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August 27 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Neighbors to hold rally after pro-Nazi graffiti found on Lincoln Square garage – Laura Podesta
http://abc7chicago.com/community-events/neighbors-to-hold-rally-after-pro-nazi-graffiti-found-on-lincoln-square-garage/2347045/

 

NBC5
— Governor Rauner Signs Bill Creating Muslim Advisory Council (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.  Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote Islam work against Trump and those who support Trump.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/governor-rauner-oks-creation-of-muslim-advisory-council-441824163.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you push pot, you push destruction.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-medical-cannabis-illinois-pain-opioids-20170825-story.html

— What’s it take to be in the home equity elite? – Kenneth R. Harvey  (DIERSEN: Have you paid your mortgage off?  My wife and I did during the 1990s. Of course, that made my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates furious. They painted themselves as having financial problems, most commonly because they had children and/or because their spouse had little or no income.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-0827-kenneth-harney-20170822-story.html
— Why Americans are shunning new homes and opting to stay put, renovate instead – Gail MarksJarvis  (DIERSEN: How much have spent renovating your home? Since we had our home built in 1984 at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton, my wife and I have spent lots of money renovating it. We have had the following replaced plus more: roof, garage doors, furnace and air conditioning, kitchen appliances, countertop, and flooring, carpeting, water heater, and deck flooring. We have had a deck and gazebo built, an underground sprinkler system installed and controller replaced, fencing installed and replaced, a car lift installed, garage flooring installed, the basement finished, a whole-house natural-gas backup electric generator installed, and a home security system installed. We have spent lots of money and I have spent lots of time making landscaping and lot drainage improvements.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-remodeling-booms-as-homeowners-wont-move-0827-biz-20170823-story.html
— Faced with substitute shortage, northwest suburban school districts focus on recruitment – Karen Ann Cullotta  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Post Office part-time 1966-1969, I was frequently called in to work because my coworkers had called in sick.  Chrysler hired me in 1970 to work part-time because its assembly line workers frequently called in sick.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-zurich/news/ct-ahp-arlington-sub-shortage-tl-0831-20170825-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— School-funding deal still blurry, but who got what coming into focus – Tina Sfondeles and Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/analysis-school-deal-still-blurry-but-who-got-what-coming-into-focus/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE IN THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Trump again uses immigrants as scapegoats – Linda Chavez  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are also anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.statesville.com/news/linda-chavez-column-build-relationships-not-walls/article_c34e4fec-8a57-11e7-8401-0bff02336f3d.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Turmoil? What turmoil? – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170826/statehouse-insider-turmoil-what-turmoil
— No reforms? What about those bill signings? – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, “reforms” in Illinois advance the Democrat Party platform and harm individuals, harm organizations, harm companies, and harm governments in Illinois that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  Ever-increasing, under Rauner and the Democrats, Illinois makes it clear that it wants to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)

http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170826/bernard-schoenburg-no-reforms-what-about-those-bill-signings

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Captain rattles his crew  By hiring and firing key players in his administration, Gov. Bruce Rauner makes his goal of turning around Illinois that much harder. – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-08-27/captain-rattles-his-crew.html
— Springfield leaders finally play ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-27/jim-dey-springfield-leaders-finally-play-lets-make-deal.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— School funding: Don’t let leaders, lawmakers quit until he job is done – Editorial  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will lawmakers propose/impose a special tax on DINKs (dual income, no kids) to fund schools?  I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn DINKs.)
http://www.qconline.com/editorials/editorial-don-t-let-leaders-lawmakers-quit-until-he-job/article_a2f5a80d-04fd-530c-956f-4cdf6ff6fb65.html
— Rauner OKs creation of Muslim advisory council – AP (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion. Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote Islam work against those who support Trump.)
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/rauner-oks-creation-of-muslim-advisory-council/article_2529d24e-8aae-11e7-9be6-03e1fa2e5bf2.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner has approved the creation of the Illinois Muslim American Advisory Council. The Republican signed the plan into law on Friday without offering comment. The council’s purpose is to advise the governor and legislators on policy issues affecting Muslim Americans and immigrants. It’ll be made up of 21 members, appointed by the governor and legislative leaders. The group is required to meet monthly and issue policy recommendations. Proponents say establishing the council sends a welcoming message to Muslims. Opponents question resources used on advisory councils. Former Gov. Pat Quinn had established a similar group by executive order in 2011, but the group disbanded when Rauner took office in 2015. Illinois has over 500,000 Muslims and more than 300 mosques.)

 

HERALD REVIEW
— Despite reforms, barriers remain for Macon County felons seeking jobs – TOM LISI (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers want to hire those who they see are the “wave of the future,” that is, those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://herald-review.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/despite-reforms-barriers-remain-for-macon-county-felons-seeking-jobs/article_f1119c2b-254b-5015-abcf-4ef44fe64708.html

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who work against Rauner say “Job Numbers Not Looking Better on Rauner’s Watch.”
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/job-numbers-not-better

 

RANDOLPH COUNTY HERALD TRIBUNE
— Bicentennial countdown begins – Pete Spitler  (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors lived in Illinois?  My ancestors have lived in Illinois since 1844. How long have you lived in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?  I have lived in Illinois since 1948, in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978, and in my precinct since 1984. What do you say those in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who continue to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being a newcomer?)
http://www.randolphcountyheraldtribune.com/news/20170826/bicentennial-countdown-begins

 

DAILY WIRE
— John Kasich Mulling Run With Democrat To Take Out Trump In 2020 – JOSEPH CURL  (DIERSEN: If course, Kasich would promise to get rid of all Trump supporters, and especially those who are Protestant, conservative, 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.dailywire.com/news/20267/reprt-john-kasich-mulling-run-democrat-take-out-joseph-curl#

 

FOX NEWS
— ‘Civil Disobedience’ March From Charlottesville to DC Will Demand Trump’s Removal
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/27/civil-disobedience-march-charlottesville-dc-demand-trump-removal

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Hate-Filled, Liberal Sports Writer Stephen Douglas Can’t Even Wish a Trump Supporter a Wonderful Marriage – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/08/26/hate-filled-liberal-sports-writer-cant-even-wish-trump-supporter-wonderful-marriage/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— DeBlasio Wants to Remove Christopher Columbus Statue – J. Marsolo
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/deblasio_wants_to_remove_christopher_columbus_statue.html

 

BREITBART
— Joe Arpaio Hits Back at John McCain, Declares After Pardon ‘I’m Not Going Away’ – AARON KLEIN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/26/exclusive-joe-arpaio-hits-back-at-john-mccain-declares-after-pardon-im-not-going-away/

 

NEWSMAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are overjoyed that “Paul Ryan Joins Other Republicans to Attack Trump’s Pardon.”
https://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Paul-Ryan-GOP-Trump-pardon/2017/08/26/id/809984/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are overjoyed that “McCain leads criticism of Trump over Arpaio pardon.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/26/john-mccain-leads-criticism-trump-over-arpaio-pard/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Memphis Theater Cancels ‘Gone With The Wind’ Screening for Being ‘Insensitive’ – David Rutz
http://freebeacon.com/culture/theater-cancels-gone-wind-screening-being-insensitive/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illinois education funding compromise in trouble, threatening school openings – Rick Moran
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/illinois_education_funding_compromise_in_trouble_threatening_school_openings.html
— Chicago carjackings: Arrests down as crime skyrockets – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/chicago_carjackings_arrests_down_as_crime_skyrockets.html
— The Left Will Blame Trump for Hurricane Harvey – Daniel John Sobieski
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/left_will_blame_trump_for_hurricane_harvey.html
— The Real Reason the Democrats Want to Be Rid of Confederate Monuments – Patricia McCarthy
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/the_real_reason_the_democrats_want_to_be_rid_of_confederate_monuments.html
— Victory for left wing thuggery: Rallies in San Fran and Berkeley cancelled – Rick Moran
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/victory_for_left_wing_thuggery_rallies_in_san_fran_and_berkeley_cancelled.html

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Start Looking Forward – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: What do you see when you look forward? Sadly, I see ever-increasing efforts by members of the following groups to get rid of me: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/08/27/start-looking-forward/

 

THE HILL
— Threats of political violence rise in polarized Trump era – MELANIE ZANONA  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A make it clear that they are going to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors AND MEMBERS OF GROUP B ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/348014-threats-of-political-violence-rise-in-polarized-trump-era

 

ABC NEWS
— San Francisco claims victory after right-wing group shut out – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear a) that they want to abolish the First Amendment and b) that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  Of course, that encourages members of the aforesaid groups to buy more firearms and more ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/canceled-rally-stem-san-francisco-fears-49431602

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are overjoyed that “Paul Ryan Becomes Highest Republican to Criticize Arpaio Pardon.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/26/us/politics/political-reaction-trump-pardon-arpaio.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-American Latinos Express Outrage After Trump Pardons Arpaio
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/us/joe-arpaio-pardon-latinos.html
— The Worst (and Best) Places to Be Gay in America – Frank Bruni  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that run America make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/25/opinion/sunday/worst-and-best-places-to-be-gay.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Pro-Trump group cancels San Francisco rally as hundreds of counterprotesters march on the streets.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/08/26/a-pro-trump-group-canceled-its-rally-but-san-francisco-prepared-for-violence-anyway/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Illinois governor vetoes bill to raise state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: If you had earned $15/hour in today’s dollars when you were in high school, what you have done with the money?  I worked part-time 1964-1966 for the minimum wage ($1.25/hour) while I was a 16 and 17 year old high school student. In today’s dollars in 1966, I earned $9.49/hour. (SEE: https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/items/1966-united-states-minimum-wage) That job enabled me to earn and save enough money to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 a) that I used to commute to jobs cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline during the summer of 1966 and delivering mail 1966-1967 and b) that I used to commute to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete 1966-1967. In December of 1967, I sold it and used that money and money that I had earned and saved delivering mail to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442.)
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-illinois-minimum-wage-20170826-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump foes, questioning his mental fitness, want to oust him from office using the 25th Amendment” and asks “How would that work?”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-25th-amendment-20170825-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Thousands of demonstrators turn out in San Francisco to denounce white supremacists.”
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sf-rally-20170826-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Get your budget back in shape after splurging on vacation – Elizabeth Renter  (DIERSEN: Vacations are expensive. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. My $50,856/year pension is only 41% of the $122,991/year that I earned in 1997 in today’s dollars. Because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, we have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend on vacations  I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977.  My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/08/27/get-your-budget-back-shape-after-splurging-vacation/589999001/

 

JOURNAL STAR
— America becoming nation of victims – RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR.  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups are demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://journalstar.com/opinion/columnists/ruben-navarrette-america-becoming-nation-of-victims/article_af8864c0-3ad3-5485-85a6-8b9b8cc561dc.html

 

MADISON
— Paul Ryan ‘does not agree’ with Arpaio pardon, spokesman says  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who sides with Ryan? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/roundup/morning-briefing-paul-ryan-does-not-agree-with-arpaio-pardon/article_99a1b63e-8b29-11e7-bd57-df4292d622ce.html

 

NPR
— Texas Becoming A Magnet For Conservatives Fleeing Liberal States Like California – VANESSA ROMO (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in driving members of the following groups out of your precinct, out of your municipality, out of your township/ward, out of your county, and out of Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.npr.org/2017/08/27/546391430/texas-becoming-a-magnet-for-conservatives-fleeing-liberal-states-like-california

 

SALON
— Lansing, my hometown Confederate war  Our Illinois public high school blithely flew the Confederate flag for years. Then demographics began to change – DAVID MASCIOTRA  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout about your hometown?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my hometown of Crete was full of German Lutherans who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things while I, my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and my great great grandparents lived there. My grandfather and his father operated Crete’s only hardware store for almost 100 years.  My grandfather fought the Germans in WWI.)
http://www.salon.com/2017/08/26/my-hometown-confederate-war/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 47% Say Media Is A Roadblock For Trump  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have always been a roadblock for them. They want to a) destroy those like me who support planks that they reject in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform b) destroy those like me who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, c) destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and/or d) destroy those like me who have sued them.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/august_2017/47_say_media_is_a_roadblock_for_trump

August 25 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— VIDEO: Illinois Policy Institute fires back at Rauner over cartoon
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/276023330-video#/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner dumps recently rebuilt press team following missteps, cartoon controversy – Rick Pearson, Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger  (DIERSEN: Who exactly are the “enemies” that Rauner refers to?  Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs shout at Rauner that his enemies are those like me who promote the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. They shout at Rauner that his worst enemies are those like me who promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks.  They shout at Rauner that his worst enemies are those like me who oppose patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and vices including booze, gambling, and pot. They shout at Rauner that he should not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-staff-shakeup-met-0825-20170824-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Later in the day, at an event in Naperville, Rauner acknowledged the difficulty of working in government. “The work that we do for the people of Illinois is incredibly difficult and very stressful. It’s a burnout, high stress, it’s hard on people’s families,” the wealthy former equity investor told reporters. As for what he feels is his repeated difficulty in getting his message out, Rauner called the communications effort “incredibly hard because we have attacks, we have political attacks coming 20 times a day, we have social media attacks coming 100 times a day, we have false rumors planted that have to be dealt with or responded to” in addition to “legitimate questions” from the media. “It is really hard, really hard, and we need to do all that while also getting out the message about the positive changes that we are trying to drive and the wonderful work that we’re doing on a bipartisan basis, wonderful legislation that we’ve been able to achieve,” he said. But in the earlier conference call to staff, Rauner maintained there was a larger, even more encompassing messaging mission — the need to counter his “enemies.” “The reality is in addition to the enemies on the other side of the aisle (Democrats), we have enemies in the media and enemies who should be on our side, some of them former members of the administration,” the source recounted Rauner as saying.)
— Northbrook anti-hate event slams white supremacy, urges unity – Irv Leavitt  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/northbrook/news/ct-nbs-northbrook-anti-hate-gathering-tl-0831-20170824-story.html
— Put the brakes on GOP’s backdoor voucher idea – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.  Because my parents did that, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) my parents as being filthy rich and b) my brother and me as being born with silver spoons in our mouths, as having always been privileged, and as being filth rich.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-education-taxcredit-neovouchers-20170824-story.html
— When political satire — whoops! — reinforces ideas it means to skewer – Nina Metz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-political-satire-tina-fey-20170822-story.html
— Where were you in ’82? – Michael Phillips (DIERSEN: My wife and I lived at 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton. I worked for GAO and she worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. We owned a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, a 1978 Chevette, and a 1972 Corvette. I continued to rent out the town home that I owned in University Park. We went on vacations in connection with my wife’s business trips to luxury resorts all across America.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-mov-best-of-1982-movies-column-0824-2017-story.html
— Denver to start licensing first pot clubs, but few may apply – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–pot-clubs-denver-20170822-story.html
— Unemployment drops in metro areas across Illinois in July, but state officials continued to attribute the drop to people leaving the labor force. – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: Have you left the labor force?  I should write a book about now since 1997 my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have focused on assuring that no individual, organization, company, or government would hire me to do anything.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicago-metro-unemployment-july-0825-biz-20170824-story.html
— University of Illinois bans ‘war chant’ during sporting events – Shannon Ryan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-illinois-bans-war-chant-20170825-story.html
— What’s the ‘alt-right,’ and how large is its audience? – Thomas J. Main
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-alt-right-racism-0825-story.html
— DUIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Will Donald Trump have anyone left to defend him?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-bannon-mcconnell-enemies-20170823-story.html
— How the seeds of hate are sown – Dahleen Glanton  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-hate-groups-dahleen-glanton-0824-20170823-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump beating liberals at the monuments game – S. E. Cupp
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/cupp-trump-beating-liberals-at-the-monuments-game/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Before taking a victory lap, Mr. Mayor, do this – ANDY SHAW
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170825/ISSUE07/170829927

 

ABC7
— White supremacist Christopher Cantwell surrenders to police – CNN  (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps say you are just like Christopher Cantwell?)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/white-supremacist-christopher-cantwell-surrenders-to-police-/2337262/
— What is the ‘alt-right’? Definitions of terms in extremist language
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/what-is-the-alt-right-definitions-of-extremist-language/2337461/

 

WTTW
— Rauner Shakes Off Staff in Latest Upheaval – Amanda Vinicky (DIERSEN: Rauner says he does “not lean on” the Illinois Policy Institute. Rauner should “lean on” the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Because Rauner ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican in Illinois, Rauner obligated himself to defend and advance the IRP platform.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/08/24/rauner-shakes-staff-latest-upheaval
http://video.wttw.com/video/3004092740/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Despite reporters repeatedly asking him Thursday whether he finds the cartoon racist, Rauner would only say he understands why “some people are upset by it.” “I’m not apologizin’ for anything that I have nothing to do with. Let me be crystal clear. And that organization (the IPI) that did that cartoon, they should talk to you about what their views are on it, and I’m not gonna,” he said. “I have fought for racial justice, equality of opportunity, my whole life.” Despite being a previous donor to the IPI and close ties to John Tillman, the intitute’s chief executive, Rauner denied the assertion that it’s his “go-to think tank.” “A tiny fraction of our administration is from that organization,” he said. “And they in no regard, in no regard, does that organization speak for me or our administration, and I do not lean on them for any particular issue or policy.”)

 

DNA INFO
— After Englewood’s Abe Lincoln Bust Vandalized Twice, City Moves It – Andrea V. Watson
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170824/englewood/after-englewoods-abe-lincoln-bust-vandalized-twice-city-moves-it
— South Loop Bars Stand With Kaepernick, Won’t Show NFL Games – David Matthews  (DIERSEN: If you stand with Kaepernick, you stand with individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170824/south-loop/south-loop-bars-stop-showing-nfl-games-due-kaepernick-blackballing

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner’s staff shake-up more than insider business – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170824/rauners-staff-shake-up-more-than-insider-business

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners ask “Can Rauner’s administration be saved?” Anti-Rauners want Rauner to say that those who voted for him are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. QUESTION: What do anti-Rauners want Rauner to do?  ANSWER: Demonize, denigrate, and condemn as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things himself and individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Anti-Rauners make it clear that if he does not destroy the aforesaid, anti-Rauners will destroy him.
http://qctimes.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-can-rauner-s-administration-be-saved/article_2047bacf-9d9c-5be8-9fed-7d786757785b.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— More than 2,000 jobs created as Amazon celebrates first year in Edwardsville – STEVE NAGY
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article169182602.html

 

MCDONOUGH VOICE
— Sen. Jil Tracy speaks to Interagency Council – Michelle Langhout
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/news/20170824/sen-jil-tracy-speaks-to–interagency-council

 

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— ‘White male’ Rauner sees new staff resign – AP
http://rockrivertimes.com/2017/08/24/white-male-rauner-sees-new-staff-resign/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Protestors clear up negative rumors of Covington’s peaceful demonstration – Senait Gebregiorgis
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/protestors-clear-up-negative-rumors-of-covingtons-peaceful-demonstration

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Another communications staffer departs White House  Andrew Hemming’s job was to circulate positive news – KAITLAN COLLINS AND BETSY KLEIN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents do not want me circulate anything.  But failing that, they want to only circulate a) positive news about them and b) negative news about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that they want to destroy.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/another-communications-staffer-departs-white-house/797159411
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hemming’s White House role involved circulating positive news articles, often from conservative media outlets, about the Trump administration to reporters. He joined the administration following work during the 2016 campaign for Rick Perry, followed by a stint at the Republican National Committee, where he worked alongside Reince Priebus and Sean Spicer.)
— Trump economic chief: White House ‘must do better’ condemning hate groups  Gary Cohn critical of Charlottesville response – BETSY KLEIN  (DIERSEN: According to anti-Trumps, members of “hate groups” elected Trump, so, of course, anti-Trumps want Trump to condemn “hate groups.”)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-economic-chief-wh-must-do-better-condemning-hate-groups/798040196
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you slander Trump, anti-Trumps glorify and praise you.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/former-gop-senator-trump-has-corrupted-republican-party/798121738

 

CHICAGO READER
— Beyond the ‘Bernie bro’: Socialism’s diverse new youth brigade  Inspired by Sanders, outraged by Trump, and betrayed by the neoliberal establishment, the reinvigorated Democratic Socialists of America set out to paint the town red. – Ryan Smith
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/socialism-democratic-socialists-of-america-convention-millennials-carlos-ramirez-rosa/Content?oid=29358708

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— How Redlining Segregated Chicago, and America  New evidence suggests that cutting up America’s cities along racial lines exacerbated the problem, with effects that lingered for decades. – WHET MOSER (DIERSEN: Democrats have run America’s big cities for many decades. First, those Democrats promoted segregation, then they promoted integration, and now they promote segregation again.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/August-2017/How-Redlining-Segregated-Chicago-and-America/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives links property tax troubles to school funding issue – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511195466-ives-links-property-tax-troubles-to-school-funding-issue
— Ives decries lack of consistent property tax assessments – Caitlin Nordahl
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511195456-ives-decries-lack-of-consistent-property-tax-assessments

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Rauner Chief of Staff Kristina Rasmussen has gov’s support – Bruce Rushton
http://illinoistimes.com/article-19060-rauner-cos-has-govs-support.html

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Seniors protest possible healthcare cuts – Raquel Martin
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/seniors-protest-possible-healthcare-cuts/797536239

 

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Ex-‘Gay’ Leader Stephen Black to Keynote AFTAH Banquet and Teach-in Oct. 20-21
https://americansfortruth.com/2017/08/24/ex-gay-leader-stephen-black-to-keynote-aftah-banquet-and-teach-in-oct-20-21/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: WALSH, HEWITT AND BENSON GRADE TRUMP’S FIRST SEVEN MONTHS IN OFFICE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/thorner-how-joe-walsh-hugh-hewitt-and-guy-benson-rate-trumps-first-seven-months.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— They refuse to let this cartoon story drop
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/25/they-refuse-to-let-this-cartoon-story-drop/
— An historic first: ILGOP press release doesn’t contain the word “Madigan”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/25/an-historic-first-ilgop-press-release-doesnt-contain-the-word-madigan/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— THE RACIST ATTACKS ON AMERICA AND TRUMP Why the Left hates the president and the nation he heads. – David Horowitz
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267676/racist-attacks-america-and-trump-david-horowitz

 

TOWNHALL
— Christian Ministry Sues Southern Poverty Law Center Over ‘Hate Group’ Designation – Lauretta Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2017/08/24/christian-ministry-sues-southern-poverty-law-center-over-hate-group-designation-n2372988

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— The Southern Poverty Law Center Is the Most Dangerous Hate Group in America – Michael Brown
http://www.christianpost.com/news/the-southern-poverty-law-center-is-the-most-dangerous-hate-group-in-america-196712/

 

CHRISTIAN TIMES
— Christian ministry files defamation lawsuit against SPLC over ‘hate group’ designation – Jardine Malado
http://www.christiantimes.com/article/christian-ministry-files-defamation-lawsuit-against-splc-over-hate-group-designation/72741.htm

 

NEWSMAX
— Left Rages On But Trump Still the Same Man People Elected – David Limbaugh
http://www.newsmax.com/DavidLimbaugh/trump-conservative-leftist-don/2017/08/24/id/809674/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservatives of color frustrated by ‘white supremacist’ label after Charlottesville – Valerie Richardson
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/24/conservatives-of-color-frustrated-by-white-suprema/
— Adam Kinzinger says he can’t see the strategy in Trump’s criticism of Republican leadership – Sally Persons
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/25/adam-kinzinger-says-he-cant-see-strategy-trumps-cr/?

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Media fear Trump will inspire violence against reporters – Eddie Scarry  (DIERSEN: What about anti-Trumps who inspire violence against conservative reporters like me?  I should write a book about the most hate-filled anti-Trumps in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media-fear-trump-will-inspire-violence-against-reporters/article/2632488
— ACLU’s definition of white supremacy is truly unbelievable – Emily Jashinsky
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/aclus-definition-of-white-supremacy-is-truly-unbelievable/article/2632441
— Union group seeks to tie companies to white supremacy – Sean Higgins (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, companies paint themselves as being anti-White.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/union-group-seeks-to-tie-companies-to-white-supremacy/article/2632468

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Schumer hints/implies/argues/shouts that if you fight voter fraud, you are a White supremacist.
http://freebeacon.com/politics/schumer-trump-reject-white-supremacy-voter-fraud-commission/

 

DAILY CALLER
— CNN Has No Defense For Labeling 63 Million Americans ‘White Supremacists By Default’ – Jack Crowe  (DIERSEN: Constructively, to call a person a White supremacist, is to call for that person to be killed figuratively, if not literally.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/24/cnn-has-no-defense-for-labeling-63-million-americans-white-supremacists-by-default/
— Christian Group Sues For Defamation After Being Equated With KKK And Neo-Nazis – JOSHUA GILL
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/24/christian-group-sues-for-defamation-after-being-equated-with-kkk-and-neo-nazis/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Armed Antifa Group Calls For Revolution, Seizing Property, And Violence Against Police – Ian Miles Cheong  (DIERSEN: What Antifa groups are in Illinois, your county, your township/ward, municipality, and precinct?  Of course, anti-Trumps falsely say that Trump and his supporters created Antifa and promote Antifa.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/24/armed-antifa-group-calls-for-revolution-seizing-property-and-violence-against-police/

 

GOPUSA
— Kindergartners subjected to ‘gender reveal’ in California charter school
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=29207
— The Leftwing Media’s Dangerous and Divisive Lie
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=29205
— St. Louis Sheriff’s deputy claims he was passed over for promotion because he’s white  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to harm Republicans, and especially to harm Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=29195
— HOW LONG BEFORE DEMOCRAT LEADERS DENOUNCE LEFT-WING VIOLENCE AGAINST POLICE IN PHOENIX, BOSTON, PORTLAND AND WASHINGTON, D.C.? – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/08/25/how-long-before-democrat-leaders-denounce-left-wing-violence-against-police-in-phoenix-boston-portland-and-washington-d-c/

 

THE BLAZE
— The SPLC calls Christians a “hate group.” Now, Christians are fighting back. – Aaron Colen
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/24/the-splc-calls-christians-a-hate-group-now-christians-are-fighting-back/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Southern Poverty Law Center has been trying to marginalize Christian beliefs for a while. Now, Christians are pushing back.
D. James Kennedy Ministries in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has sued the SPLC for labeling it as an “active hate group” because it holds to traditional Christian views on homosexuality and marriage. Why would a Christian ministry be a hate group? As sexual orientation and gender identity have become “civil rights” issues on the front lines of the culture wars in the United States, people and organizations, particularly churches, that do not support LGBTQ lifestyles are increasingly under fire from mainstream media and organizations like the SPLC, who claim these religiously-based beliefs are bigoted and discriminatory. Christianity, at its core, is about love. By designating a Christian organization as a hate group, the SPLC is pursuing a culture in which disagreement with the mainstream equals hate. “It’s completely disingenuous to tag D. James Kennedy Ministries as a hate group alongside the KKK and neo-Nazis,” Kennedy Ministries spokesman John Rabe said to Fox News. “We desire all people, with no exceptions, to receive the love of Christ and his forgiveness and healing. We unequivocally condemn violence, and we hate no one. “It’s nothing more than an attempt to bulldoze over those who disagree with them, and it has a chilling effect on the free exercise of religion in a nation built on that,” Rabe continued. “We decided not to let their falsehoods stand.” I’ve never heard of D. James Kennedy. Why should I care? The SPLC’s attacks on Christian organizations are significant to all Christians. The SPLC has a storied history of taking up noble causes and using the law to bring justice and fight legitimate hate. The SPLC did significant damage to the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s, for example. Because of that history, the SPLC is an influential voice in shaping public perception of organizations. Categorization as a hate group by the SPLC leads to increased animosity and opposition from the culture at-large. For churches, that opposition can hinder them from serving communities both at home and worldwide. Religious freedom is a form of free speech, and irresponsible attacks from the SPLC and others on religious expression aren’t likely to stop with churches. Aggressively suppressing the views of certain groups, especially when you have to twist their message in order to do so, is a slippery slope. “These false and illegal characterizations have a chilling effect on the free exercise of religion and on religious free speech for all people of faith,” a statement from Kennedy Ministries read. “After having given the SPLC an opportunity to retract, we have undertaken this legal action, seeking a trial by a jury of our peers, to preserve our own rights under the law and to defend the religious free speech rights of all Americans.”)

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate older people, who hate Whites, and/or who hate men say “White supremacy isn’t just for old white men.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/state-local-politics/347844-white-supremacy-isnt-just-for-old-white-men
— Convictions shouldn’t be life sentences to unemployment – DANIEL YANISSE (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my GAO superiors knew full-well that their success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” would be a life sentence to unemployment.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/civil-rights/347948-convictions-shouldnt-be-life-sentences-to-unemployment

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Why Banning Hate Groups Won’t End Them  Bans often backfire, further fueling extremism by driving it underground and adding to disaffected youths’ sense of unfairness or injustice. – Cynthia Miller-Idriss  (DIERSEN: What groups are you a member of?  Soon, if not already, if the groups that you are a member of do not promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) will deem all of your groups to be hate groups, and therefore, SPLC will deem all of the members of your groups, including you, to be haters.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hate-groups-ban_us_599ca5a5e4b0d8dde999a009
— How Asian Immigrants Learn Anti-Blackness From White Culture, And How To Stop It  It’s something force fed to us as children of immigrants as we attempt to integrate into American culture. – Jezzika Chung  (DIERSEN: In America, Democrats dominate immigrants. If immigrants are anti-Black, blame Democrats.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-asian-americans-can-stop-contributing-to-anti-blackness_us_599f0757e4b0cb7715bfd3d4

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— After Charlottesville, Even Dating Apps Are Cracking Down on Hate – MATT STEVENS  (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois crack down on you?  To avoid being cracked down on, have you or will you become an anti-Trump?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/technology/okcupid-christopher-cantwell.html
— Why Is the Southern Poverty Law Center Targeting Liberals? – AYAAN HIRSI ALI
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/opinion/southern-poverty-law-center-liberals-islam.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since the violence in Charlottesville 10 days ago, when white supremacists left one young woman dead and 19 others injured, the Southern Poverty Law Center has hit the jackpot. The Alabama-based nonprofit is set to receive millions of dollars in donations from some of the nation’s deepest of pockets. Apple pledged $1 million. JP Morgan Chase & Co.: half a million. George and Amal Clooney even got in on the action, promising to donate another $1 million. Like every other decent American, I was outraged that the president of the United States equivocated in condemning neo-Nazi activity in this country. Nazism — not to mention white supremacy and racial bigotry — has no place in a civilized society. But is donating money to the S.P.L.C. the best way to combat this poison? I think not. If Tim Cook and Jamie Dimon had done their due diligence, they would know that the S.P.L.C. is an organization that has lost its way, smearing people who are fighting for liberty and turning a blind eye to an ideology and political movement that has much in common with Nazism. I am a black woman, a feminist and a former Muslim who has consistently opposed political violence. The price for expressing my beliefs has been high: I must travel with armed security at all times. My friend and collaborator Theo van Gogh was murdered in broad daylight. Yet the S.P.L.C. has the audacity to label me an “extremist,” including my name in a “Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists” that it published on its website last October.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Trump to say “Say No to Sheriff Joe Arpaio.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/opinion/joe-arpaio-trump-pardon.html?ref=opinion

 

WASHINGTON POST
— German magazine slammed for Trump “Nazi salute” cover – AP  (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the sooner, if not already, that anti-Trumps will call you a Nazi: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/german-magazine-slammed-for-trump-nazi-salute-cover/2017/08/25/9b476ff8-896f-11e7-96a7-d178cf3524eb_story.html
— White supremacy is a lost cause – Nathan Gardels  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/08/24/white-supremacy-is-a-lost-cause/

 

ABC NEWS & DETROIT NEWS
— RNC to vote on condemning white supremacists, but some roll eyes – AP (DIERSEN: According to anti-Trumps, a) all those who voted for Trump are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) all RNC members are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. QUESTION: What do anti-Trumps want the RNC to do? ANSWER: Demonize, denigrate, and condemn as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things all RNC members and individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Anti-Trumps make it clear that if the RNC does not destroy the aforesaid, anti-Trumps will destroy the RNC.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/rnc-vote-condemn-supremacists-leads-roll-eyes-49411958
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/25/republican-party-trump/104938176/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Still cleaning up after President Donald Trump’s comments about a deadly protest in Virginia, the Republican National Committee is headed toward adoption of a resolution condemning white supremacists. And while the rebuke of groups Trump waffled on is expected to pass overwhelmingly Friday, some attending the summer meeting of the party’s most faithful are rolling their eyes at the move. “It’s amazing that we have been lured into this argument that we’re not racists. It’s absurd,” said Colorado Republican Chairman Jeff Hays. “Why would we feel compelled to do that?” The grumbling reflects a difference between some veteran Republicans concerned about the party’s image in light of Trump’s latest rhetorical thicket and newer, more ardently pro-Trump state Republican leaders. “There’s no debate. We’re affirming we’re the party of Lincoln,” Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel said, dismissing complaints about the resolution. “We are showing the moral high ground by disavowing hate and violence.”)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— J.P. Morgan’s Hate List  What is its gift to the Southern Poverty Law Center telling bank customers? – Kimberley A. Strassel  (DIERSEN: I am one of Chase’s customers who has complained about this.  If you give money to the SPLC, you shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-p-morgans-hate-list-1503619180
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Corporate America will do almost anything to stay on the safe side of public opinion—at least as it’s defined by the media. CEOs will apologize, grovel, resign, settle. They will even, as of this month, legitimize and fund an outfit that exists to smear conservatives. The press is still obsessing over President Trump’s incompetent handling of the violence in Charlottesville, Va., and that has suited some profiteers just fine. The notorious Southern Poverty Law Center is quietly cashing in on the tragedy, raking in millions on its spun-up reputation as a group that “fights hate.” Apple CEO Tim Cook informed employees that his company is giving $1 million to SPLC and matching employee donations. J.P. Morgan Chase is pitching in $500,000, specifically to further the SPLC’s “work in tracking, exposing and fighting hate groups and other extremist organizations,” in the words of Peter Scher, the bank’s head of corporate responsibility. What Mr. Scher is referring to is the SPLC’s “Hate Map,” its online list of 917 American “hate groups.” The SPLC alone decides who goes on the list, but its criteria are purposely vague. Since the SPLC is a far-left activist group, the map comes down to this: If the SPLC doesn’t agree with your views, it tags you as a hater. Let’s not mince words: By funding this list, J.P. Morgan and Apple are saying they support labeling Christian organizations that oppose gay marriage as “hate groups.” That may come as a sour revelation to any bank customers who have donated to the Family Research Council (a mainstream Christian outfit on the SPLC’s list) or whose rights are protected by the Alliance Defending Freedom (which litigates for religious freedom and is also on the list). Similarly put out may be iPhone owners who support the antiterror policies espoused by Frank Gaffney’s Washington think tank, the Center for Security Policy (on the SPLC’s list). Or any who back the proposals of the Center for Immigration Studies (on the list). These corporations are presumably in favor of the SPLC’s practice of calling its political opponents “extremists,” which paints targets on their backs. The group’s “Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists” lists Mr. Gaffney (who worked for the Reagan administration); Maajid Nawaz (a British activist whose crimes include tweeting a cartoon of Jesus and Muhammad ); and Ayaan Hirsi Ali (a Somali refugee who speaks out against Islamic extremism). The SPLC has tarred the respected social scientist Charles Murray, author of the well-regarded book “Losing Ground,” as a “white nationalist.” Mr. Murray has been physically assaulted on campus as a result. He happens to be married to an Asian woman and has Asian daughters, so the slur is ludicrous. But what’s a little smearing and career destruction if J.P. Morgan Chase gets some good headlines? It isn’t only the lists. An honest outfit tracking violent groups would keep to straightforward descriptions and facts. Instead, the SPLC’s descriptions of people are brutally partisan, full of half-truths and vitriol designed to inspire fury. We’ve seen what this kind of fury can do in Europe, with the murder of Theo Van Gogh, the controversial filmmaker, by a Dutch-Moroccan Islamic fanatic. Ms. Hirsi Ali, who had worked with Van Gogh, still travels with security—and J.P. Morgan thinks it appropriate to further target her? In 2012 a gay-marriage supporter named Floyd Corkins smashed into the Family Research Council’s headquarters and shot a security guard. He told police he was inspired by the SPLC’s “hate group” designation. Had the companies done a bit of homework, they’d have discovered the SPLC isn’t even considered a sound charity. Karl Zinsmeister excoriated the outfit in a recent article for Philanthropy Roundtable: “Its two largest expenses are propaganda operations: creating its annual list of ‘haters’ and ‘extremists,’ and running a big effort that pushes ‘tolerance education’ through more than 400,000 public-school teachers. And the single biggest effort undertaken by the SPLC? Fundraising. On the organization’s 2015 IRS 990 form it declared $10 million of direct fundraising expenses, far more than it has ever spent on legal services.” Apple did not return a call to its media center. J.P. Morgan Chase, in an emailed statement, said only that it has a “long history of supporting a range of organizations that are committed to addressing inequality.” The corporate donations are nonetheless appalling, as they legitimize a group that already exercises inappropriate influence. The SPLC’s list is cited regularly by the media and congressional Democrats, ignorant or uncaring of its falsehoods. The charity tracker GuideStar for a time attached warning labels to philanthropies flagged by the SPLC. This undermines the fight against truly hateful groups. Comparing pro bono lawyers at the Alliance Defending Freedom to hood-wearing KKK members only make the Klan seem more innocuous. Blackballing mainstream groups only silences the moderate voices the country needs to fight hate and bigotry. Corporations have a role to play in calming today’s divisions. This is the opposite.)
— Trump Divorces the GOP Congress  Republicans need to think of Trump as a political independent. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-divorces-the-gop-congress-1503616084
— Silicon Valley Scandals Open Dialogue Between Male Venture Capitalists and Female Founders  Some women startup founders speak up about behavior they encounter in the male-dominated venture-capital industry – Yoree Koh
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sexual-harassment-scandals-lead-to-tough-conversations-in-silicon-valley-1503567006
— Cutting Young Girls Isn’t Religious Freedom  The First Amendment doesn’t protect the barbaric act of female genital mutilation. – Kristina Arriaga
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cutting-young-girls-isnt-religious-freedom-1503617269
— Memo to Trump: There Is No Looming ‘Retirement Crisis’  Retirement incomes are rising. The president ought to rethink his pledge not to touch Social Security. – Andrew G. Biggs  (DIERSEN MEMO TO BIGGS: Inflation is rising far faster than retirement income.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/memo-to-trump-there-is-no-looming-retirement-crisis-1503617443

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Russian Twitter boosts Trump  Propaganda project aimed at Americans often links to Breutbart – Oren Dorell
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170825/281500751378625
— Challengers draw a line over political maps  Opponents rail against gerrymandering as high court prepares for landmark challenge – Richard Wolf  (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain?  How has gerrymandering impacted you?  Since 2000, the borders of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 had not changed. In 2015, those borders were gerrymandered to harm me.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170825/281505046345921
— Republican leaders oppose shutdown over border wall  Trump says he would blame Democrats, but voters may blame him – Erin Kelly
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170825/281608125561025

 

NEWSWEEK
— ALT-RIGHT RALLY: SAN FRANCISCO DOG OWNERS TO COVER SITE WITH DOG POOP IN COUNTER PROTEST – GRAHAM LANKTREE
http://www.newsweek.com/alt-right-rally-welcomed-dog-poop-san-francisco-park-654980

 

POST TRIBUNE
— More employers may be using temps to skirt immigration laws – Tim Henderson
http://www.postbulletin.com/business/more-employers-may-be-using-temps-to-skirt-immigration-laws/article_a0b9e7a0-aefb-53cb-94a2-a9d987907a39.html

 

GOVERNING
— After Cartoon Controversy, Illinois Governor Dumps New Press Team – Rick Pearson, Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger
http://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/tns-illinois-rauner-cartoon.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Americans Say Media Identifies With Protesters, Trump With Police
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/social_issues/americans_say_media_identifies_with_protesters_trump_with_police

August 23 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DESPITE THREATS OF FEDERAL POLICE FUNDING CUTS, RAUNER TO JOIN EMANUEL IN DEFYING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS  (DIERSEN: Obviously, Rauner wants conservative Republican primary challengers so that he can demonize them, denigrate them, and condemn them as being “bad” Republicans and promote himself as being a “good” Republican because he rejects Trump and because he rejects many planks in the Republican Party platform. Candidates who run as anti-Republicans reject the immigration, traditional family, right to life, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), Second Amendment, and/or other planks.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/despite-threats-of-federal-police-funding-cuts-rauner-to-join-emanuel-in-defying-federal-immigration.html
— THORNER: SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/thorner-surprising-facts-about-the-declaration-of-independence.html

 

CITIZEN KELLY
— GOV. RAUNER IS LYING ABOUT THE “SECRET” SANCTUARY STATE BILL IN ILLINOIS
http://www.citizenkelly.com/citizen-kelly-rauner-lying-sanctuary-state/

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— ‘Traitor’ Governor Rauner says he will sign Illinois’ sanctuary state bill
https://realgopillinois.com/2017/08/23/traitor-governor-rauner-says-will-sign-illinois-sanctuary-state-bill/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Right suggests Rauner immigration bill backing ‘beginning of end’ – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: Obviously, Rauner wants conservative Republican primary challengers so that he can demonize them, denigrate them, and condemn them as being “bad” Republicans and promote himself as being a “good” Republican because he rejects Trump and because he rejects many planks in the Republican Party platform. Candidates who run as anti-Republicans reject the immigration, traditional family, right to life, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), Second Amendment, and/or other planks.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-to-sign-immigration-bill-sparking-anger-on-right/
— Rauner: ‘White male’ remark ‘did not accurately reflect my views’ – Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: If Rauner would read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, he would know a) that ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporters as being White supremacists, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) that ever-increasingly, “white males” are siding with the anti-Trumps to avoid being viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned by anti-Trumps as being White supremacists, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/white-male-rauner-opts-not-to-weigh-in-on-racial-debate-over-cartoon/
— Madigan cancels school funding override vote ‘in light of progress’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-cancels-school-funding-override-vote-in-light-of-progress/
— Trump blames media for condemnation of comments on Virginia – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-wont-pardon-ex-sheriff-tensions-high-at-rally-site/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you reject the immigration planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform, like Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran does, anti-Trumps will glorify and praise you even if you claim to be a Trump supporter.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-sheriff-supported-trump-and-immigrant-protection-bill/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trust Act is the right move for immigrants — and for Illinois (DIERSEN: Obviously, by signing the bill, Rauner makes it clear that he wants conservative Republican primary challengers so that he can demonize them, denigrate them, and condemn them as being “bad” Republicans and promote himself as being a “good” Republican because he rejects Trump and rejects many planks in the Republican Party platform. Candidates who run as anti-Republicans reject the immigration, traditional family, right to life, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), Second Amendment, and/or other planks.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-immigration-bill-rauner-trust-0823-story.html
— Rauner clarifies statement on political cartoon critics found offensive – Kim Geiger (DIERSEN: If Rauner would read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, he would know a) that ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporters as being White supremacists, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) that ever-increasingly, “white males” are siding with the anti-Trumps to avoid being viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned by anti-Trumps as being White supremacists, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-political-cartoon-20170822-story.html
— Antidepressant use jumps 65 percent in 15 years – E.J. Mundell  (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO in its Chicago office for almost 18 years, my Democrat superiors assigned me to work for, to work with, and/or to supervise all of the office’s employees who had serious health problems.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-hlth-antidepressant-use-on-the-rise-0823-story.html
— Driving while aging: How to ask seniors to give up the keys – Stacey Burling  (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am almost 69.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-driving-while-aging-20170814-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Put a leash on those ‘slippery slope’ arguments.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-slippery-slope-statues-zorn-0823-story.html
— Trial underway in lawsuit filed by ex-State Treasurer Rutherford aides – Steve Schmadeke  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout at Rutherford that I caused all his problems.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-dan-rutherford-lawsuit-0823-20170822-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A vicious anti-Trump asks “Can Trump control the wave of racism he has released?” Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are going to get rid of Trump and get rid of each and every one of his supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-white-racists-bannon-20170823-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A vicious anti-Trump says “An apology to Donald Trump, from the ‘fake news’ media.” Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are going to get rid of Trump and get rid of each and every one of his supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-trump-rally-media-huppke-20170823-story.html

 

NBC5
— ‘Not My Place’: Rauner Walks Back on Cartoon Statement – Mary Ann Ahern  (DIERSEN: If Rauner would read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, he would know a) that ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporters as being White supremacists, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) that ever-increasingly, “white males” are siding with the anti-Trumps to avoid being viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned by anti-Trumps as being White supremacists, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/governor-bruce-rauner-illinois-policy-institute-cartoon-441432713.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinoisans getting Foxconn jobs? Not likely, Walker aide says – AP  (DIERSEN: Sadly, I predict that all those who Foxconn hires will be one or more of the following: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. Further, I predict, that the more of the aforesaid that you are, the sooner that Foxconn will hire you.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170822/NEWS05/170829972/foxconn-jobs-will-go-to-wisconsin-residents-walker-aide-predicts

 

DAILY HERALD
— Charlottesville votes to shroud statues after the violence – AP  (DIERSEN: How soon will the anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America vote to shroud all those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170822/news/308229846/
— TRAGIC: Schaumburg approves first tattoo business – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170822/schaumburg-approves-first-tattoo-business
— Rauner veto reinforces local control in Lake County – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170822/editorial-rauner-veto-reinforces-local-control-in-lake-county
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170823/america-first-is-a-gathering-moral-and-strategic-disaster

 

WBEZ
— South Side Struggles To Attract Young Homeowners – Natalie Moore  (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old.  The down payment came from money that I saved a) working full-time for IRS in Harvey and b) working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/south-side-struggles-to-attract-young-homeowners/51fde824-193c-4963-a6dc-dcd0fe81a4e8#new_tab

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Compromise on school funding reform – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, compromise has meant “Democrats win” and “Republicans lose.”)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170822/our-view-compromise-on-school-funding-reform

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Illinois takes baby steps toward less government  Measures signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner will take a stab at making it easier to get rid of redundant local units of government. It’s good to see at least some steps are being taken toward trimming bloated government. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats use the “bloated government” argument when they can use it to get rid of government employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/08/22/svm-editorial-illinois-takes-baby-steps-toward-less-government/atolb54/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-LaHood/Davis political billboards.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/political-billboard-calls-out-republican-lawmakers/796085696
— Police break up Trump protest with pepper spray, flash grenades  Trump defends Charlottesville response – ERIC BRADNER
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-set-to-hold-campaignstyle-rally-in-phoenix/795473631
— Police spray tear gas at protesters following Trump’s Phoenix rally  Police acted as a physical barrier between sides – SABA HAMEDY
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trumps-phoenix-rally-attracts-thousands-of-protesters/796099757
— Rally Trump vs. Teleprompter Trump  Fiery versus sober language – GREGORY KRIEG
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/rally-trump-vs-teleprompter-trump/796319512

 

CHICAGOIST
— Chicagoans Will Protest Controversial Balbo Monument & Balbo Drive On Wednesday – STEPHEN GOSSETT (DIERSEN: How much of your ancestory is Italian?  According to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.  My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in Italy in WWII.)
http://chicagoist.com/2017/08/22/chicagoans_will_protest_the_balbo_m.php

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Will State Rep. Skillicorn follow or lead Illinois’ Revolution? Berkowitz w/Rep. Skillicorn  (DIERSEN: If Rauner is listening to his “new staff,” than his signing SB31 would prove that his “new staff” rejects the immigration planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform.  His “new staff” must be Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and/or RINOs.)
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/08/will-state-rep-skillicorn-follow-or-lead-illinois-revolution-berkowitz-wrep-skillicorn-cableweb/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Skillicorn (R-Dundee): With this new staff, Gov. Rauner actually has people who are ideologically on board with him. Think of President Trump, he talks of draining the swamp-)

 

CRETE-MONEE SCHOOL DISTRICT 201-U
— CM201-U Hosts Support Day! Support Day event serves nearly 200 families in transition. (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say about your hometown?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned Crete as being full of German Lutherans while I, my parents, my grandparents, great grandparents, my and great great grandparents lived there who were White supremacists, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.cm201u.org/index.aspx?NID=4814

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County Sheriff candidate James Mendrick identifies urgent need for change – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511190763-dupage-sheriff-hopeful-identifies-urgent-need-for-change

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Government as Family: Illinois’ ‘First Lady Launches Illinois Family Connects’ – John Biver (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, when elected/appointed Republican government officials and party leaders act against the Republican Party platform, it is because that is what their wife wants them to do.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/08/government-as-family-illinois-first-lady-launches-illinois-family-connects/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO ALDERMEN FAIL TO ATTEND COMMITTEE MEETINGS NEARLY HALF THE TIME – Chris Lentino  (DIERSEN: Since 1999, I have the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Central Committee meetings and events.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-aldermen-fail-to-attend-committee-meetings-nearly-half-the-time/#new_tab
— AFTER SODA TAX, PRECKWINKLE DOLES OUT PREMIUM PERKS AND BONUSES – Chris Lentino
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/after-soda-tax-preckwinkle-doles-out-premium-perks-and-bonuses/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Why is K-12 enrollment declining? – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/schools/why-is-k–enrollment-declining/article_4a7f5cc8-86ba-11e7-82c9-2fabb5883d5f.html#new_tab

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— “In a Heartbeat”: Unwholesome Propaganda for Children – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/heartbeat-propaganda-children/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP claims Jesse White is “Mike Madigan’s top patronage chief”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/23/ilgop-claims-jesse-white-is-mike-madigan%e2%80%99s-top-patronage-chief/
— Rep. Christian Mitchell, Pritzker respond *** Rauner disavows “as a white male” statement (DIERSEN: If Rauner would read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, he would know a) that ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporters as being White supremacists, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) that ever-increasingly, “white males” are siding with the anti-Trumps to avoid being viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned by anti-Trumps as being White supremacists, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/22/rauner-disavows-as-a-white-male-statement/

 

GOPUSA
— Political Correctness Reaches New Heights as ESPN Removes Announcer
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=29133
— The Media Normalize the Antifa Extreme
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=29123
— Concealed-carry permits increasing  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who are members of Group A make it clear that they are going to get rid of those who are members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=29030

 

NEWSMAX
— GOP-Leaning Voters Approve of Trump More Than Congress – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/republican-voters-trust-congress/2017/08/22/id/809161/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Trump to “Condemn Racist Right” because anti-Trumps have convinced virtually everyone that all those on the right are racists, White supremacists, haters, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://www.newsmax.com/AlanDershowitz/trump-kkk-antifa-william-buckley/2017/08/22/id/809157/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRUMP WEIGHING AMNESTY DEAL FOR 800,000 ILLEGALS  ‘He’s getting conflicting advice’ – LEO HOHMANN  (DIERSEN: Democrats have succeeded in making everyone who came to America illegally, everyone who stays in American illegally, and everyone who brings others to America illegally permanently anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/trump-weighing-amnesty-deal-for-800000-illegals/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— President Trump’s Arizona Speech Drives Left Nuts
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/26307

 

BLAZE
— Black Lives Matter leader issues 10 ‘requests’ for ‘white people’ — and they’re doozies – Dave Urbanski  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps support BLM. What requests have the BLM leaders in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct made?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/22/black-lives-matter-leader-issues-10-requests-for-white-people-and-theyre-doozies/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the wake of the violent demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, over a Confederate monument, an organizer for the Louisville chapter of Black Lives Matter penned an article last week laying out 10 “requests” for “white people.” Chanelle Helm got off to a rousing start in her piece for Leo Weekly by telling white people with no descendants to “will your property to a black or brown family. Preferably one that lives in generational poverty.” Not one to leave a stone unturned, Helm added that whites who inherit property they intend to sell should instead “give it to a black or brown family. You’re bound to make that money in some other white privileged way.” She’s building her fan base fast. Can you feel it? It gets better. Helm said white people who can afford to downsize should “give up the home you own to a black or brown family. Preferably a family from generational poverty.” Then she got specific with white people’s wills, saying that “if any of the people you intend to leave your property to are racists [sic] a**holes, change the will, and will your property to a black or brown family. Preferably a family from generational poverty.” Yes, there’s more. She also encouraged white people, “especially white women (because this is yaw specialty — Nosey Jenny and Meddling Kathy)” to “get a racist fired … You are complicit when you ignore them. Get your boss fired cause they [sic] racist too.”)
— Millennials say Venezuela is doing a great job of handling income inequality – Brandon Morse  (DIERSEN: What is your position on income inequality?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who denied me promotions and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old so that Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans WHO HAD LESS MONEY THAN I HAD could have the promotions that I would have gotten, my GS-13 position, and my corner office.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/22/watch-millennials-say-venezuela-is-doing-a-great-job-of-handling-income-inequality/

 

POLITICO
— Trump signals Arpaio pardon coming  Wiping out the former sheriff’s contempt-of-court conviction could fuel the president’s heated feud with federal judges. – JOSH GERSTEIN and TED HESSON
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/22/trump-arpaio-pardon-241926
— Inside the Left’s Plans to Occupy Trump  Veterans of Occupy Wall Street are dusting off an old protest tactic for a new era. – TAYLOR GEE
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/23/inside-the-lefts-plans-to-occupy-trump-215518
— Trump rejects wealthy friends’ pleas for help  Two of Trump’s wealthy confidants’ dubious pleas for federal help have been rebuffed in the past month — despite Trump’s apparent approval. – ALEX GUILLÉN and ERIC WOLFF
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/22/trump-rejects-wealthy-friends-241919
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-great-nazi-scare-of-2017-1503440903
CNN
— Trump hints at potential pardon for ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio – Madison Park
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/22/politics/joe-arpaio-sheriff/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Danish Police Searching for Missing Journalist Find Headless Torso – EOGHAN MACGUIRE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they want to kill me figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/danish-police-searching-missing-journalist-find-headless-torso-n794836

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘The Lees Are Complex’: Descendants Grapple With Rebel General’s Legacy – SIMON ROMERO (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout about your parents, about your grandparents, about your great grandparents, and about the rest of your ancestors?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because all my ancestors were Lutheran and because they all were German national origin, they were all White supremacists, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. What do you say to those disgusting German-Americans who a) paint themselves as being “good” German-Americans and b) paint those German-Americans like me who they want to destroy as being “bad” German-Americans.  I should write a book about such disgusting “good” German-Americans in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/us/lee-family-confederate-monuments-legacy.html
— 67 Former State Attorneys General Have a Message: Condemn Hate Bluntly – MAGGIE ASTOR (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups are haters: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/us/politics/attorneys-general-baxley-trump.html
— How Germany Deals With Neo-Nazis – Anna Sauerbrey (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups are Nazis: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/opinion/germany-neo-nazis-charlottesville.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “As Trump ranted and rambled in Phoenix, his crowd slowly thinned.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/08/23/as-trump-ranted-and-rambled-in-phoenix-his-crowd-slowly-thinned/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Great Nazi Scare of 2017  Fear the majoritarian mob, whatever its ideological predisposition. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups are Nazis: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-great-nazi-scare-of-2017-1503440903
— Was I Right to Pull the Plug on a Nazi Website?  A handful of private companies control whether speech can appear online. That’s reason to worry. – Matthew Prince  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups are Nazis: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/was-i-right-to-pull-the-plug-on-a-nazi-website-1503440771
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: How do employers motivate workers to do the unglamorous tasks? – Lauren Weber  (DIERSEN: Some, but not many of my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government were not happy that they had to waste the careers of and to get rid of federal employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/heres-how-firefox-workers-were-motivated-to-squash-bugs-1503399604
— Insurers Are Still Denying Treatments for Pre-Existing Conditions – Craig Blinderman  (DIERSEN: What pre-existing conditions do you have? I am 50+ pounds overweight, have uncontrolled type 1 diabetes, poor eye sight, partial red/green color blindness, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/insurers-are-still-denying-treatments-for-pre-existing-conditions-1503440714
— We Need a DUI Test for Marijuana  Barring confession, there’s no way to tell if a driver is high. – Ethan Siegel and  Alex Berezow  (DIERSEN: If you push pot, you push destruction.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-need-a-dui-test-for-marijuana-1503440821

 

FORBES
— Employee Out-Of-Pocket Health Costs Will Eclipse $2,500 Next Year – Bruce Japsen
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2017/08/23/employee-out-of-pocket-costs-will-eclipse-2500-next-year/#1162069e19ea

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump and his supporters as being racists.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/22/racial-equality-begins-realistic-representation-black-history-joseph-riley-column/579900001/

 

DAILY BEAST
— The Insidious Libertarian-to-Alt-Right Pipeline  Is it just a phase they go through—or is there something about libertarianism that attracts, well, uh, you know, racist kooks? – MATT LEWIS  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about the Libertarian plants who work the hardest against me.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-insidious-libertarian-to-alt-right-pipeline
— Former DNI Chief Clapper Questions Trump’s ‘Fitness’ to Be President  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, the more that you promote the Republican Party platform, the sooner that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs will question your “fitness.”)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/former-dni-chief-clapper-i-question-trumps-fitness-to-be-potus

August 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois Democrats rally at Chairman’s Brunch at State Fair – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-democrats-rally-at-chairmans-brunch-thursday/2319171/
— Chicago historian weighs in on Confederate monuments – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-historian-weighs-in-on-confederate-monuments/2319365/
— Trump decries confederate monument removals, ‘history ripped apart’ – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-decries-confederate-monument-removals-history-ripped-apart/2317300/

 

NBC5
— Madigan Leaves Democrat Brunch Without Listening to Speakers – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/madigan-leaves-democrats-brunch-440930613.html
— ‘I’m Your Man’: Secretary of State Jesse White Announces Run for Sixth Term – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/secretary-of-state-jesse-white-will-run-sixth-term-440900103.html

 

CBS2
— Illinois Democrats Speak Their Mind On The Gridlock In Springfield
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/17/illinois-democrats-gridlock-springfield-rally/
— Chicago Lincoln Bust Vandalized – Sandra Torres
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/17/lincoln-bust-vandalized/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rep. Jackie Speier calls for Trump’s removal under 25th Amendment
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/274389815-story
— CNN pundit Angela Rye calls for removal of all Washington, Jefferson monuments
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/274501530-story

 

WGN TV
— Democrat Day at the Illinois State Fair – TAHMAN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2017/08/17/democrat-day-at-the-illinois-state-fair/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker dubs Trump ‘racist,’ ‘liar,’ as Dems rip prez, Rauner at fair – Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who votes for Democrats?  ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/on-dem-day-candidates-stand-united-against-trump-rauner/
— Under seige, Trump fires back at critics — inside party and out – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/under-seige-trump-fires-back-at-critics-inside-party-and-out/
— Cook County retailers report beverage sales decline – Rachel Hinton
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cook-county-retailers-report-beverage-sales-decline/
— Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee: Trump must ‘move beyond himself’ to what’s best for U.S. – AP  (DIERSEN: If you blast Trump, anti-Trumps love you.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gop-senator-trump-must-move-beyond-himself-to-whats-best-for-u-s/
— Bloomberg throws support behind embattled Cook County soda tax – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sneed-exclusive-bloomberg-throws-support-behind-cook-county-soda-tax/
— Emanuel: Nation witnessing ‘slow-motion crash’ of Trump presidency – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: If you blast Trump, anti-Trumps love you.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/nation-witnessing-slow-motion-crash-of-trump-presidency-emanuel/
— Traitors to our country should never have been honored – Neil Steinberg  (DIERSEN: While all my ancestors immigrated to America during the 1840s and 1850s, they all immigrated to and stayed in northeast Illinois.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/steinberg-traitors-to-our-country-should-never-have-been-honored/
— Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White running for re-election – Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/jesse-white-running-for-re-election/
— Putting Balbo Drive on trial – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-putting-balbo-drive-on-trial/
— Banish the term ‘alt-right,’ be wary of labeling people – Natalie Moore
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/moore-banish-alt-right-be-wary-of-labeling-people/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner could announce decision on immigration bill Friday – Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia  (DIERSEN: The TRUST Act encourages people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally. If Rauner signs it, he dumps not only the immigration planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform, he dumps all those who voted for him in 2014 and all those who might vote for him in 2018.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-immigration-bill-met-0818-20170817-story.html
— Democratic governor candidates say Rauner too late in criticizing Trump – Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-democrats-state-fair-met-0818-20170817-story.html
— ‘Hard work’ behind Gov. Rauner’s 20-pound weight loss – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-governor-rauner-lost-20-pounds-chicago-inc-20170817-story.html
— Info on 1.8M Chicago voters was publicly accessible, now removed from cloud service: election officials – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-voter-data-cloud-met-0818-20170817-story.html
— Emanuel pushes back at Sessions in podcast with longtime ally Axelrod – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-sessions-trump-pushback-met-0818-20170817-story.html
— Gurnee seeks removal from national hate group map – Jim Newton and Frank S. Abderholden
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-hate-groups-lake-county-st-0817-20170816-story.html
— Evanston violated Open Meetings Act with June council session on minimum wage, attorney general says – Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/ct-evr-evanston-open-meetings-violation-tl-0824-20170817-story.html
— One way short of bankruptcy to stabilize Chicago’s schools – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-schools-emanuel-budget-edit-0818-jm-20170817-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Someone filled with hatred of Trump and filled with hatred of his supporters says “If you still support Donald Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-supporters-racist-deplorables-20170817-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are filled with hatred of Trump and filled with hatred of his supporters say “Others will have to provide the leadership Trump has not.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-republicans-0810-md-20170817-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Kinzinger rips Trump on response to bigotry – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170817/BLOGS02/170819857/gop-congressman-rips-trump-on-response-to-bigotry
— Here’s what’s in that Bloomberg ad defending Preckwinkle’s pop tax – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170817/BLOGS02/170819852/heres-whats-in-that-bloomberg-ad-defending-preckwinkles-pop-tax
— Watch Bloomberg’s ad backing Preckwinkle’s pop tax – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170817/BLOGS02/170819852/watch-bloombergs-ad-backing-preckwinkles-pop-tax

 

DAILY HERALD
— State Rep. Andersson: No room for moderate voices in statehouse – Kerry Lester  (DIERSEN: Republican “moderates” reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks.  Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. If you get elected or appointed to a government office or a political office as a Republican in Illinois, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170817/state-rep-andersson-no-room-for-moderate-voices-in-statehouse
— Trump assails ‘publicity seeking’ Lindsey Graham – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170817/news/308179965/
— President Trump’s ardent backers support him more than ever – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are going to get rid of Trump and his supporters. How should Trump and his supporters respond?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170817/news/308179976/
— Glenbard hosts picnic for Hispanic parents – Peg Mannion (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.  Republicans promote what unites us.  Democrats promote what divides us.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170817/glenbard-hosts-picnic-for-hispanic-parents

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Jesse White to seek sixth term as Illinois secretary of state – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170817/jesse-white-to-seek-sixth-term-as-illinois-secretary-of-state
— Candidates line up on Democrat Day to criticize and link Rauner, Trump – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170817/candidates-line-up-on-democrat-day-to-criticize-and-link-rauner-trump

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Lisa Madigan: ‘I know nothing about’ possible opponent Harold – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-17/lisa-madigan-i-know-nothing-about-possible-opponent-harold.html

 

PONTIAC DAILY LEADER
— Haskell feels Kinzinger not in touch with constituency – Paul Westermeyer
http://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/news/20170817/haskell-feels-kinzinger-not-in-touch-with-constituency

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Talk of township consolidation premature, officials say – Rebecca Susmarski
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20170817/talk-of-township-consolidation-premature-officials-say

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Facebook post divides McLean County republicans  A post defending President Trump’s comments has sparked a debate. – Lindsey Harrison
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/facebook-post-divides-local-republicans/790615673
— Lehigh University alums want to rescind Trump’s honorary degree  Petition garners more than 13,000 signatures – ANNECLAIRE STAPLETON
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/education/lehigh-university-alums-want-to-rescind-trumps-honorary-degree/791382851

 

WJBD RADIO
— Democratic Hopefuls Target Trump As Well As Rauner  Spokeswoman for Rauner Dismisses Attacks By Would-Be Democratic Challengers – AP
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/08/17/democratic-hopefuls-target-trump-as-well-as-rauner
— Confederate symbols across US highlight nation’s divided past  (DIERSEN: While all my ancestors immigrated to America during the 1840s and 1850s, they all immigrated to and stayed in northeast Illinois.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/national-news/2017/08/17/confederate-symbols-across-us-highlight-nations-divided-past

 

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— Smaller Republican crowd insists party is strong on Governor’s Day At State Fair – Benjamin Yount
http://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/smaller-republican-crowd-insists-party-is-strong-on-governor-s/article_9257b762-a35f-589e-a02c-02183472c02d.html

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Poll: Cook County Board Chair Preckwinkle has worse approval rating than President Trump
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/poll-cook-county-board-chair-preckwinkle-has-worse-approval-rating/article_3842cd86-8379-11e7-8d3d-8b97ad8df6f3.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives and Breen Accuse House Democrats of Playing Games With K-12 Funding
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511187038-ives-breen-accuse-house-democrats-of-playing-games-with-k-12-funding

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Former Miss America Wants to Unseat Lisa Madigan as Illinois Attorney General – Dan McCaleb
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/08/former-miss-america-wants-to-unseat-lisa-madigan-as-illinois-attorney-general/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Sparks fly on Democrat Day
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/17/sparks-fly-on-democrat-day/
— Bloomberg pop tax ad called “act of desperation”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/17/bloomberg-pop-tax-ad-called-act-of-desperation/
— Bed-and-breakfast which refused service loses another round in court
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/17/bed-and-breakfast-which-refused-service-loses-another-round-in-court/

 

GOPUSA
— Charlottesville riot brings out leftist hatred for Trump, defense of Antifa
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28847

 

DAILY CALLER
— Missouri Senator: ‘I Hope Trump Is Assassinated!’ – Chuck Ross
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/17/missouri-senator-i-hope-trump-is-assassinated/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— George Soros spending more than ever to push his liberal agenda worldwide – Fr. Mark Hodges
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/billionaire-leftist-soros-pouring-more-money-into-lobbying-efforts

 

BREITBART
— Hit List: CNN Publishes Map of Confederate Monuments in U.S. – AWR HAWKINS
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/17/hit-list-cnn-publishes-map-confederate-monuments-u-s/

 

THE BLAZE
— Activists replace statue of Robert E. Lee with statue of a pregnant black woman in Baltimore – Brandon Morse
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/17/activists-replace-statue-of-robert-e-lee-with-statue-of-a-pregnant-black-woman-in-baltimore/

 

NEWSBUSTERS
— Alt-Left Insanity: Liberals Vandalize, Attack, Riot and Burn, But Aren’t Violent – Dan Gainor
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/dan-gainor/2017/08/17/alt-left-insanity-liberals-vandalize-attack-riot-and-burn-arent

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Black Christian Leaders Detest Claim That Trump Is the ‘Driver’ of Racial Division in America – Samuel Smith
http://www.christianpost.com/news/black-christian-leaders-detest-claim-that-trump-is-the-driver-of-racial-division-in-america-195449/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump fans the flames with Confederate defense.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347022-trump-fans-the-flames-with-confederate-defense

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Antifa’ Grows as Left-Wing Faction Set to, Literally, Fight the Far Right – THOMAS FULLER, ALAN FEUER and SERGE F. KOVALESKI
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/us/antifa-left-wing-faction-far-right.html

August 15 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who is responsible for keeping Governor Rauner and all the other Illinois Republican elected officials and party leaders up to date with Illinois government and political news and commentary?  According to Natasha Korecki, “Rauner appeared unprepared for the question Monday morning — and clearly had not seen the state Senate’s action on Sunday.” (SEE: http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/08/15/politico-illinois-playbook-diana-rauners-221868) Please join me in urging Governor Rauner and all the other Illinois Republican elected officials and party leaders a) to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, or if not that, to require their staff to read the emails and to keep them up to date and b) to assure that diersen@aol.com is kept on their press release lists and their press advisory lists. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com 

 

ERIKA HAROLD
— VIDEO: Erika Harold Announces Bid for Attorney General
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=hwIl0cJOKhY

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Former Miss America Erika Harold mounts Republican bid against Democratic AG Lisa Madigan – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-erika-harold-lisa-madigan-attorney-general-met-20170814-story.html
— Palos Township meeting canceled after officials unable to accommodate large crowd of protesters – Zak Koeske  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps focus on getting rid of Trump supporters.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-palos-township-protest-st-0815-20170814-story.html
— To win 4,000 new Illinois auto jobs, Rauner needs an EDGE – Robert Reed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-toyota-jobs-illinois-gov-response-robert-reed-815-biz-20170814-story.html
— Pawar picks Cairo mayor as running mate – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: Each and every Democrat gubernatorial candidate has made it very clear that if elected, they will drive out of Illinois each and every individual, organization, and company that is a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, a gun owner, German American, a draft avoider, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ameya-pawar-running-mate-met-0815-20170814-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner, Dems map different routes on school funding mess – Tina Sfondeles and Emily Moon
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-dems-map-different-routes-on-school-funding-mess/
— BEYOND DISGUSTING: United Center closes after fights break out at youth neighborhood game – Francesca Gattuso
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/united-center-closes-due-to-fight-inside-during-basketball-tourney/
— Sheriff: 3 killed at Wisconsin drag strip were known gang members – AP  (DIERSEN: During the good old days, that is, during the 1960s and 1970s, I went to U.S. 30 Drag Strip in Indiana.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/3-shot-dead-at-wisconsin-auto-racing-event-include-2-from-illinois/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump retweets — then deletes — image of train running over CNN reporter – David Nakamura and Brian Mur  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who want a train to run over me.  They would love it.  They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170815/trump-retweets-x2014-then-deletes-x2014-image-of-train-running-over-cnn-reporter
— Is this the last pay phone? – Burt Constable  (DIERSEN: There was a pay phone right below my bedroom window when I lived with my parents in an apartment above my grandfather’s hardware store at the northeast corner of Main and Exchange in Crete 1948-1954.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170815/constable-is-this-the-last-pay-phone-in-suburbs

 

ABC7
— Anti-hate rallies held locally and nationwide, Charlottesville driver appears in court – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/charlottesville-driver-in-court-trump-calls-hate-groups-repugnant-2-days-after-attack/2306284/

 

CBS2
— Senate Responds To Virginia Violence With ‘Anti-Hate Group Resolution’ – Bernie Tafoya  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Illinois Democrats pass anti-Trump resolutions, anti-Protestant resolutions, anti-conservative resolutions, anti-Republican resolutions, anti-American resolutions, anti-White resolutions, anti-male resolutions, anti-older people resolutions, anti-rich people resolutions, anti-gun owner resolutions, anti-German American resolutions, anti-draft avoider (except Bill Clinton) resolutions, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time resolutions?)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/14/senate-responds-to-virginia-violence-with-anti-hate-group-resolution/

 

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A disgusting anti-Rauner/Trump says Neo-Nazis “Think they have a friend in the Oval Office.”
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/08/14/emanuel-neo-nazis-think-they-have-friend-oval-office
— Gov. Bruce Rauner Calls for Education Funding Compromise
http://video.wttw.com/video/3003773166/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Urbana’s Harold announces bid for attorney general – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-15/urbanas-harold-announces-bid-attorney-general.html
— Money can’t buy everything – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What is the main reason why you have less money?  For me, the main reason is the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  In today’s dollars, my salary was $122,991/year, but my federal pension is only $50,856/year.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-08-14/money-cant-buy-everything.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner calls for leader meetings on school funding
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170814/rauner-calls-for-leader-meetings-on-school-funding

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois House can give 831 school districts more money, or just Chicago – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article167175822.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Repudiate hate – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors PROMOTE HATRED AGAINST THOSE THAT ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170814/editorial-repudiate-hate

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Republicans Say Illinois House May Lack Votes To Override Rauner’s Education Veto – TONY ARNOLD
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/republicans-say-illinois-house-may-lack-votes-override-rauners-education-veto
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors held vigils in Geneva and many other communities after Charlottesville protests.
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/geneva-was-among-many-communities-held-vigils-after-charlottesville-protests

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump attacks everyone on Twitter, but not white supremacists  Most positive review came from Daily Stormer – CNN  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites and anti-Trumps a) dominate the news media and b) paint Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists. How should Trump and his supporters respond?  In America today, constructively, to call a person a White supremacist is to call for that person to be killed. If anyone called me a White supremacist, I would sue them.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-attacks-everyone-on-twitter-but-not-white-supremacists/789359193

 

WGLT
— GOP’s Erika Harold Plans To Challenge Attorney General Lisa Madigan
http://wglt.org/post/gops-erika-harold-plans-challenge-attorney-general-lisa-madigan#stream/0
— Davis, LaHood Speak Out On Charlottesville Violence
http://wglt.org/post/davis-lahood-speak-out-charlottesville-violence#stream/0

 

WJBD
— Germany responds to Charlottesville violence with sharp condemnation (DIERSEN: I am proud to say that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/world-news/2017/08/14/germany-responds-to-charlottesville-violence-with-sharp-condemnation

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A disgusting anti-Rauner/Trump says “Members of the neo-Nazi and the KKK think they have a friend in the Oval Office”
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/08/15/emanuel-slams-trump-over-charlottesville-members-of-the-neo-nazi-and-the-kkk-think-they-have-a-friend-in-the-oval-office-and-other-chicago

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Governor Signs Township Consolidation Bill
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/14/governor-signs-township-consolidation-bill/
— Cruising with Cruz
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/14/cruising-with-cruz/
— Non-Anonymous Draining of the McHenry County Swamp
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/15/non-anonymous-draining-of-the-mchenry-county-swamp/

 

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Stumbles Through Fog Towards New School Funding Formula – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-races-through-fog-towards-new-school-funding-formula-wirepoints-original/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County seeks input on how to tailor its annual budget – Shamiso Patience Mbiriri  (DIERSEN: How many want DuPage County to use its budget to get rid of its residents, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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?  Those who want to destroy America know how to use “democracy” to destroy America.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511174523-dupage-county-seeks-input-on-how-to-tailor-its-annual-budget

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— RAUNER EDUCATION FUNDING CHANGES BRING $3.1M MORE TO CONROY’S SCHOOL DISTRICTS  Defenders of Senate Bill 1 are putting a bailout of Chicago Public Schools ahead of their own local school districts. – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/rauner-education-funding-changes-bring-3-1m-more-to-conroys-school-districts/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— State Reps. Elgie Sims (D) and David McSweeney (R) have come together on sponsoring a resolution condemning the acts in Charlottesville, Va. In it, they are crystal clear about this: “The act of violence was definitely an act of domestic terrorism,” the resolution proclaims. Read the resolution. (https://www.scribd.com/document/356337002/House-Resolution-on-Charlottesville) It comes after the state Senate passed a similar measure on Sunday. The events make Gov. Bruce Rauner’s remarks on Monday all the more mystifying. Rauner initially refused to characterize the acts in Charlottesville as terrorism — even after the president was lambasted for two straight days after failing to come out more vehemently against the actions. Rauner appeared unprepared for the question Monday morning — and clearly had not seen the state Senate’s action on Sunday. After Democrats pounced, Rauner’s office released a statement declaring the act was indeed domestic terrorism. – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: Sadly, of course, members of Group A will use these resolutions to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn members of Group B as being racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/08/15/politico-illinois-playbook-diana-rauners-221868

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner calls First Lady “my most senior advisor”  (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.  In Illinois, if you get elected or appointed to a government office or a political office as a Republican, and you fail/refuse to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform, you should immediately resign.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/15/rauner-calls-first-lady-my-most-senior-advisor/
— Did politics get in the way of a solid press pop?  This bill was signed into law without any fanfare whatsoever.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/14/did-politics-get-in-the-way-of-a-solid-press-pop/
— Former Rauner spokesperson Demertzis joins House Republican staff  (DIERSEN: Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and their press advisory lists.  Ever-increasingly, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs use Democrat Rich Miller to communicate with Illinois Republicans.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/14/former-rauner-spokesperson-demertzis-joins-house-republican-staff/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Rate two new anti-Rauner ads.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/15/rate-two-new-anti-rauner-ads/

 

GOPUSA
— Chicago: 17 Hours; 8 Dead
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28671
— Protesters tear down Confederate monument in Durham, N.C. (DIERSEN: How soon will the protestors try to tear you down? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the sooner that protestors will try to tear you down: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. Needless-to-say, members of the aforesaid groups have bought lots of firearms and ammunition for their self-protection.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28694
— White Supremacists Were Not The Only Thugs Tearing Up Charlottesville
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28669

 

FOX NEWS
— Scaramucci: If it were up to me, Bannon would be gone  (DIERSEN: If it was up to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I “would be gone” as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor. If you asked my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who they would replace me with, what would they say?  Who did they replace me with 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.?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/15/scaramucci-if-it-were-up-to-me-bannon-would-be-gone.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Corporations Increasingly Serve As Arbiters Of Public Morality – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, corporations act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party and promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ activity, promiscuity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, surrender to foreign countries and especially to Mexico, and even worse things.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/15/corporations-increasingly-serve-as-arbiters-of-public-morality/
— Left-Wing Agitators Call For Escalated Tactics In Response To Charlottesville – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: What do left-wing agitators have planned for Illinois, for your county, for your township/ward, for your municipality, and for your precinct?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/14/left-wing-agitators-call-for-escalated-tactics-in-response-to-charlottesville/
— Protestors Topple Confederate Statue In North Carolina – Thomas Phippen  (DIERSEN: How soon will the protestors try to topple you? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the sooner that protestors will try to topple you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. Needless-to-say, members of the aforesaid groups have bought lots of firearms and ammunition for their self-protection.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/14/protestors-topple-confederate-statue-in-north-carolina-video/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
– TRUMP WAS RIGHT TO BLAME ‘MANY SIDES’  Larry Klayman asks, Are leftist groups getting a free pass from AG?
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/trump-was-right-to-blame-all-sides/

 

NEWSMAX
— Gingrich: Mayors Who Remove Confederate Statues Are ‘Pandering’ – Joe Crowe  (DIERSEN: I should write a book a) about those who opposed my organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 events in 2004 and 2005 and b) about those who oppose my promoting Wheaton’s Memorial Day parades and Independence Day parades.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/newt-gingrich-confederate-statues-mayor/2017/08/15/id/807721/

 

BREITBART
— Charlottesville Racist Leader Was Former Occupy Activist, Obama Supporter – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/15/report-splc-charlottesville-racist-former-occupy-activist-obama-supporter-jason-kessler/

 

THE BLAZE
— Trump takes a swipe at CNN’s Jim Acosta after Charlottesville press briefing – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/14/trump-takes-a-swipe-at-cnns-jim-acosta-after-charlottesville-press-briefing/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— DIVERSITY IS BECOMING A FORM OF WORSHIP – Jeff Trent  (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/08/14/diversity-is-becoming-a-form-of-worship/
— ARE MOST CHRISTIANS TODAY NOT REALLY CHRISTIANS? – Jeff Trent (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present 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 are member of a church, who attend church services, and/or who give money to a church a) to help themselves make money, b) to help themselves get elected and reelected, and/or c) to have a license to sin.  All of the aforesaid focus on destroying me and pray for God to send me straight to Hell.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/08/14/are-most-christians-today-not-really-christians/
— CAN YOU NAME THE THREE BIGGEST FEDERAL AGENCIES? YOU’RE PROBABLY WRONG. – Jeff Trent
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/08/14/can-you-name-the-three-biggest-federal-agencies-youre-probably-wrong/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Pull the Plug on DACA – MARK KRIKORIAN
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/450479/cancel-daca-its-fifth-anniversary

 

RT
— Welcome to Charlottesville – proof that political correctness is wrecking America – Robert Bridge
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/399585-charlottesville-america-trump-violence/

 

THE HILL
— Trump pressured to dump nationalist wing – JONATHAN EASLEY AND JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346538-trump-pressured-to-dump-nationalist-wing
— Intel CEO Brian Krzanich becomes third exec to leave Trump council after Charlottesville – MALLORY SHELBOURNE  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, to protest Trump, will Intel stop hiring and fire all its employees who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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?  In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.  That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/346569-intel-ceo-third-exec-to-leave-trump-council-after-charlottesville
— Immigration battlefield widens for Trump, GOP – JORDAIN CARNEY
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/346555-immigration-battlefield-widens-for-trump-gop

 

POLITICO
— Rauner administration blocks request for first lady’s state emails – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors knew enough to not put things into writing that might get them in trouble. They knew a) that I had filed grievances while I was a Post Office employee 1966-1969 and an IRS employee 1971-1980, b) that I had taken IRS to Tax Court in 1978, c) that I had filed several lawsuits in connection with the construction of 915 Cove Court in Wheaton in 1984, d) that I had been an active member of a class action lawsuit since 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, e) that I had filed a grievance against them over an unfair performance appraisal in 1989, and d) that I had filed lawsuits in 1995 and 1996 in connection with cars that I had bought. Again, my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors knew enough to not put things into writing that might get them in trouble.  That emboldened them a) to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, to not promote me beyond GS-13, to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and to force me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/15/illinois-first-lady-email-request-blocked-241644

 

CNN
— 9 times Republicans denounced Trump but came back to him – Chris Cillizza  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  People are nasty.  Who calls for others to denounce you?  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who call for others to denounce me.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/14/politics/trump-republicans-criticism/index.html
— DACA on perilous footing on 5th anniversary – Tal Kopan
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/15/politics/daca-anniversary-peril/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Bannon in Limbo as Trump Faces Growing Calls for the Strategist’s Ouster – MAGGIE HABERMAN and GLENN THRUSH  (DIERSEN: Who calls/called for your ouster?  Members of the following groups call/called for my outer: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/us/politics/steve-bannon-trump-white-house.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Illinois Republican Reggie Phillips faced a choice: Vote for a tax increase or let it burn.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/this-illinois-republican-faced-a-choice-vote-for-a-tax-increase-or-let-it-burn/2017/08/14/711b5162-791c-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Obama acted like the President of the blue States of America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/08/15/daily-202-trump-acts-like-the-president-of-the-red-states-of-america/59925be030fb0433811d6941/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups stress that James Alex Fields is not a foreigner: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/08/15/president-trumps-claim-that-foreigners-comprise-the-vast-majority-of-terrorism-convictions-since-911/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Under Armour CEO to Leave Trump Manufacturing Council  Kevin Plank is second CEO to depart in wake of Trump’s response to violent demonstrations – Sara Germano  (DIERSEN: Members of the following groups love Plank for departing: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/under-armour-ceo-to-leave-trump-manufacturing-council-1502761051

 

MARKET WATCH
— Why the First Amendment won’t protect Charlottesville white supremacists from being fired – Leslie Albrect and Maria Lamaga (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  I should write a book about why federal civil service protections do not protect federal employees who are Republican from being fired, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-charlottesville-protesters-are-being-named-shamed-and-fired-2017-08-14

 

NEW HAMPSHIRE UNION LEADER
— Texas A&M cancels 9/11 white nationalist rally amid safety concerns – Eva-Marie Ayala  (DIERSEN: I should write a book a) about those who opposed my organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 events in 2004 and 2005 and b) about those who oppose my promoting Wheaton’s Memorial Day parades and Independence Day parades.)
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20170814/NEWS20/170819615

 

FRED KLONSKY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Google treats Fred Klonsky as being a legitimate news website, but refuses to treat GOPUSA ILLINOIS as being a legitimate news website. That shows that Google is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://preaprez.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/rauner-is-trumps-mini-me-when-it-comes-to-white-supremacist-terror/

August 13 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Driver of car that killed counter-protester at pro-white rally identified as James Alex Fields

http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/273521455-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “With ‘many sides’ remark, Trump gives white supremacists a pass.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/sweet-with-many-sides-remark-trump-gives-white-supremacists-a-pass/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Advocates stage first big Texas protest against border wall – AP (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–border-wall-protest-movement-20170812-story.html
— Lockport Township clerk eyes Will County seat – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-rumchak-seeks-county-clerk-st-0813-20170811-story.html
— ‘Mayor coming through’: Tinley mayor moved cones for party bus after McCartney concert, records show – Mike Nolan  (DIERSEN: What does the mayor of your municipality think of you?  Does he/she insult you at public events?  Does he/she blame you for a) his/her problems, b) for your problems, and/or c) for everyone’s problems?   Does he/she hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, or even worse things?  Does he/she hint/imply/argue/shout that all the individuals, organizations, companies, etc. in your municipality should get rid of you? Does he/she hint/imply/argue/shout that if you do not help him/her get rid of you, that he/she will use the powers of his/her office to destroy you?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-tinley-mayor-party-bus-st-0813-20170811-story.html
— Why a four-year college degree isn’t the only path to a secure lifestyle – Gail MarksJarvis  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty. If you do not have at least a bachelor’s degree, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being a failure. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a failure because neither my bachelor’s degree nor any of my three master’s degrees are from Ivy League schools.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-college-may-not-be-worth-it-marksjarvis-column-0813-biz-20170810-column.html
— Chicago women in tech face smaller pay gap than in Silicon Valley – Yuliana Romanyshyn (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would presented the jury many examples in which my Democrat GAO superiors paid higher salaries to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger than they paid their similarly or better qualified employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-bsi-chicago-wage-gap-20170809-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— American tourist gives Nazi salute in Germany, is beaten up – AP  (DIERSEN: What is your national origin?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed to anti-Germans that I am 100% German national origin. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F, that all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, and according to DNA Ancestry at http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170813/news/308139984

DAILY HERALD
— President Trump recognizes Naperville’s India Day celebration with letter – Katie Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170812/president-trump-recognizes-napervilles-india-day-celebration-with-letter

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois Senate meets Sunday to address school funding plan – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/illinois-senate-meets-sunday-to-address-school-funding-plan/article_e6a9e9ab-d0c8-5a42-abe5-e225e84942a9.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Chris Kennedy takes on both parties in Springfield talk – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170812/bernard-schoenburg-chris-kennedy-takes-on-both-parties-in-springfield-talk
— New concealed-carry permit applications declining in Illinois – John Reynolds
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170812/new-concealed-carry-permit-applications-declining-in-illinois
— First day of school shouldn’t be tainted by politics – but likely will be – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170812/our-view-first-day-of-school-shouldnt-be-tainted-by-politics—but-likely-will-be

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner’s mixed messages on borrowing – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/tom-kacich/2017-08-13/tom-kacich-rauners-mixed-messages-borrowing.html

 

WTOL
— Chance the Rapper gives out 30K backpacks to kids at parade – WBBM/CNN  (DIERSEN: What do you give out to others? I have given out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails free of charge and without any advertising since 2000. Those emails have gone out each and ever morning since 2004, each and every evening since 2015, and they have included links to more than 278,100 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
http://www.wtol.com/story/36123613/chance-the-rapper-gives-out-30k-backpacks-to-kids-at-parade
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chance the Rapper led the way as grand marshal of the annual Bud Billiken Parade in the South Side. Chance, a native of the city’s Chatham neighborhood, donated 30,000 stuffed backpacks for children along the parade route. The parade, now in its 88th year, is a tradition meant to serve as a back-to-school send off. “This is the best thing they have every year,” said a parent on the route. Since education is the focus, funding for public schools was on the minds of parade-goers and city leaders. “Right now we are suffering in a racially discriminatory funding system that it hurts funding in our state,” said  Forrest Claypool, Chicago Public Schools CEO. And while Gov. Bruce Rauner made an appearance before the parade, he did not address the funding issue during the event. Mayor Rahm Emanuel did address the issue. “The state of Illinois has the responsibility not to just show at a parade, not just to cheer, but to actively put resources that taxpayers of the city of Chicago give the state and fund our education equitably and fairly,” Emanuel said.)

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Amid 2020 buzz, Warren urges Democrats to reject centrist policies  Massachusetts senator wants party to move left – ERIC BRADNER
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/amid-2020-buzz-warren-urges-democrats-to-reject-centrist-policies/787978893

 

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— MONDAY MEDIA ALERT: “Speak Out Against SB31 Illinois’ Sanctuary State Bill” Rally During Gov. Rauner’s Appearance at WTTW Studios in Chicago
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/monday-media-alert-speak-out-against-sb31-illinois-sanctuary-state-bill-rally

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Wehrli argues school funding should fix problems, not pay for pet projects – Glenn Minnis
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511176365-wehrli-argues-school-funding-should-fix-problems-not-pay-for-pet-projects

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Lakewood Man Running Against Hultgren
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/12/lakewood-man-running-against-hultgren/
— Bootleg Soda
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/08/11/bootleg-soda/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MANAR REJECTS FUNDING CHANGES THAT WOULD BRING $8.7M MORE TO HIS SCHOOL DISTRICTS – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/manar-rejects-funding-changes-that-would-bring-8-7m-more-to-his-school-districts/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Illinois Republicans Set National Record for Losing Elections – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/08/illinois-republicans-set-national-record-for-losing-elections/

 

FOX NEWS
— Mike Huckabee: White Nationalist Riots Are ‘Evil, Sinful, Disgusting Behavior’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/13/white-nationalist-riots-evil-sinful-disgusting-behavior-huckabee

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Guess who pays for those $150,000 Columbia journalism degrees? – Monica Showalter (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me because neither my bachelor’s degree nor any of my three master’s degrees are in journalism. In my defense, much of what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do. I worked for GAO as an Analyst 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. Further, much of what GAO Analysts do is similar to what IRS Revenue Officers do. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2  years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/guess_who_pays_for_those_150000_columbia_journalism_degrees.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What is questionable is the issue of who pays for the degree. President Obama put limits on repaying back student loans at the 20-year mark, meaning anyone who takes out debt at the $150,000 level is only going to be repaying a fraction of that debt. The taxpayers will pick up the remainder of the tab. Should the taxpayers be paying for that? Particularly if the journalists being turned out end up being advocacy journalists on just one side of the political spectrum? That is worth asking. Cooper makes a very important point in noting that the federal incentives for taking out high-dollar loans and the abbreviated payment obligations make high-priced, questionable-value degrees on offer inevitable at places like Columbia, writing:)

 

TOWNHALL
— A Bad Week for Journalism – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2017/08/13/a-bad-week-for-journalism-n2367890

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Elizabeth Warren slams calls for Democrats to move to the center, says party ‘won’t go back’ – Emily Jashinsky  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/elizabeth-warren-slams-calls-for-democrats-to-move-to-the-center-says-party-wont-go-back/article/2631359

 

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Lib Media Push Poll Backing Kaepernick Doesn’t Go As Well As Expected – Jay Maxson
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/jay-maxson/2017/08/12/lib-media-push-poll-backing-kaepernick-doesnt-go-well-expected

 

THE BLAZE
— Trump is widely condemned after he fails to specifically denounce white nationalism – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: Democrats will not accept you if you are not anti-White, that is, if you do not promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/12/trump-is-widely-condemned-after-he-fails-to-specifically-denounce-white-nationalism/

 

FEDERALIST
— No One Expects The Google Inquisition, But It’s Coming  The Google memo controversy could tear up the implicit social contract we’ve all accepted with the big technology companies to whom we entrust our data. – Robert Tracinski (DIERSEN: What percent of Google employees are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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://thefederalist.com/2017/08/11/no-one-expects-google-inquisition-coming/

 

THE HILL
— Wrath of right falls on Google – HARPER NEIDIG (DIERSEN: From what I see, Google has enough power to destroy just about any individual, any organization, any company, any government, and any country that it wants to.)
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/346267-wrath-of-right-falls-on-google

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/whiteness-is-protected-even-at-its-worst_us_598f77d9e4b063e2ae05802b

 

CNN
— CNN reporter goes rogue, reveals how channel fabricates anti-Trump stories Reporter who quit CNN last week gives a blow-by-blow account of how the channel conducts its business. – Caroline Diana
http://us.blastingnews.com/news/2017/08/cnn-reporter-goes-rogue-reveals-how-channel-fabricates-anti-trump-stories-001927059.html
— Charlottesville killing was an act of domestic terrorism – Peter Bergen
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/13/opinions/charlottesville-act-of-domestic-terrorism-bergen/index.html

 

AOL NEWS
— Former KKK leader David Duke strikes out at Trump for condemning a white nationalist rally: ‘It was white Americans who put you in the presidency’ – ABBY JACKSON
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/12/former-kkk-leader-david-duke-strikes-out-at-trump-charlottesville/23075788/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: According to Democrats, who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? ANSWER ACCORDING TO DEMOCRATS: Those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/opinion/sunday/making-affirmative-action-white-again.html
— I’m a White Man. Hear Me Out. – Frank Bruni (DIERSEN: Democrats will not accept you if you are not anti-White, that is, if you do not promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/opinion/sunday/identity-politics-white-men.html
— Google Doesn’t Want What’s Best for Us – JONATHAN TAPLIN  (DIERSEN: From what I see, Google has enough power to destroy just about any individual, any organization, any company, any government, and any country that it wants to.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/opinion/sunday/google-tech-diversity-memo.html
— Stop Treating 70- and 90-Year-Olds the Same – LOUISE ARONSONA
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/opinion/sunday/vaccinations-elderly.html
— It’s Not Irrational. It’s Signaling Behavior. – ROBERT H. FRANK  (DIERSEN: If you get elected/appointed to a government office or a political office as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/upshot/its-not-irrational-its-signaling-behavior.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Venezuelan government uses Trump’s threat to boost anti-American sentiment – Rachelle Krygier and Anthony Faiola  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty. In government, in politics, and in everything else, you should know that whatever you say or do and whatever you do not say or do not do will be used against you by your critics/opponents, by their operatives, and by their dupes.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/venezuelan-government-uses-trumps-threat-to-boost-anti-american-sentiment/2017/08/12/dac7fb5c-7f79-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html
— Think things will be rosy for Democrats in 2018? Not so fast. – Dan Balz  (DIERSEN: In 2018, will the Democrats who run in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America promise that if elected, they will use government to get rid of all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, all countries, all etc. that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/think-things-will-be-rosy-for-democrats-in-2018-not-so-fast/2017/08/12/a6aad97c-7ed2-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html

 

NEWS & OBSERVER
— Anti-white supremacist events planned in the Triangle in response to Charlottesville – ABBIE BENNETT
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article166971667.html

 

ARIZONA CENTRAL
— Anti-Trump group holds Phoenix vigil for those killed and injured in Charlottesville – Sean Na
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/08/12/anti-trump-group-holds-phoenix-vigil-charlottesville-victims/562643001/

 

MADISON
— 5 Figures That Define the Middle Class – Sean Williams  (DIERSEN: From what I see, because the cost of living is so high in DuPage County, you need way more than “$24,173 to $72,521” to live a middle class life style in DuPage County and save for your retirement.)
http://host.madison.com/business/investment/markets-and-stocks/figures-that-define-the-middle-class/article_71955a5b-e0d6-5ebc-befc-12e6528774f0.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. $24,173 to $72,521  First things first: we have to define what middle-class income actually is. According to Pew Research Center, which conducted a study on the shrinking middle class in late 2015, an individual would qualify for the middle class if he or she earned more than $24,173 in 2014 dollars, or less than $72,521. Pew’s official definition is income of between 67% and 200% of overall median household income. Back in 1971, some 80 million Americans were considered to be in the middle class, compared to 51 million Americans who were either lumped in the lower- or upper-income brackets. However, by 2015, there were 121.3 million lower- and upper-income Americans, combined (using Pew’s definition of 67% to 200% of median household income). This is compared to 120.8 million middle-income Americans. In a span of 44 years, the middle class had become the minority. . .4. Approximately 70% have less than $1,000 saved for emergencies It’s no secret that Americans aren’t good savers. The U.S. personal saving rate has dipped by more than 50% over the past five decades, and we’re saving nowhere near the recommended 10% to 15% of our paychecks. But it’ll probably shock you to see how bad the middle class is at socking away cash for emergencies. According to a survey from GoBankingRates in September 2016, 37% of persons bringing home $25,000 to $49,999 annually didn’t have a dime in savings, and another 35% had less $1,000. Similarly, 33% of the people making between $50,000 and $74,999 had $0 in savings, and 36% had less than $1,000. Essentially, 7 in 10 middle-class folks have less than $1,000 saved for emergencies, which is scary low. . .5. Debt at 122% of annual household income The middle class has also been highly proficient at racking up debt over the past two-plus decades, according to data from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances, which is conducted every three years. Though debt for middle-class households hit an all-time high of 140% of annual household income in 2010, the 122% of debt relative to annual household income that middle-class households are lugging around as of 2013 still isn’t good. Comparatively, this is also nearly double the debt burden that middle-class families were contending with in 1989.)

 

FED SMITH
— Making Federal Employees ‘At-Will’ Would Limit Their Legal Recourse – Mathew B. Tully (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always 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.fedsmith.com/2017/08/13/making-federal-employees-at-will-limit-legal-recourse/

 

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— Charlottesville Driver Who Killed One Rallied With Alt-Right Vanguard America Group
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/08/12/charlottesville-driver-who-killed-one-rallied-alt-right-vanguard-america-group

August 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump: North Korea ‘will regret it fast’ if acts against US ally – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-north-korea-will-regret-it-fast-if-acts-against-us-ally/2298011/

 

NBC5
— Duckworth to Trump: You Can’t ‘Out-Crazy Kim Jong Un’ – Shelby Bremer
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/tammy-duckworth-seth-meyers-439872003.html
— Cook County Democrats Endorse J.B. Pritzker for Governor – James Neveau
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/jb-pritzker-receives-endorsement-from-cook-county-democrats-439924233.html
— Cameras Allowed in Courtroom During Hastert Lawsuit Trial
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/cameras-will-be-allowed-in-courtroom-for-dennis-hastert-lawsuit-439911303.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Senate could consider overriding Rauner’s education funding veto Sunday – Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-education-funding-met-0813-20170811-story.html
— Republican megadonor Dick Uihlein uses cardboard box catalog to address Chicago murders – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-liz-uihlein-0812-chicago-inc-20170811-story.html
— Pritzker is endorsed by Cook County Democrats – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cook-county-illinois-governor-met-0812-20170811-story.html
— Illinois names 6 insurers to take part in overhauled Medicaid managed care – Lisa Schencker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-medicaid-insurers-chosen-0813-biz-20170811-story.html
— Why Google was wrong to fire James Damore – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-google-memo-james-damore-page-perspec-0813-md-20170812-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools proposes $5.7 billion budget that includes $269 million in city help – Juan Perez Jr. and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-public-schools-city-funding-met-0812-20170811-story.html
— Emanuel seeks to block feds from imposing new grant rules on sanctuary cities – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-immigration-injunction-met-20170811-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s suicidal war on his own party.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-trump-mcconnell-republicans-war-perspec-20170811-column.html
— Illinois’ abortion notification law harms free speech – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-abortion-speech-scotus-0814-md-20170811-story.html
— A rare shot for school choice in Illinois – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-tuition-tax-credit-school-choice-0813-md-20170811-story.html
— CPS’ let’s-pretend budget – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-public-schools-budget-edit-20170811-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— J.B. Pritzker gets Cook County Democrats’ endorsement for governor – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/j-b-pritzker-gets-cook-county-democratics-endorsement-for-governor/
— City to kick in additional $269 million for Chicago schools budget – Lauren FitzPatrick and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/city-to-kick-in-additional-200-million-plus-for-cps-budget-source/
— Claypool cuts back on CPS consultants — but not 3 he has ties to – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/forrest-claypool-cuts-back-on-chicago-public-schools-cps-consultants-but-not3-he-has-ties-to-the-watchdogs/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The state’s most important job-creating program (EDGE) is about to be revived – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170811/BLOGS02/170819957/the-states-most-important-job-creating-program-is-about-to-be-revived
— Why is Rep. Roskam taking aim at a critical protection for retirees? – STEWART MATHER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170811/OPINION/170819960/why-is-rep-roskam-taking-aim-at-a-critical-protection-for-retirees
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” talk and act like the operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170811/NEWS07/170819955/cardinal-cupich-on-chicago-violence-7-takeaways
— CPS drops bombshell: Needs $269M from city – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170811/BLOGS02/170819954/cps-drops-bombshell-needs-269m-from-city
— Rauner names winners in Medicaid overhaul – KRISTEN SCHORSCH
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170811/NEWS03/170819950/rauner-names-winners-in-medicaid-overhaul
— How Rauner’s late-inning schools gambit opens the ultimate can of worms – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170811/NEWS02/170819942/how-rauner-s-late-inning-schools-gambit-opens-the-ultimate-can-of

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County program aims to improve properties – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170811/dupage-county-program-aims-to-improve-properties

 

WTTW
— Gov. Bruce Rauner to Appear Monday on ‘Chicago Tonight’ – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/08/11/gov-bruce-rauner-appear-monday-chicago-tonight

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— It’s “Silly” to Call Him the De Facto Governor, John Tillman Says – Carol Felsenthal
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/August-2017/John-Tillman/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER/O’NEIL: STILL SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD OVER TRUMP’S VICTORY? YOU’RE NOT ALONE.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/thorneroneil-still-scratching-your-head-over-trumps-victory-youre-not-alone.html
— MCSWEENEY FILES RESOLUTION OPPOSING COOK CO SODA TAX
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/mcsweeney-files-resolution-opposing-cook-co-soda-tax.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP claims Pritzker endorsed by “most crooked organization in IL politics”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/11/ilgop-claims-pritzker-endorsed-by-most-crooked-organization-in-il-politics/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Burr Ridge doctor Robert Marshall and Democrat gubernatorial candidate says “Marijuana should be legalized on a nationwide basis.” If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/11/another-longshot-dem-candidate-announces-gubernatorial-bid/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/11/question-of-the-day-2530/
— CPS budget assumes $300 million in new state money, plus unspecified $269 million in local revenue
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/11/cps-budget-assumes-300-million-in-new-state-money-plus-unspecified-269-million-in-local-revenue/

 

GOPUSA
— House Freedom Caucus files petition to bring Obamacare repeal to vote
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28562
— Editorial chair of the Harvard Crimson and a ‘student of color’ finds white friends ‘exhausting’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28543

 

DAILY CALLER
— Google And Facebook Co-Sponsoring Protest Of Pro-Life Women’s Health Care Clinic – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: What percent of Google and Facebook employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/11/google-and-facebook-co-sponsoring-protest-of-pro-life-womens-heath-care-clinic/
— Google Is Holding Women Back – Penny Nance  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the Rutan decision.  They want individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries a) to have the power to destroy those who do not pander to them, b) to have the power to destroy those who refuse to serve as their operatives or dupes, and c) to have the power to destroy those who do not give them money.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/09/google-is-holding-women-back/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Google spent over $265 million in the past few years to try to fix their “diversity” problem and recruit more minorities, including women. The result? Absolutely no change in the percentage of women employed at the company. Something didn’t go well. Maybe it’s because the company has been systematically underpaying women. They are currently embroiled in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor on this very issue and 60 women may take legal action for discrimination. This controversy aside, it is inexcusable (and illegal) that someone should be fired from their job because they stated their opinion and specifically disagreed with the arbiters of political correctness. This is viewpoint discrimination, and it was ruled as a violation of the First Amendment by the Supreme Court in Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois in 1990.)

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why RINOS Must Go – Blaine Winship  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What do Illinois RINOs, DuPage County RINOs, Milton Township RINOs, Glen Ellyn RINOs, and Wheaton RINOs do? ANSWER: Work against Republicans like me who support the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee Resolution against video gambling. The aforesaid RINOs work especially hard against Republicans like me who a) support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and b) who oppose promoting vices including booze, gambling, and pot.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/why_rinos_must_go.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Job seekers urge Trump to hire American at Mar-a-Lago – Lori Rozsa  (DIERSEN: From what I see, employers that are members of the following groups prefer foreign workers over American workers: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/job-seekers-urge-trump-to-hire-american-at-mar-a-lago/2017/08/10/fd23bd6a-7df0-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why I Was Fired by Google – James Damore (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) why my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, 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 $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) why my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) why my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-i-was-fired-by-google-1502481290
— Number of Americans Caught Underpaying Some Taxes Surges 40%  People who pay taxes quarterly—such as gig workers, retirees and business owners—are getting their payments wrong – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-numberof-americans-caught-underpayingsometaxes-surges-40-1502443801

 

NEW INDIA EXPRESS
— Stressful jobs affect health more than no job at all (DIERSEN: To get me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors made it clear that if I did not, they would make my GAO job a living hell.)
http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/health/2017/aug/11/stressful-jobs-affect-health-more-than-no-job-at-all-1641734.html

 

RE/MAX
— LEASED OFFICE CONDO FOR SALE: 610 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton – $162,000
http://homesearch.rockfordrealestate.com/idx/details/homes/a019/09716531/610-W-Roosevelt-Road-Wheaton-60189-IL-09716531

August 10 Morning Edition

ABC7
— OUTSTANDING: Spike in Chicago immigration arrests, deportations – Chuck Goudie and Christine Tressel
http://abc7chicago.com/spike-in-chicago-immigration-arrests-deportations/2290817/#new_tab
— North Korea details plan to fire missile salvo toward Guam (DIERSEN: Will those who oppose declaring war against North Korea stress that unlike Mexico, North Korea a) has not illegally sent many millions of its citizens illegally into America illegally, b) has not illegally kept many millions of its citizens in America illegally, or c) has not illegally sent many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally? Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/north-korea-details-plan-to-fire-missile-salvo-toward-guam/2292468/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Misses School Aid Payment Deadline for the First Time Ever: Comptroller
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-misses-school-aid-payment-first-time-ever-439663673.html

 

CBS2
— Emanuel On Rauner: He’s One To Talk About ‘Mismanagement’ – Bob Roberts
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/09/emanuels-latest-jab-at-rauner/
— Staredown Continues Over Illinois School Funding – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/09/school-funding-impasse/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker picks first-term state Rep. Stratton as running mate – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-running-mate-met-20170809-story.html
— Abortion rights group starts advocacy campaign aimed at men – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote abortion have always worked very hard against me because I do not promote abortion.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-abortion-rights-campaign-met-0810-20170809-story.html
— Foxconn deal makes the American economy less great – Matthew Mitchell and Tammy Winter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-foxconn-wisconsin-tax-subsidies-20170809-story.html
— Trump’s immigration vision isn’t the Reagan way – Marc A. Thiessen  (DIERSEN: SEE: “Reagan Would Not Repeat Amnesty Mistake” by Edwin Meese at  http://humanevents.com/2006/12/13/reagan-would-not-repeat-amnesty-mistake/)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-immigration-reagan-20170810-story.html
— Silicon Valley’s vision of universal basic income is wrong – Leonid Bershidsky
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-universal-basic-income-robots-20170810-story.html
— Facebook and Twitter should stop allowing fake users  Social networks should be obliged to ban anonymous accounts. – Leonid Bershidsky
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-twitter-facebook-fake-accounts-20170809-story.html
— Will Jeff Sessions come after legalized marijuana, a drug ‘only slightly less awful’ than heroin? – Rick Anderson  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-sessions-legal-marijuana-20170810-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker poised to get Cook County Dems’ endorsement for gov – Michael Sneed  (DIERSEN: Which candidates want your endorsement?  Not that my endorsement means anything, but since 2000, my Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO critics/opponents have made it very clear that they will have their nasty operatives and their nasty dupes viciously destroy any candidate that I might endorse. My critics/opponents 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.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/sneed-pritzker-poised-to-get-cook-county-dems-endorsement-for-gov/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Pritzker gets boost from Stratton pick for running mate.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-pritzker-gets-boost-from-stratton-pick-for-running-mate/
— Owners accept players’ violence, not Kaepernick’s activism – Rick Morrissey
http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/morrissey-owners-accept-players-violence-not-kaepernicks-activism/amp/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Suburbs to lose out on hundreds of thousands in sales tax – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170810/lester-suburbs-to-lose-out-on-hundreds-of-thousands-in-sales-tax
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tom Cullerton says that he “works to eliminate red tape for Illinois’ businesses.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170809/tom-cullerton-works-to-eliminate-red-tape-for-illinois-businesses
— New stormwater systems in Elgin would have to be paid by residents – Elena Ferrarin  (DIERSEN: Since 1984, outrageously, because Wheaton approved a woefully inadequate storm water drainage plan for my Cove Court subdivision, I have had to spend many thousands of dollars and many hundreds of hours making lot drainage improvements and repairs.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170810/new-stormwater-systems-in-elgin-would-have-to-be-paid-by-residents
— Important guidelines for teaching about religion will have a suburban touch – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170809/editorial-important-guidelines-for-teaching-about-religion-will-have-a-suburban-touch

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Four things Chicago must do to rise from the bottom of the pack – MARIN GJAJA AND JUSTIN MANLY  (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Chicago focus on driving out of Chicago individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170810/OPINION/170819999
— This tax reform idea could cost you–a lot – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170810/CRED0701/170819998
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With federal tax reform on Congress’s agenda after its August recess, two ideas that have been circulating have the potential to hit Chicago-area homeowners, one of them much harder than the other. Two federal tax deductions—one for mortgage interest and the other for state and local taxes—are in the crosshairs of reformers. The mortgage interest deduction would likely be revised, not eliminated, because it’s a hallowed perk of homeownership, most reports say. But the loss of the state and local tax deduction would cut deeper in the Chicago region anyway, analysts in the real estate, mortgage and tax realms told Crain’s this week. Eliminating the state and local tax deduction could transfer almost $2.9 billion a year out of household wealth and into federal coffers, according to Brian Bernardoni, senior director of government affairs and public policy for the Chicago Association of Realtors. That is, unless that larger tax reform package includes adjustments to the general tax rate that offset this amount.)

 

WTTW
— Trump and GOP Take on Tax Policy After Health Care Flop – Evan Garcia
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/08/09/trump-and-gop-take-tax-policy-after-health-care-flop#new_tab

 

DNA INFO
— ‘Weed World’ Van With $98,000 Worth Of Pot Seized In River North – David Matthews and Erica Demarest  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170809/river-north/weed-world-van-with-98000-worth-of-pot-busted-river-north-report

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner names Sam Pfister to federal affairs job in D.C. – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: What do you base your knowledge of the federal government on?  I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently, $94,610-$122,991, I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators for almost 9 years, audits of many other federal agencies for almost 6 years, and audits of IRS for 3 years. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently, $79,563-$90,173.  The aforesaid experience helped me become a Certified Government Financial Manager.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170809/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-names-sam-pfister-to-federal-affairs-job-in-dc

 

TIMES
— Jason Haskell wants to face Kinzinger – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/republican-wants-to-face-kinzinger/article_9341ad05-8427-567c-840e-458be534724a.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— The Rural Exodus – NORMAN WALZER AND BRIAN HARGER
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-rural-exodus#stream/0

 

WQAD
— Deadline looms for Illinois schools to receive state education funding – JESYKA DERETA  (DIERSEN: What deadlines loomed for you?  Because I was a non-veteran White male federal employee, I had to make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40 or my career would be wasted and I would be gotten rid of.)
http://wqad.com/2017/08/10/deadline-looms-for-illinois-schools-to-receive-state-education-funding/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— How Wheaton saved its historic House of Seven Gables
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/08/09/how-wheaton-saved-its-historic-house-of-seven-gables/dyvgoz4/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Critics of SB1 veto blast Rauner’s changes without numbers to back up claims – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/critics-of-sb-veto-blast-rauner-s-changes-without-numbers/article_2e0c812e-7d50-11e7-8392-ffc559a4796a.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MADIGAN CALLS SESSION ON GOVERNOR’S DAY  The House speaker’s spokesman claims the session is not a political move. – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/madigan-calls-session-on-governors-day/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Pregnancy Centers Win Second Injunction against Illinois Abortion Referral Mandate – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/pregnancy-centers-win-second-injunction-illinois-abortion-referral-mandate/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— KORECKI: TWITTER FIGHT ALERT — Rauner’s new Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, Michael Lucci, got into a bit of a Twitter tiff on Wednesday with Capitol Fax’s Rich Miller. The war? Seemed to start when Miller corrected Lucci, who was in an exchange over the school funding bill. It then morphed into whether Miller deleted Lucci’s written remarks in the comments section on Miller’s popular Capitol Fax blog. Rich Miller: “I never admitted that or anything close to that. Please, seek help.” Michael Lucci: “Do you want me to start posting comments you deleted? Like when I caught you supporting a policy that was born of racism?” Miller responds: “Are they in the same box as your first tooth?”  (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who pander to Rich Miller, but who fail/refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and press advisory lists?)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/08/10/politico-illinois-playbook-pritzker-taps-stratton-as-running-mate-rauner-staffers-tweet-war-madigans-governors-day-surprise-221792

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP: “Juliana Stratton Owes Her Political Career to Mike Madigan”  (DIERSEN: Who do you owe your career to?  My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My GAO Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/10/ilgop-juliana-stratton-owes-her-political-career-to-mike-madigan/
— Crete-Monee superintendent predicts Rauner AV will mean cuts for his district  (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/10/crete-monee-superintendent-predicts-rauner-av-will-mean-cuts-for-his-district/
— Rauner: “I’ll never claim to be a perfect person”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/10/rauner-i%e2%80%99ll-never-claim-to-be-a-perfect-person/

 

FOX NEWS
— Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel welcomes criminal aliens – Hans von Spakovsky and Benjamin Janacek, Heritage Foundation
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/08/09/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-welcomes-criminal-aliens.html

 

GOPUSA
— Chicago’s lawsuit against sanctuary city crackdown is absurd
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28391
— Media language police hate it but Trump’s ‘fury and fire’ sure beats Obama’s butt-kissing
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28465
— Concealed carry now allowed on campus, so this teacher showed up in armor (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they hate those who support the Second Amendment.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28453
— Low-energy Jeb: Donald Trump’s first 200 days have been ‘exhausting’ (DIERSEN: What would your critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shot shows that you have “low energy?”  My critics/opponents would stress a) that I did not earn a job-related bachelor’s degree until I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I did not earn job-related professional certifications until I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I did not earn a job-related professional license until I was 32.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28434
— The feds are spending millions to encourage low-income Californians to shop at farmers markets
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28457

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— GOP governor welcomes ‘Barack Obama Day’ – Chad Groening  (DIERSEN: My RINO critics/opponents, their RINO operatives, and their RINO dupes are far closer to Obama than they are to Trump.)
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2017/08/09/gop-governor-welcomes-barack-obama-day
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An Illinois-based pro-family activist says he’s appalled that the state’s Republican governor signed legislation designating “Barack Obama Day.”  Gov. Bruce Rauner made it official, signing Senate Bill 55 which means beginning in 2018 Illinois will recognize August 4 as “Barack Obama Day.” Rauner says it won’t be a formal state holiday with paid time off but it will be a day of acknowledgment and celebration. Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth says Rauner is the perfect example of a “Rhino Republican.” “A Republican governor heaping praise on the most immoral promoting president in American history, Barack Obama,” LaBarbera complains, “who ushered in homosexual so-called marriage, who mocked the authority of the Bible, who promoted abortion, who loves Planned Parenthood. With Republicans like that, who needs Democrats?” The argument from liberals that there is a similar holiday honoring President Ronald Reagan is a ridiculous comparison, he also insists. “To compare the two is an insult to Ronald Reagan,” LaBarbera insists. “Ronald Reagan was one of the greatest presidents we ever had.” Reagan led the West in a fight to crush Communism, LaBarbera recalls, while Obama “sucked up” to Cuba’s dictators. It’s insulting, he says, to put Obama in the same category.)

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THE SHAMEFUL BLACKOUT OF THOMAS, SOWELL AND WILLIAMS – Larry Elder  (DIERSEN: Me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are blacked out by individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/uncategorized/the-shameful-blackout-of-thomas-sowell-and-williams/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congressional staffers lament need for resources and raises, but not transparency and accountability – Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/9/congress-staffers-report-dire-risk-from-slim-budge/

 

THE BLAZE
— Freedom Foundation sues Seattle over tax targeting the ‘rich’ – Beth Baumann (DIERSEN: What the Democrats who run Seattle really want to tax are those individuals, organizations, and companies that are Republican.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/09/freedom-foundation-sues-seattle-over-tax-targeting-the-rich/
— If protecting my child’s innocence means I’m keeping him in a ‘Christian bubble,’ so be it – Matt Walsh  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who promote a) LGBTQ activity, b) abortion, c) booze, gambling, pot and other vices, and/or d) other terrible things would say that I grew up in a “Missouri Synod Lutheran bubble” in Crete.)
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/if-protecting-my-childs-innocence-means-im-keeping-him-in-a-christian-bubble-so-be-it/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s A List Of The 5 Biggest NY Times Screw Ups This Year – Jack Crowe (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would paint as being screw ups a) my including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that they do not like and b) my including comments in those emails that they do not like.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/09/heres-a-list-of-the-5-biggest-ny-times-screw-ups-this-year/

 

HOT AIR
— Current Google Employee: ‘Google Is Run Like A Religious Cult’ – JOHN SEXTON
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/08/09/current-google-employee-google-run-like-religious-cult/

 

TOWNHALL
— Poll: Sweeping Support for Major Elements of Trump’s New Immigration Proposal – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/08/10/poll-trumps-new-immigration-proposal-is-pretty-popular-n2366646

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Google Receives 95 Theses of Diversity and Inclusion – MICHAEL BRENDAN DOUGHERTY
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450237/google-anti-diversity-memo-threatens-political-correctness-religion

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Google is more afraid of liberal outrage than federal law – Philip Wegmann  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government were more afraid of Democrat politicians than federal law.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/google-is-more-afraid-of-liberal-outrage-than-federal-law/article/2630905

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s war on leaks is really a war on whistleblowers.”
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/09/opinions/whistleblowers-opinion-litman-knobler/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— When Government Defames  No judicial remedy exists if a federal official slanders you – AZIZ HUQ  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO 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 have slandered me. They feel free to do that because I have always had a policy of forgiving those who trespass me.  But I am reconsidering that policy.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/opinion/government-defamation-white-house-slander.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Imagine that a senior government official takes to Twitter, makes a call to a national news outlet or goes on national television to disparage you. Imagine that he tells lies about you to a national audience, lies harmful to your professional or personal future. What could you do to remedy the situation? You might seek a retraction. Perhaps you would go to colleagues and friends to privately plead your side of the case. Or if you were lucky enough to have a national platform of your own, maybe you would try to correct the defamatory statement in public. But one thing you couldn’t do is sue. No judicial remedy exists when a federal official defames someone. This gap in the law isn’t a result of a conscious decision by Congress or federal judges to protect the government’s ability to defame you. It was created inadvertently. In an age when the political lie is being weaponized to increasing effect, it’s an oversight Congress should redress.)
— The Alt-Right Finds a New Enemy in Silicon Valley – KEVIN ROOSE
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/business/alt-right-silicon-valley-google-memo.html
— Eric Bolling, Suspended by Fox News, Sues Over Lewd-Photo Article – EMILY STEEL
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/business/eric-bolling-fox-news-lawsuit-lewd-photo-article.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Disgraced ex-White House communications boss Anthony Scaramucci blasts reporter for recording phone interview – ELIZABETH ELIZALDE
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/scaramucci-blasts-reporter-recording-phone-interview-article-1.3398437

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trumpian Fury on North Korea – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Will those who oppose declaring war against North Korea stress that unlike Mexico, North Korea a) has not illegally sent many millions of its citizens illegally into America illegally, b) has not illegally kept many millions of its citizens in America illegally, or c) has not illegally sent many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally? Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumpian-fury-on-north-korea-1502320336
— Intolerant Democrats Devour Their Own  The party’s left wing wants to purge anyone opposed to abortion or single-payer health. – Karl Rove  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party leaders who focused/focus on purging those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), gambling, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform. I should write a book about past and present MTRCC leaders who focused/focus on purging those like me who support the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/intolerant-democrats-devour-their-own-1502320565
— Liberalism’s Summer of ’17  Liberals whine about being governed by Trump. Pity those governed by them. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberalisms-summer-of-17-1502320215
— How Trump Won, in Two Dimensions  A study shows the 2016 electorate was more socially than economically conservative. – F.H. Buckley  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who hint/imply/argue/shout that for Republicans, “the platform is the problem.” They want Republicans to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), gambling, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-trump-won-in-two-dimensions-1502320256

 

USA TODAY
— Googler fired for diversity memo had legit points on gender – Cathy Young
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/08/googler-fired-diversity-memo-had-point-researchers-agree/548518001/
— How German Jews joined the U.S. Army and helped beat the Nazis – George Petras  (DIERSEN: My outstanding grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, my outstanding uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and my outstanding father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. It is sad to see that Germany is again turning against America.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2017/07/25/how-german-jews-joined-u-s-army-and-helped-beat-nazis/493634001/
— It’s taking longer than ever to get hired, Glassdoor survey shows – Kellie Ell (DIERSEN: If I had been a veteran, I would have had the veterans preference, and the Post Office, IRS, and GAO would have offered me jobs much sooner than they did. If I had been a veteran, the Post office, IRS, and GAO would not have wasted my career and gotten rid of me because I failed to make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40. If I had been a veteran, I might still be a GAO employee because GAO’s employees who are veterans are a protected class.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/09/its-taking-longer-than-ever-get-hired-glassdoor-survey-shows/551001001/
— Americans are saving less as income lags spending – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: How did you save by the time you were 29? According to the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine, a) for 1977, when I was 29 years old, my income was $26,563, my expenses were $22,041, and I saved $4,522 and b) as of December 31, 1977, my assets were $113,487, my debts were $59,537, and my net worth was $53,950. My income included $22,449 IRS salary and $2,675 rental income. My expenses included $9,479 mortgage payments and condo fees, $4,900 income taxes, $2,198 food and entertainment, $1,568 pension contributions, and $823 tuition and books.  My assets included a $60,000 Outer Drive East (ODE) condo, a $26,000 University Park town home, $7,393 in retirement contributions, $6,333 in savings, and a $6,000 1972 Corvette. My debts included a $38,795 ODE condo mortgage and a $19,380 University Park town home mortgage.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/09/americans-saving-less-income-lags-spending/549177001/

 

WISCONSIN GAZETTE
— Retired naval officer calls for gay marriage in GOP platform  A retired Navy captain is asking Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell to support adding marriage equality to the GOP platform. McDonnell chairs the committee that will propose a platform at the national convention in Tampa later this month. Retired Navy Capt. Joan Darrah, in a letter to McDonnell, said the freedom to marry is in keeping with the party’s ideology. (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity work very hard against those like me who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.wisconsingazette.com/news/retired-naval-officer-calls-for-gay-marriage-in-gop-platform/article_d53933a7-81c9-5dd3-ba8a-436a551a7f10.html

 

NEWS NETWORK
— With A DACA Summer Job, A Bumper Crop Of Worry – ESMY JIMENEZ  (DIERSEN: Less competition from illegals and from recent legal immigrants was a major reason why I was able to get jobs doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/daca-summer-job-bumper-crop-worry

 

AUTO WEEK
— Would you drive this biodegradable car made from sugar beets and flax?  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would say YES!)
http://autoweek.com/article/green-cars/dutch-students-create-biodegradable-car-sugar-beets-and-flax

 

LOOP NET
— OFFICE BUILDING FOR SALE: 100 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton – $1,399,999
http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/20452453/100-W-Roosevelt-Rd-Wheaton-IL/

August 9 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— Sanctuary cities, Rahm and power politics – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-sanctuary-cities-immigration-kass-met-0809-20170808-column.html
— Why this Google firing alarms conservatives – Erick Erickson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-google-sexist-employee-fired-20170809-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many in the left-leaning tech press were so outraged Damore would differ from their views they could not even fairly assess his views. He has been treated as a sexist, racist outcast who is anti-diversity. His views were mischaracterized or characterized in the worst possible light to dismiss him and his ideas. By daring to think differently, even by relying on studies and using defined words in the sociological and psychological lexicon, Damore was painted as an anti-diversity bigot. No matter how Damore had phrased his memo, it seems he would have offended someone and been fired. The only way to avoid it would be to keep his mouth shut and embrace the groupthink. Therein lies the problem for Google. Despite what Brown may have said about diversity of ideas at Google, it is clear no one can actually have diverse ideas at Google. Doing so might lead to offense and offense must lead to job termination. It creates a situation where one’s views, no matter how reasonable or how commonly shared they are, can be out of bounds if they differ with prevailing groupthink. Conservatives have every reason to be worried by Google’s actions. Google has become the default search engine for the world. It does not take a rocket scientist to know how easy it would be for Google to change its search algorithms to devalue what its employees believe is wrongthink. With Google in a near monopoly position for web searches, it has the ability to alienate conservative thought, Christian values and others to internet silos and ghettos that most would be unable to find. The most troubling part is that much of the political left would be okay with silencing because they see censorship of ideas they hate as a positive thing for the world. Many of the left seek to win culture wars not on the merits of arguments and ideas, but simply by punishing and silencing any who disagree.)
— Emanuel warns those emailing him for favors about Chicago’s ‘strict lobbyist rules’ – Bill Ruthhart  (DIERSEN: What favors have your critics/opponents asked of elected/appointed government/political party officials in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?  Of course, my critics/opponents have asked the aforesaid officials to get rid of me, but more specifically, to insult me at public meetings and at public events, to discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, to not include diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and press advisory lists, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-emails-lobbying-warnings-met-0809-20170808-story.html
— House hearing on Rauner’s school funding plan set for Wednesday – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-schools-hearing-20170809-story.html
— Mike Madigan now the longest-serving state House speaker in U.S. history – Kim Janssen  (DIERSEN: What jobs have you held for a long time?  My understanding is that I held the part-time dishwasher job at the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights longer than anyone else (November 1964 – May 1966) and that I was the only White male to hold that job.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-madigan-record-0809-chicago-inc-20170808-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville D203, Indian Prairie D204 ranked among best in state – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-niche-best-school-district-rankings-st-0809-20170807-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rahm didn’t go to the mat to make Chicago welcoming city – Mark Brown  (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans want Emanuel to do even more to prove his anti-Americanism.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-rahm-didnt-go-to-the-mat-to-make-chicago-welcoming-city/
— Malia Obama loses iPhone at Lollapalooza – Emily Moon
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/report-malia-obama-loses-iphone-at-lollapalooza/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote Islam.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/shia-kapos-pillars-fund-muslims-riverwalk-lester-lampert/
— FBI raided Manafort home, seized documents
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/report-fbi-raided-manafort-home-seized-documents/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-dangerous-climate-change-hits-home/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Income tax revenue from suburbs is growing. Do we get our fair share back? – Jake Griffin  (DIERSEN: Does your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, and your county get its fair share back?  Democrats always want Republicans to pay higher taxes.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170809/income-tax-revenue-from-suburbs-is-growing-do-we-get-our-fair-share-back
— Eric Ferguson — even without Kathy Hart — continues to rule morning radio ratings – Robert Feder  (DIERSEN: WIND AM 560’s Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson are ranked 14th out of 30 radio stations.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20170808/feder-eric-ferguson—even-without-kathy-hart—continues-to-rule-morning-radio-ratings
— With his blistering book, Sen. Flake shows the ‘conscience of a conservative’ – Michael Gerson  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between conservative principles and libertarian principles.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170809/with-his-blistering-book-sen-flake-shows-the-conscience-of-a-conservative
— Controversial Google memo author is Illinois Math and Science Academy alum – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170808/controversial-google-memo-author-is-imsa-alum

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A debt affordability study sounds wonky. But Illinois needs one, pronto. – MICHAEL D. BELSKY (DIERSEN: What have you borrowed money for? I borrowed money to buy a new 1972 Chevy Corvette in 1971, a new town home in University Park in 1972, a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976. The down payments came from an insurance settlement for my stolen 1969 Dodge Charger SE and money that I had saved working for Firestone Stores and for IRS. My wife and I borrowed to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and to have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984. The down payments came from money that my wife had saved working for the FBI and for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions and from money that I had saved working for IRS and for GAO.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170809/OPINION/170809856
— Preckwinkle drops bid for damages in pop tax case – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170808/BLOGS02/170809855

 

NBC5
— Airbnb Removes Accounts Ahead of Far-Right Rally in Va.  The far-right rally, set for Saturday in Charlottesville, Va., is shaping up to be the “the largest hate-gathering of its kind in decades,” according to Southern Poverty Law Center – Shannon Ho  (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists, anti-Trumps will not only punish you, they will get rid of you.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/Airbnb-Bans-Accounts-Far-Right-Rally-439270193.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Airbnb has deleted accounts and canceled bookings of users who appear to be connected to “Unite the Right,” a far-right political rally set for Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia. Neo-Nazi and white supremacist website The Daily Stormer had organized a series of large rally-weekend gatherings through the home-sharing site, Airbnb told NBC News. Concerned Airbnb users flagged the thread, leading the company to investigate potential violations of its user contract, which calls for unbiased hospitality. Airbnb said they decided to remove the far-right lodgers because they were “pursuing behavior on the platform that would be antithetical to the Airbnb Community Commitment.” Jason Kessler, organizer of the “Unite the Right” rally and self-described “pro-white” activist, said Airbnb’s blocking of certain users is “outrageous and should be grounds for a lawsuit.” Clay Hansen, the executive director of the nonpartisan Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression in Charlottesville, said Airbnb’s choice to terminate accounts does not violate the First Amendment. “I would say that while Airbnb’s actions wouldn’t necessarily comport with general free speech principles, they are a private company and are entitled to enact and enforce their terms of service as they see fit,” Hansen told NBC News. The rally, scheduled to take place Saturday in Charlottesville, is shaping up to be the “the largest hate-gathering of its kind in decades,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. As of Tuesday, Aug. 8, almost 700 people said they would be attending, and another 1,200 showed interest in the event on its Facebook link. The rally aims to “to affirm the right of Southerners and white people to organize for their interests.” “It’s the racial targeting of white people for their ethnic advocacy,” Kessler wrote in an email to NBC. “Would Airbnb cancel the service of black nationalists or Black Lives Matter activists for their social media activity? Of course not!” White supremacists gathered in Charlottesville in May to protest the removal of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s statue. They chanted “All White Lives Matter” while carrying torches. Klu Klux Klan members also protested there in July for the same cause. The statue has not yet been taken down, but Charlottesville has gained the reputation for hosting white nationalism rallies.)

 

WTTW
— Exodus of Illinois General Assembly Lawmakers – Alexandra Silets
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/08/07/exodus-illinois-general-assembly-lawmakers

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Mendoza again calls on Rauner to OK borrowing to pay down bills – Doug Finke  (DIERSEN: What have you borrowed money for? I borrowed money to buy a new 1972 Chevy Corvette in 1971, a new town home in University Park in 1972, a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976. The down payments came from an insurance settlement for my stolen 1969 Dodge Charger SE and money that I had saved working for Firestone Stores and for IRS. My wife and I borrowed to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and to have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984. The down payments came from money that my wife had saved working for the FBI and for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions and from money that I had saved working for IRS and for GAO.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170807/mendoza-again-calls-on-rauner-to-ok-borrowing-to-pay-down-bills

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Shimkus: ‘No reason’ not to seek re-election – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-08/shimkus-no-reason-not-seek-re-election.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Republican Massac County State’s Attorney to run for state rep in 118th District, seat currently held by Brandon Phelps – MARILYN HALSTEAD
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/republican-massac-county-state-s-attorney-to-run-for-state/article_aeeb78c5-931f-53ae-b8d4-1f99151cf641.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump retweet highlights murky underbelly on Twitter  President promotes possible fake profile – TAL KOPAN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-retweet-highlights-murky-underbelly-on-twitter/785643996
Trump’s childhood home can now be rented on Airbnb  House was sold to undisclosed buyer in March
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/trumps-childhood-home-can-now-be-rented-on-airbnb/786016618

 

WSIL TV
— HUD Secretary Ben Carson visits Cairo – Evie Allen
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/36092830/hud-secretary-ben-carson-visits-cairo

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Governor Rauner’s school-funding Hunger Games  The Illinois governor is once again toying with the futures of Chicago Public Schools students.” Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain?  How soon, if not already, will anti-Rauners, anti-Trumps, and/or anti-Republicans protest at your home?
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-school-funding-public-schools-cps-sb1/Content?oid=28847865
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  It was like Groundhog Day for public education recently, as about 40 or so Chicago parents, students, and activists did pretty much the exact same thing they did at about this time a year ago: headed north to Illinois governor Bruce Rauner’s house to protest his school funding policies. That’s Rauner’s residence in Winnetka, as opposed to his ranch in Montana, or his condo overlooking Millennium Park, or any of the other homes he owns throughout the country. Obviously last year’s protests fell on deaf ears, because this year’s school funding inequities may even be worse last year’s.)

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/State Rep. Skillicorn on the Gov. Rauner regime change and revolution
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/08/berkowitz-wstate-rep-skillicorn-on-the-gov-rauner-regime-change-and-revolution-cableweb/

 

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Please join us at the Illinois State Fair Wednesday, August 16, 2017! (DIERSEN: How often will Trump be mentioned by speakers at this event? What percent of attendees at this event will be Trump supporters?  How welcome will Trump supports be at this event? Far too many “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois paint themselves as being anti-Trump. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their party’s platform.  Trump has pledged to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://illinois.gop/ilgop-events-illinois-state-fair/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives, Connelly, Wehrli offer insight into school funding status – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511175005-ives-connelly-wehrli-offer-insight-into-school-funding-status

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— McCaleb: Madigan, Democrats spread false narrative about Rauner’s willingness to compromise – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/mccaleb-madigan-democrats-spread-false-narrative-about-rauner-s-willingness/article_941b8b06-7b8c-11e7-872a-b7abe35a19c1.html
— GOP asks AG if Dem tactics render school funding bill unconstitutional – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/gop-asks-ag-if-dem-tactics-render-school-funding-bill/article_ee3f8626-7ba2-11e7-aa3e-735e16b1aa9d.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Senate Dems finally confirm Sunday session
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/09/senate-dems-finally-confirm-sunday-session/

 

GOPUSA
— UNACCEPTABLE, IT HAS TO STOP: L.A. County hands $1.3B — Billion! — to illegals for welfare
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28369
— Mitch McConnell laments Trump’s ‘excessive expectations’ for GOP Congress  (DIERSEN: One should expect that your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will have “excessive expectations” for you. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always had “excessive expectations” for me.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28405
— Healthcare in Canada: It’s not free, and it doesn’t work
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28397

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— GETTING CLEAR ABOUT DIVERSITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION – Star Parker (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/getting-clear-about-diversity-and-affirmative-action/
— IS COLLEGE EDUCATION WORTH IT? – Walter E. Williams  (DIERSEN: While I was in high school, many, if not most, if not virtually everyone 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.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/uncategorized/is-college-education-worth-it/

 

TOWNHALL
— Purge: Amid Leftist Fury, Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote Memo Criticizing Politically-Correct Groupthink – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/08/08/google-diversity-freakout-n2365644

 

TWITCHY
— Kirsten Powers and others who’ve read the Google ‘anti-diversity’ memo slam hysterical media coverage
http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2017/08/08/kirsten-powers-and-others-whove-read-the-google-anti-diversity-memo-slam-hysterical-media-coverage/

 

NEWSMAX
— Study: Marijuana Use Holds Three-fold Blood Pressure Death Risk – Reuters
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/marijuana-death-blood-pressure-study/2017/08/09/id/806621/
— DHS: Illegal Immigration Up 15% in July, Despite Trump Claims – Todd Beamon
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/illegal-immigration-border-dhs-increase/2017/08/08/id/806576/

 

FEDERALIST
— Here Are All The Media Outlets Blatantly Lying About The Google Memo – Bre Payton
http://thefederalist.com/2017/08/08/media-outlets-blatantly-lying-google-memo/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Airbnb Cancels Bookings For Anyone Attending ‘Unite The Right’ Rally – PHILLIP STUCKY
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/08/airbnb-cancels-bookings-for-anyone-attending-unite-the-right-rally/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Liberalism shames masculinity – Suzanne Fields  (DIERSEN: Those who shame masculinity shame masculine cars including Chevy Corvettes, Chevy Impala SSs, Dodge Chargers, Ford Mustangs, Ford Thunderbirds, Oldsmobile 442s, and Pontiac Tempest Sprints. During my entire life, overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been anti-car. I own a 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang. I have owned a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/26/liberalism-shames-masculinity/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ronna Romney McDaniel: Republicans who lost races in 2016 a ‘cautionary tale’ for those critical of Trump – Melissa Quinn
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ronna-romney-mcdaniel-republicans-who-lost-races-in-2016-a-cautionary-tale-for-those-critical-of-trump/article/2630952

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— OUTSTANDING: Rise of the Young Traditionalists  Traditionally conservative college students reject the vocal liberalism and libertarianism of their peers. – JEFF CIMMINO
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450146/traditional-conservative-college-students-anti-libertarian-liberal

 

THE HILL
— Trump’s rhetoric and bluster could lose US an ally in Mexico – RAOUL LOWERY CONTRERAS  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps side with Mexico against America. Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America by its illegally sending many millions of its citizens illegally into America, by its illegally keeping many millions of it citizens in America illegally, and by its illegally sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/345683-trumps-rhetoric-and-bluster-could-lose-us-an-ally-in-mexico
— Trump, media escalate feud – JONATHAN EASLEY  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in Illinois who pander to Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois. The aforesaid Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and their press advisory lists and do everything that they can to stop me from learning about their events and other activities, promoting their events and other activities, attending their events, and reporting on their events and other activities. Ever-increasingly, they shout that they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/345799-trump-reporters-escalate-war-between-administration-and-media

 

POLITICO
— Congratulations to Jamie Sotonoff Bartosch, who is headed to United Airlines after nearly 20 years at the Daily Herald. Sotonoff, a staff writer and editor at the suburban paper, will work as the Senior Writer-Digital Engagement for United Airlines, she wrote on her Facebook page. “A big part of my job will be finding and telling positive stories about the company … I leave the Herald with the deepest gratitude and appreciation.” – Natasha Korecki  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents focus on destroying those who do not focus on “finding and telling positive stories about” them.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/08/09/politico-illinois-playbook-preckwinkle-taxes-soda-draws-possible-challenger-madigans-milestone-rauners-school-numbers-delayed-221767

 

CNN
— This Trump supporter drives New Yorkers nuts – Chris Moody  (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrat plants, to Libertarian plants, to Green plants, and to RINOs who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a Trump supporter?)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/08/politics/donald-trump-new-york-dion-cini-being-moody/index.html

 

MSNBC
— Pro-Trump corp targets local news stations as propaganda outlets
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/pro-trump-corp-targets-local-news-stations-as-propaganda-outlets-1019593795828

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Justice Dept. Backs Ohio’s Effort to Purge Infrequent Voters From Rolls – CHARLIE SAVAGE (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain?  If so, how much deadwood is there in your precinct?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/us/politics/justice-department-ohio-voter-rolls.html
— Democrats, Start Aiming for the Gut – Thomas L. Friedman  (DIERSEN: The more successful that Trump is, the harder that anti-Trumps work against him.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/opinion/donald-trump-gut-democrats.html
— Trump Rewards Loyalty in Alabama Senate Race by Tweeting Endorsement – JONATHAN MARTIN  (DIERSEN: The individuals and organizations that candidates seek endorsements from says a lot about those candidates. My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have made it very clear that they will vicious destroy any candidate that I might endorse.  Can I sue my critics/opponent for that?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/us/politics/alabama-senate-luther-strange-trump.html
— The Danger From Low-Skilled Immigrants: Not Having Them – Eduardo Porter  (DIERSEN: What low-skill jobs did you have that recent immigrants might be holding now?  I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; and pumped gasoline 1971-1972.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/business/economy/immigrants-skills-economy-jobs.html
— Class Actions Could Fight Discrimination in Tech – ANITA HILL
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/opinion/anita-hill-women-in-tech-should-take-sexism-to-court.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The Culture Wars Have Come to Silicon Valley – NICK WINGFIELD  (DIERSEN: What if Silicon Valley had always been like the federal government?  Since the 1960s, the federal government’s top priority has been to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/technology/the-culture-wars-have-come-to-silicon-valley.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: At Google, Memo on Gender and Diversity Sparks Firestorm  The debate over the firing of a software engineer who criticized Google’s diversity efforts highlights the challenges of internal dissent – Jack Nicas and  Yoree Koh (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always 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.wsj.com/articles/memo-sparks-firestorm-at-google-1502246996
— Legalizing Pot Is a Bad Way to Promote Racial Equality  In Colorado, arrests of black youths for marijuana possession rose 58% after the drug was legalized. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/legalizing-pot-is-a-bad-way-to-promote-racial-equality-1502234398
— It Was a Great Year for America’s Pensions, but Many Are Still in Crisis  Large public pensions are facing a funding shortfall of as much as $4 trillion because their liabilities are so large – Heather Gillers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-a-good-year-for-pensions-wont-ease-their-troubles-1502201118
— Would You Like a Job? – Editorial  (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/would-you-like-a-job-1502234676
— Google’s Diversity Problems  Progressive cultural taboos have migrated from campus to business. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-diversity-problems-1502234773
— U.S. Job Openings Climb to Record 6.2 Million at End of June  The pace of hiring for abundant job openings, though, has remained unchanged – Josh Zumbrun (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2017/08/08/u-s-job-openings-climb-to-record-6-2-million-at-end-of-june/

 

USA TODAY
— Marijuana devastated Colorado, don’t legalize it nationally – Jeff Hunt
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/07/marijuana-devastated-colorado-dont-legalize-nationally-jeff-hunt-column/536010001/
— Google flap: How to have an opinion and still keep your job – Charisse Jones and Elizabeth Weise  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates frequently asked me questions to get me to confirm a) that I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid and b) that I opposed promoting dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gender and race based preference giving, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/08/how-have-opinion-and-still-keep-your-job/548944001/
— Ex-Google engineer files complaint over firing – Elizabeth Weise  (DIERSEN: See Diersen v. GAO at https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/08/08/ex-google-engineer-files-complaint-over-firing/550563001/
— I was an intersex child who had surgery. Don’t put other kids through this.  Doctors and parents are doing irreversible harm solely due to discomfort with difference. We are erased before we can even tell them who we are. – Kimberly Mascott Zieselman
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/09/intersex-children-no-surgery-without-consent-zieselman-column/539853001/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Google Can’t Seem to Tolerate Diversity  Silicon Valley won’t solve its gender issues if political correctness shuts down every conversation. – Elaine Ou
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-08/google-can-t-seem-to-tolerate-diversity

 

NEWSWEEK
— HERE’S WHAT DONALD TRUMP MAY LOOK LIKE AFTER HIS STRESSFUL PRESIDENCY – CHRIS RIOTTA  (DIERSEN: Who focuses on causing you stress? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on causing me stress.  They are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or 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.)
http://www.newsweek.com/heres-what-donald-trump-will-look-after-his-stressful-presidency-648298

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Marrying less and dying sooner — how the downward spiral of manufacturing is hurting American men – Elena Holodny  (DIERSEN: Virtually all the operatives and all dupes who work for my critics/opponents have financial, health, marital, and other problems.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/trade-impact-jobs-trump-campaign-2017-8

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— OPM Just Made It Harder To Drain The Swamp – Alex Nowrasteh (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted that they took adverse actions against me because my performance was poor. That is why they were furious when I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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.govexec.com/excellence/management-matters/2017/08/opm-just-made-it-harder-drain-swamp/140068/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump took office with a promise to drain the swamp, but the federal agency that manages the government’s two million civilian employees is making it harder to do that. Under a new policy, the Office of Personnel Management recently stopped reporting data on employees terminated for wrongdoing or poor performance. This information is critical because the data inform the public about incompetent and, in some cases, corrupt government employees. Without it, systematic government wrongdoing and poor performance may go unnoticed and unreformed. The data provide information on separations, which, in bureaucratic language, is when a federal employee stops working for the government. OPM assigns a cause to each separation, choosing from a list of 12 different categories—such as death or a transfer­—and releases these details annually, along with information on  employees’ age, rank, pay, and other characteristics. That’s where the latest policy change comes into effect. A termination for discipline or poor performance is coded as “SI, Termination or Removal (Discipline/Performance).” But that information was not included in OPM’s 2016 separations data. Every other separations category, in alphabetical order from “SA, Transfer Out” to “SL, Other Separation,” was retained in the 2016 dataset.)

 

DAILY MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump gets a ‘propaganda document’ folder twice a day filled with screenshots of positive news stories, admiring tweets and photos of him looking powerful.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4773810/Trump-gets-folder-filled-positive-news-him.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Still Say ‘No’ to Letting Illegal Immigrants Vote  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries want illegals to vote in America?  ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2017/most_still_say_no_to_letting_illegal_immigrants_vote

August 4 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Attorney General Sessions vows crackdown on leaks of classified information – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/sessions-vows-crackdown-on-leaks-of-classified-information/2275232/

 

NBC5
— Chicago to Sue Justice Department Over Grant-Slashing Threat – Richard Ray
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Chicago-to-Sue-Justice-Department-Over-Sanctuary-City-Funding-Cuts-438599383.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner Says He’s ‘Open To Compromise’ On School Funding Dispute – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/04/at-issue-bruce-rauner-education-funding-cps/

 

WLS AM
— Emanuel to sue Feds over new Sanctuary City Rules – Bill Cameron  (QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries will side with Emanuel? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/08/04/emanuel-to-sue-feds-over-new-sanctuary-city-rules/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— SNEED: Getting the 12th Degree?  Dateline: The indoctrination line. A top, top GOP politico tells Sneed Republican state legislators are being indoctrinated with far-right ideology since the state budget limped into passage recently. Translation: “They are being called in to meet individually with the staff of the uber-conservative Illinois Policy Institute for questioning and/or indoctrination on its far-right ideology — now that Governor Bruce Rauner has moved many of its staff, including his new chief of staff, Kristina Rasmussen, from the institute’s office into the actual office of the governor,” the source tells Sneed.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/sneed-exclusive-cubs-vp-gives-inside-view-of-bartman-getting-a-ring/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Rauner uses school children as political pawns.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/kadner-rauner-uses-school-children-as-political-pawns/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Immigrants convenient scapegoat when all goes south for Trump.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/chavez-immigrants-convenient-scapegoat-when-all-goes-south-for-trump/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner: Once analysis of his school funding plan is done, it will ‘carry the day’ – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-education-funding-met-0807-20170806-story.html
— Running down the clock: Illinois school funding rests in the Democrat-controlled — and empty — Senate chamber – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rauner-veto-senate-reform-democrats-edit-0806-jm-20170804-story.html
— The next Foxconn and Illinois: Here’s why Wisconsin will be the state growing more taxpayers – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-foxconn-illinois-wisconsin-edit-0806-jm-20170804-story.html
— Ives compares teachers who support transgender rights to ‘dirty old men’ – Kim Janssen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-jeanne-ives-lgbtq-0805-chicago-inc-20170804-story.html
— Judge stops NIU from paying rest of ousted president’s severance package – Stacy St. Clair
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-northern-illinois-university-lawsuit-0805-20170804-story.html
— Emanuel: City to sue Trump Justice Department over funding threat – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-sue-trump-justice-department-sanctuary-city-met-20170804-story.html
— Do colleges discriminate against Asian-Americans? Team Trump is on the case. – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-affirmative-action-justice-harvard-page-perspec-0806-jm-20170804-story.html
— Struggling Illinois Lottery closer to getting new manager – Joe Mahr
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-lottery-privatization-hearing-met-20170804-story.html
— Fox Valley leaders outline pros, cons of Trump-endorsed immigration bill – Sarah Freishtat (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want a) immigrants who will vote for Democrats and b) cheap labor.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-fox-valley-trump-proposed-immigration-cuts-st-0806-20170804-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Eight candidates, so far, seek vacant DuPage County Board seat – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170804/eight-candidates-so-far-seek-vacant-dupage-county-board-seat
— Illinois Department of Natural Resources gets 5 percent budget cut – AP (DIERSEN: During the 1990s, while worked for GAO, the agency suffered much larger budget cuts.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170804/news/308049890/
— Liberal group Media Matters for America urges advertisers to boycott Fox’s Hannity – AP  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who/what boycotts GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170804/business/308049895/
— 1 thing Obamas aren’t giving up: Martha’s Vineyard vacation – AP  (DIERSEN: Vacations are expensive. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. My $50,856/year pension is only 41% of the $122,991 that I earned in 1997 in today’s dollars. I have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend on vacations because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977.  My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170804/news/308049922/
— OUTSTANDING: Naperville panel shoots down liquor sales at gas station – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170804/naperville-panel-shoots-down-liquor-sales-at-gas-station

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Collateral damage in Rauner’s bid to blow up the school funding bill – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170804/OPINION/170809901/gov-bruce-rauners-school-funding-veto-sets-off-alarms
— CountyCare wins contract in Rauner’s Medicaid revamp – KRISTEN SCHORSCH
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170804/NEWS03/170809902/countycare-wins-contract-in-rauners-medicaid-revamp

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Are Trump voters running out of patience?”
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170803/eugene-robinson-are-trump-voters-running-out-of-patience

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Kinzinger visits Dixon, advocates for corporate tax reform to fix infrastructure  Lawmaker bemoans movement toward ‘tribalism’ in America – RACHEL RODGERS  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the following adverse actions against me saw themselves as being Democrats rather than as being Americans: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, 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 $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/08/03/kinzinger-visits-dixon-advocates-for-corporate-tax-reform-to-fix-infrastructure/a75iy8i/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The national political landscape is leaning more toward “tribalism rather than Americanism.”  “You now see yourself as a Republican or a Democrat or an independent, in some cases I think, before people see themselves as Americans.”)

 

WQLZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners and anti-Trumps say “Rauner, Trump Both Face Grim Illinois Poll Numbers.”
http://www.wqlz.com/2017/08/04/rauner-trump-both-face-grim-illinois-poll-numbers/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— GOP offers newspaper snippets attacking Dems over school funding – Caitlin Nordahl
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511168878-gop-offers-newspaper-snippets-attacking-dems-over-school-funding

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Temporary Restraining Order granted against NIU – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/temporary-restraining-order-granted-against-niu/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— RAUNER SIGNS BILL CREATING ‘BARACK OBAMA DAY’  Gov. Bruce Rauner today signed into law a bill declaring Aug. 4 “Barack Obama Day,” effective in 2018. – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/rauner-signs-bill-creating-barack-obama-day/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DOES RAUNER KNOW HOW SB 31 COULD DETRIMENTALLY AFFECT ILLINOIS? WE ASKED 4 QUESTIONS.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/does-rauner-know-how-sb-31-could-detrimentally-affect-illinois-we-asked-4-questions.html
— FAMILIES WHOSE LOVED ONES WERE KILLED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DEVASTATED BY RAUNER COMMITMENT TO SANCTUARY LAW
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/families-whose-loved-ones-were-killed-by-illegal-immigrants-devastated-by-rauner-commitment-to-sanct.html
— ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVES TO GATHER AUGUST 18TH & 19TH IN ELMHURST  (DIERSEN: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois was a conservative organization, but anti-conservatives, their operatives, and their dupes succeeded in destroying it in 2012. Illinois Center Right Coalition was a conservative organization, but anti-conservatives, their operatives, and their dupes succeeded in constructively destroying it in 2007. GOPUSA ILLINOIS has promoted conservative principles since 2000. Anti-conservatives, their operatives, and their dupes have not yet succeeded in destroying GOPUSA ILLINOIS. Ever-increasingly individuals and organizations that say that they are conservative, talk and act like they are Libertatian. There are tremendous conflicts between liberterarian principles and conservative princples. Conservatives ask me to help plan and participate in conservative events, but Libertarians do not.  Conservative events focus on defending and advancing planks in the Republican Party platform including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Conservative events focus on discouraging vices including booze, gambling, and pot.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/illinois-conservatives-to-gather-august-18th-19th-in-elmhurst.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois conservatives are plentiful, but they’re just not well-organized, and the Leftist media so rarely includes conservative perspectives that many are misled to believe conservatives are extinct in the Land of Lincoln. But conservatives are really not that rare in Illinois, they just need to know who each other are and meet up to encourage one another, says Carol Davis – the co-founder of West Suburban Patriots. That’s why she and Janet Shaw started the ball rolling on a long overdue gathering of Illinois conservatives. The event, “Strategy 2017: From Outrage to Action,” will be held August 18 and 19th at the Diplomat West Banquet Hall in Elmhurst, IL. The forum starts Friday afternoon with American Majority doing Candidate/Campaign Team Training. Matt Batzel, the trainer American Majority is providing, led the movement in Wisconsin when Scott Walker was under attack during the recall effort. The training will be followed Friday evening by a Meet & Greet. Saturday morning, Catherine Engelbrecht from True the Vote will speak, with several election integrity sessions to follow. Saturday’s luncheon speaker will be former Kansas 1st District U.S. Congressman Dr. Tim Huelskamp, now the new President of The Heartland Institute. The afternoon sessions will be social media training and a session entitled “Lightning Round: SOLUTIONS” will feature short, fast-paced presentations from organizations with REAL solutions conservatives to learn and support. Dinner will be sponsored by FreedomWorks, with keynote speaker C.L. Bryant. He is a reverend and a black conservative activist with the TEA Party since the beginning.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— RICH MILLER: Sen. Chris Nybo (R-Elmhurst) told me earlier that the Sun-Times story above doesn’t make any sense, so I asked him to send me a quick statement… “It stuns me that people would say Ms. Rasmussen is attempting to ‘indoctrinate’ Republican legislators. Just the opposite. In my meetings with her, I feel she does more listening than talking, and her focus has mostly been on operational (not ideological) issues. In fact, I’ve rarely been so impressed in such a short timeframe with what has been said and how it has been said. She’s a clear, concise, and capable communicator.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/04/people-is-weird/
— Rauner blitzes editorial boards
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/04/rauner-blitzes-editorial-boards/
— ILGOP: “Madigan expected to protest ILGOP state fair events”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/03/ilgop-madigan-expected-to-protest-ilgop-state-fair-events/
— Rauner again accused of avoiding Trump criticism
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/04/rauner-again-accused-of-avoiding-trump-criticism/
— DGA poll: Rauner and Trump have same Illinois job disapproval rating
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/04/dga-poll-rauner-and-trump-have-same-illinois-job-disapproval-rating/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Vengeful politician (Toni Preckwinkle) seeks to bankrupt group that won a court order against a new tax – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/vengeful_politician_seeks_to_bankrupt_group_that_won_a_court_order_against_a_new_tax.html

 

BREITBART
— Coast Guard Chief Will Disregard Trump’s Ban on Transgenders in Military – Dr. Susan Berry  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/08/03/coast-guard-chief-will-disregard-trumps-ban-transgenders-military/

 

NEWSMAX
— Washington Post: Media Is the New Target of the NRA to Raise Money – Mark Swanson
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/national-rifle-association-media-attack-enemy/2017/08/04/id/805921/

 

HOT AIR
— OUTRAGEOUS: McCain: When I Come Back, We’re Going To Try To Get A New Gang Of Eight Immigration Bill Going
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/08/04/mccain-come-back-going-try-get-new-gang-eight-immigration-bill-going/

 

THE HILL
— Immigration critics find their champion in Trump – RAFAEL BERNAL
http://thehill.com/latino/345407-immigration-critics-find-their-champion-in-trump

 

POLITICO
— Three more RNC staffers set to exit  The departures come on the heels of a July shakeup at the committee. – ALEX ISENSTADT
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/04/three-more-rnc-staffers-set-to-exit-241332

 

AOL NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Most Americans view President Trump as ‘not honest,’ without good leadership skills.”
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/04/poll-president-trump-dishonest-bad-leadership/23065181/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Heroin Trade Rooted in Mexico’s ‘Corridor of Death’  Drug gangs and graft conspire to turn one Mexican state into a violent and dominant force in the drugs trade – Dudley Althaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-heroin-trade-rooted-in-mexicos-corridor-of-death-1501839001

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Are Employers Using Trump’s ICE Agents to Intimidate Workers?”  Anti-Trumps side with the illegals.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/are-employers-using-trumps-ice-to-intimidate-workers.html

 

STARS & STRIPES
— VA whistleblower gets job in Trump’s new accountability office – NIKKI WENTLING  (DIERSEN: When will Trump put me charge of GAO? Just kidding. I blew the whistle on patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation at GAO. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.stripes.com/news/va-whistleblower-gets-job-in-trump-s-new-accountability-office-1.481509#.WYS7DhFSRZI
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two years ago, Brandon Coleman was placed on paid leave from his job with the Department of Veterans Affairs as an addiction therapist after he reported poor care for mental-health patients at the Phoenix VA hospital — the epicenter of the agency’s wait-time scandal. After reporting his concerns, managers opened internal investigations into Coleman and accused him of misconduct, he said. Coleman claimed it was retaliation and he spent 18 months on leave while settling the dispute with the VA. Now, Coleman, 42, is about to take a new position with the VA in which he can influence how whistleblowers are treated within the agency. He’s been assigned to VA headquarters to work on behalf of whistleblowers who still face deterrents to speak out, like he did. Coleman reports to Washington, D.C. in mid-August, where he’ll be part of the new VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, which is led by Navy and Air Force veteran Peter O’Rourke. The office was established with the intention of making VA officials more aggressive in finding and removing bad workers and protecting the whistleblowers who help them do it.)