January 19 Morning Edition

WGN RADIO
— City Club of Chicago: Sanctuary Cities: Yes or No? – Hon. Jesus Garcia, Brian McCann and Hon. Joe Walsh
http://wgnradio.com/2018/01/18/city-club-of-chicago-sanctuary-cities-yes-or-no/

 

CBS2
— Rauner Vows To Air Entire Blago-Pritzker Conversation – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/18/rauner-vows-to-air-entire-blago-pritzker-conversation/
— Rauner Campaign Readies Deluxe Attack Ad
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-wbbmtv/3795108-rauner-campaign-readies-deluxe-attack-ad/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Congress likely headed for a government shutdown – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-government-shutdown-20180119-story.html
— Rauner spending $11,900 to air Pritzker-Blagojevich FBI recordings statewide – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-pritzker-blagojevich-ad-20180118-story.html
— Pritzker, Kennedy, Biss to square off in livestream with Tribune editorial board today
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-governor-democratic-primary-20180119-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Dreamers. Anti-Trumps shout at Dreamers that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps are counting on Dreamers to get rid Republicans once and for all.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-dreamers-march-chicago-20180118-story.html
— Trump’s travel expenses test boundaries of policy and politics – David Nakamura (DIERSEN: In 1974, to end my IRS career, my Democrat IRS superiors not only disallowed my partial day per diem claims, they hinted/implied that my claims were fraudulent. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866 GAO’s upholding of the arbitrator’s decision in my favor was one reason why I applied to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-travel-expenses-politics-20180118-story.html
— Can schools really ban ‘best friends’? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-best-friends-ban-kass-0119-story.html
— Illinois Democrats hit Trump over “shithole” comment – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-governor-democratic-primary-20180119-story.html
— Republican candidate for governor Jeanne Ives reported that a “glitch in filing software” led to a correction in their recent campaign finance filing. The upshot: The campaign reports it had $404,029 in the bank as of the end of the year, not $662,464.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-governor-democratic-primary-20180119-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Illinois clinic provides abortions via telemedicine, a method prohibited in 19 states – Angie Leventis Lourgos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-met-telemedicine-abortion-illinois-20171220-story.html
— Future of pill-induced abortion: Women can already receive pills by mail in 4 states, what’s next? – Nara Schoenberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-life-abortion-pill-future-0119-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-men promote anti-men.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-womens-march-st-0119-20180118-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-tuesday-womens-march-2018-0116-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-movement-me-too-sexual-harassment-assualt-women-0119-0119-story.html
— Popular pastor at North Park University is suspended for officiating gay wedding – Manya Brachear Pashman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-north-park-chaplain-gay-marriage-20180116-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “As Trump’s first year in office ends, his support base has eroded and the opposition is energized.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-one-year-anniversary-20180119-story.html
— Don’t boycott the State of the Union speech, kill it once and for all – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-state-of-the-union-boycott-trump-0119-20180118-story.html
— Women’s march in Naperville canceled Sunday Instead, the group will host a candidate meet-and-greet from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Panera Bread store on South Naperville Road in Wheaton. – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-invisible-march-naperville-st-0119-20180118-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— New Rauner campaign ad includes 11-minute Pritzker-Blagojevich conversation
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauner-campaigns-new-ad-has-full-14-minute-pritzker-blagojevich-conversation/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump marchers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-womens-march-on-saturday-politics-in-play/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Rauner says he’ll order state lawmakers to stop handling tax appeals – Christopher Hacker
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180118/rauner-says-hell-order-state-lawmakers-to-stop-handling-tax-appeals
— Round Lake Beach civic center treasurer accused of stealing funds – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180118/round-lake-beach-civic-center-treasurer-accused-of-stealing-funds
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180119/why-these-suburban-women-are-still-energized-by-womens-march
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180119/experts-womens-march-provides-shot-of-adrenaline-for-broader-movement

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What should a corporation value above all else? – JOE CAHILL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, corporations act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party. Ever-increasingly, 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180119/ISSUE10/180119878
— Diversity requires more than an ‘outreach program’ – LES CONEY (DIERSEN: Coney should look at what GAO did during the 1980s and 1990s to promote diversity. GAO wasted the careers of and got rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180119/OPINION/180119875
— This isn’t your usual political ad – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180118/NEWS02/180119892/illinois-governor-race-rauner-to-air-ad-of-pritzker-blagojevich-on

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Conservative radio commentator Dan Proft puts money behind Caulkins in 101st – TOM LISI
http://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/conservative-radio-commentator-dan-proft-puts-money-behind-caulkins-in/article_a63b5fb7-33e9-5fd2-98c4-9f749898ade1.html

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— First Baptist Church to host state representatives
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180118/first-baptist-church-to-host-state-representatives
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Three elected representatives of the Illinois state government will speak at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 21 at First Baptist Church, 810 Woolf Court. Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, and Sen. Tim Bivins, R-45th District, will speak about legislative issues in each of their respective houses of the legislature. The Rochelle community is included in each of their districts. Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, of Wheaton also will speak and answer questions. Ives recently announced her bid to run for Illinois governor. Rev. Bob Vanden Bosch, a Christian lobbyist, will speak earlier in the morning at 9:30 a.m. about various pieces of legislation making its way through the house. A complementary luncheon will be served in the church gym. For information: 815-562-4168.)

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Lawmaker panel talks about state’s budget woes – BRENDA SCHORY
http://www.kcchronicle.com/lists/2018/01/18/61da3553cfdb480a861fc4852a0b8dc2/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
–University of Illinois pulled 35 job offers over background checks in 2017 – Julie Wurth (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-01-18/ui-pulled-35-job-offers-over-background-checks-2017.html

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers promote Pritzker and other Illinois lawmakers who promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37299169/illinois-lawmakers-push-for-recreational-marijuana

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump steps to forefront of anti-abortion movement – AP
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-steps-to-forefront-of-antiabortion-movement/925194973
— The work that won’t get done during a government shutdown – AP (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn all federal employees as being non-essential and much worse things and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as having been a lazy, stupid, failed, overpaid federal employee. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that the Post Office should NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) that IRS should NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) that IRS should NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) that GAO should NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) that GAO should NOT have promoted me in 1986. They stress that I 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, or Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/the-work-that-wont-get-done-during-a-government-shutdown/925043404

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jeanne Ives is Coming to McHenry County Monday, January 22 – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/01/18/jeanne-ives-is-coming-to-mchenry-county/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Village of Orland Park Public Employees Squander $2,000+ on Private Party for Themselves – KEVIN DUJAN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/01/village-of-orland-park-public-employees-squander-2000-on-private-party-for-themselves/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Tribune Columnist Wants to Outlaw Spanking – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/chicago-tribune-columnist-wants-outlaw-spanking/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Face It Dreamers, You’re Being Used by the Democrat Party for Votes Dreamers need to see through the scam that is the Democrat Party. – Don McCullen
https://www.christianpost.com/voice/face-it-dreamers-youre-being-used-by-the-democrat-party-for-votes.html

 

BREITBART
— Trump: ‘Democrats Want a Shutdown to Get Off the Subject of the Tax Cuts Because They Worked So Well’ – PAM KEY
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/01/18/trump-democrats-want-shutdown-get-off-subject-tax-cuts-worked-well/
— Blue State Blues: What’s Behind the Coming Democratic Wave – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/19/blue-state-blues-whats-behind-coming-democratic-surge/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With Democrats surging, talk of insurgency in Republican primaries has faded — especially after Roy Moore’s defeat in Alabama. People feel less inclined to stoke internal fights when the general election is in doubt. There are exceptions, where the incumbent Republican is likely to win — or to lose. An example of the latter is in Illinois, where Governor Bruce Rauner buckled on taxes and abortion. He faces a primary challenge from a solid — but long-shot — candidate, State Senator Jeanne Ives. Regardless, Republicans are in trouble. The party’s message for 2018 will be less about the achievements of the past two years, and more about preventing Trump’s impeachment and keeping the Speaker’s gavel out of Nancy Pelosi’s hands.)

 

NEWSMAX
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: 3.6M Illegals Brought to the U.S. as Kids – Cathy Burke (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at these illegals and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Obviously, Democrats plan on using these illegals to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illegal-immigrants-daca-dreamers-came-to-the-us-as-children/2018/01/18/id/838043/
— Americans Doing Great Again on Trump’s First Presidential Anniversary – Deroy Murdock (DIERSEN: From what I see, overwhelmingly, the more money that you had in the stock market a year ago, the better off that you are today. Because we are older, my wife and I have far less in the stock market than we used to.)
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/trump-anniversary-tax-cut-economy/2018/01/18/id/838048/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Are you better off now than you were one year ago? From the Potomac to Puget Sound, President Donald J. Trump and other Republicans should ask voters this exact question. Their answers should buoy GOP prospects for November’s mid-term elections.)

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers backed by Trump to march for life in D.C. – Lianne Laurence
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/backed-by-trump-hundreds-of-thousands-of-pro-lifers-to-march-for-life-in-d

 

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— The Final Tax Reform Act: SALT Implications
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/final-tax-reform-act-salt-implications

 

POLITICO
— Chicago Democrats throw Lipinski under the bus — and blame Trump – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/18/dan-lipinski-luis-gutierrez-jan-schakowsky-chicago-346479

 

REUTERS
— Shutdown threat prompts U.S. agency warnings to federal workers
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-shutdown-agencies/shutdown-threat-prompts-u-s-agency-warnings-to-federal-workers-idUSKBN1F800D
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Government Accountability Office, an in-house watchdog unit of Congress, in an internal memo to staff seen by Reuters, said it would begin shutting down if Congress did not approve a temporary funding bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR). “In the absence of an extension of the CR, GAO would be without funding and will be required to begin shutting down its regular, ongoing operations on Monday,” the memo said.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The U.S. Fertility Rate Is Down, Yet More Women Are Mothers The biggest increases have come from some groups who in the past were far less likely to have babies: highly educated women, those over 40, and women who have never been married. – Claire Cain Miller
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/upshot/the-us-fertility-rate-is-down-yet-more-women-are-mothers.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s evangelical advisers, with Pelosi, push for ‘dreamers’ – Michelle Boorstein (DIERSEN: What do you say to “evangelical advisers” who act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/01/18/evangelical-advisers-to-president-trump-meet-with-pelosi-to-push-for-solution-for-dreamers/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.latimes.com/sns-dreamers-could-give-us-economy-and-even-american-workers-a-boost-90377-20180119-story.html
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-numbersusa-immigrants-20180119-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Does the Endangered Species Act Protect Pro-Life Democrats? – Matthew Hennessey (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who a) reject the right to life planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform and b) focus on destroying those like me who support those planks.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-the-endangered-species-act-protect-pro-life-democrats-1516320402
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump glorifies and praises citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigration-is-practically-a-free-lunch-for-america-1516320376

 

NBC BAY AREA
— TREASONOUS: San Francisco Won’t Be Deterred From Protecting Sanctuary City Policies: Mayor – Christie Smith
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Francisco-Wont-Be-Deterred-From-Protecting-Sanctuary-City-Policies-Mayor-470042533.html

 

USA TODAY
— Pay gap: 48% of women say they have to work twice as hard as men to take home half the pay – Charisse Jones (DIERSEN: If I had not be denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which women a) who had less job-related work experience than I had, b) who had less job-related education than I had, and/or c) who had fewer job-related professional certifications and/or licenses than I had were paid more by GAO than GAO paid me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/01/18/end-pay-gap-between-men-and-women-earns-notyet-majority-women-new-survey-finds/1042607001/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Court in Chicago to Hear Arguments on Sanctuary Cities Appeals court in Chicago to hear arguments on Trump administration request to reverse a lower-court freeze on its policy of withholding safety grants from sanctuary cities that don’t fully enforce immigration laws. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-01-19/court-in-chicago-to-hear-arguments-on-sanctuary-cities

 

INSIDE HIGHER ED
— House Committee Requests GAO Report on Sexual Harassment by Federally Funded Researchers – Colleen Flaherty
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/01/19/house-committee-requests-gao-report-sexual-harassment-federally-funded

 

REASON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans say “Republicans Are Preparing to Shut Down the Government Out of Anti-Immigrant Spite.”
http://reason.com/blog/2018/01/19/dreamers-are-a-chip-in-the-gops-governme

 

DAILY KOS
— Chicago’s “Independent” Project Six Funded By Illinois Policy Institute
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/1733888

January 15 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump tweets Sen. “Dicky Durbin totally misrepresented” DACA comments – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-tweets-sen-dicky-durbin-totally-misrepresented-daca-comments/2948444/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use “Chicago MLK Day event” to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-remarks-on-racism-immigration-focus-at-chicago-mlk-day-event/2947693/
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-mlk-day-marked-by-community-service-tinged-by-trump-remarks-/2947693/

 

 

NBC5
— Trump Calls Out ‘Dicky Durbin’ in Tweet, Says Senator ‘Totally Misrepresented’ Meeting Remarks “I know what happened,” Durbin said earlier in the day at an MLK Jr. Day press conference. “I stand behind every word that I said in terms of that meeting.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-durbin-tweet-misrepresented-illinois-senator-469413003.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use MLK Day events to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Honored-at-Gatherings-Across-Country-469364833.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner: ‘No Place’ For Trump Immigration Comments, Won’t Call President Racist
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/15/bruce-rauner-donald-trump-racism/
— Rauner: Volunteers Honoring Dr. King’s Legacy By Serving The Community
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/15/rauner-mlk-day-volunteers/

 

WGN TV
— Woman attacked in DuPage County home; Police seek suspect
http://wgntv.com/2018/01/15/woman-attacked-in-dupage-county-home-police-seek-suspect/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says ‘Dicky’ Durbin ‘misrepresented what was said’ at immigration meeting – Jon Seidel and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/durbin-if-trumps-not-a-racist-he-can-prove-it-by-compromising-on-dreamers/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Trump hating “Rev. Jackson calls Trump threat to U.S. global interests.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/rev-jackson-calls-trump-threat-to-u-s-global-interests/
— ACLU urges City Council to deny $5.5M subsidy to Presence Health – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aclu-urges-city-council-to-deny-5-5m-subsidy-presence-health/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat Kennedy calls Republican Ives’ gun crime solution ignorant and stupid – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-ives-kennedy-chicago-gun-violence-20180115-story.html
— Trump says his words on immigration were misrepresented by ‘Senator Dicky Durbin’ – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-trump-tweet-criticizes-durbin-0116-story.html
— On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President Trump visits Trump golf course – Anne Gearan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-luther-king-jr-day-20180115-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Guess what else is key to the jobs boom? Public transit. – IRK DILLARD, Chair, Regional Transportation Authority  (DIERSEN: I used public transportation to get to/from work in 1971,  1973, 1974, and 1978-1997.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180112/ISSUE07/180119943/public-transit-good-for-chicago-job-boom-letters

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— End patronage at Algonquin Township – Editorial
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/01/11/our-view-end-patronage-at-algonquin-township/az57khq/

 

SOUTHERN
— SIU cheerleaders who took a knee during anthem honored at NAACP MLK Breakfast – K. JANIS ESCH (DIERSEN: If you take the knee, members of the following groups glorify and praise you: 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://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu/siu-cheerleaders-who-took-a-knee-during-anthem-honored-at/article_44af9a08-ab9f-50c7-a8cc-84408608028c.html

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Veterans deserve better than state’s sorry Legionella response – Editorial
http://www.thetelegraph.com/opinion/115912/editorial-veterans-deserve-better-than-states-sorry-legionella-response

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— ‘A Lesson For How NOT To Do Bill-Making’ – DUSTY RHODES
http://nprillinois.org/post/lesson-how-not-do-bill-making#stream/0

 

CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
— Ives Offers Real Change for Illinois – JIM RIDINGS
http://www.cdobs.com/archive/featured/ives-offers-real-change-for-illinois/

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— When Does the #MeToo Reckoning Come to Springfield? “We either have a system that checks the abuses of those in power or we have a system where those in power abuse.”
http://mailchi.mp/2dbac9b2d5ee/ives-rotheimer-bring-the-metoo-reckoning-to-springfield

 

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— Ives thanks Rauner for fueling her bid to become governor (DIERSEN: QUESTION: In Illinois, what should encourage Republican candidates to run against Republican incumbents? ANSWER: The incumbents’ failure/refusal to defend/advance the Illinois Republican Party platform. Most commonly, Republican incumbents fail/refuse to defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and/or Second Amendment planks. Most commonly they take actions that promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and/or diminution of Second Amendment rights.)
https://rockislandtoday.com/stories/511316953-ives-thanks-rauner-for-fueling-her-bid-to-become-governor

 

WIRE POINTS
— Illinois Treasurer Shoots Self In Foot Defending Activist Social Investing – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-treasurer-shoots-self-in-head-defending-activist-social-investing-wirepoints-original/

 

COOK COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Burr Ridge rebukes Illinois GOP, House leader Durkin – Kevin Beese
http://chronicleillinois.com/news/cook-county-news/burr-ridge-rebukes-illinois-gop-house-leader-durkin/

 

WEST COOK NEWS
— Oak Park property taxpayers’ lament: their local government spending has more than doubled in last 40 years
https://westcooknews.com/stories/511316199-oak-park-property-taxpayers-lament-their-local-government-spending-has-more-than-doubled-in-last-40-years

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FORUM TOPIC TURNS TO GUN VIOLENCE, KENNEDY EXITS AFTER IVES’ RESPONSE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/forum-topic-turns-to-gun-violence-kennedy-exits-after-ives-response.html
— GREYHOUND BUS HIJACKER PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED, NOW PROTECTED IN LAKE COUNTY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/greyhound-bus-hijacker-previously-deported-now-protected-in-lake-county.html
— NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP GOP COMMITTEEMAN RACE HEATS UP OVER DEBATE CHALLENGE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/new-trier-township-gop-committeeman-race-heats-up-over-debate-challenge.html
— ILLINOIS U.S. SENATOR HAS A HISTORY OF LYING ABOUT PRIVATE WHITE HOUSE MEETINGS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/illinois-us-senator-has-a-history-of-lying-about-private-white-house-meetings.html
— IVES AT MARCH FOR LIFE 2018: “YOUR POLITICAL LEADERS HAVE BETRAYED YOU”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/ives-at-march-for-life-2018-your-political-leaders-have-betrayed-you-video.html
— ILLINOIS SKEWED JOBS DATA TO GET FEDERAL OK TO WAIVE WORK REQUIREMENT FOR FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/illinois-skewed-jobs-data-to-get-federal-ok-to-waive-work-requirement-for-food-stamp-recipients.html
— THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/the-inconvenient-truth-about-the-republican-party.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Gender studies coordinator denounces the ‘logic of meritocracy’ as fundamentally ‘racist’ – Bradford Richardson (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/15/reshmi-dutt-ballerstadt-english-professor-says-mer/
— Blacks can be racist, too – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/15/blacks-can-be-racist-too/

 

GOPUSA
— Condoleezza Rice urges caution on #MeToo movement: ‘Let’s not turn women into snowflakes’
http://www.gopusa.com/condoleezza-rice-urges-caution-on-metoo-movement-lets-not-turn-women-into-snowflakes/
— Secret Service should arrest Virginia governor
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=37149

 

LIFE NEWS
— Chicago March for Life Draws Record Crowd as Over 6,000 Pro-Life People Oppose Abortion
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/01/15/chicago-march-for-life-draws-record-crowd-as-over-6000-pro-life-people-oppose-abortion/

 

NEWSMAX
— Dems Want New Gun Study After GAO Report – Brian Freeman
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/democrats-new-gun-study-gao-report/2018/01/15/id/837261/

 

FOX NEWS
— Romney takes swipe at Trump over ‘s—hole’ comments, race relations – Barnini Chakraborty
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/15/romney-takes-swipe-at-trump-over-s-hole-comments-race-relations.html
— Maxine Waters to Boycott Trump’s SOTU: He’s the ‘Most Despicable Human Being’ At least four Democrats will skip the Jan. 30 address.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/13/democrats-maxine-waters-john-lewis-boycotting-donald-trumps-state-union

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump hating House Democrat from New York Jerry Nadler says “Trump is ‘absolutely’ a racist.”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/house-democrat-trump-is-absolutely-a-racist/article/2645935

 

THE HILL
— Conservative writer Erick Erickson: Trump called friends to brag about ‘s—hole countries’ remark – REBECCA SAVRANSKY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/368967-conservative-writer-trump-called-friends-to-brag-about-s-hole

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors say “In 1920, Jews, Italians, Irish and Greeks were the People from ‘Shithole’ Countries.” What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn German-Americans? What if from the beginning I had pretended to be Swedish-American? While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/in-1920-jews-italians-irish-and-greeks-were-the_us_5a5c8d06e4b01ccdd48b5e1b

 

CBS NEWS
— Mitt Romney slams Trump over alleged immigration comment
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mitt-romney-slams-trump-over-alleged-immigration-comment-shithole/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump honors King’s legacy in weekly address to nation – Darlene Superville
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/trump-honors-kings-legacy-in-weekly-address-to-nation/2018/01/15/7683ca7c-fa21-11e7-9b5d-bbf0da31214d_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater says “Two senators do backflips to protect a racist president.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/01/15/two-senators-do-backflips-to-protect-a-racist-president/?utm_term=.1d8855e1f240
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater says “Rand Paul bashes those denouncing Trump’s racism.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/01/15/rand-paul-bashes-those-denouncing-trumps-racism/?utm_term=.e73978bafd2d
— Some U.S. towns get called ‘shitholes,’ too. It’s not racist. – Gary Abernathy (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my hometown Crete. My ancestors on my father’s side have lived in Crete since 1854. My brother continues to live in Crete in a home that my grandfather had built in 1926 on land that his grandfather bought in 1864.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/some-us-towns-get-called-shitholes-too-its-not-racist/2018/01/15/38c4b0e8-f990-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Warren calls Trump a ‘racist bully’ at Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast – Joshua Miller (DIERSEN: Until further notice, to avoid giving credibility a) to those who demonize me, who denigrate me, and who condemn me and b) to those who blame me for Wheaton’s problems, for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone else’s problems, I will not be attending Wheaton State of the City addresses.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/15/state-politicians-mark-martin-luther-king-day/Alo0FdOsfHgcDRRZVZGkgJ/story.html

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— King event: Atlanta pastor wants Trump to ‘repent’ for racist comments – Todd C. Duncan (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to “repent” for a) each and every article that I have included a link to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) each and every comment that I have included in those emails.)
http://www.ajc.com/news/local/king-event-atlanta-pastor-wants-trump-repent-for-racist-comments/Hpcsb36n7safwsqdvKqQCO/

 

USA TODAY
— Durbin calls on White House to release tapes of Trump’s remarks about African countries – Michael Collins
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/01/15/durbin-calls-white-house-release-tapes-trumps-remarks-african-countries/1033972001/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater says “TRUMP’S AMERICA IS A SHITHOLE COUNTRY.”
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-america-shithole-country-780888

 

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Five Decades of White Backlash President Trump is the embodiment of over 50 years of resistance to the policies Martin Luther King Jr. fought to enact.” Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/trump-massive-resistance-history-mlk/550544/

 

SALON
— Donald Trump is celebrating Martin Luther King day at his golf course What better way to celebrate a civil rights icon than heading to one’s private club? – JEREMY BINCKES
https://www.salon.com/2018/01/15/donald-trump-is-celebrating-martin-luther-king-day-at-his-golf-course/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Just 22% Think Race Relations Are Getting Better (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/january_2018/just_22_think_race_relations_are_getting_better

January 10 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What questions should be asked of Republican candidates during candidate forums? – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The first question that Republican candidates should be asked during candidate forums should be: If elected, do you promise to defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party and Illinois Republican Party platforms including their traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks? The second question should be: What have you done that shows that you oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminution of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination?)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Burr Ridge Board threatens lawsuit over Durkin campaign fliers – Jesse Wright
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/western-springs/news/ct-dbr-straub-durkin-campaign-tl-0111-20180109-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Burr Ridge Village Board members are threatening to sue state Rep. Jim Durkin of Western Springs for allegedly slandering the village with his political advertisements. Durkin, the Illinois House Republican leader, is running for re-election in the 8th House District and Burr Ridge Mayor Mickey Straub, also a Republican, has filed to run against him in the primary. The district includes all or portions of Burr Ridge, La Grange and Western Springs. Board member Albert Paveza said a group called Citizens for Durkin has been mailing out numerous fliers alleging the village has run unbalanced budges while driving up property taxes. The advertisements also allege the village raised fees to pay for a Chicago bailout. Paveza said he consulted with the village’s attorney, and the attorney agreed Durkin’s political ads may have crossed a line. Scott Uhler, the village’s attorney, confirmed that opinion. Paveza said he’s fielded numerous calls from constituents who have received the fliers and who were confused by the allegations. In response, Paveza drafted a letter to Durkin, Citizens for Durkin and the Illinois Republican Party demanding an apology and asking that the campaign cease “further distribution of false information.” Paveza said he expects an apology by or during the next board meeting on Jan. 22, saying if that doesn’t happen, legal action might. Durkin’s campaign did not return a call for comment on Monday. A spokesman for the Illinois Republican Party said they would comment after speaking to their attorney, who was not available Monday.)
— DuPage updates harassment policies to mirror the state’s – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-board-sex-harassment-policy-st-0110-20180109-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps blast Trump’s immigration policies.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-mother-daughter-refugee-volunteer-0128-story.html
— Ethics board fines Cook County assessor $41,000 over political donations from lawyers – Ray Long, Jason Grotto
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-ethics-board-fines-assessor-berrios-cook-county-20180109-story.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 39,000 homicides: Retracing 60 years of murder in Chicago – Kyle Bentle, Jonathon Berlin, Ryan Marx and Kori Rumore
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-history-of-chicago-homicides-htmlstory.html
— Jeff Bezos’ net worth tops $105 billion as Amazon climbs in New Year – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Are/were you rich? To demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being “rich,” my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government stressed the money that I spent on new cars, real estate, tuition, collector cars, etc. and they stressed the money that I saved. Should it be illegal to say that someone is “rich” unless their annual income is more than $250,000, $500,000, $750,000, $1,000,000? Should it be illegal to say that someone is “rich” unless their net worth is more than $5,000,000, $10,000,000, $15,000,000, $20,000,000? My federal salary in today’s dollars was $16.33/hour when I was 18, $45,703/year when I was 22, $55,905/year when I was 23, $67,638/year when I was 24, $81,071/year when I was 25, $91,880/year when I was 31, $96,403/year when I was 38, and $125,325/year when I was 49. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-jeff-bezos-net-worth-20180109-story.html
— Axelrod chides Rahm: You’re not from Chicago either – Kim Janssen (DIERSEN: Where are you from? All my ancestors were Lutherans who immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s. My ancestors on my father’s side lived in Chicago 1844-1854 and then in Crete ever since. I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and my brother continues to live there in a home that my grandfather had built in 1926 on land that his grandfather bought in 1864.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-axelrod-emanuel-0109-chicago-inc-20180108-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “You’re not originally from Chicago,” Emanuel said by way of introduction to Axelrod, who was raised in New York. “But then, neither are you,” responded Axelrod. Ooh, burn! “Hey that’s getting close, buddy,” a laughing Emanuel, who grew up in Wilmette, chided Axelrod. Both men come from families that fled Europe to escape anti-Semitism, and they bonded in their chat over their shared Jewish faith.)
— Report ranks software developer as the best job in the U.S. this year – Corilyn Shropshire (DIERSEN: Are/were any of your jobs bad? According to my current critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were bad and they would never stoop to take any of them. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-us-news-top-jobs-ranking-20180109-story.html
— If Google’s workplace is biased, what about its algorithms? – Leonid Bershidsky (DIERSEN: Who blacklists who? Members of Group A blacklist 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://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-google-bias-discrimination-algorithms-0110-20180109-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Culture of blacklisting The real complaint, of course, is about that. Google’s prevailing culture appears to be hostile to right-wing political views. As one manager wrote on an internal bulletin board (the screenshot is used in the lawsuit), “If you express a dunderheaded opinion about religion, about politics, or about ‘social justice,’ it turns out I am allowed to think you’re a halfwit” and refuse to work with such a person on a project. “As evidenced by the fact that the blacklisting posts remain live on Google’s internal corporate network, it is clear that Google took no action to prevent blacklisting,” Damore and Gudeman wrote in the lawsuit. “Google seems to ignore most cases, and occasionally ‘coach’ the worst offenders. However, Google will not openly come out against the practice; instead, it relies on crowdsourced harassment and ‘pecking’ to enforce social norms (including politics) that it feels it cannot write directly into its policies.” Gudeman claims his open support for Donald Trump directly contributed to his being blacklisted and fired. There’s a reason, however, that Damore and Gudeman need to bring race and gender into their accusations. Companies are not legally obliged to maintain a diversity of views among their employees. Opinions, unlike race, gender or sexual orientation, can be treated as a lifestyle choice, and these work better with some corporate cultures than with others. For example, Nike might prefer a workout fanatic to a smoker, while a tobacco company would be comfortable making the opposite choice. It can be argued that, because of the talent pool from which it draws — smart millennials who tend to value tolerance over the freedom of expression — Google builds a more cohesive working environment by hiring, to quote from the lawsuit, “an employee who sexually identifies as ‘a yellow-scaled wingless dragonkin’ and ‘an expansive ornate building’” than a #MAGA cap wearer. That, however, is exactly the problem. Google is not just a company, it’s the owner of the world’s biggest conduit to information, with a 69 percent global search market share. It leads people to it by using proprietary algorithms and artificial intelligence. And it’s acutely aware of the problem of algorithm bias. There’s a Google-produced video about it: “YouTube: Machine Learning and Human Bias.”)
— Fewer teens having sex as decline in risky behaviors continues – Lenny Bernstein
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-fewer-teens-sex-decline-20180104-story.html
— Supreme Court to take up Ohio’s purges of inactive voters – Julie Carr Smyth and Mark Sherman (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is on the voter rolls in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-ohio-inactive-voters-supreme-court-20171231-story.html
— Will County considers nursing home rate hike – Susan DeMar Lafferty (DIERSEN: My 87-year-old aunt is paying $238 a day to live in an assisted living facility.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-ups-nursing-rates-st–0107-20180108-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Current rates are $220 for a private room and $210 for a semi-private room with skilled care; and $201 and $181 for intermediate care, respectively.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Transcript: Trump discusses immigration reform with Durbin, other lawmakers (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at immigrants and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats use immigrants to destroy individuals, to destroy organizations, and to destroy companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/transcript-trump-discusses-immigration-reform-with-durbin-other-lawmakers/
— Yep, President Trump, have a heart and stand with the ‘Dreamers’ – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at immigrants and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats use immigrants to destroy individuals, to destroy organizations, and to destroy companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/president-trump-stand-with-dreamers-editorial/
— A lesson for Chris Kennedy in how not to play the race card – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/chris-kennedy-race-card-rahm-emanuel-city-hall-sam-rayburn/

 

DAILY HERALD
— The nuance behind Biss criticism of Madigan – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180110/editorial-the-nuance-behind-biss-criticism-of-madigan
— Biss: Illinois suffocating under too many pension systems – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180109/biss-illinois-suffocating-under-too-many-pension-systems

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Roskam rival leads in fundraising; Biss hits Pritzker on TV – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180109/BLOGS02/180109903/illinois-campaign-fundraising-disclosures-from-peter-roskam-rival
— Durbin on Dreamers: ‘Lives are hanging in the balance’ – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder. Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at immigrants and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats use immigrants to destroy individuals, to destroy organizations, and to destroy companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180109/NEWS02/180109909/durbin-on-dreamers-lives-are-hanging-in-the-balance

 

NBC5
— Study Ranks Illinois in the Top 20 States to Raise a Family Financial site WalletHub looked at all 50 states to find the most family-friendly places – Daniela Prizont-Cado (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton who have worked the hardest to destroy the traditional family. They focus on: promoting dependency on government, promoting dependency on charity, promoting LGBTQ activity, promoting abortion, promoting mass/illegal immigration, promoting booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, promoting patronage, promoting political affiliation discrimination, promoting reverse discrimination, promoting age discrimination, promoting abolition of the First and Second Amendments, etc.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/study-ranks-illinois-in-top-20-states-to-raise-a-family-468477323.html

 

WTTW
— How Gentrification Takes Shape Across Chicago Neighborhoods – Evan Garcia
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/01/09/how-gentrification-takes-shape-across-chicago-neighborhoods

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Chicago Is Now Better Educated Than Its Suburbs A flood of college graduates has made Chicago one of the best-educated cities in America, but an unequal one as well. – WHET MOSER (DIERSEN: I spent lots of my personal time and my personal money taking job-related courses while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997.  However, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 when I was 21, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/January-2018/Chicago-Is-Now-Better-Educated-Than-Its-Suburbs/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Erickson won’t seek re-election as McLean County GOP chair – Lenore Sobota (DIERSEN: Are the following seeking re-election: a) the officers of your township/ward and county Republican Party organizations, b) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and c) the IRP chairman?)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/erickson-won-t-seek-re-election-as-gop-chair/article_9e86fc89-c13b-5567-9d4b-bb5b124c5686.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Illinois lieutenant governor visits Carbondale treatment center with opioid task force – DUSTIN DUNCAN
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/communities/carbondale/illinois-lieutenant-governor-visits-carbondale-treatment-center-with-opioid-task/article_13c6f0d1-1bf1-592e-93e8-60d5cc91e442.html

 

WSIL TV
— Sanguinetti tours Carbondale drug treatment center – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37230113/sanguinetti-tours-carbondale-treatment-center

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Bellock focuses on behavioral health at Medicaid revamp plan hearing – Angela Underwood (DIERSEN: Anti-Republicans want Illinois residents to spend their time and their money on booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511309620-bellock-focuses-on-behavioral-health-at-medicaid-revamp-plan-hearing

 

WEST COOK NEWS
— Durkin chief of staff cited a number of times in Tribune’s lottery investigation – W.J. Kennedy
https://westcooknews.com/stories/511312599-durkin-chief-of-staff-cited-a-number-of-times-in-tribune-s-lottery-investigation
— ‘Truth’ ad raises trust issue over Durkin ties to strip club scheme – Glenn Minnis
https://westcooknews.com/stories/511312655-truth-ad-raises-trust-issue-over-durkin-ties-to-strip-club-scheme

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— McSweeney urges swift state action at Quincy veterans home – Angela Underwood
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511312621-mcsweeney-urges-swift-state-action-at-quincy-veterans-home

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Straub questions Durkin, Rauner decision making in wake of lottery controversy – Glenn Minnis
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511311906-straub-questions-durkin-rauner-decision-making-in-wake-of-lottery-controversy

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Hastings drops primary bid, White to run unopposed Democrat bows out of primary race – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/capitol-connection/hastings-drops-primary-bid-white-to-run-unopposed/908698123

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois Treasurer uses college savings investment money to pressure Facebook on fake news – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-treasurer-uses-college-savings-investment-money-to-pressure-facebook/article_9427f20a-f4c3-11e7-bad7-d3e2998dd44d.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— FOR YOUR OWN GOOD: ILLINOIS THE SEVENTH-MOST ‘PATERNALISTIC’ STATE IN THE COUNTRY, STUDY FINDS – Vincent Caruso (DIERSEN: The less responsible that residents of a state are, they more that paternalistic laws are needed. Far too many residents of Illinois not only harm themselves, they harm everyone around them.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/for-your-own-good-illinois-the-seventh-most-paternalistic-state-in-the-country-study-finds/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Planned Parenthood: This Evil, Baby Murder Mill Must Be Defunded – Tami Jackson
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/planned-parenthood-evil-baby-murdering-business-must-defunded/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Kennedy: “To use the chief of police for political motives… That’s what they do in fascist countries”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/09/kennedy-to-use-the-chief-of-police-for-political-motives-that%e2%80%99s-what-they-do-in-fascist-countries/

 

FOX NEWS
— Coulter Blasts Trump for ‘DACA Lovefest’ With Dems, Plan for Amnesty
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/09/ann-coulter-trumps-daca-lovefest-dems-worse-anything-fire-and-fury
— Mr. Trump and Republicans, Democrats want to force you into a game of chicken on immigration. Don’t let them – Lauren DeBellis Appell
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/01/10/mr-trump-and-republicans-democrats-want-to-force-into-game-chicken-on-immigration-don-t-let-them.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Google’s New Fact-Check Feature Almost Exclusively Targets Conservative Sites – Eric Lieberman
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/09/googles-new-fact-check-feature-almost-exclusively-targets-conservative-sites/
— After DACA Comments, Tucker Asks Trump: ‘What Was The Point Of Running For President?’ – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/09/tucker-rips-trump-on-immigration-what-was-the-point-of-running-for-president-video/
— Why Immigration Hawks Shouldn’t Be Worried (Yet) About Trump Surrendering On DACA – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/10/why-immigration-hawks-shouldnt-be-worried-yet-about-trump-surrendering-on-daca/
— Gutfeld: NYC Prof Calls Merit-Based Education ‘Tool of Whiteness’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/09/brooklyn-college-professor-calls-merit-based-education-tool-whiteness-racist

 

BLAZE
— California judge says Trump must reinstitute Obama’s amnesty for ‘Dreamers’ – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/09/breaking-california-judge-says-trump-must-reinstitute-obamas-amnesty-for-dreamers

 

BREITBART
— Popular Mandatory E-Verify Ignored by Trump, GOP in WH Immigration Meeting – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/09/popular-mandatory-e-verify-ignored-by-trump-gop-in-wh-immigration-meeting/
— GOP ‘Bill of Love’ Immigration Bill To End Chain Migration, Visa Lottery, Catch-and-Release – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/09/gop-house-immigration-bill-end-chain-migration-visa-lottery-catch-and-release/
— Donald Trump Promises to Sign DACA Amnesty Bill — Even If It Has Things He Doesn’t Like – CHARLIE SPIERING (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at immigrants and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats use immigrants to destroy individuals, to destroy organizations, and to destroy companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/09/donald-trump-promises-to-sign-daca-amnesty-bill-even-if-it-has-things-he-doesnt-like/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— ANOTHER ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICAN (RAUNER) FACING CHALLENGE ‘The tipping point really became when he signed taxpayer funding of abortion’ – GREG COROMBOS
http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/another-establishment-republican-facing-challenge/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump promises to ‘take the heat’ to sign DREAMer ‘Bill of Love’ – Ed Straker
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/01/trump_promises_to_take_the_heat_to_sign_dreamer_bill_of_love.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— DIRTY COLLEGE SECRETS – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/dirty-college-secrets/

 

GOPUSA
— Trump Can Take Credit for Black Unemployment Drop – Star Parker
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-can-take-credit-for-black-unemployment-drop/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republicans to propose $30 billion to fund border wall – Pete Kasperowicz
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/republicans-to-propose-30-billion-to-fund-border-wall/article/2645472

 

THE HILL
— White House aides told to decide in whether staying in administration: report – JOSH DELK (DIERSEN: To meet their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, my Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on making their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran to feel miserable so that they would leave.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/368240-white-house-aides-told-to-decide-in-whether-staying-in

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/opinion/dont-deport-the-salvadorans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/us/immigrant-work-force-salvadorans-haitians.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. to Seek Death Penalty More Often for Violent Crimes Attorney General Jeff Sessions authorizes federal prosecutors to seek capital punishment in two murder cases and is said to be weighing it in others, including Manhattan terror attack – Nicole Hong and Aruna Viswanatha
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sessions-signals-greater-willingness-to-use-death-penalty-1515493800
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because they vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrates because they want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/progress-on-immigration-1515545203
— The IRS Evades Accountability—and Its Excuse Is Ridiculous It claims its rules lack a ‘significant economic impact’ because they’re ‘derived from’ statutes. – John J. Vecchione and James Valvo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-irs-evades-accountabilityand-its-excuse-is-ridiculous-1515544992

 

USA TODAY
— Retirement crisis: 37% of Gen X say they won’t be able to afford to retire – Adam Shell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/01/10/retirement-crisis-37-gen-x-say-they-wont-able-afford-retire/1016739001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Add Gen Xers to the long list of Americans who fear they won’t have a sizable enough nest egg to retire. Nearly four out of 10 (37%) of Generation X — those born between 1965 and the late 1970s — say they would like to stop working for good and “fully retire” someday, “but will not be able to afford to,” a new survey from TD Ameritrade, an online broker based in Omaha, found. Other gloomy Gen X retirement findings: 43% say “they are behind” in their savings. Half (49%) are “worried about running out of money” once they leave the workforce. Nearly two out of 10 (17%) say they “aren’t saving or investing for anything.” Only a third expect to be “very secure” in retirement — vs. nearly half of Baby Boomers. The savings shortfall has been exacerbated by the phasing out of traditional pensions funded by employers. In their place is the increasing reliance on 401(k) plans and IRAs that require workers to do most of the saving on their own.)

 

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP STAFFERS ARE SO MISERABLE THAT WHITE HOUSE FEARS MASS EXODUS IN 2018 – TOM PORTER (DIERSEN: To meet their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, my Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on making their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran to feel miserable so that they would leave.)
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-staffers-are-so-miserable-white-house-fears-mass-exodus-2018-776477

 

GAO
— Tackling the Tax Gap (DIERSEN: While my Democrat GAO superiors wasted my knowledge of IRS that I gaining by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, they did let me work on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years.)
https://blog.gao.gov/2018/01/09/tackling-the-tax-gap/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tax season is upon us, and many of us will soon be sitting down to figure out and pay our share. But this year, like every year, some taxpayers intentionally or inadvertently won’t fully pay what they owe. The difference between the amount that taxpayers owe and what they actually pay is known as the tax gap, and it’s hundreds of billions of dollars each year. Today’s WatchBlog discusses some of our recent reports on the tax gap, and what IRS might do to address it. How big is it? In 2016, the Internal Revenue Service estimated an average gap of $458 billion each year from 2008 to 2010. IRS expects eventually to collect part of this, but the rest—$406 billion per year for those years—will never be collected. That’s more than it costs to fund 10 of the largest federal agencies for a year. It’s more than 20 times what it costs to fund NASA for a year.)

 

MARKET WATCH
– New tax law is hitting these 4 states hard – ROBERT C. POZEN
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-tax-law-is-hitting-these-4-states-hard-2018-01-10
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These large increases in state revenues are not feasible, as illustrated by Illinois. To cope with its mammoth unfunded benefit obligations, Illinois has sharply raised tax rates on both individuals and businesses over the past few years. But higher tax rates in Illinois have backfired — driving local residents and firms to other states. In 2015, for example, Illinois lost $4.75 billion in adjusted gross income to other states, according to IRS data.)

 

FED SMITH
— EPA Touts Success With Buyouts, Shrinking Workforce – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered a $25,000 buyout to all its employees including me who had 25 years or more of federal service.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/01/10/epa-touts-success-buyouts-shrinking-workforce/

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Jeff Bezos Is Now Worth More Than Bill Gates Ever Was – BLOOMBERG (DIERSEN: Are/were you rich? To demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being “rich,” my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government stressed the money that I spent on new cars, real estate, tuition, collector cars, etc. and they stressed the money that I saved. Should it be illegal to say that someone is “rich” unless their annual income is more than $250,000, $500,000, $750,000, $1,000,000? Should it be illegal to say that someone is “rich” unless their net worth is more than $5,000,000, $10,000,000, $15,000,000, $20,000,000? My federal salary in today’s dollars was $16.33/hour when I was 18, $45,703/year when I was 22, $55,905/year when I was 23, $67,638/year when I was 24, $81,071/year when I was 25, $91,880/year when I was 31, $96,403/year when I was 38, and $125,325/year when I was 49. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://time.com/money/5094811/jeff-bezos-is-now-worth-more-than-bill-gates-ever-was/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Jeff Bezos’s net worth reached $105.1 billion Monday on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as Amazon.com Inc. shares added to a 12-month surge that’s lifted the online shopping giant’s market value by almost 57%. Amazon shares have risen 6.6% this year, with a report showing the Seattle-based company captured 89% of online spending among dominant holiday retailers in the five-week period beginning the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. The latest jump has pushed Bezos’s fortune definitively above the high reached by Microsoft Corp.’s Bill Gates in 1999. The Amazon founder passed Gates in October with a net worth of $93.8 billion and his fortune crossed $100 billion for the first time a month later when the holiday shopping season kicked off on Black Friday.)

January 8 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AUGUST 28, 2017 FLASHBACK: Rauner signs immigration, automatic voter registration bills into law – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-immigration-voting-met-0829-20170828-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner entered a bill signing ceremony at Mi Tierra restaurant in Little Village to cheers from at least 200 supporters of the measure. Outside, an opponent carried a sign that said, “Illinois victim families say no sanctuary state.” The governor’s approach to the immigration bill signing was an indication of his efforts to walk the line between his conservative base and the more moderate constituencies he’ll need in order to win reelection in 2018. Rauner faced an intense lobbying campaign over the bill and warnings last week that he might lose support from conservatives if he were to sign it into law. State Sen. Kyle McCarter, a Republican from Lebanon outside St. Louis, said “this could be the last straw” for Downstate voters who have backed the governor if Rauner failed to veto the bill. So before the governor inked his signature to the legislation, an array of supporters, including members of the law enforcement community and business advocates, appeared on stage to demonstrate broad support. “Contrary to popular belief, this bill does not turn Illinois into a sanctuary state,” said Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, a fluent Spanish speaker who kicked off a slate of more than a dozen speakers with remarks in both English and Spanish.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti sticks with Gov. Rauner despite disagreements – Kim Geiger (DIERSEN: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would have invited Sanguinetti and Morthland to debate each other. Conservatives oppose anything that encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, or to bring others to America illegally. Outrageously, if not unethically, Geiger fails/refuses to discuss in this article Sanguinetti’s promoting Rauner’s sanctuary state bill.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-lieutenant-governor-sanguinetti-rauner-20180105-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As Gov. Bruce Rauner weighed the fate of a controversial abortion bill last fall, Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti had a decision to make. Born to a teenage mother and deeply religious, Sanguinetti opposes abortion rights. Rauner, who gave money to Planned Parenthood, was about to sign into law a measure expanding taxpayer-funded abortions. “It was not easy,” said Sanguinetti, recalling the discussion she’d had with the governor. “And him and I talked about it, and he did tell me at the end of the day that he needed me to be there with him. And I told him I needed to pray on it.” A re-election bid quickly approached. Would she stay on the team or opt out of the 2018 ticket? She says she took a few days to decide. “I talked to my family about it. And I decided to stand by the governor because in Illinois we have a lot of things that we need to focus on,” Sanguinetti said during a recent interview with the Tribune. “And so here I am, next to him. But was I upset? Yes. Do I remain upset? Yes.” If it’s uncommon to hear about the state’s chief executive and his running mate disagreeing on issues, that’s at least in part due to the fact that it’s rare to hear about Illinois’ lieutenant governor at all. Aside from being first in the line of succession, the office is so light on responsibilities that conversations often crop up about doing away with it altogether. During her first term, Sanguinetti has focused on studying the opioid epidemic and Illinois’ unusually high number of local governments, with mixed results. A newly created task force on opioid abuse, which Sanguinetti co-chairs, has successfully advocated for the creation of a hotline to help addicts, and for a new law requiring doctors to register with a prescription drug monitoring program. But Sanguinetti’s task force on local government consolidation has produced few changes to help rein in Illinois’ 7,000 units of government, beyond a four-year moratorium on the creation of new ones. Despite its longtime punchline status, the office was made a bit more politically useful when election procedures were changed so that candidates for governor and lieutenant governor now run as a team in the primary. The change allows candidates for governor to boost their ticket’s appeal by adding a running mate with a different pedigree. In Rauner’s case, Sanguinetti checked off several important boxes as a Latina woman who grew up poor, counterbalancing Rauner’s background as a wealthy white man who came from privilege. Unlike Rauner, Sanguinetti is a social conservative. In addition, she hailed from the collar counties, a key swing voting region. She also lacked political experience, having served only on the Wheaton City Council for a few years. One of her council colleagues was Jeanne Ives, who’s now a state lawmaker challenging the Rauner-Sanginuetti ticket in the March Republican governor primary. Ives declined an interview request through a spokeswoman. Sheila Simon, who was lieutenant governor under Democrat Pat Quinn but opted to run for a different office in 2014 where she could make a “greater impact,” said she respects Rauner’s running mate choice. Sanguinetti “has different access points than he does — a woman, someone who is fluent in Spanish and is literally going to hear things he doesn’t hear or understand things he doesn’t understand,” Simon said. Simon also noted that the lieutenant governor is “an adviser to the governor that the governor can’t fire.” Indeed, Sanguinetti remains one of the few original Rauner team members following a tumultuous period that included several departures by the “superstars” Rauner had hired early on, plus a spate of staff firings and resignations over the summer. Asked what she and Rauner disagree on, Sanguinetti listed two areas — one serious, one not so much. “So, he doesn’t know how to dress. And I’ve tried to help, but brother won’t listen,” Sanguinetti said, referring to Rauner’s typical uniform of casual ranch-hand slacks with a plaid button-down shirt and ultra-long sport coat. Sometimes, the governor swaps the coat for a vest. “He’s his own person. He beats to his own fashion drum, but that’s one disagreement,” Sanguinetti said. The two also have been at odds over clemency requests. Sanguinetti said she’s often more inclined to grant clemency petitions to people who want their record cleared so they can take a job in law enforcement or help turn around struggling youth in their community. “Because of my backdrop, I’m the one to say, ‘I want him (to get clemency). I would only listen to somebody like this if I was a youth in trouble because he’s an authentic messenger. He’s not somebody starting out of college telling me how I should behave. He’s been through it, and he’s risen from it,’” she said. But as Rauner has diligently cleared a massive backlog of clemency petitions in recent years, he’s granted just 3 percent of the requests. Quinn, by contrast, had an approval rate of around 36 percent. And, of course, the two clashed on the abortion bill. Though she decided to “stand by” Rauner, Sanguinetti was not at the news conference the governor held to announce his position on the bill. Instead, she issued a brief statement saying she “wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for a 15-year-old refugee who chose to have me and keep me.” “While I disagree with the governor on this, we must focus on our areas of agreement — enacting real reforms we need to turn Illinois around,” the statement said. Rauner offered similar logic when he was asked recently why it was important for him to keep Sanguinetti on board. “Getting our state going the right way is going to be a big team effort,” he said. “She’s my lieutenant governor,” Rauner later added. Still, Sanguinetti says, the two are on the same page about most things — a dynamic she credits to the new election system that required them to campaign as a team from the start. “From day one when we were sworn in, we were on the same plane, you know, we were in sync as far as messaging and the things that we believed in and what we wanted to deliver for the people of the state of Illinois,” Sanguinetti said. After winning election, Sanguinetti quickly went to work settling into her Thompson Center office, bringing in a collection of modern art paintings she’d inherited from her father. “My husband hates modern art, so he was very happy to see it in my office,” she said. She held on to several of Simon’s staff members to help with the transition, but ultimately cut her staff size in half and closed down office spaces in Carbondale and Springfield. Sanguinetti says that move was made possible by her close working relationship with the governor — the two are able to share staff for policy issues. But it does limit her independence. Even before the election, Rauner had been traveling the state telling voters that he planned to task Sanguinetti with figuring out ways to consolidate Illinois’ 7,000 units of local government to save taxpayer money. Creating the task force was one of the first things he did when he took office, and Sanguinetti went quickly to work, though she says she was less than excited about the idea. “I wanted to dedicate myself to more issues that are more sexy to your usual person,” Sanguinetti said. “And when you think about consolidation and unfunded mandates, it’s not very sexy, right?” As she set out on her task force mission, Sanguinetti got an on-the-job education about the issue, finding that oftentimes school districts or local fire departments were already cooperating with one another to share resources and reduce duplication. The task force produced 27 recommendations for ways to consolidate local governments and reduce unfunded mandates. But so far, only a handful have made it into law. Sanguinetti says she now sees the issue as “the gift that keeps on giving.” And she’s taken what she learned on the task force and turned it into a journal of “best practices” to highlight areas where local governments are already consolidating and sharing services and expenses. Ives spokeswoman Kathleen Murphy suggested the task force was an example of the Rauner administration’s failure to live up to its promises. Also on Sanguinetti’s list of duties is the opioid epidemic — another issue that she says she didn’t know much about before taking office. It was the DuPage County coroner, she said, who alerted her last year that the epidemic had reached into the suburbs. “You know about Wheaton, Ill. We are very religious and conservative there,” Sanguinetti said. “And he was telling me about all the people that were dying and the fact that it knew no neighborhood and no class.” Drug use and gang violence associated with the drug trade have plagued Chicago for decades, and Downstate communities have battled meth use for years. Sanguinetti traveled the state to hear about the crisis and says she now views the opioid epidemic as a public health issue. She’s been trained to administer Narcan, an antidote that’s used to reverse opioid overdoses, and is defensive when challenged by people who question giving addicts access to unlimited doses of the antidote. “The first thing I tell these people is it’s time to change the lexicon because science is telling us that this is a disease,” she said, likening Narcan to the drugs she uses to treat her multiple sclerosis. “The way I choose to treat my disease, nobody questions it because it’s a disease. We need to think of substance abuse disorder and accept it for what it is, it’s a disease.”)
— Senator Silverstein accused of sexual harassment fighting to stay on ballot – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ira-silverstein-ballot-challenge-20180108-story.html
— In next round of budget talks, ‘dreamers’ are set to dominate – Ed O’Keefe, Mike Debonis and Erica Werner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-budget-talks-dreamers-20180107-story.html
— Age gap awkwardness – Brent Gleeson (DIERSEN: Have you had to work for some who was younger than you? During my last 4 years at GAO 1993-1997, I reported directly to a GS-15 Step 10 (currently $164,200) who was much younger than me. During the previous 4 years, my supervisor reported to her. Most, if not virtually all of my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates DID NOT want to work for her or work with her because she was very demanding, female, younger, Jewish, and wealthy. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago and had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. To turn her against me, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed to her that I was conservative (she was liberal), Republican (she was Democrat), I was 100% German national origin (she was 100% Russian national origin), I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (she was Jewish), and that my ancestors had been in America since the 1840s (her ancestors were recent immigrants.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180108/281852938962479
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: New mindset needed for budgeting goals – Jill Schlesinger DIERSEN: What are you spending less on? Since my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in 1997 in cutting my income by $73,528/year (59%), that is, from $125,392 down to $51,869 in today’s dollars, my wife and I have spent even less on immediate pleasures including vacations, restaurant meals, entertainment, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/jillonmoney/tca-new-mindset-needed-for-successful-saving-20180105-story.html
— It’s time for the Census Bureau to stop dividing America – Ward Connerly and Mike Gonzalez (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like they believe that the following demographics are terrible: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-census-bureau-race-population-trump-0108-20180104-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The American people are dangerously divided, but one event looming on the horizon has the potential to put us on a path toward unity: the U.S. census. If President Donald Trump makes no changes, the U.S. Census Bureau in 2020 will again seek to shoehorn some 330 million Americans into official racial and ethnic categories. This system doesn’t just ignore science. It also completely overlooks a burgeoning “mixed-race” population that resents arbitrary racial straitjackets.)
— Could Texas’ Big Bend be the border’s weakest link? Smuggling of drugs and immigrants is on the rise – Molly Hennessy-Fiske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-border-patrol-big-bend-texas-20171226-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Steve Bannon’s olive branch said to be too late for angry Trump – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180108/steve-bannons-olive-branch-said-to-be-too-late-for-angry-trump
— Some shopping malls may be in deeper trouble than you think – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180108/some-shopping-malls-may-be-in-deeper-trouble-than-you-think

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: GateHouse Media Illinois likes watching scantily clad young women fight each other.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180107/lincoln-fighter-sets-her-goal-to-reach-ufc

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Protests urged for Trump Atlanta visit.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/the-latest-protests-urged-for-trump-atlanta-visit/906401747
— Trump allies defend him against book’s claims – AP (DIERSEN: You find out who your allies are when your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attack you.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/entertainment/trump-allies-defend-him-against-books-claims/905943506

 

WJBD RADIO
— Trump administration officials defend president’s mental fitness (DIERSEN: You find out who your allies are when your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attack you.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2018/01/07/trump-administration-officials-defend-presidents-mental-fitness

 

CHICAGO FEDERALIST SOCIETY
— Tavern Debate Thursday, January 18: Resolved: The Media are Biased, So Tweet Away, Mr. President
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tavern-debate-resolved-the-media-are-biased-so-tweet-away-mr-president-tickets-41643594111

 

WIRE POINTS
— Illinois Treasurer Frerichs Playing Activist Shareholder With College Savers’ Money – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-treasurer-frerichs-playing-activist-shareholder-with-college-savers-money-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Report shows federal bloat in Illinois – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was federal bloat and that a) the Post Office should NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS should NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS should NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO should NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO should NOT have promoted me in 1986. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.))
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/report-shows-federal-bloat-in-illinois/article_dd852dd4-f255-11e7-a9d6-fba849f89a97.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MARCH FOR LIFE CHICAGO 2018 NEXT WEEKEND
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/march-for-life-chicago-2018-next-weekend.html
— ABORTION COULD BE KEY ISSUE IN IL 3RD CD DEMOCRAT PRIMARY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/abortion-could-be-a-key-issue-in-il-3rd-cd-democrat-primary.html

 

BLAZE
— Democratic billionaire is sending controversial Trump book to every member of Congress – Teri Webster
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/07/democratic-billionaire-is-sending-controversial-trump-book-to-every-member-of-congress

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP strategist Karl Rove: Republicans in ‘big trouble,’ could lose House in 2018 – Bradford Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/7/karl-rove-gop-strategist-republicans-in-big-troubl/
— Obama gun boom ends: Background checks fall from record-breaking 2016 – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/7/gun-purchase-background-checks-drop-2017/
— Feminism, once noble — now nutty – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/4/feminism-once-noble-now-nutty/

 

FOX NEWS
— Bannon expresses ‘regret’ for comments attributed to him in ‘Fire and Fury’ – Joseph Weber
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/07/bannon-expresses-regret-for-comments-attributed-to-him-in-fire-and-fury.html
— Media go crazy over book claiming Trump is mentally unfit to be president, and other journalistic garbage – Dan Gainor
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/01/06/media-go-crazy-over-book-claiming-trump-is-mentally-unfit-to-be-president-and-other-journalistic-garbage.html
— Will disgraced Steve Bannon be invited to speak at CPAC? – Todd Starnes (DIERSEN: Which organizations do not invite you? Organizations that promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and/or Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or even worse things do not invite me. Organizations 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 do not invite me. The aforesaid organizations that claim to be conservative and/or Republican refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists. The aforesaid organizations do not want me a) to know about their events and other activities, b) to promote their events and other activities, c) to attend their events, or d) to report on their events and other activities. One could argue that if the aforesaid organizations invite me, I should decline the invitation.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/07/will-disgraced-steve-bannon-be-invited-to-speak-at-cpac.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Diversity Mania Rages On – George Leef
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/455173/michigan-university-diversity-plan-martin-center

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tell-all author: Trump’s White House staffers talk about the 25th Amendment ‘all the time’ – Kyle Feldscher
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tell-all-author-trumps-white-house-staffers-talk-about-the-25th-amendment-all-the-time/article/2645221

 

THE HILL
— Democrats out of order on DREAM Act – NOLAN RAPPAPORT
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/367744-democrats-out-of-order-on-dream-act

 

CNN
— Oprah Winfrey ‘actively thinking’ about running for president – Brian Stelter
http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/08/media/oprah-golden-globes/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE HEADLINE: Bannon Wilts Under Attacks From Ex-Allies – Jeremy W. Peters and Michael Tackett
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/us/politics/stephen-miller-cnn-trump-bannon-apology.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/opinion/trump-stable-genius-smart.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/opinion/jeff-sessionss-war-marijuana.html
— Trump Administration Rules That Nearly 200,000 Salvadorans Must Leave, Officials Say – Miriam Jordan (DIERSEN: Because Democrats shout at everyone that the U.S. is run by White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots, why would these Salvadorans want to stay in the U.S.?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/us/salvadorans-tps-end.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Public school buildings are falling apart, and students are suffering for it While the grown-ups argue over whether federal aid would interfere with local control, kids sit in freezing classrooms. – Rachel Cohen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/01/08/public-school-buildings-are-falling-apart-and-students-are-suffering-for-it/
— White House adviser Stephen Miller calls Bannon an ‘angry, vindictive person’ – David Nakamura (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most “angry, vindictive” people in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. They blame me for all defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2018/01/07/white-house-adviser-stephen-miller-calls-bannon-an-angry-vindictive-person-over-comments-in-wolff-book/
— Bannon apologizes, but Trump’s fury persists – David Nakamura, Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bannon-apologizes-but-trumps-fury-persists/2018/01/07/e12942f4-f3c2-11e7-a9e3-ab18ce41436a_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Refugee Admissions to U.S. Off to Slow Start in Fiscal Year 2018 Trump refugee policies helped slow inflow to just over 5,000 in first quarter – Laura Meckler (DIERSEN: Because Democrats shout at everyone that the U.S. is run by White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots, why would any refugee want to come to the U.S.?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/refugee-admissions-to-u-s-off-to-slow-start-in-fiscal-year-2018-1515330001
— Scholars Get The Real Scoop on ‘Fake News’ It turns out the people likeliest to read false stories are the ones who read lots of hard news too. – Allysia Finley (DIERSEN: I read “lots of hard news” while I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. Ever-increasingly, I see editorials that promote the Democrat Party platform being published that are unethically made to look like news articles. Ever-increasing, I see that news that cannot be spun to promote the Democrat Party platform is downplayed if not censured.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/scholars-get-the-real-scoop-on-fake-news-1515360315
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Bannon Works to Mend Rift Over Book Critical of White House Ex-Trump strategist tones down some of his comments as fallout reverberates – Rebecca Ballhaus and Harriet Torry
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bannon-apologizes-for-role-in-book-critical-of-white-house-1515349254
— My Favorite Writers on Retirement Planning Retirement columnist Glenn Ruffenach also answers questions about Social Security and volunteering – Glenn Ruffenach (DIERSEN: What do you base your knowledge of retirement on? I base my knowledge on what I have learned from being retired since 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-favorite-writers-on-retirement-planning-1515098781
— Book Banning Bunkum Trump’s feckless bluster isn’t a threat to the First Amendment. – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want to ban me and ban my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. They blame me for all defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/book-banning-bunkum-1515361290

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Allies Flood Airwaves to Defend the President – Ros Krasny and Jordan Yadoo (DIERSEN: You find out who your allies are when your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attack you.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-07/trump-allies-flood-airwaves-to-defend-president-from-new-book

 

USA TODAY
— In reversal, anti-immigration groups are open to deal to let 800,000 DREAMers stay – Alan Gomez
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/08/reversal-anti-immigration-groups-open-deal-let-800-000-dreamers-stay/1004430001/
— Haley: World perception of Trump as ‘unpredictable’ isn’t a bad thing – Nicole Gaudiano (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes know that they cannot call me unpredictable. They know that I always promote the Republican Party and the Illinois Republican Party platforms and especially their traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They know that I always promote the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. They know that I always oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and/or Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and other terrible things things.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/07/haley-world-perception-trump-unpredictable-isnt-bad-thing/1011070001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump gives advice on how to get rid of Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/08/donald-trump-stable-genius-reality-check-america-doesnt-have-new-normal-column/1011220001/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Trump Washes His Hands of Insurgency Against GOP Incumbents Trump says he’ll campaign aggressively for Republicans in the 2018 midterm elections but not for the GOP insurgents. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-01-07/trump-washes-his-hands-of-insurgency-against-gop-incumbents

 

NEW YORKER
— When Deportation Is a Death Sentence hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. may face violence and murder in their home countries. What happens when they are forced to return? – Sarah Stillman (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise foreign countries.)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/15/when-deportation-is-a-death-sentence

 

ATLANTIC
— The False Promises of Worker Retraining Despite assurances from policymakers that retraining is the key to success, such programs have consistently failed to equip workers with the preparation they need to secure jobs. – JEFFREY SELINGO (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. One could say that between 1992 and 1997, I retained myself. In 1992, I started taking graduate courses at IIT, and in 1997, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading. I did that because my Democrat GAO superiors had assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators and they had made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS. I had worked on audits of IRS 1986-1988 and I had worked for IRS 1971-1980.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/01/the-false-promises-of-worker-retraining/549398/

January 7 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— States exploring tax changes in response to federal overhaul – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–tax-overhaul-states-20180106-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In New Jersey and California, top Democratic officials want to let people make charitable contributions to the state instead of paying certain taxes. In Connecticut and New York, officials are exploring a switch from income taxes to new ones on payroll. A few governors have even called for tax cuts. The ideas are bubbling up as state lawmakers begin their 2018 sessions and assess the effects of the Republican tax overhaul that President Donald Trump signed into law last month. Lawmakers and governors in some states are grappling with how to protect their constituents. . . In high-tax states, officials have been focused on protecting taxpayers from the impact of a new $10,000 cap on deductions for paying state and local taxes. In California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, more than one-third of tax filers claim the state and local tax deduction on federal taxes; the average deduction in each state is over $15,000.)
— A look at prosecutors who will decide on marijuana crackdown – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–legalized-pot-prosecutors-glance-20180105-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Suburban libraries working to be more accommodating to the homeless – Sarah Freishtat
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-library-homeless-st-0105-20180105-story.html
— Trump cools to idea of reducing spending on welfare programs, seeing little chance of success – Josh Dawsey
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-agenda-20180106-story.html
— Talk of bipartisanship in Republican-only meetings with Trump at Camp David – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-republicans-camp-david-20180106-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Families lost loved ones to Legionnaires’ but can collect only minimal damages – Dave McKinney and Tony Arnold
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/state-law-caps-legionnaires-family-lawsuits-100000/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in getting “religious leaders” to serve as operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/let-sacred-traditions-guide-our-fight-against-injustice-just-relations/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump washes his hands of insurgency against GOP incumbents – AP (DIERSEN: Have you ever been an insurgent, that is, have you ever ran against an incumbent Republican? I have not.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180107/news/301079975/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump says he’s done campaigning for insurgents challenging incumbent Republican members of Congress. Trump told reporters after meeting GOP House and Senate leaders at Camp David on Saturday that he’s planning a robust schedule of campaigning for the 2018 midterm elections and that includes involvement in the Republican primaries. He’ll campaign for incumbents, he said, and “anybody else that has my kind of thinking.” But after a stinging loss in Alabama, Trump said he’s done supporting challengers, declaring: “I don’t see that happening.” Trump had supported Roy Moore after he won the GOP primary. Moore’s defeat in the subsequent special election handed Democrats another seat in the Senate.)
— Trump’s furious response to tell-all book – Editorial (DIERSEN: When my attorney Walter T. Charlton filed Diersen v. GAO in 1998, GAO was not furious at all. Instead, GAO responded to the lawsuit like the lawsuit helped GAO hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. The lawsuit showed that GAO wastes the careers of and gets rid of its non-veteran White male employees 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.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180107/editorial-trumps-furious-response-to-tell-all-book

 

ABC7
— Local leaders (Luis Gutierrez and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia) push to protect DACA recipients as budget deadline looms – Michelle Gallardo
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/local-leaders-push-to-protect-daca-recipients-as-budget-deadline-looms/2874740/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DACA battle heats up, Gutierrez responds to Trump
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/daca-battle-heats-up-gutierrez-responds-to-trump

 

WBEZ
— ‘It’s A Crime’: Illinois Cap On Legionnaires’ Payouts Lowest In U.S. – Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/its-a-crime-illinois-cap-on-legionnaires-payouts-lowest-in-us/f3d332bc-4d1d-4150-9865-cdffc3046fe6

 

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— Illinois legislators react to possible DOJ move on marijuana prohibition – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://rockrivertimes.com/2018/01/07/illinois-legislators-react-to-possible-doj-move-on-marijuana-prohibition/

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— DOJ Pot Follow Up – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=258032#.WlI146inGM8

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Few specifics are available on progressive tax amendment – Jim Dey (DIERSEN: What about retirement income? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious that my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and my Social Security are not subject to state income tax. In today’s dollars, since 1997, CSRS has paid me $1,050,246 and since 2010, Social Security has paid me $14,964.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-01-07/jim-dey-few-specifics-are-available-progressive-tax-amendment.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He proposed levying a 6 percent tax rate on incomes of $1 million or more, a roughly 20 percent increase for that category of income earners. At the same time, he would levy a 1 percent tax rate on incomes between $2,500 and $24,999, a 2.25 percent rate on incomes from $25,000 to $44,999, a 3.75 percent rate on incomes from $45,000 to $149,999 and a 4.95 percent rate on incomes from $150,000 to $999,999. But there’s a problem with Daiber’s tax proposal — it’s a bait and switch. He gives the impression that most people will get a tax cut and only a few — “the millionaires and billionaires” — will get a tax increase. That won’t work because backers of a progressive income tax desperately want billions of dollars more in revenue. Under Daiber’s proposal, the state would generate less revenue than it receives under the current flat tax. The problem? Illinois doesn’t have enough people with annual incomes of $1 million and up. According to the Illinois Department of Revenue 2013 tax figures, about 32,000 individuals or families out of 6 million tax filers reported annual incomes between $1 million and $25 million. They paid $2.5 billion of the $16.9 billion in income tax revenue that year. Meanwhile, the Illinois Policy Institute reports that in 2015, just 18 percent of taxpayers earned $100,000-plus. They paid 84 percent of all state income taxes.)
— Cunningham Township Assessor’s action sparks inquiry – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-01-07/assessors-action-sparks-inquiry.html
— Lots of work, few to do it at assessor’s office – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-01-07/tom-kacich-lots-work-few-do-it-assessors-office.html
— Kennedy alleges ‘gentrification plan’ – RICH MILLER
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-01-07/rich-millercapitol-fax-kennedy-alleges-gentrification-plan.html
— Gambling-parlor issue looming large in Champaign – Natalie Wickman (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who promotes video gambling? ANSWER: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-01-07/gambling-parlor-issue-looming-large-champaign.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump washes his hands of insurgency against GOP incumbents – AP (DIERSEN: Have you ever been an insurgent, that is, have you ever ran against an incumbent Republican? I have not.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-washes-his-hands-of-insurgency-against-gop-incumbents/904940250
— Trump wishes for better libel laws after book slams him – AP (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes erroneously believe that because I do not send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to make money, they are free to slander and libel me.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-wishes-for-better-libel-laws-after-book-slams-him/904961203

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The liberal media have all the facts! Except when they don’t. – Jack Hellner
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/01/the_liberal_media_have_all_the_facts_except_when_they_dont.html

 

THE HILL
— Blue-state officials plot response to GOP tax law – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: If you pay lots of real estate tax and/or state income tax in Illinois, have the Republicans succeeded in motivating you to do more to get those who run Illinois, who run your county, who run your township/ward, who run your municipality, who run your school district, who run your park district, who run your etc. to curb their taxes and to curb their spending? What if the majority of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois want taxpayers like you to pay higher taxes?)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/367696-blue-state-officials-plot-response-to-gop-tax-law
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Elected officials in high-tax Democratic-leaning states are looking at creative ways to prevent the new tax law from raising their residents’ bills. The new law, which passed in December with only Republican votes, caps the state and local tax (SALT) deduction at $10,000. GOP lawmakers said they hoped that would motivate high-tax states such as New York, New Jersey and California to curb their own taxes and spending. But politicians in blue states view the tax law as an attack on them, and are pushing back. “We sort of have two choices. One choice is to step back and let this happen to us. Or the other is to get into the arena and fight like heck,” New Jersey Gov.-elect Phil Murphy (D) said at a news conference Friday. “And this is New Jersey after all.” The tax law is just one of the ways Republicans have taken aim at Democratic-leaning cities and states in recent months.)

 

ABC NEWS
— Trump wishes for better libel laws after book slams him – AP (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes erroneously believe that because I do not send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to make money, they are free to slander and libel me.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-wishes-libel-laws-book-slams-52189356

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: In Clash Between California and Trump, It’s One America Versus Another – Tim Arango (DIERSEN: How soon will California leave America and join up with Mexico? Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America a) by its sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) by its keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) by its sending mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/us/california-sanctuary-marijuana.html
— Elgin Man Who Sheltered Homeless People in His Basement Stops After City Order – Maya Salam
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/us/chicago-homeless-basement-weather.html
— Retirement Tips for the Age of Trump – Charles J. Sykes (DIERSEN: Since I retired in 1997 when I was 49 years, sadly, I have come to realize that far too many activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be Republican are not really Republican. They are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or they are anti-Trump, 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.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/opinion/sunday/retirement-tips-trump-age.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Originally, my plan was to sit in a rocking chair, and after a few weeks to start rocking. But the election wrecked those plans, making retirement in the Era of Trump a complicated affair. I started thinking about that this past week, when Orrin Hatch, the seven-term Republican senator from Utah, announced that he wouldn’t run for re-election this year. He joins two Republican colleagues, Bob Corker and Jeff Flake, in announcing retirement. Word is that Steve Bannon is also very likely to have a lot more free time on his hands soon, especially since the billionaire Mercer family has cut off his funding, one of the few things that has kept him relevant. So even though they didn’t ask, I’m going to offer some pointers.)
— Diabetes Shouldn’t Bankrupt You – Elisabeth Rosenthal (DIERSEN: My outstanding father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. That diabetes led to heart failure and his sudden death in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/opinion/sunday/diabetes-shouldnt-bankrupt-you.html
— Why Even Tougher Regulations on Smoking Are Justified – Robert H. Frank (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all of my superiors and supervisors who worked the hardest against me were older White male Democrats who were big smokers and big drinkers.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/business/economy/why-even-tougher-regulations-on-smoking-are-justified.html
— Where Pot Entrepreneurs Go When the Banks Just Say No As the legal markets for marijuana spread, a small credit union is solving a big problem: what to do with all the cash. – ROBB MANDELBAUM (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction. Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like a) they smoke pot, b) they want to smoke pot legally, and/or c) they want to make lots of money selling pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/magazine/where-pot-entrepreneurs-go-when-the-banks-just-say-no.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump, his aides keep up attack against White House tell-all; president dismisses it as a ‘Fake Book’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/01/07/trump-his-aides-keep-up-attack-against-white-house-tell-all-president-dismisses-it-as-a-fake-book/

 

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
— In 2018, resolve to end elitism – RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR. (DIERSEN: Those who work on the front line against me paint themselves as being operatives or dupes for elites.)
http://journalstar.com/opinion/columnists/ruben-navarrette-in-resolve-to-end-elitism/article_0d84184b-9192-5e92-8729-cc289a929a3d.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Republicans, Democrats Agree Trump’s In Charge (DIERSEN: Who is in charge in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/december_2017/republicans_democrats_agree_trump_s_in_charge

January 6 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump, in pushback against new book, says he is ‘a very stable genius’ – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-pushing-back-against-book-says-he-is-a-very-stable-genius/2872778/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Police: Vehicle pulled over in Riverside was ‘rolling drug store’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/police-vehicle-pulled-over-in-riverside-was-rolling-drug-store

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump boasts that he’s a ‘very stable genius’ amid questions over his mental fitness – David Nakamura
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-stable-genius-20180106-story.html
— Cold snap expected to tie record, won’t break it – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-ties-cold-snap-record-but-wont-break-it-20180106-story.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner’s to-do list looks familiar – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180106/statehouse-insider-rauners-to-do-list-looks-familiar
— Harley in the garage? Rauner gets his skates; Salary changes; Odom out; Turning Point – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180106/bernard-schoenburg-harley-in-garage-rauner-gets-his-skates

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County clerk candidate Janice Dalton files for bankruptcy same day she joined race – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/01/05/mchenry-county-clerk-candidate-janice-dalton-files-for-bankruptcy-same-day-she-joined-race/ajov0fw/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dalton’s Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy filing lists $10,000 in video gambling losses and $30,000 in money she withdrew in her husband’s name from his annuity fund. Her husband, Michael Dalton, listed those losses in a separate Chapter 7 bankruptcy he filed in October, reporting the $32,000 loss as “wife misappropriated annuity funds.” Janice Dalton would not comment on details about the withdrawal from her husband’s annuity fund. “That’s between my husband and I, and that’s personal,” she said.)

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Private school tax credits off to good start – Editorial (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180106/our-view-private-school-tax-credits-off-to-good-start

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Illinois 15th District Congressional Democratic candidate forum to be held January 9 (DIERSEN: The first question for candidates participating in Republican candidate forums in Illinois should be: If elected, do you promise to defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party and Illinois Republican Party platforms including their traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks? The second question should be: What have you done that shows that you oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminution of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination?)
http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/114084/illinois-15th-district-congressional-candidate-forum-to-be-held

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Pot industry frets, then shrugs off Sessions’ new policy – AP
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/pot-industry-frets-then-shrugs-off-sessions-new-policy/904228745
— The Latest: Trump sees possible deal on young immigrants (DIERSEN: If Dreamers were surveyed, if they were asked if they would vote for Trump if Trump gave them U.S. citizenship, what would they say?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/the-latest-trump-says-hes-well-prepared-for-2018-agenda/904247541

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Evangelicals and Mormons Are Political Allies, But Theological Rivals – TOM GJELTEN
http://nprillinois.org/post/evangelicals-and-mormons-are-political-allies-theological-rivals#stream/0

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— House Democrat announces he will not attend State of the Union address – Sally Persons
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/5/earl-blumenauer-oregon-democrat-not-attend-state/

 

BREITBART
— Tucker Carlson: Republican Party Is Gone, Over, Toast If It Makes Deal With Dems on DACA, Chain Migration – JEFF POOR
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/01/06/tucker-carlson-republican-party-gone-toast-makes-deal-dems-daca-chain-migration/

 

TOWNHALL
— ‘No Wall, No DACA’ – Trump Speaks from Camp David – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/01/06/trump-demands-full-border-wall-funding-and-security-in-daca-negotiations-n2430929

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illinois city (Harvey) runs out of other people’s money – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/01/illinois_city_runs_out_of_other_peoples_money.html
— Just who are the ‘DREAMers’? – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/01/just_emwhoem_are_the_dreamers.html
— For NeverTrumps, good news for America is bad news – David Zukerman
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/01/for_never_trumpers_good_news_for_america_is_bad_news.html
— Trump offers DREAMer amnesty now for 300 miles of border wall by 2027 – Ed Straker
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/01/trump_offers_dreamer_amnesty_now_for_300_miles_of_border_wall_by_2027.html

 

NBC NEWS
— LGBTQ nonprofits fear ‘disastrous’ losses under new tax plan – Julie Moreau
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lgbtq-nonprofits-fear-disastrous-losses-under-new-tax-plan-n835081

 

CNN
— Jobs everywhere! Except at stores – Chris Isidore
http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/05/news/economy/retail-job-losses/index.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The top 10 gubernatorial races of 2018 – Amber Phillips
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/01/06/the-top-10-gubernatorial-races-of-2018/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 4. Illinois (Republican defending): What happens when two billionaires clash? We’re about to find out. Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) is running for reelection in the bluest states in the Midwest and has already given his own campaign $50 million. But that’s peanuts to fellow billionaire J.B. Pritzker, of one of the wealthiest families in the country, who has said if he wins the nomination (over a field that includes a member of the Kennedy family), he’ll spend whatever it takes to win the general election. The Illinois race is shaping up to be the most expensive nonpresidential race in American history, which both sides say make it extremely unpredictable.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Senate Republicans become Trump accomplices in manipulating the system.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/01/05/senate-republicans-become-trump-accomplices-in-manipulating-the-system/

 

USA TODAY
— Marijuana sellers undeterred by threat of federal prosecution – Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/01/05/marijuana-sellers-undeterred-threat-federal-prosecution/1008483001/

 

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Website scores churches on the transparency of their LGBTQ policies – David J. SegalJan
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/houston-belief/article/Website-scores-churches-on-the-transparency-of-12478780.php

 

SACRAMENTO BEE
— California had a TV ad that promoted drug use? It’s Reefer Madness! – ERIKA D. SMITH
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/erika-d-smith/article193302749.html

 

FORBES
— Marijuana Investors Aren’t Scared By Sessions’ Change In Pot Policy – Mona Zhang (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/monazhang/2018/01/06/marijuana-investors-arent-scared-by-sessions-change-in-pot-policy/#5cf2da0880fb

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Warns Democrats Again: No Mexican Border Wall, No DACA – Bill Allison, Margaret Talev, and Laura Litvan
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-06/trump-warns-democrats-there-won-t-be-daca-deal-if-no-border-wall

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Overwhelmingly, a) Democrats are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and b) Republicans 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.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/06/republicans-now-party-identity-politics-donald-trump

January 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Downstate governor candidate blames lack of attention on his ‘middle-class’ status – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bob-daiber-illinois-governor-20180105-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers say “Pot cures town’s economic ills.”
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180105/281895888630617
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: 1 in 10 youths has been homeless over the past year, survey finds – Moriah Balingit (DIERSEN: Democrats promote homelessness because they promote a) the breakdown of the traditional family, b) dependency on government, c) dependency on charity, d) LGBTQ activity, e) abortion, f) mass/illegal immigration, g) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and h) even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-homeless-youths-survey-20171231-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Questions about Trump’s mental, physical health brewing.” Have the Democrats succeeded in forcing you out? In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” In 1969, my Democrat Post Office superiors succeeded in forcing me to resign.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-questions-about-trumps-mental-physical-health-brewing/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats in the meantime are trying to figure out a way to invoke the 25th Amendment for the first time — that’s the one where a president can be removed from office if he can’t discharge his duties because of a physical or mental condition. My take on the question of what the public will learn about Trump’s Jan. 12 physical exam is . . . Trump, 71, who does not exercise and is not careful about what he eats, wants the nation to know his body mass index about as much as he wants to release his tax returns. Barack Obama and other presidents have allowed their doctors to provide a detailed medical report. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has pledged a “readout.” Obama’s March 8, 2016, physical, besides the body mass index, disclosed his weight, resting heart rate, pulse and the results of pulmonary, cardiac, gastrointestinal and other tests and studies. In addition there were lab results for cholesterol, fasting blood glucose tests and the list of medications being taken. Obama got good grades for a healthy diet and consistent exercise. You may recall that in December 2015, Trump’s personal physician, Harold Bornstein, declared that Trump “will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.” We’ll see. There are other reasons besides the Wolff book to wonder about Trump’s mental competence. How about that risky and innuendo-laced Tweet on Tuesday night taunting North Korea leader Kim Jong Un over whose nuclear button is bigger? Or Trump’s compulsion to disregard facts, even when he has been proven wrong? Or his insistence that everything he does is bigger and better than every president before him? Republicans feel they have to be circumspect about Trump’s behavior. But Trump’s erratic moves energizes Democrats who are itching to invoke Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to force Trump out of the White House. Now this is not impeachment. This is about using the 25th Amendment for the first time to remove a president from office for a physical or mental incapacity. Section 4 says when the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet members or Congress find “that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.”)
— Regular folks have no real chance of making a difference in elections – Donald Nauyokas, Brighton Park (DIERSEN: By their blaming me for all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am more than just a “regular folk.”)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/regular-folks-make-difference-elections-letters/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Mount Prospect gives manager 5 percent raise, $20,000 bonus – Steve Zalusky
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180104/mount-prospect-gives-manager-5-percent-raise-20000-bonus

 

WTTW
— Bannon Slams Trump: Republicans (Matt Murphy and Jennifer Nevins) React to Claims of West Wing Chaos – Eddie Arruza
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/01/04/bannon-slams-trump-republicans-react-claims-west-wing-chaos

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Kennedy keeps firing at bosses – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-01-05/kennedy-keeps-firing-bosses.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Sangamon County’s population declines by 2,500 in five years – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/sangamon-countys-population-declines-by-2500-in-five-years#new_tab

 

WBEZ
— Illinois First Lady To Join Rauner At Vets’ Home With Legionnaires’ History – Tony Arnold, Mariah Woelfel
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-first-lady-to-join-rauner-at-vets-home-with-legionnaires-history/a3516b7e-77f1-4195-ad43-cec739d83ecd

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rauner Polls – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/01/04/rauner-polls/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois legislators react to possible DOJ move on marijuana prohibition – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-legislators-react-to-possible-doj-move-on-marijuana-prohibition/article_006ed280-f17c-11e7-88eb-ff866e2039c8.html

 

GOPUSA
— OUTSTANDING: ICE leader says sanctuary city politicians should be arrested
http://www.gopusa.com/ice-leader-says-sanctuary-city-politicians-should-be-arrested/
— Planned Parenthood enters transgender market
http://www.gopusa.com/planned-parenthood-enters-transgender-market/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— ANTI-INVASION GROUP HITS TWITTER WITH CIVIL-RIGHTS COMPLAINT Immigration PAC blocked for issuing statement about DACA legislation – ALICIA POWE (DIERSEN: Who wants to block you from doing what? My critics/opponents want to block me from a) sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) knowing about their events and other activities, b) promoting their events and other activities, c) attending their events, and d) reporting on their events and other activities.)
http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/twitter-being-hit-with-civil-rights-complaint/

 

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— America Is Migrating To Trump States – MICHAEL BARONE
https://www.investors.com/politics/columnists/america-is-migrating-to-trump-states/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “New scrutiny for Trump’s mental fitness after book, tweets.” Democrats always hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are not mentally fit.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/367512-book-tweets-prompt-new-scrutiny-for-trumps-mental-fitness

 

POLITICO
— Journalists scrutinize Michael Wolff’s credibility ‘Fire and Fury’ author to appear on ‘Today’ while other reporters criticize — and defend — his reporting. – MICHAEL CALDERONE (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, and Greens and Green plants criticize my credibility and my reporting. Republicans defend my credibility and my reporting.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/04/michael-wolff-fire-fury-credibility-325399

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s bully bluster works better from Trump Tower than the White House.”
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/04/opinions/trumps-bully-bluster-works-better-from-trump-tower-than-the-white-house-opinion-callan/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Can States Fix the G.O.P. Tax Law? – Editorial (DIERSEN: For example, will states cap real estate tax bills at say $7,000/year and cap state income tax at say $3,000/year?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/opinion/states-fix-gop-tax.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Bogus Voter-Fraud Commission Is Dead, but the Myths Aren’t.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/opinion/voter-fraud-commission.html
— California Defiant in Face of Federal Move to Get Tough on Marijuana – Thomas Fuller (DIERSEN: How soon will California leave the United States and join up with Mexico? Constructively, Mexico has declared war on the United States.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/us/california-defiant-in-face-of-federal-move-to-get-tough-on-marijuana.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— If 2017 posed problems for feds, 2018 could be worse with attacks on pay, benefits – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 20 years. Who hates you? Overwhelmingly, a) past, present, and future federal employees and retirees hate me because I have always been a Republican and b) those who hate past, present, and future federal employees and retirees hate me because I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 20 years.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/01/05/if-2017-posed-problems-for-feds-2018-could-be-worse-with-attacks-on-pay-benefits/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Steve Bannon reportedly loses support of top financial backer Rebekah Mercer – David Boroff (DIERSEN: It would be great if my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would disclose who their financial backers are. Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and lots more if they succeed in stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. In the past, they succeeded in ending my a) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, b) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, c) Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, d) Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, e) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, f) GAO employment, g) etc.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bannon-reportedly-loses-support-top-financial-backer-article-1.3736973

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— OUTSTANDING: Justice Department Rescinds Obama-Era Relaxation of Marijuana Prosecution – Del Quentin Wilber and Dan Frosch
https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-to-rescind-obama-era-relaxation-of-marijuana-prosecution-1515080168
— Trump Administration Seeks $18 Billion Over Decade to Expand Border Wall Expansion would cover about half of the entire southwest border, as described in document sent to senators – Laura Meckler
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-seeks-18-billion-over-decade-to-expand-border-wall-1515148381
— Downside of Automatic 401(k) Savings: More Debt New research finds employees auto-enrolled in retirement plans borrow more than they otherwise would have, offsetting savings – Anne Tergesen (DIERSEN: It should be illegal to say that anyone is rich UNLESS they are debt-free and have at least $1 million in retirement savings or are on track to have that by the time they retire.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/downside-of-automatic-401-k-savings-more-debt-1515148201
— NFL Ratings Fall at Faster Pace Average audience for a game fell 9.7% to 14.9 million, but league says NFL programming still accounted for 33 of top 50 programs on TV in 2017 – Joe Flint
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nfl-ratings-fall-at-faster-pace-1515061801
— Mark Zuckerberg Resolves to ‘Fix’ Facebook in 2018 Chief executive has set annual personal challenge since 2009; in post, says company ‘has made too many errors’ – Deepa Seetharaman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mark-zuckerberg-resolves-to-fix-facebook-in-2018-1515104645
— ‘The Character Gap’ by Christian B. Miller – Julian Baggini (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on a) destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) promoting LGBTQ activity, c) promoting abortion, d) promoting mass/illegal immigration, e) promoting booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) promoting patronage, g) promoting political affiliation discrimination, h) promoting reverse discrimination, i) promoting age discrimination, j) promoting hatred of past, present, and future union members and federal employees, and k) promoting hatred of federal retirees.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/review-good-people-bad-people-and-the-character-gap-1515110640

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ISIS in our own backyard: Group’s U.S. followers are diverse, in places large and small – Christal Hayes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/01/04/fight-against-isis-teenager-playing-basketball-fbi-agent-and-couple-their-honeymoon-heres-how-isis-s/953954001/

 

SPECTRUM NEWS
— DREAMERS: ‘WE HAVE DREAMS, WE WANT TO WORK HERE’ – Alex Peterson (DIERSEN: What dreams have you had dashed? In 1969, my dream of continuing to work for the Post Office was dashed when my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign. In 1971, my dream of working for Oldsmobile was dashed when Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. After 1974, my dream of getting promoted to GS-13 was dashed when my Democrat IRS superiors made it clear that they would never do that. In 1980, my dream of GAO offering me a promotion to GS-13 to transfer to GAO was dashed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. During 1980-1985 and 1989-1997, my dream of being assigned to audits of IRS was dashed when my Democrat GAO superiors refused to do that. After 1986, my dream of getting promoted to GS-14 was dashed when my Democrat GAO superiors made it clear that they would never do that. In 1997, my dream of continuing to work for GAO was dashed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer.”)

http://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2018/01/05/dreamers-hold-rally-in-uptown-charlotte

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Democrats Challenge Proposed Citizenship Question on 2020 Census – Charles S. Clark (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2018/01/democrats-challenge-proposed-citizenship-question-2020-census/144972/

January 3 Morning Adition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A look at who’s raised the most in race to replace Lisa Madigan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-attorney-general-cash-20180103-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the Republican side, former congressional candidate Erika Harold raised about $116,000 in the last three months. Harold, who has the backing of much of the state’s Republican establishment, has collected nearly $250,000 so far. DuPage County Board member Gary Grasso raised about $90,000. Some caveats: The numbers reported so far only reflect donations of $1,000 or more, and some donations made in the waning days of December might not have shown up yet.)
— Ives gets Fremont Township GOP backing – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-attorney-general-cash-20180103-story.html
— Does speaking Spanish make one Latino? – Anne Vasquez (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will members of the following groups succeed in stopping you from getting an education, from getting a job, from etc. unless you speak, read, and write Spanish: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-spanish-language-latino-cultural-identity-0103-20180102-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s misguided ideas about Chicago crime.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-murder-rate-jeff-sessions-0103-20180102-story.html
— Universities face #MeToo movement over sexual harassment – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–sexual-misconduct-universities-20171228-story.html
— Victim behind Dennis Hastert downfall seeks protective order in lawsuit – Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-dennis-hastert-lawsuit-protective-order-20180101-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville Township officials want responsibility for highway department – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-township-road-merger-st-0103recovered-tue-jan–2-110643-201-20180102-story.html
— Trump to have medical exam in January, release results – Justin Sink
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180103/281706910065438
— Advocates debate helping homeless – Amy Taxin and Geoff Mulvihill
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180103/281736974836510

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Animal Care and Control Chief orders pit bull that bit her euthanized – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/animal-care-and-control-shelter/
— Man suing Dennis Hastert wants to keep some details secret – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/man-suing-ex-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-wants-some-details-secret/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Who gets the interest from the property taxes you paid early? – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180103/who-gets-the-interest-from-the-property-taxes-you-paid-early

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Stopping the Illinois population’s downward spiral State is now 6th largest in the nation, dropping behind Pennsylvania – Kelley Bowles (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who are being driven out of Illinois are members 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. Soon, if not already, virtually everyone left in Illinois will be members of the following groups: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/stopping-the-illinois-populations-downward-spiral/897305431

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Another load of laws from Legislature – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-01-03/another-load-laws-legislature.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Davis Verbally Pokes at Bernie Sanders (DIERSEN: What if all those who prepaid their real estate taxes were surveyed about the recently passed tax reform plan?)
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=257837
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Congressman Rodney Davis of Taylorville says he continues to get positive feedback about the recently passed tax reform plan as he travels along the 13th Congressional District. Davis recently blasted one of the high profile opponents of the reform plan while touting its benefits. (AUDIO CLIP) Davis says Illinoisans will see the benefits of the tax plan in less than a month.)

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/the-undocumented-immigrant-next-door-he-came-to-america-to/article_3fbbb0c3-31f6-5331-9307-54f6fa10dc47.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump: My ‘nuclear button’ is bigger than Kim’s
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/the-latest-trump-says-his-nuclear-button-is-bigger/897688798

 

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— Rock Island County Republicans support Ives
https://rockislandtoday.com/stories/511306020-rock-island-county-republicans-support-ives

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Scathing Fox News report caps “rough first term” for Rauner
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-scathing-fox-news-report-caps-rough-first-term-for-rauner/

 

GOPUSA
— Where is the feminist support for the oppressed women in Iran?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=36323

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— OPTIMISM ABOUT TRUMP IN 2018 – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/optimism-about-trump-in-2018/
— DANGERS OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/dangers-of-government-control/

 

TOWNHALL
— An Unfond Farewell to Un-statesman Orrin Hatch – Michelle Malkin
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2018/01/03/an-unfond-farewell-to-unstatesman-orrin-hatch-n2429306
— GOP President and Congress Still Funding Planned Parenthood – Terry Jeffrey
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2018/01/03/gop-president-and-congress-still-funding-planned-parenthood-n2429315

 

FOX BUSINESS
— Government watchdog group could be the key to ‘draining the swamp’ (DIERSEN: What about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid? What percent of federal employees are a) Democrat, b) minority, c) female, and d) non-veteran?)
http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2018/01/02/government-watchdog-group-could-be-key-to-draining-swamp.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Throughout Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, he promised to “drain the swamp” and to end political corruption in Washington. An organization called OpenTheBooks.com could be the key to making President Trump’s promise a reality. The government watchdog organization discloses the amount of spending at every level of government across the U.S. Recently, the website released a 40-page report called “Mapping the Swamp” that reveals all publicly disclosed federal salaries and bonuses of government employees for the 2016 fiscal year. OpenTheBooks.com CEO Adam Andrzejewski said Tuesday that his organization could help provide President Trump with data supporting his claims of government corruption. “One thing that drives taxpayers crazy is the $1.5 billion worth of bonuses that are given out each year. So all of these agency heads and the president leading on this can bring forth civil service reform this year-we’ve got the data to back it all up,” he told FOX Business’ David Asman on “After the Bell.” According to the “Mapping the Swamp” report, 29,852 federal employees make over $190,823 a year, which out earned each of the 50 state governors.)

 

THE HILL
— Trump ICE pick: Politicians who run sanctuary cities should be charged with crimes – BRANDON CONRADIS
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/367167-trump-ice-pick-politicians-who-run-sanctuary-cities-should-be-charged

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Iranian Authorities Block Access to Social Media Tools – Sheera Frenkel (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want to block? My critics/opponents want to block everyone a) from getting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) from visiting www.gopillinois.com.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/technology/iran-protests-social-media.html
— Critics Say Questions About Citizenship Could Wreck Chances for an Accurate Census – Michael Wines (DIERSEN: How many illegals are there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/us/census-citizenship-status-immigrants.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats Outline Demands as Threat of Shutdown Looms – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Thomas Kaplan (DIERSEN: What have the Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois demanded? From what I see, they have demanded that Republican township, ward, and county organizations and the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) a) GET RID OF those like me who support 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 IRP platform; b) GET RID OF those like me who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling; c) GET RID OF those like me who do not promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid; and d) GET RID OF those like me who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/us/politics/senate-democrats-government-shutdown-immigration.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: President boasts of ‘my’ arsenal – Tracy Wilkinson
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fg-trump-korea-20180102-story.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Why do so many Republicans hate college? – Catherine Rampell (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, colleges focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.”)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-do-so-many-republicans-hate-college/2017/12/28/db55f5f6-ec16-11e7-b698-91d4e35920a3_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Should Business Be ‘Grateful’? In fact, we should all be grateful when tax reform leads to better incentives. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. (DIERSEN: Those who prepaid their real estate taxes are not grateful.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/should-business-be-grateful-1514940942
— ‘White-Informed Civility’ Is the Latest Target in the Campus Wars The rules of collegiate debate are also coming under attack as racist and patriarchal. – Steve Salerno
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-informed-civility-is-the-latest-target-in-the-campus-wars-1514938758
— Looking for a Few Good Men A society that won’t let boys be boys will pay a price in the end. – Angela Rocco DeCarlo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/looking-for-a-few-good-men-1514941459
— Even If Your New Job Is a Bad Fit, Don’t Quit How to evaluate whether the challenges can be overcome or it’s really a toxic workplace – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: Have you worked in toxic workplaces? Soon after I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5, currently $91,880, to GS-9 Step 10, currently $72,677) to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, I learned how toxic its Chicago office was for those who shared my demographics. Nevertheless, I counted on the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer a) to protect me from political affiliation discrimination, from reverse discrimination, and from age discrimination, b) to get me assigned to audits of IRS, c) to get me promoted to GS-11 Step 10 (currently $87,933), to GS-12 Step 5 (currently $91,880), to GS-13 Step 1 (currently $96,403), etc. However, ever-increasingly, the Democrats who ran the office did everything that they could to get rid of him. Nevertheless, in 1986, he succeeded a) in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and b) in promoting me to GS-13 Step 1 (currently $96,403). However, the Democrats succeeded a) in getting rid of him in 1987, b) in throwing me off audits of IRS in 1989, c) in keeping me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career, d) in giving me unfair performance expectations and unfair performance appraisals, e) in always ranking me the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and f) in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/even-if-your-brand-new-job-is-a-bad-fit-dont-quit-1514906394
— Iranians Turn to Telegram App Amid Protests People have used the messaging tool to share information and videos – Sam Schechner and Stu Woo (DIERSEN: In Illinois, what tools should Republicans make better use of to protest a) Democrats and Democrat plants, b) Libertarians and Libertarian plants, c) Greens and Green plants, and d) RINOs?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iranians-turn-to-telegram-app-amid-protests-1514919114

THE WEEK
— Why are Illinois Democrats banking on a billionaire in 2018? – David Faris
http://theweek.com/articles/742925/why-are-illinois-democrats-banking-billionaire-2018

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: California’s New Pot Law May Popularize Weed Weddings, Budtenders, Canna-bus Rides and Pot ‘Church’ – VICTORIA TAFT
https://ijr.com/the-declaration/2018/01/1042948-californias-new-pot-law-will-popularize-weed-weddings-bud-tenders-canna-bus-rides-pot-church/

 

VANITY FAIR
— WILL 2018 BE THE YEAR THE INTERNET KILLS OLD MEDIA? Experts share their fears—and their hopes—for another year of reckoning with the digital apocalypse. – JAMES WARREN
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/will-2018-be-the-year-the-internet-kills-old-media

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— America’s Next Retirement Crisis Could Be That Baby Boomers Are Living Too Long – ELANA HOLODNY (DIERSEN: What is your life expectancy?)
http://time.com/money/5072402/americas-next-retirement-crisis-could-be-that-baby-boomers-are-living-too-long/

 

FED WEEK
— New Year’s Resolutions for your Career – Nancy Segal (DIERSEN: What would have helped you move up your career ladder? The federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 if I had been a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, I would have focused on helping my superiors meet their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, that is, I would have helped them get 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. If I had been a Democrat, I would not have complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation. If I had been a Democrat, I would not have become an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 when I was 40 years old that charged the federal government with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://ask.fedweek.com/career-resolutions-made-2018/

December 31 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 8 New Year’s wishes for Chicago and Illinois – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/8-new-year-wishes-chicago-illinois-2018-editorial/
— Here’s what we fought for in 2017 – Editorial (DIERSEN: What did you fight for in 2017? With my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, I fought for the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township resolution against video gambling. I especially fought for the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I especially fought against the promotion of LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, further erosion of the First and Second Amendments, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, political affiliation discrimination, patronage, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2017-trump-rauner-schools-chicago-police-golf-course-park-district-republican-tax-bill/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— After dispute over epitaph, tombstone at Catholic cemetery reads: ‘She supported priest sexual abuse victims’ – Angie Leventis Lourgos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-catholic-grave-marker-20171221-story.html
— Senators’ Russia trip scuttled because of ‘black list’ – AP (DIERSEN: Who has you on their black list? I should write a book about those who have me on their black lists. They do not want me a) to know about their events or their other activities, b) to promote their events or their other activities, c) attend their events, or d) report on their events or other activities. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They blame me for all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000. They pander to Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–senate-russia-20171230-story.html
— More adults are living together than ever, analysis shows. Here’s why. – Darcel Rockett (DIERSEN: I had saved enough and I was earning enough a) in 1972 when I was 24 years old to buy a new town home in University Park, b) in 1974 to buy a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago, and c) in 1976 to buy a one bedroom condo in that building. My father died suddenly in 1969. I lived with my mother and brother in Crete 1970-1972 to help support them.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-roommates-rental-prices-20171219-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-sports-betting-new-jersey-supreme-court-nfl-1231-20171229-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Couple leaves words ‘priest rapist’ off Wheaton cemetery tombstone – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171230/couple-leaves-words-priest-rapist-off-wheaton-cemetery-tombstone
— Nurture skepticism, not cynicism, to combat ‘fake news’ – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, virtually everything that the mainstream media puts out is designed to promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171231/editorial-nurture-skepticism-not-cynicism-to-combate-fake-news
— ‘I hope I can quit working in a few years’: A preview of the US without pensions – Peter Whoriskey (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who are not getting a pension or are not in line to get a pension promote hatred against those who are getting a pension or are in line to get a pension. Soon, if not already, those who are getting a pension or are in line to get a pension will join/form organizations to protect what they have earned. One such organization is the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association at http://www.narfe.org. Those who promote hatred against me should acknowledge that if my Democrat GAO superiors had been stopped from forcing me to take their early retirement “offer in 1997 when I was 49 years old, and if I was still working for GAO, in today’s dollars, I would have paid into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) $174,340 ($717 X 243 months) instead of CSRS paying me $1,029,834 ($4,238 X 243 months).)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20171231/i-hope-i-can-quit-working-in-a-few-years-a-preview-of-the-us-without-pensions

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump defends frequent Twitter use as way to ‘fight a very dishonest and unfair press’ – Alex Pappas
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/30/trump-defends-frequent-twitter-use-as-way-to-fight-very-dishonest-and-unfair-press.html

 

NBC5
— Efforts Grow to Help Students Evaluate What They See Online – Ryan J. Foley (DIERSEN: What helps you evaluate what you see online? I have been putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out since 2000. I have served as an arbitrator for the Financial Services Regulatory Authority since 1998. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. According to my critics/opponents, a) they and only they determine what is fact or fiction and b) what they put out is fact and everything else is fiction.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Spread-of-Fake-News-Prompts-Media-Literacy-Efforts-in-Schools-467328253.html

 

BREITBART
— Rep. Dave Brat: 2018 DACA Amnesty Fight ‘Will Determine the Nature of Our Country’ — ‘If We Fail on This, Just Picture Europe’ – ROBERT KRAYCHIK (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want America to look like foreign countries because 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2017/12/30/rep-dave-brat-2018-daca-amnesty-fight-will-determine-the-nature-of-our-country-if-we-fail-on-this-just-picture-europe/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congress must prioritize four repairs for the immigration system before contemplating any DACA-style amnesty negotiation, said Brat: 1. Ending chain migration and the visa lottery; 2. Mandating employer use of E-Verify; 3. Construction of a southern border wall; and 4. Interior enforcement of immigration law. The four aforementioned “permanent fixes” must precede any DACA negotiation regarding amnesty for illegal immigrants, said Brat: “It shouldn’t be about trusting or hoping, the permanent part has to come first, you see in that place and then you negotiate later.”)

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are furious that candidates who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors do not get more votes.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/31/trump-white-working-class-history-216200

 

NBC NEWS
— Forget resolutions: 3 more productive ways to look back at 2017 Looking back at the past year with a different lens may set you up for more success in the new year. – Brianna Steinhilber (DIERSEN: Of course, my resolutions for 2018 include sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning and each and every evening.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/better/health/forget-resolutions-3-more-productive-ways-look-back-2017-ncna833651

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Year the News Accelerated to Trump Speed – Matt Flegenheimer (DIERSEN: We are in a 12-hour news cycle. To deal with that concerning government and political news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans, you can rely on GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They come out each and every morning and each and every evening.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/us/politics/trump-news-overload.html
— The Patriarchs Are Falling. The Patriarchy Is Stronger Than Ever. – Susan Faludi (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, anti-Republicans shout at women that Republicans are the cause of all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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/2017/12/28/opinion/sunday/patriarchy-feminism-metoo.html
— Want to Be Happy? Think Like an Old Person – JOHN LELAND (DIERSEN: I do not think like an old person.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/nyregion/want-to-be-happy-think-like-an-old-person.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The GOP tax plan creates one of the largest new loopholes in decades – Editorial (DIERSEN: What deductions do your critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout are loopholes? My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that the following deductions are loopholes: mortgage interest, real estate tax, state income tax, medical and dental expenses, 501(c)(3) contributions, and job-related education. I should write a book about my critics/opponents a) who have never owned real estate, b) who pay little or no state income tax, c) who have had little or no medical or dental expenses, d) who give little or no money to 501(c)(3) organizations, and/or e) who have never spent any money for job-related education.)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-batchelder-kamin-tax-deduction-pass-through-income-20171231-story.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— A New Year’s resolution for the media: Do not let Republicans get away with saying ‘reforms’ when they mean ‘cuts’ – Jared Bernstein (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and 1990s, to justify cutting GAO’s budget, Democrats and RINOs shouted that the agency needed “reforms.” “Reforms” is code for getting rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/12/29/a-new-years-resolution-for-the-media-do-not-let-republicans-get-away-with-saying-reforms-when-they-mean-cuts/
— Scandal has overwhelmed the IRS – Editorial (DIERSEN: What do you base your knowledge of IRS on? I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step-1-3 levels, currently, $94,610-$100,917. I have filed federal income tax returns since 1964 and itemized returns since 1972. I took IRS to Tax Court and won a split decision on my education deductions. Nevertheless my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn my knowledge of IRS.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/scandal-has-overwhelmed-the-irs/2017/12/29/9b80e022-e431-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html
— In search of a word that won’t offend ‘old’ people – Laura L. Carstensen (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always a) promoted age discrimination and b) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if you are a non-veteran White male federal employee, you are stupid, lazy, and even worse things if you do not make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-search-of-a-word-that-wont-offend-old-people/2017/12/29/76640346-b808-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.344fb1d4f788
— I grow pot in California for a living. I’m worried about legalization. – Chiah Rodriques
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/will-small-marijuana-farmers-like-me-be-wiped-out-when-pot-goes-legal-in-california/2017/12/29/b54cd99c-ec25-11e7-b698-91d4e35920a3_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Divide Between America’s Prosperous Cities and Struggling Small Towns—in 20 Charts – Paul Overberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-divide-between-americas-prosperous-cities-and-struggling-small-townsin-20-charts-1514543401

 

BALTIMORE SUN
— Toying with the idea of trading up? 3 steps homebuyers should take before doing anything else – Ellen James Martin (DIERSEN: What discouraged you from trading up? For my wife and I, it was my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, their always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, their not promoting me beyond GS-13, their getting rid of my mentor in 1987, and their keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO.)
http://digitaledition.baltimoresun.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=a61a6d95-05f6-4a95-b106-77df9b30b08e

 

PALM BEACH POST
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Extra house on your hands? – Ellen James Martin (DIERSEN: Because I could not sell it for a fair price, I rented out 774-5 Sunset Court in University Park 1976-1984.)
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/classifieds/real-estate/what-should-remarried-couples-with-extra-house/U9qKLFjsIvE7CQkQW74jrJ/

 

MESSENGER INQUIRER
— How do my finances compare with my peers’? – Brianna McGurran
http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/features/business/how-do-my-finances-compare-with-my-peers/article_4da1b7a5-1d2b-5e41-b68d-ddfe2a556f96.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you’re under 35, here’s how your peers are really doing, according to the Federal Reserve Board’s Survey of Consumer Finances: The median income for families with a head of household under 35 was $40,500 in 2016. Nearly half of families under 35 had credit card balances, with median debt of $1,400 per family. About 42 percent of families under 35 had retirement accounts, and their median value was $12,300. Lastly, about 45 percent of families with a head of household under 35 had education debt. The median amount was $18,500 per family, but the amount varies widely by income level and highest degree attained. . .Do you have an emergency fund of at least $500? It should eventually include three to six months of basic expenses. Are you paying down high-interest debt, like credit cards and personal loans? That should come before attacking lower-interest debt like student loans. Do you spend less than you earn? A budget based on the 50/30/20 rule can help: You’ll spend no more than 50 percent of after-tax income on necessities, no more than 30 percent on wants and at least 20 percent on savings and debt repayment. Do you follow the 28/36 rule? Lenders use this to qualify you for a mortgage, but Amis suggests it’s also a helpful way to assess cash flow even if you’re years from buying a home. Housing costs should be less than 28 percent of your pretax income. With other debt payments, like credit card, car or student loan bills, the total should come under 36 percent of pretax income. Do you save for retirement? Socking away 10 to 15 percent of your pretax income is the goal. These guidelines are aspirational. But your progress toward them is a better measure of whether your money is working for you than surveys or Instagram. In the end, your financial well-being boils down to whether you can meet your basic needs today, plan for a better tomorrow and enjoy life as you go.)

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— 4 Reasons Your Social Security Benefit May Be Worth Less Than You Think – Christy Bieber
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2017/12/30/4-reasons-your-social-security-benefit-may-be-wort.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 2. Social Security benefits aren’t keeping pace with rising costs of living Retirees receiving Social Security benefits get periodic cost of living adjustments (COLAs). COLAs are tied to the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Unfortunately, many believe this is the wrong index to tie benefit increases to because it does not accurately reflect seniors’ spending patterns. Seniors often devote more of their income to medical costs than the general population. Unfortunately, in 33 out of the past 35 years, healthcare costs have risen at faster rates than Social Security COLA increases. Food and housing cost increases are also outpacing COLA for retirees on Social Security. If Social Security benefits don’t rise as much as the costs of products and services used by seniors, the latter have less purchasing power. Even if income appears to go up because you receive a small raise, benefits will actually be worth less in real terms. And, unfortunately, there’s not even a guarantee you’ll get a raise — even on paper. Since 2010, COLAs have averaged just 1.35% per year. In three of the past 10 years, seniors didn’t get a raise at all, and in 2016, the COLA was just 0.3%.)

 

CNBC
— 4 lifestyle changes to make you more productive in 2018 – Marguerite Ward
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/29/4-lifestyle-changes-to-make-you-more-productive-in-2018.html

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Moore to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters.
https://www.salon.com/2017/12/30/evangelical-christianity-is-facing-a-political-crisis_partner/

December 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats who supported spending bill face angry backlash over immigration – David Weigel and Ed O’Keefe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-daca-democrats-spending-bill-20171222-story.html
— Proposed bill would ban sale of commercially bred pets in Will, DuPage counties – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-commercial-pet-sale-ban-bill-st-1224-20171222-story.html
— How to know when holiday drinking is hurting your brain – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-holiday-drinking-brain-health-20171219-story.html
— Carpentersville doubles video gaming fee – Erin Sauder
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-carpentersville-gaming-machine-fees-st-1227-20171226-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— A month-by-month look at what you should expect from the Republican tax bill – Philip Bump
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171223/a-month-by-month-look-at-what-you-should-expect-from-the-republican-tax-bill
— New year to be a challenge for Republicans in Congress – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171223/news/312239976/

 

ABC7
— Miss America suspends CEO in email flap – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/miss-america-suspends-ceo-in-email-flap/2815659/

 

TIMES
— Kinzinger: Trump has done ‘great job’ – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/column-kinzinger-trump-has-done-great-job/article_49d55ebf-1cf3-519c-a795-49448d475d6b.html
— Kinzinger and Marter disagree on DACA – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/congressman-rival-disagree-on-daca/article_2ba5ffe5-4963-5021-beda-faa623b484ce.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Federal Tax Plan Hits Illinois – Benjamin Yount
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=257293#.Wj5TO4zR-M8

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Justice Department rolls back guidance on fining poor defendants – DAVID SHORTELL AND JESSICA SCHNEIDER (DIERSEN: One could look at it this way: Since September 30, 1997, in today’s dollars, my Democrat GAO superiors have been fining me $198 a day or $1,387 a week or $6,011 a month or $72,135 a year for my opposing political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. On September 30, 1997, to punish me for the aforesaid opposition, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” of $50,856 a year, or only 41% of my $122,991 a year salary in today’s dollars. So far, in today’s dollars, I have been fined $1,460,673 or $6,011 X 243 months.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/justice-department-rolls-back-guidance-on-fining-poor-defendants/886728546

 

WSIL TV
— Congressman Bost predicts tax law will become more popular – Brandon Richard
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37130399/congressman-bost-predicts-tax-law-will-become-more-popular

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— KANE BOARD CHAIRMAN: UNFUNDED STATE PENSION LIABILITIES ARE ‘FISCAL CALAMITY’
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2017/12/kane-board-chairman-unfunded-state-pension-liabilities-are-fiscal-calamity/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— What The Tax Bill Could Mean For Lawmakers During The Midterms
http://nprillinois.org/post/what-tax-bill-could-mean-lawmakers-during-midterms#stream/0
— Why Mental Health Is A Poor Measure Of A President – JON HAMILTON (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, Democrats paint all non-Democrats as being mentally ill.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/why-mental-health-poor-measure-president#stream/0

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives proposes constitutional amendment to address pension reform – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511301761-ives-proposes-constitutional-amendment-to-address-pension-reform

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Bailey vows to reverse trend of taxpayers fleeing the state – Glenn Minnis
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511301836-bailey-vows-to-reverse-trend-of-taxpayers-fleeing-the-state

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Batinick: More than 200 new laws adopted, none tackle Illinois’ major issues – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/lawmaker-more-than-new-laws-adopted-none-tackle-illinois-major/article_50ac2fc4-e680-11e7-99fa-4b0ef07a8c8c.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Berrios spox says Tribune story “extremely unbalanced and, typically, unfair” *** ILGOP, Kaegi react to new Tribune story on Berrios
https://capitolfax.com/2017/12/21/ilgop-kaegi-react-to-new-tribune-story-on-berrios/

 

BREITBART
— Cardinal Cupich: ‘It Would Be a Horrible Injustice’ Not to Give Amnesty to DACA Illegal Aliens at Americans’ Expense – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: It appears that the overwhelming majority of those who are in America state that they are Catholic. What if Cupich proposed that the Catholic Church would support the illegals, that is, provide them with medical care, food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, jobs, etc.? But, of course, very soon, the Catholic Church would be bankrupt.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/22/cardinal-cupich-horrible-injustice-not-to-give-amnesty-to-daca-illegal-aliens/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Enough with race-based admissions
http://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/enough-race-based-admissions/

 

THE HILL
— Karl Rove: ‘Bad idea’ for Trump to hold a lot of rallies in 2018 – MAX GREENWOOD
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/366273-karl-rove-a-very-bad-idea-for-trump-to-hold-a-lot-of-rallies-in-2018

 

ABC NEWS
— Tax overhaul leads to end-of-year rush to pay property bills – GEOFF MULVIHILL (DIERSEN: Are you a homeowner? How much will the “GOP tax overhaul” harm you? The more that you have paid in real estate tax and/or state income tax over $10,000 a year, the more that you will be harmed. How much of your estimated real estate tax bill due next year can you afford to pre-pay by the end of this year?)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/tax-overhaul-leads-end-year-rush-pay-property-51957744

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Tax Bill Is Great for Accountants — Unless They Have Holiday Plans – Tiffany Hsu and Julie Creswell
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/business/republican-tax-plan-accountants-auditors-holidays.html
— Homeowners Rush to Soften Tax Bill’s Impact – Jeffery C. Mays
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/nyregion/cuomo-assist-as-homeowners-rush-to-prepay-property-tax-bill.html
— E.P.A. Officials, Disheartened by Agency’s Direction, Are Leaving in Droves – Lisa Friedman, Marina Affo and Derek Kravitz (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which GAO employees left GAO in drovers during the 1980s and 1990s? ANSWER: Those who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, and/or accounting degree holders. WHY? Democrat politicians wanted to replace them with employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or public policy degree holders.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/climate/epa-buyouts-pruitt.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: VERY SAD: Households Are Spending Rather Than Saving – Harriet Torry and Suzanne Kapner
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-shop-more-save-less-this-holiday-season-1513978732

 

NEWSWEEK
— MISS AMERICA CEO SAM HASKELL’S WEBSITE IS LITTERED WITH VIAGRA ADS – EMILY GAUDETTE
http://www.newsweek.com/miss-america-2018-sam-haskell-emails-viagra-756975

 

FED SMITH
— Order Issued on 2018 Pay Raise for Federal Employees – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: If was still working for GAO at the GS-13 Step 10 level, my 2018 salary would increase by $2,334 or by 1.9% to $125,325.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/12/22/order-issued-2018-pay-raise-federal-employees/