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March 30 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who speaks for you? Who speaks for those who voted for Rauner/Sanguinetti? Who speaks for those who voted for Ives/Morthland? Who speaks for the Illinois Republican Party (IRP)? According to the City Club of Chicago SEE: https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/1298/the-future-of-the-republican-party-in-illinois, Pat Brady speaks for the 360,000 who voted for Rauner/Sanguinetti and Dan Proft speaks for the 340,000 who voted for Ives/Morthland. IRP Chairman Tim Schneider, IRP National Committeeman Richard Porter, and IRP National Committeewoman Demetra DeMonte speak for the IRP. Who speaks for those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the IRP platform? – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Rauner expecting to add another title: Grandpa – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-grandfather-20180329-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Robberies spike in the Loop, other downtown areas in 2018 – Jeremy Gorner (DIERSEN: Have you ever lived, worked, and/or took classes in Chicago? I lived in Chicago in 1971 and then 1974-1978. I worked in Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997. I took classes in Chicago 1966-1968, 1971-1983, and 1992-1997.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-violence-downtown-robberies-spike-20180328-story.html
— Marijuana-friendly states want meeting with Sessions – AP (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-marijuana-friendly-states-sessions-meeting-20180330-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Conservatism goes AWOL in Washington – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/conservatism-goes-awol-in-washington/

DAILY HERALD
— Return sales tax-collection overage to local agencies – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180329/editorial-return-sales-tax-collection-overage-to-local-agencies

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180330/OPINION/180339997
— Dear downstate Illinois: Please soak Chicago – THOMAS GEOGHEGAN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180329/OPINION/180329858/downstate-illinois-profits-from-chicago-with-a-progressive-income-tax

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Rauner and the TRUST Act (DIERSEN: Republicans do not do anything that encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, or to bring others to America illegally.)
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=262694#.Wr5BqsuKSM8

HERALD & REVIEW
— Now Trump is targeting the paper on which your news is printed. Here’s why that’s alarming. – Editorial (DIERSEN: I pay many thousands of dollars each year for home delivery of the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Naperville Sun, Wheaton Leader, USA Today, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Crain’s Chicago Business, etc.)
https://herald-review.com/news/opinion/our-view-now-trump-is-targeting-the-paper-on-which/article_da77200c-d51b-52b3-a314-b1231aab1c80.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— With the primary behind us, how often will we see Rauner and Pritzker downstate? – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/latest-news/article207128804.html

DEKALB DAILY JOURNAL & NORTHWEST HERALD
— Concealed carry instructor and longtime firearm handler weigh in on gun control proposals – CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/03/29/concealed-carry-instructor-longtime-firearm-handler-weigh-in-on-gun-control-proposals/dr2oy0c/
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/29/concealed-carry-instructor-and-longtime-firearm-handler-weigh-in-on-gun-control-proposals/axqlm94/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton names former councilman Richard Gerig ‘outstanding citizen’ 95-year-old continues to keep active at Windsor Park retirement community – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/27/wheaton-names-former-councilman-outstanding-citizen/au0tmxf/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Audit Dings Rauner Administration For Lost Property, Vacant Appointments – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/audit-dings-rauner-administration-lost-property-vacant-appointments#stream/0

WGLT
— Rodney Davis Stands Firm For Second Amendment – CHARLIE SCHLENKER (DIERSEN: What do you stand firm for? I stand firm for a) all the planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject some, most, or all of the aforesaid.)
http://wglt.org/post/rodney-davis-stands-firm-second-amendment#stream/0

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Two Graphs Show Why the Chicago Area Is Losing Population Chicagoland’s been adding relatively high earners for the past decade—and while its poor and middle-class population leaves. – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/March-2018/Two-Graphs-Show-Why-the-Chicago-Area-Is-Losing-Population/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Central Committeeman Races Gearing Up Bob Grogan Looking for Support in 6th Congressional District – Chris Yaeger
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/03/26/state-central-committeeman-races-gearing/

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Batinick says Exelon bailout bill had many problems – Marian Johns
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511373091-batinick-says-exelon-bailout-bill-had-many-problems

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— CASTEN RESPONDS (DIERSEN: Will Casten call for Roskam to increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly? Government should encourage marriage and homeownership.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/03/30/rahm-gives-deposition-in-police-shooting-case-chicagos-population-draining-while-high-earners-are-moving-in-casten-and-roskam-debate-parallel-tax-claims-261106
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sean Casten, Democratic nominee for Congress challenging incumbent Peter Roskam in the 6th District, refuses to define Roskam’s claims this week involving a property tax deduction as “a success.” Roskam’s office received word from the U.S. Treasury Department that suggested Illinois taxpayer who filed before Jan. 1 can deduct their property taxes. Casten called a foul, asking, “Does Roskam think we’re going to forget that he was largely responsible for hitting us with this unfair tax hike in the first place?” He writes: “Hard-working homeowners throughout our district were counting on that property tax deduction, and Roskam sold them out in favor of the wealthy special interests that fund his campaign. Instead of writing self-serving letters to the Treasury Department, Roskam should try doing the job he was elected to do — working on behalf of the people who live right here in the 6th District.”)
— ROSKAM HITS BACK
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Also on Thursday, Roskam released a statement that blasted Casten for not saying whether he agrees or not with a tax plan proposed by Congressional Democrats if they win the majority in the midterm elections. Democrats are proposing a repeal of major pieces of President Trump’s tax reform legislation. Their plan would raise taxes on corporations and high-income households in order to pay for a $1 trillion infrastructure package. “The thousands of families who have received meaningful tax relief this year deserve to know whether Sean Casten fully supports his party’s efforts to raise tax rates and fully reinstate the Alternative Minimum Tax,” said Roskam for Congress spokesman Veronica Vera. “Now that his party has committed to increasing taxes on families and small businesses, Sean Casten has a responsibility to Sixth District voters to be honest about his intentions to raise their taxes.”)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/03/30/rahm-gives-deposition-in-police-shooting-case-chicagos-population-draining-while-high-earners-are-moving-in-casten-and-roskam-debate-parallel-tax-claims-261106

GOPUSA
— Ingraham apologizes; Hogg says not enough (DIERSEN: What applications have you made that were rejected? After 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors rejected all my applications for GS-13 positions. Between 1980 and 1985 and after 1988, my Democrat GAO superiors rejected all my applications to be assigned to audits of IRS. After 1986, my Democrat GAO superiors rejected all my applications for GS-14 positions.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42614
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The backlash began earlier in the week, when Ingraham made fun of Hogg, who has been a vocal activist after the Feb. 14 shooting that claimed 17 lives, for being rejected from four universities in the University of California school system. She tweeted a story by the Daily Wire addressing the rejections, adding on Twitter, “David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA…totally predictable given acceptance rates.)” Hogg, who has a 4.2 GPA, was accepted by Florida Atlantic University, Cal Poly and Cal State San Marcos. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School senior was in the school when shooter Nikolas Cruz opened fire, killing 14 students and three faculty members.)

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— California Sheriff Rejects “Sanctuary” Law, Makes Information on Illegals Public – JOE GOMEZ (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba should do this immediately. Federal law trumps state law.)
https://immigrationreform.com/2018/03/27/california-sheriff-rejects-sanctuary-law-makes-information-illegals-public/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has announced that it will begin publishing a list of criminal aliens who are inmates in the county jail, as part of its existing “Who’s in Jail,” online database. The information made public will also include when criminal aliens are released from jail, a move that comes in direct retaliation to the state’s “sanctuary” laws which prohibit cooperation between police and federal immigration officials. “This is in response to SB-54 limiting our ability to communicate with federal authorities and our concern that criminals are being released to the street when there’s another avenue to safeguard the community by handing them over (to ICE for potential deportation),” Orange County Undersheriff Don Barnes said. California’s “sanctuary law” has recently encountered resistance to this dangerous policy from multiple communities in California. Most notably, the City Council in Los Alamitos voted last week on an ordinance to exempt the city from state law over concerns that it is unconstitutional. The Yorba Linda City Council agreed to file an amicus brief to a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice against California. The Orange County Board of Supervisors are also expected to consider a range of possible actions against the state law as well. Open borders groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have been actively working to prevent cities in California from opposing the states “sanctuary” laws.)
— “Progressives” are Campaigning to Abolish Immigration Enforcement. Here’s What They Would Get – SPENCER RALEY
https://immigrationreform.com/2018/03/28/progressives-campaigning-abolish-immigration-enforcement-heres-get/

BREITBART
— Democrats Fear Illegal Aliens Losing Elected Representation After 2020 Census – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats what to fill all the states, counties, township/wards, municipalities, and precincts in America with illegals and then demand that elected officials “represent” those illegals.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/29/democrats-fear-illegal-aliens-losing-elected-representation-after-2020-census/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Should We Be Able To Vote In Mexico?’ — Tucker Takes On Supporter Of Illegal Immigrants Voting In U.S. – Justin Caruso (DIERSEN: What if America illegally sent many millions of its citizens illegally into Mexico illegally? What if America illegally kept many millions of its citizens illegally in Mexico illegally? What if America illegally sent many mountains of illegal drugs illegally into Mexico illegally?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/29/tucker-illegal-immigrant-vote/

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— Cabinet Member Allegedly Downplays Diversity, Meets with Adversity CNN controversy swirls as interior secretary continues to face blowback over statements that seemed to favor merit-based hiring – Michele Blood (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always a) opposed merit-based hiring, retention, and promotion and b) promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.lifezette.com/popzette/cabinet-member-allegedly-downplays-diversity-meets-with-adversity/

THE HILL
— GOP tax message hits a snag – NAOMI JAGODA AND NIV ELIS
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/380886-gop-tax-message-hits-a-snag?rnd=1522404325
— Trump prizes loyalty over experience in Cabinet – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: Who demands blind loyalty? My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/380953-the-memo-trump-prizes-loyalty-over-experience-in-cabinet

POLITICO
— Federal workers spill on life in Trump’s Washington From marital strife to high anxiety, civil servants reveal how the Trump administration has changed agency life. – ANDREW RESTUCCIA (DIERSEN: Do you know anyone who is or was a federal employee? I should write a book about the a) almost 3 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post office 1966-1969, b) almost 9 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS in Chicago 1971-1980, and c) the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO in Chicago 1980-1997. When Republicans got elected, my Democrat superiors worked even harder to get rid of me.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/30/trump-washington-civil-servants-492347
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One Health and Human Services employee swore off online dating after potential suitors repeatedly got upset that he worked for the Trump administration. An Education Department fellow eagerly returned to teaching after listening to Betsy DeVos bash public schools. And one Environmental Protection Agency official said staffers are distraught at having to personally dismantle regulations they spent years crafting. This is Donald Trump’s government 14 months into his presidency. Interviews with nearly three dozen current and recently departed workers across the ideological spectrum and across the federal bureaucracy — from the State Department to the Interior Department — show that Trump’s presidency has fundamentally altered the lives of government workers in ways big and small. Trump’s frequent attacks on the “deep state” have engendered deep distrust between career and political employees, pushing many long-time civil servants toward the exits and raising the possibility of a government-wide brain drain. And while some workers, such as Border Patrol agents, are feeling newly empowered under Trump, morale at other agencies is so low that some employees said they were suffering from increased anxiety and depression that has complicated their personal relationships and even led to heavier drinking. Several career employees said they were keeping their heads down and ignoring possible avenues for promotions because they have little interest in being subjected to the political infighting that has taken hold in many agencies. “It’s the worst administration and I’ve dealt with all of them from Ronald Reagan all the way forward,” said Jeffrey David Cox, the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, the country’s largest federal employee union. “The worst with morale of employees. The worst with constantly wanting to take away rights and benefits. And the worst in trying to starve the agencies of resources.”)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Parkland Activist Got Some College Rejections. He’ll Major in ‘Changing the World’ – Audra D. S. Burch (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, what would your undergraduate major have been? For me, it would have been accounting. I did not major in accounting because I thought I could never pass the CPA examination. However, almost 9 years after I graduated with a degree in management, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. I credit my having taken the Becker CPA review course, my taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul, my taking graduate business courses at Loyola, and my having worked for IRS for almost 8 years.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/us/parkland-students-college-admission.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s pick to head veterans department faces skepticism over his experience – Lisa Rein, Seung Min Kim, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux and Josh Dawsey (DIERSEN: What work experience do you have? I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned the work experience that I gained working for the Post Office 1966-1969, for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, and for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. What opinion do those who dominate your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and Illinois have of the work experience that you have? Based on their words and their actions, those who dominate Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have an extremely low opinion of the work experience that I have.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-pick-to-head-veterans-department-faces-skepticism-over-his-experience/2018/03/29/b2677c4e-335d-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in using people as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/03/30/even-before-the-march-for-our-lives-protests-against-gun-violence-multiplied-in-february/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— John Bolton to Exit Politics Ahead of White House Job Future national security adviser must end political groups that bear his name, leave conservative nonprofit chairmanship, officials say – Julie Bykowicz (DIERSEN: If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended UIC 1966-1968 or NIU 1969-1970, IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended Loyola 1972-1976 or DePaul 1976-1980, GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/john-bolton-to-exit-politics-ahead-of-white-house-job-1522407600

FORBES
— From Diversity To Inclusion: Three Strategies To Become An Employer Of Choice – Stacey Gordon (DIERSEN: To attract and retain Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans, GAO could stress how it treats its employees who share my demographics, that is, how it wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO does not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, to GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, to GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and to Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2018/03/29/from-diversity-to-inclusion-three-strategies-to-become-an-employer-of-choice/#312187cc2d08

EAST COUNTY TODAY
— John Cox Praises Orange County Supervisors for Courageously Standing up to Attorney General Xavier Becerra (DIERSEN: Do those who run your county oppose sanctuary state policies?)
http://eastcountytoday.net/john-cox-praises-orange-county-supervisors-for-courageously-standing-up-to-attorney-general-xavier-becerra/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: California – Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox praised the Orange County Board of Supervisors’ for supporting the rule of law and opposing Governor Jerry Brown and Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom’s devastating Sanctuary State policy. “I applaud the Orange County Supervisors who have courageously stood up to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra illegal actions,” said Cox. “They have made clear their intent to obey federal immigration law and uphold their oaths to the Constitution”. “I am thrilled to see communities like Escondido in my home county of San Diego and our San Diego County Board of Supervisors potentially following suit,” Cox said.)

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— The Final Surrender of Anti-Trump Conservatism – Jonathan Chait
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/the-final-surrender-of-anti-trump-conservatism.html

GOVERNING
— Can Democrats Flip Crucial Governors’ Seats? In the 36 gubernatorial races this fall, all but 10 of the states are currently led by Republicans. – LOUIS JACOBSON
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/gov-2018-governors-races-republicans-election.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) Even before the March 20 primary, Rauner was vulnerable, thanks in part to an ongoing battle with the Democratic-controlled legislature, which kept the state without a full budget for more than two years, as well as from a conservative backlash over his decision to sign a bill providing state funding for abortions for low-income women. On primary day, he barely edged out socially conservative challenger Jeanne Ives. Meanwhile, J.B. Pritzker, a multibillionaire and the brother of the former Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, easily defeated Chris Kennedy, a businessman and the son of Robert F. Kennedy, and progressive state Sen. Daniel Biss. The contest between Rauner and Pritzker is expected to get ugly, as Rauner has already been spending money on TV ads attacking Pritzker, linking him to impeached and jailed former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. But in a Democratic state in a Democratic year and with an unpopular Republican governor who has lost faith on the right, this is Pritzker’s race to lose.)

March 29 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) governs the IRP. Every 4 years, at IRP county party conventions, one IRP SCC member for each of Illinois’ 18 congressional districts is elected for 4 year terms. All votes taken by the IRP SCC are by weighted vote. Weighted vote is determined by the number of Republican primary ballots that were cast statewide divided by the number of Republican primary ballots that were cast in each of the 18 congressional districts. Who are the applicants for each of the 18 IRP SCC positions? What are their backgrounds and qualifications? Why are they running? Exactly what do they promise to do if elected? Applications were due by 5:00 PM, Monday, March 26, 2018. SEE: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018-SCC-Application.pdf IRP SCC members will be elected at April 18, 2018 IRP county party conventions. What weighted vote will each of those IRP SCC members have? Every 4 years, each IRP SCC member appoints a member of the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. I have already asked Bob Grogan, an announced candidate for the IRP SCC 6th Congressional District position, to appoint me to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, like Ron Smith appointed me in 2008. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

MDJ ONLINE
— Indiana GOP asking Hoosier Republicans to submit party platform suggestions – Dan Carden (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, in 2008, Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member Ron Smith appointed me to IRP’s State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. Very few changes to IRP’s 2008 platform were made at IRP’s 2012 and 2016 State Conventions.)
http://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/indiana-gop-asking-hoosier-republicans-to-submit-party-platform-suggestions/article_26fe543d-ecf2-5c28-8353-41c442d57aaf.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Indiana Republican Party is seeking suggestions about what it should stand for and what it should oppose, as GOP leaders work to craft a platform for delegates to consider adopting in June at the party’s biennial state convention. The Indiana GOP Platform Committee next month is holding three public hearings for Hoosier Republicans to recommend positions, policies and programs for the 2018 party platform. The hearing happening closest to Northwest Indiana is set for 6 p.m., Eastern time, April 12 at the St. Joseph County Republican Headquarters, 4133 S. Main St., South Bend. Additional hearings are scheduled for the same time April 4 at Greenwood City Hall and April 16 at Jeffersonville Township Public Library. Individuals can reserve a spot to testify during a hearing, or submit written platform suggestions without appearing by emailing platform@indiana.gop. “We’re the party of proven leadership and the party that’s delivering real solutions to Indiana’s biggest challenges,” said Kyle Hupfer, Indiana GOP chairman. “Our party platform and these hearings unite us as Republicans, bringing us all together under a set of people-focused principles that are making life better for all Hoosiers.” In addition to adopting a platform, Republican delegates to this year’s state convention in Evansville will nominate the party’s general election candidates for secretary of state, state auditor and state treasurer.)

ABC7
— Laura Ingraham dropped by some advertisers after David Hogg, Parkland comments – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/laura-ingraham-dropped-by-some-advertisers-after-parkland-comments/3279627/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ingraham apologized Thursday on Twitter, saying, “On reflection, in the spirit of Holy Week, I apologize for any upset or hurt my tweet caused him or any of the brave victims of Parkland.” Ingraham tweeted that she thought she was the first to feature Hogg on her show after the shooting and added, “he’s welcome to come on my show anytime for a productive discussion.” Hogg tweeted later Thursday that an apology to save advertisers wasn’t enough and that he’d only accept Ingraham’s apology if she denounced the way Fox News has treated his friends. “It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children,” Hogg wrote.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Robots working alongside humans in Amazon’s Monee warehouse — a first for the e-commerce giant in Illinois – Lauren Zumbach
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-amazon-robotics-monee-warehouse-jobs-20180329-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-census-citizenship-question-trump-20180328-story.html
— 44 Naperville teens score perfect 36 on ACT
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-203-204-act-perfect-score-st-0328-20180327-story.html
— Police chiefs, lawmaker say preschool funding leads to less crime – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: Did your parents send you to kindergarten? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always had an unfair advantage in life because my parents sent me to kindergarten at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-preschool-cuts-st-0330-20180329-story.html
— Rep. Litesa Wallace said aide who reported harassment was fired for credit card misuse, didn’t mention police had cleared her – Christy Gutowski, Ray Long and Stacy St. Clair
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-litesa-wallace-employee-20180328-story.html
— Synthetic pot warning issued after 22 people in Illinois report bleeding from eyes, ears – Kate Thayer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-fake-weed-synthetic-cannabis-warning-20180329-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Emanuel encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/emanuel-trump-stepped-back-from-the-american-dream-so-cities-must-step-up/
— Armed security officers are on the rise in U.S. schools: study – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/schools-armed-security-officers-rise-guns-teachers-education/
— Plot thickens in sewage treatment race: Rauner pick could trigger court fight – Alexandra Arriaga
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/plot-thickens-in-sewage-treatment-race-rauner-pick-could-trigger-court-fight/
— Raoul counting on census citizenship flap to help define attorney general race – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/raoul-counting-on-census-citizenship-flap-to-help-define-attorney-general-race/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Dreamers to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-dreamer-to-sen-durbin-we-are-tired-and-we-are-lost/

DAILY HERALD
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: More people using homeless shelters in DuPage – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Democrats always blame homelessness on Republicans.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180329/report-more-people-using-homeless-shelters-in-dupage

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner says state will find money for state worker step increases – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: I got many step increases while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Step increases recognize the work experience that you gain. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned the work experience that I gained working for the Post Office 1966-1969, for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, and for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. What opinion does Rauner and his supporters have of the work experience that you have? Based on their words and their actions, Rauner and his supporters have an extremely low opinion of the work experience that I have.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180329/rauner-says-state-will-find-money-for-state-worker-step-increases
— Redistricting advocates lobbying Illinois lawmakers – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180329/redistricting-advocates-lobbying-illinois-lawmakers
— Rauner supports new capital bill, but vague on how to pay for it – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180329/rauner-supports-new-capital-bill-but-vague-on-how-to-pay-for-it

SOUTHERN
— Different pay-equity measures competing in Illinois Senate and House – AP (DIERSEN: The Illinois Equal Pay Act requires men and women to be paid the same for similar work. If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have provided a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees not only more for the same work, but more for lesser work, including one example in which GAO paid one of my subordinates who was a female, a minority, and a veteran more than it paid me. She had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, no professional certifications, and no professional licenses. I had almost 18 years experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325; almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880; three job-related master’s degrees; six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/different-pay-equity-measures-competing-in-illinois-senate-and-house/article_578fec99-6481-5f74-a4f0-ae9e9c81ee88.html

CHILLICOTH TIMES BULLETIN
— 14 months and no federal prosecutor here? U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood says he’s ‘very frustrated’ – Chris Kaergard
http://www.chillicothetimesbulletin.com/news/20180329/14-months-and-no-federal-prosecutor-here-us-rep-darin-lahood-says-hes-very-frustrated

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Employment Opportunity: 18th Judicial Circuit Court Title: Associate Judge
http://www.dupageco.org/Courts/Docs/57184/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois Rising – Is there a choice for conservative between Rauner and Pritzker
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511372263-il-rising-is-there-a-choice-for-conservative-between-rauner-and-pritzker

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Court Orders NIU to pay $56,878 for Open Meeting Lawsuit stating “defendant must play by the rules” – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/court-orders-niu-to-pay-56878-for-open-meeting-lawsuit-stating-defendant-must-play-by-the-rules/

BREITBART
— ‘Enough Is Enough’: Nearly 400 Sheriffs Demand Congress Reduce Immigration, Criminalize Sanctuary Cities – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Hopefully, DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba is one of these nearly 400.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/29/enough-nearly-400-sheriffs-demand-congress-reduce-immigration-criminalize-sanctuary-cities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sheriff Hodgson is requesting Congress pass Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s (R-VA) “Securing America’s Future Act,” which would: Authorize full construction of a border wall Mandate E-Verify to keep illegal aliens from taking American jobs Reduce overall legal immigration to the U.S. to raise the wages of American workers For pro-American immigration reformers, for months, the Goodlatte plan has been considered the best option for the Republicans in Congress to help Trump fulfill his immigration promises. Though the plan would allow a small group of illegal aliens to stay in the U.S., the amnesty would be offset with immediate reductions in legal immigration, whereas the country currently admits more than one million legal immigrants every year.)

GOPUSA
— Romney: I’m ‘more of a hawk on immigration’ than Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42437
— Democrats do indeed want to repeal Second Amendment
http://www.gopusa.com/democrats-do-indeed-want-to-repeal-second-amendment/
— Left’s derangement raises the stakes for midterm fight
http://www.gopusa.com/lefts-derangement-raises-the-stakes-for-midterm-fight/

CNN
— Women seize on their past abuse to fuel political ambition – Kyung Lah and Alberto Moya
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/me-too-candidates/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Why pick a party? Poll says dislike of the other side plays a big role (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be anti-Trump supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/why-pick-party-poll-says-dislike-other-side-plays-big-n861166

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Members of Congress want GAO to investigate reassignments at the Interior Department – Eric White (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years when I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, my Democrat GAO superiors refused to assign me to audits of IRS except for 3 years 1986-1988. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would not have done that.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-newscast/2018/03/members-of-congress-want-gao-to-investigate-reassignments-at-the-interior-department/

March 29 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Chicago area teachers receive gun training, free of charge
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/chicago-area-teachers-taking-conceal-carry-classes-free-of-charge

NBC5
— Pritzker Downsizes Campaign Staff After Primary Victory – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/pritzker-downsizes-campaign-staff-478182113.html
— Woman Carjacked Outside Oakbrook Center Mall
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/oakbrook-center-mall-carjacking-478245233.html

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Miguel Perez to argue that U.S. citizenship should be easier to get for those who were brought to America illegally and/or who served in the military.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/deported-veteran-miguel-perez-jr-describes-ordeal/3275003/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump sending state senator Kyle McCarter to Kenya – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cook-county-arroyo-preckwinkle-berrios-20180329-story.html
— Roskam says feds OK property tax early birds
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cook-county-arroyo-preckwinkle-berrios-20180329-story.html
— Emanuel wants signs about smoking dangers posted outside tobacco stores – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-anti-tobacco-signs-20180327-story.html
— Clout of young voters uncertain; A real force or a fad? – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–youth-vote-midterms-20180327-story.html
— Joe Biden regrets talking about fighting Trump – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–trump-biden-20180329-story.html
— Leaving Illinois won’t be an easy choice — but it might be the only one. – Steve Bail, Lake Forest (DIERSEN: Who wants you to leave Illinois? I should write a book about those who want me to leave Illinois. 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 supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-cps-pension-leave-illinois-home-value-20180328-story.html
— Facebook to simplify user privacy settings – Elizabeth Dwoskin (DIERSEN: If you want privacy, government and politics is not for you.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180329/281904478730743
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Evangelical says “Evangelical support of Trump has helped pornography enter the cultural mainstream.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-evangelicals-pornography-trump-stormy-daniels-0329-20180327-story.html
— Yes, white ‘privilege’ is still the problem – Dahleen Glanton (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my superiors were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. If you are a non-veteran White male federal employee, the federal government wastes your career and gets rid of you if you do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-white-privilege-dahleen-glanton-20180328-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Political consultant Alaina Hampton wants inspector general, Ethics Board to look at Ald. Quinn – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/political-consultant-demands-ig-ethics-board-investigation-of-ald-quinn/
— In campaigns, women highlight gender in pitch to voters – AP (DIERSEN: What if candidates highlighted in their campaigns that they a) could and would defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party platform if elected, including the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks, b) are Republican, c) are conservative, d) are male, e) are White, f) are older, g) are German-American, h) are Protestant, i) are wealthy, j) are gun owners, k) have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, l) are former union members, m) are retired federal employees, and/or n) are American nameplate car owners?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/in-campaigns-women-highlight-gender-in-pitch-to-voters/
— Melania, as a role model for women, should leave the jerk – S. E. Cupp (DIERSEN: Did/would Cupp say that about Hillary.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/melania-as-a-role-model-for-women-should-leave-the-jerk/
— McDonald’s expands worker tuition benefits, citing tax law – AP (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, its tuition benefits were either nonexistent or token. My superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used that to justify their not taking job-related courses. I earned 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. Beyond outrageously, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate 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. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mcdonalds-expands-worker-tuition-benefits-citing-tax-law/

DAILY HERALD
— McSweeney proposes gun seizure, tougher sentencing legislation – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180329/mcsweeney-proposes-gun-seizure-tougher-sentencing-legislation
— Facebook revamps privacy settings menu in response to outcry – Gerrit De Vynck (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. If you want privacy for yourself, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office. If you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail or to prosecution, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office. In government and in politics, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will find out everything about you, including everything that you did or did not do, and then use that information to destroy you.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180327/facebook-revamps-privacy-settings-menu-in-response-to-outcry
— Split vote as DuPage approves spending for tourism bureau – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180328/split-vote-as-dupage-approves-spending-for-tourism-bureau
— This time, we can hold lawmakers accountable on ‘fair maps’ – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180328/editoria-this-time-we-can-hold-lawmakers-accountable-on-fair-maps
— Time for more towns to join Tobacco 21 movement – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180326/editorial-time-for-more-towns-to-join-tobacco-21-movement

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Walmart pulls Cosmopolitan from checkout aisles after pressure from anti-porn group – Amy B. Wang
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180328/walmart-pulls-cosmopolitan-from-checkout-aisles-after-pressure-from-anti-porn-group
— Davis says he sees many people, but has no open town hall plans – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180328/bernard-schoenburg-davis-says-he-sees-many-people-but-has-no-open-town-hall-plans

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Much riding on rollout of Illinois Automatic Voter Registration – Editorial (DIERSEN: Why don’t registered voters vote? Of the 504 registered voters in my precinct, 301 (60%) did not vote in the March 20, 2018 primary election. At least 20 of those 301 no longer live in the precinct.)
http://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-much-riding-on-rollout-of-illinois-avr/article_5f446f21-efcd-5a31-9e01-4ca5f2baf630.html

STATELINE
— Sen. Syverson pushing legislation to stop robo-calls
http://www.mystateline.com/news/sen-syverson-pushing-legislation-to-stop-robo-calls/1085829649

SOUTHERN
— Illinois public health official warns against fake weed after users suffer severe bleeding
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/illinois-department-of-public-health-issues-warning-about-synthetic-cannabinoids/article_81ec1944-8807-5e77-98b1-85d0ae701812.html

BEVERLY REVIEW
— Voters in 19th Ward support Pritzker, Ives – Kyle Garmes
http://www.beverlyreview.net/news/community_news/article_0ac9894c-31cc-11e8-a4be-cf4ee547eb67.html

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— U of I Sues For Depiction Of Chief + ‘Make Illinois Great Again’ – RACHEL OTWELL
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/u-i-sues-depiction-chief-make-illinois-great-again#stream/0

DAILY ILLINI
— University outreach program addresses student veteran challenges – GEORGE VASSILATOS (DIERSEN: Are you a veteran? I am not. If I sought any kind of government or political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I am not a veteran, and far worse, I sought and obtained student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
https://dailyillini.com/news/2018/03/29/university-outreach-program-addresses-student-veteran-challenges/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— OEIG responded to ethics complaint on Illinois Governor Rauner – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/03/oeig-responded-to-ethics-complaint-on-illinois-governor-rauner/

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Homosexuality Has Become Holy Grail to the Left — LaBarbera on HBO’s John Oliver’s Bunny Book Attack on Pence – Peter LaBarbera
https://americansfortruth.com/2018/03/28/homosexuality-has-become-holy-grail-to-the-left-labarbera-on-hbos-john-olivers-bunny-book-attack-on-pence/

GOPUSA
— U.S. facing ‘epidemic of fatherlessness’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42551

BREITBART
— Review: ‘What’s Up, Deplorable?’ Roseanne Barr’s Rebooted Sitcom Embraces Trump’s America – REBECCA MANSOUR
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/03/28/review-whats-up-deplorable-roseanne-barrs-rebooted-sitcom-embraces-trumps-america/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— California Dem Candidate Inflated Resume to Portray Herself as State Dept. ‘Policy Maker’ – Cameron Cawthorne (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? ANSWER: Only those who have parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc. who were policy makers. My parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc. were NOT policy makers.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/california-dem-candidate-inflated-resume-portray-herself-state-dept-policy-maker/

NBC NEWS
— Trump called Roseanne Barr to congratulate her on show reboot Barr plays a Trump supporter on the revival of “Roseanne,” which returned to the air this week. – Adam Edelman
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-called-roseanne-barr-congratulate-her-show-reboot-n861061

CNBC
— Democrats’ perception of Walmart shifts from negative to positive – Tamanna Desai
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/28/democrats-perception-of-walmart-shifts-from-negative-to-positive.html

YAHOO NEWS
— Democrats setting aside differences as U.S. elections approach – Ivan Couronne (DIERSEN: In Illinois, will Republicans put aside differences to defeat the Democrats in November? Will those Republicans who won in the primary, but who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform reach out to Republicans who lost in the primary, but support those planks?)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-setting-aside-differences-us-elections-approach-160625500.html

USA TODAY
— Blame political operatives, not social media for privacy breaches – Edward Stringham
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/28/facebook-cambridge-analytica-editorials-debates/33374103/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Are States So Strapped for Cash? There Are Two Big Reasons The proportion of state and local tax revenues dedicated to Medicaid and public pensions is the highest since the 1960s – Cezary Podkul and Heather Gillers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-are-states-so-strapped-for-cash-there-are-two-big-reasons-1522255521
— The IRS Is Auditing a Lot Fewer Americans Percentage of individual tax audits falls to lowest level since 2002 – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-irs-is-auditing-a-lot-fewer-americans-1522315800
— In Many States, Students at Public Universities Foot Biggest Part of the Bill State funding cuts mean students in a majority of states are paying more in tuition than the government does – Douglas Belkin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-many-states-students-at-public-universities-foot-biggest-part-of-the-bill-1522315802

FORBES
— As Trump And Congress Fail Dreamers, Canada Might Be An Option For Some – Andy J. Semotiuk
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2018/03/28/daca-dreamers-stress-while-trump-and-congress-fail-them/#24919040c6d3

KIPLINGER
— The Financial Pros and Cons of Getting Married Later in Life When you start a relationship later in life, does it make sense to marry or move in together? Answer: It’s complicated. – SANDRA BLOCK (DIERSEN: My wife and I have been paying the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978. Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.kiplinger.com/article/retirement/T065-C000-S002-pros-and-cons-of-getting-married-later-in-life.html

KIII TV
— New York is first of high-tax states ready to do end-around Trump code N.Y. readies 1st end-around of Trump tax code – Joseph Spector and Jon Campbell (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/nation-now/new-york-is-first-of-high-tax-states-ready-to-do-end-around-trump-code/465-7b8b676d-aacb-45d8-8600-a8627b642377

FORT WAYNE BUSINESS WEEKLY
— Researchers call for action against fake news – Doug LeDuc (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for the news that they put out or bless.)
http://www.fwbusiness.com/columns/technology/article_9f542775-5d7f-5bfc-9056-1642e597596a.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A professor at Indiana University’s School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering co-authored an essay for the journal “Science” calling for a coordinated investigation into the forces behind fake news. Filippo Menczer is a member of IU’s Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research. His co-authors for the paper included researchers at high-profile organizations such as Microsoft, Harvard, MIT and Yale. They said companies with platforms used by massive audiences to produce and consume information, such as Facebook, Google and Twitter, have an “ethical and social responsibility transcending market forces” to contribute to scientific research on fake news. The paper was published in the academic journal a little more than a week after 13 Russians were indicted for involvement in a “troll farm” operation that spread false information connected with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Menczer is founder of the IU Observatory on Social Media, which provides tools for identifying automated social media accounts and analyzing how misinformation spreads across social networks. Estimates in the paper put the number of automated “bots” at 60 million on Facebook and up to 48 million on Twitter. The Twitter estimate was based on a study Menczer and colleagues had conducted recently. “The spreaders of fake news are using increasingly sophisticated methods,” Menczer said in a statement about the essay. “If we don’t have enough quantifiable information about the problem, we’ll never be able to design interventions that work. This paper is really a call to groups across the globe – academics, journalists and private industry – to work together to attack this problem.” The paper proposes changes to algorithms the authors say increasingly control online access to information as well as high school courses designed to help students recognize illegitimate news sources. “The challenge is there are so many vulnerabilities we don’t yet understand and so many different pieces that can break or be gamed or manipulated when it comes to fake news,” Menczer said. “It’s such a complex problem that it must be attacked from every angle.” “What we want to convey most is that fake news is a real problem, it’s a tough problem, and it’s a problem that requires serious research to solve.”)

ATLANTIC
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago’s Awful Divide Americans are flocking to big cities to find good jobs—opportunities that remain disproportionately out of reach for the poorest residents already living there. – ALANA SEMUELS (DIERSEN: Have you worked in Chicago? I worked for IRS in Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1980. I worked for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/chicago-segregation-poverty/556649/

CHRON
— Qualifications for Political Strategists – Michael Mageean
http://work.chron.com/qualifications-political-strategists-23250.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A political strategist, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, is a senior political consultant who designs and directs election campaigns for politicians. Most employers require a bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, English or business or even a master’s degree. But at a strategist’s level you’ll need qualifications gained from at least 10 years delivering results in the field in areas like managing the media and fundraising during campaigns. Strategic Thinker A senior consultant needs to be a strategic thinker to effectively solve problems based on past experience using analogical reasoning. Other approaches like deductive reasoning or simple trial and error might not be possible in a fast-moving electoral contest where the story is changing by the hour. This is why a strategist needs a voluminous knowledge of previous elections. Media Master A political strategist will have to be a master at handling the media in order to get his message out to the electorate. Using the media is about timing and presentation. He needs to know how journalists think and how a newsroom schedule works. An election strategist must also be proficient in organizing events like fundraising dinners. These provide campaign funds and are also media events where the candidate delivers speeches and sound bites for broadcast. Master of the Political Message A political strategist has to have a whole communications package to electrify voters. The strategist needs to create a persona and media image for his client that appeals to as many voters as possible. Once he’s crafted the image he’ll have to stage photo opportunities and media events so he can display it to the electorate. A strategist needs to work with the candidate on speeches and answers to questions so the right message will be communicated on the campaign trail and in front of the TV cameras. Extensive and High-Quality Contacts Success comes and goes for a senior political consultant, but what he has to consistently maintain is a high-quality network of contacts. If he has these he will always be in demand because he can secure funding for his clients and introductions to powerful patrons and backers. He is a gatekeeper to powerful supporters and must also act as a cogent persuader to convince them to get behind his client.)

STUDY
— Become a Political Consultant: Step-by-Step Career Guide
https://study.com/articles/Become_a_Political_Consultant_Step-by-Step_Career_Guide.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Political consultants work on election campaigns for political candidates. They may help candidates develop media strategies, explain their platforms to the public, create advertisements, respond to opponents or engage in fundraising. Other consultants may work in research or polling. In the former type of job, they investigate the major issues in a campaign or a candidate’s opponent, while in the latter they ask the public how they feel about a candidate. This information can then be used to develop a candidate’s election campaign strategy. Some of these consultants’ job tasks overlap with those of political scientists, who are similar to consultants. Political consultants work full-time, though they often put in overtime hours to meet deadlines or deal with crises. The job can be stressful, but it pays a salary that is much higher than the national average. Though there is strong competition for these jobs, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the field will grow at a faster-than-average rate over the coming decade.)

March 28 Evening Editiion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

March 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DuPage County officials reveal cause of delayed primary election results – Megan C. Hickey
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/dupage-county-officials-reveal-cause-of-delayed-primary-election-results/3270094/
— Gun safety advocates seek to override Rauner’s veto of gun dealer license measure – Craig Wall (DIERSEN: Did those who put an extremely high priority on the Second Amendment plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform vote for Rauner?)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/gun-safety-advocates-seek-to-override-rauners-veto-of-gun-dealer-license-measure/3270259/

CBS2
— Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Calls For Repeal Of 2nd Amendment
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/27/john-paul-stevens-repeal-second-amendment/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kennedy, Rauner and marijuana get Park Ridge voter support during primary election – Jennifer Johnson (DIERSEN: How many votes did each of the Republican candidates get in your precinct? How many registered voters are there in your precinct? How many of them and what percent a) cast a Republican ballot, b) cast a Democrat ballot, and c) did not vote? Has your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain provided that information to the Republican voters in your precinct?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/news/ct-prh-election-results-tl-0329-20180327-story.html
— General election in 9th Congressional District pits first-time candidate against veteran lawmaker – Karen Ann Cullotta
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/northbrook/news/ct-ahp-ninth-congressional-race-november-tl-0329-20180327-story.html
— Southland leaders seek exemptions from new prevailing wage requirements – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: What is the prevailing wage for those who have education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional licenses comparable to what you have? In today’s dollars, in 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO paid me $125,325/year or $60.25/hour. I had almost 18 years of experience working for GAO and almost 9 years of experience working for IRS. I had 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 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and c) a job-related professional license (licensed CPA) when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-prevailing-wage-st-0328-20180327-story.html
— Bans on bump stocks, body armor move forward in Chicago – Hal Dardick, Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-city-council-bump-stocks-guns-20180327-story.html
— Loyola’s legacy: Rejecting racial preference in pursuit of excellence – John Kass (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) would stress that the federal employees a) who hired me in 1966, 1971, and 1980 and b) who promoted me in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986 were White males and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had been a minority or a female, they would not have hired me or promoted me. But wait, all those who hired me and promoted me were under tremendous pressure to hire and promote minorities and females. But wait, my Democrat superiors got rid of the a) IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) the GAO manager who hired me in 1980 and promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-loyola-basketball-kass-0328-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: That season, George Ireland, the Catholic school’s legendary coach, rejected racial preference in sport. He defied the unwritten rule that limited the number of black players on a court. Instead he started his best players in the pursuit of excellence. Four were black. One was white.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “Census question on citizenship is bad news for Illinois.” What percent of those who live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois are NOT citizens of America?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/census-question-on-citizenship-is-bad-news-for-illinois/
— Working people in Illinois deserve a fairer state income tax – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats want individuals, organizations, and companies that are members of the following groups to pay more taxes: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-working-people-in-illinois-deserve-a-fairer-state-income-tax/
— Madigan to break bread with only committeeman to break ranks on party leadership – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: What congressional district do you live in? Who do you want to represent you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC)? Who do you want to be the next IRP chairman? Who do you want to represent you on the 2020 IRP Platform & Resolutions Committee? What weighted vote will your next representative on the IRP SCC have, that is, what percent of the approximate 700,000 Republican primary ballots cast statewide were cast in your congressional district?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-to-break-bread-with-only-committeeman-to-break-ranks-on-party-leadership/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mike Madigan has a lunch date next week with an unexpected guest: the lone progressive candidate to win a Democratic state central committeeman post last week. And that newly elected party leader has no plans to vote for Madigan for chairman of the Democratic party, the position the powerful House speaker has held since 1998.)
— Trump accusers in denial about #MeToo movement – MARY MITCHELL
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-accusers-in-denial-about-metoo-movement/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County officials: Faulty cards not tested before election night – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180327/dupage-county-officials-faulty-cards-not-tested-before-election-night
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Tuesday, county board members blasted the commission for not testing the ender cards. “You didn’t test everything,” board member James Healy said. “That’s the problem. I hope that from now on, every single piece of paper in the box will be tested.” County board member Don Puchalski said this has been the third election cycle where the commission has had problems. “This was such an important election …” he said. “We should have done better than this.” The most recent blunder came as county board Chairman Dan Cronin is pushing for a state law change to merge the election commission with the county clerk’s office. He has supported that concept for years, but the legislature has been reluctant to give the county permission to do it.)
— McKee House group, Elmhurst Art Museum receive Landmarks Illinois preservation grants – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180327/mckee-house-group-elmhurst-art-museum-receive-landmarks-illinois-preservation-grants

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lisa Madigan sues to block Trump census move – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with illegals against citizens of America.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180327/BLOGS02/180329884/durbin-blasts-citizenship-question-on-2020-census

WBBM NEWS RADIO
— Illinois Lawmakers May Override Rauner On Gun Bill – Dave Dahl
https://wbbmnews.radio.com/media/audio-channel/illinois-lawmakers-may-override-rauner-gun-bill

HERALD REVIEW
— Top state health department aide campaigned for GOP during Legionnaires’ crisis – AP
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/top-state-health-department-aide-campaigned-for-gop-during-legionnaires/article_a8f62538-61a0-598e-bccb-8b09da2e34aa.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Davis, LaHood split on $1.3 trillion federal spending plan – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180327/davis-lahood-split-on-13-trillion-federal-spending-plan

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: California ‘pot resort’ asking people to toke up privately – AP
http://www.whig.com/article/20180327/AP/303279699#//

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County school employees take gun class in preparation for Trump proposal to arm
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/23/mchenry-county-school-employees-take-gun-class-in-preparation-for-trump-proposal-to-arm/ahu6e3u/

LOUIS TODAY
— Is this what democracy looks like? – Mike Wiley
http://www.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/is-this-what-democracy-looks-like/article_7cedca14-a677-5f01-9183-fb8aa4c720b7.html

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Rep. Davis: Too Soon to Judge Tax Reform – CHRISTINE HERMAN (DIERSEN: It is NOT too soon to increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/rep-davis-too-soon-judge-tax-reform#stream/0

WVIK
— Rauner’s Uphill Climb To A Second Term – KATIE BUCK (DIERSEN: Who voted for Rauner in the primary? It must be those who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. In light of that, how will Rauner respond to those who advise him a) to officially dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and many other planks in the IRP platform and b) to officially dump all those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that support the aforesaid planks?)
http://wvik.org/post/rauners-uphill-climb-second-term#stream/0

WQAD
— Court: State worker union to get automatic pay hikes (step increases) despite Rauner freeze (DIERSEN: I got many step increases while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Step increases recognize the work experience that you gain. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned the work experience that I gained working for the Post Office 1966-1969, for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, and for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. What opinion does Rauner and his supporters have of the work experience that you have? Based on their words and their actions, Rauner and his supporters have an extremely low opinion of the work experience that I have.)
http://wqad.com/2018/03/27/court-state-worker-union-to-get-automatic-pay-hikes-despite-rauner-freeze/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats, Republicans Both Willing To Compromise Morals For Party Line, One Scholar Says (DIERSEN: To be a Democrat, you have to be anti-Trump supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/democrats-republicans-both-willing-compromise-morals-party-line-one-scholar-says#stream/0

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
— IDPH Issues Warning About Synthetic Cannabinoids 6 cases of severe bleeding report using synthetic cannabinoids
https://www2.illinois.gov/IISNews/15504-IDPH_Issues_Warning_About_Synthetic_Cannabinoids_.pdf

DUPAGE COUNTY
— PRESS RELEASE: A special board meeting of the DuPage County Election Commission will be held on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM. The meeting will be held in room 3500-A of the Jack T. Knuepfer building, 421 N. Country Farm Road, Wheaton, Illinois.
http://www.dupageco.org/Election/Election_Commission_News/2018/57168/

MCHENRY COUNTY TIMES
— Voters chose business as usual, Skillicorn says – Robert Hadley
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511370801-voters-chose-business-as-usual-skillicorn-says
— Skillicorn blames Rauner for state’s shrinking net worth – Glenn Minnis
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511371289-skillicorn-blames-rauner-for-state-s-shrinking-net-worth

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— State’s sinking net worth a product of fiscal mismanagement, Ives says – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511371261-state-s-sinking-net-worth-a-product-of-fiscal-mismanagement-ives-says
— Steps can be taken to fix Illinois’ tanking net worth, Oberweis says – Robert Davis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511371319-steps-can-be-taken-to-fix-illinois-tanking-net-worth-oberweis-says

BREITBART
— Mitt Romney Runs as Immigration Hawk: ‘DACA Kids Shouldn’t All Be Allowed to Stay Legally’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-runs-as-immigration-hawk-daca-kids-shouldnt-all-be-allowed-to-stay-legally/

COLLEGE FIX
— The ‘waste, fraud, and abuse’ of university foundations
https://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/column-the-waste-fraud-and-abuse-of-university-foundations/

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— Mitt Romney says Dreamers must ‘do more to justify’ legal status – Thomas Burr (DIERSEN: From what I see, Dreamers agree with the Democrats that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/03/27/mitt-romney-says-hes-open-to-protection-for-dreamers-but-they-have-to-do-more-to-justify-legal-status/

KITSAP SUN
— Kilmer bill helps federal workers who started in temporary role – Julianne Stanford (DIERSEN: I started working for the federal government as a part-time temporary employee in 1966. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were beyond furious when I got almost 3 years of full-time Civil Service credit when I paid the Civil Service Retirement System 7% of the salary (plus interest) that the Park Forest Post Office paid me while I was a part-time employee there 1966-1969.)
https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2018/03/27/kilmer-bill-federal-retirement/447341002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But when he started to plan for retirement, he learned the years that he worked as a temporary employee didn’t count toward it because of a change in the federal system that went into effect the year he was hired at the shipyard. Under the new system, employees who transitioned into full-time positions could no longer retroactively contribute to their retirements for the time they worked as temporary employees, although they had been able to do so under the previous system. As a result, Hodge is now witnessing other employees retire who were hired at the shipyard as permanent employees after he started there. He must either work longer or retire early by the government’s standards with penalties to his benefits. “It’s hard to keep a good attitude, but as a manager I do it,” Hodge said. “We’re starting to see more people leave and it’s very frustrating.” After seeking out other avenues for assistance without result, Hodge and a few other shipyard workers sought help from U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer. After learning about the complexities of Hodge’s case, Kilmer said he saw an opportunity to right what he says is a wrong.)

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Why agencies’ firing problems are also their hiring problems – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: Because I have always supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, because I have always opposed patronage and political affiliation discrimination, and because I have always opposed age discrimination, my Democrat superiors in the federal government always blamed me for their problems hiring and retaining young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/your-job/2018/03/why-agencies-firing-problems-are-also-their-hiring-problems/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Prospects Unclear for Trump’s $1 Billion Performance Fund – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Democrats use budget cuts to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who Democrats did not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/03/prospects-unclear-trumps-1-billion-performance-fund/147008/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The omission of one White House management proposal from the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2018, approved by Congress and signed by President Trump last week, could serve as a bellwether for the administration’s plans to transform the federal workforce. The spending package includes a number of provisions that specifically prohibit agency leaders from enacting plans to downsize or reshape their organizations without consulting Congress. And totally absent from the more-than 2,000-page document was the White House’s proposed $1 billion inter-agency performance fund, which the White House wanted to enact this fiscal year. That fund would be used by agencies for designing programs like performance-based pay and to pay bonuses for individual high performers across government.)

March 25 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://wgntv.com/2018/03/24/1211122/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The GOP platform’s ruling plan, Trumpism, casts aside previously understood values – Ashley Parker (DIERSEN: Republicans voted for Trump in 2016 because he promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. Republicans voted for Rauner in 2014 because he promised to have no social agenda.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-platform-trumpism-20180324-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over just a few days last week, the essence of Trumpism was on global display: The president ignored his advisers by congratulating Vladimir Putin, took the first steps toward imposing tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese goods and signed a huge $1.3 trillion spending bill that will balloon the federal deficit. In each case, President Donald Trump cast aside years of Republican orthodoxy – and most of the party followed right along. The raw, undefined brand of populism that Trump rode into office is now hardening into a clearer set of policies in his second year, remaking the Republican Party and the country on issues ranging from trade and immigration to spending and entitlement programs.)
— Man busted with loaded gun, body armor at Union Station – William Lee
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-man-arrested-with-body-armor-20180324-story.html
— New study proves old truth: Lies travel faster than facts – Jerry Davich (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, everything is a lie except for what they say or bless.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-ptb-davich-twitter-false-info-study-st-0321-20180318-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— District 128 board member facing perjury charges resigns – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180323/district-128-board-member-facing-perjury-charges-resigns

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner says he remembers, but won’t yet name, computerless office – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180324/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-says-he-remembers-but-wont-yet-name-computerless-office
— GOP competition – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180324/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-says-he-remembers-but-wont-yet-name-computerless-office
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Democrats elected members of their state central committee in the primary, members of the GOP’s state committee will be elected by precinct committeemen at county conventions on April 18. And a race is shaping up in the 13th Congressional District. DUSTIN PETERSON, 37, of Clinton, an independent insurance agent who has been DeWitt County GOP chairman since 2014, is taking on incumbent member FRED FLORETH of Springfield, a lawyer finishing his first four-year term in the party post. “I’m not running against Fred, I’m running more just to try to expand my role with the Republican Party, and try to learn more and be more involved and try to, for lack of a better word … get a little more of a youth movement in there,” Peterson said. Peterson said he was neutral in the governor’s primary, has supported Rauner in the past and supports him in the general election. “Hopefully we can all come together as a party,” he said. Floreth, who turns 62 this weekend, put on an impressive campaign back in 2014 when he defeated an incumbent on the central committee, JERRY CLARKE. The 13th includes all or parts of 14 counties. Floreth, who supported Rauner in the primary, also says the party must come together after last week’s primary. He said he knows there some profound disagreements in the party, as illustrated by the showing of Rauner’s primary opponent, state Rep. JEANNE IVES. But he said all in the party “would have to conclude Governor Rauner is by far the better option” to run the state than Democratic candidate J.B. PRITZKER. Floreth says he thinks he has accomplished goals he set when he ran four years ago, including improving the experience of precinct committeemen at the state convention through allowing more say in policy and helping keep information flowing between the central committee and local party officials. He noted that he sends out a newsletter at least every other week, and helped improve training for precinct committeemen.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180324/march-for-our-lives-springfield-draws-hundreds

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The choice What’s it going to be in November — a do-over for Republican Bruce Rauner or a return to one-party rule under Democrat J.B. Pritzker? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-03-25/editorial-the-choice.html
— Confident Pritzker has ambitious spending plans – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-03-25/jim-dey-confident-pritzker-has-ambitious-spending-plans.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Informed voters can withstand negative ads – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be informed? My critics/opponents do NOT want you to be informed; they want you to know only what they tell you. That is why they viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Do you side with my critics/opponents, or do you side with me and the First Amendment?)
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-informed-voters-can-withstand-negative-ads/article_3ca08663-23c0-5218-ad52-9fac420af7b3.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/hundreds-gather-for-gun-reform-in-bloomington/article_b5ab329d-406d-54df-9b9a-9feee816582c.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State Rep. Steve Reick blasts Gov. Bruce Rauner in blog post
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/03/23/state-rep-steve-reick-blasts-gov-bruce-rauner-in-blog-post/akx99lj/

HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://herald-review.com/news/local/desperate-to-do-something-decatur-anti-violence-march-proceeds-despite/article_21e61a90-1c2c-58e2-a497-cb67f83dd7bd.html

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://jg-tc.com/news/march-for-our-lives-nd-amendment-support-rallies-held/article_706b07b6-e578-59eb-b369-01de40bb0f57.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/ofallon-progress/article206442614.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Rauner Still Claims No Social Agenda – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: If that is true, than Rauner should happily sign a “Contract with Illinois Republicans” in which he would agree to take no actions against the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=262334#.WrdmJcuKSM8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In starting his post-primary re-election campaign, Gov. Bruce Rauner said Thursday he still doesn’t have a social agenda, but critics disagree. During a campaign stop in Springfield two days after narrowly winning the Republican nomination, Rauner said he has no social agenda, something the wealthy political newcomer maintained before being elected as a Republican in 2014. “You’ve never ever seen me or heard me or watched me advocate on social issues. I’ve never done it,” Rauner said. “I advocate on lower taxes, more jobs and ending corruption.” State Rep. David McSweeney, who has called Rauner a failed governor, said Rauner approved more abortions to be paid for by taxpayers and a measure that prohibits law enforcement from detaining someone based solely on that person’s immigration status. “He does have a social agenda,” McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, said. “He signed [House Bill] 40. He signed [Senate Bill] 31, which definitely is a sanctuary state bill.” McSweeney said SB31, also known as the TRUST Act, prohibits law enforcement from detaining someone based solely on that person’s immigration status. “It’s been a very big issue up in my area, in Lake County and McHenry County, where there are real examples of people who are being let out of jail even though the federal government wants them detained,” he said.)

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Each Rauner vote worth $215 – SARAH HAYDEN (DIERSEN: 41 voted for Rauner in my precinct. 41 X $215 is $8,815. 64 voted for Ives in my precinct. 64 X $12 is $768.)
http://qconline.com/news/local/each-rauner-vote-worth/article_d45919eb-7c42-5807-a671-c1f699442e41.html
— Raise your hand if you voted for neo-Nazi (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? How many voters in your precinct asked you about the candidates on the March 20, 2018 Republican ballot in your precinct? None of the 504 registered voters in my precinct asked me about the candidates on the March 20, 2018 Republican ballot in my precinct. Sadly, disgustingly, and outrageously, that is not surprising. Since 1999, those who dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party have done everything that they can to discredit me with the voters in my precinct. Officially, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I am “too conservative,” and because of that, candidates that I might promote in primaries are “too conservative” to win general elections. But from what I see, having lived in my precinct since 1984, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout behind my back, under the table, and below the belt at the voters in my precinct and at everyone else that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. Maybe I should sue them.)
http://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/raise-your-hand-if-you-voted-for-neo-nazi/article_e2c4d73e-6884-5df2-b165-711325137bd1.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It wasn’t democracy’s finest hour. On Election Day, the sole Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District was a Holocaust denier and neo-Nazi. And he got more than 20,000 votes. Ugh. Ideally, Arthur Jones would have received no votes because he deserves no support. But even one vote – his own – would have been enough to win Tuesday’s primary because he ran unopposed. Instead he got 20,458. The Cook County Clerk’s Office reports that 70 percent of suburban voters in the district pulling a Republican ballot checked his name. We blame a lack of situational awareness. Republicans didn’t bother to recruit a legitimate candidate because the district is gerrymandered to elect a Democrat. So Jones waltzed in and now is set to run on their ticket in November against incumbent Rep. Dan Lipinski. This embarrassment is on Republicans. Let both parties stay awake during future filing periods to prevent unsavory characters from hijacking their good names. Most voters didn’t intend to support Jones, we’re certain. They voted the party line and automatically filled in the box next to his name. Why research an unopposed candidate? We wish they had paid more attention to news reports. If they feel a little chagrined, they ought to. The lesson here is democracy is imperfect. But it’s also self-correcting, 3rd District residents. This November: Vote Lipinski. All of you.)

FOX 6 NOW
— ‘Manipulating and exploiting children:’ NRA responds as students ‘March for Our Lives’ – CNN
http://fox6now.com/2018/03/24/manipulating-and-exploiting-children-nra-responds-as-students-march-for-our-lives/

KTVS 12
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/37802103/hundreds-marched-in-carbondale-for-stricter-gun-laws

CAPITOL FAX
— Reader comments closed until April 2 (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I have sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email a) each and every morning since 2004 and b) also each and every evening since 2015. What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who dismiss, belittle, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, and/or condemn that?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/03/23/reader-comments-closed-until-april-2/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Lawyer Confirms ‘Deep State’ Plots to Destroy President (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government treated me like I was part of a plot to stop patronage and to stop political affiliation discrimination, that is, that I was part of a plot to stop them from hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. They were fully aware of Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, and the Rutan decision. They knew that my wife had helped elect Thompson. SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html.)
https://w3.newsmax.com/General/NMM/Offers/Killing-the-Deep-State-PD

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mass hysteria and the anti-gun marches – Michael Filozof
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/03/mass_hysteria_and_the_antigun_marches.html

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Gun-Rights Groups Slam New YouTube Anti-Gun Policy ‘YouTube is now in the business of political posturing and censorship’ – Stephen Gutowski
http://freebeacon.com/issues/gun-rights-groups-slam-new-youtube-anti-gun-policy/

FOX NEWS
— Cry fowl! Media go hunting as Trump hires ‘hawk’ Bolton and other outlandish media bias – Dan Gainor (DIERSEN: Who cried fowl when you were hired? Democrats cried fowl a) when the Post Office hired me in 1966 and let me work there for almost 3 years, b) when IRS hired me in 1971, promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and let me work there for almost 9 years, and c) when GAO hired me in 1980, promoted me in 1986, and let me work there for almost 18 years.)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/03/24/cry-fowl-media-go-hunting-as-trump-hires-hawk-bolton-and-other-outlandish-media-bias.html

BLAZE
— Gun rights advocates blast new YouTube policy of censoring videos showing legal gun activity – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents who want to stop me from including links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) that promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform, b) that promote the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and c) that oppose promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/24/gun-rights-advocates-blast-new-youtube-policy-of-censoring-videos-showing-legal-gun-activity

THE HILL
— Unbound Trump breaks from restraints – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: Republicans voted for Trump in 2016 because he promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. Republicans voted for Rauner in 2014 because he promised to have no social agenda.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/380075-the-memo-unbound-trump-breaks-from-restraints?userid=3526
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans hint/imply/argue/shout that Republican candidates can win in Illinois if they dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/380114-illinois-election-shows-democrats-can-win-by-embracing-the-center
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/380143-seven-most-memorable-moments-from-march-for-our-lives
— Fox News hosts tear into Trump over spending bill – AVERY ANAPOL
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/380057-fox-news-hosts-tear-into-trump-over-spending-bill

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/march-our-lives-draws-hundreds-thousands-washington-around-nation-n859716

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/24/us/march-for-our-lives.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/24/us/politics/students-lead-huge-rallies-for-gun-control-across-the-us.html
— Stop Asking About My Kid’s College Plans – Elisabeth Egan (DIERSEN: Were you considered to be college material? While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the top 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). Further, my father had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. I am sure that many thought that I would soon come down with type 1 diabetes too.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/24/opinion/sunday/stop-asking-about-my-kids-college-plans.html
— 2018: A Tough Year for First-Time Buyers Tax law changes, low inventory and tight credit may present extra hurdles this year for people buying their first homes. – Jen Miller (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/realestate/2018-a-tough-year-for-first-time-buyers.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot promoters promote pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/24/us/arkansas-marijuana-cotton-plant.html

WASHINGTON POST
— How Trumpism has come to define the Republican Party The president has used legislation and unilateral actions to push ahead with a vision often at odds with GOP orthodoxy. – Ashley Parker (DIERSEN: Republicans voted for Trump in 2016 because he promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. Republicans voted for Rauner in 2014 because he promised to have no social agenda.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/?utm_term=.79af6bb25ddd
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence. Democrats crow over their success in getting people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/march-for-our-lives-huge-crowds-gather-for-rally-against-gun-violence-in-nations-capital/2018/03/24/4121b100-2f7d-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/march-for-our-lives-in-photos/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/anti-gun-marches-planned-for-cities-throughout-the-us-world/2018/03/24/a7365514-2f59-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-message-at-anti-gun-violence-rallies-do-what-the-students-say/2018/03/24/1a9afbd6-2f87-11e8-8688-e053ba58f1e4_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Health-Insurance Premiums Loom as Election Issue – Stephanie Armour (DIERSEN: How much do you pay in health insurance premiums? Because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only $6,000/year for $24,000/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance premiums – the federal government pays $18,000/year. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious about that. Because we get that $18,000/year subsidy, they viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me. They hint/imply/argue/shout behind my back, under the table, and below the belt at the voters in my precinct and at everyone else that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. Maybe I should sue them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/health-insurance-premiums-loom-as-election-issue-1521975600

FORBES
— Ten Things You Must Find Out — Before You Take The Job – Liz Ryan (DIERSEN: Have you accepted job offers for jobs that others would not seek and/or would not take? Reasons why I accepted the Post Office’s part-time job offer in 1966 included my needing money to pay for college expenses and for new cars. Reasons why I accepted IRS’s job offer in 1971 included my being unemployed and needing money to help support my mother and brother. Reasons why I accepted GAO’s job offer in 1980 included my being impressed with GAO’s mission and my hoping that GAO really was a non-partisan agency like it claimed it was.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2018/03/24/ten-things-you-must-find-out-before-you-take-the-job/#6e207e0e4913

CHEAT SHEET
— How Does the Broke Middle Class Really Afford Retirement? – Emma Bleznak (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, my salary in 1997, when I was 49 years old, was $125,325. In today’s dollars, I should have had $626,625 saved when I was 50, $751,950 saved when I was 55, $877,275 saved when I was 60, and $1,002,600 saved when I was 65. I did not have the aforesaid saved because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/broke-middle-class-really-afford-retirement.html/?a=viewall
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An alarming 70% of American adults have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts. Experts have crunched the numbers to identify how much you should have saved at each age milestone for a comfortable retirement. By age 30, aim to have the equivalent of your annual salary saved. Every five years, increase this in single increments: By 35, you should have twice your annual salary saved and by 40-years-old you should have three times. By 65-years-old this will leave you with a savings equivalent to eight times your annual salary.)

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— ‘Let’s listen to them’: Calif. politicians tweet messages of support for March for Our Lives (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republican politicians who want Republican Precinct Committeemen to focus on listening to the voters in their precinct rather than advocating the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) resolution against video gambling? Democrat and Democrat plant, Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Green and Green plant, and RINO politicians in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) want me to listen to the voters in my precinct who reject planks in the Republican Party platform and the IRP platform, b) want me to listen to voters who reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling, and c) do not want me to advocate the aforesaid planks or resolution.)
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/march-for-our-lives-california-politicians-difi-12778832.php

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Hiring John Bolton is Donald Trump’s Most Dangerous Decision – Ted Rall (DIERSEN: Who warns employers to NOT hire you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), etc. have NOT hired me to serve as a webmaster. Those who warn employers to NOT hire me a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC 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 are anti-Trump supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_ted_rall/hiring_john_bolton_is_donald_trump_s_most_dangerous_decision

WINDY CITY TIMES
— GOP aide fired after Grindr hookup – Matt Simonette
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Report-GOP-aide-fired-after-Grindr-hookup/62347.html

COLDWELL BANKER
— FOR SALE: 825 Warrenville Road, Wheaton – $335,000
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/wheaton/825-warrenville-road/pid_23798545/

March 24 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Next thing you know, cemeteries will be voting in DuPage – Editorial (DIERSEN: Since 2015, there have been two cemeteries in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton – Wheaton Cemetery (http://wheatoncemetery.org/) and St. Michael’s Cemetery (https://www.parishesonline.com/find/st-michaels-cemetery). Of my precinct’s 504 registered voters, according to the DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC), 105 (21%) cast Republican Ballots, 98 (19%) cast Democrat ballots, and 301 (60%) did not vote. Beyond outrageously, beyond unacceptably, in 2015, the DCEC let my critics/opponents unethically gerrymander my precinct to punish me and Jeanne Ives. The DCEC let my critics/opponents a) take away about 100 residences on the west side of my precinct and b) give me about 100 residences out Ives’ precinct to the east. The DCEC let my critics/opponents draw Ives into my precinct. But then, my critics/opponents drew her out of my new precinct and into Precinct 65 because she asked them to.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/next-thing-you-know-cemeteries-will-be-voting-in-dupage/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Oh, DuPage County, have you forgotten who you are? Generations of Chicagoans fled to you, DuPage, to escape the political corruption of the big bad city. In Chicago, the rule of thumb was to “vote early and often.” In DuPage, a single honorable vote, almost always for a Republican, sufficed. In Chicago, the quiet residents of cemeteries voted. In DuPage, only the living, if sometimes barely. In Chicago, vote returns from the “river wards” could be held up for hours, allowing for a little late-night skullduggery to put a Machine favorite in a tight race over the top. In DuPage, goodness no. But on Tuesday in DuPage, the election process looked about as squared away as in Chicago circa 1947. Final voting results were not released until roughly eight hours after the polls closed, about 3 a.m. A skeptic might wonder if everything was on the up and up. We’re told it was a hardware problem. Elections judges were unable to get results from scanning machines, which are used to read paper ballots, and the judges had to lug 268 of the machines to the election commission office in Wheaton to tally the results. Now, on Tuesday, election officials will be on the hot seat. The DuPage County Board has asked them to attend a board meeting to explain what went wrong and how to fix it. “I promise you, there’s going to be changes,” County Board President Dan Cronin told the Daily Herald. “I am not done with this.” But there’s little mystery about what should be done — it was right on the ballot. An advisory referendum question asked voters whether the DuPage County Election Commission should be dissolved and its responsibilities taken over by the office of the county clerk. Fifty-six percent of the voters said that was a good idea. After Tuesday’s show of incompetence by the election commission, you can bet that even more voters now would say that’s a good idea. Cronin, who has been a leader in Illinois in trying to eliminate unnecessary units of government, is pushing the merger, which he says would make the election process more accountable and save DuPage taxpayers $300,000 a year. But the change requires a change in state law, and the Legislature has been slow to go along. Why? Because the Legislature is always slow to go along when it comes to eliminating unnecessary units of government. It’s about jobs and political turf. For the same reason, the Legislature has been insufficiently aggressive in eliminating township governments. Cronin is right. The DuPage Election Commission bungled it badly on Tuesday. And we were feeling the ghosts of those old Chicago ward heelers.)
— Man who claims civil rights were violated at Gay Pride Fest settles with city – STEFANO ESPOSITO (DIERSEN: The picture for this article shows Mark Kirk’s parade entry.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/man-who-claims-civil-rights-were-violated-at-gay-pride-fest-settles-with-city/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mallett was passed out drunk in the rear seat of his car — and wearing only a Speedo — when, he claimed, police pepper-sprayed him and dragged him out of the car. Mallett alleged officers used excessive force and targeted him for being gay.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Stakes are high for Raoul, Harold in race to succeed Attorney General Lisa Madigan – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-kwame-raoul-erika-harold-attorney-general-20180322-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the other is Harold, a conservative who has never held elected office and calls herself a “political outsider.” She is opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage but has vowed to uphold all of the state’s laws. Harold has accused Madigan of failing to take an interest in public corruption during her tenure, noting that her father is Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan. And she’s backed by his chief political nemesis, Gov. Bruce Rauner. . .Harold disputes the suggestion she would be beholden to Rauner, noting that she has split with him over his decision to sign legislation expanding access to abortion. Even so, she says she will uphold that law and others she may personally disagree with. “The job of the attorney general is to enforce the law,” Harold said. “It’s not to impose your own agenda. It is to make sure that the laws are enforced uniformly and fairly, and I’m committed to doing that.” Rauner’s campaign gave Harold $305,000, and the governor has said he “personally recruited” her in part to “prosecute corruption against the Madigan clan and their network.” Harold first became well-known as the 2003 winner of the Miss America pageant. She says her “priorities are not partisan in nature” and will resonate with voters regardless of political affiliation. Still, Harold mirrors Rauner in promising to fight corruption within state government. She said she wants the legislature to provide additional powers for the attorney general, including the ability to convene a grand jury and issue subpoenas. “I think the priority of public corruption will be an issue where we may differ, and I think it’s important to emphasize fighting public corruption because both parties should be held accountable,” Harold said of Raoul. Harold works for a Champaign-based firm where she specializes in business law. She first sought public office in 2014, losing a Republican primary for Congress to U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis of Taylorville. She ran on a conservative social platform and since has been accused by her unsuccessful primary opponent of softening her position on conservative ideas to comport with the governor’s socially centrist agenda. Harold’s stance against same-sex marriage has served as a flashpoint in her primary bid. According to the book “Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain” by former Miss America Kate Shindle, Harold’s “ultra-conservative views” had kept her from winning the Miss Illinois pageant for several years. Shindle writes that Harold was asked in a pageant interview about adoption by same-sex couples. “Harold reportedly stated that she would choose to place a child in an abusive heterosexual home rather than with a loving gay couple,” the book says. Harold said she did not remember that exchange, saying she supports same-sex adoption and foster parenting, and “if I said what they alleged, it’s absolutely wrong.”)
— 1,800 York students absent after shooting threat; 17-year-old gets felony charges in separate Snapchat threat – Chuck Fieldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/news/ct-elh-york-threats-tl-0329-20180323-story.html
— An affair, a photo and a felony charge: Missouri’s governor is waging a campaign for political survival – Sean Sullivan (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail or prosecution, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-missouri-governor-eric-greitens-political-survival-20180323-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Musk deletes Facebook pages – Peter Holley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-biz-elon-musk-facebook-20180323-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrat marchers.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180322/march-for-our-lives-protesting-gun-violence-happening-today-around-suburbs
— York student detained for social media threat – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180323/york-student-detained-for-social-media-threat
— Get rid of both Cronin and election board – Julie Federico, Naperville
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180324/get-rid-of-both-cronin-and-election-board
— Amendment needed to stop gerrymandering – Hashim Arain, Oak Brook
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180324/amendment-needed-to-stop-gerrymandering
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning guns and gun owners.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180323/news/303239917/

WBEZ
— Ives Reluctantly Says She’ll Vote For Rauner – Dave McKinney (DIERSEN: Since 2002, those who supported Jim Ryan in the Republican gubernatorial primary have blamed those who supported Pat O’Malley in that primary for Jim Ryan’s defeat in the general election. I should write a book about Jim Ryan supporters in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who continue to viciously punish me for Jim Ryan’s defeat.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-updates/ives-reluctantly-says-shell-vote-for-rauner/06dcec33-d169-47f6-80b5-f0523fdf4d5f
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican who narrowly lost to Gov. Bruce Rauner in this week’s gubernatorial primary is reluctantly saying she’ll vote for him. But state Rep. Jeanne Ives predicts Rauner will lose and that many of her 342,000 supporters feel betrayed by him. And when it comes to saying who’d be a better a governor, Rauner or Democrat JB Pritzker, Ives struggled to get Rauner’s name out of her mouth in an interview Thursday with WBEZ.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Supreme Court won’t take up Rauner’s appeal of step pay case – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: I got many step increases while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Step increases recognize the work experience that you gain. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned the work experience that I gained working for the Post Office 1966-1969, for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 ½ years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880 and for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. What opinion does Rauner and his supporters have of the work experience that you have? Based on their words and their actions, Rauner and his supporters have an extremely low opinion of the work experience that I have.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180322/illinois-supreme-court-wont-take-up-rauners-appeal-of-step-pay-case

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats, like Republican, also at odds – Editorial (DIERSEN: If the majority of Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Illinois were conservative, the conservative Ives would have defeated the anti-social conservative Rauner. The Republican Party exists to help elect candidates who are conservative. The Democrat Party exists to help elect candidates who are liberal. The Libertarian Party exists to help elect candidates who are libertarian. The Green Party exists to help elect candidates who are green. You are not a conservative unless you are both a fiscal conservative and a social conservative like I am. Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? What percent of your fellow Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in your township/ward and in your county are social conservatives like I am? Beyond tragically, by their words and/or by their actions, the majority of Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois ARE NOT SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES. They supported Rauner/Sanguinetti in the primary and they focus on getting rid of social conservatives like me. With Rauner’s victory, will they succeed in getting rid of social conservatives and destroying the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party?)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-03-24/editorial-dems-gop-also-odds.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner has shown that you can’t be fiscally conservative and say you are not socially conservative.” This was at the core of Ives’ campaign — Rauner isn’t a Republican, we are. She said as much during a campaign stop in February during the Williamson County Republican Women’s Lincoln Day Luncheon. “He’s not part of the ‘we,’” she said in an interview after her speech, referring to the Republican party. During her address in February, Ives thrashed Rauner’s dealings with Democrats, particularly on a controversial piece of legislation last year that loosened regulations allowing state medical dollars to be used for abortions. She said reaching across the aisle on party issues this way was a sign of weakness — she said “capitulating” to the opposition showed vulnerability and this was not quality in a leader.)

SOUTHERN
— More questions than answers: Republicans split in Southern Illinois on who to support for governor in November – ISAAC SMITH
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/more-questions-than-answers-republicans-split-in-southern-illinois-on/article_0ba100d4-cff3-56eb-854c-b7d999611fc6.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— York student charged with felony after allegedly making threat via Snapchat
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/03/23/york-student-charged-with-felony-after-allegedly-making-threat-via-snapchat/akze8w8/

TAYLORVILLE DAILY NEWS
— Rauner Will Call Ives (DIERSEN: Since 2002, those who supported Jim Ryan in the Republican gubernatorial primary have blamed those who supported Pat O’Malley in that primary for Jim Rayn’s defeat in the general election. I should write a book about Jim Ryan supporters in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who continue to viciously punish me for Jim Ryan’s defeat.)
http://taylorvilledailynews.com/local-news/354053

SAUK VALLEY
— Every vote matters, particularly if it’s yours
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/03/23/svm-editorial-every-vote-matters-particularly-if-its-yours/a5whb9n/

WOODFORD TIMES
— Rep. Darin LaHood applauds local spa for passing on tax bill savings to employees – Chris Kaergard (DIERSEN: Have the employers in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county passed on “tax bill savings” to their employees?)
http://www.woodfordtimes.com/news/20180323/rep-darin-lahood-applauds-local-spa-for-passing-on-tax-bill-savings-to-employees

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Primary 2018 and the Ives Campaign Post-Mortem Only Begins – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/03/primary-2018-and-the-ives-campaign-post-mortem-only-begins/

GOPUSA
— Dick’s CEO: Gun control ‘transcends our company’s bottom line’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, companies act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.gopusa.com/dicks-ceo-gun-control-transcends-our-companys-bottom-line/
— Google’s $300 million fight against fake — err, conservative — news (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for the news that they put out or bless.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=42080
— Students Are Useful Pawns for Gun Control Zealots
http://www.gopusa.com/students-are-useful-pawns-for-gun-control-zealots/
— FBI’s McCabe – an operative for the Deep State (DIERSEN: Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were operatives for the Democrat Party. Of course, they treated me like I was an operative for the Republican Party.)
http://www.gopusa.com/fbis-mccabe-an-operative-for-the-deep-state/

DAILY CALLER
— Donald Trump Should Throw California Governor Jerry Brown IN JAIL – Alan Keyes
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/23/donald-trump-should-jail-california-governor-jerry-brown/

THE HILL
— Maher calls for ‘affirmative action’ for conservatives in show business – JOSH DELK (DIERSEN: What about the federal government? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, extremely few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were conservative, that is, extremely few were Republican.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/380066-maher-calls-for-affirmative-action-for-conservatives-in-show

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Spread of Dumb Ideas – Michael J. Socolow (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all ideas are dumb except for the ideas that they promote or bless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/opinion/facebook-spreading-ideas.html
— Elon Musk Joins #DeleteFacebook With a Barrage of Tweets – Nellie Bowles
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/technology/elon-musk-deletefacebook.html
— With Morale Dropping, Zuckerberg Takes Steps to Calm Facebook Employees – Sheera Frenkel (DIERSEN: Will Facebook start acting like the federal government? To boost the morale of its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, the federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/technology/zuckerberg-facebook-employees.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Facebook Tries to Calm Advertisers After Cambridge Analytica Crisis – Lara O’Reilly and Suzanne Vranica (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-tries-to-calm-advertisers-after-cambridge-analytica-crisis-1521836823
— Facebook’s Public Reckoning The social-media giant faces decisions on privacy and publishing. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-public-reckoning-1521846210
— ‘Class Matters’ Review: The American Dream as Nightmare – Joseph Epstein (DIERSEN: How much money did your parents have when you were young? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents as being undeservedly filthy rich because they sent my brother and I to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod. However, neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14 and he was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My father worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy. He died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/class-matters-review-the-american-dream-as-nightmare-1521754095

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrat marchers
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/24/march-our-lives-hundreds-thousands-expected-rally-across-u-s/430245002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/03/23/taylor-swift-donates-march-our-lives-show/454892002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/22/millions-moms-never-again-different-effect-march-our-lives/440961002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Workers scarce in some crucial, stressful fields – Ryan W. Miller (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.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/03/22/teachers-police-local-government-jobs-recruiting-retainment-stress/425752002/

BLOOMBERG
— Facebook’s Grip on Political Ads Seen Defying Stain of Data Leak – Todd Shields and Bill Allison (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/2018/03/23/facebook-won-t-lack-for-political-ads-despite-erupting-scandals

VIRGINIA PILOT
— Facebook users have been giving away their data for a decade. Is it too late to get our privacy back? – Ally Marotti (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://pilotonline.com/business/consumer/article_0b676e56-73ae-531b-ae45-9a13628525bd.html

LADDERS
— What are millennials doing wrong when it comes to their careers? – Dandan Zhu (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? 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. I had almost 9 years of IRS work experience, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, when I was 31. I had almost 18 years of GAO work experience, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, when I was 49.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/millennials-wrong-comes-careers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Starting work too late. . .2. Accumulating useless credentials and degrees. . .3. Being idealistic versus realistic. . .4. Approaching work with the wrong attitude. . .5. Refusing to understand the power and importance of MONEY)

AXIOS
— GOP tax law has significant bugs, and Dems aren’t anxious to help fix them – Haley Britzky (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.axios.com/democrats-gop-tax-reform-d7e361d4-18c6-48d9-a942-91eb0efdcc1f.html
— Minority growth spawning “blue wave” in 2018 (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly Democrats focus on making minorities hate Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.axios.com/blue-wave-to-be-driven-by-minority-growth-24b263a5-0d09-4271-ba6c-9d19f36158a4.html

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— FOX News: Bruce Rauner is “Friendless” (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if anyone else had been the Republican Precinct Committeeman in DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 since 1999, a) far more than just 105 of its 504 registered voters would have cast Republican ballots in the March 20, 2018 primary election, b) far fewer than 98 would have cast Democrat ballots, and c) many, if not most, if not virtually all of the 301 who did not vote would have cast Republican ballots. In my defense, as I have reported to the DuPage County Election Commission, 20 of the 504, including Chris Hage and his wife, no longer live in the precinct. Further, since 1999, those who dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party have done everything that they can to discredit me with the voters in my precinct. Officially, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I am “too conservative” and because of that, candidates that I might promote in primaries are “too conservative” to win general elections. But from what see, having lived in my precinct since 1984, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout under the table and below the belt at the voters in my precinct and at everyone else that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. Maybe I should sue them.)
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/fox-news-bruce-rauner-is-friendless/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After nearly losing the primary to an insurgent challenger Tuesday night, FOX News reported that Governor Bruce Rauner is “friendless” and a reporter called him a “governor without a party.” National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar broke down Rauner’s embarrassingly close call: “He only got 52% of the Republican in the primary vote last night. That’s a really, really big danger sign. It certainly places him as the most vulnerable governor heading into the general election.” “The Illinois Republican Party is completely divided, lied to, and let down by a failed governor who is not in charge,” said DGA Illinois Communications Director Sam Salustro. “Bruce Rauner can’t even bring his own party together, let alone the state he has entirely failed to lead.”)

INDEPENDENT
— Donald Trump routinely humiliates whomever he pleases. But the day is coming when the tables will turn (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who routinely humiliate others. They humiliate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-humilate-tables-will-turn-mcmaster-mexico-border-wall-karen-mcdougal-stormy-daniels-a8271076.html

March 22 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

POLITIFACT ILLINOIS
— Bruce Rauner cites own remarks as proof of outside support for election night claim – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who cite their own statements as proof for their claims against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I did not want to continue on as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. and that I easily could have continued on if I had wanted to.)
http://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2018/mar/21/bruce-rauner/rauner-cites-own-remarks-proof-outside-support-ele/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

March 19 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TIMES
— Tea party group backs Marter (DIERSEN: Which groups do NOT back you? Groups that do NOT back me or my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or they are anti-Trump supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, ant-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/tea-party-group-backs-marter/article_3564128c-d2e2-57df-8667-74dcb4ddc960.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CNS NEWS
— Sens. Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham Warn Trump Not to Fire Mueller – Susan Jones (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted like no Republican politician had ever warned them to not take adverse actions against me. Consequently, a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/sens-dick-durbin-lindsay-graham-warn-trump-not-fire-mueller

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

March 18 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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