April 18 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Lawmakers Want to Put POT SHOPS in Your Neighborhood – Kathy Valente  (DIERSEN: Please join me in filing an opposition witness slip and in attending the hearing at noon tomorrow, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in room C-600, 6th Floor Michael A. Bilandic Building, 160 North LaSalle Street, Chicago. Please phone me at 630-653-0462 if you have any questions.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/lawmakers-want-put-pot-shops-neighborhood/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois State Senator Heather Steans (D-Chicago) and Illinois State Representative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) believe that legalizing marijuana for recreational use will be good for Illinois so they have introduced SB 316 and HB 2353 and, as part of the public relations push, formed the Coalition for a Safer Illinois. Yes, Safer. It’s hard to imagine how adding more drugged drivers on the roads and putting more drugs into the hands of our children could possibly make Illinois safer. The bills before the General Assembly would legalize the possession of up to 28 grams of marijuana and allow facilities to sell marijuana products for adults over 21 and tax and regulate those sales “in a manner similar to alcohol.” “Safer?”  Hardly.  We just have to look to the examples of Colorado and Washington State to see the consequences.  Both states legalized marijuana for recreational use in 2013 and 2012 respectively. Colorado now has more pot shops than Starbucks and McDonald’s combined. . .You, too, can help! Call your state representative today and urge him/her to oppose any attempts to legalize or decriminalize marijuana. CLICK HERE. Your rep will be listed as the last entry on the page, once you fill in your zip code and address. Simply click on his/her name. You may also want to fill out an opposition slip to this bill. The proponents are. A hearing is being held (AT NOON) on Wednesday, April 19th, 2017. It’s easy if you follow these steps.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote the Democrat Party’s position on illegals.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-daca-chicago-trump-met-20170415-story.html
— Trump visits Kenosha today to tout manufacturing message – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-donald-trump-kenosha-visit-morning-spin-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Those who skirt ‘fair share’ annoy tax filers most – Gail MarksJarvis  (DIERSEN: Should everyone be required to disclose, or better yet, should IRS be required to disclose, how much federal income tax, adjusted for inflation, that each and every person, organization, and company paid during the last a) year, b) 5 years, c) 10 years, d) 15 years, e) 20 years, f) 25 years, g) 30 years, h) 35 years, i) 40 years, j) 45 years, k) 50+ years, and l) during their lifetime?  From what I see, members of the following groups are expected to pay much more income than others: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), those who do not have dependents, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  One could argue that the more federal income tax that you have paid during your lifetime adjusted for inflation, the more that you are a “contributing member of society.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-tax-frustrations-poll-0418-biz-20170417-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats boast millions in campaign funds — but Rauner still has more – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dems-boast-millions-in-campaign-funds-but-rauner-still-has-more/amp/
— Ferguson casts new questions on CPD’s merit promotion process – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger.  My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974.  My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who promoted me in 1986.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ferguson-cast-new-questions-on-cpds-merit-promotion-process/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jesse Jackson Sr. wants the City of Chicago to act “as an employer of last resort” for those who graduate from Chicago high schools. QUESTION: Who considers the federal government to be America’s employer of last resort, that is, the employer who hires losers?  ANSWER: Those who have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against members of the aforesaid groups.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/mayor-emanuels-education-plan-falls-short/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TABLE: Suburban voter turnout down, hot races or not – Kerry Lester  (DIERSEN: QUESTIONS: In your opinion, how many more votes do Republican candidates get in your precinct because of the efforts of your Republican Precinct Committeeman?  What does your Republican Precinct Committeeman do to encourage voters in your precinct to vote for Republican candidates?  How strongly do the following support your Republican Precinct Committeeman in his/her efforts to encourage voters in your precinct to vote for Republican candidates: the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman, your Republican Congressman, Governor Rauner, your Republican Illinois Senator and Representative, your Republican county elected officials, your Republican township/ward elected officials, and your Republican municipal elected officials?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170418/suburban-voter-turnout-down-hot-races-or-not
— Glen Ellyn, DuPage forest preserve nearing deal on McKee lease – Katlyn Smith and Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170418/glen-ellyn-dupage-forest-preserve-nearing-deal-on-mckee-lease
— Know your enemy – Georgie Anne Geyer  (DIERSEN: Who has declared themselves to be your enemy?  The following have declared themselves to be my enemy: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or 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://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170418/know-your-enemy

 

ABC7
— SCHOCK ATTORNEYS CLAIM GOVERNMENT ON ‘FISHING EXPEDITION’ FOR WRONGDOING – Chuck Goudie
http://abc7chicago.com/news/schock-attorneys-claim-government-on-fishing-expedition-for-wrongdoing/1885117/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker says state needs progressive tax structure – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170417/pritzker-says-state-needs-progressive-tax-structure
— Shots fired, people stabbed at weekend party on Illinois State Fairgrounds – Jason Nevel
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170417/shots-fired-people-stabbed-at-weekend-party-on-illinois-state-fairgrounds

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLNE: Pot promoters promote pot in Illinois, that is, pot promoters promote the destruction of Illinois.
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/jon-alexander/alexander-illinois-pot-grower-wary-of-legalization-push/article_18bde1e1-adb7-58cf-ae6e-a0f5926de020.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Meals on Wheels program.
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170417/meals-on-wheels-program-touted-as-budget-cuts-loom

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— OUTSTANDING: Trump to push ‘Buy American, Hire American’ policy at Wisconsin visit  President to sign executive order – JEREMY DIAMOND
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-to-push-buy-american-hire-american-policy-at-wisconsin-visit/693403506
— Trump claims immunity as president in lawsuit  Lawsuit alleges Trump incited rally-goers – TAL KOPAN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-claims-immunity-as-president-in-lawsuit/693369597

 

KWQC
— Illinois Governor stops in Quad Cities Monday, protesters fed up – Ashley Davis
http://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Illinois-Governor-stops-in-Quad-Cities-Monday-protesters-fed-up-419664624.html

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Liberals went off the deep end on immigration  Loose rhetoric from advocates and the left distorted the debate during the Obama years.- Saritha Prabhu
http://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/nation-now/2017/04/17/liberals-went-off-deep-end-immigration-column/100548156/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It is hard to have the same feelings, though, toward the 40% of undocumented immigrants who came here on a plane, willfully overstayed their tourist visas, then hunkered down and waited for the next round of legalization. And I have some animus toward our dysfunctional immigration system that punishes (by deportation) undocumented immigrants but completely lets off the hook their partners-in-law-breaking, the businesses and individuals that have used their cheap labor over the years. Fact is, if E-verify had been strictly enforced all these years, Trump’s proposed wall would have been rendered unnecessary.)

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Heather Mac Donald debates Jeff Berkowitz on “The War on Cops,” & reasons for the spiking shooting/murder rate – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/04/heather-mac-donald-debates-wjeff-berkowitz-the-war-on-cops-and-reasons-for-the-spiking-shootingmurder-rate-webcable/

 

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— White House Easter Egg Roll Under Trump Lacks Obama’s LGBTQ Activism – Peter LaBarbera
http://americansfortruth.com/2017/04/17/white-house-easter-egg-roll-under-trump-lacks-obamas-lgbtq-activism/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Daniel W. Drezner: How Liberals Lie to Thousands to Smear Conservatives, Then ‘Apologize’ to Dozens – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/04/17/daniel-w-drezner-liberals-lie-thousands-smear-conservatives-apologize-dozens/

 

BREITBART
— Trump Official: Paul Ryan’s ‘Schedule Did Not Mesh’ with President’s Trip to Paul’s Wisconsin District – MICHELLE MOONS
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/17/trump-official-paul-ryans-schedule-did-not-mesh-with-presidents-trip-to-his-wisconsin-district/

 

THE BLAZE
— California arrests fewer people, frees criminals – here’s what happened to crime – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/17/california-arrests-fewer-people-frees-criminals-heres-what-happened-to-crime/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— What makes Washington wealthy – Editorial
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-makes-washington-wealthy/article/2620490

 

POLITICO
— RAUNER’s data-mining investment – Natasha Korecki  (DIERSEN: Because I have been a “social anchor” since 2000, the following continue to work very hard to get rid of me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or 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://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/04/politico-illinois-playbook-rauners-data-mining-219823
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new expense filing reveals how Gov. Bruce Rauner’s campaign is investing heavily in an online mapping technology aimed at influencing voters — and potentially elected officials. The filing shows the Rauner camp’s biggest recent expenditure — more than $338,000 — went to a New York-based company called Project Applecart. (See Rauner’s filing). The technology uses unorthodox ways of collecting data on individuals, including through high school yearbooks and obituaries, according to this explainer: watch here. It identifies a “social anchor” who has links to voters with similar ideals.)

 

NEW YOURK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn “conservative men.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/us/politics/why-gorsuch-may-not-be-so-genteel-on-the-bench.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cities Push Employers to Ignore Pay History  New laws seek to bar hiring managers from asking about an applicant’s current salary – Kelsey Gee  (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would presented the jury with many examples of GAO paying my Democrat coworkers a) who were minority, female, and/or younger than me and/or b) who had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, and/or fewer job-related certifications and/or licenses, more than GAO paid me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cities-push-employers-to-ignore-pay-history-1492254003

April 14 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker pours $7 million of fortune into Democratic governor bid – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-campaign-fund-met-0415-20170414-story.html
— DuPage looks at video gambling in unincorporated areas – Gary Gibula  (DIERSEN: At DuPage County’s April 11, 2017 board meeting, four spoke in favor keeping ban on video gambling: Anita Bedell, Kathy Gilroy, Bill Bryan, and myself.  In addition, I urged the board to pass a resolution in opposition to legalizing the sale of marijuana in Illinois for recreational use – SB 316 and HB 2353.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-dupage-video-gamblng-st-0417-20170414-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But others who are opposed to repealing the video gambling ban also addressed the board. “This DuPage County Board set an important precedent for the rest of the state,” Villa Park resident Kathy Gilroy said. “It has been almost eight years since that important decision. What has changed to bring the issue before this board again?”)
— Democratic governor candidate Biss releases tax returns – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-daniel-biss-tax-returns-story.html
— Stakes are high for workers, businesses as Illinois considers minimum wage hike – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-minimum-wage-hike-0416-biz-20170414-story.html
— 2 Illinois lawmakers among 312 state employees who haven’t filed 2014 tax returns – Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-workers-late-tax-returns-met-20170414-story.html
— Naperville mayor admits city ‘could’ve done better’ telling public of fatal crash – Bill Bird
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-naperville-mayor-information-lacking-st-0416-20170414-story.html
— DuPage syphilis cases up 425%, chlamydia up 226% since 2005, statistics show – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-sexual-transmitted-disease-numbers-st-0416-20170414-story.html
— Why don’t voters care about local elections? – Joanne Zienty, Wheaton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-why-don-t-voters-care-about-local-elections-20170414-story.html
— Naperville student pressure to succeed a real thing, graduates and parents say – Suzanne Baker  (DIERSEN: When you were in grade school and in high school, how many thought that you were “college material?”  Few thought that I was because neither of my parents attended college, my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years in high school.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-203-petition-reaction-st-0416-20170414-story.html
— ‘It was the worst semester of my life’: Naperville students confide about anxiety, academic pressure – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-203-petition-reaction-st-0416-20170414-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want Republicans to pay for everyone’s health care.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-foster-healthcare-forum-st-0416-20170414-story.html
— Waukegan candidates raised ‘big-money’ in mayoral race – Luke Hammill
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-big-money-waukegan-race-st-0414-20170414-story.html
— Hail the status quo disrupters: Mayor Emanuel, Governor Ducey — we hope many others follow suit – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-emanuel-ducey-trump-devos-education-reform-edit-0416-20170414-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will barred from getting an education, barred from getting a job, and even worse things.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-huppke-work-advice-0416-biz-20170413-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. Rauner plans to veto abortion-protection, ‘trigger’ bill – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/gov-rauner-plans-to-veto-abortion-protection-trigger-bill/
— J.B. Pritzker adds $7M to campaign fund, topping Dem gov rivals – Tina Sfondeles – Ray Long
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-adds-7m-to-campaign-war-chest-topping-dem-rivals/
— Rahm’s private email still being filled by fans, foes, citizens – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahms-private-email-still-being-filled-by-fans-foes-citizens/
— Chicago could lose its EPA regional office – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sneed-exclusive-city-could-lose-its-epa-regional-office/
— Trump and Sessions — where rhetoric and deportations meet – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-and-sessions-where-rhetoric-and-deportations-meet/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump at odds with most Americans on immigration.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-at-odds-with-most-americans-on-immigration/
— Even for college grads, marriage is linked to greater wealth – Mona Charen  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes were furious when I got married in 1978, and they continue to be furious that we have stayed married ever since.  Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have never been married, are divorced, have spouses who have little or no income, and/or are they are having marital problems.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/even-for-college-grads-marriage-is-linked-to-greater-wealth/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Preservationists: Time needed to save McKee House – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170414/news/170419187/
— DuPage County awards $1 million in grants to nonprofit groups – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: If you work for the federal government, you will be expected, if not pressured, to contribute to the Combined Federal Campaign (https://www.opm.gov/combined-federal-campaign/) or CFC. You should be aware that sooner or later, your Democrat superiors will know each year how much you contributed and which nonprofit agency or agencies that you designated your contribution to go to. You will be in big trouble if your contribution is not big enough and/or if the agency or agencies that you designated do not promote the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170414/news/170419259/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Kinzinger, Club for Growth square off in latest GOP feud – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170414/BLOGS02/170419909/congressman-club-for-growth-square-off-in-latest-gop-feud
— Chicago business could win either way in 2018, so why are its leaders anxious? – JOE CAHILL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170414/ISSUE10/170419916/chicago-business-could-win-either-way-in-2018-so-why-are-its-leaders
— Want to help Chicago teens? Teach them finance. – ALEC LITOWITZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170411/OPINION/170419966/magnetar-academy-teaching-chicago-teens-personal-finance
— Pritzker donates $7 million to his campaign – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170414/BLOGS02/170419893/pritzker-donates-7-million-to-his-campaign

 

NBC5
— Naperville North Puts Too Much Pressure on Students to Succeed, Petition Says  The Change.org petition, titled “The Naperville North Pressure Culture Must Change” had 1,240 signatures as of Friday afternoon  (DIERSEN: When you were in grade school and in high school, how many thought that you were “college material?”  Few thought that I was because neither of my parents attended college, my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years in high school and the summer in between.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Naperville-North-Puts-Too-Much-Pressure-on-Students-to-Succeed-Student-Petition-Says-419497753.html

 

WBEZ
— Gov. Bruce Rauner: House Democrats, Special Interests Responsible For Failure Of Grand Bargain
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/gov-bruce-rauner-house-democrats-special-interests-responsible-for-failure-of-grand-bargain/73f819d5-44a1-42c1-85a8-3b27a67607f0

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Massive Drug Bust and Gun Seizure in Urbana
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/massive-drug-bust-and-gun-seizure-in-urbana-04-14-2017

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Group of IL GOP lawmakers says Mendoza needs to pay up – Mike Colon
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/group-of-il-gop-lawmakers-says-mendoza-needs-to-pay-up/692225985

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner should be talking with lawmakers, not campaigning – Editorial
http://herald-review.com/news/opinion/editorial/our-opinion-rauner-should-be-talking-with-lawmakers-not-campaigning/article_ae6323e6-031a-5ac7-9dc4-aa1c159d83c6.html

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Rauner opposition to wage increase reflects desire for cheap labor economy  (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid?  My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, 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 33.)
http://thetelegraph.com/news/100217/rauner-opposition-to-wage-increase-reflects-desire-for-cheap-labor-economy

 

CITY OF CHICAGO
— Mayor Emanuel Reaffirms City of Chicago’s Ban on Travel to North Carolina Due to Discriminatory Law (DIERSEN: I should write a book about mayors and other elected officials, activists, candidates, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who ban me a) because I oppose the promotion of the following: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, diminishment of First and Second Amendment rights, etc. and/or b) because they disapprove of my demographics: Trump supporter, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, retired federal employee, child-less, pet-less, etc.)
https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2017/april/NC_Travel_Ban.html

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Public finance expert: Pension costs ‘squeeze governments’ – Justin Stoltzfus
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511104231-public-finance-expert-pension-costs-squeeze-governments

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Connelly explains collapse of ‘grand bargain’ – Caitlin Nordahl
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511104503-connelly-explains-collapse-of-grand-bargain

 

SANGAMON SUN
— GOP says AG Madigan puts pols over people – Carol Ostrow
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511100745-gop-says-ag-madigan-puts-pols-over-people

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois democracy is an empty shell – Austin Berg
http://ilnews.org/opinion/berg-illinois-democracy-is-an-empty-shell/article_b5a92fde-1f8f-11e7-9e8c-7f8a8e7cf720.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR TAX HIKES WILL ONLY EXACERBATE ILLINOIS’ WEAK ECONOMIC ACTIVITY – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/multibillion-dollar-tax-hikes-will-only-exacerbate-illinois-weak-economic-activity/
— AFTER MASS LAYOFFS, A CHILLING LOOK BACK AT CAT’S PLEA FOR REFORMS – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/after-mass-layoffs-a-chilling-look-back-at-cats-plea-for-reforms/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER TO VETO ABORTION BILL FACING VOTE ON HOUSE FLOOR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/taxpayer-abortion-funding-up-to-governor-says-state-rep-mcsweeney.html
— TRUMP SIGNS INTO LAW FIRST FEDERAL PROLIFE MEASURE IN 14 YEARS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/first-prolife-ill-signed-in-14-years.html
— ROSKAM CALLS FOR DOJ TO REVISIT LOIS LERNER CASE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/lois-lerner-revisited.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner opposes abortion bill
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/14/rauner-opposes-abortion-bill/
— Kinzinger wants ad pulled, insists he’s with Trump on “repeal and replace”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/14/kinzinger-wants-ad-pulled-insists-hes-with-trump-on-repeal-and-replace/
— Republicans ding Pritzker on Madigan yet again
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/14/republicans-ding-pritzker-on-madigan-yet-again/
— “Big drug dealer” or damaged veteran in dire need of a break?  (DIERSEN: Did you avoid the draft?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not have avoided the draft, I never would have been able to a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, or a job-related professional license when I was 33; b) buy new cars; c) buy real estate, d) get married; e) buy collector cars; f) save for retirement; g) etc.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/14/big-drug-dealer-or-damaged-veteran-in-dire-need-of-a-break/
— Where would the Democratic candidates cut?  (DIERSEN: First, they would cut all non-Democrat employees, and then they would cut all employees who had not demonstrated blind loyalty to them.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/14/where-would-the-democratic-candidates-cut/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING RIPS TRUMP FOR INACTION ON AMNESTY  Vowed to ‘immediately terminate’ Obama orders during campaign
http://www.wnd.com/2017/04/congressman-rips-trump-for-inaction-on-amnesty/

 

BREITBART
— Huffington Post: ‘Could It Be Time to Deny White Men the Franchise?’ OLIVER JJ LANE
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/14/huffington-post-could-it-be-time-to-deny-white-men-the-franchise/

 

THE BLAZE
— Glenn Beck: Trump has abandoned a lot of people – Sara Gonzales  (DIERSEN: Which activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. have abandoned you?  My critics/opponents glorify and praise the aforesaid who have abandoned me, and especially those who are/were TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and/or American Association of Political Consultants members.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/14/glenn-beck-trump-has-abandoned-a-lot-of-people/

 

POLITICO
— White House says it won’t make visitor logs public – JOSH DAWSEY  (DIERSEN: Who disapproves of you?  Who visits those who disapprove of you?  Those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who disapprove of my values and/or of my demographics have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  Who visits them?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/white-house-says-it-wont-make-visitor-logs-public-237235

 

THE HILL
— Surprise! Now the establishment is praising Trump – JORDAN FABIAN AND JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/328916-surprise-now-the-establishment-is-praising-trump
— Nationwide marches set to protest Trump tax returns – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: Democrats run IRS.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/328863-nationwide-marches-set-to-protest-trump-tax-returns
— Glenn Beck: Trump ‘another Republican who said stuff and didn’t mean it’ – JOE CONCHA
http://thehill.com/media/328804-glenn-beck-trump-another-republican-who-said-stuff-and-didnt-mean-it

 

CNBC
— Over 550 Amazon Employees Are Pressuring Leadership To Cut Advertising Ties With Breitbart – Charlie Warzel (DIERSEN: What percent of Amazon 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://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/13/amazon-employees-pushing-to-cut-advertising-ties-with-breitbart.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How $100 of Your Taxes Are Spent: 8 Cents on National Parks and $15 on Medicare  Half of all spending goes for Social Security benefits and health programs such as Medicare and Medicaid – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-100-of-your-taxes-are-spent-8-cents-on-national-parks-and-15-on-medicare-1492175921

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Rauner Opposes Bill Allowing Taxpayer-Funded Abortions  Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is opposing legislation that would allow the state to cover abortions for its employees and Medicaid recipients. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-04-14/rauner-opposes-bill-allowing-taxpayer-funded-abortions

 

DAILY MAIL
— Unemployed people are at higher risk of having a stroke due to the stress of not having an income – STEPHEN MATTHEWS  (DIERSEN: Are/were you unemployed?  I have been unemployed since 1997 when I was 49 years old.  However, I have had in today’s dollars a $50,856/year pension since 1997 and $2,028/year Social Security since 2010.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4411616/Unemployed-people-higher-risk-having-stroke.html

 

MIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Betsy DeVos’ pick for civil rights office Candice E. Jackson has an outstanding record on civil rights.
https://mic.com/articles/174237/betsy-de-vos-pick-for-civil-rights-office-has-a-terrible-record-on-civil-rights

April 9 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ISIS claims responsibility for Palm Sunday church bombings – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/isis-claims-responsibility-for-palm-sunday-church-bombings/
— For new ATF chief in Chicago, fighting gangs is personal – Frank Main
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/for-new-atf-chief-in-chicago-fighting-gangs-is-personal/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Alec Baldwin does double duty as Bill O’Reilly, President Trump on ‘Saturday Night Live’ – Brian Steinberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-snl-alec-baldwin-louis-c-k-trump-oreilly-20170409-story.html
— Cost of substance abuse hits employers hard – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: What percent of job applicants and employees a) use legal drugs illegally and/or b) use illegal drugs?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-workplace-substance-abuse-0407-biz-20170406-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How Democrats took 6 seats in Naperville Township – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 4, 2017 election were anti-Trumps who expressed their hatred of Trump by voting against all the Republicans on the ballot?  What percent of registered Republicans who did not vote in the April 4, 2017 election were anti-Trumps who expressed their hatred of Trump by not voting for Republicans on the ballot?  In the November 4, 2016 election in my precinct, 187 registered Republicans voted, but Trump got only 137 votes, that is, at least 50 registered Republicans voted, but did not vote for Trump.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170408/news/170408908/
— Why voters approved Naperville/Lisle road consolidation, yet ousted supporters – Marie Wilson  (DIERSEN: What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 4, 2017 election were anti-Trumps who expressed their hatred of Trump by voting against all the Republicans on the ballot? What percent of registered Republicans who did not vote in the April 4, 2017 election were anti-Trumps who expressed their hatred of Trump by not voting for Republicans on the ballot?  In the November 4, 2016 election in my precinct, 187 registered Republicans voted, but Trump got only 137 votes, that is, at least 50 registered Republicans voted, but did not vote for Trump.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170408/news/170408909/
— Voters must blunt special interests’ influence in local elections – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Which special interests have the most clout in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world?  From what I see, special interests that push the following are ever-increasingly gaining clout: dependency on government and on charities, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and getting rid of 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/20170408/discuss/170409013/

 

SPRINGFIELD STARTE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Will ‘Real GOP of Illinois’ stand up? Unlikely – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: According to this article, the anonymous website calls itself a “free speech zone” and says “Republicans are afraid to criticize (Rauner) because of the money he can spend attacking people.”  My critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes read all my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails very closely.  They look for anything in the emails that they can use against me.  It is called opposition research.  They immediately bring to the attention of the following people anything in the emails that is critical of them: Congressmen Bost, Davis, Hultgren, Kinzinger, LaHood, Roskam, Shimkus; Governor Rauner; Lt. Governor Sanguinetti; Radogno, Connelly, Nybo, and the rest of the Republican State Senators; Durkin, Ives, Breen, and the rest of the Republican State Representatives; DuPage County elected officials including Berlin, Kachiroubas, Grogan, Cronin, Zaruba, Hinds, Jorgensen, Bucholz, Henry, Ruscitti, Cantore, Larsen, Zay, Wiley, Eckhoff, Grant, Elliott, Murphy, and Whelan; Township elected officials including Heidorn, Hinkle, LeVan, Muehlfelt, Falbo, Nathwani, Molitor, and Keller; Wheaton elected officials including Gresk, Suess, Fitch, Scalzo, Rutledge, and Saline; Illinois Republican Party leaders including Schneider, DeMonte, Porter, Colgan, Dorgan, Higgins, Claar, and Bond; DuPage County Republican Party leaders including Krajewski, Hinds, Kachiroubas, Murphy, Keller, Minor, Marchese, Schultz, Czernek, Fisher, Cuzzone, Durante, Grogan; and Milton Township Republican leaders Keller, LeVan, Austin, and Nathwani.  My critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if I was a “good Republican,” I would not include in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails links to any articles that are critical of the aforesaid people; that if I was a “good Republican,” I would only include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that glorify and praise the aforesaid people.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170408/bernard-schoenburg-will-real-gop-of-illinois-stand-up-unlikely
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A mystery website, realgopillinois.com, is billing itself as “the official news site for real Republicans.” But welcome to campaign season, where things are not always as they seem. The site is professional-looking, with items presented as news stories and a solicitation for tips. AARON DeGROOT, a spokesman for the state GOP, said the site has no connection to the party and he has “no idea who these folks are.” Its creators aren’t making it easy to find out, either. A computer expert at my newspaper tells me there’s no easy way to track the origin of the site because its domain was registered anonymously. An address listed at the bottom of the group’s email is in Champaign, but turned out to be a UPS store. An employee there said they do rent mailboxes. The group name doesn’t turn up in the Illinois State Board of Elections, but it appears to have started a Facebook page recently. I emailed to find out more. The response came with no name attached. “We are just a group of everyday citizens who are upset with the Democrat Party and how they’ve ruined this state,” the response stated. “We are also upset with the Illinois GOP and Gov. (BRUCE) RAUNER. We all voted for Bruce Rauner in 2014 even though some of us were very unsure about him because of his history. Two years in, we’re disappointed in Gov. Rauner and the Illinois GOP. … With the debt mounting, taxpayers will probably be on the hook for even more and the politicians won’t care. … Gov. Rauner spends millions making sure his own people win GOP primaries and destroying other Republican candidates just because he can. Isn’t that what (House Speaker MICHAEL) MADIGAN does?”  The response also called the website a “free speech zone” and said “Republicans are afraid to criticize (Rauner) because of the money he can spend attacking people. Illinois won’t survive Mike Madigan or Bruce Rauner if we don’t stand up and speak out (about) what both political parties and their henchmen are doing now.” The site doesn’t just go after Rauner — it also has taken a swipe at CORY JOBE, the state tourism director, for contributing $1,000 to new Springfield City Council member KRISTIN DiCENSO, a Democrat, and even at the late JUDY BAAR TOPINKA, “who routinely headlined gay marriage rallies with the low-life likes of Democrats Sen. DICK DURBIN, Attorney General LISA MADIGAN, and former Gov. PAT QUINN.” STEVE BROWN, spokesman for Mike Madigan, who is also chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, said Friday he had never heard of the site. “You’re the first to mention it,” he said.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: SJ-R pushes medical pot in Illinois big time, that is, SJ-R pushes the further destruction of Illinois big time.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170408/out-of-town-doctors-lend-hand-to-local-patients-seeking-medical-marijuana
— Stopgap budget not the answer to Illinois impasse – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170408/our-view-stopgap-budget-not-answer-to-illinois-impasse
— Bill ready to regulate fantasy sports betting in Illinois – Brian Robbins  (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote vice.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170408/bill-ready-to-regulate-fantasy-sports-betting-in-illinois

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The mole who dogged Schock – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2017-04-09/jim-dey-mole-who-dogged-schock.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Rauner spends $85K on Quad-City TV ad – Allison Petty and Ryan Voyles
http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/rauner-spends-k-on-quad-city-tv-ad/article_e49bfd1f-31d9-5b89-b5d9-e9286041030b.html

 

HERALD REVIEW
— $95K spent on Rauner ‘duct tape’ ads in Decatur market – ALLISON PETTY AND RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/local/k-spent-on-rauner-duct-tape-ads-in-decatur-market/article_3d0a2ab6-ffca-5b50-8749-4130a6c9ac32.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Insider: It’s not a stopgap, it’s a lifeline – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170408/statehouse-insider-its-not-stopgap-its-lifeline

 

THE SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Southern pushes pot in Illinois big time, that is, the Southern pushes the further destruction of Illinois big time.
http://thesouthern.com/news/opinion/voice-of-the-southern/voice-of-the-southern-lawmakers-need-to-take-time-with/article_5ceb1b0a-fa2c-5e4b-ad8c-1d1a23dbdd83.html

 

RIVER CITY READER
— Honesty Hard to Come by in Already-Active Gubernatorial Race – Rich Miller
http://www.rcreader.com/commentary/honesty-hard-to-come-by-governor-race

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— THE LATEST BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR ILLINOIS: A NO-TAX-HIKE PLAN – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/the-latest-budget-proposal-for-illinois-a-no-tax-hike-plan/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— On Target – Chris Freund
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/on-target/

 

NEWSMAX
— Huge Spike in Arrest of Criminal Illegal Immigrants – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/US/immigrants-ice-donald-trump-immigration/2017/04/08/id/783332/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Think society would be better off without those ‘bigoted’ Christians? Think again. – Eric Metaxas
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/hope-for-the-homeless-keep-christians-in-the-public-square

 

THE BLAZE
— Google is being sued by the Department of Labor over accusations that the company systematically underpays women for the same work as men. Chris Enloe  (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have convinced a jury that GAO systematically paid its female employees more than its male employees who had comparable work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional licenses.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/08/just-days-after-advocating-for-equal-pay-federal-government-sues-google-for-crazy-double-standard/

 

HOT AIR
— EPA staffer bravely quits job in defiance of Trump… sort of – JAZZ SHAW
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/04/08/epa-staffer-bravely-quits-job-in-defiance-of-trump-sort-of/

 

FEDERALIST PAPERS
— CHART: Every Welfare Program Mapped Out So You Know Where Your $$$ Goes
http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/chart-every-welfare-program-mapped-out-so-you-know-where-your-goes

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans say that they are “winning fight over wall.”
http://thehill.com/latino/327916-dems-winning-fight-over-wall

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps hate the “good old days.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/opinion/sunday/the-myth-of-main-street.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps shout that America should surrender to foreign countries, and especially to Mexico.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/opinion/up-against-the-wall.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE SUBTITLE: The president is about to show (southern Christians) what betrayal really looks like – Margaret Renkl
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/opinion/the-passion-of-southern-christians.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: NearZero Interest Rates: Get Used to Them – JUSTIN WOLFERS  (DIERSEN: Low interest rates a) help borrowers who are predominately younger Democrats and b) harm savers who are predominately older Republicans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/upshot/the-economy-may-be-stuck-in-a-near-zero-world.html
— The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews – JASON DANA
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/opinion/sunday/the-utter-uselessness-of-job-interviews.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— EPA staffer leaves with a bang, blasting agency policies under Trump – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/04/07/epa-staffer-leaves-with-a-bang-blasting-agency-policies-under-trump/
— The post-constitutional world of Judge Richard Posner – David Bernstein (DIERSEN: Have you ever argued a lawsuit before Judge Posner?  I did in 1996. SEE: David J. Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange, Inc., 110 F.3d 481 (7th Cir. 1997), cert. denied, 118 S.Ct. 178 (1997) (http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1385001.html) The lawsuit involved the Federal Odometer Act (FOA), the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) authority to grant exemptions from the FOA, and the sufficiency of material facts that would make a dealer suspicious of a car’s mileage. On September 16, 1996, I presented oral arguments to Chief Judge Posner and to Circuit Court Judges Coffey and Kanne.  On March 31, 1997, the Appellate Court agreed with me and ruled that DOT’s exemption for cars over 10 years old was invalid.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/04/07/the-post-constitutional-world-of-judge-richard-posner/

 

USA TODAY
— Are you driver or passenger on the road to bad decisions? – Peter Dunn  (DIERSEN: According to your critics/opponents, what bad decisions have you made?  According to my critics/opponents, my bad decisions include a) my not glorifying and praising them, b) my not pandering to them, c) my not serving as one of their operatives or as one of their dupes, d) my not giving them money, and e) my filing lawsuits against them.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/columnist/2017/04/08/you-driver-passenger-road-bad-decisions/99685662/
— AAA study: Third of U.S. car owners can’t afford surprise repairs – Mark Grandstaff
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/04/09/aaa-study-third-us-car-owners-cant-afford-surprise-repairs/100035870/

 

RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH
— The conservative schism on legalizing pot – Barton Hinkle  (DIERSEN: If you push pot, you shout that you are anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American.)
http://www.richmond.com/opinion/our-opinion/a-barton-hinkle-column-the-conservative-schism-on-legalizing-pot/article_82a01cda-8bf7-5615-a7aa-7e6fc8c70da3.html

 

PHILLY VOICE
— Conway on reports of White House staff shakeup: Trump doesn’t surround himself with ‘yes men’ – PATRICIA MADEJ (DIERSEN: Are you a yes-man?  I have never been a yes-man.  If I had been a yes-man while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I would have helped my Democrat superiors achieve their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets by helping them get rid of their employees who Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.phillyvoice.com/conway-reports-white-house-staff-shakeup-trump-doesnt-surround-himself-yes-men/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— University of Illinois Names New Federal Lobbyist  Paul Weinberger, the new federal lobbyist for the University of Illinois is a Capitol Hill veteran who’s worked for the Peace Corps and congressional committees. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-04-09/university-of-illinois-names-new-federal-lobbyist

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Voters Smell a Rat When It Comes to the Media’s Agenda (DIERSEN: The media’s agenda is a) to defend and advance Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, b) to elect and reelect Democrats and RINOs, and c) 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.  The media promotes dependency on government and on charities, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and abolition of the First and Second Amendments.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/march_2017/gop_voters_smell_a_rat_when_it_comes_to_the_media_s_agenda

April 6 Evening Edition

ABC7
— SENATE GOP ‘GOES NUCLEAR,’ CLEARING WAY FOR TRUMP SUPREME COURT PICK NEIL GORSUCH – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/senate-gop-goes-nuclear-clearing-way-for-trump-court-pick-/1842316/
— BILLIONAIRE J.B. PRITZKER ANNOUNCES ILLINOIS GOVERNOR BID – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/billionaire-jb-pritzker-announces-illinois-governor-bid/1842355/

 

CBS2
— Illinois Governor’s Race Could Be The Most Expensive One Ever – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/04/06/illinois-governors-race-could-be-the-most-expensive-one-ever/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois House approves new stopgap budget plan – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/247047588-story
— Illinois Senate OKs tougher sentences for repeat gun offenders
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/246999455-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic stopgap budget inches ahead but a full plan remains elusive – Monique Garcia and Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-house-stopgap-budget-met-20170406-story.html
— Illinois Senate advances plan to crack down on repeat gun felons – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-senate-chicago-gun-bill-met-20170406-story.html
— Gorsuch heads for confirmation as Republicans tear up Senate’s own rules – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-supreme-court-nominee-vote-20170406-story.html
— Republican health bill in shambles, House commences two-week break – Alan Fram and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-republican-health-bill-20170406-story.html
— Court bars ex-Cantigny curator from war museum amid allegations he had weapons cache – Clifford Ward
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton-glen-ellyn/news/ct-curator-barred-from-cantigny-0407-20170406-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker launches gov bid, dubs Rauner Trump’s ‘local partner’ Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/j-b-pritkzer-kicks-off-campaign-for-governor/
— Gun crime sentencing bill pushed by top cop gets another shot – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gun-crime-sentencing-bill-pushed-by-top-cop-gets-another-shot/
— Judge tosses federal lawsuit alleging Hastert misused office – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judge-tosses-federal-lawsuit-alleging-hastert-misused-office/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage forest preserve’s McKee House makes endangered list – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170406/news/170409213/
— Aurora mayor-elect  Richard C. Irvin ready to set new course for city – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170406/news/170409261/
— Wheaton College marks World War I anniversary  (DIERSEN: My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170406/news/170409269/
— Why you shouldn’t do ‘whatever it takes’ to advance career – Ken Potts  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  To keep their jobs or to advance their careers, virtually all of my Democrat supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates helped my Democrat superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170406/entlife/170409294/
— Why were these four suburban mayors ousted?
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170405/news/170409349/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The pay gap is real. So is the investment gap—and it hurts men, too. – Kate Bensen  (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented the jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees more than it paid me – females who had significantly less job-related work experience, less job-related education, less job-related professional certifications, and no job-related professional license.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170406/OPINION/170409940/the-pay-gap-is-real-so-is-the-investment-gap-and-it-hurts-men-too
— Best Places to Work in Chicago  (DIERSEN: If you work for a private sector employer, you are presumed to be superior. If you work for a government sector employer, you are presumed to be inferior.  If you have a degree from an Ivy League university, you are presumed to be superior. If your degree is not from an Ivy League university, you are presumed to be inferior.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/best-places-to-work

 

DNA INFO
— Founder Of CPS Advocacy Group Quits — So Her Son Can Go To Evanston H.S. – Heather Cherone  (DIERSEN: In 1961, Trinity Lutheran Church in Crete voted to leave the Missouri Synod and to join the Wisconsin Synod.  To stay with the Missouri Synod, my parents joined Hope Lutheran Church in Park Forest.  To accommodate the influx of new students, Hope Lutheran Grade School formed a new 8th grade.  In 1962, Hope Lutheran Church confirmed me as a Missouri Synod Lutheran and Hope Lutheran Grade School graduated me from 8th grade.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170405/lincoln-square/founder-of-cps-advocacy-group-quits-so-her-son-can-go-evanston-hs

 

SOUTHERN
— Durbin, Duckworth urge HUD Secretary Ben Carson to visit Cairo, improve public housing conditions ASAP – MOLLY PARKER
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/acha/durbin-duckworth-urge-hud-secretary-ben-carson-to-visit-cairo/article_236f2b45-5e6a-5718-bc69-013d3393b19c.html

 

TIMES
— Federal lawmakers: Hiring freeze could hurt Thomson Prison – AP  (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under a hiring freeze and/or a promotion freeze.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/federal-lawmakers-hiring-freeze-could-hurt-thomson-prison/article_fdf28cd2-7d0b-50e4-88c3-db1fcc0c0319.html

 

WJOL
— Bolingbrook Mayoral Candidate Laments “Dirty Campaign Of Her Opponent” – Evan Bredeson
http://www.wjol.com/9718-2/

 

WMIX94
— RAUNER SAYS ECONOMIC CLIMATE HURTS FAMILIES  (DIERSEN: Have you ever sought a job or taken a job outside of Illinois?  I have not. When I graduated from NIU in 1970, I sought a financial hardship draft deferment while I lived with my mother and brother in Crete. I took jobs working for a) Firestone Stores in Chicago Heights in 1970, b) IRS in Chicago in 1971, b) IRS in Harvey in 1972, c) IRS in Joliet in 1973, and d) IRS in Chicago in 1974.)
http://www.wmix94.com/2017/04/05/rauner-says-economic-climate-hurts-families/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Governor Rauner says the state’s anemic economic climate is having a personal effect on Illinois families, including his own.  Rauner told a Facebook live chat audience that the lack of job prospects is driving the next generation of workers out of Illinois.  He said that includes his own six children, none of whom live in Illinois because they were able to find better opportunities elsewhere.  Rauner admitted his wife cries about it, and he’s talked to many families who don’t see the same futures for their children in Illinois that they had.  Rauner said the pro-business reforms he’s seeking would stop that exodus.)

 

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— NAPERVILLE AREA CHAMBER WILL HOST UNDER 40 ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS ON APRIL 24  (DIERSEN: If you work for the federal government, if you are a non-veteran White male, with only rare exceptions, your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40.)
http://www.positivelynaperville.com/2017/04/06/naperville-area-chamber-will-host-40-achievement-awards-april-24/71926

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Re-elected, Coyne vows to keep focus on finances – S. Laney Griffo
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511101760-re-elected-coyne-vows-to-keep-focus-on-finances

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS EMPLOYERS ANNOUNCE MORE THAN 2,500 MASS LAYOFFS – Brendan Bakala
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-employers-announce-more-than-2500-mass-layoffs/

 

FOX NEWS
— Harvard Students Insist Pres. Trump Is More Dangerous Than ISIS
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/04/06/harvard-students-donald-trump-more-dangerous-isis

 

DAILY CALLER
— Sanctuary City Mayor Defends Policy: ‘It’s Easy For White Men Like Us’ – CAROLINE MAY  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.  They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I, but not they, should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/06/sanctuary-city-mayor-defends-policy-its-easy-for-white-men-like-us/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trump picks Christian pro-life conservative to replace homosexual as Army Secretary – Peter LaBarbera
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-picks-christian-pro-life-conservative-to-replace-homosexual-as-army-s

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— SESSIONS BEGINS THE PROCESS OF ENDING WAR ON POLICE – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/04/06/sessions-begins-the-process-of-ending-war-on-police/

 

NEWSBUSTERS
– MRC’s Bozell: Journalists Are ‘Willing Participants’ in a ‘Far-Left,’ Anti-Trump Plot
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nb-staff/2017/04/06/mrcs-bozell-journalists-are-willing-participants-far-left-anti-trump

 

BREITBART
— Chicago Area Teacher Fired for Refusing to Teach Student Who Would Not Stand for Pledge of Allegiance – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/05/chicago-area-teacher-fired-refusing-student-pledge-of-allegiance/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Crime Is the New Black Entitlement – Colin Flaherty
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/04/crime_is_the_new_black_entitlement.html

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater expresses his hatred of Trump and of Trump’s supporters.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/are-republicans-victims-of-self-fulfilling-prophecies_us_58e67e8be4b06671a472f0d9

 

REUTERS
— Illinois House opts for another stopgap budget amid impasse
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-budget-idUSKBN17830R

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Judge Tosses Civil Case on Alleged Hastert Misuse of Funds – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-04-06/judge-tosses-civil-case-on-alleged-hastert-misuse-of-funds

 

AUTOWEEK
— VERY SAD: Cars are not a huge priority for Generation Z, according to the study.
http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/kids-these-days-prefer-apps-automative-things-google-study-says

 

FED SMITH
— Americans Continue to Do a Mediocre Job of Preparing for Retirement – Ian Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/04/06/americans-continue-mediocre-job-preparing-retirement/

 

WORKERS WORLD
— People with disabilities battle Trump – Edward Yudelovich  (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO in its Chicago office for almost 18 years 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors assigned all of the office’s disabled employees to me to supervise at one time or another.  They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.workers.org/2017/04/06/people-with-disabilities-battle-trump/#.WObbqIjyuM8

April 4 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump, pensions, jobs all issues in Tuesday’s suburban elections – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-pensions-jobs-all-issues-in-tuesdays-suburban-elections/
— Feds’ memo casts doubt on significant Chicago Police reforms – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/chicago-impact-justice-depart-questions-police-consent-decrees/
— Chance the Mayor? Website aims to draft rapper to challenge Rahm – Andrea Salcedo
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/chance-the-mayor-website-aims-to-draft-rapper-to-challenge-rahm/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jesse Jackson Sr. demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Republicans, and especially Republican who are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/people-are-right-to-fight-for-decent-pay-racial-justice/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Durbin criticizes Gorsuch before voting ‘No’ in Senate committee – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-dick-durbin-criticizes-neil-gorsuch-met-0403-20170403-story.html
— Emanuel offers students dancing advice – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-dancing-advice-story.html
— Equal Pay Day is a reminder of the importance of negotiating a salary – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to hire, retain, and promote women and b) to make way for them by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of their employees who were male.  The aforesaid is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-equal-pay-day-salary-negotiations-0404-biz-20170403-story.html
— The case for taxing inherited wealth – Barry S. Rabin  (DIERSEN: How much money did/will you inherit?  My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when my wife inherited money during the 1980s when her parents died.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-federal-estate-tax-rate-perspec-0404-md-20170404-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s for the feds to do something like Pennsylvania has done with its inheritance tax: Tax from Dollar One (after deductions for funeral expenses, medical bills and other legitimate debts), but at very modest rates. You see, Pennsylvania only takes 4.5 percent from an estate whose heirs are the decedent’s children, grandchildren or other “lineal descendants.” It exempts spouses from tax altogether and also provides generous exemptions for legitimate family-owned farms and businesses. (The feds, by contrast, currently have a top rate of a confiscatory 40 percent, although as I said, it’s a joke since almost nobody pays it.) Taking a small cut of each transfer of wealth passing upon death makes a lot more sense — and, in my view, is much fairer — than overtaxing working people or continuing to run up the national credit cards, with the whopping bill eventually going to us.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps treasonously glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-immigration-check-ins-met-20170404-story.html
— Palatine Township High School District 211: Transgender controversy dominates high school board election – Kate Thayer and Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-transgender-student-access-school-board-election-met-20170403-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Some things we can do to make local leadership more attractive – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What about exposing those who run for offices for the wrong reasons including getting government power a) to destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that they disapprove of, b) to destroy those who do not glorify and praise them, c) to destroy those who do not pander to them, d) to destroy those who do not give them lots of money, e) to destroy those who refuse to serve as one of their operatives, and/or f) to destroy those who refuse to serve as one of their dupes?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170404/discuss/170409689/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps treasonously glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170404/news/170409694/

 

CBS2
— Finger-Pointing Over Lack Of State Budget Continues – Craig Dellimore  (DIERSEN: In the organizations that you are/were a member of and in the employers that you work for or did work for, who were the lead fingerpointers?  I should write a book about the past and present lead fingerpointers in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.  Of course, the aforesaid fingerpointers always pointed their fingers at me.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/04/04/finger-pointing-over-state-budget-or-lack-of-one-continues/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Money trail shows who’s really friend, foe of Madigan, Rauner – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-04-04/jim-dey-money-trail-shows-whos-really-friend-foe-madigan-rauner.html

 

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the further destruction of Illinois.  Danville Commercial News promotes pot in Illinois so Danville Commercial news promotes the further destruction of Illinois.
http://www.commercial-news.com/editorials/editorial-legal-pot-worth-a-try/article_3ff63586-21a2-5bef-a850-9ef82b191802.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Chicago suburbs struggle finding candidates for elections – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who paint themselves as being king-makers. They hint/imply/argue shout that they will destroy you unless you a) glorify and praise them, b) pander to them, c) give them lots of money, d) serve as one of their operatives, and/or e) serve as one of their dupes.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170403/chicago-suburbs-struggle-finding-candidates-for-elections

 

WJPF
— State Rep. David McSweeney joins Tom Miller to discuss his fight against an effort to put sales tax on Internet streaming
http://www.wjpf.com/episode/newsradio-wjpf-interview-with-rep-david-mcsweeney/

 

BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Could Trump Impact Bolingbrook Election?”
https://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/could-trump-impact-bolingbrook-election

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— As population growth slows, property taxes strangle Kane County homeowners
http://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511084114-as-population-growth-slows-property-taxes-strangle-kane-county-homeowners

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Batinick blasts abortion-protection measure – Glenn Minnis
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511096975-batinick-blasts-abortion-protection-measure

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Blackburn College Newspaper Publishes Mayor, and Blackburn College Board Member, Demuzio’s False Statements, Attacks Watchdogs – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/04/blackburn-college-newspaper-publishes-mayor-and-blackburn-college-board-member-demuzios-false-statements-attacks-watchdogs/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— WHY ARE ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS PREPARING TO BAIL OUT BANKERS AND CASH-STRAPPED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS? – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/why-are-illinois-democrats-preparing-to-bail-out-bankers-and-cash-strapped-local-governments/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITITE
— Dobson Urges Christians to Flee Public Schools – Michael F. Haverluck (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/dobson-urges-christians-flee-public-schools/#.WOKNoUy9FjM.facebook

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Illegal Alien Causes Firestorm After Bragging About Filing Her Taxes in Social Media Post – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/04/03/illegal-alien-causes-firestorm-bragging-filing-taxes-social-media-post/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Cullerton touts bill to protect illegals.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/3/illinois-senate-leader-touts-bill-to-protect-immig/

 

GOPUSA
— Alabama County Official Fired For Being White? (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the Democrats who ran the agency focused on wasting the careers of and getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22655
— Persistent patriotism: 92% of Republicans ‘extremely proud’ to be American  (DIERSEN: Yes, but members of the following groups continue to make big progress: 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.gopusa.com/?p=22659
— More churches weigh sanctuary status for illegal aliens  (DIERSEN: Tragically, more and more and more churches are becoming 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 for a America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22379

 

DAILY CALLER
— Black Lives Matter Philly Bans White People From Its Meetings – Amber Randall
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/03/black-lives-matter-philly-bans-white-people-from-its-meetings/

 

TOWNHALL
— Accountability Act May Finally Allow VA to Fire Porn-watching Employees – Cortney O’Brien  (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 d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/04/03/veterans-group-hopeful-accountability-act-will-finally-allow-va-to-fire-pornwatching-employees-n2307625

 

THE BLAZE
— Leftist professor attempts to get two conservatives fired over a disagreement on Facebook – Brandon Morse
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/03/leftist-professor-attempts-to-get-two-conservatives-fired-over-a-disagreement-on-facebook/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s most trusted news source – EDDIE SCARRY  (DIERSEN: What is your most trusted source for government and political news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans?  Should I write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on a) discouraging me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) discouraging everyone from reading the emails?)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-most-trusted-news-source/article/2619218
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After all of President Trump’s attacks and counter-attacks against the news media, one cable show in particular remains pristine in his eyes: the Fox News morning chat show “Fox & Friends.” Trump started the week Monday with what has become his usual praise for the show’s programming. “Such amazing reporting on unmasking and the crooked scheme against us by Fox & Friends,” Trump said on Twitter at 6:15 a.m., after apparently watching the program and referring to a segment it did on the Obama administration’s surveillance of his transition team. “‘Spied on before nomination.’ The real story.”)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Much People in the Trump Administration Are Worth – LARRY BUCHANAN, ANDREW W. LEHREN, JUGAL K. PATEL and ADAM PEARCE  (DIERSEN: Federal employees should assume that everyone who wants to know your income, your assets, and your debts a) will get the aforesaid information and b) will use that information against you.  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always used against me information about my income, my assets, and my debts. They stressed the new cars that I bought, the money that I spent on tuition and books, that I graduated from NIU debt-free in 1970, the town home and condos that I bought, my wife’s income and savings, the home that we bought in Wheaton in 1978, the new home that we had built in Wheaton in 1984, the collector cars that I bought, that we have had no debts since the 1990s, the money that we saved for our retirement, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/01/us/politics/how-much-people-in-the-trump-administration-are-worth-financial-disclosure.html
— Florida’s Vengeful Governor – RANDOLPH BRACY  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents are extremely vengeful. They blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.  They continue to do everything that they can to destroy me.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that they will destroy any individual, organization, company, or government that might come to my defense.  I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/opinion/floridas-vengeful-governor.html
— Wells Fargo Whistle-Blower Wins $5.4 Million and His Job Back – STACY COWLEY  (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO and a jury had found in my favor, I would have wanted my job back only if GAO got rid of a) all my superiors and supervisors who wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old and b) all my coworkers and subordinates who helped my superiors and supervisors waste my career and force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  That would include virtually everyone who GAO employed in its Chicago Office between 1980 and 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/business/04-wells-fargo-whistleblower-fired-osha.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A federal regulator on Monday ordered Wells Fargo to pay $5.4 million to a former manager who said he was fired in 2010 after reporting to his supervisors and to a bank ethics hotline what he suspected was fraudulent behavior. The bank must also rehire him, the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said. The $5.4 million, intended to cover back pay, compensatory damages and legal fees, is the largest individual award ever ordered through OSHA’s whistle-blower protection program, according to Barbara Goto, the agency’s regional administrator in San Francisco. It is also the first financial penalty against a company that the agency has announced in a news release since President Trump was inaugurated.)
— How to End the Politicization of the Courts – David Leonhardt (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, the U.S. Attorney, the U.S. District Court Judge, the U.S. Senator who appointed the aforesaid, and the U.S. 7th Circuit Appellate Court all made it very clear that they favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/opinion/how-to-end-the-politicization-of-the-courts.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Palatine Township High School District 211: In suburban Chicago, transgender student’s quest to use girls’ locker room defines school board race – Moriah Balingit and Sandhya Somashekhar
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-suburban-chicago-transgender-students-quest-to-use-locker-room-defines-school-board-race/2017/04/03/82a4e6de-156a-11e7-833c-503e1f6394c9_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Administration Considers Far-Reaching Steps for ‘Extreme Vetting’  Foreigners entering U.S. could be forced to hand over phones, answer questions on ideology; changes could apply to allies like France and Germany –  LAURA MECKLER  (DIERSEN: What vetting have you passed?  I passed the vetting required to be a FINRA arbitrator in 1998, a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Financial Industry Auditor in 1996, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, a GAO employee in 1980, a CPA in 1979, an IRS employee in 1971, and a Post Office employee in 1966.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-considers-far-reaching-steps-for-extreme-vetting-1491303602
— A New Tribalism Spreads in Donald Trump’s Washington  Fights in Congress have become intraparty schisms – GERALD F. SEIB  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. who focused/focus on a) destroying the aforesaid organizations and b) driving out of the aforesaid organizations those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-new-tribalism-spreads-in-donald-trumps-washington-1491229525
— The Twilight of White Christianity – WILLIAM MCGURN  (DIERSEN: Are you White?  Are you Christian?  Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are White and claim to be Christian. They despise if not hate virtually everyone, but especially me.  To demonize me, denigrate me, and to condemn me, they stress that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran and that I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), non-poor, a gun owner, 100% German-American, draft avoider, a federal retiree, childless, pet-less, and that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-twilight-of-white-christianity-1491261535

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans underpay women.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/31/business-groups-try-quash-federal-equal-pay-project/99874422/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/04/04/pay-gap-women-equal-sheryl-sandberg-column/99954086/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/04/04/equal-pay-day-womens-pay-high-paid-jobs/99825064/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/03/equal-pay-day-provides-rallying-point-women-workplace/99995984/

 

WNYC
— Why I’m Staying: A Federal Employee Weighs His Options Under Trump – Shumita Basu (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 d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.wnyc.org/story/why-im-staying-federal-employee-weighs-his-options-under-trump/

 

THE ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do your critics/opponents want to “unmask” about you?  My critics/opponents want to unmask the following about me, but wait, it is all in the public record already: I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran and that I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), non-poor, a gun owner, 100% German-American, draft avoider, a federal retiree, childless, pet-less, and that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/04/did-susan-rice-ask-to-unmask-trump-officials/521688/

March 30 Evening Edition

ABC7
— THE OFFICER MANAGER WHO WORE A WIRE AGAINST EX-CONGRESSMAN SCHOCK – Chuck Goudie
http://abc7chicago.com/news/the-officer-manager-who-wore-a-wire-against-schock-/1826860/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The I-Team looked into who it was that worked as an FBI informant inside the ranks of former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock. Aaron Schock’s attorneys say the staffer who was wired for sound was his Peoria district office manager. Although not named in this week’s new Schock court filing, the only district manager during that time period was Bryan Rudolph, a political science and government degree-holder from Wheaton College. Prosecutors are likely to make Rudolph a key component of the government’s corruption case against former Schock, unless Schock’s lawyers can stop it. It was obvious from the time Schock was charged that federal agents had help from inside. His lawyers now claim in a new filing this week that Schock’s Peoria district manager “covertly record private conversations with and between Mr. Schock and his staff;” claiming the manager “stole” thousands of email messages and illegally took congressional office records. The manager then, whom the I-Team identified as 32-year-old Bryan Rudolph, consented to be an informant only after Schock had announced his resignation in March 2015, according to the defense filing. Rudolph, whose resume states that he began working for the federal government’s Social Security Administration in 2007, did not return messages or answer emails on Thursday concerning the undercover work or claims that evidence he gathered had been illegally obtained. Schock’s attorneys rip the government’s use of the staffer-turned-informant; in the court record they say that he broke the law by stealing information from the Illinois Republican’s files. They call it a trail of improper – if not outright illegal – acts. Schock is accused of numerous federal corruption charges including wire and mail fraud, theft of government funds and falsifying federal election filings. Prosecutors say he pocketed thousands in improper vehicle reimbursements, camera equipment and proceeds from selling tickets to the World Series and Super Bowl. Attorneys for Schock plan to ask that the case be thrown out because of how the informant evidence was gathered – or at least that the evidence collected by the office manager be barred from trial.)

 

CBS2
— Democrat Mendoza: Illinois Republican Party ‘Creepily Stalking’ Her – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/30/democrat-mendoza-illinois-republican-party-creepily-stalking-her/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An increasingly bitter political battle between two top Illinois officials has entered a new phase: car wars. As Democrat Susana Mendoza left the state capital Thursday and entered her state-purchased vehicle, she was followed by an Illinois GOP operative who shot video of her. Republicans later tweeted about Mendoza’s “loaded,” luxurious ride. The implication is that state government may be broke, but Mendoza’s living large on the taxpayer’s dime. Mendoza was furious, saying in a counter-tweet that the Illinois Republican Party was “creepily stalking me.” It’s the latest flap between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Mendoza over who’s doing the most to look out for taxpayers. But does the GOP’s charge really hold up? Mendoza’s ride is a 2016 Ford Explorer, purchased used in January, with 16,431 miles. Total cost was $32,279. An invoice provided to CBS 2 shows Gov. Rauner’s main ride is newer, larger and more expensive. It’s a Ford Expedition XLT with extended length. It was purchased new, last December, by state police, at a cost $54,000. That is 67 percent more than Mendoza’s car. A Rauner spokesperson points out state police purchased the new vehicle – not Rauner’s office – even though the governor uses it. State police, of course, report directly to the governor.)
— Rahm Says Thompson Center Sale “Shouldn’t Be This Tough,” Blames Governor – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/30/rahm-says-thompson-center-sale-shouldnt-be-this-tough-blames-governor/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Credit agency warns of ‘long-term damage’ in Illinois if no budget deal by May 31 – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-budget-moodys-rauner-met-0331-20170330-story.html
— International applications still on the rise at many Illinois colleges – Dawn Rhodes  (DIERSEN: What percent of high school students in America are boozers and stoners compared to high school students in foreign countries?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-international-student-applications-illinois-universities-20170330-story.html
— Pence breaks tie to allow states to block federal money for abortion providers – Paige Winfield Cunningham
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-pence-breaks-tie-antiabortion-measure-20170330-story.html
— Trump vows to fight hard-line conservatives in 2018 midterm elections – John Wagner, Mike Debonis and Robert Costa
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-house-freedom-caucus-20170330-story.html
— College grads see slim-to-nothing wage gain since recession – Austin Weinstein  (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, IRS hired at the GS-7 level, currently $44,853.  In 1972, IRS promoted me to GS-9, currently $54,864.  In 1973, IRS promoted me to GS-11, currently $66,379.  In 1974, IRS promoted me to GS-12, currently $79,563.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-college-grads-wage-gain-20170330-story.html
— WWI: Why the world goes to war – Lara Weber  (DIERSEN: My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-world-war-i-twilight-kings-anniversary-100-flashback-perspec-0402-jm-20170329-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Nearly three years after the start of what was then called “The Great War,” the United States entered World War I with a congressional declaration of war against Germany on April 6, 1917. Until then, President Woodrow Wilson had maintained a policy of non-intervention, and a strong antiwar sentiment had swept the U.S. as casualties mounted on the battlefields across Europe and beyond. But the growing threat of a powerful German navy and its fleet of submarines attacking American shipping, plus evidence that Germany was trying to draw Mexico to its side, persuaded Wilson to join forces with Great Britain and France.)
— Illinois adds solar jobs despite stormy forecast in Washington – Ally Marotti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-solar-jobs-0330-biz-20170330-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Donor’s lawsuit against Aaron Schock dismissed – Jon Seidel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donors-lawsuit-against-aaron-schock-dismissed/
— Gov. Bruce Rauner in statewide TV ads a year before primary – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/gov-bruce-rauner-in-statewide-tv-ads-a-year-before-primary/
— Governing gives way to campaign theatrics as Illinois tumbles – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/governing-gives-way-to-campaign-theatrics-as-illinois-tumbles/
— As GOP schism grows, Donald Trump attacks fellow Republicans – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-thumps-freedom-caucus-over-health-care/

 

DAILY HERALD
— 6 years for Oswego man who threatened tollway chairman Robert Schillerstrom – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170330/news/170339876/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Moody’s warns Illinois it must pass budget by May 31 – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170330/moodys-warns-illinois-it-must-pass-budget-by-may-31
— Illinois students will learn how to report hate speech on social media – Brian Robbins  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn members of the following groups as being haters: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170330/illinois-students-will-learn-how-to-report-hate-speech-on-social-media
— $2.2 million more in medical school cuts considered because of budget crisis – Dean Olsen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170330/22-million-more-in-medical-school-cuts-considered-because-of-budget-crisis

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING: Bill Would Bring Recreational Pot Dispensary to Springfield – Brendan Cullerton
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/bill-would-bring-recreational-pot-dispensary-to-springfield-03-30-2017

 

SANAMON SUN
— Rauner administration joins fight against hate crime – Ruth de Jauregui (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps dominate run Illinois.  Ever-increasingly, they demonstrate their hatred 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511091742-rauner-administration-joins-fight-against-hate-crime

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Wheaton Warrenville Community Unified School District 200 candidate Harold Lonks to vote against referendum – Cheyenne Dickerson
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511099338-school-board-candidate-to-vote-against-referendum

 

WIRE POINTS
— ‘The Privilege Tax’: Illinois House, Senate Bills Would Destroy the State’s Financial Sector. Really. – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-house-senate-bills-would-destroy-most-of-the-states-financial-sector-really-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ‘GRAND BARGAIN’ WOULD CUT PRIVATE SECTOR PAY AND CONTINUE GOVERNMENT WORKER PERKS – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/grand-bargain-would-cut-private-sector-pay-and-continue-government-worker-perks/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Abortionist Works on Bicep Strength to Extract Those Darn Baby Heads – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/abortionist-works-bicep-strength-extract-darn-baby-heads/

 

BREITBART
— OUTSTANDING: TX Gov Abbott: I Will Sign Legislation That Could Put Sheriffs of Sanctuary Cities in Jail – PAM KEY
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/03/30/tx-gov-abbott-will-sign-legislation-put-sheriffs-sanctuary-cities-jail/
— North Carolina Bows to Threats From NCAA, Will Repeal HB2 Law –  DYLAN GWINN  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, sports promotes LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/03/30/north-carolina-bows-threats-ncaa-will-repeal-hb2-law/

 

GOPUSA
— Emanuel Introduces City ID Plan for Illegal Aliens
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22501
— Social Conservatives Haven’t Paid Attention: 40% of Disney Staff was Gay in ’98  (DIERSEN: I worked for ITS 1971-1980.  IRS assigned one of its few openly gay employees to be my deskmate 1976-1980.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22408
— Trump Threatens Freedom Caucus
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22513

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— O’Reilly: Hatred Toward Pres. Trump Has Reached a ‘Dangerous Level’ (DIERSEN: Who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois takes the lead in promoting hatred against Trump?)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/29/donald-trump-approval-rating-poll-obamacare-replacement-failure-bill-oreilly-talking
— Trump Goes After Freedom Caucus: ‘We Must Fight Them & Dems in 2018’ (DIERSEN: Because of this, will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a member of the Freedom Caucus?)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/30/trump-blasts-conservative-house-freedom-caucus-we-must-fight-them
— Freedom Caucus Did a ‘Grave Disservice,’ But Trump Shouldn’t ‘Punch Down’ – Karl Rove
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/30/karl-rove-donald-trump-tweet-house-freedom-caucus

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Slams Freedom Caucus: ‘We Must Fight Them’ – Jeffrey Rodack  (DIERSEN: Because of this, will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a member of the Freedom Caucus?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/donald-trump-freedom-caucus-twitter/2017/03/30/id/781559/
— Ryan: I Don’t Want Trump Working With Dems on Healthcare – Sandy Fitzgerald
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/paul-ryan-donald-trump-democrats-bipartisanship/2017/03/30/id/781507/

 

DAILY CALLER
— UNACCEPTABLE: An Estimated 36,000 Illegal Immigrants Have Received Amnesty Under Trump, As He Reneges On Promise – ALEX PFEIFFER
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/30/an-estimated-36000-illegal-immigrants-have-received-amnesty-under-trump-as-he-reneges-on-promise/
— Chicago Hides Critical Info On Illegal Immigrants From Feds – Kerry Picket
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/29/chicago-hides-critical-info-on-illegal-immigrants-from-feds/
— Trump: ‘We Must Fight’ House Freedom Caucus In 2018 – PHILLIP STUCKY  (DIERSEN: Because of this, will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a member of the Freedom Caucus?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/30/trump-we-must-fight-house-freedom-caucus-in-2018/
— Donald Trump Wants To Change Libel Laws To Combat Negative New York Times Coverage – Kaitlan Collins
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/30/donald-trump-wants-to-change-libel-laws-to-combat-negative-new-york-times-coverage/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows says White House advisers are leading Trump astray – JASON RUSSELL
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/freedom-caucus-chairman-mark-meadows-says-white-house-advisers-are-leading-trump-astray/article/2618911

 

THE HILL
— Gutiérrez: Sanctuary cities are actually ‘Fourth Amendment cities’ – MARK HENSCH  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/326275-dem-rep-sanctuary-cities-are-fourth-amendment-cities
— Trump threatens to ‘fight’ Freedom Caucus in midterms – JORDAN FABIAN  (DIERSEN: Because of this, will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a member of the Freedom Caucus?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/326463-trump-threatens-to-fight-freedom-caucus-in-midterms
— Trump, Freedom Caucus turn on each other – JONATHAN EASLEY, SCOTT WONG AND CRISTINA MARCOS
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/326550-trump-freedom-caucus-turn-on-each-other
— Pence breaks tie, allowing Senate to revoke Obama order on abortion provider funding – JORDAIN CARNEY
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/326595-pence-breaks-tie-allowing-senate-to-revoke-obama-order

 

CNN
— Trump, Ryan go public with fight against Freedom Caucus – Phil Mattingly, Lauren Fox, Jeremy Diamond
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/30/politics/freedom-caucus-trump-tweet/index.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump: ‘We must fight’ hard-line conservative Freedom Caucus in 2018 midterm elections – John Wagner, Mike DeBonis and Robert Costa (DIERSEN: Because of this, will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a member of the Freedom Caucus?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-we-must-fight-hard-line-conservative-freedom-caucus-in-2018-midterm-elections/2017/03/30/56783e38-154e-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Seeking a way forward, Trump increasingly finds himself at odds with his own party – Michael A. Memoli and Lisa Mascaro
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-trump-party-20170330-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Warns House Conservatives: ‘Get on the Team’  Freedom Caucus members withheld support last week from the health-care bill – MICHAEL C. BENDER and NATALIE ANDREWS (DIERSEN: Because of this, will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a member of the Freedom Caucus?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-warns-house-conservatives-get-on-the-team-1490883419

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— S&P sides with foreign countries against America.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-03-30/s-p-sanctuary-cities-wont-see-ratings-dip-with-trump-order

 

DAILY BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Threatens War With Freedom Caucus.” and asks “Could He Survive?”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/30/trump-threatens-war-with-freedom-caucus-could-he-survive.html

March 29 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats to unveil ‘comeback agenda’ as counter to Rauner’s ‘turnaround agenda’ – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-democrats-turnaround-agenda-met-story.html
— Illinois congressmen follow party line on measure to force release of Trump tax returns – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-congressmen-trump-tax-returns-20170328-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Successful women demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-midwest-women-in-tech-conference-bsi-20170327-story.html
— Uber report shows diversity deficit in leadership, engineering – Eric Newcomer  (DIERSEN: In Diersen v GAO, if the lawsuit had gone to trial, GAO could have easily proven that GAO paid more to its employees who were minority and/or female than GAO paid to its employees who were White and/or male who had comparable job-related work experience, job-related education, job-related professional licenses, and job-related professional licenses.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-uber-diversity-report-20170328-story.html
— Paul Ryan a convenient scapegoat for Trump’s failure – Jonah Goldberg  (DIERSEN: Who are leading scapegoaters in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois.  I should write a book about the leading scapegoaters in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-paul-ryan-obamacare-failure-fault-20170328-column.html
— Who’s to blame for high property taxes? Look in the mirror – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-illinois-property-taxes-perspec-0329-20170329-story.html
— Medical pot bill in S. Carolina bolstered by conservatives – AP  (DIERSEN: If you do not oppose pot, you should not claim to be religious, conservative, Republican, or American.  To push pot in America is to push the destruction of America.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sns-bc-us–medical-marijuana-south-20170326-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Trump again puts spotlight on violence in Chicago – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-police-union-chief-meets-trump-0328-20170328-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx treasonously encourages illegals a) to come to Cook County illegally, b) to illegally stay in Cook County illegally, and c) to illegally bring other illegals to Cook County illegally. Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to drive individuals, organizations, and companies that are a member of any of the following groups out of Cook County: 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/chicagoinc/ct-kim-foxx-girltalk-0329-chicago-inc-20170328-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What does Mayor Rahm Emanuel think of you?  Anti-Trump Emanuel says “Speak out against the hatred and ugliness whirling around us.”  Ever-increasingly, Emanuel promotes hatred against 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 longer than his ancestors. To encourage Emanuel to hate me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I am 100% German national origin, that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that I am conservative, that I am Republican, that I am American, that I am White, that I am a male, that I am old (68), that I am not poor, that I am a gun owner, that I am a draft avoider, that I oppose illegal/mass immigration, that oppose promotion of dependency on government and on charity, that I oppose promotion of LGBTQ activity, that I oppose promotion of abortion, that I oppose race and gender based preference giving, that I oppose age discrimination, that I oppose patronage, that I oppose political affiliation discrimination, that oppose promotion of booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, and that I oppose diminution of First and Second Amendment rights.  They would stress those Jewish people who have a very low opinion of me including former Money Magazine employees and my former superiors and supervisors in the federal government; if I had been Jewish, Money Magazine and IRS would not have disallowed my education deductions. They would stress that the mayor of Wheaton publicly insults me and that no one comes to my defense.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/speak-out-against-the-hatred-and-ugliness-whirling-around-us/amp/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO
— Here’s a measure of the opioid problem in Chicago and Illinois – BRIGID SWEENEY  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hypocritically rail against opioids but not against pot?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170329/NEWS03/170329849

 

COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS
— Illinois: Find out how healthy your county is and explore factors that drive your health (DIERSEN: DuPage is #1 overall and #5 for health outcomes.)
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/illinois/2017/overview

 

WSIL TV
— No LGBTQ category included in Census proposal for 2020 count – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35022892/no-lgbtq-category-included-in-census-proposal-for-2020-count
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Census Bureau did not include a separate count of LGBTQ Americans in its proposal for the 2020 Census. The category had been sought by gay rights advocates. The bureau counts Americans according to race, gender and other characteristics. Its proposal submitted to Congress this week did not have a separate category for LGBTQ. The Census Bureau said it had no immediate comment. But gay rights advocates say it’s more evidence that Trump is going back on a campaign promise to protect the gay community. Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services removed questions on sexuality from two of its surveys. The Trump administration also has canceled an Obama administration directive that students should use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.)

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Mendoza ditched campaign pledge – Editorial
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-mendoza-ditched-campaign-pledge/article_d36e7ea7-bed1-5954-bbb3-b8a1ca9785ae.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A taste of their own medicine – Tom Kacich  (DIERSEN: A major reason why people hate federal employees and hate retired federal employees is that federal employees and retired federal employees like me are eligible to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program.  People want the federal government to screw its employees and screw its retirees just like private sector employers screw their employee and screw their retirees.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-03-29/tom-kacich-taste-their-own-medicine.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the end of his 65-minute tele-town hall Monday night, U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis was asked whether members of Congress should get their health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act. We do, he said. And he pays more for it than he did under a previous program, with a higher deductible and a higher out-of-pocket maximum cost. “I’m part of the only group that has to, by law, has to get their benefits through the Affordable Care Act for health care,” Davis said. “I actually follow more stringent requirements than the Obama White House did. The Obama White House didn’t have to get their health benefits through the Affordable Care Act exchange like members of Congress and members of the Senate do. They were able to join millions of federal employees through the federal employee health benefit program.” Davis didn’t say it, but the reason for the disparity is that’s the way Congress wrote the law. “For a long period of time,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, “it seemed to me that members of Congress needed to be subject to the laws they pass for the rest of the country.” Davis didn’t sound pleased about his enrollment under the ACA. “We don’t get any special benefits. We do have to follow the health care benefits of the Affordable Care Act where every other federal employee does not,” he said. Members of Congress are enrolled under the ACA’s gold tier plan offered by the DC Health Link. According to the Congressional Research Service, the average employer contribution — which comes from taxpayers — is 72 percent. Davis has family coverage under the ACA, and it’s more expensive, with a higher deductible, than what they had before the ACA under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program. The breakdown, as provided by Davis spokeswoman Ashley Phelps:)

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Court documents: ‘Fairly junior’ staffer was informant in Aaron Schock case – Andy Kravetz (DIERSEN: When were you a fairly junior staffer?  I was a GS-7 staffer, currently $44,853, at IRS in 1971 when I was 22 years old; a GS-9 staffer, currently $54,864, in 1972; a GS-11 staffer, currently $66,379, in 1973; and GS-12 staffer, currently $79,563, in 1974.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170328/court-documents-fairly-junior-staffer-was-informant-in-aaron-schock-case

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Make that death, taxes and fraud in filing season – Tim Landis
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170328/make-that-death-taxes-and-fraud-in-filing-season

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Davis Examines Failed ACA Repeal Effort – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=240187#.WNuRqxHxZZI

 

DUPAGE WATCHDOG
— No New Taxes –$132.5 Million CUSD 200 Referendum – Janet Shaw
http://dupagewatchdog.org/2017/03/no-new-taxes-132-5-million-cusd-200-referendum/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The Case Against Recreational Marijuana: Colorado – Benjamin Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/03/the-case-against-recreational-marijuana-colorado/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Liberals Shame and Bully Conservative Kids – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/liberals-shame-bully-conservative-kids/
— New Bill Forces Pastors to Take Mandatory Training – Andrew Willis
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/new-bill-forces-pastors-to-take-mandatory-training/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— UNBALANCED BUDGET RESPONSE ACT WOULD ALLOW RAUNER TO MAKE CUTS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET – Amy Korte
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/unbalanced-budget-response-act-would-allow-rauner-to-make-cuts-to-balance-the-budget/

 

THE BLAZE
— Anti-Trump questions on Illinois school quiz spur outrage: ‘Indoctrination of our youth by liberal academia’ – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/29/anti-trump-questions-on-school-quiz-spur-outrage-indoctrination-of-our-youth-by-liberal-academia/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Luis Gutierrez goes off reservation to defend sanctuary cities – Cheryl K. Chumley
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/29/luis-gutierrez-goes-reservation-defend-sanctuary-c/

 

GOPUSA
— OUTSTANDING: Tough Sheriff says elected leaders of ‘sanctuary cities’ should be arrested
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22440
— Fox Coverage of Illegal Alien Rape ‘Inconvenient’ for Biased Media
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22438
— Math and Reading Take Backseat to Social-Emotional Learning  (DIERSEN: Democrat teachers focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.”)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22327

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— HOW JEFF SESSIONS PLANS TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST SANCTUARY CITIES  (DIERSEN: Sanctuary Cities should be called “Fort Sumter Cities.” If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/03/28/how-jeff-sessions-plans-to-fight-back-against-sanctuary-cities/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— 40% of Disney staff ‘gay’ in ’98 – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/media/2017/03/28/caught-on-video-40-of-disney-staff-gay-in-98

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Manage Your Time, Manage Your Life – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: How much time do you spend promoting Christian, conservative, and Republican principles?  I spend 10+ hours each and every day, 70+ hours each and every week, 300+ hours each and every month, 3,650+ hours each and every year, and 36,500+ hours each and every decade.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/03/29/manage-time-manage-life/

 

POLITICO
— Roskam rejects bid to revive failed GOP Obamacare repeal bill – RACHAEL BADE and JOHN BRESNAHAN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/roskam-obamacare-repeal-health-care-236624

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Raves About Chicago Have Become Rants – JULIE BOSMAN and MONICA DAVEY (DIERSEN: What are your connections with Chicago?  Mine include living there part-time 1974-1976 and full-time 1976-1978; getting married there in 1978; working there 1973-1997 and the last 6 months of 1971; and taking college classes there part-time 1992-1997 and 1971-1983, and full-time 1966-1968.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/us/donald-trump-chicago-rahm-emanuel-violence.html
— Equal Pay for Men and Women? Iceland Wants Employers to Prove It – LIZ ALDERMAN  (DIERSEN: In Diersen v GAO, if the lawsuit had gone to trial, GAO could have easily proven that GAO paid more to its employees who were female than GAO paid to its employees who were male who had comparable job-related work experience, job-related education, job-related professional licenses, and job-related professional licenses.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/business/economy/iceland-women-equal-pay.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Someone who is anti-Trump and anti-male says “The All-Male Photo Op Isn’t a Gaffe. It’s a Strategy.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/opinion/the-all-male-photo-op-isnt-a-gaffe-its-a-strategy.html
— Mysterious Buyer of Trump’s Childhood Home Said to Be From China – SARAH MASLIN NIR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/nyregion/donald-trump-house-queens-buyer.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— In ‘Apprentice’ defamation case, Trump will argue he is immune from lawsuits in state courts until he leaves office – Rosalind S. Helderman (DIERSEN: Can mayors argue that they are immune from defamation lawsuits until they are out of office?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/28/in-apprentice-defamation-case-trump-will-argue-he-is-immune-from-lawsuits-in-state-courts-until-he-leaves-office/
— Agencies prepare for federal employee layoffs, furloughs – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: First, agencies will get rid their employees who are Republican (if there are any left), than, their employees who are older, then, their employees who are White, then, their employees who are male, and then, their employees who are not veterans.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/03/29/agencies-prepare-for-federal-employee-layoffs-furloughs/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Businesses That Serve (ILLEGALS) Feel Pinched by Trump’s Moves – Cameron McWhirter  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/businesses-that-serve-immigrants-feel-pinched-by-trumps-moves-1490723413
— Is the Ivy League’s Admission Bias a ‘Trade Secret’?  Princeton sues to block the government’s release of documents that could show discrimination. – JASON L. RILEY  (DIERSEN: Do you have a degree from Ivy League University?  I do not.  I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who badmouth the universities that I have degrees from – NIU (1970), Loyola (1976), DePaul (1980), and IIT (1997).)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-ivy-leagues-admission-bias-a-trade-secret-1490740763
— Uber Releases Workforce Data Amid Criticism of Company Culture – GEORGIA WELLS and  GREG BENSINGER  (DIERSEN: What is/was the culture where you work/worked?  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, the culture was predominately if not overwhelmingly anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-releases-workforce-data-amid-criticism-of-company-culture-1490721521

 

USA TODAY
— Trump claims immunity from ‘Apprentice’ contestant’s lawsuit – Nick Penzenstadler (DIERSEN: Can mayors argue that they are immune from defamation lawsuits until they are out of office?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/28/trump-claims-immunity-apprentice-contestants-lawsuit/99729932/

 

NPR
— Run-Up To Census 2020 Raises Concerns Over Security And Politics – HANSI LO WANG  (DIERSEN: What will the Democrats and the RINOs tell the illegals to do concerning the census?)
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/28/521789446/run-up-to-census-2020-raises-concerns-over-security-and-politics

 

THE ATLANTIC
— Breaking Faith  The culture war over religious morality has faded; in its place is something much worse. – Peter Beinart  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, churches and their members talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/breaking-faith/517785/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over the past decade, pollsters charted something remarkable: Americans—long known for their piety—were fleeing organized religion in increasing numbers. The vast majority still believed in God. But the share that rejected any religious affiliation was growing fast, rising from 6 percent in 1992 to 22 percent in 2014. Among Millennials, the figure was 35 percent.)

 

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
— APPLY NOW! Undergraduate Fall Internship with The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) – Juliann Phan  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  Democrats are nasty. GAO audits IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I only had to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, or from $90,173 to $71,326 to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old.  All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, they demonized, denigrated, and condemned what I had learned about IRS be working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, $79,563-$90,173. They rejected the fact that much of what I did for IRS was similar to what GAO employees do – interview, gather facts, summarize facts, analyze facts, make recommendations, write reports, etc.  They demonized, denigrated, and condemned the fact that before I transferred, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, that I had earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and that I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
http://business.gmu.edu/blog/buzz/2017/03/27/apply-now-undergraduate-fall-internship-u-s-government-accountability-office-gao/
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: About Us: To help the Congress address current and emerging challenges to the well-being and financial security of the American people; To help the Congress to respond to changing security threats and the challenges of global interdependence; To help transform the Federal government to address national challenges; and To maximize the value of GAO by enabling quality, timely service to Congress and by being a leading practices Federal agency.)

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— How can I buy my first home? – Paul Clitheroe (DIERSEN: What enabled you to buy your first home? For me, in 1972, when I was 24, it was a) my working for IRS at the GS-11 level, currently $66,379, b) my working for Firestone Stores part-time, c) my not being subject to the draft, and d) my having saved the down payment.)
http://moneymag.com.au/askpaul-housing-market/

March 27 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Democrats Launch Ad Campaign Against Roskam as Pressure Over Obamacare Repeal Grows – Shelby Bremer
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/democrats-ad-campaign-against-peter-roskam-obamacare-repeal-417217663.html
— Bitter GOP Finger-Pointing Clouds Path for Trump Agenda  “If he changes, he could have a different presidency,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says – Hope Yen
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Trump-Health-Overhaul-Loss-Opens-Door-Democrats-417163803.html

CBS2

— Sessions Vows To Block Sanctuary Cities From Getting Justice Grants
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/03/27/sessions-vows-to-block-sanctuary-cities-from-getting-justice-grants/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— Democratic governor hopefuls unified on Rauner attacks, divided on need for self-funding challenger – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-democratic-governor-candidates-met-0328-20170328-story.html
— Rauner wants vote on new Stevenson toll lanes, Madigan quickly pushes back – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-stevenson-toll-lanes-met-20170327-story.html
— Trump signs bills overturning Obama-era education regulations – Emma Brown
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-overturn-education-regulations-20170327-story.html
— Attorney General Jeff Sessions says sanctuary cities may lose federal funding – Sari Horwitz and John Wagner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-ct-sanctuary-cities-federal-funds-20170327-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Neil M. Gorsuch deserves confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/neil-m-gorsuch-deserves-confirmation-to-the-u-s-supreme-court/
— AG Sessions: Feds could ‘claw back’ funds from sanctuary cities – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ag-sessions-feds-could-claw-back-funds-for-sanctuary-cities/
— Slamalot: Chris Kennedy disses Dems at party meet and greet – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/six-vying-to-unseat-rauner-present-case-to-cook-county-dems/
— Six vying to unseat Rauner present case to Cook County Democrats – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/six-vying-to-unseat-rauner-present-case-to-cook-county-dems/
— To save state, put pressure on Springfield for realistic budget – Madeleine Doubek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/to-save-state-put-pressure-on-springfield-for-realistic-budget/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Despite poll, no vote now on legal pot – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.  If you want to destroy a country, you encourage its citizens to smoke pot.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170327/BLOGS02/170329877/despite-poll-no-vote-now-on-legal-pot
(FROM THE ARTCLE: Steans was reacting to a survey by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois that found a stunning two-thirds of voters saying they support the legalization of pot “if taxed and regulated like alcohol.” . . . Support for full legalization was wide across the state and among political subdivisions. While such backing was strongest among Democrats, young people and Chicagoans, the plan gets support from 52 percent of Republicans surveyed, 54 percent of downstaters and 51 percent of those aged 66 and up, the institute said. Just 31 percent of voters overall indicated they oppose or strongly oppose such an action.)
— Sanctuary cities may see federal grants cut – Reuters
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170327/NEWS02/170329878/sanctuary-cities-may-see-federal-grants-cut
— Big money makes its move in Dem guv race – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170327/BLOGS02/170329879/illinois-governor-race

 

DAILY HERALD
— New Science Center makes Naperville’s North Central ‘destination’ – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170327/news/170328981/

 

VARIOUS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.  If you want to destroy a country, you encourage its citizens to smoke pot.
http://news.wsiu.org/post/poll-shows-illinoisans-keen-marijuana-decriminalization#stream/0
http://wibqam.com/news/articles/2017/mar/27/will-selling-pot-fix-the-illinois-budget-problem/
http://herald-review.com/news/local/pot-legalization-opinions-run-full-circle/article_95dc2071-bd58-5bd1-9fe2-e559e676cb86.html
http://wqad.com/2017/03/27/illinois-lawmakers-introduce-bill-legalizing-recreational-pot/
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/poll-majority-of-illinoisans-want-legal-recreational-pot/article_0637d168-98a1-5193-b90e-d49e926cd1a7.html
https://rebootillinois.com/2017/03/27/poll-support-decriminalization-legalization-marijuana-illinois/
http://fox6now.com/2017/03/27/pondering-pot-illinois-considers-allowing-people-to-possess-grow-or-buy-marijuana/
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/recreational-marijuana-not-so-fast-say-local-officials-19495.cfm#.WNmn2zvyuM8
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/will-illinois-be-the-next-state-to-legalize-recreational-pot/article_5d78251a-8cc6-5ee5-bc68-56465c0e7c80.html
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lawmakers-hope-marijuana-can-take-the-edge-off-illinois-budget/article_bcc6ed71-bb54-567e-a8d1-547c73640610.html
http://www.wndu.com/content/news/Illinois-could-be-the-first-Midwest-state-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana–417138913.html
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/27/lawmakers-bet-economy-on-legal-weed/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Huntley increases fees for video gaming terminals – HANNAH PROKOP
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/03/24/huntley-increases-fees-for-video-gaming-terminals/auf9gjm/

 

EAST PEORIA TIMES COURIER
— Rauner to speak at Tazewell Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner April 4
http://www.eastpeoriatimescourier.com/news/20170327/rauner-to-speak-at-tazewell-republican-party-lincoln-day-dinner

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— 2017 Election Questionnaire: Wheaton City Council West District candidate Robert “Bobby” McNeily
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/03/22/2017-election-questionnaire-wheaton-city-council-west-district-candidate-robert-bobby-mcneily/agfccs9/

 

CARBONDALE REPORTER
— Illinois Republican National Hispanic Assembly owes $1,700 in fines
http://carbondalereporter.com/stories/511097705-illinois-republican-national-hispanic-assembly-owes-1-700-in-fines

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Bobby McNeily​ For Wheaton City Council, West District – Patrick Martin
http://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/bobby-mcneily-wheaton-city-council-west-district-patch-candidate-profile

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Is Lady Justice really blind or do judges make the law: Berkowitz w/Judge Posner
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/03/is-lady-justice-really-blind-or-do-judges-make-the-law-berkowitz-wjudge-posner-cableweb/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Laura Hois, Downers Grove Township Clerk, seeking higher taxpayer funded pension based on void ordinance – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/03/laura-hois-downers-grove-township-clerk-seeking-higher-taxpayer-funded-pension-based-on-void-ordinance/
— Higher Learning Commission – The new hammer against Fraud and Abuse in Higher Education – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/03/higher-learning-commission-the-new-hammer-against-fraud-and-abuse-in-higher-education/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage sees more than 9,000 leave county in single year – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511097229-dupage-sees-more-than-9-000-leave-county-in-single-year

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Student Impact Summit 4/21-22 in Arlington Heights
https://illinoisfamily.org/event/student-impact-summit/
— Hey Feminists! The U.S. Constitution Does Not NEED an Equal Rights Amendment – Tami Jackson
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/hey-feminists-u-s-constitution-not-need-equal-rights-amendment/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BATINICK, SKILLICORN FILE BILL TO ALLOW COMPTROLLER GREATER DISCRETION IN PAYING STATE BILLS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/batinick-skillicorn-file-legislation-to-give-comptroller-greater-discretion-following-court-ruling-on-legislator-pay.html
— NEXT GENERATION OF TAXPAYERS STEP UP TO RUN FOR CHICAGO AREA LOCAL OFFICES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/next-generation-of-taxpayers-step-up-to-run-for-local-public-office.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Kennedy’s hands shook during speech, dropped mic
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/27/report-kennedys-hands-shook-during-speech-dropped-mic/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Pot is Bad News — No Ifs, Ands or Butts  Mainstream use of drug clouds everyone’s judgment, says expert – Lawrence Meyers
http://www.lifezette.com/healthzette/pot-is-bad-news-no-ifs-and-or-butts/

 

TOWNHALL
— Attorney General Jeff Sessions Announces Coming Crackdown on Sanctuary City Funding – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2017/03/27/sessions-on-sanctuary-cities-n2304855

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Hollywood’s Illegal Immigration Agenda – Matt Norcross
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matt-norcross/2017/03/27/hollywoods-illegal-immigration-agenda

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— SANCTUARY CITIES ENABLE YET MORE MURDERS BY ILLEGALS  Brent Smith rips officials of Massachusetts town where teacher’s aide killed
http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/sanctuary-cities-enable-yet-more-murders-by-illegals/

 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA
— The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado  The Impact
http://www.rmhidta.org/html/2016%20FINAL%20Legalization%20of%20Marijuana%20in%20Colorado%20The%20Impact.pdf

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Are the Trump haters creating 1968 all over again? – Patricia McCarthy
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/03/are_the_trump_haters_creating_1968_all_over_again_.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Sessions Threatens to Withhold Funds in Sanctuary City Crackdown – Sandy Fitzgerald
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/sanctuary-city-crackdown-law-funding/2017/03/27/id/780979/

 

FOX NEWS
— Identity politics: the biological fraud – Greg Gutfeld
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/03/27/identity-politics-biological-fraud.html

 

GOPUSA
— Koppel tells Hannity he’s bad for America – AP  (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are bad for your precinct, bad for your municipality, bad for your township/ward, bad for your county, bad for Illinois, and/or bad for America?  Who do you believe is bad for your precinct, bad for your municipality, bad for your township/ward, bad for your county, bad for Illinois, and/or bad for America?)
http://www.gopusa.com/koppel-tells-hannity-hes-bad-for-america/

 

THE BLAZE
— Racist posters spotted at college; outrage erupts over ‘intolerable’ hatred. Then the truth emerges. – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/27/racist-posters-spotted-at-college-outrage-erupts-over-intolerable-hatred-then-the-truth-emerges/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mexico rewards US-educated illegals with English teacher jobs – PAUL BEDARD
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/deported-illegals-to-teach-english-in-mexico/article/2618535

 

WASHINGTON POST
— In New York, searching for the reclusive and elusive Melania Trump – Paul Schwartzman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/melania-trump-a-cipher-in-sky-high-stilettos/2017/03/27/bcb3c212-0900-11e7-a15f-a58d4a988474_story.html

 

VANITY FAIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “DONALD TRUMP IS MAKING MEN MORE SEXIST” and “is behind an increase in male aggressiveness.”
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/research-shows-donald-trump-is-making-men-more-sexist

 

FED SMITH
— President Trump is Learning That He Needs Federal Agencies – Michael Wald
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/03/27/president-trump-learning-needs-federal-agencies/

March 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bills to legalize marijuana introduced in General Assembly – Sam Charles  (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois are leading the opposition against SB 316 and HB 2353?  Please ask them to phone me at 630-653-0462.  I am considering asking the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to pass a resolution against the legalization of marijuana for recreational use similar to MTRCC’s 2009 resolution against video gambling.  For a sample of such a resolution, SEE:
http://archive.azcentral.com/ic/pdf/resolution-opposing-legalization-marijuana.pdf  I would ask all of the Republicans who represent all or part of Milton Township to endorse the resolution including U.S. Representative Roskam; Governor Rauner; Lt. Governor Sanguinetti; Illinois Senators Connelly and Nybo; Illinois Representatives Breen and Ives; DuPage County officials Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Cronin, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Elliott, Grant, Grogan, Henry, Hinds, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Larsen, Murphy, Noonan, Redick, Ruscitti, Whelan, Wiley, Zaruba, and Zay; Milton Township officials Falbo, Heidorn, Hinkle, Keller, LeVan, Molitor, Muehlfelt, and Nathwani; and all the MTRCC members.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bills-to-legalize-marijuana-introduced-in-general-assembly/
— Girl who was gang raped on Facebook Live getting online threats – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/girl-who-was-gang-raped-on-facebook-live-getting-online-threats/
— Call for Vallas to lead CSU is divisive  The stereotype — that when things go wrong, a white person has to step in to fix it — persists because too often, black people are OK with letting white people come to their rescue. – Mary Mitchell
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-call-for-vallas-to-lead-csu-is-divisive/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: Of 10 largest metro areas in U.S., only Chicago’s loses residents  (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, when Democrats take over an area, the area goes downhill, that is, the area suffers more poverty and more crime.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/of-10-largest-metro-areas-in-u-s-only-chicagos-loses-residents/
— DIERSEN HEDLINE: S.E. Cupp demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/under-trump-is-the-very-idea-of-truth-going-extinct/
— The ‘unkindest cuts’ may actually be kind – John Stossel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/the-unkindest-cuts-may-actually-be-kind/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: Chicago area leads U.S. in population loss, sees drop for 2nd year in a row – Marwa Eltagouri and Grace Wong  (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, when Democrats take over an area, the area goes downhill, that is, the area suffers more poverty and more crime.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
— Number of shootings down, but gun violence more spread out in Aurora – Hannah Leone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/crime/ct-abn-aurora-shootings-spread-2016-st-0306-20170321-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: When politicians take sanctuary in flouting laws they dislike- Victor Davis Hanson  (DIERSEN: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky. Democrats want to comply only with those laws that promote the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201703221030–tms–vdhansonctnvh-a20170323-20170323-column.html
— Islamic State claims responsibility for London car, knife attack that left four dead – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-uk-parliament-attack-20170323-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: Chicago metro area loses population for second year in a row – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, when Democrats take over an area, the area goes downhill, that is, the area suffers more poverty and more crime.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170323/BLOGS02/170329938
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: The horrifying health stats on Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods – BRIGID SWEENEY (DIERSEN: With only rare exceptions, when Democrats take over an area, the area goes downhill, that is, the area suffers more poverty and more crime.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170323/NEWS03/170329937

 

DAILY HERALD
— Surplus state, federal computers provided to needy families – AP (DIERSEN: Since the 1980s, I have spent lots of money on computers.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170323/news/303239975
— Subdivision plan would demolish historic building on Loretto Convent site – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170323/business/170329496/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Part time? Legislators say not – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170322/bernard-schoenburg-part-time-legislators-say-not

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 board candidates split in support of referendum – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/03/20/district-200-board-candidates-split-in-support-of-referendum/acyw76f/
— Wheaton gives developer green light to raze buildings on Loretto Convent property – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/03/21/wheaton-gives-developer-green-light-to-raze-buildings-on-loretto-convent-property/asxu5du/

 

NORTH COOK COUNTY
— “A lot of hootin’, yellin’ and screaming:” New Trier School Board member slams “White Privilege” seminar supporters’ behavior at Feb meeting
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511096624-a-lot-of-hootin-yellin-and-screaming-new-trier-school-board-member-slams-white-privilege-seminar-supporters-behavior-at-feb-meeting

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Did Rauner ‘Pull Votes’ Off The Grand Bargain? – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/did-rauner-pull-votes-grand-bargain#stream/0
— Illinois Issues: When Women Are Paid Less Then Men – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented the jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees mare than it paid me – females who had significantly less job-related work experience, job-related education, job-related professional certifications, and no professional license.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-when-women-are-paid-less-then-men#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A True Story About the Southern Poverty Law Center – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Southern Poverty Center. They stress that while I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, I always welcomed LaBarbera to speak at TAPROOT events.  They stress that I include in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails links to articles LaBarbera writes. They stress that I, like LaBarbera, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity. Again, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Southern Poverty Center.  Because I refuse to blacklist LaBarbera, they blacklist me.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/true-story-southern-poverty-law-center/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: She told me that the only reason IFI had been included on the hate groups list was that in 2005, IFI’s former executive director Peter LaBarbera had posted a very short article by someone not affiliated with IFI (i.e., Paul Cameron) for which LaBarbera had written an even shorter introduction.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MAKING ILLINOIS A SHELTER STATE FOR ABORTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/making-illinois-a-shelter-state-for-abortion-video.html

 

GOPUSA
— A Nation of Law, Not Politics, with Gorsuch – Star Parker  (DIERSEN: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky. Democrats comply only with those laws that promote the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.gopusa.com/a-nation-of-law-not-politics-with-gorsuch/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WHAT TO DO ABOUT OBAMACARE AND THE UNINSURABLE? FREE MARKETS AND CHARITY! – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being undeservedly filthy rich, and that therefore, Republicans should pay for the uninsurable.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/what-to-do-about-obamacare-and-the-uninsurable-free-markets-and-charity/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Congress Can Make Regulators Accountable – HENRY I. MILLER & JEFF STIER  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, Democrat politicians always held my superiors and my supervisors accountable a) for hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) for making way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445992/regulatory-reform-congress-trump-priorities-food-drug-administration

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Obama Admin Loyalists, Government Insiders Sabotage Trump White House  Former admin planted series of landmines to subvert Trump team –  Adam Kredo
http://freebeacon.com/politics/obama-admin-loyalists-government-insiders-sabotage-trump-white-house/
— Warren Angered that Cabinet Nominee Considers President His Boss – Bill McMorris  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the bosses that I had while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. Some of them disapproved of the orders that they were given to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/warren-angered-trump-cabinet-nominee-considers-president-boss/

 

POLITICO
— Billionaire J.B. Pritzker running for Illinois governor passed bad check in 1986 – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1986?  I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/illinois-billionaire-j-b-pritzker-passed-bad-checks-236401

 

REUTERS
— Immigration provision cut from Obamacare rollback, angering conservatives – Julia Edwards Ainsley and Yasmeen Abutaleb
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obamacare-immigration-idUSKBN16S2RX

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps formally declare war on America?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/opinion/president-trumps-reckless-shame-game.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Gorsuch says he wouldn’t be swayed by Trump or his advisers – Mark Moore  (DIERSEN: Who are you swayed by?  Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents talk and act like they are swayed by whoever has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://nypost.com/2017/03/22/gorsuch-says-he-wouldnt-be-swayed-by-trump-or-his-advisers/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/immigrant-students-american-future-article-1.3005587

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Islamic State-linked news site Amaq carried a statement calling the attacker a “soldier” of the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate. –  Karla Adam and Brian Murphy  (DIERSEN: How soon will soldiers of the caliphate kill people in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/britain-police-say-attacker-acted-alone-but-have-arrested-7-in-sweeps/2017/03/23/178100f4-0f98-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Sen. Al Franken brands Gorsuch a partisan and ‘absurd’ – Evan Halper  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes brand you as being?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress as negatively as they can that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, and that I am conservative, Republican, White, male, old (68), non-poor, a gun owner, 100% German American, a draft avoider, a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980, a federal employee for almost 30 years, a federal retiree for over 19 years, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, and even worse things.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-al-franken-brands-gorsuch-a-partisan-1490130187-htmlstory.html

 

USA TODAY
— You’re more likely to trust news from a trusted Facebook friend – Mike Snider  (DIERSEN: Who focuses on making others distrust you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always focused on making everyone distrust me.  I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/03/21/study-sharer-digital-news-outweighs-news-source/99447836/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Death Rates Rise for Wide Swath of White Adults, Study Finds  Increases in ‘deaths of despair’—from drugs, alcohol-related liver diseases and suicide – Betsy McKay (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Whites are overjoyed about this.  What do you say to Whites who paint themselves as being anti-White?  They do it either because a) they want to curry favor with anti-Whites, b) they fear anti-Whites, and/or c) they are racists.  I should write a book about the aforesaid in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a racist because a) they want to curry favor with anti-Whites, b) they fear anti-Whites, and/or c) they are racists.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/death-rates-rise-for-wide-swath-of-white-adults-1490240740

 

FORBES
— Three Commandments for Online Activism – Laura Brickman
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabrickman/2017/03/22/three-commandments-for-online-activism/#4a0f130f2f4d

March 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner vs. Mendoza latest front in political battle at Capitol – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-susana-mendoza-battle-met-20170318-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners promote Pawar.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ameya-pawar-rauner-term-limits-met-story.html
— Smart moves to avoid college debt burden – Steve Rosen (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses?  I paid for my bachelor’s degree and for my three master’s degrees with money that earned doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assemble line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/kidsandmoney/tca-smart-moves-to-avoid-college-debt-burden-20170314-story.html
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTICLE TITLE: Play your part to get promoted – Jeff Pruit  (DIERSEN: Notwithstanding the fact that I am a White male, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service, currently $161,900, long before I was 40 years old a) if I had been a Democrat, b) if I had been a veteran, and c) if I had helped my superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/albuquerque-journal/20170319/282686162042052
— More Kane County Forest Preserve borrowing unwise – Christopher J. Lauzen, Kane County Board Chairman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-voice-letters-opinion-st-0319-20170317-story.html
— Don’t even think about ‘updating’ the Constitution – David A. Super  (DIERSEN: 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 WANT TO UPDATE THE CONSTITUTION TO GET RID OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, COMPANIES, 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-constitutional-convention-amendments-20170319-story.html
— Illinois parolees: Often undereducated, unemployed — and soon back behind bars – Ron Berler  (DIERSEN: How many parolees would take the bad jobs that I did? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-illinois-prisioners-undereducated-recidivate-college-parole-perspec-0320-jm-20170317-story.html
— Lessons about race, learned from my father – DAHLEEN GLANTON  (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America?  Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats call you a hater, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things.  Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, Democrats shout that the longer that your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities, against females, and against recent immigrants.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-race-hogansville-glanton-20170320-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Workshops help teachers cope with students’ immigration fears – Andrea Salcedo  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps treasonously a) glorify and praise those who are in America illegally, b) encourage people to come to America illegally, c) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and d) encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.  As everyone knows, illegals are the future of the Democrat Party.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/workshops-help-teachers-cope-with-students-immigration-fears/
— Agreement reached in Chance the Rapper child support case – Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/agreement-reached-in-chance-the-rapper-child-support-case/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a new article, anti-Trumps promote Islam big time.  Ever-increasingly, the anti-Trumps in the 11 Illinois counties that voted for Clinton make it more and more and more clear that if you do not promote Islam, they will get rid of you.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170320/news/170329981/
— Is there hope for state budget deal? Several suburban lawmakers say no – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170320/news/170329983/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ken Griffin tops list of Illinois billionaires
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170320/NEWS07/170329999/ken-griffin-tops-list-of-illinois-billionaires
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and anti-Republicans say “No one in Illinois thinks the GOP health bill is a good idea.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170317/ISSUE07/170319871/no-one-in-illinois-thinks-the-gop-health-bill-is-a-good-idea

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in uniting Jews with Muslims against Trump, that is, against those who are 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 longer than their ancestors.
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article139597203.html
— Hoping we get someone in Springfield to turn around – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article139223513.html

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Crete trustees plan annual memorial day parade – Lhalie Castillo
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511092270-crete-trustees-plan-annual-memorial-day-parade

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUE
— The Barbarism of Feminism – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/the-barbarism-of-feminism/

 

GOPUSA
— ‘Affirmative right to immigrate’ made up by U.S. courts  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who agrees with “affirmative right to immigrate?” ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Trump supporters, 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.gopusa.com/?p=22018
— Trump’s Budget Targets the Do-Nothings  (DIERSEN: Do-Nothings would never take the bad jobs that I did. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22027

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fearful Mexicans scrap Cinco de Mayo – Cheryl K. Chumley  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always a) sided with foreign countries, and especially with Mexico, against America, b) sided with citizens of foreign countries, and especially with citizens of Mexico, against citizens of America, and c) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a racist because I support America’s immigration laws, the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform, and the immigration plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes either a) have never been harmed by illegal immigration or b) benefit directly from it.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/20/cinco-de-mayo-canceled-mexicans-fear-trump-deporta/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Cinco de Mayo celebration called El Carnaval de Puebla, held each year in Philadelphia, has just been suddenly canceled — and in short order, it’s due to President Donald Trump. Why? The normal and usual Mexican holiday participants are worried they might get deported. This is a good thing. For years, under Barack Obama, the law-abiding of the nation have watched with a wintry mix of outrage and disbelief as the nation’s illegals stood at podiums — public podiums, immigration officials be hanged — to shed tears for their entitlement rights, and demand the mean ol’ Republicans who want to deport them get in the amnesty line. Jose Antonio Vargas was probably the worse-case scenario of a face-slapping to America’s border control laws. Remember Vargas? He was the guy who penned a long-winded heart-puller in New York Times Magazine entitled, “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant.” Was he arrested? No. Shortly after writing another piece about the plight of the illegals — to include his personal struggles in a country like America with borders — Team Obama announced the halting of deportation of those age 30 and under who met certain DREAM Act circumstances. Vargas was also the guy who called his illegal self an American — that he just didn’t “have the right papers.” Right. But he was hardly the only illegal in America, under the Obama administration, to boldly go forth as an illegal — to demand equal rights to citizens. Thousands of others took part in public events, outright outing their illegal statuses, outright casting deportation concerns to the wind. And why wouldn’t they? Obama had an open door policy at the border — an open door policy that led him, in the days before the last presidential election, to pretty much encourage those without voting rights to, well, get to the ballot boxes and vote, anyway. His message: Because who’s going to deport them?  When asked in late 2016 by a member of the media if undocumented citizens, dreamers — “I call them citizens” — got in the election game and voted, would immigration officials then know their location and deport them, Obama’s response: “Not true. And the reason is first of all when you vote you are a citizen yourself. And there is not a situation where the voting rolls somehow are transferred over and people start investigating.” Go on, Obama egged. Vote. Nobody’s checking — not in my administration, anyway. Well, new administration. And now illegals across the nation seem to be getting the message that the new sheriff in the White House isn’t so blind to the borders. Typically, up to 15,000 gather in South Philadelphia each year for the Cinco de Mayo celebration. But this year? Different story, it seems. In recent times, Trump’s border control officials have arrested or detained hundreds of illegals. Why just within the last few days, 248 were detained in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia during a mass federal raid that lasted about two weeks. As such, illegals everywhere are starting to think: Hey, maybe we ought not strut about as if we’re citizens any longer. Good idea. “The group of six organizers decided to cancel unanimously,” said Edgar Ramirez, one of the Cinco de Mayo organizers, to a local NBC affiliate about the fate of the event. “Everyone is offended by the actions of ICE. They did not feel comfortable holding the event.” Ramirez’s comments were meant to be critical — were meant to demonstrate just how Trump’s crackdowns were causing undue chaos in the illegal community. But sorry, no sympathy here. For the law-abiding in America, Ramirez’s announcement is just yet another feel-good moment for the election of Trump — another chance to breathe a collective sigh of relief that the adults are back in charge and order, justice and law once again count.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Approval Rating Drops To 40 Percent In Latest Gallup Poll – Kaitlan Collins  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who drives approval ratings up or down in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?  ANSWER: Those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  That is why so many glorify and praise, pander to, give money to, serve as operatives for, and serve as dupes for those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/18/trump-approval-rating-drops-to-40-percent-in-latest-gallup-poll/

 

BREITBART
— Fifth Democrat (State Senator Daniel Biss) Announces Bid to Topple Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/20/fifth-democrat-announces-bid-to-topple-illinois-republican-governor-bruce-rauner/

 

THE BLAZE
— Secret Service agent who said she wouldn’t ‘take a bullet’ for Trump has finally learned her fate – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, but I nevertheless always complied with my superiors’ orders to give preference to my coworkers and subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/19/secret-service-agent-who-said-she-wouldnt-take-a-bullet-for-trump-has-finally-learned-her-fate/

 

FEDERALIST
— Is The Democratic Party Going Extinct?  Today’s Democratic Party is hollowing itself out to progressive ideology—and leaving moderate and historically liberal voters behind. – Dominic Lynch  (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats is to shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Trump supporters, 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 your ancestors.)
http://thefederalist.com/2017/03/20/democratic-party-going-extinct/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Today’s Mean Comedians: Influenced by Letterman?  By contrast, the great Johnny Carson was never nasty — comics in 2017 could learn so much from him – Lawrence Meyers
http://www.lifezette.com/popzette/today-mean-comedians-influenced-by-letterman/

 

THE HILL
– DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “immigrants commit less crime than US-born citizens.”  To be in America illegally is to commit a crime.  Most illegals are in sanctuary cities and in welcoming cities where police are forced to give them preference, that is, to not arrest them when they commit crimes.
http://thehill.com/latino/324607-reports-find-that-immigrants-commit-less-crime-than-us-born-citizens

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— No Crackdown on Illegal Employers – Editorial (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, Trump should immediately require all employers in America to use E-Verify a) before hiring any new employees and b) to verify that all their current employees are legal.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/opinion/no-crackdown-on-illegal-employers.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump began his campaign assailing immigrants as ruthless lawbreakers who steal American jobs with impunity. To halt them, he has vowed to build a wall along the border with Mexico, hire thousands of new immigration agents, ramp up immigrant detention and subject visa applicants to even more rigorous vetting. His administration has been largely silent, however, about the strongest magnet that has drawn millions of immigrants, legal and not, to the United States for generations: jobs. American employers continue to assume relatively little risk by hiring undocumented immigrants to perform menial, backbreaking work, often for little pay. Meanwhile, as Mr. Trump’s deportation crackdown accelerates, families are being ripped apart, and communities of hard-working immigrants with deep roots in this country are gripped by fear and uncertainty. As long as employers remain off the hook, a border wall and an expanded dragnet can only make temporary dents in the flows of undocumented immigrants.)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump’s crackdown focuses on people in the U.S. illegally – but not on the businesses that hire them – Cindy Carcamo  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, Trump should immediately require all employers in America to use E-Verify a) before hiring any new employees and b) to verify that all their current employees are legal.)
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-immigration-employers-20170320-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY EDITORIAL TITLE: Nine questions for Judge Gorsuch  (DIERSEN: Nine questions for anyone who claims to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican: What have you done that shows that you oppose the promotion of 1.) dependency on government and on charity, 2.) LGBTQ activity, 3.) abortion, 4.) mass immigration and illegal immigration, 5.) diminution of the First and Second Amendments, 6.) booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, 7.) reverse discrimination and age discrimination, 8) patronage and political affiliation discrimination, and 9.) Islam.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/03/19/senate-questions-neil-gorsuch-editorials-debates/99388828/
— Trump budget cuts bankroll new waste: James Bovard – James Bovard  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  Agencies will use Trump budget cuts to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/03/19/trump-budget-cuts-waste-james-bovard-column/99254470/
— FRONT PAGE: The happiest country on Earth: The winner is … – Jessica Durando  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world, who focuses on making everyone unhappy? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Trump supporters, 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.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/20/happiest-country-world-united-nations/99280014/

 

DESCRETE NEWS
— Anonymous sources a First Amendment right – Ryan Curtis  (DIERSEN: Who slanders you and how do they justify it?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes slander me and they justify it by citing anonymous sources.)
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865674991/Letter-Anonymous-sources-a-First-Amendment-right.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Universities Feel the Brunt of State’s Fiscal Woes  Schools are taking drastic steps as funding from Springfield dries up – MELISSA KORN
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-universities-feel-the-brunt-of-states-fiscal-woes-1489842000
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise Mexico and its citizens. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps talk, write, and act like they are paid agents for Mexico. Constructively, Mexico have been war with America for many decades.  The proof is that Mexico has sent many millions of its citizens into America illegally, it has kept many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and it has sent many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nafta-has-made-mexico-a-better-place-1489957421
— Democrats Turn Against Israel – ANDREW STEIN and  DOUGLAS SCHOEN
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-turn-against-israel-1489957479
— Should College Students Be Required to Take a Course in Personal Finance? (DIERSEN: When you were in your teens, in your 20s, in your 30s, in your 40s, in your 50s, and in your 60s, what percent of your income did you a) spend on immediate pleasures, b) spent on tuition, and c) save for your retirement?  I have always spend less for immediate pleasures, spent more for tuition, and saved more for my retirement.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I could do that a) because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, b) because I have always been privileged, c) because I have had good health, d) because I avoided the draft, e) because I have always been overpaid, and f) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/should-college-students-be-required-to-take-a-course-in-personal-finance-1489975500
— How to Raise Your Child to Be a Philanthropist  Experts advise to start talking to children about philanthropy when they’re young and continue to have those discussions as they grow – VERONICA DAGHER  (DIERSEN: How much money do/did your parents have?  To demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as having always being filthy rich, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors as having been filthy rich.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-raise-your-child-to-be-a-philanthropist-1489757165

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly anti-Trumps treasonously a) glorify and praise those who are in America illegally, b) encourage people to come to America illegally, c) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and d) encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.  As everyone knows, illegals are the future of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-20/in-its-sanctuary-cities-america-is-already-great

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— No Sympathy for the Hillbilly  Democrats need to stop trying to feel everyone’s pain, and hold on to their own anger. – Frank Rich
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/03/frank-rich-no-sympathy-for-the-hillbilly.html

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Agency programs under threat in the Trump budget – Carten Cordell (DIERSEN: Agencies are run by Democrats. I predict that instead of cutting programs, agencies will get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/agency-programs-under-threat-in-the-trump-budget

 

AFTERNET
— Why Bernie Is the Most Popular Politician in America  Sanders’ message about the ravages of runaway inequality hit home because it is true. – Les Leopold  (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight inequality?  My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, 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 would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, that they disallowed my education deductions, and that they disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.alternet.org/economy/why-bernie-most-popular-politician-america