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August 19 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which groups are ENCOURAGED by Rauner’s comments on Illinois TRUST Act?  ANSWER: Groups that will never vote for Rauner, that is, groups 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. QUESTION: Which groups are DISCOURAGED by Rauner’s comments on Illinois TRUST Act? ANSWER: Groups that want to vote for Rauner in 2018, that is, groups that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.icirr.org/news-events/news/details/2112/privacy.html

 

NBC5
— 32 Hate Groups Call Illinois Home, Southern Poverty Law Center Says  The SPLC’s digital “Hate Map,” an interactive feature on its website cataloging what it calls extremist and fringe groups, has been circulated widely on social media in recent days in response to the events in Charlottesville. – Richard Ray (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if your group does not promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform, CNN, SPLC, NBC5, and other Democrat, Libertarian, and Green individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries will call your group a “hate group.”  The aforesaid platforms promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, the destruction of the traditional family, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race and gender based preference giving, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and/or even worse things.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/32-Hate-Groups-Call-Illinois-Home-Southern-Poverty-Law-Center-Says-441061583.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— NAACP calling for boycott of NFL, Atlanta Falcons – Aungelique Proctor
http://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/274722724-story
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The NAACP has called for a boycott of the NFL. The organization says the league treated free agent Colin Kaepernick unfairly for his headline grabbing protest during the national anthem. The NAACP is asking Falcons fans everywhere to take a knee on the NFL. They say that means they don’t want fans coming to Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the season opener or even watching the team on television.)
— Steve Bannon leaves White House preparing for ‘war’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/274798453-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Khouri to run for General Assembly
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-khouri-election-st-0820-20170818-story.html
— DuPage Democrats optimistic with Bellock not seeking re-election in 47th District – Chuck Fieldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/western-springs/news/ct-dhd-democrat-replace-bellock-tl-0824-20170818-story.html
— Boston braces for far-right demonstrators and large counter-protest – Vera Haller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-boston-free-speech-rally-20170819-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled anti-Trump says “Trump panders to racists, but calling him out is not enough.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201708181533–tms–msanchezctnms-a20170818-20170818-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner vetoes plan requiring overdue bill reporting – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/rauner-vetoes-plan-requiring-overdue-bill-reporting/
— DuPage County: Brothers charged with turning in forged community service records
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brothers-charged-with-turning-in-forged-community-service-records/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: General Robert E. Lee: A tragic turn on hallowed ground – Gene Lyons  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps reject Lincoln’s “With malice toward none, with charity for all.”)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/lyons-a-turn-from-laughable-to-tragic-on-hallowed-ground-in-virginia/
— Trump, Melania will not attend Kennedy Center honors – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-melania-will-not-attend-kennedy-center-honorsdistrac/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The honorees at the Dec. 3 ceremony are Carmen de Lavallade, Gloria Estefan, LL COOL J, Norman Lear, Lionel Richie. The White House said in a statement the first couple would not attend in order to “allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction.” This comes after members of a presidential arts and humanities commission quit Friday to protest Trump in the wake of his Charlottesville remarks. The members – some Obama appointees – said in a statement, “Ignoring your hateful rhetoric would have made us complicit in your words and actions,” they wrote in a letter to Trump. “We took a patriotic oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” “…Supremacy, discrimination, and vitriol are not American values. Your values are not American values. We must be better than this. We are better than this. If this is not clear to you, then we call on you to resign your office, too.”)

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Silicon Valley as being a warrior against White supremacy.  Which anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois promote themselves as being warriors against White supremacy?  What do these warriors do to get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20170819/how-silicon-valley-has-escalated-its-war-on-white-supremacy
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Governor’s school-funding reform plan is fatally flawed.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170818/governors-school-funding-reform-plan-is-fatally-flawed

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner signs law to eliminate township collector in Sangamon County – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170819/rauner-signs-law-to-eliminate-township-collector-in-sangamon-county

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— A coronation for Pritzker? – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/opinion/columnists/column-a-coronation-for-pritzker/article_8e02989d-13f7-5d54-afde-509e16246d2e.html

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— New law could make it easier to eliminate Godfrey Township  One of several relating to reducing government signed by Rauner – Scott Cousins  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Milton Township officials, employees, their operatives, and their dupes who have focused on destroying me since 1999.)
https://thetelegraph.com/news/107409/new-law-could-make-it-easier-to-eliminate-godfrey-township

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Letting Bruce be Bruce – Rich Miller
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/miller-letting-bruce-be-bruce/article_de616072-f714-562e-b874-c84401dcdefb.html

 

WJBD RADIO
— Illinois Governor Vetoes Plan Requiring Overdue Bill Reporting  Governor Claims State Comptroller Wanted to Micromanage Executive Agencies
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/08/18/illinois-governor-vetoes-plan-requiring-overdue-bill-reporting

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s mixed messaging sparks concerns of ’emboldened’ alt-right.  Far-right groups empowered by Trump’s response.”  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps embolden and empower 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.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trumps-mixed-messaging-sparks-concerns-of-emboldened-altright/793848619
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Charlottesville 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.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/charlottesville-a-monumental-week-of-debate-over-the-nations-identity/793802409

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner/Trump says “Rauner really needs to make up his mind on how tied he is to Trump.” What do you say to Rauner’s advisors who urge him to be anti-government employee, anti-union, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long?
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2017/08/rauner-really-needs-to-make-up-his-mind.html

 

WIRE POINTS
— Rahm’s Ramp And The Fate Of Chicago’s Pensions – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/rahms-ramp-and-the-fate-of-chicagos-pensions-wp-original/

 

KANKAKEE TIMES
— Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) decries lack of progress on public school funding
http://kankakeetimes.com/stories/511187103-wheeler-decries-lack-of-progress-on-public-school-funding

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— County Board Member Tonia Khouri to run for House seat – Caitlin Nordahl
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511188252-county-board-member-khouri-to-run-for-house-seat

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The SPLC: An Anti-Christian Hate Group – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/splc-anti-christian-hate-group/
— Judge Loses Her Position for Belief in Traditional Marriage – Andrew Willis
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/judge-loses-position-belief-traditional-marriage/
— 40 Days for Life is Coming to Aurora
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/40-days-life-coming-aurora/

 

GOPUSA
— Where Is the Corporate Disavowal of Black Lives Matter?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28832
— Seattle rental applicants’ criminal histories virtually off-limits to landlords under new law
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28758
— Judge in tea party case orders IRS to disclose employee names, reasons
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28916

 

BLAZE
— In jarring interview, Bannon declares Trump presidency over, readies for war – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/18/in-jarring-interview-bannon-declares-trump-presidency-over-readies-for-war/

 

NEWSMAX
— Charlottesville Mayor Calls for Swift Removal of Lee Statue  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What is next? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, and companies 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.newsmax.com/Newsfront/US-Confederate-Monument-Protest/2017/08/18/id/808516/
— Steve Bannon: Trump Presidency Is ‘Over’
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/bannon-interview-firing-bloomberg/2017/08/18/id/808508/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— These are the mainstream conservatives on CNN’s ‘hate group’ list  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if your group does not promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform, CNN and SPLC will call your group a “hate group.”)
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/these-are-the-mainstream-conservatives-on-cnn-hate-group-list
(FROM THE ARTICLE: CNN has published a list of “hate groups” currently operating in the United States, relying on an extremely partisan analysis from the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Several truly extremist groups populate the list, such as the Ku Klux Klan, New Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, and others. But along with the neo-Nazi and Islamic extremist groups on the list, the SPLC has lumped in as “hate groups” mainstream, well-known conservative individuals and organizations who merely speak out about the threat of radical Islam. Here are some that were included on the list. . .SPLC/CNN BIAS  Since its founding, the SPLC has displayed an overt left-wing bias in attempts to smear conservatives as hateful bigots. The organization often turns a blind eye to leftist extremist groups, such as Antifa and Occupy Wall Street, while continuing attempts to tarnish the reputation of mainstream conservative groups that are supported by millions of Americans. By using the SPLC’s extremely biased list, CNN continues to showcase its partisan bias in favor of left-wing elements.)

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Charlottesville Is Not about the Forces of Good vs. the Forces of Evil – Abraham H. Miller
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/charlottesville_is_not_about_the_forces_of_good_v_the_forces_of_evil.html
— The media attack Trump no matter what he says or does – Jack Hellner
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/the_media_attack_trump_no_matter_what_he_says_or_does.html
— The Forbidden Faction: Stigmatizing White Identity Politics – Michael Thau
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/the_forbidden_faction_stigmatizing_white_identity_politics.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Republicans squandered a chance to enact their agenda early in Donald Trump’s first term by betting on a foolish, long-shot legislative strategy. Now what? – JAMES CAPRETTA
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450633/republicans-risky-legislative-strategy-backfired-what-happens-their-agenda-now

 

THE HILL
— Krauthammer says Bannon pulled a ‘classic Scaramucci’ to get fired – MAX GREENWOOD  (DIERSEN: Did you want to get fired?  My critics/opponents, would hint/imply/argue/shout that I wanted to get fired a) because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, b) because I complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, c) because I failed/refused to help my superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) because in 1988 when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/347185-krauthammer-says-bannon-pulled-a-classic-scaramucci-to-get-fired

 

POLITICO
— The agonizing, 8-page memo on how to chauffeur a congressman  Pity the poor aide charged with driving Rep. Todd Rokita around his district. – JOHN BRESNAHAN and RACHAEL BADE
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/18/todd-rokita-boss-aides-staff-instructions-241709

 

AOL NEWS
— Steve Bannon reportedly planning war with Matt Drudge – NICK CARDONA
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/18/steve-bannon-reportedly-planning-war-with-matt-drudge/23152169/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Romney Tells Trump to Apologize for Causing ‘Racists to Rejoice’ – MAGGIE HABERMANA  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Romney glorifies and praises and panders to 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/politics/trump-charlottesville-romney.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Discovering the Limitations of Statues.” Anti-Trumps only want statutes of 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.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/opinion/statues-trump-confederates-charlottesville.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The Test of Nazism That Trump Failed.” What is your national origin?  During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany.  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F.  Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/opinion/the-test-of-nazism-that-trump-failed.html
— Mother of Woman Killed in Charlottesville Says She Will Not Speak to Trump – JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH  (DIRERSEN: The more anti-Trump that you are, the more that anti-Trumps promote you.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/politics/susan-bro-trump-heather-heyer.html
— What Robert E. Lee Wrote to The Times About Slavery in 1858 – JACEY FORTINA  (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing in 1858? On my father’s side, they were farmers in Crete.  On my mother’s side, they were farmers in Grant Park.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/robert-e-lee-slaves.html
— Cambridge University Press Removes Academic Articles on Chinese Site – IAN JOHNSONAU  (DIERSEN: Who tells you what to do and what not to do? My critics/opponents want me to stop putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. But failing that, they want the following to tell me what to do and what not to do: a) those who dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party, b) those who dominate TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, and c) those who dominate the Republicans who represent me in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/world/asia/cambridge-university-press-academic-freedom.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of the world’s oldest and most respected publishing houses, Cambridge University Press, has bowed to pressure from Beijing and removed sensitive content on its site in China. The content is published in China Quarterly, an academic journal run by the press. In a letter made public on social media on Friday, the editor of the journal, Tim Pringle, said Cambridge University Press had informed him that the authorities had ordered it to censor more than 300 articles related to issues like the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong and the Cultural Revolution. The publishing house’s site risked being shut down if it did not comply with the request, the letter said. In response to the government’s actions, the journal issued a statement expressing its “deep concern and disappointment.” “We note, too, that this restriction of academic freedom is not an isolated move but a further reflection of policies that have narrowed the space for public engagement and discussion across Chinese society,” the statement said. Dr. Pringle said in a telephone interview that Chinese academics, who had been publishing in the journal in increasing numbers, would suffer the most. “It’s not only a retrograde step in principle, but it affects Chinese scholars in particular” he said, because they will not have access to global scholarship on the country.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Bannon demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Bannon.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/08/18/stephen-bannon-never-should-have-been-in-the-white-house/

 

DAILY MAIL
— ‘Marijuana killed our son’: Family claims teen’s fatal heart arrhythmia was triggered by smoking weed – DANIELLE ZOELLNER
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4802978/Marijuana-killed-man-died-heart-arrhythmia.html

 

GOVERNMET EXECUTIVE
— Managing Your Career in the Trump Era – Stewart Liff  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.  I might still be a federal employee a) if my Democrat IRS superiors had not succeeded in getting rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) if my Democrat GAO superiors had not succeeded in getting rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2017/08/managing-your-career-trump-era/140350/

 

GM AUTHORITY
— It’s ‘So Important’ To Get Millennials Into Car Culture – AARON BRZOZOWSKI  (DIERSEN: Are you anti-car?  Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are a) anti-car and b) anti-union.  They are especially anti-GM, anti-Ford, and anti-Chrysler.  They remind everyone that I was a union member for almost 12 years and that I own a 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang and that I have owned a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2017/08/al-oppenheiser-its-so-important-to-get-millennials-into-car-culture/

August 15 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County seeks input on how to tailor its annual budget – Shamiso Patience Mbiriri  (DIERSEN: How many want DuPage County to use its budget to get rid of its residents, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?  Those who want to destroy America know how to use “democracy” to destroy America.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511174523-dupage-county-seeks-input-on-how-to-tailor-its-annual-budget

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

FOX NEWS
— Scaramucci: If it were up to me, Bannon would be gone  (DIERSEN: If it was up to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I “would be gone” as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor. If you asked my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who they would replace me with, what would they say?  Who did they replace me with as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/15/scaramucci-if-it-were-up-to-me-bannon-would-be-gone.html

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

August 11 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why I Was Fired by Google – James Damore (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) why my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) why my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) why my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-i-was-fired-by-google-1502481290
— Number of Americans Caught Underpaying Some Taxes Surges 40%  People who pay taxes quarterly—such as gig workers, retirees and business owners—are getting their payments wrong – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-numberof-americans-caught-underpayingsometaxes-surges-40-1502443801

 

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

 

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

August 10 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker poised to get Cook County Dems’ endorsement for gov – Michael Sneed  (DIERSEN: Which candidates want your endorsement?  Not that my endorsement means anything, but since 2000, my Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO critics/opponents have made it very clear that they will have their nasty operatives and their nasty dupes viciously destroy any candidate that I might endorse. My critics/opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/sneed-pritzker-poised-to-get-cook-county-dems-endorsement-for-gov/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “Pritzker gets boost from Stratton pick for running mate.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-pritzker-gets-boost-from-stratton-pick-for-running-mate/
— Owners accept players’ violence, not Kaepernick’s activism – Rick Morrissey
http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/morrissey-owners-accept-players-violence-not-kaepernicks-activism/amp/

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

August 9 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— GETTING CLEAR ABOUT DIVERSITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION – Star Parker (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/getting-clear-about-diversity-and-affirmative-action/
— IS COLLEGE EDUCATION WORTH IT? – Walter E. Williams  (DIERSEN: While I was in high school, many, if not most, if not virtually everyone viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/uncategorized/is-college-education-worth-it/

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: At Google, Memo on Gender and Diversity Sparks Firestorm  The debate over the firing of a software engineer who criticized Google’s diversity efforts highlights the challenges of internal dissent – Jack Nicas and  Yoree Koh (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/memo-sparks-firestorm-at-google-1502246996
— Legalizing Pot Is a Bad Way to Promote Racial Equality  In Colorado, arrests of black youths for marijuana possession rose 58% after the drug was legalized. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/legalizing-pot-is-a-bad-way-to-promote-racial-equality-1502234398
— It Was a Great Year for America’s Pensions, but Many Are Still in Crisis  Large public pensions are facing a funding shortfall of as much as $4 trillion because their liabilities are so large – Heather Gillers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-a-good-year-for-pensions-wont-ease-their-troubles-1502201118
— Would You Like a Job? – Editorial  (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/would-you-like-a-job-1502234676
— Google’s Diversity Problems  Progressive cultural taboos have migrated from campus to business. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-diversity-problems-1502234773
— U.S. Job Openings Climb to Record 6.2 Million at End of June  The pace of hiring for abundant job openings, though, has remained unchanged – Josh Zumbrun (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2017/08/08/u-s-job-openings-climb-to-record-6-2-million-at-end-of-june/

 

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

 

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

 

NEWSWEEK
— HERE’S WHAT DONALD TRUMP MAY LOOK LIKE AFTER HIS STRESSFUL PRESIDENCY – CHRIS RIOTTA  (DIERSEN: Who focuses on causing you stress? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on causing me stress.  They are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or they a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.newsweek.com/heres-what-donald-trump-will-look-after-his-stressful-presidency-648298

 

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

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— OPM Just Made It Harder To Drain The Swamp – Alex Nowrasteh (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted that they took adverse actions against me because my performance was poor. That is why they were furious when I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.govexec.com/excellence/management-matters/2017/08/opm-just-made-it-harder-drain-swamp/140068/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump took office with a promise to drain the swamp, but the federal agency that manages the government’s two million civilian employees is making it harder to do that. Under a new policy, the Office of Personnel Management recently stopped reporting data on employees terminated for wrongdoing or poor performance. This information is critical because the data inform the public about incompetent and, in some cases, corrupt government employees. Without it, systematic government wrongdoing and poor performance may go unnoticed and unreformed. The data provide information on separations, which, in bureaucratic language, is when a federal employee stops working for the government. OPM assigns a cause to each separation, choosing from a list of 12 different categories—such as death or a transfer­—and releases these details annually, along with information on  employees’ age, rank, pay, and other characteristics. That’s where the latest policy change comes into effect. A termination for discipline or poor performance is coded as “SI, Termination or Removal (Discipline/Performance).” But that information was not included in OPM’s 2016 separations data. Every other separations category, in alphabetical order from “SA, Transfer Out” to “SL, Other Separation,” was retained in the 2016 dataset.)

 

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

 

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

August 8 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Education Funding Concerns Rise as Start of School Year Nears – Susan Carlson
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Education-Funding-Concerns-Rise-as-Start-of-School-Year-Nears-439180883.html

 

CBS2
— Housing Secretary Ben Carson Meets With Officials, Residents In Lead Contaminated East Chicago  (DIERSEN: How much lead did you ingest when you were 0-5 years old, 6-10 years old, 11-15 years old, 16-20 years old, etc.?
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/07/ben-carson-lead-contamination-east-chicago/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Man in ICE custody charged with 6 robberies in Chicago, suburbs
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/272580881-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s history as a sanctuary city – Kori Rumore  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago make it clear that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-sanctuary-history-htmlstory.html
— The socialist movement is getting younger and turning into a left-wing force – David Weigel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-socialist-movement-bernie-sanders-20170806-story.html
— Stop interrogating women about when they’ll start having kids – Carrie Pallardy  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned us as being disgusting selfish rich DINKs (dual income, no kids). They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-babies-women-having-kids-perspec-0808-jm-20170807-story.html
— Emanuel’s latest emails: High-speed O’Hare tunnel, rapper’s charter school pitch – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-emails-ohare-tunnel-met-08-08-20170807-1-story.html
— CPS announces layoffs, says it will delay budget proposal to give state more time to act on funding – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-schools-budget-plan-delay-met-20170807-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 27 people arrested, 234 hospitalized over 4 days of Lollapalooza
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/12-arrests-128-medical-transports-in-2-days-at-lollapalooza/
— Even after hefty lobbyist fines, Rahm pals sought help via email – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents what help with? My critics/opponents a) want help with promoting patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race and gender based preference giving, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things and/or b) want help with destroying those who do not pander to them, serve as one of their operatives or dupes, do not give them money, and/or have sued them.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ethics-boards-hard-line-not-getting-through-to-some-emanuel-friends/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Top three points for voters’ contract with Republicans – Ann Coulter  (FROM THE ARTICLE: Build the wall. . .Supreme Court. . .Stop wasting money and precious lives on pointless wars)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170808/top-three-points-for-voters-contract-with-republicans
— HARDCOPY EDITORIAL TITLE: Vindictive, autocratic  Upset by group that fought soda tax, Preckwinkle’s response is beneath her – Editorial  (DFIERSEN: I should write a book about the most “vindictive, autocratic” people in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton.  They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  They are scapegoaters who blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170807/editorial-cook-county-takes-soda-tax-fight-to-dangerous-new-level
— Illinois bumbles while horse racing crumbles – Barry Rozner
http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20170807/rozner-illinois-bumbles-while-horse-racing-crumbles

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups are devastated that immigrants are bypassing Chicago for other cities: 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.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170808/BLOGS02/170809885

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Appellate Judge Steigmann accused of using office to book lectures – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170807/appellate-judge-steigmann-accused-of-using-office-to-book-lectures

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Corps’ Asian carp plan would cost Illinois $95 million – AP
http://www.qconline.com/news/local/corps-asian-carp-plan-would-cost-illinois-million/article_07ff245f-f107-5e70-9459-e69e477627de.html

 

TIMES
— Immigration bill sparks debate – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/immigration-bill-sparks-debate/article_a67a50ae-7c58-5f73-947d-f7d1451255c6.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Bost says HUD Secretary Carson’s decision to visit Cairo Tuesday speaks volumes about his compassion, leadership style – MOLLY PARKER
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/acha/bost-says-hud-secretary-carson-s-decision-to-visit-cairo/article_ecc5669a-9c48-59d9-b6af-b91e38f76798.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Ag Secretary Purdue visits Illinois; talks trade, immigration, regulation – Tim Landis
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/08/08/ag-secretary-purdue-visits-illinois-talks-trade-immigration-regulation/ay9o9yi/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— States taking more of a lead on immigration, citing federal inaction  Only 3 states (Alaska, Massachusetts and North Carolina) did not enact legislation – TAL KOPAN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/states-taking-more-of-a-lead-on-immigration-citing-federal-inaction/784985975

 

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard to Receive North American APTA Award
http://suburbanchicagoland.com/2017/08/07/rta-chairman-kirk-dillard-to-receive-north-american-apta-award/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Fortner says ‘cycle ends,’ won’t seek re-election – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511175035-fortner-says-cycle-ends-won-t-seek-re-election

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— District U-46 Board Member’s Dishonest FB Post About Rep. Ives – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/district-u-46-board-members-dishonest-fb-post-rep-ives/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Coles County – Federal Lawsuit seeks injunction pertaining to property tax assessments – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/coles-county-federal-lawsuit-seeks-injuction-pertaining-to-property-tax-assessments/
— Illinois OEIG unmasks whistleblower to County Board – JOHN KRAFT (DIERSEN: What about you has been unmasked? I should write a book about my Democrat supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who unmasked to my Democrat superiors a) my opposition to patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and that I was a b) draft avoider, b) conservative, c) Republican, d) Missouri Synod Lutheran, e) non-poor, f) a gun owner, g) 100% German American, h) childless, i) someone whose ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, etc.)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/illinois-oeig-unmasks-whistleblower-to-county-board/

 

GOPUSA
— Sharia comes to London, as Muslim mayor bans sexy ads
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28272
— TREASONOUS: Another Maryland city weighs giving illegal aliens the right to vote
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28343
— Google execs blast engineer’s manifesto on gender ‘differences’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28357

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump launches ‘real news’ service to fight negative media coverage, slipping support – Dave Boyer  (DIERSEN: What do you say to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc. in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton who are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs and who do not want anyone to first learn of anything by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? The aforesaid do not want the Illinois House Republicans, the Illinois Senate Republicans, etc. to include diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and press advisory lists.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/7/donald-trumps-real-news-service-fights-negative-me/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump campaign has launched a weekly news service on social media to provide supporters with positive coverage of the president, amid surveys showing that Mr. Trump’s base of support and job approval ratings are shrinking. Conservative television commentator Kayleigh McEnany, who was named Monday as spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, served as anchor of the Trump campaign’s “News of the Week” video for the first time last weekend. After summing up positive economic news and Mr. Trump’s support for stricter legal immigration limits, Ms. McEnany signed off her first report from Trump Tower by telling viewers on Facebook and Twitter, “Thank you for joining us, everybody. I’m Kayleigh McEnany, and that is the real news.” RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel said Ms. McEnany’s “wealth of experience will be invaluable to the RNC as we continue to support President Trump and build on our majorities in Congress as we head into 2018.” Ms. McEnany, who left a job at CNN, said she is “eager to talk about Republican ideas and values and have important discussions about issues affecting Americans across this country.” The Trump campaign said it will use the fledgling service to “continue to promote real news” about how Mr. Trump is making America great again. Like the president’s frequent tweeting, the campaign said it will use “news of the week” on social media to “talk to Americans directly.”)

 

DAILY CALLER
— Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote ‘Anti-Diversity’ Memo – Ian Miles Cheong (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  Constructively, in 1997, me when I was 49 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO fired me because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Previously, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/07/google-fires-engineer-who-wrote-anti-diversity-memo/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The formerly anonymous author who penned the “anti-diversity” memo at Google that leaked this weekend, James Damore, has been fired for speaking his mind. Following the social media outrage with calls for his termination and the creation of industry blacklists, Google CEO Sundar Pichai released a company-wide notice stating that the senior engineer violated the company’s Code of Conduct. Damore has since confirmed his dismissal. In the memo, Damore called the tech giant’s diversity initiatives as an “ideological echo chamber,” and advocated for diversity of ideas and meritocracy. He suggested that basic psychological variances can explain the lack of women in certain sectors of the industry. Pichai’s memo, titled “Our words matter,” states that the contents of the email were “fair to debate, regardless of whether a vast majority of Googlers disagree with it,” according to Recode. “However, portions of the memo violate our Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace,” continued Pichai. “Our job is to build great products for users that make a difference in their lives. To suggest a group of our colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not OK. It is contrary to our basic values and our Code of Conduct, which expects ‘each Googler to do their utmost to create a workplace culture that is free of harassment, intimidation, bias and unlawful discrimination.” Damore’s email has become radioactive for Google, with many within the company also calling for repercussions. The Daily Caller viewed evidence of multiple internal emails showing conversations between various senior engineers demanding retribution for the memo’s contents and circulation. Bloomberg reports that Damore was fired after internal discussion as multiple employees supported firing him for airing his views. The senior engineer confirmed his dismissal in an email to the publication. Google is currently caught up in a dispute with the Department of Labor over a claim that it systemically discriminates against women through a gender gap.)
— Forget California, Oregon Is The Foremost ‘Sanctuary State’ In The US – Will Racke
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/07/forget-california-oregon-is-the-foremost-sanctuary-state-in-the-us/

 

PJ MEDIA
— D’Souza: Trump Joins Gandhi, Churchill, Mandela, Founding Fathers as Nationalists – NICHOLAS BALLASY  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2017/08/07/dsouza-trump-joins-gandhi-churchill-mandela-founding-fathers-as-nationalists/

 

THE BLAZE
— Dutch Airlines tries to tweet pro-gay message, and fails hilariously – Carlos Garcia  (DIERSEN: Do you fail/refuse to promote LGBTQ activity like me? Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity. Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/07/dutch-airlines-tries-to-tweet-pro-gay-message-and-fails-hilariously/
— Things get bloody when Antifa thugs attack pro-Trump rally in Portland – Dave Urbanski (DIERSEN: How soon will Antifa thugs show up in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/07/things-get-bloody-when-antifa-thugs-attack-pro-trump-rally-in-portland/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— It’s still all about God and guns in the rural Midwest
http://2020.washingtonexaminer.com/howard-county/why-trump-clobbered-hillary-clinton-rural-midwest/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Google, Searching for Lawyers – JIM GERAGHTY  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers do not want employees who are NOT 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.nationalreview.com/morning-jolt/450246/Firing-Google-Memo-May-Result-in-Lawsuit
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When does one employee holding an opinion contrary to another employee’s become harassment? My guess is that a lawsuit at Google is going to explore that question under the harsh glare of public scrutiny. Google on Monday fired the employee who wrote an internal memo suggesting men are better suited for tech jobs than women, escalating a debate over free speech at the company. Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said in an email to his staff that the employee’s memo violated company policy. Google, part of Alphabet Inc., didn’t publicly name the memo’s author. Software engineer James Damore, who said in an email that he wrote the memo and was fired for it, said he was considering legal action against Google for firing him after he complained to federal labor officials about executives’ alleged efforts to silence him. Mr. Damore published an internal memo last week that criticized Google’s efforts to increase diversity at the company, arguing the program discriminated against some employees. He said men were generally better at engineering jobs than women and a liberal bias among executives and many employees made it difficult to discuss the issue at Google.)

 

THE HILL
— Trump spurs wave of state immigration laws – REID WILSON
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/345648-trump-spurs-wave-of-new-immigration-laws?rnd=1502139291
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump ‘working vacation’ draws scrutiny.” Vacations are expensive. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. My $50,856/year pension is only 41% of the $122,991 that I earned in 1997 in today’s dollars. I have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend on vacations because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977.  My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/345671-trump-working-vacation-draws-scrutiny

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Political Payoff of Making Whites Feel Like a Minority – Lynn Vavreck (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/upshot/the-political-payoff-of-making-whites-feel-like-a-minority.html
— Shown the Door, Older Workers Find Bias Hard to Prove – ELIZABETH OLSON  (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) 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, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/business/dealbook/shown-the-door-older-workers-find-bias-hard-to-prove.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Many Politicians Lie. But Trump Has Elevated the Art of Fabrication.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/us/politics/lies-trump-obama-mislead.html
— Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart – DAVID LEONHARDT  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who rail against government salaries, who rail against government benefits, and who rail against government pensions, but say nothing about skyrocketing inequality in the private sector. They are either extremely wealthy or talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for those who are extremely wealthy.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/opinion/leonhardt-income-inequality.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many Americans can’t remember anything other than an economy with skyrocketing inequality, in which living standards for most Americans are stagnating and the rich are pulling away. It feels inevitable. But it’s not. A well-known team of inequality researchers — Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman — has been getting some attention recently for a chart it produced. It shows the change in income between 1980 and 2014 for every point on the distribution, and it neatly summarizes the recent soaring of inequality. The line on the chart (which we have recreated as the red line above) resembles a classic hockey-stick graph. It’s mostly flat and close to zero, before spiking upward at the end. That spike shows that the very affluent, and only the very affluent, have received significant raises in recent decades. This line captures the rise in inequality better than any other chart or simple summary that I’ve seen. So I went to the economists with a request: Could they produce versions of their chart for years before 1980, to capture the income trends following World War II. You are looking at the result here. (CHART) The message is straightforward. Only a few decades ago, the middle class and the poor weren’t just receiving healthy raises. Their take-home pay was rising even more rapidly, in percentage terms, than the pay of the rich.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Speak for Venezuela, Pope Francis  The first Latin American pontiff is harder on Trump than on Caracas’s despot. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/speak-for-venezuela-pope-francis-1502144547
— Immigration Anxieties, Then and Now – Walter Russell Mead  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote mass/illegal immigration want cheap labor and/or are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigration-anxieties-then-and-now-1502144233
— Google Uproar Highlights Questions Over What You Can or Cannot Say at Work  Companies that foster open discussions risk blowback when an employee voices contentious or offensive opinions – Yoree Koh and  Kelsey Gee  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, you will be fired if you do anything other than glorify and praise: Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, women, minorities, young people, veterans, Islam, the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, the Green Party platform, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-uproar-highlights-questions-over-what-you-can-or-cannot-say-at-work-1502175014
— Google Fires Employee Who Wrote Memo Criticizing Diversity Initiatives  Chief Executive Sundar Pichai says in email the employee violated company policy; memo suggested men are better suited for tech jobs than women – Jack Nicas  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  Constructively, in 1997, me when I was 49 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO fired me because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Previously, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-fires-employee-who-wrote-memo-criticizing-diversity-initiatives-1502159711

 

USA TODAY
— I invested early in Google and Facebook and regret it. I helped create a monster. ‘Brain hacking’ Internet monopolies menace public health, democracy, writes Roger McNamee.  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes glorify and praise Google and Facebook.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/08/my-google-and-facebook-investments-made-fortune-but-now-they-menace/543755001/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: With Congress stalled on health care, blacks still looking within their communities to bridge health disparities – Deborah Barfield Berry  (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/07/churches-community-groups-step-up-address-black-health-disparities/530013001/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Millennials buying first homes have mom and dad to thank  For many, saving for down payment isn’t possible otherwise. – Adam Shell  (DIERSEN: Did your parents help you buy your first home?  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout that after I graduated from NIU in August of 1970 when I was 21 years old, I lived with my mother and brother in Crete until September of 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park. In my defense, my father had died suddenly in October of 1969, my mother had never attended high school and had been a housewife and homemaker, and my brother was 5 years younger than me. While I lived with them, I used my Firestone Stores salary and my IRS salary to help pay the bills, but I also saved to buy that town home.  I would not have bought a new 1972 Chevy Corvette in October of 1971 if my 1969 Dodge Charger SE had not been stolen in August of 1971.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/07/millennials-move-back-parents-save-house/512027001/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Back to basics: Save up for big purchases – Peter Dunn  (DIERSEN: What have you borrowed money to buy? I borrowed money to buy a new 1972 Chevy Corvette in 1971, a new town home in University Park in 1972, a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976. The down payments came from money that I had saved working for Firestone Stores and for IRS. My wife and I borrowed to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and to have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.  The down payments came from money that my wife had saved working for the FBI and for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions and from money that I had saved working for IRS and working for GAO.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170808/282033327289386

 

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Army worker Todd Thomas fired for posting ‘beard updates’ on Facebook – Clark Kauffman  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint me as having been a far worse federal employee than Todd Thomas.)
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/08/08/army-worker-fired-posting-beard-updates-facebook/540322001/

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Here’s how much the top-earning women make in every US state (34% in Illinois) compared to men – Lauren Lyons Cole and Andy Kiersz  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, big businesses are run by Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/top-two-percent-every-us-state-2017-7/#-4

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Justice Department triples number of probes into federal employee leaks – Eric Tucker
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/doj-fbi/2017/08/07/justice-department-triples-number-of-probes-into-federal-employee-leaks/

 

RUSMUSSEN REPORTS
— 40% Favor Affirmative Action  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/education/40_favor_affirmative_action

August 4 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Kinzinger visits Dixon, advocates for corporate tax reform to fix infrastructure  Lawmaker bemoans movement toward ‘tribalism’ in America – RACHEL RODGERS  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the following adverse actions against me saw themselves as being Democrats rather than as being Americans: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2017/08/03/kinzinger-visits-dixon-advocates-for-corporate-tax-reform-to-fix-infrastructure/a75iy8i/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The national political landscape is leaning more toward “tribalism rather than Americanism.”  “You now see yourself as a Republican or a Democrat or an independent, in some cases I think, before people see themselves as Americans.”)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

August 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Preckwinkle suing IRMA for delaying soda tax, claiming $17 million in damages
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/preckwinkle-suing-irma-for-delaying-soda-tax-claiming-$17-million-in-damages/2273374/

 

NBC5
— Governor Rauner Hires New ‘Body Man’ Anthony Galullo After Controversy – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/governor-bruce-rauner-hires-new-body-man-following-controversy-438336363.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump set to embark on 1st vacation since inauguration – AP  (DIERSEN: Vacations are expensive. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. My $50,856/year pension is only 41% of the $122,991 that I earned in 1997 in today’s dollars. I have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend on vacations because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977.  My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/271750701-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump picks John Lausch to be new U.S. attorney for Chicago – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-john-lausch-picked-for-us-attorney-0803-met-20170803-story.html
— Elmhurst and Hinsdale Republicans (Paul Fichtner and Laura LaPlaca) among those eyeing Bellock’s seat – Kimberly Fornek
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/news/ct-dhd-bellock-seat-tl-0810-20170803-story.html
— Democratic governor candidate Drury compares Speaker Madigan to Lord Voldemort – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-scott-drury-governor-campaign-met-0804-20170803-story.html
— Secret Service vacates Trump Tower command post in lease dispute with president’s company – Carol D. Leonnig, , David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-secret-service-vacates-trump-tower-20170803-story.html
— West Virginia governor, a Democrat, expected to announce switch to GOP at Trump rally – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-west-virginia-governor-party-switch-20170803-story.html
— ‘It’s for the children!’ CPS’ crushing debt, that is – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-schools-debt-cps-emanuel-edit-0804-jm-20170803-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump picks John Lausch to be Chicago’s next U.S. Attorney – Jon Seidel and Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/trump-picks-john-lausch-to-be-chicagos-next-u-s-attorney/
— Gov. Rauner again seeks to pit Chicago against rest of Illinois – AP  (DIERSEN: Who pits others against you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pit 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 AGAINST THOSE 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://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-rauner-again-seeks-to-pit-chicago-against-rest-of-illinois/
— Trump starts 17-day vacation Friday at private golf club – AP  (DIERSEN: Vacations are expensive. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and his wife are not planning any kind of vacation. My $50,856/year pension is only 41% of the $122,991 that I earned in 1997 in today’s dollars. I have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend on vacations because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977.  My wife and I went on many vacations, typically four each year, 1978-1992 in connection with her business trips to luxury resorts all across America. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-starts-17-day-vacation-friday-at-private-golf-club/
— Pentagon, White House begin talks on new transgender military policy – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pentagon-white-house-begin-talks-on-new-transgender-military-policy/
— Since when did ‘cosmopolitan’ become an insult? – Dan Mihalopoulos (DIERSEN: I should write a book about cosmopolitan people who look down on me. They stress that I am 100% German national origin and that all my ancestors came to America during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. However, according to DNA Ancestry at http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/mihalopoulos-since-when-did-cosmopolitan-become-an-insult/
— Trump berated Mexican president in testy ‘wall’ call: Washington Post
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-berated-mexican-president-in-wall-call-washington-post/
— ‘Give me your tired, your poor’? Give me a break, Trump aide suggests
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/give-me-your-tired-your-poor-give-me-a-break-trump-aide-suggests/
— Make sure only Americans cast our ballots – Editorial  (DIERSEN: How many attempts have been to hack your election commission?  How many of those hacks were successful?  According to the DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC), only 137 in my precinct voted for Trump, but 211 voted for Clinton.  That is inconsistent with the precinct’s voting history. I am considering asking the DCEC to allow me to look at the actual ballots to verify the 137 and 211 numbers.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-make-sure-only-americans-cast-our-ballots/
— Working for Trump seems to be bad for your health – S.E. Cupp
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/cupp-trumps-white-house-a-revolving-door-of-staffers/

 

DAILY HERALD
— GOP plan to slash legal immigration wins Trump’s support – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170803/news/308039948/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps use people in West Chicago to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170803/west-chicago-church-members-vow-to-continue-immigration-hunger-strike
— New Hampshire is no ‘drug-infested den,’ state leaders say – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170803/news/308039850/
— Norman Rockwell Museum building considered as pot dispensary – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170803/news/308039900/
— Lauzen urges cuts to cover Kane County’s projected $6 million shortfall – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170803/lauzen-urges-cuts-to-cover-kane-countys-projected-6-million-shortfall
— Brew Fest returns to Wheaton’s Memorial Park – Nicole Kapala  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who work against me because I do not promote booze.  Most, if not virtually all of those who work against me a) drink lots of booze, b) want to drink lots of booze, c) want to make lots of money selling booze, and/or d) want to generate lots of tax revenue from the sale of booze.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170803/brew-fest-returns-to-wheatons-memorial-park

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Preckwinkle demands $17 million from pop tax foes – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170803/BLOGS02/170809929/preckwinkle-demands-17-million-from-pop-tax-foes

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Hultgren, Roskam speak in Geneva while protestors demonstrate outside – Sandy Bressner
http://www.kcchronicle.com/lists/2017/08/03/6c9c376903264b2195e908e5df225b2f/index.xml?page=1

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Mitchell says he will not seek re-election – RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/state-rep-bill-mitchell-says-he-will-not-seek-re/article_b92718d2-1fb4-5fc1-8726-57df80cb2692.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Republican state Rep. Mitchell to retire – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-03/republican-state-rep-mitchell-retire.html

 

WJBD RADIO
— What’s in the Trump-backed immigration bill
http://www.wjbdradio.com/world-news/2017/08/03/whats-in-the-trump-backed-immigration-bill

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago, Alton papers back Rauner in school funding battle – Caitlin Nordahl
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511168850-chicago-alton-papers-back-rauner-in-school-funding-battle
— Pritzker values politics over public schools, GOP argues – Caitlin Nordahl
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511168852-pritzker-values-politics-over-public-schools-gop-argues

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Strategy 2017: From Outrage to Action [Conference] August 18th & 19th in Elmhurst! – Jane Carrell and Carol Davis
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/07/conference-from-strategy-to-action/
— Why is Socialism Being Promoted by Conservative Christian Outlets? – Joe Carter  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/08/why-is-socialism-being-promoted-by-conservative-christian-outlets/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Immigrant groups thank Rauner for committing to sign TRUST Act  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote the Trust Act are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/03/immigrant-groups-thank-rauner-for-committing-to-sign-trust-act/
— Pritzker criticizes DPI, plans to open regional offices to help down-ballot candidates
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/03/pritzker-criticizes-dpi-plans-to-open-regional-offices-to-help-down-ballot-candidates/

 

CNS NEWS
— Levin: Purpose of Immigration Is to Benefit American Citizenry – Not the Alien Foreigner – Gage Cohen
http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/gage-cohen/levin-purpose-immigration-benefit-american-citizenry-not-alien-foreigner

 

GOPUSA
— Abortion advocates blast Democratic campaign boss for denying pro-choice ‘litmus test’ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the many RINO activists, RINO candidates, RINO party leaders, RINO elected officials, RINO major donors, RINO political consultants, RINO etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on destroying Republicans like me who support the right to life plank in the Republican Party’s platform.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27989
— If you don’t support DACA, Lindsey Graham doesn’t want your vote  (DIERSEN: Graham got elected as a Republican. If you get yourself elected as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28094
— #CALEXIT would be a truly golden idea  (DIERSEN: If California seceded, would it vote to become part of Mexico?  If California became part of Mexico, would Mexico then demand surrender of Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, etc.?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28131
(FROM THE ARTICLE: California could secede from the United States. Signatures are being hurriedly gathered for a 2018 ballot initiative that would begin the process of independence for the Golden State.)
— Hate speech from California imam draws little notice
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28097

 

BREITBART
— Seven Facts About Donald Trump’s Merit-Based Immigration Reform – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/02/seven-facts-donald-trumps-merit-based-immigration-reform/
— More Leaks: Washington Post Publishes Transcripts of Donald Trump’s Calls to Mexico and Australia – CHARLIE SPIERING  (DIERSEN: Since I became an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs have blamed me for everything that has been “leaked” in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I should sue any individual, any organization, any company, any government, and any country that calls me a leaker.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/03/more-leaks-transcripts-of-donald-trumps-calls-to-mexico-and-australia-published-by-washington-post/

 

PJ MEDIA
— College Protesters Demand Peers Pay Them for ‘Emotional Labor’ – TOM KNIGHTON
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/08/02/college-protesters-demand-peers-pay-them-for-emotional-labor/

 

THE BLAZE
— Wisconsin university seeking new staff to help eradicate oppression of LGBT students of color – Sara Gonzales
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08/03/wisconsin-university-seeking-new-staff-to-help-eradicate-oppression-of-lgbt-students-of-color/

 

DAILY WIRE
— NEVER FORGET: Leftists Gushed Over Venezuela’s Horrific Socialist Dictators – BEN SHAPIRO
http://www.dailywire.com/news/19259/never-forget-leftists-gushed-over-venezuelas-ben-shapiro#

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— PUBLIC SCHOOL IS CHILD ABUSE  Mason Weaver calls government education centers ‘slave training camps’
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/public-school-is-child-abuse/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS QUITTING OVER “COMPLETE AND UTTER DISDAIN FOR OUR EXPERTISE” – Robert Spencer  (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. Much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is similar to what GAO Analysts do including interviewing, data gathering, data summary, data analysis, developing recommendations, and report writing.  In 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors showed their complete and utter disdain for what I had a) learned by working for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173, b) learned by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) learned by earning a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) learned by earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) learned by earning a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 a) by forcing me to take an $18,847 (21%) pay cut to transfer, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5, currently $90,173, to GS-9 Step 10, currently $71,326, b) by keeping me off audits of IRS 1980-1995, c) by forcing the GAO manager who had hired me, gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1996, and gotten me promoted to GS-13, currently $94,610, in 1986, and d) by keeping me off audits of IRS 1989 until they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997.)
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267463/state-department-officials-quitting-over-complete-robert-spencer

 

DAILY CALLER
— Poll: Bashing Trump Is Not Working For Flake In His Home State – Henry Rodgers  (DIERSEN: Who are the biggest “Republican” Trump bashers in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/03/poll-bashing-trump-is-not-working-for-flake-in-his-home-state/
— Government Employees Earn Almost Double The Average American – Thomas Phippen  (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/01/government-employees-earn-almost-double-the-average-american/
— ‘Armed And Dangerous’ Fancypants College Professor Menaces Chicago After Brutal Murder – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/03/armed-and-dangerous-fancypants-college-professor-menaces-chicago-after-brutal-murder/
— Poll: Most Americans Don’t View Black Lives Matter Favorably – Amber Randall
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/03/poll-most-americans-dont-view-black-lives-matter-favorably/
— FACT CHECK: Do You Have To Speak English To Be Naturalized? – HOLMES LYBRAND (DIERSEN: Trump should immediately end printing election ballots in any language other than English.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/03/fact-check-do-you-have-to-speak-english-to-be-naturalized/
— Scarborough Says Acosta’s Words Sounded Like Something Out Of ‘Mein Kampf’ – Nick Givas  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/03/scarborough-says-acostas-words-sounded-like-something-out-of-mein-kampf/
— Someone Leaked Classified Transcripts Of Trump’s Phone Calls With Foreign Leaders – Chuck Ross  (DIERSEN: Since I became an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs have blamed me for everything that has been “leaked” in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I should sue any individual, any organization, any company, any government, and any country that calls me a leaker.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/03/someone-leaked-classified-transcripts-of-trumps-phone-calls-with-foreign-leaders/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— In Defense of Meritocracy – Max Bloom  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious that I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. They are especially furious that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 and that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 when I was 32.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450101/american-meritocracy-needs-reform-not-replacement

 

THE HILL
— Republicans will completely control 26 states – REID WILSON
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/345232-republicans-will-completely-control-a-quarter-of-the-states

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps oppose efforts to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-sanctuary-city-crackdown-faces-resistance-in-unexpected-places-1501761600

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— See how iconic vehicles, including the Chevrolet Corvette and Ford Mustang have evolved over time – KEVIN BARR
http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/street-smarts/evolution-of-corvette-mini-mustang-aston-martin-sl-class-article-1.3381649

 

FED SMITH
— American Federation of Government Employees Still the Most Corrupt Union in the U.S.A. – Bob Gilson
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/08/03/american-federation-government-employees-still-most-corrupt-union-usa/

 

GAO
— GAO’s Gender Identity and Inclusion Group Hosts Panel on Experience of Transgender People
https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USGAO/2017/08/03/file_attachments/857148/MN4422.pdf

August 3 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Do you support or oppose Trump’s Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment, or RAISE Act?  Members of the following groups oppose the act: 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://abc7chicago.com/politics/trumps-immigration-plan-is-dead-in-the-water-activists-say/2270263/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Asked about Trump, Emanuel talks Rauner – John Byrne, Bill Ruthhart (DIERSEN: If Rauner would be more anti-Trump, would Democrats go easier on Rauner?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-donald-trump-20170803-story.html
— My family couldn’t afford to be Jewish – Leslee Komaiko  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned Missouri Synod Lutherans as being filty rich.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-being-jewish-expensive-20170802-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel accuses Rauner of ‘governing through anger’ on school veto – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: What has made people angry at you?  People are angry at me because support planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform that they reject, because I support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, because I supported one of their opponents in an election, because I filed lawsuits against them, because I fail/refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, because I do not give them money, etc.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/emanuel-accuses-rauner-of-governing-through-anger-on-school-veto/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How have Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and immigration impacted you?  Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and immigration to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-trump-aims-to-make-it-harder-for-families-to-rise/
— Tab for Justice Dept. probe of CPD now $5.7M and counting – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government spent millions of taxpayer dollars in connection with their wasting my federal career and their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  Who cares about that?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/tab-for-justice-dept-probe-of-cpd-now-5-7m-and-counting/amp/
— Amazon, in sign of growth, holds job fair for US warehouses – Rachel Hinton  (DIERSEN: Do you need/want a job?  From what I see, to get hired, you need to stress that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, that is, that you are a “good little Democrat.”)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/amazon-in-sign-of-growth-holds-job-fair-for-us-warehouses/
— ‘Black Chicago Eats’ month aims to uplift city’s black-owned eateries – Maudlyne Ihejirika  (DIERSEN: How much money do you spend in eateries?  I spend very little a) because I spend 10+ hours in my home each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) because I have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week or $198 less each day to spend in eateries because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  My GAO salary in today’s dollars was $122,991 a year, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856 or $72,135 (59%) less a year.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/black-chicago-eats-month-aims-to-uplift-citys-black-owned-eateries/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump and Trump’s supporters.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/reich-tips-for-summer-political-sanity/
— ‘Trunk party’ gives 60 Chicago students college essentials – Amanda Svachula  (DIERSEN: Because I did not need a “trunk party” to attend NIU in 1969, my critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being filthy rich.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trunk-party-gives-60-chicago-students-college-essentials/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DuPage County seeks input on county programs, spending with survey – Robert Sanchez and Evan Shields  (DIERSEN: How will DuPage County respond to those individuals, organizations, and companies that want the county to get rid of its residents, its organizations, its companies, and its governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170802/dupage-county-seeks-residents-feedback-on-services-spending
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170802/dupage-county-seeks-input-on-county-programs-spending-with-survey

 

DNA INFO
— Donald Trump Gets 70 Percent Tax Cut For Vacant Trump Tower Storefront – David Matthews (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter who owns property?  Anti-Trumps talk/act like they will viciously destroy any organization or company that might rent/buy Trump’s storefront.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161006/downtown/trump-tower-tax-break

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat Day to bring Jesse White announcement – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170802/bernard-schoenburg-democrat-day-to-bring-jesse-white-announcement
— Teens get their chance to learn about being a police officer – Jason Nevel  (DIERSEN: Will teens get a chance to learn about being an IRS Revenue Officer?  I was an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170801/teens-get-their-chance-to-learn-about-being-police-officer

 

STATELINE
— Illinois Legislators In Battle Over Senate Bill One  Illinois Legislators try to come to compromise with education funding – Elliot Wilson
http://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-legislators-in-battle-over-senate-bill-one/781584699

 

CHICAGO NOW
— “Cultural Appropriation” is Detrimental to YOUR Civil Liberties. Here’s Why: – Laura DionJones (DIERSEN: What is your culture?  Who wants to appropriate it?)
http://www.chicagonow.com/commit-to-get-fit/2017/08/cultural-appropriation-is-detrimental-to-your-civil-liberties-heres-why/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Pritzker’s reticence to rip Madigan seen as proof he’s speaker’s choice – Ruth de Jauregui
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511167960-pritzker-s-reticence-to-rip-madigan-seen-as-proof-he-s-speaker-s-choice

 

DAILY ILLINI
— University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ousted on list of top 10 party schools – Jessica Bursztynsky  (DIERSEN: Did you go to college to “party?” I did not.  I went to college so that I could have better career opportunities.  I lived with my parents and brother in Crete a) while I attended UIC 1966-1968, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. I lived in the “pricey” University Plaza Dormitory (https://www.uplaza.com/) in DeKalb weekdays during my first semester at NIU and then full-time during my last two semesters and in the “pricey” Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/) in DeKalb during the summer of 1970. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to paint me as having always been filthy rich.)
http://dailyillini.com/news/2017/08/02/illinois-ousted-list-top-10-party-schools/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Cook County & Cook County Sheriff hit with civil penalty on FOIA violation – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/cook-county-cook-county-sheriff-hit-with-civil-penalty-on-foia-violation/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ LATEST $500 MILLION BORROWING: MORE EVIDENCE IT DOESN’T DESERVE A BAILOUT – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-latest-500-million-borrowing-more-evidence-it-doesnt-deserve-a-bailout/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Ives: Hidden budget items have ‘fed the beast’ of Illinois fiscal crisis – Jacob Bielanski
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/ives-hidden-budget-items-have-fed-the-beast-of-illinois/article_418f3c34-7254-11e7-9e5c-539d4374f40e.html
— While flood waters recede in McHenry County, property taxes increase – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/while-flood-waters-recede-in-mchenry-county-property-taxes-increase/article_f80eba12-77cb-11e7-ab30-87eed0ea81eb.html

 

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How have Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion impacted you?  Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to screw Republicans, and especially to screw Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/taking-action-against-colleges-and-universities/781772801

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Cards Against Humanity launches effort to legalize marijuana in Illinois  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/03/cards-against-humanity-launches-effort-to-legalize-marijuana-in-illinois/
— ISBE: 62 percent of Illinois school districts lost enrollment in one year
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/03/isbe-62-percent-of-illinois-school-districts-lost-enrollment-in-one-year/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS UNDER ATTACK. WE MUST DEFEND IT. – Raynard Jackson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want to force everyone to speak, read, and write foreign languages.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/the-english-language-is-under-attack-we-must-defend-it/

 

GOPUSA
— 22 percent of federal prison population here illegally  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28099
— CNN reporter Jim Acosta displays full blown political advocacy in challenge to immigration policy (DIERSEN: Unlike many other reporters who unethically deny their political affiliation, I proudly proclaim that I am a Republican.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28111
— NAACP issues state travel warning over Missouri ‘Jim Crow’ bill
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28121
— Favor factory? Huma emails reveal Clinton allies seeking jobs, meetings  (DIERSEN: Virtually all of the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial problems, severe health problems, and/or other severe problems.  They talk and act that if succeed in getting rid of me, my critics/opponents will give them lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and lots more.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=28124?omhide=true

 

AOL NEWS
— Ann Coulter says marijuana is making ‘people retarded’ – NICK CARDONA  (DIERSEN: Do you smoke pot?  Do you want to smoke pot legally?  As more and more and more Americans smoke pot, America will go downhill faster and faster and faster.)
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/02/ann-coulter-says-marijuana-is-making-people-retarded/23062212/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservative firebrand Ann Coulter says marijuana is destroying the country. She was speaking at Politicon, a nonpartisan political event over the weekend. Coulter, who has a history of making very controversial — and some might say offensive remarks went off when she was asked whether or not weed should be legal. “You can legalize all the drugs you want when there isn’t a welfare state. No marijuana makes people retarded, especially when they’re young.” he debate started when Coulter’s fellow panelist, Ana Kasparian brought up the racial differences between blacks and whites when it comes to marijuana charges. Coulter pointed to a study that revealed black people are more likely to lie about their weed use than other races. However, she didn’t say who did the study or any information about the study to back up her claim. Meanwhile, Kasparian said no one should be prosecuted for marijuana possession calling it a waste of our resources.)

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump endorses merit-based system that would cut legal immigration by half – Dave Boyer and Stephen Dinan  (DIERSEN: How has immigration impacted you?  Democrats only want immigrants who will vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Democrats are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/2/trump-backs-immigration-bill-cut-green-card-limits/
— Two ‘Never Trump’ national GOP officials thank Reince Priebus, the man Trump fired – Ralph Z. Hallow
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/3/reince-priebus-man-donald-trump-fired-thanked-two-/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— U.S. TOWN BANS RESIDENTS FROM CRITICIZING MOSQUE  New restrictions on speech about Islam akin to ‘surrender’ – Bob Unrul (DIERSEN: So far, how has Islam impacted you?  Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/u-s-town-bans-residents-from-criticizing-mosque/

 

FEDERALIST PAPERS
— OUTSTANDING: 261 “Sanctuary Cities” to Lose Millions in Funding; Here’s The List – Calvin Freiburger
http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/261-sanctuary-cities-lose-funding

 

DAILY CALLER
The DOJ Targets The Root Of Campus Insanity – SCOTT GREER (DIERSEN: Democrat educators focus on cranking out “good little Democrats” 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://dailycaller.com/2017/08/02/the-doj-targets-the-root-of-campus-insanity/
— Bitter Jim Acosta Claims White House Targeting Muslims, Mexicans And The Media – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: Who targets you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes target 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://dailycaller.com/2017/08/02/bitter-jim-acosta-claims-white-house-targeting-muslims-mexicans-and-the-media-video/

 

NEWSMAX
— Amazon Job Fair Lures 20,000 Applicants  (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that Amazon will hire you: 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.newsmax.com/Finance/Companies/amazon-warehouse-job-fair/2017/08/03/id/805513/

 

BREITBART
— RAISE Act Is First Serious Attempt to Reduce Immigration In Generations – IAN MASON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/02/raise-act-is-first-serious-attempt-to-reduce-immigration-in-generations/
— Rosie O’Donnell: ‘Women Should Form Our Own Party’ if Dems Back Pro-Life Candidates – DR. SUSAN BERRY
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/08/02/rosie-odonnell-women-should-form-our-own-party-if-dems-back-pro-life-candidates/
— Book Ban: Muslim News Site Demands Amazon Withdraws Kassam’s ‘No Go Zones’ – JACK MONTGOMERY
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/02/cair-linked-muslim-network-demands-amazon-withdraw-kassams-no-go-zones/

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— Reince Priebus Never Stood a Chance  He was a bad fit for Donald Trump’s Mad Max-like universe. – JONATHAN V. LAST  (DIERSEN: Are/were you a “bad fit?” One could say that I never stood a chance in the federal government and that I was a “bad fit.” Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/reince-priebus-never-stood-a-chance/article/2009104

 

NEWS & OBSERVER
— Church is no place to preach politics – A.C. SNOW  (DIERSEN: What do you see in your church?  From what I see, ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.newsobserver.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/ac-snow/article165063192.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Problem of Competitive Victimhood – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON  (DIERSEN: Who are the most divisive individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Divisive individuals, divisive organizations, divisive companies, divisive governments, and divisive countries shout at those who have health, financial, and/or other problems that members of the following groups caused all their problems: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, those who have pensions, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450094/identity-politics-2016-election-democrats-try-more-inclusive-message

 

THE HILL
— Why Trump needs Republican good ol’ boys – RAOUL LOWERY CONTRERAS  (DIERSEN: Are you a “Republican good ol’ boy?”  I have never been one.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/344833-why-trump-needs-republican-good-ol-boys
— Sanders urged to woo black voters – AMIE PARNES  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What will Sanders say to Blacks to woo them over? ANSWER: He will shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.  Sanders will especially demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/345051-sanders-urged-to-woo-black-voters

 

POLITICO
— New White House chief of staff Kelly called Sessions to assure him his job was safe – JOSH DAWSEY and JOSH GERSTEIN  (DIERSEN: Is/was your job safe?  Prior to September of 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors MISSLED me to believe that my job was safe, that is, that they would let me work until I was eligible for regular retirement when I would be 55 in September of 2003. They could hint/imply/argue/shout that I should have “seen the writing on the wall.” They had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, they had not promoted me beyond GS-13, they had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, they had gotten rid of the GAO manager who had hired me, who had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who had promoted me to GS-13 in 1986, and they had forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/02/john-kelly-jeff-sessions-241276

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOVERNOR AGAIN SEEKS TO PIT CHICAGO AGAINST REST OF ILLINOIS.”  Who pits others against you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pit 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 AGAINST THOSE 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. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am a Trump supporter, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), rich, a gun owner, 100% German American, a draft avoider, and that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s. They stress that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that I was a union member for almost 12 years, that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, that I have been a federal retiree for almost 20 years, that my Civil Service Retirement System pension is $50,856/year, that my federal health, dental, and vision insurance is $17,288/year, that my Social Security is $2,028/year, that I have only owned American nameplate cars, that I am childless, that I am pet-less, that I oppose the promotion vices including booze, gambling, and pot, that I have sued those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, I etc.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to pit everyone against me.)
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2017/Gov-Bruce-Rauner-has-reignited-an-age-old-but-divisive-political-strategy-on-a-new-front-in-Illinois-Schools/id-5768cf7b4df24c499bbdf4a247ec6c82%22

 

CNN
— NAACP issues its first statewide travel advisory, for Missouri – Nancy Coleman (DIERSEN: Should Trump issue travel advisories for Trump supporters in those precincts, municipalities, townships/wards, counties, and states that voted for Clinton?  Should Trump supporters wear body cameras to document insults, harassment, threats, attacks, etc. from anti-Trumps?)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/us/naacp-missouri-travel-advisory-trnd/index.html

 

REUTERS
— Trump and senators seek to slash legal immigration – Ayesha Rascoe and Mica Rosenberg
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-idUSKBN1AI1ZU?il=0

 

CNBC
— Here’s how much you have to save per paycheck to be a millionaire by 67 – Kathleen Elkins  (DIERSEN: How much money have you saved for your retirement?  From what I see, you are in big trouble if you are not on track to have at least a million dollars saved for your retirement by the time you are 67.  My 87 year old aunt is spending $230 a day to live in an assisted living facility.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/01/how-much-of-your-paycheck-you-have-to-save-to-be-a-millionaire.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Amazon’s Jobs Fair Sends Clear Message: Now Hiring Thousands – NOAM SCHEIBER and NICK WINGFIELD  (DIERSEN: Do you need/want a job?  From what I see, to get hired, you need to stress that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, that is, that you are a “good little Democrat.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/technology/amazons-jobs-fair-sends-clear-message-now-hiring-thousands.html
— Trump Can’t Save American Christianity – ROD DREHER  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/opinion/trump-scaramucci-evangelical-christian.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Keeps His Conservative Movement Allies Closest.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/us/politics/trump-conservative-republicans.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— How would you handle a forced retirement? – Michelle Singletary  (DIERSEN:  My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement offer in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  One way that I have handled that forced retirement is to spend less money.  I spend less money a) because I spend 10+ hours in my home each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) because I have at least $72,135 less each year or $6,011 less each month or $1,387 less each week  or $198 less each day to spend because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  My GAO salary in today’s dollars was $122,991 a year, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,856 or $72,135 (59%) less a year.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2017/07/31/how-would-you-handle-a-forced-retirement/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Critics Try to Smear Trump’s Election-Integrity Commission  Calling us racists and ‘voter-suppression superstars’ is shameful and corrosive to civility. – Hans von Spakovsky and  J. Christian Adams
https://www.wsj.com/articles/critics-try-to-smear-trumps-election-integrity-commission-1501709170
— Facebook’s New-Graduate Hires Help Diversify Workforce  Company makes an effort to hire women straight out of college – Yoree Koh (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to not hire, to not promote, and to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  Firestone stores hired me in 1970 because it could not find a qualified minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  Oldsmobile offered me a job in 1971 because it could not find a qualified minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-new-graduate-hires-help-diversify-workforce-1501689604
— The Coming ObamaCare Bailout  ‘Cost-sharing’ subsidies are illegal without an appropriation by Congress. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-coming-obamacare-bailout-1501715525

 

USA TODAY
— No going back: Anthony Scaramucci’s White House job could cost him $7.5 million – Gregory Korte
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/03/anthony-scaramuccis-white-house-job-could-cost-him-7-million/531376001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  Anthony Scaramucci took no salary during his short tenure as White House communication director — yet his 10-day career detour could end up costing him more than $7.5 million. That’s because the New York hedge fund founder left the White House before he could obtain a “certificate of divestiture” giving him the special tax treatment available to federal employees who give up assets in order to avoid conflicts of interest. Without that certificate, the sale of Scaramucci’s Skybridge Capital to a Chinese holding company will be taxed at the capital gains rate of 15%. According to Scaramucci’s financial disclosure report, his 43.8% share of the sale is worth at least $50 million; other estimates put that number even higher. The Office of Government Ethics would not comment on whether Scaramucci’s application for that special tax treatment. But granted certificates are a matter of public record, and no such certificate has been granted to Scaramucci. And under OGE regulations, an application must come from a current employee of the executive branch.)
— Saving for retirement in the most tax-efficient manner possible – Robert Powell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/powell/2017/08/02/powell-saving-retirement-most-tax-efficient-manner-possible/506793001/
— Facebook makes diversity gains but still struggles in key area – Jessica Guynn  (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to not hire, to not promote, and to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  Firestone stores hired me in 1970 because it could not find a qualified minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  Oldsmobile offered me a job in 1971 because it could not find a qualified minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/08/02/facebook-makes-diversity-gains-but-still-struggles-key-area/531344001/

 

MADISON
— 5 Tax Issues You’ll Face in Retirement – Wendy Connick
http://host.madison.com/business/investment/markets-and-stocks/tax-issues-you-ll-face-in-retirement/article_a744fb6f-a521-50bc-9d1b-4c9e33ca6d49.html

 

KKTV
— Black market marijuana bust leaves bruises on Colorado’s marijuana industry  (DIERSEN: The more that pot is pushed legally, the more that pot is pushed illegally.)
http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Black-market-marijuana-bust-leaves-bruises-on-Colorados-marijuana-industry-436622893.html

 

VANITY FAIR
— DIERSEN HEDLINE: How has immigration impacted you?  Democrats only want immigrants who will vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Democrats are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/white-house-celebrates-american-dream-week-in-the-worst-way-possible

 

BUZZFEED
— Trump Has Launched A “Real News” Program On His Facebook, Hosted By His Daughter-In-Law  In one video, Lara Trump said she’d be back every week to provide updates on the president’s accomplishments. – Claudia Koerner
https://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiakoerner/trumps-daughter-in-law-hosting-real-news-videos-for-the

 

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
— New Workers Must Save 20% of Income to Match Baby Boomers’ Retirement  Report finds new workers face “hostile economic environment.”
https://www.ai-cio.com/news/new-workers-must-save-20-income-match-baby-boomers-retirement/

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— 3 Common Retirement Mistakes That Can Put a Crack in Your Nest Egg  Think you have retirement all figured out? Think again. – Katie Brockman  (DIERSEN: The less that you save for your retirement, the sooner that you will run of money and go on welfare.  The more that your retirement income is taxed, the sooner that you will run out of money and go on welfare.)
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2017/08/03/3-common-retirement-mistakes-that-can-put-a-crack.aspx
(FRTOM THE ARTICLE: 1. Underestimating health-related expenses  Healthcare is expensive, and you’re more likely to suffer illnesses and injuries as you age. Health problems such as Alzheimer’s and hip fractures from falls are far more common in older adults, and they’re also incredibly expensive to treat. (The average cost to care for a person with Alzheimer’s during the patient’s last five years of life is about $287,000, and the average hospital visit after a fall costs about $30,000.) Medicare will help cover some of the costs of health problems, but that doesn’t mean you won’t have to pay anything out of pocket. You’ll still be responsible for your deductible, coinsurance, and copays, and Medicare doesn’t cover long-term care, eye exams, most dental care, or hearing aids.)
— Should You Pay Down Your Mortgage or Save for Retirement?  If you have a bit of cash each month to put toward your future, is that money best spent paying down debt or investing for retirement? – Katie Brockman
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2017/08/02/should-you-pay-off-your-mortgage-or-save-for-retir.aspx

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Aide Forcefully Defends Bid to Reduce Legal Immigration – Justin Sink (DIERSEN: How has immigration impacted you?  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-02/trump-endorses-bill-to-award-immigrant-visas-based-on-merit
— 5% Is the New 8% for Pension Funds  Most targets are still too high, and that’s a problem for employees and taxpayers. – Lisa Abramowicz
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-02/5-is-the-new-8-for-reliable-returns-for-pension-funds
— Older Americans Aren’t as Poor as We Thought  There’s a widening wealth gap between the old and young. – Ben Steverman
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-01/older-americans-aren-t-as-poor-as-we-thought

 

BENEFIT NEWS
— Public pension returns barely broke even in fiscal 2016 – Bloomberg
https://www.benefitnews.com/articles/public-pension-returns-barely-broke-even-in-fiscal-2016

 

GOVERNING
— Pension Plans Had a Great Year, But Retirees Likely Won’t Benefit From It  One good investment year isn’t enough to fix struggling systems’ problems. – LIZ FARMER
http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-stock-market-pension-plans-investment-turns.html

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Efforts to increase federal Hispanic workforce have stalled since Clinton era – Eric Englert  (DIERSEN: How have Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion impacted you?  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980, its top priority was a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) to make way for them by getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/career/2017/08/02/efforts-to-increase-federal-hispanic-workforce-have-stalled-since-clinton-era/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Daring to Defend the Federal Bureaucracy – Charles S. Clark (DIERSEN: Do you promote patronage?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/fedblog/2017/08/daring-defend-federal-bureaucracy/139908/

 

FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Mustang Reclaims Lead In July Pony Car Sales – AARON BRZOZOWSKI
http://fordauthority.com/2017/08/ford-mustang-reclaims-lead-in-july-pony-car-sales/

 

AUTOWEEK
— Don’t count out gasoline motors yet  THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE STILL HAS ROOM TO ADVANCE  (DIERSEN: Do you own a car with a gasoline motor?  My critics/opponents want to banish not only gasoline engines, they want to banish cars.)
http://autoweek.com/article/technology/dont-count-out-gasoline-motors-yet

 

RASMUSEN REPORTS
— Voters Don’t Credit Trump For Improving Economy  (DIERSEN: Voters Should Credit Trump For Improving Economy.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/july_2017/voters_don_t_credit_trump_for_improving_economy
— More Than Ever Are Optimistic About Economic Opportunity in America
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/jobs_employment/july_2017/more_than_ever_are_optimistic_about_economic_opportunity_in_america

August 2 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Trump Joining With GOP Senators to Push Immigration Changes  Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration a hallmark of his administration and has tried to slash federal grants for cities that refuse to comply with federal efforts to detain and deport those living in the country illegally – Ken Thomas and Jill Colvin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Trump-GOP-Senators-Immigration-Changes–438107103.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Insurers want to hike Obamacare rates in Illinois up to 43 percent – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/insurers-want-to-hike-obamacare-rates-in-illinois-up-to-43-percent/
— Too many crimes on the CTA going unsolved – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-too-many-crimes-on-the-cta-going-unsolved/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker details health care plan, rivals say it’s not enough – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-healthcare-20170802-story.html
— Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake takes GOP to task over Trump – AP  (DIERSEN: The more that you blast Trump, the more that anti-Trumps promote you.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-arizona-senator-trump-20170801-story.html
— The Republican Party was born of moral outrage — and is dying for lack of it – Ron Grossman  (DIERSEN: Republicans should be more outraged by efforts by anti-Trumps 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-health-care-gop-expired-grossman-20170801-story.html
— Trump signs bill imposing sanctions on Russia – AP  (DIERSEN: What sanctions have the federal government imposed on you?  My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  They would not have imposed the aforesaid sanctions if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-russia-sanctions-20170802-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a color photo of Jake Griffin unethically made to look like a news article, the Daily Herald calls for the State of Illinois to tax retirement income. What about those like me who were forced to retire early?  Illinois’ not taxing retirement income was one factor that helped my Democrat GAO superiors succeed in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. What about COLAs? COLAs are always far less than inflation.  What about health care costs? The older that you are, the higher that your health care costs are.  Health care costs have always gone up far more than inflation.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170802/how-not-taxing-retirees-income-costs-illinois
— How retirement income became exempt from state tax – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170802/how-retirement-income-became-exempt-from-state-tax
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Buyer remorse sets in for flyover country Trump voters.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170802/buyer-remorse-sets-in-for-flyover-country-trump-voters
— To many, Illinois tax hike is inhumane – Dan McCaleb  (DIERSEN: If you do not pay state income tax, a state income tax hike does not affect you.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170801/mccaleb-to-many-illinois-tax-hike-is-inhumane
— 2 Venezuelan opposition leaders jailed as crisis escalates – AP  (DIERSEN: Because I support the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) resolution against video gambling, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint me as being someone who is trying to be an “opposition leader” because certain past and present leaders of Republican organizations in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois reject many planks in the Republican Party platform, in the IRP platform, and the MTRCC resolution against video gambling. Most commonly, they reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), First Amendment, and Second Amendment planks.  Most commonly, they promote vices including booze, gambling, and pot.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170801/news/308019961/
— Retired judge: Barrington students in photo weren’t acting racist – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170801/retired-judge-barrington-students-in-photo-werent-acting-racist

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago Sun-Times investors lost $80 million – LYNNE MAREK (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, newspapers act like they exist to promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and the Green Party platform rather than to make a profit.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170802/NEWS06/170809973
— How Exelon will keep getting bailout money in Illinois—whether it needs it or not – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170802/NEWS11/170809972/how-exelon-will-keep-getting-bailout-money-in-illinois-x2014-whether

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump reportedly described White House as a ‘real dump’ – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/271479819-story

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— School funding reform cannot wait – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170801/our-view-school-funding-reform-cannot-wait

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Adam Andrzejewski follows money, irritates powerful – Jim Dey  (DIERSEN: Who is irritated at you and at what you do? 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 a) are irritated at me and at what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and b) were irritated at what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, etc.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-01/jim-dey-watchdog-follows-money-irritates-powerful.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— The Recreational Marijuana Legalization Debate In Illinois – RACHEL OTWELL (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/recreational-marijuana-legalization-debate-illinois#stream/0

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Website draws attention to lack of female presence in Illinois governor race – Jaclyn Driscoll
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/website-draws-attention-to-lack-of-female-presence-in-illinois-governor-race

 

XRADIO
— Local Legislators Backing Governor’s Amendatory Veto of Ed Funding Bill – Greg Sapp
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/29195-local-legislators-backing-governor-s-amendatory-veto-of-ed-funding-bill

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Gain insights into Gov. Rauner’s new regime’s approach: Watch Berkowitz w/Rauner insider Dan Proft
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/08/gain-insights-into-gov-rauners-new-regimes-approach-watch-berkowitz-wrauner-insider-dan-proft-cableweb/

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Skillicorn laments lack of reforms in school funding bill – Caitlin Nordahl
http://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511167822-skillicorn-laments-lack-of-reforms-in-school-funding-bill

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives targets multiple aspects of school funding measure – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511168880-ives-targets-multiple-aspects-of-school-funding-measure
— Ives disagrees with evidence-based school funding – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511167864-ives-disagrees-with-evidence-based-school-funding

 

SAGAMON SUN
— Illinois state politics fueled by the privately-educated  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents for sending 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.)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511168040-illinois-state-politics-fueled-by-the-privately-educated
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If one aspires to become a politician in Illinois, there’s one tried and tested route. Attend private elementary and high schools. Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes the Sangamon Sun, researched the K-12 school choices of Illinois’ top elected officials– present and past– and found a clear, unmistakable trend. They may politically support Illinois’ public schools, but an increasing number of elected officials are opting out of using them personally.)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Christians Must Exit Government Schools – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/christian-parents-must-exit-government-schools/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PAY $850 MILLION IN INTEREST ON $500 MILLION LOAN – Robert Brutvan
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-to-pay-850-million-in-interest-on-500-million-loan/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois GOP blasts Democratic leaders for not hosting annual rally at state fair – Greg Bishop  (DIERSEN: When you attend GOP rallies and other events, how welcome do you feel?  How do activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. treat you at those rallies and other events?)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-gop-blasts-democratic-leaders-for-not-hosting-annual-rally/article_b9a67afe-76cb-11e7-b3bc-4f1249e7bb75.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Party Executive Director Nick Klitzing isn’t surprised by the move. “It says something about their lack of a commitment to agriculture,” Klitzing said. “It says something about their lack of commitment of having regular people who aren’t party bigwigs, who don’t give tons of money.” Klitzing said it’s another example of things being run with an iron fist by Madigan, the longtime party leader. “The same way that he rules as the speaker of the House of the state legislature is exactly the same way he rules the Democratic Party of Illinois,” Klitzing said. Republicans still plan a rally during Governor’s Day Wednesday, Aug. 16. Democrats also didn’t host a statewide convention in 2016. These gatherings feature speeches from various party leaders. Klitzing said these types of events are important for the party faithful. “Those opportunities at a convention and meetings, it gives people, regular people, an opportunity to meet their legislators,” Klitzing said, “to meet their elected officials, to interact with them and voice their opinions.”)
— Adios Illinois; more consider fleeing tax unfriendly Illinois – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/mccaleb-adios-illinois-more-consider-fleeing-tax-unfriendly-illinois/article_0f46358a-76b3-11e7-acca-436a6a2a1a5c.html

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Lieutenant Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti applauded her boss, saying that, as someone who once knew poverty, “all children deserve access to a world class education.” She struck a hopeful note, saying she was “confident” both legislative houses “will support a clean school funding bill that puts more money in the classroom for our students.”  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being someone who has never known poverty.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/08/02/rauner-vetoes-state-education-bill-rahm-accuses-governor-of-fuzzy-math-chicago-homicides-cross-400-mark-johnson-says-overall-shootings-are-trending-down-221652

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Cutting classroom money while protecting pension money
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/02/cutting-classroom-money-while-protecting-pension-money/
— Question: Should legislators be barred from serving as state party chairs?  (DIERSEN: One could also ask should elected/appointed officials be barred from serving as a) members of their State Central Committee (SCC) and b) as officers of their state, county, township, and ward party organizations. In Illinois, Republicans are barred from directly electing members of the Illinois Republican Party SCC.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/08/01/question-of-the-day-2522/

 

GOPUSA
— Procter & Gamble’s Identity-Politics Pandering  (DIERSEN: How soon will P&G officially dump those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.gopusa.com/procter-gambles-identity-politics-pandering/

 

NEWS ONE
— DOJ Targets Affirmative Action  The Trump administration wants to pressure universities to end admission policies that “discriminate against Whites.” – Nigel Roberts
https://newsone.com/3729986/doj-affirmative-action-college-admissions/

 

DAILY CALLER
— DOJ Source Shuts Down NYT Affirmative Action Story – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/02/doj-source-shuts-down-nyt-affirmative-action-story/
— Trump DOJ Suing Over Affirmative Action In Universities – Kevin Daley  (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. I became a federal employee in 1971 because Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.  All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my Democrat superiors were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/01/trump-justice-department-will-sue-to-curtail-affirmative-action/
— Panicked NYT Warns Reporters Not To Talk To ‘College Students’ – Nick Givas  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who act they have been warned by my critics/opponents to not talk to me.  My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy anyone who talks to me.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/01/panicked-nyt-warns-reporters-not-to-talk-to-college-students/

 

NEWSMAX
— Tom Brokaw: Trump Holding His ‘Hard Core’ Base of Supporters – Cathy Burke  (DIERSEN: Are you demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being “hard core.”  I am demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being “hard core” by individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/tom-brokaw-trump-supporters-base/2017/08/01/id/805147/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Health Care Costs for Prison Inmates Up 37% Since 2009  Drug abuse treatment increased by 44 percent in the same time frame – Ali Meyer
http://freebeacon.com/issues/health-care-costs-prison-inmates-37-since-2009/

 

THE HILL
— Trump approval in GOP-leaning poll drops below Obama’s lowest – MALLORY SHELBOURNE
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/344920-trump-approval-in-gop-leaning-poll-drops-below-obamas-lowest

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump isn’t changing the Republican Party. The Republican Party is changing Trump. – Matt Grossmann and David A. Hopkins  (DIERSEN: When you get elected or appointed to a government office or to a political office as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/08/02/trump-isnt-changing-the-republican-party-the-republican-party-is-changing-trump/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— The solar eclipse path will overwhelmingly pass over Trump Country – Matt Rocheleau  (DIERSEN: Do you live in Trump Country?  I do not. The majority of those who voted in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois voted for Clinton.  Those who voted for Clinton want to get rid of individuals like me, 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.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/08/01/the-solar-eclipse-coming-trump-country/Ldd7MhDroW1cdYCwCBoxbO/story.html

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump embodies every one of the Seven Deadly Sins.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/31/how-trump-embodies-seven-deadly-sins-brian-klaas-column/523664001/
— Pass GOP tax cuts by Thanksgiving or get ready for Speaker Pelosi – Newt Gingrich and Brad Anderson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/08/02/pass-gop-tax-cuts-thanksgiving-get-ready-speaker-nancy-pelosi/529438001/
— Just 21 years old, Nihar Suthar has already saved over $100,000 – Tanisha A. Sykes  (DIERSEN: How do you compare to Suthar?  Suthar puts me to shame.  According to the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine, a) for 1977, when I was 29 years old, my income was $26,563, my expenses were $22,041, and I saved $4,522 and b) as of December 31, 1977, my assets were $113,487, my debts were $59,537, and my net worth was $53,950.  My income included $22,449 IRS salary and $2,675 rental income. My expenses included $9,479 mortgage payments, $4,900 income taxes, $2,198 food and entertainment, $1,568 pension contributions, and $823 tuition and books.  My assets included a $60,000 Outer Drive East (ODE) condo, a $26,000 University Park town home, $7,393 in retirement contributions, $6,333 in savings, and a $6,000 1972 Corvette. My debts included a $38,795 ODE condo mortgage and a $19,380 University Park town home mortgage.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/02/21-year-old-saves-over-100-000/475019001/
— Sleep study finds that the fewer hours you snooze the heavier you are likely to be – Matthew Diebel
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2017/08/01/sleep-study-fewer-hours-you-snooze-heavier-you-likely/528475001/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Even Kelly can’t stop Trump’s tweeting  Only way to get to ‘get the truth out,’ the president says – David Jackson  (DIERSEN: How often do the following communicate with the Republican voters in your precinct: your Republican Precinct Committeeman, the officers of your Republican township/ward party organization, the officers of your Republican county party organization, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman, and the Republican elected/appointed officials who represent all or part of your precinct? I communicate with the aforesaid twice each and every day with GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/08/01/after-hiring-new-chief-staff-trump-pledges-keep-tweeting/528553001/

 

TIME
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: 3 Trump Appointees Owe Thousands of Dollars in Back Taxes – Dave Levinthal, Center for Public Integrity  (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
http://time.com/4883523/donald-trump-taxes-appointees/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ObamaCare for Congress  Trump can change a rule that exempts Members from the law’s pain. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What did you and your spouse do to qualify for your health insurance? Because I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my wife and I a) qualify as members of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/) for life and b) get a 75% (currently $17,288/year) federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy for life.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/obamacare-for-congress-1501629597
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Insecure Workers Face Risk Of Illness – Laurn Weber  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did everything that they could to make feel insecure. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/worried-sick-about-losing-a-job-1501588800

 

BARRON’S
— Why State Budgets Shouldn’t Bet On Casino Gaming  Analysts at S&P Global warn that New England states hoping that commercial casino revenues will help fill their coffers may face long-term credit risk. – Johanna Bennett
http://www.barrons.com/articles/why-state-budgets-shouldnt-bet-on-casino-gaming-1501520010

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Voters Say Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/july_2017/most_voters_say_trump_is_his_own_worst_enemy