— Despite Blago tapes, Pritzker defends his public service career – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/01/19/despite-blago-tapes-pritzker-defends-his-public-service-career/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Government shuts down as hopes for a spending deal crumble in divided Senate – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-government-shutdown-20180119-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump marchers.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-womens-march-chicago-preview-20180119-story.html
— Pritzker bears brunt of attacks at Democratic governor forum over property tax breaks, Blagojevich wiretaps – Rick Pearson and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-kennedy-pritzker-biss-democrat-illinois-forum-tribune-20180119-story.html
— Game on! Pritzker parries the ‘insider’ charge, Kennedy lashes back – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-democratic-governor-debate-0121-20180119-story.html
— Illinois Tollway withdraws proposal for $9 million contract after comptroller complaint – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/wisniewski/ct-met-mendoza-20180119-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “It’s up to Illinois lawmakers to protect Obamacare from Trump.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/obamacare-donald-trump-small-business-health-plans-editorial/
— Journalists working for the Los Angeles Times have voted to unionize (DIERSEN: There are many similarities between what journalists do and what GAO employees do. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/journalists-at-l-a-times-owned-by-chicago-based-tronc-vote-to-unionize/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20180120/281694025196926

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump limo promotion fuels online controversy for Volo Auto Museum – Lisa Friedman Miner
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180119/trump-limo-promotion-fuels-online-controversy-for-volo-auto-museum
— Facebook to emphasize ‘trustworthy’ news via user surveys – AP (DIERSEN: Should GOPUSA ILLINOIS survey its readers on how trustworthy they consider the following to be: ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Fox News Chicago, WGN TV, WTTW, WGN TV, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Crain’s Chicago Business, WLS AM, WGN Radio, Suburban life, Springfield State Journal Register, Champaign/Urbana News Gazette, Belleville News Democrat, Politico Illinois, Capitol Fax, etc.? All of the aforesaid a) claim to be independent and nonpartisan, b) deny that they promote the Democrat, Libertarian, or Green party platforms, c) deny that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and d) deny that they promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminution of First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, etc.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20180120/281694025196926

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois Commerce Commission flirts with uselessness – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180119/ISSUE07/180119867/in-peoples-gas-ruling-icc-flirts-with-uselessness

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner order bars lawmakers from property-tax appeals – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180119/rauner-order-bars-lawmakers-from-property-tax-appeals

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Central Illinoisans feel heard, supported at anti-abortion March for Life – JAYLYN COOK
http://herald-review.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/central-illinoisans-feel-heard-supported-at-anti-abortion-march-for/article_c942660a-f285-5266-842a-816f18504f87.html

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Illinois property taxes rise six times faster than income during recession – Editorial
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/opinion/editorials/other-view-illinois-property-taxes-rise-six-times-faster-than/article_c8679f5d-c873-50fa-96e2-5b8715f83273.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Ives Beats Rauner in Straw Poll
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=258791#.WmMeAIzR-M8


BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump marchers.
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article195631869.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Southern Illinois farmers see improvements, hope for more under Trump presidency – ISAAC SMITH (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Do those who share your demographics see improvements under the Trump presidency? Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share my demographics as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. The aforesaid demonization, denigration, and condemnation discourages those who share my demographics from attending events like the Wheaton State of the City Address.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/southern-illinois-farmers-see-improvements-hope-for-more-under-trump/article_0475920a-41bb-5476-b042-8019e76fe229.html

 

WSIL TV
— Rauner bans lawmakers from representing clients before property tax board
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37307544/rauner-bans-lawmakers-from-representing-clients-before-property-tax-board

 

WJBC
— Minority Leader Brady sees a very tough year trying to balance the state’s budget
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/01/19/minority-leader-brady-sees-a-very-tough-year-trying-to-balance-the-states-budget/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Court hears arguments in sanctuary-cities case – AP
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/court-hears-arguments-in-sanctuary-cities-case

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Has Revealed Assumptions About Handling Presidential Wealth, Businesses.”
http://nprillinois.org/post/trump-has-revealed-assumptions-about-handling-presidential-wealth-businesses#stream/0
— Facebook Moves To Decide What Is Real News – AARTI SHAHANI (DIERSEN: Of course, members of Group A will rank www.gopillinois.com very low quality and members of Group B will rank www.gopillinois.com very high quality. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/facebook-moves-decide-what-real-news#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook is rolling out a major change to its News Feed: pushing up news articles that come from “high quality” sources, and pushing down the others. The move signals that, in an effort to combat the problem of fake news, the social media giant is willing to play a kind of editorial role — making decisions based on substance, not just how viral a headline may be. . .The company asserts that its own executives will not pick and choose favorites. Rather, they’ll let the users decide what counts as a trusted source.)

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Americans for Truth president Peter LaBarbera: Museum’s drag queen story time corrupts children – Glenn Minnis
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511318666-americans-for-truth-president-museum-s-drag-queen-story-time-corrupts-children

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Courting McHenry County: Rauner to Visit Saturday, January 20, 2018 – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/01/19/courting-mchenry-county-rauner-to-visit/

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Rauner avoiding debates with primary opponent (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting candidate forums for a) Rauner v. Ives, b) Sanguinetti v. Morthland, c) Harold v. Grasso, d) Diganvker v. Jhingan, e) Stella v. Vlakancic, f) Minor v. Grant v. Byrne, g) Kinzler v. Orozco, h) Zito v. Khouri, i) Mendrick v. Bibbiano, j) Tornatore v. DeMichele v. Gavanes, k) Hart v. Abbott v. Tully, l) McGowen v. Almiron v. Eckhoff v. Zaruba v. Tatro v. Chinchilla, m) Wiley v. Zay v. McQuade, n) Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee candidates, o) etc.)
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-rauner-avoiding-debates-with-primary-opponent/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Any Given Sunday: Identity Politics and the Illinois Republican Race for Governor – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/01/any-given-sunday-identity-politics-and-the-illinois-republican-race-for-governor/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— 7 MEMBERS OF ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION CO-SPONSOR BORN ALIVE MEASURE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/7-members-of-illinois-congressional-delegation-co-sponsor-born-alive-measure.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner issues executive order barring legislators from representing clients at PTAB (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the tremendous opposition that I encountered to get my home’s assessed valuation reduced during the 1980s and 1990s. Ultimately, the Property Tax Appeal Board ruled in my favor.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/19/rauner-issues-executive-order-barring-legislators-from-representing-clients-at-ptab/

 

FOX BUSINESS
— What Happens in a Shutdown? – Kate Davidson
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2018/01/19/what-happens-in-shutdown.html

 

GOPUSA
— Schumer Democrats Choose Illegal Aliens Over Citizens in Government Shutdown
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=37570
— TREASONOUS: Oakland expands protection for illegals; cuts all ties with ICE
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=37490
— More than half of Seattle’s software developers were born outside U.S. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers in America make it clear that they prefer to hire citizens of foreign countries.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=37457

 

NEWSMAX
— Senate Democrats Derail Bill to Avert Shutdown – Todd Beamon
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/us-budget-battle-the-latest/2018/01/19/id/838321/
— Minorities Benefit From Trump Economy as Dems Bloviate – Chuck Morse
https://www.newsmax.com/chuckmorse/trump-economy-tax-cuts-minorities/2018/01/19/id/838213/

 

BREITBART
— Flake/Durbin/Gardner Plan: Amnesty for Millions or Shut Down Government – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/19/flakedurbingardner-plan-amnesty-for-millions-or-shut-down-government/
— Don’t Be Fooled: Facebook Is Taking Power Away from Users – ALLUM BOKHARI
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/01/19/dont-be-fooled-facebook-is-taking-power-away-from-users/
— President Trump Congratulates Log Cabin Republicans on 40th Anniversary – CHARLIE NASH
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/18/president-trump-congratulates-log-cabin-republicans-40th-anniversary/

 

BLAZE
— The public will now determine what’s real and what’s ‘fake news’ on Facebook, Zuckerberg announces – Aaron Colen (DIERSEN: What criteria will the “public” use? Of course, members of Group A will rank www.gopillinois.com credibility very low and members of Group B will rank www.gopillinois.com credibility very high. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/19/the-public-will-now-determine-whats-real-and-whats-fake-news-on-facebook-zuckerberg-announces

 

PJ MEDIA
— Graham to GOP: Support ‘Amnesty’; Hispanic Community ‘Should be Our Voters’ – NICHOLAS BALLASY (DIERSEN: Democrats foment hatred. Democrats shout at Hispanics and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats count on Hispanics to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/graham-gop-support-amnesty-hispanic-community-voters/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s Support Among Blacks Doubles Despite Racism Claims Trump’s support among black men “significantly exceeds his 2016 vote share.” – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/25952/report-trumps-support-among-blacks-doubles-despite-ryan-saavedra#

 

THE HILL
— Democrats shut government down, but they’re still struggling to explain why – THOMAS BINION
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/369881-democrats-already-shut-government-down-but-theyre-still-struggling-to
— Congress looks for way out of government shutdown – ALEXANDER BOLTON AND MELANIE ZANONA
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/369892-congress-looks-for-way-out-of-government-shutdown

 

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s dealmaker image tarnished by U.S. government shutdown.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-shutdown-trump/trumps-dealmaker-image-tarnished-by-u-s-government-shutdown-idUSKBN1F907B

 

CNN
— Government shuts down as lawmakers still searching for a deal – Lauren Fox, Phil Mattingly, Ted Barrett, Daniella Diaz and Deirdre Walsh
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/19/politics/government-shutdown-trump-congress-latest/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in shutting the federal government down.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-s-second-year-starts-government-sputtering-stop-n839311

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Tax Confusion As New York Rethinks Code – Vivian Wang and Jesse McKinley (DIERSEN: One could ask what is Illinois doing to “sidestep the effects of President Trump’s new federal tax plan and its sharp reduction in the deductibility of state and local taxes?” In Washington, your Congressman represents you. Roskam represents me. In Springfield, who represents those in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality who pay more than $10,000 a year in real estate and state income taxes? For me, it is Bruce Rauner, Evelyn Sanguinetti, Mike Connelly, and Jeanne Ives. In addition to the aforesaid, Morthland, Harold, Grasso, Minor, Grant, and Byrne want to represent me in Springfield.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/nyregion/cuomo-trump-payroll-tax-income.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If taxpayers and lawmakers were expecting that a new 37-page report would provide a definitive road map of how New York State might sidestep the effects of President Trump’s new federal tax plan and its sharp reduction in the deductibility of state and local taxes, they instead got a view of just how complicated this is. The report, released this week, laid out at least a half-dozen ways New York could rewrite its tax code, with no indication of which option legislators might pursue. There was a potpourri of progressive rates, wage credits and tax-withholding schemes, with officials cautioning that all the options would require further study. No bills have been drafted. The possibilities included completely replacing the state income tax with an employer-side payroll tax; introducing a new progressive payroll tax in addition to the existing income tax, with tax credits to make up the difference; or designing a payroll tax only for wage earners above a certain income threshold — the taxpayers most likely to be hurt by the federal tax plan in the first place. Some versions would be mandatory. Others would be opt-in.)
— Facebook to Let Users Rank Credibility of News – SHEERA FRENKEL and SAPNA MAHESHWARI (DIERSEN: Of course, members of Group A will rank www.gopillinois.com credibility very low and members of Group B will rank www.gopillinois.com credibility very high. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/technology/facebook-news-feed.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Congress returns to work Saturday as lawmakers press to keep shutdown short-lived – Mike DeBonis, Ed O’Keefe, Erica Werner and Elise Viebeck
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/government-shuts-down-after-senate-bill-collapses-negotiations-fail/2018/01/20/dca0d7e0-fda6-11e7-8f66-2df0b94bb98a_story.html
— Your Questions Answered on Government Shutdown – Bloomberg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/your-questions-answered-on-government-shutdown-quicktake-qanda/2018/01/19/f9623b22-fd46-11e7-9b5d-bbf0da31214d_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps focus on turning Blacks against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/01/19/trump-is-almost-right-hell-get-95-percent-of-black-voters-voting-against-him/
— Neighbor intends to plead guilty to assault of Sen. Rand Paul: court documents – Justin Jouvenal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/neighbor-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-assault-of-sen-rand-paul-court-documents/2018/01/19/a65bd612-efeb-11e7-b3bf-ab90a706e175_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Scientists call for lowering drunk driving threshold – AP
https://nypost.com/2018/01/18/scientists-back-lowering-drunken-driving-threshold-to-05/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Lawmakers Return to Capitol for Spending Talks Congress looks to resolve disagreements over immigration that triggered the first government shutdown in more than four years – Siobhan Hughes, Kristina Peterson and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawmakers-return-to-capitol-for-spending-talks-1516457858
— Deadline Passes, Triggering Shutdown; Senate Rejects Short-Term Spending Bill Both chambers were expected to be in session Saturday, continuing discussions over how to resolve underlying disputes – Kristina Peterson, Natalie Andrews and Siobhan Hughes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/showdown-looms-as-senate-democrats-prepare-to-reject-spending-bill-1516364692
— New and Improved List of Best Jobs in America – Joe Queenan (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that all the jobs that I had were bad jobs. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-new-and-improved-list-of-best-jobs-in-america-1516386672
— Exit Russia, Enter America In 1917 many exhausted world leaders believed the bitter fighting could easily drag on into 1920. – Wm. Roger Louis (DIERSEN: My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/review-exit-russia-enter-america-1516398619
— How to Resist Our Age of Resentment Toxic feelings of inadequacy are on the rise, fueled by social media, but there are ways to stay sane – Peggy Drexler (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted resentment. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-resist-our-age-of-resentment-1516376960
An Unwelcome Tax Surprise Could Soon Lurk in Your Paycheck
— Workers’ withholding may no longer reflect what is owed for the current year or anticipated refunds – Laura Saunders (DIERSEN: From what I see, outrageously, the less federal income tax that you have paid in the past because you have itemized your deductions, the more federal income tax that you will pay in the future. I itemized my deductions 1972-1977 and my wife and I have itemized our deductions since we got married in 1978.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-unwelcome-tax-surprise-could-soon-lurk-in-your-paycheck-1516363200
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to Treasury officials, the new withholding tables have been adjusted to reflect the larger standard deduction, lower tax rates, and the repeal of the personal exemption. But the tables couldn’t take into account changes that affect individuals differently. So they don’t include the shrinking alternative-minimum tax, the expanded child credit, or the repeal of deductions for state and local taxes. . .Or, say that Mike owes high federal and state taxes that he will no longer be able to deduct, other than $10,000. But his W-4 form on file with his employer reflects his ability to take these deductions in prior years. As a result, Mike might be under-withheld for tax year 2018. . .Many agree that taxpayers at high risk of being under-withheld are those with large itemized deductions that have been repealed or limited. These include write-offs for state and local taxes and miscellaneous expenses, such as those not reimbursed by an employer.)
— William Bain Jr. Founded Consulting and Private-Equity Firms, and Mentored Mitt Romney – James R. Hagerty (DIERSEN: What happened to your mentors? In 1975, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my mentor who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. In 1987, my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my mentor who had hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/william-bain-jr-founded-consulting-and-private-equity-firms-and-groomed-mitt-romney-1516236137
— Help Wanted? Maybe Not, With Visa Rules Under Review Federal H-1B program has brought highly skilled foreign workers to the U.S. – Jo Craven McGinty (DIERSEN: One of the audits that I worked on for GAO focused on Immigration and Naturalization Service issuance of employment visas. Ever-increasingly, employers talk and act like they believe that citizens of foreign countries are far superior to citizens of America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/help-wanted-maybe-not-with-visa-rules-under-review-1516370400

 

USA TODAY
— Delta Air tightens requirements for onboard emotional support animals – Bart Jansen
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/travel/2018/01/19/delta-air-tightens-requirements-onboard-emotional-support-animals/109603428/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps put the interests of foreign countries ahead of the interests of America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/01/19/trumps-foreign-policy-often-put-america-first-and-alone/1036558001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump marches.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/01/18/womens-march-more-inclusive-year/1038859001/

 

INC.
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An immigrant from Haiti says “I came here and have made this country better, by following the rules, paying taxes, and being a contributing member of society. Immigrants [like me] have created jobs, and moved the economy further.” Are/were you a “contributing member of society?” What is/was your contribution to society? Since 2000, I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Since 2004 those emails have included links to more than 291,900 articles and information on many upcoming events. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; delivered mail 1966-1969; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; washed dishes 1964-1966; and did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964.)
https://www.inc.com/zoe-henry/immigrant-entrepreneur-trump-shithole-countries.html

 

THE WIRE
— Facebook to Prioritize ‘Trustworthy’ News Based on Member Surveys – DAVID INGRAM (DIERSEN: Should GOPUSA ILLINOIS survey its readers on how trustworthy they consider the following to be: ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Fox News Chicago, WGN TV, WTTW, WGN TV, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Crain’s Chicago Business, WLS AM, WGN Radio, Suburban life, Springfield State Journal Register, Champaign/Urbana News Gazette, Belleville News Democrat, Politico Illinois, Capitol Fax, etc.? All of the aforesaid a) claim to be independent and nonpartisan, b) deny that they promote the Democrat, Libertarian, or Green party platforms, c) deny that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and d) deny that they promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminution of First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, etc.)
https://thewire.in/215651/facebook-prioritise-trustworthy-news-based-member-surveys/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump marches.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-01-20/thousands-expected-at-womens-marches-across-illinois

 

TIME
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps focus on turning members of Group A against members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://time.com/5109800/political-divide-republicans-donald-trump/

 

DUPAGE FOX VALLEY HOMES
— FOR SALE: 610 WEST ROOSEVELT ROAD #C1-D1, WHEATON – $295,000
http://dupagefoxvalleyhomes.com/homes-for-sale-details/610-WEST-ROOSEVELT-ROAD-C1-D1-WHEATON-IL-60187/09590338/34/

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 820 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $825,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448303_zpid/

 

ILLINOIS HOMES
— FOR SALE: 824 Golf Lane, Wheaton – $478,000
http://www.illinoishomes.com/chicago-suburbs-west/wheaton/home/824-Golf-Lane,-Wheaton,-IL-60187/9837270/photos