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April 27 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps call for their supporters to boycott all pro-Trump individuals, all pro-Trump organizations, all pro-Trump companies, all pro-Trump governments, and all pro-Trump countries.  What if Trump called for his supporters to boycott all anti-Trump individuals, all anti-Trump organizations, all anti-Trump companies, all anti-Trump governments, and all anti-Trump countries?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-trump-tower-values-20170426-column.html
— Rauner’s new State Fair digs: Goats in, hunting dog out – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-bruce-rauner-goats-hunting-dog-story.html
— The bumpy road to adulthood for 20-somethings and 30-somethings – Robert Samuelson  (DIERSEN: When were you 18-34?  For me it was 1966-1982.  Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if I was 34 today, I never would have been able to do the following before I was 34: a) become a licensed CPA, b) pass the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt, c) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, d) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, an MBA from Loyola, or a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, e) get married, f) buy real estate, g) buy new cars, h) have jobs that paid me enough to do the aforesaid, i) etc.)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-samuelson-millennials-jobs-adulthood-perspec-0427-jm-20170426-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Growing up isn’t what it used to be. There’s a yawning gap between the end of adolescence and the beginning of adulthood: a period when millions of 20-somethings and 30-somethings have many adult freedoms without all the responsibilities. Social scientists have tried — so far in vain — to name this new life-stage, but no one should question its significance. If you have doubts, a new U.S. Census Bureau study should resolve them. It compares the experiences of Americans 18 to 34 now with the same age group in the 1970s. There has been a sea change. “In prior generations, young adults were expected to have finished school, found a job, and set up their own household during their 20s — most often with their spouse and with a child soon to follow,” says the report. No more. . .The transition has been hard on some men. In 1975, only about a quarter of men 25 to 34 had incomes less than $30,000 a year. By 2016, that had risen to 41 percent. (Incomes were adjusted for inflation.) Meanwhile, millions of young women have entered the labor force, and though their median wage remains below men’s, it has increased faster than men’s.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The men of Fox News need to take a stand.”  During the 1980s and 1990s, extremely few GAO employees “took a stand” against patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.  Instead, to keep their job and/or to get promotions, they helped GAO waste the careers of and get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/the-men-of-fox-news-need-to-take-a-stand/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Kirkland passes Baker, becomes No. 2 U.S. law firm – CLAIRE BUSHEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170427/NEWS04/170429886/kirkland-passes-baker-becomes-no-2-u-s-law-firm
— Why Chicago’s powerhouse economy can’t jumpstart stalled Illinois – TIM JONES
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170427/NEWS02/170429894/why-chicagos-powerhouse-economy-cant-jumpstart-stalled-illinois

 

WIBQ AM
— Rauner Wants Permission To Fire Quinn I-DOT Patronage Workers  (DIERSEN: Do you OPPOSE patronage?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes PROMOTE patronage. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. 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://wibqam.com/news/articles/2017/apr/27/rauner-wants-permission-to-fire-quinn-i-dot-patronage-workers/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauners find family of foxes at Illinois State Fairgrounds residence
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170426/rauners-find-family-of-foxes-at-illinois-state-fairgrounds-residence

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rose criticizes higher-ed budget planning, coordination – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-04-26/rose-criticizes-higher-ed-budget-planning-coordination.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Report Documents Alleged Patronage Hires – Cole Lauterbach  (DIERSEN: Do you OPPOSE patronage?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes PROMOTE patronage. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. 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://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=242505#.WQHJaBFSRZI

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— “Mormon scholars” side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/mormon-scholars-fight-against-trump-travel-ban/700418342

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois House Passes Bill That Compels State Agencies To ‘Buy American’ – TOM LISI  (DIERSEN: What do you say to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to countries that proudly paint themselves as being anti-American?)
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-house-passes-bill-compels-state-agencies-buy-american

 

RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK
— Riverside chief shut out of pot legalization hearing  Opponents will have chance to air view later, legislators say – Bob Uphues
http://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/4-25-2017/Riverside-chief-shut-out-of-pot-legalization-hearing/

 

RIVERSIDE PATCH
— Riverside Police Chief Takes Stand Against Marijuana Legalization  Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel has taken a stand against the legalization of marijuana. – Andrea Earnest
https://patch.com/illinois/lagrange/riverside-police-chief-takes-stand-against-marijuana-legalization

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— REPORT: Janice Marie Anderson 2018 Campaign Kickoff event was held Wednesday evening, April 26, 2017 at the Jalapeno Grille in Naperville. The 50+ attendees included: County: John Curran, Bob Grogan, Grant Eckhoff, Jim Healy, Don Puchalski; City of Naperville: Mayor Steve Chirico, Councilmen Kevin Coyne and Patty Gustin, (Guest Speaker) and Rebecca Obarski; City of Westmont, Trustee Steve Nero; Judges: Brennan, Gibson, Fullerton, Kleeman, Orel, Sutter and Wilson; GOP: Carl Schultz, Burt Minor, Jay Fisher, Mark Rising, Becky Rudolph; and Jim Mendrick – Sheriff Candidate.
https://gopillinois.com

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Fifth Amendment won’t save Mautino, Wehrli argues – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511108478-fifth-amendment-won-t-save-mautino-wehrli-argues

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— 67 Percent of Americans Believe Dems are Out of Touch – Robert Eno
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/04/shock-poll-67-percent-of-americans-believe-dems-are-out-of-touch/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Taxing Marriage in America – Micah Clark  (DIERSEN: My wife and I have paid the “marriage penalty” big time since we got married in 1978. Few, if any, of my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes have paid, are paying, or will pay the “marriage penalty.”)
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/taxing-marriage-america/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ANALYSIS: ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS RARELY KNOW HOW MUCH BILLS COST BEFORE VOTING FOR THEM  (DIERSEN: Legalizing pot in Illinois would cost Illinois many trillions of dollars and it would bankrupt the state.  The more that you expand gambling, booze, and other vices in Illinois, the more that you bankrupt Illinois.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/analysis-illinois-lawmakers-rarely-know-how-much-bills-cost-before-voting-for-them.html
— WHERE ARE THEY NOW? FORMER ILLINOIS SENATOR LEADS EFFORT TO END CHILD ABUSE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/where-are-they-now-former-illinois-senator-now-leads-effort-to-end-child-abuse.html
— IL LAWMAKERS GATHER FOR PRAYER AS KEY BILLS GO TO A VOTE  (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are churchgoers who pray that GOD would smite me down and send me straight to HELL.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/il-lawmakers-gather-for-prayer-as-key-bills-go-to-a-vote.html

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s a Pay Gap Worth Being Concerned About – Rachel Greszler  (DIERSEN: RINOs want cheap labor. So of course, RINOs want federal employee pay and benefits to be cut. RINOs want cheap labor.)
http://dailysignal.com/2017/04/27/heres-a-pay-gap-worth-being-concerned-about/
— Federal Agencies Spent $13.5 Million on Vehicles They May Not Use – Ethan Barton
http://dailysignal.com/2017/04/27/federal-agencies-spent-13-5-million-on-vehicles-they-may-not-use/

 

DAILY CALLER
— VA Secretary: New Office To Fire Bad Employees Will Cost A Bunch Of Money – Jonah Bennett  (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the Democrats who run the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old solely because I was a “bad employee.”  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are Democrats, Democrat plants, Libertarians, Libertarian plants, Greens, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/26/va-secretary-new-office-to-fire-bad-employees-will-cost-a-bunch-of-money/

 

GOPUSA
— Illegals thwart immigration laws with help from lawyers, judges, educators  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23449
— Media’s 100 Days of Anti-Trump Hostility
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23527

 

FEDERALIST
— Dartmouth Study Finds Democrats Are The Least Tolerant Students On Campus – Bre Payton
http://thefederalist.com/2017/04/26/dartmouth-study-finds-democrats-least-tolerant-students-campus/#.WQEiJUV-AXw.facebook

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: In Ann Coulter’s Speech Battle, Signs That Conservatives Are Emboldened – JEREMY W. PETERS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/us/politics/ann-coulter-university-of-california-berkeley.html
— New York Braces for Trump’s First Return as President – SARAH MASLIN NIR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/nyregion/new-york-braces-for-trumps-first-return-as-president.html
— Do Women Have to Register for the Draft? No. But Misinformation Spreads. – LINDA QIU  (DIERSEN: Employers have always been reluctant to hire, retain, or promote those who are subject to the draft. My father died suddenly in October of 1969.  Potential employers doubted that my application for a financial hardship deferment to help support my mother and brother would be approved.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/us/politics/fact-check-women-register-for-draft.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s five biggest deficiencies are on full display.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/04/26/trumps-five-biggest-deficiencies-are-on-full-display/

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: What happened to the draftees who stepped forward the day Muhammad Ali stood still? – Rick Hampson  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  Democrats are nasty.  Because I avoided the draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and with a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me a being privileged, a patriotic hypocrite, a coward, and even worse things.  They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or 4-F.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/26/what-happened-draftees-who-stepped-forward-the-day-muhammad-ali-stood-still/100840890/
— Wall Street to Millennials: Don’t fear the stock market  SURVEYS SHOW THIS YOUNG GENERATION FEARS STOCKS AND HAS LITTLE SAVED FOR RETIREMENT, BUT THERE ARE SIGNS OF A SHIFT. – Adam Shell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2017/04/26/millennials-and-investing/100559680/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Success Not Guaranteed  Chicago Public Schools students deserve better than a requirement for their post-high school plans. – Angela Hanks and Antoinette Flores  (DIERSEN: To be successful in the federal government, you need to be Democrat, and if you really want to be successful, you help your superiors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowledge-bank/articles/2017-04-26/post-high-school-plan-wont-ensure-chicago-public-schools-students-success

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want cheap labor.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and its citizens.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbessmallbiztalks/2017/04/27/how-hiring-refugees-slashed-turnover-at-denvers-lr-pallet/#6235fb9b2e98
— Meet The Conservative Republican Who’s Trying To Torpedo Tort Reform – Daniel Fisher (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would a) have all the defendants in the all lawsuits that I have filed viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me, b) shout that the lawsuits had no merit, were not supported by any facts, were frivolous, should not have been filed, and were pure harassment, and c) shout that I am litigious and even worse things.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2017/04/27/meet-the-conservative-republican-whos-trying-to-torpedo-tort-reform/#27f7e39636d5

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://socialistworker.org/2017/04/27/history-of-cruelty-in-a-nation-of-immigrants

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 914 James Court, Wheaton – $399,900
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447917_zpid/

April 21 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Please join me in encouraging the 18 members of the DuPage County Board to pass a resolution ASAP in opposition to legalizing pot for recreational use in Illinois, SB 316 and HB 2353, and especially the 12 members of its Judicial & Public Safety Committee: Grant Eckhoff, Chair, Robert L. Larsen, Vice Chair, John Curran, Peter DiCianni, Amy L. Grant, Gary Grasso, James D. Healy, Tonia Khouri, Sean T. Noonan, Donald E. Puchalski, Sam Tornatore, and James F. Zay.  The next meeting of that committee is at 8:15 AM, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. I have asked that recommending passing a resolution in opposition to SB 316 and HB 2353 be put on the agenda for that meeting, that DuPage County States Attorney Robert Berlin speak at that meeting in favor of the resolution, and that the committee would vote at that meeting to recommend that the full board pass the resolution. Berlin has filed a witness slip with the State of Illinois in opposition to SB 316 and HB 2353 along with Anita Bedell, Peter Bensinger, Judy Kramer, Ralph Rivera, Kathleen Valente, Thomas Weitzel, myself, and others. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel’s latest campaign report adds $20,000 to his legal spending tally – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-legal-costs-story.html
— A month after dismissing federal prosecutors, no U.S. attorneys in place at Justice Department – Sari Horwitz  (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO (SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/), the federal district court judge, the federal appellate court justices, the U.S. Attorney who represented GAO, and the U.S. Senator who appointed both the district court judge and the U.S. Attorney who represented GAO all made it extremely clear that they favor patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-sessions-us-attorneys-justice-department-20170418-story.html
— The case for importing skilled foreign workers: Trump’s Kenosha doctrine is good for America – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the “American education system” and those Democrats focus on churning 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://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-visa-worker-program-trump-edit-0421-md-20170420-story.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: These visas are intended for use by employers when they can’t find a qualified U.S. worker to hire. Ideally, the American education system would churn out enough qualified graduates in the science/technology/engineering/math realm to fill every possible job slot. Why that’s not the case is a conversation for another day. But even if it were so, there’s reason to give employers opportunities to hire a certain number of exceptional foreigners who bring unique abilities to the table.)
— Cheers, jeers for Rep. Hultgren at forum: ‘I think he heard from us tonight’ – Linda Girardi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-hultgren-forum-st-0420-20170419-story.html
— Naperville loses out to Deerfield as site of new Caterpillar HQ – Erin Hegarty  (DIERSEN: How strongly did the anti-Trumps in Naperville discourage Caterpillar from moving there?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-caterpillar-deerfield-not-naperville-st-0421-20170419-story.html
— Member of Decatur Seven elected to school board that once expelled him – Ted Gregory  (DIERSEN: What did you do with your free time when you were in high school?  I did yard work, delivered newspapers, and washed dishes.  I used the money that I earned/saved doing yard work and delivering newspapers to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964.  I used the money that I earned/saved washing dishes to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-decatur-seven-school-board-member-met-20170421-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Courtney Carson threw a punch at a high school football game on a Friday night almost two decades ago and catapulted himself from profane, drug-dealing gangbanger to national symbol of racial intolerance. The punch sparked a 17-second melee that rolled through the crowd watching the game between rivals Eisenhower and MacArthur high schools. After untangling the mess, Decatur school board members, riding the popularity of zero tolerance, expelled Carson and five other instigators — all African-American teenagers — for two years. A seventh student was allowed to withdraw rather than face expulsion.)
— Lawsuit: Naperville cops allowed woman to touch, kiss boy in squad car – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-police-lawsuit-st-0421-20170420-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use O’Reilly to promote hatred of men, and especially of men who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-bill-oreilly-mary-schmich-20170420-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chance the Rapper among Time’s ‘most influential people’  (DIERSEN: Who are the most influential people in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, that is, who has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Who/what do the aforesaid use the influence and clout to promote and to destroy?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chance-the-rapper-among-times-most-influential-people/

 

ABC7
— WYOMING, MN POLICE SET UP (humorous) ‘TRAP’ AIMED AT POT SMOKERS ON 4/20
http://abc7chicago.com/news/police-set-up-trap-aimed-at-pot-smokers-on-4-20-/1896746/

 

DNA INFO
— Joe Walsh GOP Club Fundraiser Sparks Protest Plan By Democrats, Others – Alex Nitkin
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170420/gladstone-park/northwest-side-gop-club-joe-walsh-39th-ward-democrats-robert-murphy

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers hint/imply/argue/shout that virtually everyone in America is a stoner or wants to be a stoner.  If you want to destroy an individual, you encourage that individual to be a stoner.  If you want to destroy an organization, you encourage the members of that organization to be stoners. If you want to destroy a company, you encourage the employees of that company to be stoners. If you want to destroy a government, you encourage the officials and employees of that government to be stoners. If you want to destroy a county, you encourage the officials and citizens of that country to be stoners.  If you want to destroy a race, you encourage the members of that race to be stoners.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/a-new-high-poll-finds-record-support-for-pot-legalization/695487858

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— What Illinois needs is accountability, not apologists – Andy Manar
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170420/manar-what-illinois-needs-is-accountability-not-apologists

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use town halls to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans. Anti-Trumps are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Anti-Trumps are disciples of Saul Alinsky.
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170420/editorial-tone-aside-more-town-halls-please

 

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— State: Mautino pleads the 5th in campaign finance case – Greg Bishop
http://rockrivertimes.com/2017/04/20/state-mautino-pleads-the-5th-in-campaign-finance-case/

 

TIMES
— Mautino lawyer points finger at rivals – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/mautino-lawyer-points-finger-at-rivals/article_7d817b23-7426-54af-8732-081d164d55a4.html

 

WSIU
— As Illinois budget crisis continues, people with addictions find tougher road to treatment – DURRIE BOUSCAREN (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments work the hardest to promote addictions in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  If you promote booze, gambling, pot, and/or other vices, you promote addictions.)
http://news.wsiu.org/post/illinois-budget-crisis-continues-people-addictions-find-tougher-road-treatment#stream/0

 

WSIL TV
— Illinois Representative Will Guzzardi pushes for $15 per hour minimum wage – Brandon Merano  (DIERSEN: When you first earned $15/hour in today’s dollars, what job requirements did you have to meet?  For me, they included a) being 18 years old and passing an employment test, b) having a high school diploma, c) having a driver’s license, d) passing a background check, e) passing a truck driving test, f) passing a physical examination, g) being available to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and full-time during the summers, h) owning a vehicle to make deliveries from, i) having a good driving record, j) etc.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35206048/il-representative-pushes-for-15-per-hour-minimum-wage

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Harlan Johnson promotes hatred of everyone who does not agree with him.
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20170420/my-view-earth-day-and-e-cars

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Rauner targets hate crime – Alex Camp  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://illinoistimes.com/article-18574-rauner-targets-hate-crime.html

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— $1.286 BILLION TO BE COLLECTED IN KANE COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES THIS YEAR
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2017/04/1-286-billion-to-be-collected-in-kane-county-property-taxes-this-year/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MAUTINO PLEADS THE FIFTH IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE CASE – Greg Bishop
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/mautino-pleads-the-fifth-in-campaign-finance-case/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REPS. WEHRLI AND IVES CALL FOR AUDITOR GENERAL TO BE OUSTED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/reps-wehrli-and-ives-auditor-general-mautino-must-promptly-be-removed-from-office.html
— THORNER: IS TUCKER UP TO KEEPING O’REILLY’S #1 CABLE NEWS RATING?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/thorner-is-tucker-up-to-keeping-oreillys-1-cable-news-rating.html
— SKILLICORN SOUNDS ALARM ABOUT STATE’S LATE ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO AREA SCHOOLS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/skillicorn-says-balanced-budget-needed-to-provide-education-certainty.html
— BATINICK: DEMOCRAT SPENDING PLAN IS GUARANTEED UNCERTAINTY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/batinick-democrat-spending-plan-is-guaranteed-uncertainity.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner then and now on abortion  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, if you get elected to or appointed to a government office or a political office as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/20/rauner-then-and-now-on-abortion/
— Rauner says HB 40 is “divisive” and “we need to focus” on fixing other problems
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/21/rauner-says-hb-40-is-divisive-and-we-need-to-focus-on-fixing-other-problems/

 

GOPUSA
— Hypocrisy in the Anti-O’Reilly Army – Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23333
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fox News took Bill O’Reilly off the air after a heavy campaign to fire him led by CNN’s media unit and The New York Times. If all the charges of sexual harassment are true, his case is indefensible. That said, it’s time for his media critics to stand down. They are guilty of rank hypocrisy. These same media outlets despised the idea that Donald Trump would drag Bill Clinton’s sexual harassment lawsuits into the presidential campaign. On Jan. 8, 2016, the Times editorial staff sneered: “It is also a tired subject that few Americans want to hear more about. If Mr. Trump has not read enough, he can curl up with a copy of the Starr report.”  Bizarrely, the editorial noted that Hillary Clinton had told a New Hampshire town hall questioner a month earlier that Juanita Broaddrick’s tale of rape was not to be believed. Yet it was Trump who was denounced as sexist and beyond the pale. The Times said: “His aim is to dredge up an ancient scandal and tar Mrs. Clinton with it in a clearly sexist fashion. There should be no place for that kind of politics in this country.” That is, unless it’s the top draw at Fox News, in which case it’s suddenly America’s greatest concern. On April 2, 2017, the Times published a 3,148-word front-page article lamenting “O’Reilly Thrives as Settlements Add Up.” Reporters Emily Steel and Michael Schmidt declared that their investigation found five women who received payouts from either O’Reilly or Fox “in exchange for agreeing to not pursue litigation or speak about their accusations against him. The agreements totaled about $13 million.” As they noted, the lion’s share of that total came in a $9 million settlement from 2004. That was 13 years ago, but it didn’t qualify as a “tired subject” or some “ancient scandal.” CNN relentlessly pushed for O’Reilly’s dismissal, calling up advertisers and pressuring them to take commercials off their competition. Bashing O’Reilly dominated their Sunday show “Reliable Sources” for weeks and their “news” programming after their victory. But two days after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke in 1998, CNN aired a town hall meeting titled “Investigating the President: Media Madness?” Host Jeff Greenfield insisted that millions of Americans were “asking the press one question fraught with significance: What the hell are you people doing trying to find out what kind of sex the President of the United States might or might not be having?” Back then, it was “media madness” to investigate whether then-President Bill Clinton might be assaulting women in the workplace — the Oval Office. There was zero concern about a “culture of abuse” inside the White House. For good measure, CNN moved on to specials attacking special prosecutor Ken Starr for prudishly investigating where CNN and the rest of the press never wanted to go. It’s not only CNN and the Times that are displaying a different moral standard. Does no one find it just a wee bit ironic that disgraced Brian Williams is still doing a weeknight show on MSNBC, where he can lecture that O’Reilly was dispatched by “the power of the female consumer”? Women deserve a workplace where men don’t harass them for sex. But that’s what these sanctimonious liberal journalists care about. It just doesn’t matter how brutal the alleged rape of Juanita Broaddrick was. What matters is that Bill O’Reilly had to go. Bill Clinton is laughing.)
— Facebook Gives Staff Green Light to Protest Trump on International Worker’s Day  (DIERSEN: What percent of Facebook staff 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?  The percent must be extremely high.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23206
— Is Democracy in a Death Spiral? – Patrick J. Buchanan  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those 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 USE DEMOCRACY TO GET RID OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, COMPANIES, GOVERNMENTS, AND COUNTRIES THAT ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  That is why 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 have bought a tremendous amount of firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23320

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Ann Coulter rejects Berkeley reschedule offer  Reiterates that she will speak as planned – Victor Morton
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/20/ann-coulter-rejects-berkeley-reschedule-offer/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TREASOINOUS: Manual For Sanctuary City Advocates Lays Out How To Undermine Immigration Crackdown – Richard Pollock
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/20/manual-for-sanctuary-city-advocates-lays-out-how-to-undermine-immigration-crackdown/

 

THE BLAZE
— College professor: Black people are ‘screwed’ because ‘white people are in charge’ – Jon Street  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/20/college-professor-black-people-are-screwed-because-white-people-are-in-charge/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Blaze promotes pot in America.  If you promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.
https://pro.agorafinancial.com/p/TEK_secretpot2_0217/LTEKT448/
— AG Jeff Sessions criticized for deriding the entire state of Hawaii over judge ruling – Carlos Garcia  (DIERSEN: At what point do voters become responsible for the actions/inactions of those who they elect?  At what point does everyone in a political jurisdiction become responsible for the actions/inactions of those elected to lead that political jurisdiction?  Virtually everyone holds all those of German national origin responsible for WWI, WWII, and the Holocaust.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/20/ag-jeff-sessions-criticized-for-deriding-the-entire-state-of-hawaii-over-judge-ruling/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Elizabeth Warren promotes hatred against 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://ijr.com/2017/04/852879-elizabeth-warren-trump-turned-voters-anger-toward-people-not-color/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— LOIS LERNER SHOULD BE IN JAIL – Kent Kellar  (DIERSEN: One could argue that my Democrat superiors in the federal government should be in jail, but they would say that they only carried out orders from Democrat politicians. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/04/20/lois-lerner-should-be-in-jail/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: From Feb. 2010 until May 2012 the IRS showed Americans exactly what the weaponization of executive agencies looks like when the Obama administration directly targeted the tea party and other conservative 501(c)(4) groups for political reasons. Now over three years later, justice still has not been served. Luckily, Congressman Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) and Kevin Brady (R-Texas) are seeking closure for the American people to eliminate the corruption Obama left in our country. In a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions this month, Roskam and Brady explain, “On April 9, 2014, the House Committee on Ways and Means voted to send a letter to the Department of Justice referring former IRS Exempt Organizations Division Director Lois G. Lerner for criminal prosecution… Despite this fact, and for what many believe were purely partisan reasons, the prior administration refused to review Ms. Lerner’s misconduct.” The congressmen are calling for an investigation once again to finally hold the IRS accountable for their actions.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Fox News dumped O’Reilly because major advertisers dumped O’Reilly.  Ever-increasingly, major advertisers 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 for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/fears-of-revolt-by-consumers-felled-bill-oreilly.html
— Berkeley Reschedules Coulter, but She Vows to Speak on Original Date – THOMAS FULLER and STEPHANIE SAUL
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/us/berkeley-reversing-decision-says-ann-coulter-can-speak-after-all.html
— Ann Coulter Rejects Berkeley’s Bid to Reschedule Speech – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/04/21/us/21reuters-california-coulter.html
— UC Berkeley Flip-Flops on Ann Coulter, Proposes May Date – AP
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/04/21/us/ap-us-berkeley-ann-coulter.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are furious that Fox News did not get rid of O’Reilly sooner.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that they a) failed to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship sooner than they did in 2012, b) failed to end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership sooner than they did in 2011, c) failed to end my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service sooner than they did in 2010 and 2004, d) failed to end my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership sooner than they did in 2007, and e) failed to end my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest board membership sooner than they did in 2004. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that my Democrat GAO superiors a) failed to force me to retire sooner than they did in 1997, b) failed to stop me from getting promoted to GS-13 in 1986, c) failed to keep me off audits of IRS for 3 years 1986-1988, and d) failed to force me to suffer a bigger pay cut than I did ($18,847 in today’s dollars) to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that my Democrat IRS superiors a) failed to stop me from getting promoted to GS-12 in 1974, to GS-11 in 1973, and to GS-9 in 1972 and b) failed to stop me from getting hired in 1971. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that my Democrat Post Office superiors a) failed to force me to resign sooner than they did in 1969 and b) failed to stop me from getting hired in 1966.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/bill-oreilly-harassment-women.html
— I.R.S. Enlists Debt Collectors to Recover Overdue Taxes – JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG and STACY COWLEY  (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/dealbook/taxes-debt-collection-internal-revenue-service.html
— Bill O’Reilly Payout Could Be as High as $25 Million – EMILY STEEL and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/bill-oreilly-payout.html
— A Bronx Church’s O’Reilly Factor – JIM DWYER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/nyregion/a-bronx-churchs-oreilly-factor.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Farmers, Who Once Fed the World, Are Overtaken by New Powers – Jesse Newman and Jacob Bunge
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-farmers-who-once-fed-the-world-overtaken-by-new-world-powers-1492700574

 

USA TODAY
— Tesla’s Autopilot self-driving system slammed in lawsuit – Chris Woodyard
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/04/19/teslas-autopilot-self-driving-system-slammed-lawsuit/100670104/

 

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: Penalties are high for Texas employers that can’t document immigrant workforce – David Hendricks
http://www.expressnews.com/business/article/Penalties-are-high-for-Texas-employers-that-11088058.php

 

KPCC
— Republican venture capitalist John Cox talks about joining the race for California Governor
https://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2017/04/20/56296/republican-venture-capitalist-john-cox-talks-about/

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-21/trump-s-buy-american-hire-american-edict-is-a-mistake

 

PBS
— How politically polarized media is driving our alternative realities
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politically-polarized-media-driving-alternative-realities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These days, where Americans get their news is as different as how they vote. Researchers have found that the proliferation of news sources on cable TV and the internet has upended the relationship between news outlets and their audiences. John Yang takes us to Arizona to examine how people pic their news sources and the impact that has on how they perceive the world around them.)

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Say The Federal Government Should ‘Buy, Hire American’ Even If It Costs More
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/april_2017/most_say_feds_should_buy_hire_american_even_if_it_costs_more

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 838 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $299,900
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448306_zpid/
— FOR SALE: 820 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $869,000
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448303_zpid/

April 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with big color pictures unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote the Democrat Party platform on refugees and immigration.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-syrian-refugee-family-update-met-20170417-story.html
— Expand Chicago aldermen’s clout? No, thanks – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  To what extent do they use their clout to reward those who give them money, who glorify and praise them, who pander to them, and/or who serve as their operatives or dupes? To what extend do they use their clout to punish/destroy those who do not do the aforesaid?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-aldermen-city-council-jobs-emanuel-chicago-edit-0417-jm-20170414-story.html
— Pritzker defends progressive credentials in Democratic governor bid – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What do progressives do? ANSWER: Promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, destruction of the traditional family, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-pritzker-progressive-establishment-illinois-governor-race-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Should I tell my boss I’m ready to move on? – J.T. O’Donnell  (DIERSEN: In early 1971, when I was 22 years old, I told my Firestone Store boss that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile.  He immediately exploded and fired me. Then, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Then, unemployed that I was and needing a job to help support my mother and brother because my father had died, I accepted an offer from IRS to be a GS-7 (currently, $44,853/year) Revenue Officer. Then, my former Firestone boss offered me a part-time job which I accepted pumping gasoline.  I held that job until the end of 1972.)
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/albuquerque-journal/20170416/282720521834413
— Don’t let stress over retirement saving overwhelm you – Jill Schlesinger  (DIERSEN: I had much less stress over retirement saving 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 because I was earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious about that.  Few of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) have held or are holding jobs that put them in line to get a pension or b) are getting a pension.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/jillonmoney/tca-don-t-let-stress-over-retirement-saving-overwhelm-you-20170410-story.html
— Must supporters let Trump be Trump? – Jonah Goldberg (DIERSEN: Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-syria-nato-china-20170416-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Will anything cause the floor to buckle from underneath Trump?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-presidency-failure-20170416-story.html
— For blacks, college is not an equalizer – Ray Boshara  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-black-college-graduates-lost-wealth-20170416-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump blasts Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-donald-trump-jr-triggered-huppke-20170414-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: TRAGIC: More and more and more people in Illinois depend on charity.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170417/news/170419021/

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: TRAGIC: Pot promoters promote doctors who promote pot.
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/illinois-doctors-travel-to-help-patients-get-medical-pot/article_1061ed40-2381-11e7-abfd-2f5bb880de5b.html

 

LCBC RADIO
— TRAGIC: Video Gambling Up in March Across Illinois Valley
http://www.lcbcradio.com/wlpo/video-gambling-up-in-march-across-illinois-valley/article_4fe24ecc-236a-11e7-8335-b39f2ef12000.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Two Arrested For Possessing 3lbs of Marijuana
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/two-arrested-for-possessing-3lbs-of-marijuana

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— OUTSTANDING: Attorney General Rules McHenry County Blog “News Media” for Purposes of Freedom of Information Requests – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/04/17/attorney-general-rules-mchenry-county-blog-media-for-purposes-of-freedom-of-information-requests/

 

BGA
— EMPTY VOTING BOOTHS A SYMBOL OF OUR AILING DEMOCRACY – Andy Shaw
http://www.bettergov.org/news/andy-shaw-empty-voting-booths-a-symbol-of-our-ailing-democracy

 

DEPAULIA
— DeVos discontinues Obama-era student loan protections – Danielle Harris  (DIERSEN: What percent of those who take out student loans have no intention of paying those loans back?  Why don’t lenders require parents to co-sign student loans?  Did/could you get a student loan?  I doubt that I could have back in 1966.  I was draft bait. I just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.  My ACT was only 24. Neither of my parents had attended college.  My father had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14 and made only about $40,000/year in today’s dollars.  My mother never attended high school and was a housewife/homemaker.  My vision was never correctable to 20/20 and I have always had partial red/green color blindness.  I had demonstrated no leadership potential in high school; I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. Upon graduation from high school, I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail.)
http://depauliaonline.com/2017/04/17/devos-discontinues-obama-era-student-loan-protections/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DISTASTEFUL RED TAPE: ONE THING RAUNER AGREES WITH TRUMP ABOUT  (DIERSEN: Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/governor-discusses-cutting-red-tape-at-illinois-competiveness-council-forum.html
— TEXAS BILL ADVANCES ALLOWING CHRISTIANS RECUSAL CONCERNING SAME SEX MARRIAGES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/texas-bill-allows-recusals.html
— KUDOS FOR THE SENATORS’ “MCPLAN” BUDGET PRESCRIPTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/taxpayer-bargain-budget-plan.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Did Rauner renege on a campaign vow to appease conservatives?  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, if you get elected as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/17/did-rauner-renege-on-a-campaign-vow-to-appease-conservatives/

 

PJ MEDIA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: TRAGIC: Pot promoters promote those who promote pot.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2017/04/16/illinois-delaware-dems-argue-legal-weed-would-help-economies/

 

GOPUSA
— Some Minneapolis Muslims protest ‘sharia’ vigilante in Cedar-Riverside area  (DIERSEN: To promote Islam is to promote sharia law.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23132

 

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— DNC Kicks Off Tour Highlighting Leftward Shift  Perez, Sanders set to rally in Maine, a blue collar state that has lurched away from Democrats – Jim Stinson
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/dnc-kicks-off-tour-highlighting-leftward-shift/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Students taunted, spat upon for questioning transgenderism  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote gender confusion.)
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9053

 

THE HILL
— Democrats welcome Bernie takeover – AMIE PARNES  (DIERSEN: What are you demographics?  From what I see, Bernie supporters despise if not hate that who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/329049-democrats-welcome-bernie-takeover

 

POLITICO
— Trump claims tax return protesters were paid – REBECCA MORIN  (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents would deny that they are paid. They would say that their tremendous hatred of me motivates them.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/trump-tax-return-protesters-237262

 

AOL NEWS
— Trump slams ‘small’ Tax March, suggests protesters were paid – WILLIAM STEAKIN   (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents would deny that they are paid. They would say that their tremendous hatred of me motivates them.)
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/04/16/trump-slams-small-tax-march-suggests-protesters-were-paid/22042021/

 

NBC NEWS
— ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in the Black Church – GEORGE M. JOHNSON  (DIERSEN: To be a Democrat is to be someone who promotes LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/opinion-don-t-ask-don-t-tell-black-church-n747096

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity blast Trump for not doing more to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/opinion/the-lgbt-trump-fallacy.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/opinion/100-days-of-horror.html?ref=opinion

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Adam Kinzinger: Pre-emptive strike on North Korea is a ‘next-to-worst case’ scenario – David Sherfinski
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/17/adam-kinzinger-pre-emptive-strike-north-korea-next/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Despite rhetoric, Trump plan focuses more on staff cuts than good government.” Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats will use Trump staff cuts to get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/04/17/despite-rhetoric-trump-plan-focuses-more-on-staff-cuts-than-good-government/

 

USA TODAY
— The future of jobs: More men doing ‘women’s work’ – Jon Swartz  (DIERSEN: What jobs have you held?  Because all the jobs that I held 1964-1997 were bad ‘men’s work’ jobs, with the exception of the first job that I held, my superiors always had an extremely hard time getting women to take those jobs.  My first job, a ‘women’s work’ and a ‘minorities work’ job washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 was so bad that women and minorities would not take/keep the job.  My understanding is that I was the first and only White male to hold that job and that I held it longer (18 months) than anyone else. The bad ‘men’s work’ jobs that held after were cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/04/14/jobs-projections-could-mean-change-gender-occupations-men-women-employment/100381242/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Older Workers Challenge Firms’ Aggressive Pursuit of the Young  In one class action against PricewaterhouseCoopers, two men say they were rejected because they lacked the youthful profile possessed by many PwC recruits – Jacob Gershman  (DIERSEN: How old are you? Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) 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 and b) 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. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates shouted that I could never have a successful GAO career, that is, that GAO could and should waste my career and get rid of me.  They stressed a) that I was a Republican, b) that I was 31 years old, c) that I was White, d) that I was a male, e) that I was not a veteran, and f) that GAO forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5, currently $90,173, to GS-9, Step 10, currently $71,326, to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/older-workers-challenge-firms-aggressive-pursuit-of-the-young-1492340404
— Opening Our Borders Would Overwhelm America  When I screened visa applications as a foreign service officer, I learned how many want to come. – Dave Seminara  (DIERSEN: America is especially attractive to citizens of foreign countries who are minority, female, younger, and/or poor because by law, America gives tremendous preference to members of the aforesaid groups.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/opening-our-borders-would-overwhelm-america-1492366053
— FRONT PAGE: Embraceable You: When the CEO Is a Hugger  Handshakes have given way to bear hugs in some corners of the corporate world as top bosses greet business associates with open arms; ‘You don’t lose your job if you don’t hug.’ – Rachel Feintzeig  (DIERSEN: Are you a hugger?  I never was and I never will be.  I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1980-1997.  If a White male non-veteran federal employee like me hugged anyone, they would immediately branded a sexist or even worse things and they would be immediately gotten rid of.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/embraceable-you-when-the-ceo-is-a-hugger-1492380506

 

THE WEEK
— President Trump, coming up on 100 days, hasn’t traveled abroad or west of the Mississippi
http://theweek.com/speedreads/692574/president-trump-coming-100-days-hasnt-traveled-abroad-west-mississippi

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— OUTSTANDING: Navy bans vaping on ships, subs, aircraft – Eric White
http://federalnewsradio.com/federal-headlines/2017/04/navy-bans-vaping-ships-subs-aircraft/

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— We’ll stand together on May Day  (DIERSEN: Democrats are united against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://socialistworker.org/2017/04/17/well-stand-together-on-may-day

April 16 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Commissioners who took Cubs’ ticket offer violated rules, county watchdog says – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cubs-world-series-tickets-county-commissioners-met-20170414-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— St. Charles 303 superintendent trades vacation for 3½ years of insurance – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170414/news/170419177/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Township collector: public service or ‘dinosaur’? – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170415/bernard-schoenburg-township-collector-public-service-or-dinosaur

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Normal Township board ready for culture change – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/normal-township-board-ready-for-culture-change/article_f0999d97-0731-5f95-870c-0a920e81dc4c.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Sen. Dan McConchie floats Illinois budget without new taxes, ponders ongoing stalemate – KEVIN P. CRAVER
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/04/14/sen-dan-mcconchie-floats-illinois-budget-without-new-taxes-ponders-ongoing-stalemate/a4uyyd7/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— As tax day draws near, numbers tell real story – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2017-04-16/jim-dey-tax-day-draws-near-numbers-tell-real-story.html

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— Media Gives Rauner a Pass on His Tour – Rich MIller
http://www.rcreader.com/commentary/media-gives-rauner-tour-a-pass

 

WSIL TV
— VERY SAD: Tax Day demonstrators demand Trump release taxes – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35160054/tax-day-demonstrators-demand-trump-release-taxes

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Saturday Night Live and Melissa McCarthy
http://nprillinois.org/post/melissa-mccarthys-spicey-has-easter-message-shut-so-i-can-apologize#stream/0

 

CHICAGOIST
— VERY SAD: Photos: All These People Want Trump To Release His Tax Returns
http://chicagoist.com/2017/04/16/tax_day_protest_trump_chicago.php#photo-1

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— VERY SAD: Chicago Trump Tax Protest: Marchers Do ‘Chicken Dance’ Over President’s Tax Returns  Demonstrators demanded Trump release his tax records at a rally and march Saturday that featured a 30-foot inflatable chicken. – Joe Vince
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/chicago-trump-tax-protest-marchers-do-chicken-dance-over-presidents-tax-returns

 

HOMER GLEN PATCH
— Lt. Governor Celebrates Homer Glen for Sharing Services  Homer Glen was honored by the Lt. Gov. because of the partnership between Homer Township Road District and the Village of Homer Glen. – Andrea Earnest
https://patch.com/illinois/homerglen-lockport/lt-governor-celebrates-homer-glen-sharing-services

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— City of Naperville Advisory Commission on Disabilities met Feb. 1. – Wadi Reformado  (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO in its Chicago office 1980-1997, I supervised all the office’s disabled employees at one time or another.)
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511079025-city-of-naperville-advisory-commission-on-disabilities-met-feb-1

 

DAILY CALLER
— Taking The Vote Away From White Men Isn’t A Joke In South Africa – Scott Greer  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of White men.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/15/taking-the-vote-away-from-white-men-isnt-a-joke-in-south-africa/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Networks Parrot Demands of Liberal Tax Day Protests; Smeared Tea Party Events Eight Years Ago – Curtis Houck
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2017/04/15/networks-parrot-demands-liberal-tax-day-protesters-smeared-tea

 

COMMENTARY MAGAZINE
— Democrats Are Becoming All They Claim to Hate  The Democratic Party’s strategic incoherence is a risky gamble. – NOAH ROTHMAN
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/liberals-democrats/democratic-party-lost-mind-mimic-gop/

 

THE HILL
— Trump frays nerves on both sides of immigration fight – RAFAEL BERNAL
http://thehill.com/latino/328853-trump-frays-nerves-on-both-sides-of-immigration-fight
— Today’s celebrity activism proves Trump’s point about crooked media – CHRISTIAN TOTO
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/328967-todays-celebrity-activism-only-proves-trumps-point-about-crooked
— Anti-Trump energy poses recruiting dilemma for Dems – LISA HAGEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/328926-anti-trump-energy-poses-recruiting-dilemma-for-dems

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Mexican Deportees, Once Ignored Back Home, Now Find ‘Open Arms’ – ELISABETH MALKIN  (DIERSEN: Constructively, Mexico had declared war on America because it illegally sends many millions of its citizens into America illegally, because it illegally keeps many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and because it illegally sends many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/world/americas/mexico-deportees-welcome.html
— Want to Resist Trump or Make America Great Again? These People Switched Careers – DAVID GELLES  (DIERSEN: To justify their forcing me to take an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors painted the transfer as being a career switch.  They ignored the fact that much of what I had done working for IRS during the almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173, was similar to what I would do working for GAO.  They ignored the fact that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting at DePaul. The Democrats at GAO would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, younger, and/or a veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/business/want-to-resist-trump-or-make-america-great-again-these-people-switched-careers.html
— When a Potential Employer Seems Unnervingly Nosy – ROB WALKER (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and d) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/jobs/workologist-job-search.html
— President Carter, Am I a Christian? – Nicholas Kristolf  (DIERSEN: In Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes determine who is a Christian and who is not. According to them, to be a Christian, you must be a member of a Christian church, you must regularly attend services at that church, you must give lots of money to that church.  But further, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, you must glorify and praise them, you must pander to them, and you must serve as one of their operatives or dupes.  Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes condone if not promote booze, gambling, pot, and/or other vices. They talk and act like they are churchgoers so that they can have a license to sin.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/opinion/sunday/president-carter-am-i-a-christian.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to destroy Canada push pot in Canada.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/opinion/sunday/canada-but-not-jeff-sessions-moves-boldly-on-marijuana.html
— What Kind of Pet Should Donald Trump Get? – ALEX BEAM  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they own pit bulls.  They focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/opinion/sunday/what-kind-of-pet-should-donald-trump-get.html
— FRONT PAGE: BEYOND TRAGIC: Marijuana Goes Industrial in California – THOMAS FULLER  (DIERSEN: If you want to destroy a country, state, county, township/ward, municipality, or precinct, you push pot in that country, state, county, township/ward, municipality, or precinct.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/us/california-marijuana-industry-agriculture.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/anti-trump-easter-awakening-article-1.3056807

 

WKOW
— Professor sues Wal-Mart over ‘clean toilets’ description – AP  (DIERSEN: What bad jobs have you had? If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that 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; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.wkow.com/story/35158969/professor-sues-wal-mart-over-clean-toilets-description
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Montana State University professor is suing Wal-Mart for libel after he says an employee at the Bozeman store listed his occupation on a fishing license as a “toilet cleaner.” Gilbert Kalonde, assistant professor of technology education at MSU, filed the suit this past week in Gallatin County District Court. Kalonde is seeking unspecified damages. Wal-Mart spokesman Ragan Dickens told The Associated Press: “To our knowledge an administrative process to resolve this with Dr. Kalonde is ongoing. We’ve not been served with the lawsuit, but we take the claims seriously and will respond appropriately with the court.” According to the complaint, Kalonde bought a state fishing license in April 2015, showing the Wal-Mart employee identification of his employment at MSU. But the Wal-Mart employee entered “clean toilets” into the state database as Kalonde’s occupation. The suit contends Wal-Mart exposed Kalonde to “hatred, contempt, ridicule” through the incident.)

 

THE ATLANTIC
— How American Muslims Are Trying to Take Back Their Government  With Trump in office, some people are experimenting with a new form of civic engagement: running for local office. – EMMA GREEN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote those who they want to take over America, that is, those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/04/american-muslims-running-for-office/522585/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Half of Americans Will Celebrate Easter in Church  (DIERSEN: In Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes determine who is a Christian and who is not. According to them, to be a Christian, you must be a member of a Christian church, you must regularly attend services at that church, you must give lots of money to that church.  But further, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, you must glorify and praise them, you must pander to them, and you must serve as one of their operatives or dupes.  Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes condone if not promote booze, gambling, pot, and/or other vices.  They talk and act like they are churchgoers so that they can have a license to sin.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/holidays/april_2017/half_of_americans_will_celebrate_easter_in_church

April 15 Evening Edition

NBC5
— VERY SAD: Protesters Gather in Chicago, Calling on Trump to Release Tax Returns  (DIERSEN: In 1977, in connection with Money Magazine doing a “One Person’s Finances” article on me, I gave Money Magazine copies of my 1972-1976 federal income tax returns. When Money Magazine published its 4-page article on me in its February, 1978 issue, it because clear that the Democrats at Money Magazine selected me for the article because they wanted to and because they did a) foist negative government employee stereotypes on me and b) paint my education deductions as being improper.  They described my job duties as an IRS Revenue Officer and the graduate business courses at Loyola and the graduate accounting courses at DePaul that I had deducted purposely to make it look like the courses did not relate to my job duties and they did not help me carry out my job duties. They implied that the courses qualified me for “a new trade or business” and that I took the courses to get a job in the private sector.  The Democrats at IRS disallowed all the courses notwithstanding the fact that IRS encourages its Revenue Offices to take graduate business and accounting courses and my Loyola and DePaul graduate school applications clearly showed that I wanted to take the courses to help me carry out my job duties at IRS.  I took IRS to Tax Court pro se and won a split decision.  The Democrats at Money Magazine and the Democrats at IRS would not have done the aforesaid to me if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/tax-march-chicago-daley-plaza-protesters-trump-419533853.html

 

CBS2
— VERY SAD: Protesters Demand Trump Release Tax Income Returns – Bob Roberts
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/04/15/protesters-demand-trump-release-tax-income-returns/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— VERY SAD: Chicago Tax Day demonstrators demand that Trump release tax returns
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/248780800-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— VERY SAD: Thousands crowd Daley Plaza for Tax Day march to demand Trump release tax returns – William Lee
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-tax-day-march-met-0416-20170416-story.html
— VERY SAD: Anti-Trump tax rally draws hundreds to downtown Naperville – Diane Moca
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-trump-tax-rally-naperville-st-0416-20170415-story.html
— VERY SAD: 16 arrested as hundreds of Trump supporters, counter-protesters clash at Berkeley rally – Paige St. John
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-berkeley-trump-rally-20170415-story.html
— TRAGIC: New gaming cafes open in Tinley Park – Bob Bong
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-stc-comings-goings-st-0420-20170420-story.html
— Hail the status quo disrupters: Mayor Emanuel, Governor Ducey — we hope many others follow suit – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-emanuel-ducey-trump-devos-education-reform-edit-0416-20170414-story.html
— Naperville taxpayers deserve an explanation for nature center flooding – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What factors increase the likelihood of your basement flooding? Factors for 915 Cove Court in Wheaton include the subdivision being built in a watershed area and a former septic field, the tremendous amount of surface and subsurface storm water that flows onto the lot during and after heavy rains, the inadequate number of storm sewer inlets in the subdivision, the disruption, obstruction, and improper connection of 6″ and 4″ subterranean drainage lines when the home was built, the pouring the foundation walls on cracked footings, the improper installation and intentional blockage of exterior foundation footing tiles, the installation of only one sump pump when there should have been two or even three or even four, the many long and wide cracks in the basement floor, and the fact that all the storm water that gets into the storm sewer system on the lot is limited to the capacity of just one 4″ pipe.  What factors decrease the likelihood of your basement flooding?  For 915 Cove Court, they include the installation of steel reinforcement rods in foundation walls, the installation of interior footing tiles, my paying $900 when the home was built in 1984 to have all nine of the home’s downspouts directly connected to Wheaton’s storm sewer system, my installing a backup sump pump, my unobstructed and properly connecting the aforesaid subterranean drainage lines to Wheaton’s storm sewer system, my paying for unobstruction (the removal of stones) from some of the exterior footing tiles, my adding hundreds of feet of French drains and many storm sewer inlets on the lot and connecting them directly to Wheaton’s storm sewer system, my properly sealing the many long and wide cracks in the basement floor, my paying for conversion to an overhead sewer system before the basement was finished in 2005, and my paying for a 20-W whole house natural gas backup electric generator for the home.  Since 1984, because of Wheaton’s failure/refusal to assure that building codes were enforced when the subdivision was constructed and 915 Cove Court was built, I have been forced to spend many thousands of dollars and many hundreds of hours of my labor to stop basement flooding.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-editorial-knoch-flood-naperville-st-0416-20170414-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— VERY SAD: Daley Plaza protesters demand that Trump release his tax returns – Matthew Hendrickson
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/protesters-want-trump-to-release-tax-returns/
— Rahm’s private email still being filled by fans, foes, citizens – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: If you are an elected official and you publicly insult one of your constituents, you are publicly asking that constituent to hit your employer with an FOIA request.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahms-private-email-still-being-filled-by-fans-foes-citizens/
— Parade of police abuse settlement continues — with $1M more – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: How much money in police abuse settlements do your municipality, your county, and Illinois pay out each year?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/parade-of-police-abuse-settlement-continues-with-1m-more/

 

DNA INFO
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Murders Up 50 Percent In Chicago So Far Compared To Past Years – Kelly Bauer
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170414/downtown/murders-up-50-percent-chicago-so-far-compared-past-years

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Pro-Trump, anti-Trump protesters clash in Berkeley, California  Fireworks thrown, pepper spray used at crowds – RALPH ELLIS AND TONY MARCO
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/protrump-antitrump-protesters-clash-in-berkeley-calif/692542949
— Protesters around country call for Trump to release tax returns  More than 180 marches planned across 48 states – JACKIE WATTLES
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/tax-march-protesters-demand-trumps-tax-returns/692499335
— Trump campaign raking in money for 2020, disclosures show  Tens of millions already raised – EUGENE SCOTT
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-campaign-raking-in-money-for-2020-disclosures-show/692528170

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOICRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: TRAGIC: Pot promoters promote doctors who promote pot.
http://www.bnd.com/latest-news/article144802714.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Ever downward  Failing to decide about how to fix our sorry state is deciding to fail. – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-04-14/ever-downward.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT & BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— TAX DAY DEMONSTRATORS DEMAND THAT TRUMP RELEASE TAX RETURNS – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/business/article144802219.html
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170415/AP/304159916

 

CIVIC FEDERATION
— Transform Illinois Coalition Pushes Ahead on Government Consolidation
https://www.civicfed.org/civic-federation/blog/transform-illinois-coalition-pushes-ahead-government-consolidation

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinoisans pay more than 2 percent of home’s value in property taxes – Brendan Bakala  (DIERSEN: 2015 property taxes ($11,059) that I paid last year for 915 Cove Court in Wheaton were 2.6% of the home’s market value ($434,280) as determined by the assessor.  According to the assessor, the home’s value increased $20,940 or 4.8% last year.  It would be interesting to see what my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would do if my wife and I listed the home for sale.  Would they stress the home’s positives to get someone to buy it right away to get rid of me or would they stress the home’s negatives to discourage/reduce/stop any potential offers to punish me?)
http://ilnews.org/news/economy/illinoisans-pay-more-than-percent-of-home-s-value-in/article_58d3b194-2142-11e7-9ea0-33bab8a54588.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Orland Park Public Library Intends to Waste $6,700 on Conferences for Staffers – Kevin duJan
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/04/orland-park-public-library-intends-to-waste-6700-on-conferences-for-staffers/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— AMAZON RECEIVED MORE THAN $112 MILLION IN EDGE TAX CREDITS IN 2016 – Brendan Bakala
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/amazon-received-more-than-112-million-in-edge-tax-credits-in-2016/
— 15 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COUNTIES DROP IN POPULATION – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/15-southern-illinois-counties-drop-in-population/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SENATOR KYLE MCCARTER OP-ED: “TAXPAYER BARGAIN” BUDGET PUTS TAXPAYERS FIRST
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/taxpayer-bargain-budget-puts-taxpayers-first.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Tax March turns into demand for Trump’s IRS filings; 13 reported arrests
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/15/tax-march-turns-into-demand-for-trumps-irs-filings-nine-reported-arrests.html

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— SINCE WHEN DID TRUMP START EMBRACING OBAMACARE’S ILLEGAL SUBSIDIES? – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2017/04/since-when-did-trump-start-embracing-obamacares-illegal-subsidies

 

HOT AIR
— Wellesley student editorial: “Hostility may be warranted” towards those who embrace “hate speech” after reeducation  (DIERSEN: According to the hate-filled anti-Trumps, any speech that is not anti-Trump is hate speech.)
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/04/14/wellesley-student-editorial-hostility-may-be-warranted-towards-those-who-embrace-hate-speech-after-reeducation/

 

THE HILL
— Brace yourself, federal employees: ‘Reductions in Force’ are coming – DEBRA D’AGOSTINO  (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO in its Chicago office 1980-1997, the agency was under threats of Republican-led budget cuts and suffered Republican-led budget cuts.  Consequently, because I was one of GAO’s few remaining Republican employees, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates were full of hatred against me and took their hatred of Republicans out against me.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/lawmaker-news/328899-brace-yourself-federal-employees-the-reductions-in-force-are

 

WASHINGTON POST
— JANESVILLE: AN AMERICAN STORY  When the nation’s oldest operating General Motors plant closes, residents emerge from the Great Recession into an uncertain future. – Amy Goldstein  (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are filled with hatred of a) General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, b) those who own/owned General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler vehicles, c) unions, and d) past, present, and future union members?  I should write a book about the aforesaid haters; they bring disgrace to the Republican Party.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2017/04/15/janesville/
— Interest in where and when Trump may attend church services – AP  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn hint/imply/argue/shout that a) they dominate, if run, all the churches in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn and b) that I am a religious hypocrite because I am not a member of any church, because I do not attend church services, because I do not give money to a church, and because I put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out every Sunday morning.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that they could and that they would stop me from a) giving money to any church, b) attending services at a church, or c) becoming a member of any church. Figuratively, if not literally, they have condemned me to HELL.  Beyond hypocritically, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn condone if not promote booze, gambling, pot, and/or other vices.  They talk and act like they are religious so that they can have license to sin.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-easter-trump-has-yet-to-find-a-church-home-in-dc/2017/04/15/fdd72e06-21a5-11e7-bb59-a74ccaf1d02f_story.html
— Trump doesn’t know much about history. It’s making his on-the-job training harder. – James Hohmann  (DIERSEN: What do you know much about?  I know much about auditing.  I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. I worked for IRS 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.  I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.  I earned a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/04/14/daily-202-trump-doesn-t-know-much-about-history-it-s-making-his-on-the-job-training-harder/58f06ba2e9b69b3a72331e84/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: New federal civil rights enforcement hire has previously said she’s against affirmative action – Joy Resmovits  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-essential-education-updates-southern-report-key-devos-hire-1492199901-htmlstory.html

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote Islam, anti-Trumps make it clear that they will get rid of you.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/15/tough-times-deeper-faith/100491902/

April 14 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Rauner opposition to wage increase reflects desire for cheap labor economy  (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid?  My critics/opponents have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://thetelegraph.com/news/100217/rauner-opposition-to-wage-increase-reflects-desire-for-cheap-labor-economy

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

CNBC
— Over 550 Amazon Employees Are Pressuring Leadership To Cut Advertising Ties With Breitbart – Charlie Warzel (DIERSEN: What percent of Amazon employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/13/amazon-employees-pushing-to-cut-advertising-ties-with-breitbart.html

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

April 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Google refutes charges, says there is no gender pay gap – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us-tec–google-gender-discrimination-case-20170411-story.html
— Taxes — the great uniter? – Robert J. Samuelson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-taxes-tax-day-reform-perspec-0412-md-20170411-story.html
— If Neil Gorsuch is anything like his male colleagues, he will constantly interrupt the female justices – Tonja Jacobi and Dylan Schweers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-men-interrupt-women-talking-supreme-court-20170411-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue against the Wall.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-border-wall-eminent-domain-20170407-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Suburban school districts holding millions of dollars more in reserve than state recommends – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170412/news/170419677/
— Metastasizing academic cancer – Walter E. Williams
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170412/discuss/170419885/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Parade of Democrats lines up to challenge Peter Roskam – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout at Roskam a) that I have caused all of his problems, that I am causing all his problems, and that I will forever cause all his problems as long as I keep sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) that Roskam has gotten far more votes because 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, or an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.  Who does Roskam want the next Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee member for the 6th Congressional District to be?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170412/BLOGS02/170419958
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among those confirming that they either intend to run or are seriously considering doing so in Roskam’s west suburban 6th District are Amanda Howland, a lawyer and psychologist who got 42 percent of the vote against him in 2016; Barrington Hills Planning Commission member Kelly Mazeski, a former state senate hopeful and ex-financial consultant; and Carole Cheney, who now works as district chief of staff for neighboring Congressman Bill Foster, D-Geneva. Howland says she’s definitely in the contest and points to the name recognition she built up in her prior race. Mazesk is “exploring” running but is interested enough that she’s met both with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (the party’s House elections unit) and Emily’s List, a prominent women’s funding group. Cheney says she “likely” to get in the race because, “The people in the 6th Congressional District are entitled to a representative who respects and listens to them regardless of political party.” The field of possible candidates is bigger than that, though, with several other names being rumored. The biggest—one that some insiders say has DCCC’s blessing—is Maura Sullivan. I wasn’t able to reach her, but Sullivan comes right out of central casting: a former U.S. Marine and Iraq war veteran who graduated from Northwestern University, got an MBA from Harvard University, and until recently was a senior public affairs official at the Pentagon. But Sullivan also reportedly lives in Evanston, something that likely would become an issue if she moved to run. DCCC isn’t tipping its hand, other than saying that the 6th is on its short list of national targets for next year. Says a spokeswoman, “There’s no question that Rep. Peter Roskam is out of step with Illinois voters. We fully expect to have a strong recruit in the sixth district and it’s why we’ve made an unprecedented investment in the region by investing in a full-time, local organizer to harness the grassroots energy we’re seeing on the ground.” To emphasize the point, the DuPage County Democratic Organization says it’s expecting quite a turnout for its annual dinner on April, with at least three Democratic candidates for governor expected to attend: Chris Kennedy, Ameya Pawar and J.B. Pritzker. Robert Peickert, chair of the DuPage County Democratic Organization, says he hopes to build on momentum from the fall, when the party increased from 1 to 18 the number of township slots it holds in the county. However, the other 54 township positions are held by Republicans, and Roskam says he’s not sweating. “DCCC is not unknown to me. I saw them in ’06 and ’08,” he told me in a phone call. While Hillary Clinton may have out-polled Trump in the district in November, “I did better than John McCain (when he was the GOP presidential nominee) and outdid Obama in Obama’s big year (2008,) says Roskam. “I know the district and the playbook.” It looks like 2018 could be interesting.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of Republican men.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170412/OPINION/170419960

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Dr. David Dao taken off United jet recovering in Chicago; has troubled past – AP  (DIERSEN: If you became the center of national attention like Dr. Dao, what would your critics/opponents stress about your past?  My critics/opponents would stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  They would also 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, or an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.  They would stress that the mayor of the city that I have lived in since 1978 publicly insults me.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/report-troubled-past-of-kentucky-doctor-dragged-off-united-plane/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Elizabethtown, Kentucky, physician became a focus of attention not only because videos of the incident had been broadcast around the world, but also because he was convicted more than a decade ago of felony charges involving his prescribing of drugs and spent years trying to regain his medical license. In between, Dao made money playing poker, logging $234,664 in winnings, TMZ reported. . .According to records from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, Dao went to medical school at the University of Medicine of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, graduating in 1974. He was licensed in Kentucky with a specialty in pulmonary disease. His legal troubles started in 2003, when his medical license was suspended after an undercover sting operation at a Louisville motel for allegedly writing fraudulent prescriptions. According to the documents, the licensing board had learned that Dao had become sexually interested in a patient and hired the patient as his office manager. That man later said he quit his job because Dao “pursued him aggressively” and arranged to provide him with prescription drugs in exchange for sex. Dao was ultimately convicted in late 2004 of several counts of obtaining drugs by fraud or deceit and was placed on five years of supervised probation and surrendered his medical license. His longtime effort to get his license back finally succeeded in 2015, when the licensing board allowed him to practice medicine again.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— TRAGIC: Champaign council OKs video gambling at 2 more businesses – Natalie Wickman
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-04-12/champaign-council-oks-video-gambling-2-more-businesses.html
— Education reform? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-04-11/education-reform.html

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Rauner Says Democrats Have Blocked Progress – Esther Kwon
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/rauner-says-democrats-have-blocked-progress

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners blame Rauner for their problems, for your problems, for his problems, and for everyone’s problems. Anti-Rauners stress that Rauner is the Governor of Illinois. Anti-Diersens blame Diersen for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. Anti-Diersens stress a) that I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and a Republican Precinct Committeeman and b) that I was a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, a 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, an IRS employee, etc.
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2017/04/do-we-really-like-rauner-more-or-can-he.html

 

MILTON TOWNSHIP
— Medical Cannabis in Illinois – Tracy Gawron  (DIERSEN: This article fails to provide information on the negatives of using cannabis.)
http://www.miltontownship.net/images/SALT_Communicator/Milton-SALT-Newsletter—April-2017—FINAL.pdf

 

WIRE POINTS
— How to Publish Fake News and Get Away with It: Eric Zorn and the Deanna Isaacs Show Us – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/how-to-publish-fake-news-and-get-away-with-it-eric-zorn-and-the-deanna-isaacs-show-us-how-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Open government advocate: Lawmakers use ‘shell’ bills to avoid accountability – Cole Lauterbach
http://ilnews.org/news/state_politics/open-government-advocate-lawmakers-use-shell-bills-to-avoid-accountability/article_05655db4-1f80-11e7-9be2-bb69317faf3b.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn sign agreement – John Kraft and Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/04/college-of-dupage-glen-ellyn-sign-agreement/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Questions About Restrooms and Locker Rooms Leftists Must Answer – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/questions-restrooms-locker-rooms-leftists-must-answer/

 

GOPUSA
— Passenger dragged by United hires high-powered attorney
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22981
— Government Makes the Poor Poorer  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22921

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Donald Trump on Steve Bannon: ‘I’m my own strategist’ – David Sherfinski (DIERSEN: Who serves as strategists for your critics/opponents? I should file FOIA requests against my critics/opponents to find out who their strategists are.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/12/donald-trump-steve-bannon-im-my-own-strategist/

 

LIFESITE NEWS
— Trump picks pro-life conservative to lead HHS civil rights office – Peter LaBarbera
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-picks-pro-life-conservative-to-lead-civil-rights-department-at-hhs
— Tomi Lahren was fired after promoting abortion. Now she’s suing Glenn Beck – Peter LaBarbera
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/tomi-lahren-wont-go-away-quietly-she-sues-glenn-beck-over-firing-after-pro

 

NEWSMAX
— Poll: Chris Christie Most Unpopular Gov in Nation – Cathy Burke  (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain?  If your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee was asked, who would he/she say are the most unpopular committeemen/captains in their congressional district and why?  If the officers of your Republican county party organization were polled, who would they say are the most unpopular committeemen/captains in their county and why?  If the officers of your Republican township/ward party organization were polled, who would they say are the most unpopular committeemen/captains in their township/ward and why?  If the committeemen/captains in your precinct/ward were polled, who would they say are the most unpopular committeemen/captains and why?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/poll-chris-christie-unpopular-governor/2017/04/11/id/783856/

 

THE BLAZE
— Zuckerberg: California should not be ‘deciding everyone’s values’ – Brandon Morse (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote dependency on government and charities, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid, and hatred of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/11/facebook-ceo-california-should-not-be-deciding-everyones-values/
— Parents and doctors who push ‘transgenderism’ on kids should be thrown in prison – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-parents-and-doctors-who-push-transgenderism-on-kids-should-be-thrown-in-prison/
— Let’s be honest, the passenger was as much in the wrong as the United crew – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-lets-be-honest-the-passenger-was-as-much-in-the-wrong-as-the-united-crew/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump Team Moves Closer to Gutting Some Federal Agencies  A Government Reorganization Plan Moves to Next Phase – ERIN MCPIKE (DIERSEN: One could argue that between 1980 and 1997, those who hate auditors succeeded in gutting GAO.)
http://ijr.com/2017/04/845923-trump-team-moves-closer-gutting-federal-agencies/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— You Must Forgive Them – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: Have you sinned?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I have grievously sinned against them, against you, and against everyone else, b) that they will never forgive me, c) that you should never forgive me, d) that no one should ever forgive me, e) that they will forever punish me, f) that you should forever punish me, and g) and that everyone should forever punish me.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always blamed me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/04/12/you-must-forgive-them/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” Mark 11:25)

 

THE HILL
— Poll: Ivanka Trump the best-liked White House staffer – PAULINA FIROZI (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain?  If your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee was asked, who would he/she say are the best liked committeemen/captains in their congressional district and why?  If the officers of your Republican county party organization were polled, who would they say are the best-liked committeemen/captains in their county and why?  If the officers of your Republican township/ward party organization were polled, who would they say are the best-liked committeemen/captains in their township/ward and why?  If the committeemen/captains in your precinct/ward were polled, who would they say are the best-liked committeemen/captains and why?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/328417-poll-ivanka-the-best-liked-white-house-adviser
— White House to lift federal hiring freeze – JORDAN FABIAN  (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under a hiring freeze and/or a promotion freeze.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/328371-white-house-to-lift-federal-hiring-freeze

 

CBS NEWS
— Don’t let your job kill you – KATE GIBSON  (DIERSEN: In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors made it very clear that if I did not take their early retirement “offer,” they would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dont-let-your-job-kill-you/

 

CNN
— White House: Federal hiring freeze over, ‘surgical’ cuts begin – Dan Merica and Elizabeth Landers (DIERSEN: One could argue that between 1980 and 1997, those who hate auditors succeeded in gutting GAO.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/11/politics/donald-trump-budget-cuts-mick-mulvaney/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— United Airlines Is Not Alone  Too many companies — not to mention the government — are treating all but the very wealthiest with contempt. – HELAINE OLEN  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are filled with contempt.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/opinion/united-airlines-is-not-alone.html
— Trump’s Directive Will Lift Hiring Freeze, as It Asks Agencies for Cuts – ALAN RAPPEPORT  (DIERSEN: One could argue that between 1980 and 1997, those who hate auditors succeeded in gutting GAO.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/trumps-directive-will-lift-hiring-freeze-as-it-asks-agencies-for-cuts.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Of course, those who push pot oppose any kind of punishment for using pot.  If you use pot, you put yourself on a fast track to being a “ward of the state.” You shout that you put “immediate pleasure” ahead of everything else.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/12/the-new-white-house-drug-czar-has-quite-an-idea-for-where-to-put-nonviolent-drug-users/

 

USA TODAY
— Bill O’Reilly’s old-school sexual harassment mess: Melinda Henneberger  In a world where advertisers are the moral force of last resort, where’s the sane lane? – Melinda Henneberger
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/04/12/bill-oreillys-sexual-harassment-mess-fox-news-melinda-henneberger-column/100329636/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DNAinfo management hints that news site might shut down if staff unionizes – Jason Silverstein  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.  100% of the time and the money necessary to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to host www.gopillinois.com comes from me, Dave Diersen.  My money comes from a Civil Service Retirement System pension and from Social Security.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/unionized-workforce-dnainfo-final-straw-email-article-1.3044254
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Executive Vice President and COO Dan Swartz told the site’s reporters and editors in an email that a unionized workforce might be the “final straw” for the money-losing news organization, which just underwent a wave of layoffs. “Would a union be the final straw that caused the business to be closed? I don’t know,” Swartz wrote in the email. “DNAinfo has lost money since it began operation … It’s never been profitable. … DNAInfo has been supported by a single investor, Joe Ricketts,” the email said. Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade, one of the largest online discount brokerages in the world, also started a DNA site in Chicago. Staffers there — who are also trying to unionize — were called in for a group meeting recently and warned of the perils of joining a labor organization, sources said.)

 

NEW YORK POST
— How today’s liberal kids are going to ruin college – Naomi Schaefer Riley
http://nypost.com/2017/04/10/how-todays-liberal-kids-are-going-to-ruin-college/

 

CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps focus on promoting LGBTQ activity.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article144116699.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Newly Energized Liberals Pour Record Effort Into Local Races  Upset over Trump’s victory, grassroots Democrats enlist in nationwide efforts to swing special House elections, state contests and mayoral races; Republicans dig in, citing a lack of results so far – Janet Hook  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are filled with hatred.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberal-activists-pour-record-amounts-of-time-and-money-into-local-gop-strongholds-1491925602
— Bill O’Reilly Says He Is Taking Easter Break From Show  Fox News commentator announces pre-planned vacation as controversy lingers over settlement payments for alleged sexual harassment – Joe Flint
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-oreilly-says-he-is-taking-easter-break-from-show-1491963663
— Sean Spicer Apologizes for Saying Assad’s Chemical-Weapons Atrocities Were Worse Than Hitler’s  White House spokesman, overlooking the gas chambers, said Hitler ‘didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons’ – Carol E. Lee and Michael C. Bender  (DIERSEN: The more of the following demographics that you are cursed with, the more likely that anti-Trumps will hint/imply/argue/shout that you are Hitler: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-spokesman-argues-assads-chemical-weapons-atrocities-were-worse-than-hitlers-1491937683
— Some Companies Forget Job Seekers Are Customers, Too  A growing body of research suggests shabby treatment of job seekers could take toll on firms – Rachel Feintzeig
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-companies-forget-job-seekers-are-customers-too-1491912004
— Make America Great, Boycott United  Sometimes a business needs to be spanked hard in the name of social health. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. (DIERSEN: What about boycotting organizations and companies 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/make-america-great-boycott-united-1491951732

 

FORBES
— Breitbart Denies Telling Staff To Stop Criticizing Jared Kushner – Brett Edkins  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. You are presumed to be manipulated/dominated by whoever pays you. No one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, that is, no one manipulates/dominates me.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettedkins/2017/04/11/breitbart-denies-telling-staff-to-stop-criticizing-jared-kushner/#3c64f9e47dee

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Gordon Ramsay Says His Kids Don’t Deserve to Inherit His Fortune – Rob Wile  (DIERSEN: How much money have you inherited?  How much money are you in line to inherit?)
http://time.com/money/4734331/gordon-ramsay-net-worth-will-family-fortune-kids/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— GAO to Review Ethics, Funding of Trump Transition – Eric Katz  (DIERSEN 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.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/12/the-new-white-house-drug-czar-has-quite-an-idea-for-where-to-put-nonviolent-drug-users/
— GAO: DoD Should Develop Performance Goals to Assess Pilot Mentor-Protege Program – Jane Edwards  (DIERSEN: In 1987, my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GS-15 GAO manager who had hired me in 1980, who had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who had gotten me promoted to GS-13 in 1986.  In 1975, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the GS-14 IRS manager who had gotten me promoted to GS-9 in 1972, to GS-11 in 1973, and to GS-12 in 1974.)
http://www.executivegov.com/2017/04/gao-dod-should-develop-performance-goals-to-assess-pilot-mentor-protege-program/

 

ALTERNET
— How Did America’s Wealth Inequality Reach This Level of Toxic?  We are just beginning to understand one further dimension of toxic inequality: a devastating emotional and physiological phenomenon we might call “toxic inequality syndrome.” – Thomas M. Shapiro  (DIERSEN: QUESTIONS TO ASK CRITICS OF RICH PEOPLE: How much money have you earned so far during your lifetime? Of that amount, how much did you spend and how much did you save?  Of the money that you spent, how much did you spend on immediate pleasures?  What are your assets and what are your debts?  Why didn’t you earn more money than you did?  Why didn’t you save more of the money that you earned?)
http://www.alternet.org/books/toxic-inequality-book-race-income-and-wealth

April 9 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Voters Smell a Rat When It Comes to the Media’s Agenda (DIERSEN: The media’s agenda is a) to defend and advance Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, b) to elect and reelect Democrats and RINOs, and c) to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  The media promotes dependency on government and on charities, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and abolition of the First and Second Amendments.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/march_2017/gop_voters_smell_a_rat_when_it_comes_to_the_media_s_agenda

April 8 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Swedes scrutinize open-door immigration policy after deadly truck attack – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-sweden-truck-attack-suspect-20170408-story.html
— ‘America first?’ Trump’s far-right supporters see a betrayal in strike on Syria – Kurtis Lee
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-donald-trump-syria-backlash-20170408-story.html
— More women exploring political careers after Trump’s election – Angie Leventis Lourgos  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at women that all their problems are caused by Republicans, and especially by Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-women-running-for-office-met-20170407-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump sends sickening message to workplace sexual harassment victims.”  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a woman in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a woman in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a woman in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job and my preferred corner office. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted me, and not them, to pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-huppke-work-advice-trump-workplace-harassment-0409-biz-20170407-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kennedy poll leader, but will jolt of J.B. change that? – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sneed-kennedy-poll-leader-but-will-jolt-of-j-b-change-that/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Jake Leahy, barely 18 and elected to a Lake County school board – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170408/news/170408933/
— Suburban parishes in Cook, Lake counties begin work to consolidate services – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170408/news/170408932/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— For Dem governor hopefuls, it’s three primaries in one – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170407/ISSUE05/170409899/for-dem-governor-hopefuls-its-three-primaries-in-one
— Creating a good workplace is not rocket surgery – Editorial  (DIERSEN: To keep their employees happy who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, my Democrat superiors in the federal government did everything that they could to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170407/OPINION/170409902/creating-a-good-workplace-is-not-rocket-surgery
— Why Navistar could become a VW subsidiary – H. LEE MURPHY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170408/ISSUE01/170409895/why-navistar-could-become-a-vw-subsidiary

 

WTTW
— Armed Robbery Case Exposes Flaw in Chicago Park District Hiring  Organization plans to expand background checks following OIG report, Chicago Tonight inquiry – Alex Ruppenthal
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/04/07/armed-robbery-case-exposes-flaw-chicago-park-district-hiring

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Rauner: Stopping state-worker paychecks would hurt families – AP  (DIERSEN: If state-worker paychecks have to delayed, reduced, and/or stopped, will someone suggest using a “needs based” approach to determine when paychecks are sent, how much those paychecks should be reduced, and/or if those paychecks should be stopped altogether?  In 1997, my GAO superiors determined that my wife and I could easily afford a reduction in today’s dollars of $72,135 (59%) a year of my income, that is, instead of my $122,991 salary, I would get a $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension.  They knew my wife’s salary, they knew that we had no debts, they knew that we had no dependents, they knew the value of our 13-year-old home in Wheaton, they knew that we owned a 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, a 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, and a 1997 Chevy Cavalier. They knew that we owned a 1962 Chevy Impala SS collector car, a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car, and a 1972 Corvette collector car.  They knew how much we had in regular savings and how much we had saved for our retirement.  When you work for the federal government, your superiors know everything about you.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/04/07/rauner-stopping-state-worker-paychecks-would-hurt-families/ag7av9i/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats tout their agenda
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-04-07/democrats-tout-their-agenda.html

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Manar, McCann urge governor to pivot on prison nurse outsourcing
http://thetelegraph.com/news/99852/manar-mccann-urge-governor-to-pivot-on-prison-nurse-outsourcing

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Analysis: Of uncounted Glen Ellyn school tax hike referendum votes, more would be cast by Republicans than Democrats – Michael McGrady
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511102290-analysis-of-uncounted-glen-ellyn-school-tax-hike-referendum-votes-more-would-be-cast-by-republicans-than-democrats

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— SPRINGFIELD POPULATION DROPS BY NEARLY 1,000 RESIDENTS FROM 2015-2016 – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/springfield-population-drops-by-nearly-1000-residents-from-2015-2016/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— In ‘Scary’ Episode, This Chicago Employer Is Hoisted in Effigy by Anti-Trump Agitators – Ken McIntyre
http://dailysignal.com/2017/04/03/in-scary-episode-this-employer-is-hoisted-in-effigy-by-anti-trump-agitators/

 

THE HILL
— Trump, O’Reilly have long friendship – JOE CONCHA
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/327877-trump-oreilly-have-long-friendship

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries, anti-Trumps demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/immigrant-scapegoating-didnt-start-under-trumpit_us_58e923dee4b06f8c18beec66

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The media loved Trump’s show of military might. Are we really doing this again? – Margaret Sullivan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-media-loved-trumps-show-of-military-might-are-we-really-doing-this-again/2017/04/07/01348256-1ba2-11e7-9887-1a5314b56a08_story.html
— Eric Trump calls nepotism ‘a factor of life.’ Here’s what he may not understand about privilege. – Lindsey Bever  (DIERSEN: Are/were your parents able to hire you or to get you a good job?  My outstanding parents were not. 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; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.  My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.  My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/06/eric-trump-calls-nepotism-a-factor-of-life-heres-what-he-may-not-understand-about-privilege/

 

RICHMOND REGISTER
— America is changing from ‘we’ to ‘us’ – Ronnie Ellis  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, 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 MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WANT TO GET RID OF THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.richmondregister.com/opinion/america-is-changing-from-we-to-us/article_47db4434-1bec-11e7-a08c-f38926f35685.html

 

SPRINGFIELD NEWS LEADER
— Saving for retirement: An important but often neglected task – C. Edward Chang
http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/business/2017/04/08/saving-retirement-important-but-often-neglected-task/100115162/

 

DAILY MESSENGER
— Experience America at the time of the Great War – George Will  (DIERSEN: My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. I am 100% German national origin. All my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and the 1850s.)
http://www.mpnnow.com/opinion/20170408/george-will-experience-america-at-time-of-great-war
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Woodrow Wilson imposed and incited extraordinary repressions: “There are citizens of the United States … born under other flags … who have poured the poison of disloyalty into the very arteries of our national life. … Such creatures of passion, disloyalty and anarchy must be crushed out. … They are infinitely malignant, and the hand of our power should close over them.” His Committee on Public Information churned out domestic propaganda instructing the public how to detect pro-German sympathies. A 22-year-old Justice Department official named J. Edgar Hoover administered a program that photographed, fingerprinted and interrogated 500,000 suspects. Local newspapers published the names of people who were not buying war bonds or otherwise supporting the war. People were fired or ostracized for insufficient enthusiasm. The Espionage Act of 1917 made it a crime to “collect, record, publish or communicate” information useful to the enemy. In Illinois, Robert Prager, a German-American coal miner suspected of spying, was stripped, marched through the streets and hanged. The Washington Post deplored such “excesses” but applauded the “healthful and wholesome awakening in the interior part of the country.” Josef Hofer and his two brothers were South Dakota Hutterites whose faith forbade any involvement in war, including wearing a military uniform. They were arrested in March 1918, and a week after the armistice they were sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Arriving at the military prison around midnight, they stood naked for hours in a 17-degree November night. Then they were suspended naked from the bars of their cells, their feet barely touching the ground, refusing to wear the uniforms left in their cells. Fed only bread and water, after two weeks David Hofer was allowed to telegraph Josef’s wife, telling her that her husband was dying. He died the morning after she arrived. Prison guards mocked his corpse by dressing it in a uniform. The U.S. military was the world’s 17th largest in April 1917, smaller (less than 250,000) than Romania’s, and smaller than Britain’s casualties in one battle. America’s military became a melting pot for a nation in which one-third of the population had been born abroad or whose parents had been. Forty-three languages were spoken in one Army division raised in New York. One group was ineligible for melting: Printed at the bottom of draft registration cards were these words: “If person is of African descent, tear off this corner.”)

 

BLOOMBERG
— America’s Retailers Are Closing Stores Faster Than Ever – Lindsey Rupp, Lauren Coleman-Lochner, and Nick Turner
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-07/stores-are-closing-at-a-record-pace-as-amazon-chews-up-retailers

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Senate Democrats Introduce Bill Protecting Federal Employee Pay Ahead of Possible Shutdown – Erich Wagner  (DIERSEN: Are/were you “essential?”  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being NOT essential.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/04/senate-democrats-introduce-bill-protecting-federal-employee-pay-ahead-possible-shutdown/136863/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act would guarantee back pay for all employees, whether or not they had been considered essential and forced to work during the closure or had been furloughed.)

 

THE GUARDIAN
— Google accused of ‘extreme’ gender pay discrimination by US labor department
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/07/google-pay-disparities-women-labor-department-lawsuit

 

ON TOP MAGAZINE
— LGBT Activists Call On Senate To Reject Trump’s Nominee For Army Secretary, Mark Green – CARLOS SANTOSCOY  (DIERSEN: Who calls for others to reject you?  Those who call for others to reject me promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, ending the First and Second Amendments, etc.)
http://www.ontopmag.com/article/28194/LGBT_Activists_Call_On_Senate_To_Reject_Trumps_Nominee_For_Army_Secretary_Mark_Green

April 8 Morning Edition

NBC5
— ‘Maybe I’m Going to Do It’: Chicago’s Ex-Top Cop Garry McCarthy Could Get Political – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Chicagos-Ex-Top-Cop-Garry-McCarthy-on-Running-for-Mayor-Maybe-Im-Going-to-Do-It-418703013.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Google expands fact checking in news searches – AP  (DIERSEN: What about slant-check?  Virtually everything on the internet is slanted to promote the Democrat (D) Party platform, the Libertarian (L) Party platform, the Green (G) platform, or the Republican (R) Party platform. If I had more time, I would designate all articles linked in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being D, L, G, and/or R.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us-tec–google-news-fact-check-20170407-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Google will expand the use of “fact check” tags in its search results — the tech industry’s latest effort to combat false and misleading news stories. People who search for a topic in Google’s main search engine or the Google News section will see a conclusion such as “mostly true” or “false” next to stories that have been fact checked. Google has been working with more than 100 news organizations and fact-checking groups , including The Associated Press, the BBC and NPR. Their conclusions will appear in search results as long as they meet certain formatting criteria for automation. Google said only a few of those organizations, including PolitiFact and Snopes.com, have already met those requirements; The Washington Post also says it complies. Google said it expects the ranks of compliant organizations to grow following Friday’s announcement. Not all news stories will be fact checked. Multiple organizations may reach different conclusions; Google will show those separately. Still unanswered is whether these fact-check analyses will sway people who are already prone to believe false reports because they confirm preconceived notions. Glenn Kessler, who writes “The Fact Checker” column at The Washington Post, said in an email that Google’s efforts should at least “make it easier for people around the world to obtain information that counters the spin by politicians and political advocacy groups, as well as purveyors of ‘fake news.'” He added that “over time, I expect that people increasingly will want to read a fact-check on a controversial issue or statement, even if the report conflicts with their political leanings.” Google started offering fact check tags in the U.S. and the U.K. in October and expanded the program to a handful of other countries in the subsequent months. Now the program is open to the rest of the world and to all languages. False news and misinformation, often masquerading as trustworthy news that spreads on social media, has gained attention since the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Google’s announcement comes a day after Facebook launched a resource to help users spot false news and misleading information that spreads on its service. The resource is basically a notification that pops up for a few days. Clicking on it takes people to tips and other information on how to spot false news and what to do about it.)
— Facebook, Google roll out new fact-checking measures – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-facebook-google-fact-checking-fake-news-20170407-story.html
— Special interest money helped fuel Elgin-area campaigns – Rafael Guerrero
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-area-campaign-committees-st-0402-20170407-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-trump-scandal-culture-rice-nunes-page-perspec-0409-md-20170407-story.html
— Guzman concedes Aurora mayor race to Irvin – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-mayor-st-0409-20170407-story.html
— Heroin epidemic ‘getting worse instead of better’ in Will County – Susan DeMar Lafferty  (DIERSEN: What is being done to stop the sale of heroin to those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-county-heroin-update-st-0409-20170407-story.html
— Oswego debates plan for new video gambling cafe – Linda Girardi  (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-oswego-video-gambling-st-0410-20170407-story.html
— Irvin’s mayoral win in Aurora ‘euphoric’ and historic – Denise Crosby
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-historic-election-st-0409-20170409-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— It’s time to meet the Pritzkers – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sneed-its-time-to-meet-the-pritzkers/
— Dems rich in governor candidates — but are they too rich? – Mark Brown  (DIERSEN: How rich are you?  Should it be illegal to call someone rich unless they have at least say $10 million annual income and say $100 million net worth?  My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me a being rich.  They stressed all the money that I spent on new cars, college expenses, real estate, collector cars, etc.  They stressed my wife’s income, savings, and inheritance. They stressed all the money that we saved for retirement.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-dems-rich-in-governor-candidates-but-are-they-too-rich/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Google offers ‘fact check’ conclusions in news searches – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170407/business/304079925/

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Why voter turnout numbers in Rockford mayoral races have tanked since 2001 – Kevin Haas  (DIERSEN: What do you say to mayors and other elected officials who focus on destroying individuals, organizations, and companies a) that do not glorify and praise them, b) that do not pander to them, c) that do not give them money, d) that do not serve as one of their operatives, and/or e) that do not serve as one of their dupes?)
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20170408/why-voter-turnout-numbers-in-rockford-mayoral-races-have-tanked-since-2001

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Very rich men running for Illinois governor – AP  (DIERSEN: How rich are you?  Should it be illegal to call someone rich unless they have at least say $10 million annual income and say $100 million net worth?  My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me a being rich.  They stressed all the money that I spent on new cars, college expenses, real estate, collector cars, etc.  They stressed my wife’s income, savings, and inheritance. They stressed all the money that we saved for retirement.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/ap/politics/very-rich-men-running-for-illinois-governor/article_33ba2a43-35a2-58f7-b9b4-f2fc19890199.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Revenue Estimate Not Expected This Year – Greg Bishop  (DIERSEN: What revenue estimates for 2017 do the following have: your Republican township/ward party organization, your Republican county party organization, and the Illinois Republican Party? On what do the aforesaid organizations plan to spend that money?)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=241023#.WOi5WYjyuM8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican state Rep. Keith Wheeler disagreed and said a revenue estimate is the “first step” to budgeting. “You can always amend a revenue estimate, so if we see changes in revenue from whatever stream it may come, or not, we can adjust it as we go along. It’s happened in the past. I checked the records,” Wheeler said. “It’s something we should start with. It’s an easy first step and it shows the taxpayers we actually care about how we spend their money.” Republican state Rep. Avery Bourne said to not have some kind of plan is irresponsible. “Just like you would in your household if you’re expecting to bring in a certain amount, you budget for that. If that changes, you can change your plan but to say that it’s uncertain at the beginning and so we just shouldn’t plan for it is exactly what we should expect out of this General Assembly maybe, but not the right way to do it.” The Illinois state constitution says in Article VIII, Section 2, paragraph (b) the General Assembly “by law shall make appropriations for all expenditures of public funds by the State. Appropriations for a fiscal year shall not exceed funds estimated by the General Assembly to be available during that year.” A state government forecasting group estimates Illinois will bring in just over $31 billion for the coming fiscal year that starts July 1.)

 

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Lawmakers reject plan to privatize prison nurses – Dan McCaleb
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/107973/lawmakers-reject-plan-to-privatize-prison-nurses

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Property tax relief bill described as stunt, not solution – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511102324-property-tax-relief-bill-described-as-stunt-not-solution

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NEWORK
— TREASONOUS: Cullerton bill seeks to limit local cooperation with Feds on deportation efforts – Cole Lauterbach
http://ilnews.org/news/justice/cullerton-bill-seeks-to-limit-local-cooperation-with-feds-on/article_d4856446-1b79-11e7-87e9-b32a44cf7030.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: THE ROLE OF FOSSIL FUELS IN KEEPING WORLD PEACE, HEARTLAND’S ICCC-12
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/thorner-the-role-of-fossil-fuels-in-keeping-world-peace-heartlands-iccc-12.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The false compassion of liberalism  Do-gooders prefer giving away other people’s money rather than their own – Stephen Moore (DIERSEN: I should write a book about liberals in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who demonize me, who denigrate me, and who condemn me as someone a) who is undeservedly filthy rich, b) who does not give enough time or money to charities or churches, and c) who does not pay enough taxes. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am undeservedly filthy rich a) because I was born a healthy White male, b) because my parents were undeservedly filthy rich, c) because I avoided the draft, d) because I have always been grossly overpaid, e) because I got married, and f) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/28/liberalism-is-false-compassion/

 

GOPUSA
— Judge OKs genderless designation
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22782
— Fans, not taxpayers, should pick up stadium tabs
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22686
— Trump on Common Core: ‘We have to end it’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22780

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Amid complaints, Loyola to let students bypass Western civilization classes for ‘diversity courses’ – NATHAN RUBBELKE  (DIERSEN: How bad is your national origin?  My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my national origin is terrible. I am 100% German national origin.  In my defense, all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F, and 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.thecollegefix.com/post/32041/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump from the University of Illinois says “Trump’s Support of O’Reilly Is Support of Sex Harassment.”  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that if you oppose gender based preference giving, you are a sexist or even worse things, b) that if you oppose race based preference giving, you are a racist or even worse things, c) that if you oppose age discrimination, you are anti-young people or even worse things, d) that if you oppose national origin discrimination, you are of German national origin or even worse things, e) that if you oppose religious discrimination, you are a Protestant or even worse things, f) that if you oppose patronage and political affiliation discrimination, you are a not a team player or even worse things, and g) that if you oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, etc., you are a conservative or even worse things.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-trumps-support-of-oreilly-is-support-of-sex-harassment_us_58e82690e4b0acd784ca5849

 

CNN
— Hate Crimes Focal Point Of New DOJ Task Force – Laura Jarrett (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, pro-Obama, pro-Clinton, and anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries promote hatred against members of the following groups: 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. For their self-defense, ever since Obama was first elected, members of the aforesaid groups have bought lots of firearms and lots of ammunition.)
http://seattlemedium.com/hate-crimes-focal-point-new-doj-task-force/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Harassment Claims Hound O’Reilly, His Family Values Book Tops Charts – ALEXANDRA ALTER  (DIERSEN: What are your values?  Who disapproves of your values?  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 disapprove of my values.  They include past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, etc.  They are extremely judgmental, nasty, hateful, and vicious.  They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.  They are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means and they all are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/business/bill-oreilly-book-family-values.html
— O’Reilly’s Troubles Give Viewers Pause, but They Still Watch – JULIE TURKEWITZ  (DIERSEN: Who are these five women who have accused O’Reilly of harassment?  Exactly, what have they charged him of doing?  How credible are they?  What evidence do they have?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/business/media/oreillys-troubles-give-viewers-pause-but-they-still-watch.html
— Panicked Borrowers, and the Education Department’s Unsettling Silence – RON LIEBER (DIERSEN: How many borrow money for college fully expecting to never have to pay the money back?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/your-money/student-loans/panicked-borrowers-and-the-education-departments-unsettling-silence.html
— Syrian Refugees Laud U.S. Strike and, in ‘New Emotion,’ Trump – RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA and JESS BIDGOOD  (DIERSEN: If citizens of Mexico who are in America illegally were asked who/what causes Mexico’s problems, what would they say?  From what I see, most would blame America for Mexico’s problems.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/us/syria-refugees-trump.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What You Can’t Ask a Job Candidate – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What facts about you are in the public record that would discourage your getting job offers?  For me, those facts include that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran; that I am conservative; that I am Republican; that I am American; that I am White; that I am male; that I am old (68); that I am not poor; that I am a gun owner; that I avoided the draft; that I am 100% German American; that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s; that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims; that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests; that I have always complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid; that in 1988 I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; that I filed a class action lawsuit in 1998 that charged GAO with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; that I have filed other lawsuits; that I oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, and booze, pot, vice, and other vices; that I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000; that I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999; and that those who have lots of religious, government, political, and or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems and that they want to get rid of me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-you-cant-ask-a-job-candidate-1491606059
— What’s Become of the American Dream?  Part of the problem is definitional. It isn’t just about houses, cars and material prosperity. –  PEGGY NOONAN  (DIERSEN: What depresses you the most about your future? For me it is the ever-incresing hatred by 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 AGAINST THOSE 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 longer than their ancestors. I should write a book about the aforesaid haters in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-become-of-the-american-dream-1491521229

 

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DAILY
— OUTSTANDING: Survey: Mandatory E-Verify has employer support
http://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/48602/survey-mandatory-e-verify-has-employer-support

 

AMMOLAND
— Ruger LCRx Revolver in .357 Magnum, a Five Shot Self Defense Gun Review – Bob Shell
https://www.ammoland.com/2017/04/ruger-lcrx-revolver-357-magnum-self-defense-gun/#axzz4dejUqy6s