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May 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: GOP lawmakers crafting tough immigration bill that calls for increased prosecutions of immigrants who cross the border illegally – Maria Sacchetti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-gop-immigration-bill-20170517-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote the immigration plank in the Democrat Party platform.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-immigration-elkhart-indiana-trump-met-20170517-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say in their hardcopy headline “Much of GOP still standing with Trump.  Many shift blame to Dems, media after each crisis.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-republicans-trump-support-20170516-story.html
— Bad times ‘trickle down’ to Ken Griffin, who made just $600 million last year – Kim Janssen  (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://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-ken-griffin-0517-chicago-inc-20170516-story.html
— Driver’s ed teacher at Joliet high school resigns in wake of DUI charge: officials – Alicia Fabbre
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-drivers-ed-teacher-dui-charge-0517-20170516-story.html
— Chicago suburbs buck city on minimum wage – Ed Rensi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-chicago-minimum-wage-increase-suburbs–perspec-0517-jm-20170516-story.html
— More D204 low-income, minority students taking AP classes thanks to push – Suzanne Baker  (DIERSEN: Few thought that I was “college material” because neither of my parents had attended college, my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother had never attended high school. What if Affirmative Action was only for those whose parents did not have a college degree?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-nvs-204-ap-class-equity-st-0517-20170516-story.html
— FRONT PAGE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Lots of ‘help wanted’ signs, and too few applicants, employers say – Erin Hegarty, Rafael Guerrero and David Sharos  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that they never stooped to take “bad” jobs like I did. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-now-hiring-jobs-st-0517-20170515-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump’s self-destructive presidency.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-trump-impeachment-comey-russia-20170517-story.html
— How Emanuel has raised his profile after Trump’s election – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-washington-20170516-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kinzinger joins call for outside inquiry into Trump situation – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: The harder that you work against Trump, the more that anti-Trumps will glorify and praise you.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kinzinger-joins-call-for-outside-inquiry-into-trump-situation/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Huckabee jokes about ‘dodging bullets’ in Chicago, draws criticism
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/huckabee-jokes-about-dodging-bullets-in-chicago-draws-criticism/amp/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Carjackings rise in Chicago as juveniles target high-end vehicles – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sustained-rise-in-carjackings-as-juveniles-target-high-end-vehicles/
— John Daley defends water commissioner who got the ax in email scandal – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes not only defend each other, they promote each other.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/john-daley-defends-water-commissioner-who-got-the-ax-in-email-scandal/
— Rep. Rodney Davis’ bill would end Jesse Jackson Jr. workers’ comp pay – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want to end concerning you?  My critics/opponents want to end my $50,856/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, my $17,288/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and my $2,028/year Social Security. If I lost that income, I could not afford to spend 10+ hours a day putting together GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and sending them out.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rep-rodney-davis-bill-would-end-jesse-jackson-jr-workers-comp-pay/

 

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Island Lake wise to draw a line on expansion of video gambling – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170516/editorial-island-lake-wise-to-draw-a-line-on-expansion-of-video-gambling
— Sheer lunacy on campus – Walter E. Williams  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, colleges focus on cranking out “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170517/sheer-lunacy-on-campus
— Preservationists given deadlines to restore McKee House – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170517/preservationists-given-deadlines-to-restore-mckee-house

 

NBC5
— Chicago-Area High Schools Listed on Website Trading Nude Photos  It involves dozens of Chicago-area high schools, former students and hundreds of nude photos. Many of the women have no idea they’re exposed. – Katie Kim
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-area-high-schools-listed-website-trading-nude-photos-422576134.html

 

WBEZ
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Gun Violence Hits African Americans Most — And It’s Getting Worse – Chip Mitchell
http://interactive.wbez.org/everyotherhour/80-percent/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump faces deepest crisis of his presidency.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170517/NEWS02/170519876/trump-faces-deepest-crisis-of-his-presidency

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner, Dems hold dueling press briefings on state budget impasse – Tom Kacich  (DIERSEN: What do you say to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc. who claim to be Republican but do not want Dave Diersen to know about, attend, or report on their press briefings?  Diersen says the aforesaid are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-05-17/rauner-dems-hold-dueling-press-briefings-state-budget-impasse.html

 

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Congressmen challenge pre-existing conditions fears; hundreds of thousands in region living with long-term ailments – Nick Draper
http://myjournalcourier.com/news/109518/congressmen-challenge-pre-existing-conditions-fears-hundreds-of-thousands-in-region-living-with-long-term-ailments

 

WQAD
— IL congressman Rodney Davis wants shaming students for school lunch debt to end – CNN  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and the their dupes pride themselves in being experts on shaming people.  They would brag and boast about their success in shaming me at Milton Township Republican Central Committee events, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois events, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce events, Illinois Center Right Coalition events, etc.  They count on me keeping my policy of forgiving those who trespass against me.  Should I write a book about them?)
http://wqad.com/2017/05/16/il-congressman-wants-shaming-students-for-school-lunch-debt-to-end/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— It’s Mental Health Month – SEAN CRAWFORD  (DIERSEN: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They are disciples of Saul Alinsky. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not a Democrat, you have mental health problems.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/its-mental-health-month#stream/0

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Mizzou likely to cut hundreds of positions amid expected 7 percent enrollment drop – Ashley Jost
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/mizzou-likely-to-cut-hundreds-of-positions-amid-expected-percent/article_74125e87-a764-505f-872c-a454640d4205.html

 

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— VIDEO: Insider System – J.B. Pritzker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXa2HXUdt38&feature=youtu.be

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Employment Opportunity: Administrative/Clerical  Title: Executive Assistant  Department: Election Commission  Closing Date: 5/31/2017
http://www.dupageco.org/HR/Jobs/55071/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— State bill backlog rises by a billion dollars overnight
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/17/state-bill-backlog-rises-by-a-billion-dollars-overnight/

 

FEDERALIST
— 12 Ways The Southern Poverty Law Center Is A Scam To Profit From Hate-Mongering  The Southern Poverty Law Center’s ‘Hate List’ has all the authority of a mean girl’s burn book. Yet it is dangerously provocative. – Stella Morabito  (DIERSEN: Many individuals, organizations, companies, and governments blacklist me because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders.  Should I write a book about a) those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that blacklist me and b) those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that they want me to blacklist?  The book would be extremely lengthy.)
https://thefederalist.com/2017/05/17/12-ways-southern-poverty-law-center-scam-profit-hate-mongering/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What makes the hate list of the Southern Poverty Law Center different from the “burn book” a high school queen bee keeps in the 2004 movie “Mean Girls”? Answer: not much. The burn book was a compilation of insults, gossip, and rumors intended to repel the diva’s “enemies,” label everybody, and keep herself on top of the heap. The SPLC uses its list of designated hate groups in much the same way: to manipulate the lives of others, smear reputations, control personal relationships, and reap the spoils. The dynamic is the same, whether played on the adolescent scene or in the political arena. Both lists serve mostly as power-mongering tools. In civilized societies, we supposedly grow out of that sort of tribalism. But look around and you’ll see such behaviors proliferating in every sphere: politics, journalism, education. A recent headline in the Washington Examiner nailed it: “The Bret Stephens Freak Out is a Reminder that the Media Is Basically a Massive High School Clique.” Why do so many folks treat the SPLC with undeserved reverence, the way too many high school kids treat a self-appointed nasty queen bee? Why do they accept the Southern Poverty Law Center as the nation’s Grand Inquisitor dictating who may speak and who must shut up? And why are its smears and caricatures so often blindly accepted at face value? What qualifies the SPLC to act as judge, jury, and social executioner of any human being who is not their blind supporter? Those questions have been hanging in the air for decades. As with all vilification campaigns, the SPLC plays a dangerous and cruel game under the guise of defending victims. So let’s take a closer look at some of the SPLC’s history and behavior. Let’s count some ways it’s a con game.)

 

GOPUSA
— Democracy Dies in Anonymous Sourcing – Brent Bozell and Tim Graham  (DIERSEN: When they slander me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes rely on anonymous sources because they know that I have a history of filing lawsuits.  However, I reserve my right to file FOIA requests.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24487
— Why Do ‘Conservatives’ Publish Fake News? – Cliff Kincaid  (DIERSEN: Unlike any of its competitors, GOPUSA ILLINOIS a) highlights the name of the websites on which articles are posted, b) highlights who wrote the articles, and c) highlights the articles’ unhidden hyperlinks.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24481
— Sanctuary Senator Interferes in Deportation Process – AP
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24345

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— SHEER LUNACY ON CAMPUS – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, colleges focus on cranking out “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/sheer-lunacy-on-campus/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Field Workers Suing the DNC as Executives Receive Huge Bonuses – PAUL CROOKSTON
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/447652/democratic-party-sued-low-wages-field-workers-bonuses-executives

 

BREITBART
— Top Private School Brings in Skirts for Boys Amidst ‘Surge’ in ‘Trans Children’ – VIRGINIA HALE
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/15/top-school-skirts-boys-trans-children/

 

AMERICAN FAMILY RADIO
— MATT BARBER AND PETER LABARBERA DISCUSS LGBT ISSUES
https://afr.net/afr-talk/focal-point/2017/may/matt-barber-and-peter-labarbera-discuss-lgbt-issues/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Unity – Working Together – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in Illinois who work the hardest to unify 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 Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/05/17/unity-working-together/

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Justice Scalia Believed Supreme Court was Being Surveilled by Obama – Jim Hoft
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/05/report-justice-scalia-believed-supreme-court-surveilled-obama-video/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP anger at Trump is building.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333739-the-memo-gop-anger-at-trump-is-building

 

CNN
— What is obstruction of justice?  Claim has been used in Nixon, Clinton cases (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government were smart enough to not put in writing things that would get them in trouble. My Democrat GAO superiors did not put in writing their real reasons why they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, 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 put in writing their real reasons why they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors did not put in writing their real reasons why they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/what-is-obstruction-of-justice/715282053

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation – MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government were smart enough to not put in writing things that would get them in trouble. My Democrat GAO superiors did not put in writing their real reasons why they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, 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 put in writing their real reasons why they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors did not put in writing their real reasons why they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html
— The Gender Pay Gap Is Largely Because of Motherhood – Claire Cain Miller  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have focused on demonizing, denigrating, and condemning my wife and I for our giving up trying to have children, for our not adopting, and for our not becoming foster parents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/upshot/the-gender-pay-gap-is-largely-because-of-motherhood.html
— Highway Robbery Targets the Poor – PETER FUNT  (DIERSEN: One reason why my wife and I have more money is that we have always used public transportation to get to and from work. Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to use public transportation.  They are “above it all.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/opinion/california-express-lanes.html
— A Remote Pacific Island Awash in Tons of Trash – AUSTIN RAMZY  (DIERSEN: Trash has not washed onto the Cove Court subdivision in Wheaton, but many tons of storm water and silt have washed onto the Cove Court subdivision in Wheaton.  Both the Cove Court subdivision in Wheaton and the Prairie Path Park in Wheaton are watershed areas.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/world/australia/henderson-island-plastic-debris-south-pacific.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— OUTSTANDING: Moves to Ease Gun-Carrying Restrictions Expand  A combination of federal and state legislation could free up limits on carrying concealed firearms – Joe Palazzolo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/moves-to-ease-gun-carrying-restrictions-expand-1494927004
— BEYOND TRAGIC: More American Workers Are Testing Positive for Drugs  More than one in 25 U.S. workers fail their employer’s drug tests; marijuana is on the rise, according to Quest Diagnostics – Lauren Weber  (DIERSEN. Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act a) like they drink lots of booze, b) like they sell and/or smoke pot, and/or c) like they want to sell and/or smoke pot legally.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-american-workers-are-testing-positive-for-drugs-1494928980
— Why Northwestern President Morton Schapiro Favors Safe Spaces  It isn’t about coddling students. It’s about creating an environment for learning – Douglas Belkin  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, colleges focus on cranking out “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-northwestern-president-morton-schapiro-favors-safe-spaces-1494987120
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Nine Survey Questions for People Who create Survey Questions – Alexandra Samuel  (DIERSEN: What do you know about surveys?  During the last 8 years that I worked for GAO, I worked on major reports that were based on major surveys.  SEE: http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/154342.pdf (FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES: Actions Needed to Protect the Financial System) and at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/156011.pdf (OTC DERIVATIVES: Additional Oversight Could Reduce Costly Sales Practice Disputes)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/want-people-to-take-your-survey-ask-yourself-these-questions-first-1494986820

 

USA TODAY
— Work and politics: What rights do employees have? – Charisse Jones and Michael Izzo  (DIERSEN: From what I see, employers in America are either anti-Trump or scared to death of anti-Trumps.  Because of the aforesaid, soon, if not already, employers in America will stop hiring members of the following groups and will get rid of their employees who are members of the following groups: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/05/16/work-and-politics-what-rights-do-employees-have/101753060/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Should your politics outside of work affect your status in the office? A congressman’s letter that helped push a New Jersey attorney to resign after her boss was told she was a grassroots “ringleader,’’ has sparked questions about how much an employer can clamp down on an employee’s activism. The Office of Congressional Ethics has been asked to investigate whether U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-New Jersey) interfered with the workplace standing of Saily Avelenda, a former senior vice president at Lakeland Bank, when he called out her political activities in a letter to a member of the bank’s board. In an era of heightened political tensions, when football players have knelt in protest during the national anthem and many Americans are marching and boycotting for perhaps the first time, the case is showing how politics and the workplace can collide.)

 

NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP lawmakers may be turning on Trump.”
http://nypost.com/2017/05/17/gop-lawmakers-might-be-turning-on-trump/

 

LAS VEGAS SUN
— Conway disputes claim she’s in it ‘for the money’ – AP  (DIERSEN: What are you in and are you in it for the money?  Since 2000, my serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor has cost me many thousands of dollars.)
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/may/17/conway-disputes-claim-shes-in-it-for-the-money/

 

FED WEEK
— House Takes Step toward Long-Sought Changes in Pay, Benefits (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes 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://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/house-takes-step-toward-long-sought-changes-pay-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One focus will be a recent CBO report finding that on average federal employees are slightly ahead in pay, and well ahead in terms of benefits, compared with private sector employees of similar education levels. However, that report also showed that those differences vary greatly by educational level, with federal workers having the lowest levels the farthest ahead by both measures, while the most-educated employees are slightly behind in benefits and well behind in salary–again, on average.)

 

THINK PROGRESS
— Top Trump official says we shouldn’t take care of someone who ‘eats poorly and gets diabetes’  So much for compassionate conservatism. – Jack Jenkins  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would a) crow that they spend many hours exercising each and every day and b) viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me for coming down with type 2 diabetes.  My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14 and died suddenly from heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.)
https://thinkprogress.org/top-trump-official-says-we-shouldnt-take-care-of-someone-who-eats-poorly-and-gets-diabetes-9388a1ded06b

 

CLASSIC CARS
— Pick of the Day: 1972 Chevrolet Corvette coupe – Andy Reid  (DIERSEN: I have owned my Steel Cities Gray 1972 Corvette with black leather interior since I took delivery of it on October 14, 1971.)
https://news.classiccars.com/pick-day-1972-chevrolet-corvette-coupe/

May 16 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who run the Chicago Sun-Times say “Our independent, award-winning journalism lives on.”  However, ever-increasingly, the Chicago Sun-Times acts like it is an arm of the Democrat Party. How independent are your news sources?  You should know where their money comes from and how much.  He who pays the piper calls the tunes. All news sources should be required to disclose the source and amount of all of their income.  They should also disclose the real source and amount of all income laundered through third, fourth, fifth, etc. parties.  All my money comes from the Civil Service Retirement System ($50,856/year) and Social Security ($2,028/year).  My critics/opponent are beyond furious that they cannot take that income away from me. Ever-increasingly, they make it clear that they will use their tremendous religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois to viciously destroy me and any individual, any organization, any company, or any government that might come to my defense.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sun-times-editor-our-independent-award-winning-journalism-lives-on/
— ‘Uninhabitable’ property tax break issue hits Pritzker where he lives – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/uninhabitable-property-tax-break-issue-hits-pritzker-where-he-lives/
— Emanuel considering taxes on rich, downtown businesses to fund CPS – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, you are “rich” if you are not on welfare.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-considering-taxes-on-rich-downtown-businesses-to-fund-cps/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote voter fraud.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/a-small-victory-for-the-american-voter/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan Democrats to present wish list to skeptical Rauner on Tuesday – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-house-democrats-budget-20170516-story.html
— Kennedy: ‘Political insiders’ shouldn’t pick Democrats’ nominee for governor – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chris-kennedy-jb-pritzker-springfield-met-0516-20170515-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites, that is, racists, attack Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-sessions-0516-20170515-story.html
— Assimilation, not victimization for Mexican immigrants – Juan Rangel  (DIERSEN: Anti-Whites, that is, racists, a) do not want immigrants to assimilate, b) want immigrants to depend on government and on charity, and c) want immigrants to be 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/commentary/ct-perspec-immigrants-0515-md-20170515-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Do segregated neighborhoods raise blood pressure? NU study explores link – Kate Thayer  (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-blood-pressure-segregation-study-northwestern-met-20170515-story.html
— Did you hear? Amazon is a local, global game-changer – Robert Reed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-amazon-disruption-robert-reed-0516-biz-20170515-column.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Second Democrat announces bid to unseat Hultgren – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170515/second-democrat-announces-bid-to-unseat-hultgren/1
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Bloomingdale Township moving to form mental health board – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Of course, this will encourage those who have “mental illness, addiction, and developmental disabilities” to move to Bloomingdale Township.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170515/news/170519177/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Voters approved a ballot question that makes the township establish a board devoted to improving the availability and quality of services for township residents with mental illness, addiction, and developmental disabilities. Ed Levato was township supervisor when the referendum was placed on the ballot after a successful petition drive organized by a group of residents. He said Monday that township staff members were simply misinformed when they told a Daily Herald reporter before the election that the ballot question was advisory. “They were not given any information about it,” he said. “It wasn’t our referendum. It was a citizens’ initiative.” Levato apologized for the miscommunication. He said he personally didn’t support the measure. “It’s a huge tax increase,” Levato said. According to preliminary estimates, owners of homes valued at $240,000 would pay about $56 a year in property taxes to support the mental health board. The tax is expected to be collected for the first time next year. However, Michael Murray, chairman of the committee that backed the referendum, said their campaign made it clear to residents that some type of tax increase would be necessary to fund the mental health board. The panel will use the money to award grants to agencies that provide detection, early diagnosis, education, assistance and treatment programs.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning evangelicals.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170516/feeling-aggrieved-evangelicals-see-trump-as-a-defender

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 200-mile Chicago-to-Springfield budget march steps off
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/254783499-story

 

WGN TV
— Amazon to hire 2000 people in Illinois  (DIERSEN: How many of these will be “good” jobs as opposed to the “bad” jobs that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that I had doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assemble line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies?)
http://wgntv.com/2017/05/15/amazon-to-hire-2000-people-in-illinois/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Sears ripped off local tool maker, jury rules – BRIGID SWEENEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170516/NEWS07/170519901

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Bruce Rauner to John Cullerton: Don’t buckle under Madigan’s pressure. Let’s make a deal for taxpayers – Bruce Rauner
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170515/gov-bruce-rauner-to-john-cullerton-dont-buckle-under-madigans-pressure-lets-make-deal-for-taxpayers
— Auditor general fined $5,000 over campaign reports – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170515/auditor-general-fined-5000-over-campaign-reports

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH

— GOP rips Pritzker for getting $230K property tax reduction – AP  (DIERSEN: Those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that promote Pat Brady have always worked against individuals like me, against organizations like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, against companies, and against governments that support the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and/or the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/gop-rips-pritzker-for-getting-k-property-tax-reduction/article_7880f826-5fe6-5cc3-96ab-94ada99d1a77.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party held a news conference Monday in front of the home, where former party Chairman Pat Brady accused Pritzker of engaging in a “con job” that took much-needed money from Chicago Public Schools and social services. He noted the home is located in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the U.S., and said Pritzker has more than enough money to pay the full amount.)
— Communities scramble to deal with harm from opioids – Edith Brady-Lunny  (DIERSEN: What about dealing with harm from booze, from pot, from gambling, and from other destructive vices?  Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act a) like they want to drink lots of booze, smoke lots of pot, and/or gamble lots of money, b) like they do drink lots of booze, smoke lots of pot, and/or gamble lots of money, and/or c) like they want to make lots of money getting others to drink lots of booze, smoke lots of pot, and/or gamble lots of money.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/communities-scramble-to-deal-with-harm-from-opioids/article_25bcf19c-7f7c-511b-ae4f-53190b9d72b7.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A billionaire’s burden – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Have you ever sought reduction of an assessed valuation?  I did during the 1980s and 1990s for 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.  Ultimately, the Property Tax Appeal Board granted me a reduction, although not as large as I had asked for.  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents in Wheaton would bring that up. My critics/opponents side a) with the subdivision’s developer and builder of my home and b) with City of Wheaton officials who approved the subdivision’s grossly inadequate storm water drainage plan and approved the violation of many construction and building codes when the subdivision was constructed in 1983 and my home was built in 1983 and 1984.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-05-16/billionaires-burden.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Belleville Township’s hours of existence dwindle as city prepares to take over – MIKE KOZIATEK  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes work it both ways. They hint/imply/argue/shout at those who support township government that I oppose township government. They hint/imply/argue/shout at those who oppose township government that I support township government.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/belleville/article150558137.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— State Board of Elections protects Mautino – Fails the people of Illinois – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/05/state-board-of-elections-protects-mautino-fails-the-people-of-illinois/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REP. REICK EXPLAINS HIS OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED COAL TAR SEALANT BAN  (DIERSEN: I had my 33-year-old driveway seal coated yesterday for $140. For many years now, to prolong the driveway’s useful life, I have had the driveway seal coated in the spring and in the fall each year.  Of course, if I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use that against me, just like they would use against me a) my having a 20-W whole-house backup natural gas-fired electric generator installed and b) my spending my time and my money to prevent basement flooding and to address lot drainage problems.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/rep-reick-explains-his-opposition-to-proposed-coal-tar-sealant-ban.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Attacks continue on Pritzker over property tax breaks (DIERSEN: Have you ever sought reduction of an assessed valuation?  I did during the 1980s and 1990s for 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.  Ultimately, the Property Tax Appeal Board granted me a reduction, although not as large as I had asked for.  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents in Wheaton would bring that up. My critics/opponents side a) with the subdivision’s developer and builder of my home and b) with City of Wheaton officials who approved the subdivision’s grossly inadequate storm water drainage plan and approved the violation of many construction and building codes when the subdivision was constructed in 1983 and my home was built in 1983 and 1984.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/16/attacks-continue-on-pritzker-over-property-tax-breaks/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: OK, so read between the lines a bit. Pritzker paid $3.7 million for the house, but it’s assessed value remained at or above its original $6 million list price. Usually, you’d file for a reassessment right away if you bought a house for much lower than its assessed valuation, but Pritzker didn’t, which cost him some bucks he didn’t need to be paying.)
— Hours after saying he wasn’t “focused on the politics,” Rauner attends campaign fundraiser, refuses to answer campaign questions
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/15/hours-after-saying-he-wasnt-focused-on-the-politics-rauner-attends-campaign-fundraiser-refuses-to-answer-campaign-questions/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump takes aim at Black Lives Matter, slams ‘hostility and violence’ against police – Dave Boyer
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/15/donald-trump-police-need-better-protection/

 

GOPUSA
— McMaster, Powell and Tillerson refute ‘unnamed sources’ used by Washington Post in Trump smear  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes always use unnamed sources to smear me.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that their sources have tremendous religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois and that their sources what to kill me figuratively if not literally.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24424
— School censors yearbook over Trump comment
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24381

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Progressives openly signaling the arrival of political violence as a tactic to obtain power – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/05/progressives_openly_signaling_the_arrival_of_political_violence_as_a_tactic_to_obtain_power.html

 

THE HILL
— Congressional Republicans should stop playing games and reduce federal spending – THOMAS BINION
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-budget/333381-congressional-republicans-should-stop-playing-games-and

 

CBS NEWS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Gun demand on the rise in Chicago, police say
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chicago-gun-demand-rises-legal-firearms/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote voter fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/us/politics/voter-id-laws-supreme-court-north-carolina.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/opinion/trump-classified-data.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote voter fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/opinion/trump-voter-fraud-commission.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Give Social Security Recipients a Break  Limit payroll taxes for those over 65, and stop taxing benefits. – Charles R. Schwab  (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. My CSRS pension is dramatically reduced because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/give-social-security-recipients-a-break-1494889090

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTIRE: Anti-Trumps say “Obamacare replacement threatens kids’ health coverage.” Democrats always use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/13/obamacare-replacement-threatens-kids-health-coverage/101511736/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity in Texas say “It’s an all-out assault on LGBT people.”  Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGCTQ activity, those who promote LGBTQ activity demonize you, denigrate you, condemn you, and destroy you. Trump knows that.  Will Trump come to defense of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/05/15/texas-bills-lgbt-rights-bathroom-bills/101633302/
— Fox News is not the real sexual scandal.  Bill O’Reilly’s firing is no turning point in workplace harassment.  Fox News gets the attention, but the behavior flourishes at thousands of low-wage workplaces. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Virtually all employers in America are Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, or RINOs.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/15/bill-oreilly-fox-news-not-real-sexual-harassment-scandal-editorial-debates/101412290/
— College Board and Zuckerberg team up for ‘Manhattan Project’ of academic motivation – Greg Toppo  (DIERSEN: Few thought that I was “college material” because neither of my parents had attended college, my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother had never attended high school. What if Affirmative Action was only for those whose parents did not have a college degree?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/05/16/czi-college-board/101716820/

 

CONSORTIUM NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Need for Scapegoats.”  All my critics/opponents are scapegoaters.  They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.  They blame me for all the elections that they lost or almost lost, for all the lawsuits that have been filed against them, for all the sales that they have lost, etc.
https://consortiumnews.com/2017/05/16/trumps-need-for-scapegoats/

May 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— FOP blasts second memo in a month seeking minimum number of stops – Frank Main and Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my superiors always acted like they had been given quotas a) for retaining and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) for getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fop-blasts-second-memo-in-a-month-seeking-minimum-number-of-stops/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the second time in a month, a Chicago Police supervisor is coming under fire for sending a memo that appears to set an illegal quota for cops to make stops. In a recent note to his sergeants, a lieutenant in the Jefferson Park District on the Northwest Side praised his officers for outperforming last year’s activity by 30 percent, but asked the sergeants to focus on those cops “not contributing their fair share, meaning they’re not meeting the agreed upon ‘one good stop per documentation per day worked.’ ”)
— Trump tweets: Too busy for staff to be perfectly accurate  (DIERSEN: I do not have any staff. Please forgive typos in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. The more time that I spend preventing/detecting typos, the later that the emails go out.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-tweets-too-busy-for-staff-to-be-perfectly-accurate/amp/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel tells radio host he’s ‘never, ever’ golfed – Bill Ruthhart  (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents golfed. Because golfing is expensive and time consuming, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to paint me as having been born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged.  My summer jobs during 1966 included cleaning golf shoes at the Flossmoor Country Club.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-golf-20170512-story.html
— Business schools push back against annual rankings – Robert Channick  (DIERSEN: From what school(s) did you earn your degree(s)? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that none of the aforesaid schools are Ivy League.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-business-school-ranking-revolt-0512-biz-20170511-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Mexicans were afraid Trump would bring disaster. So far, his bark is worse than his bite.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-mexico-trump-2017-story.html
— 5 votes short, Kim concedes defeat in Mundelein mayoral race – Rick Kambic
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/mundelein/news/ct-mun-holly-kim-concedes-mundelein-mayoral-election-tl-0518-20170510-story.html
— Naperville not immune when it comes to college loan debt – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-student-debt-st-0512-20170511-story.html
— Trump tweets fired FBI director ‘better hope that there are no tapes’ of conversations – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-comey-tapes-20170512-story.html
— Sessions orders return to tough drug war policies that trigger mandatory minimum sentences – Joseph Tanfan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-jeff-sessions-mandatory-minimum-sentences-20170512-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Don’t give Trump a pass when he’s wrong – and he’s wrong on Comey – Joe Walsh
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170512/walsh-donx2019t-give-trump-a-pass-when-hex2019s-wrong—and-hex2019s-wrong-on-comey
— We want ‘right’ but we need ‘acceptable’ on budget – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170511/editorial-we-want-x2018rightx2019-but-we-need-x2018acceptablex2019-on-budget
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170512/district-204-celebrates-15-years-of-advancing-diversity-excellence

 

NBC5
— Chicago Bear Kevin White’s Vehicle Among Series of Carjackings in Chicago   The luxury vehicle theft was one of several reported in numerous parts of the city over the last month in which thieves use “bumper tapping” to steal vehicles
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/grizzly-detail/Chicago-Bear-Kevin-Whites-Car-Among-Series-of-Carjackings-in-Chicago-Source-422082683.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner, Rahm trade jabs at new factory set to open in 18 months – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/254135097-story

 

DNA INFO
— Englewood High School ‘Dream Students’ Headed For Harvard, MIT, Stanford – Andrea V. Watson  (DIERSEN: While I have four college degrees (NIU, Loyola, DePaul, & IIT), my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that none of them are from Ivy League schools.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170511/englewood/lindbloms-dream-students-headed-for-harvard-mit-stanford

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Secretary of state official under investigation owes $144,000 to SIUE – GEORGE PAWLACZYK AND BETH HUNDSDORFER
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article150000957.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Fresh thinking will fix Illinois – Radogno and Durkin  (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, fresh thinking, that is, getting rid of me, would fix the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, etc.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170511/radogno-and-durkin-fresh-thinking-will-fix-illinois

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Protesters continue die-in at U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren’s office in McHenry – NATE LINHART
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/05/11/protesters-continue-die-in-at-u-s-rep-randy-hultgrens-office-in-mchenry/aw5xeb8/

 

STATELINE
— Democratic lawmakers decry Trump’s voter fraud panel – ELIZABETH LANDERS
http://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/trump-to-launch-voter-fraud-panel/711667581

 

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Rauner pushes massive Medicaid overhaul  Millions could be forced to change doctors – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/rauner-pushes-massive-medicaid-overhaul/712131104

 

WIREPOINTS
— Why Won’t Illinois Political Reporters Ask Meaningful Questions? – Mark Glennon  (DIERSEN: When a political reporter like me asks a politician a question that he/she does not like, that politician has their operatives and their dupes strike back viciously.  However, it is extremely difficult for politicians to strike back at political reporters who are protected by powerful employers like ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Fox News Chicago, WGN, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Crain’s Chicago Business, Springfield State Journal Register, etc. However, because I AM NOT PROTECTED BY ANYONE, it is extremely easy for politicians to have their operatives and their dupes strike back at me. I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman. I am no longer a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member. I am no longer the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster. I am no longer an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member. I am no longer an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.  I should write a book about politicians in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who have had their operatives and their dupes strike back at me viciously and b) who threaten to strike back at me even more viciously if I ask any questions. Operatives and dupes for politicians almost succeeded, but failed, in keeping me out of Roskam’s press conference Thursday evening, May 4, 2017, at Sanguinetti’s fundraiser at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/why-wont-illinois-political-reporters-ask-meaningful-questions-wp-original/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It really wouldn’t be that hard to change the narrative in Illinois from fictional to real. If reporters would simply ask they’d receive, or if they didn’t receive they could expose the politicians who have no answers. But they don’t ask. Political reporting on the state and local fiscal crises in Illinois remains like classical theater: part tragedy, part farce and entirely fiction. Try Googling “Rauner and Madigan,” Rauner and Rahm” or anything similar. Most of what you’ll find is little more than a stenographer’s report on name-calling and spin. Headlines like these predominate: “Rauner says Emanuel is ‘biggest disappointment of his time as governor.’ “Emanuel calls governor ’emperor without clothes.’” “Rauner calls Madigan ‘disingenuous.’” “Madigan accuses Rauner of ‘trying to change history.’” “Rahm and Rauner’s personal war of words.” “Rauner, Madigan offer new buzzword on impasse.” “Rauner, Emanuel Take Credit For Job Project, Blame Each For School Funding.” Who gives a damn? Where are headlines like, “A side-by-side comparison of Rauner’s and Madigan’s five-year revenue and spending hopes”? Or, “Rahm explains why actual financial statements show huge city losses while his budgets show balance.” Or, “Candidates for governor specify how much new revenue Illinois needs.” You won’t find them because no reporter asks what’s needed, so Illinoisans go blindly to the polls. Reporters could start with Governor Rauner. His biggest failure is not laying out a credible, long term plan to put the state on a sustainable path. Shame on him for not offering one, but shame on reporters for not insisting on one. The same certainly goes for Rauner’s critics. Next would be every other candidate for governor. Ask them how much revenue would come from a progressive income tax and how much more top brackets would pay. Ask how much new revenue they think the state needs to raise. Those things are key because honest answers would expose with certainty that survivable tax increases won’t be sufficient. Ask Rahm what Chicago’s pension contributions will be in five years under the can-kicking legislation he has sought, and how the city would pay them. That’s when full contributions would kick in. And ask them all why none of them is talking about a solution for the $130 billion in unfunded pensions and $50 billion in unfunded healthcare liabilities for retirees (which would not be reduced materially under any proposals now floating around). Answers to those questions and similar ones are critical to the death spiral we’re in, yet nobody has a clue to the answers. The politicians will duck the questions, but the press must get insistent — they have to demand specifics and rip the face off anybody who offers only the usual, bland generalities. Part of the problem is that political reporters are, well, political reporters. They cover politics — who is saying what about whom, so-and-so’s new ad, who’s up in the polls, how much money they’ve raised, etc. Those are important matters, but they shouldn’t entirely crowd out the most basic policy questions. They’re not all bad, but rays of light are few. Chicago Sun-Times reporters cover Chicago financial issues well. The Chicago Tribune’s editorial board is among the few who understand the depth of the problems we face. The Bond Buyer gets the facts right, though it’s written for the narrow-minded municipal bond industry. Another election season is underway. Will challengers for governor be asked in three different debates whether they would live in the Governor’s mansion, as Rauner was asked last in the last cycle? Will putting ketchup on hotdogs again make the headlines? Will name-calling and spin fill the news? Reporters must be more than stenographers writing down what politicians say, or we’ll sink further into darkness. Ask the questions. It’s really not that hard.)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— ACFI Survey: Americans Are At Odds Concerning Morals in the Nation – Tami Jackson
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/acfi-survey-americans-odds-concerning-morals-nation/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Durbin: Rosenstein was ‘duped’ into writing reason for Comey’s firing – Sally Persons (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) avoid putting in writing things that would incriminate them and b) destroy things that incriminate them.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/12/dick-durbin-rod-rosenstein-was-duped-writing-reaso/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— ‘If People Knew What Was Happening in Mexico, They’d Have Called for a Wall a Long Time Ago’: Intelligence Source – JUSTEN CHARTERS
http://ijr.com/2017/05/868081-5-deadliest-countries-in-the-world/?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=morning-newsletter&utm_medium=owned

 

DAILY CALLER
— Attack the flack: Beltway Reporters Go On A Rampage Against Sarah Huckabee Sanders – Betsy Rothstein  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who viciously demonize me, who viciously denigrate me, and who viciously condemn me to curry favor with Democrat reporters.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/11/beltway-reporters-go-on-the-attack-against-white-house-deputy-press-sec-sarah-huckabee-sanders/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Shifts Rationale for Firing Comey, Calling Him a ‘Showboat’ – PETER BAKER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/trump-comey-showboat-fbi.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: In a Private Dinner, Trump Demanded Loyalty. Comey Demurred. – MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents demand loyalty.  My critics/opponents viciously destroy individuals, organization, companies, governments, etc. that are not loyal to them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/trump-comey-firing.html
— A Chicago Neighborhood Faces a New Fear: Assault-Style Rifles – MITCH SMITH
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/guns-chicago-violence-rifles.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint everyone involved law enforcement as being racists.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/opinion/driving-while-black.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Resentful of Criticism, Conservatives Dig In in Defense of the President- Jeremy Peters  (DIERSEN: Have you considered writing a book about your critics?  I should write a book about my critics.  They extremely critical not only of me.  They are extremely of everything but themselves.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/for-trump-supporters-the-real-outrage-is-the-lefts-uproar-over-comey.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Lawmakers reach deal on legislation to make it easier to fire VA employees – Lisa Rein (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/lawmakers-reach-deal-on-legislation-to-make-it-easier-to-fire-va-employees/2017/05/11/6473d4e8-3664-11e7-b4ee-434b6d506b37_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Trump Says He Planned Comey Firing – Michael C. Bender, Del Quentin Wilber and Rebecca Ballhaus  (DIERSEN: Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors planned their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old.  Before September of 1997, they falsely led me to believe that they would let me work at least until the regular retirement age of 55 for non-veteran White male GAO employees.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-planned-firing-of-james-comey-before-aides-letter-1494552044
— Why James Comey Had to Go – Kimberley A. Strassel  (DIERSEN: In September of 1997, I was a 49-year-old GAO employee being paid $122,991/year in today’s dollars. QUESTION: Why did I have to go? ANSWER: Since 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I had always complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I was an old (49) non-veteran White male who had always been a conservative Republican. Employees in the office who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger talked and acted like they would leave GAO if GAO did not rid of its employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, and/or older. Diersen could and would be used as an “example” to send a “message” to everyone a) that GAO gives tremendous preference to its employees who are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) that GAO does everything that it can to not hire and to get rid of its employees who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-james-comey-had-to-go-1494542297
— Number of Illegal Cuban Immigrants Caught by Coast Guard Drops to Zero in April  Coast Guard commandant cites effects of Trump, Obama policies on immigration – Ben Kesling
https://www.wsj.com/articles/number-of-illegal-cuban-immigrants-caught-by-coast-guard-drops-to-zero-in-april-1494495006
— Germany Debates How to Spend Its Overflowing Coffers – Andrea Thomas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-tax-revenues-high-german-politicians-debate-how-to-spend-the-money-1494508516

 

USA TODAY
— Trump: I planned to fire Comey regardless of Justice Department recommendation – David Jackson (DIERSEN: Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors planned their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old.  Before September of 1997, they falsely led me to believe that they would let me work at least until the regular retirement age of 55 for non-veteran White male GAO employees.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/11/donald-trump-nbc-news-lester-holt/101554166/
— OUTSTANDING: More states follow Trump’s assault on ‘sanctuary cities’ – Alan Gomez (DIERSEN: When will Rauner end sanctuary cities in Illinois?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/11/states-crack-down-on-sanctuary-cities-president-trump/101516080/
— Fox’s bill for Roger Ailes settlements is now $45 million – Mike Snider
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2017/05/10/foxs-bill-roger-ailes-settlements-now-45-million/101515930/
— FRONT PAGE: DISGUSTING: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: ID-check vending machines aim for convenient cannabis – Zlati Meyer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2017/05/11/vending-machines-sell-booze-pot/101514340/

 

FORTUNE
— James Comey’s Severance Package May Be a Lot Less Than You Thought – Lucinda Shen (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors have had me on reduced pay administrative leave since September 30, 1997.  So far, in today’s dollars, that has cost me $1,412,820 ($10,250/mo. salary minus $4,238/mo. pension times 235 months equals $1,412,820).)
http://fortune.com/2017/05/11/james-comey-severance-package/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the silver screen, members of the intelligence community are rolling in the dough. Think James Bond and his multi-thousand dollar watches, fitted suits, and Aston Martins. But for former FBI director James Corey, the reality is a little less explosive. Comey was set to earn $172,100 of his base salary in 2017, according to data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). He may have also been eligible to earn an additional $15,000 based on his performance in 2017. But then President Donald Trump fired Comey Tuesday night—and now Comey is looking at a severance package rather than his full annual salary. When CEOs running a company are dismissed, they are often given a severance package representing a big chunk, if not more, of their annual pay. For instance, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer earned $27 million in 2016 in stock, options, and cash. And after Verizon completes its purchase of Yahoo, Mayer will be out with a hefty additional $23 million as her golden parachute. If Comey were any other federal employee, he would receive a severance close to about $32,254 for his 3 years, 8 months, and 7 days of service at the FBI, and his 56 years and 7 months of age, according to the OPM website. But since Comey is a presidential appointee—his severance is, well, zero, according to the OPM. Not that the lack of severance would leave Comey financially unstable: At the time of his nomination in 2013, Comey’s net worth was estimated at more than $11 million, according to CNN. This was thanks in part to his cushy job at the world’s biggest hedge fund, Bridgewater, where he worked prior to joining the FBI. Comey is also not exactly leaving the FBI in disgrace. Hedge fund managers and politicians have come to his defense, while those on both sides of the aisle are questioning Trump’s rational for firing Comey. The attorney general’s office said the decision was due to Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton emails case, but critics are questioning whether or not Comey’s investigation regarding Russia’s influence on the U.S. election had something to do with it. Prior to Comey, the Trump administration abruptly dismissed Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Sally Yates, former acting Attorney General; and Angella Reid, the former White house chief usher.)

 

THE BEAST
— Trump Threatens to End Press Briefings For Good  (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who pander to the Democrat news media, but a) who do NOT want me to know anything about their events or their other activities, b) who do NOT want me to promote their events or their other activities, c) who do NOT want me to attend or report on their events or other activities, and/or d) who blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and/or for all of everyone’s problems?)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/05/12/trump-my-surrogates-are-wrong-sometimes

May 10 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tribune wins decision in FOIA case against College of DuPage, foundation – Jodi S. Cohen and Stacy St. Clair  (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-college-of-dupage-foia-appeal-ruling-20170509-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: ANTI-RELIGIOUS & ANTI-CONSERVATIVE: Ever-increasingly Democrat teachers encourage their students to engage in LGBTQ activities. Needless-to-say, parents who are religious and/or conservative should take their children out of public schools.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-lavender-ceremony-naperville-st-0510-20170509-story.html
— CPS says it may fall short on upcoming pension payment – Juan Perez Jr. and Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-school-budget-plan-state-aid-met-20170510-story.html
— Quigley calls Trump’s firing of Comey ‘out of the Nixon playbook’ – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-james-comey-illinois-delegation-met-0511-20170510-story.html
— More jobless Illinoisans are giving up the job search, study finds – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the less that Illinois employers want to hire you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-unemployed-harris-poll-0511-biz-20170510-story.html

— Trump’s firing of Comey looks like a politically motivated hatchet job – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Constructively, being forced to retire is the same as being fired.  QUESTION: What reasons did my Democrat GAO superiors have to fire me in 1997? ANSWER: Since 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I had always complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I was an old (49) non-veteran White male who had always been a conservative Republican. Employees in the office who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger talked and acted like they would leave GAO if GAO did not rid of its employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, and/or older. Diersen could and would be used as an “example” to send a “message” to everyone a) that GAO gives tremendous preference to its employees who are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) that GAO does everything that it can to not hire and to get rid of its employees who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-james-comey-fired-fbi-trump-russia-edit-20170509-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— It falls to Gov. Rauner, above all, to get budget deal done – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/it-falls-to-gov-rauner-above-all-to-get-budget-deal-done/
— Nobody fooled by Trump’s excuse for firing James Comey – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Constructively, being forced to retire is the same as being fired.  QUESTION: What excuses did my Democrat GAO superiors have to fire me in 1997? ANSWER: Since 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I had always complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I was an old (49) non-veteran White male who had always been a conservative Republican. Employees in the office who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger talked and acted like they would leave GAO if GAO did not rid of its employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, and/or older. Diersen could and would be used as an “example” to send a “message” to everyone a) that GAO gives tremendous preference to its employees who are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) that GAO does everything that it can to not hire and to get rid of its employees who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/nobody-fooled-by-trumps-excuse-for-firing-james-comey/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kellyanne Conway: It’s ‘inappropriate’ to question timing of Comey’s firing – Philip Rucker  (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors picked September of 1997 to force me to take their early retirement “offer” that expired September 30, 1997.  They knew that if I did not take their “offer,” I would not again be eligible to retire for 6 years – in 2003 when I would be 55 years old.  During September of 1997, they made it very clear to me that they would kill me figuratively if not literally if I did not take their “offer.” They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, younger, a veteran, and/or if GAO had been unionized.  GAO unionized in 2007.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170510/kellyanne-conway-itx2019s-x2018inappropriatex2019-to-question-timing-of-comeyx2019s-firing
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why Lake Villa Township wants to buy a failing golf course – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170510/why-lake-villa-township-wants-to-buy-a-failing-golf-course
— Warren Township teachers believe they might have been overcharged for health insurance – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170510/warren-township-teachers-believe-they-might-have-been-overcharged-for-health-insurance
— Illinois senators, suburban Democratic congressmen question Comey firing
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170509/illinois-senators-suburban-democratic-congressmen-question-comey-firing
— What do leftists celebrate? – Walter E. Williams  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes celebrate?
My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes celebrate their success in destroying individuals, organizations, companies, and governments 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 long time.  They particularly celebrate their success in destroying the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170510/what-do-leftists-celebrate
— Drug culture video is important watching for suburbs – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170509/editorial-drug-culture-video-is-important-watching-for-suburbs

 

CBS2
— Aldermen Want To Reinstate “Head Tax,” Use TIF Surplus To Bail Out CPS  (DIERSEN: Do/did you work in Chicago? I worked for IRS in Chicago during the last 6 months of 1971 and then 1973-1980.  I worked for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/09/aldermen-want-to-reinstate-head-tax-use-tif-surplus-to-bail-out-cps/

 

WBEZ
— What Questions Do You Want To Ask Gov. Rauner?  (DIERSEN: Questions could include: When will you outlaw sanctuary cities in Illinois?  When will you require all employers in Illinois to use E-Verify?  When will you announce that you will veto legalizing recreational pot in Illinois?  When will you announce that you will veto any expansion of gambling in Illinois?  When will you announce that you will veto any legislation that promotes a) dependency on government or on charity, b) LGBTQ activity, c) abortion, d) illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, or other vices, f) patronage, g) political affiliation discrimination, h) reverse discrimination, i) age discrimination, j) retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid, k) erosion of Second Amendment rights, l) etc.?)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/what-questions-do-you-want-to-ask-gov-rauner/78505ce3-6cc1-469c-a4b7-b675dd5c6a33

 

MADISON RECORD
— A 1972 court order prohibits political hiring for non-political state positions. – Editorial
http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511113728-illegally-hired-state-employees-need-to-be-fired
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Did you know that patronage hiring is illegal in Illinois? Well, it is.  A 1972 court order prohibits political hiring for non-political state positions. It’s been ignored too often for many of the last 45 years, but it’s still in effect, and we now have a governor who wants to abide by it and thinks it should be enforced. The big problem for Bruce Rauner is that state employee rolls are already riddled with patronage hires and any attempt to identify them and weed them out is going to be resisted by the public employee unions to which they belong. In 2014, Federal Magistrate Judge Sidney Schenkier, who is overseeing ongoing proceedings in the case (Shakman) that led to the 1972 court order, appointed Noelle Brennan as a special master to investigate the hiring practices of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). On April 24 of this year, Special Master Brennan reported that state officials (including Rep. Jay Hoffman of Belleville and Sen. James Clayborne of East St. Louis) had abused a special hiring exemption to place at least dozens of friends, family, and supporters into so-called “staff assistant” positions at IDOT and other state agencies, in violation of the 1972 court order. “The governor’s office [in the previous administration] received, reviewed, forwarded, and tracked resumes,” Brennan affirmed; “most of those candidates had a political connection; and many of the politically connected candidates hired … lacked any policy or other relevant experience.” The following day, Gov. Rauner  filed a “motion for clarification” in Chicago federal court, asking for guidance as to whether state employees improperly hired through political connections can use collective bargaining agreements to remain in their positions, transfer to others, or be promoted. In other words, do the state’s collective bargaining agreements and related labor relations documents trump the court decree prohibiting patronage hiring? The abuses perpetrated by Pat Quinn, Mike Madigan, and other insubordinate public servants need to stopped.)

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— DISGUSTING: Hultgren’s office scene of die-in to protest health care vote  ‘The Republican health care bill is immoral’ – BRENDA SCHORY
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2017/05/09/hultgrens-office-scene-of-die-in-to-protest-health-care-vote/a7k1d7l/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps protest as Davis visits Normal.
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/constituents-protest-as-davis-visits-normal/article_1f80f274-1028-588f-abaa-1afffd7e8ba6.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps protest as Davis visits Normal.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-05-09/most-those-davis-office-hours-not-happy-wvideo.html

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois congressional reps weigh in on the firing of FBI Director James Comey
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20170509/illinois-congressional-reps-weigh-in-on-firing-of-fbi-director-james-comey

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Competence, bravery in short supply – Editorial
http://herald-review.com/news/opinion/editorial/our-views-competence-bravery-in-short-supply/article_da09dbca-2b43-5372-bd79-80d13a8851dc.html

 

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— Could Rauner win again? – Tom Collins
http://www.newstrib.com/free/could-rauner-win-again/article_2fbce786-34f6-11e7-9cb0-63ad04643ec3.html

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Civic Federation will not Support Governor Rauner’s Proposed Budget – Em Nguyen
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/civic-federation-will-not-support-governor-rauners-proposed-budget-05-10-2017
— Gov. Bruce Rauner Host Facebook Live for Questions from Viewers
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/gov-bruce-rauner-host-facebook-live-for-questions-from-viewers

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Civic Federation will not Support Governor Rauner’s Proposed Budget – Em Nguyen
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/civic-federation-will-not-support-governor-rauners-proposed-budget
— Childcare Advocates: Shame on Lawmakers for Letting Kids Suffer – Jaclyn Driscoll  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, in Illinois, those who have less money are becoming more and more and more dependent on the State of Illinois, that is, on the fewer and fewer and fewer taxpayers in Illinois.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/childcare-advocates-shame-on-lawmakers-for-letting-kids-suffer

 

WMAY
— William Kelly to Challenge Governor Rauner in Republican Primary
http://www.wmay.com/2017/05/09/william-kelly-to-challenge-governor-rauner-in-republican-primary/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Two High Schools: Putting A Face On Inequity – DUSTY RHODES  (DIERSEN: What reputation did/does your high school have?  I graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because of that, I have always been privileged.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/two-schools-putting-face-inequity#stream/0

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Downers Grove swears in 4 returning commissioners – BOB RAKOW
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/05/03/downers-grove-swears-in-4-returning-commissioners/adanmmj/

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— College Republicans to host Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro – Mariana Alfaro
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/05/10/campus/college-republicans-to-host-daily-wires-ben-shapiro/

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Wynes urges voters to take partisanship out of politics by electing him to US House
http://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511113724-wynes-urges-voters-to-take-partisanship-out-of-politics-by-electing-him-to-us-house

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Study: Seven in ten City of Chicago employees earn $100K+
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511113823-seven-in-ten-city-of-chicago-employees-earn-100k#new_tab

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— VIDEO: Not a fiscal conservative: Rauner’s budget is $4.6 billion short
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agr7h3S4Bg0

 

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Rauner budget $4.6 billion out of balance  Study warns against stopgap budget – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/report-rauner-budget-46-billion-out-of-balance/710606292
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “people dying under budget crisis.”
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/mendoza-people-dying-under-budget-crisis/710628959

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Plain Talk about Law School Rot – Mark Pulliam
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/plain-talk-law-school-rot/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WEYERMULLER: CNN MISIDENTIFIES DAN RUTHERFORD AS GOVERNOR RAUNER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/weyermuller-cnn-misidentifies-gov-rauner-as-dan-rutherford.html
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS PUSH ANTI-LIFE MEASURES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/il-lawmakers-continue-to-push-for-anti-life-measures-video.html

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats Wanted Comey Fired — Until Tuesday  (DIERSEN: Who wants/wanted you to be fired?  Democrats run the federal government.  Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Democrats are nasty.  Because I have always been a Republican, while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates, and especially those who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, always wanted me to be fired. Were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24197
— Public Has a Right to See Trump Ad
http://www.gopusa.com/public-has-a-right-to-see-trump-ad/
— Can Cops Get a Fair Trial in America? – Michelle Malkin (DIERSEN: One could ask the same question about 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.  Ever-increasingly, America is anti-Trump supporters, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/can-cops-get-a-fair-trial-in-america/

 

FOX NEWS
— Colorado High School Students Bash Trump Piñata on Cinco De Mayo (DIERSEN: Democrat high school teachers focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.”)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/05/09/trump-pinata-leads-high-school-teacher-suspension
— Liberal Activists to Hold Mock Funerals, Send Ashes to GOP Lawmakers
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/05/09/liberal-activists-hold-mock-funerals-send-ashes-gop-lawmakers

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— WHAT DO LEFTISTS CELEBRATE? – Walter E. Williams  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes celebrate?
My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes celebrate their success in destroying individuals, organizations, companies, and governments 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 long time.  They particularly celebrate their success in destroying the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/uncategorized/what-do-leftists-celebrate/

 

THE BLAZE
— Maryland Democrats are surprised legal immigrants oppose sanctuary city policies – Tre Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/09/maryland-democrats-are-surprised-legal-immigrants-oppose-sanctuary-city-policies/

 

THE HILL
— Comey learned he was fired from TV, thought it was prank: reports – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/332662-comey-learned-he-was-fired-from-tv-reports

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump’s Army Secretary Pick Is Victim Of ‘Gay Gestapo’ – Curtis M. Wong
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mark-green-gay-gestapo_us_591214f7e4b0a58297e01bd0

 

CNBC
— Justice Department was told to come up with reasons to fire Comey, reports say – Jacob Pramuk  (DIERSEN: Constructively, being forced to retire is the same as being fired.  QUESTION: What reasons did my Democrat GAO superiors have to fire me in 1997? ANSWER: Since 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I had always complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I was an old (49) non-veteran White male who had always been a conservative Republican. Employees in the office who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger talked and acted like they would leave GAO if GAO did not rid of its employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, and/or older. Diersen could and would be used as an “example” to send a “message” to everyone a) that GAO gives tremendous preference to its employees who are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) that GAO does everything that it can to not hire and to get rid of its employees who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/09/justice-department-was-told-to-come-up-with-reasons-to-fire-comey-reports-say.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Days Before He Was Fired, Comey Asked for Money for Russia Investigation.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/us/politics/comey-russia-investigation-fbi.html
— Owning Your Own Future  Stop learning and you could find yourself without a job. – Thomas L. Friedman  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, or subordinates took job-related courses, earned job related professional certifications, or earned job-related professional licenses.  I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/opinion/owning-your-own-future.html
— Deputy Attorney General’s Memo Breaks Down Case Against Comey – CHARLIE SAVAGE  (DIERSEN: Constructively, being forced to retire is the same as being fired.  QUESTION: What reasons did my Democrat GAO superiors have to fire me in 1997? ANSWER: Since 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I had always complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  I was an old (49) non-veteran White male who had always been a conservative Republican. Employees in the office who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger talked and acted like they would leave GAO if GAO did not rid of its employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, and/or older. Diersen could and would be used as an “example” to send a “message” to everyone a) that GAO gives tremendous preference to its employees who are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) that GAO does everything that it can to not hire and to get rid of its employees who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/comey-fbi-memo-rod-rosenstein.html
— With ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Ban, Texas Pushes Further Right – MANNY FERNANDEZ and DAVID MONTGOMERY  (DIERSEN: To be to the right is respect the rule of law.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/texas-sanctuary-cities-immigration.html
— Sanctuary Bills in Maryland Faced a Surprise Foe: Legal Immigrants – SABRINA TAVERNISE
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/us/legal-immigrants-who-oppose-illegal-immigration.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s relationship with anonymous sources is still highly inconsistent – Callum Borchers  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used anonymous sources, that is, fake sources, to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/09/trump-says-he-hates-anonymously-sourced-media-reports-but-he-just-fired-james-comey-because-of-one/
— West Virginia journalist arrested after asking HHS Secretary Tom Price a question – Samantha Schmidt  (DIERSEN: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I disrupt press conferences.  Needless-to-say, that is slander, and I should sue those who slander me. The aforesaid slanderers almost succeeded in keeping me out of Roskam’s press conference Thursday evening, May 4, 2017, at Sanguinetti’s fundraiser at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/10/west-virginia-journalist-arrested-after-asking-hhs-secretary-tom-price-a-question/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: West Virginia reporter Dan Heyman attempted to ask Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price a question about the Republican health-care bill on May 9. He was arrested for “Willful Disruption of State Government Processes.”)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use alleged drop in illegal immigration to argue for dropping efforts to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/border-apprehensions-plunged-in-early-months-of-trump-era-1494354327
— The Never-Ending Performance Review  Companies are transitioning to more-frequent evaluations – Rachel Feintzeig  (DIERSEN: In the federal government, Democrat supervisors use performance reviews to discourage/demotivate their employees who are Republican, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-never-ending-performance-review-1494322200

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use alleged drop in illegal immigration to argue for dropping efforts to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/05/09/illegal-border-crossings-drop-immigration-enforcement-trump/101472618/

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Will they get away with punishing the sick?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes  hint/imply/argue/shout that I should be punished for spending so much time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out instead of either exercising or helping those who have less money than I have.)
https://socialistworker.org/2017/05/10/will-they-get-away-with-punishing-the-sick

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— How Unions Hope to Protect Their Members Amid Upcoming Agency Reforms – Erich Wagner  (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  GAO unionized in 2007.  If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/05/how-unions-hope-protect-their-members-upcoming-agency-reforms/137701/

 

GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY
— Illinois’ Voter Registration Database Hackers Home in on Galesburg Residents  The hackers were able to access the information through the portion of the board’s online voter registration tool that requires voters to type in their driver’s license number or state identification number. – REBECCA SUSMARSKI
http://www.govtech.com/security/Illinois-Voter-Registration-Database-Hackers-Hone-in-on-Galesburg-Residents.html

 

NET RIGHT DAILY
— Would you let the IRS automatically file your taxes on your behalf? – Peter Hong  (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980, I filed “substitute returns” for individuals, organizations, and companies that failed/refused to file.)
http://netrightdaily.com/2017/05/would-you-let-the-irs-automatically-file-your-taxes-on-your-behalf/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What’s the second most dangerous pickup line in America? “Hi, I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” The most dangerous, you ask? “I’m from the IRS, and I’m here to help.” Yet, that’s exactly what every American taxpayer will be hearing if the “Tax Filing Simplification Act” is ever enacted into law. Introduced by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, this bill would direct our friends at the Internal Revenue Service to fill out your tax returns with information the IRS collects from your employer and your bank. All you have to do is sign on the dotted line — and pay the amount the IRS has so generously pre-determined for you.)
— Clock-watchers: Federal employees get raises about every other year on the job – Robert Romano  (DIERSEN: Except for 1980, when I took an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, my salary increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 because of COLAs, step increases, and/or promotions.  In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://netrightdaily.com/2017/05/clock-watchers-federal-employees-get-raises-every-year-job/

May 9 Morning Edition

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “American Healthcare Plan Could Have ‘Devastating’ Impact on Cook County Residents.”
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/american-healthcare-act-cook-county-insurance-421679163.html

 

CBS2
— With Grand Bargain Still Iffy, Watchdog Calls Rauner Budget Incomplete – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/09/with-grand-bargain-still-iffy-watchdog-calls-rauner-budget-incomplete/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rahm Emanuel again delays briefing aldermen on CPS bailout plan – Fran Spielman and Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rahm-emanuel-again-delays-briefing-aldermen-on-cps-bailout-plan/
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: CPD orders security for Southwest Side alderman after gang threat – Frank Main and Jordan Owen
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cpd-orders-security-for-southwest-side-alderman-after-gang-threat/
— Preckwinkle wanted Rauner to do more to oppose GOP health plan – Andrea Salcedo
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/preckwinkle-wanted-rauner-to-do-more-to-oppose-gop-health-plan/
— Without ACA, Cook needs Rx to avoid pre-existing condition – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-without-aca-cook-needs-rx-to-avoid-pre-existing-condition/
— Civic Federation blasts Rauner budget, lawmakers over impasse – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/civic-federation-blasts-rauner-budget-lawmakers-over-impasse/
— Train students for the high-skill jobs companies can’t fill – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Generally, the worse that a job is, the more difficult that it is for an employer to fill that job.  As my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will attest, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs.  Because the jobs that I had in the federal government were so bad, it was extremely difficult for my superiors to hire and to retain Democrats, minorities, females, and younger people. Qualified Democrats, qualified minorities, qualified females, and qualified younger people could always find a better job in the private sector.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/train-students-for-the-high-skill-jobs-companies-cant-fill/
— Ex-presidents on gravy train should still get pension – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Are/were you on a gray train? Since 1966 when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have undeservedly been on a gravy train.  They stress a) my buying new cars, b) my avoiding the draft, c) my federal salary, benefits, and pension, d) my earning college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license, e) my buying real estate, f) my marriage and my wife’s income and savings, g) my wife and I buying real estate, h) our giving up trying to have children, not adopting, and not becoming foster parents, i) my buying collector cars, j) our retirement savings, k) etc.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20170508/textview
— Free market is a disaster for sick Americans – Phil Kadner  (DIERSEN: What about those who are sick/sicker because of their lifestyle choices?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/free-market-is-a-disaster-for-sick-americans/
— Why Cook County judge quit after just 142 days – Dan Mihalopoulos  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Why, in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did I take my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer?”  ANSWER: They made it clear to me that they would kill me figuratively, if not literally, if I did not take their “offer.” They hinted that they might let me work another 6 years until I was 55 if I happily agreed to be constructively demoted and work for my subordinates who had far less work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional licenses or b) be transferred to another work group where everything that I had learned auditing federal financial institutions for 9 years and earning a master’s degree that year from IIT in financial markets and trading WOULD GO TO WASTE. They made it clear to me that they would kill me figuratively, if not literally, if I did not take their “offer.”)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/the-watchdogs-why-cook-county-judge-quit-after-just-142-days/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I could have sat in the basement of the county building for years collecting over $200,000 a year in annual salary and benefits, all at the taxpayers’ expense, for doing close to nothing all day,” he says. “But I am unable to do that. That is not who I am as a person.” Cooke, 50, is a Loyola University-educated lawyer. He also owns carwashes and gas stations in Chicago that have city, county and state contracts. That would have posed a “clear conflict of interest” when those government bodies had cases before him in traffic court, he says. Because of those contracts, he says it would have been “a violation of the highest order of the ethical rules governing judicial conduct if I heard traffic court cases” and also if he presided over criminal cases. Generally in such cases, Illinois Supreme Court rules say, “As soon as the judge can do so without serious financial detriment, the judge should divest himself or herself of investments and other financial interests that might require frequent disqualification.” Cooke says he tried unsuccessfully to get his partners to buy him out but doesn’t think he needed to divest himself of his business interests because that would have caused him serious financial harm. He also says his brief stint in traffic court proved difficult because he’s dyslexic. “Using acronyms or reading handwritten cursive or sloppy printing is very difficult for me,” he says. “I had tremendous difficulty reading the handwritten tickets and charges that were the basis of why the defendant were in court.” To run for judge, Cooke had moved from River Forest to an apartment he owns above his law office near the Logan Square CTA train station. That qualified him to run last year in the county’s Sixth Judicial Subcircuit.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump promotes the immigration plank in the Democrat Party platform.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-undocumented-immigrants-fear-deportations-20170508-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans “slam Texas’ new ‘sanctuary city’ ban.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–sanctuary-cities-texas-20170508-story.html
— Being poor contributed to Semaj Crosby’s death – Dahleen Glanton  (DIERSEN: If I was still working for the federal government, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would use Semaj to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who has always been rich and privileged.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-poverty-toddler-death-glanton-20170508-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote the Democrat Party platform plank on refugees.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-refugees-mental-health-met-20170506-story.html
— Chicago logs its 200th homicide of the year: ‘This has to stop’ – Elvia Malagon and Rosemary Regina Sobol
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-shootings-violence-20170508-story.html
— To live a long life in America, it helps to be born in the right county – Karen Kaplan  (DIERSEN: I was born in Cook County, but I was raised in Will County.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/science/ct-life-expectancy-america-20170508-htmlstory.html
— Hooky alert: Why do so many Chicago teachers take so many sick days? – Editorial  (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my Democrat coworkers and subordinates took far more sick days than I did.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-chicago-teachers-sick-days-edit-20170505-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Republicans abandon their virtues to stand behind Donald Trump and clap.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-republicans-health-care-20170509-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Civic Federation urges budget with new revenues, borrowing – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170509/news/305099926/
— For Trump, it’s all about winning – Kathleen Parker  (DIERSEN: For my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, “it’s all about wining.”  They hint/imply/argue/shout that to win, you need to promote a) dependency on government and on charity, b) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) patronage and political affiliation discrimination, g) race and gender based preference giving, h) age discrimination, and/or i) hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Needless-to-say those who promote the aforesaid are NOT Republicans.  They are Democrats or Democrat plants, Libertarians or Libertarian plants, Greens or Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170509/for-trump-itx2019s-all-about-winning

 

WTTW
— Budget Deal is ‘Top Priority,’ Says Madigan, But is Bargain in Sight? – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/08/budget-deal-top-priority-says-madigan-bargain-sight

 

DNA INFO
— As Gang War Rages, Deportation Fears Fuel Silence in Brighton: Alderman – Kelly Bauer
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170508/brighton-park/warring-gangs-massive-guns-deportation-fears-plague-brighton-park

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Give adults a chance to get their high school diplomas – Samuel J. Schmitz (DIERSEN: My outstanding mother earned her high school diploma after my outstanding father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implies/argued/shouted the I was far too old when I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27, a master’s degree in 1980 from DePaul when I was 31, and a masters’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997 when I was 48.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170508/guest-column-give-adults-chance-to-get-their-high-school-diplomas
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During a news conference last month, Sanguinetti stated: “Age should not limit a person’s ability to pursue an educational pathway towards success.” We here at Goodwill absolutely agree.)

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— TREASONOUS: Peoria City Council to consider welcoming resolution  (DIERSEN: “Welcoming” is code for getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170508/peoria-city-council-to-consider-welcoming-resolution

 

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Lincoln Journal Star makes it clear that it is anti-Trump.  Ever-increasingly, newspapers act as arms of the Democrat Party.)
http://journalstar.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-white-house-still-wrong-on-libel-laws/article_15992ad9-1073-5a13-8d98-b22f40c0af65.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois Credit “Junk” Without Budget – TOM LISI
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/illinois-credit-junk-without-budget#stream/0

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Durbin On American Health Care Act: ‘I’m Now A Pre-existing Condition’ – BRIAN MACKEY  (DIERSEN: Do you have a pre-existing condition?  I have type 2 diabetes.  I might very well have not come down with type 2 diabetes if since 2000 I had exercised instead of spending so much time putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/durbin-american-health-care-act-im-now-pre-existing-condition

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Donald Trump Jr. calls on Indiana GOP to ‘stay active’  Boss of Trump Organization makes political speech  (DIERSEN: How active is your township/ward GOP party organization, your county GOP party organization, and the Illinois Republican Party?  Do they have budgets?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/donald-trump-jr-calls-on-indiana-gop-to-stay-active/709833412

 

CHICAGO READER
— The Illinois senate is racing against time to reach a ‘grand bargain’ budget deal – Kate Shepherd
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/05/09/the-illinois-senate-is-racing-against-time-to-reach-a-grand-bargain-budget-deal-and-other-chicago-news

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Grand bargain is back, which should scare taxpayers – Dan McCaleb
https://ilnews.org/opinion/mccaleb-grand-bargain-is-back-which-should-scare-taxpayers/article_6022f9fc-33f6-11e7-abc3-b33abe1c2f3e.html
— Treasurer and governor’s office trade blame for ongoing budget impasse – Greg Bishop
https://ilnews.org/news/state_politics/treasurer-and-governor-s-office-trade-blame-for-ongoing-budget/article_496befcc-3435-11e7-9623-cbdb9d8d7fb7.html

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Rauner faces Republican challenger  William Kelly announces candidacy – Rachel Taylor
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/rauncer-faces-republican-challenger/709790532

 

WDBR
— William Kelly: GOP primary challenge for Rauner
http://wdbr.com/news/101101-gop-primary-challenge-for-rauner/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Civic Federation: Lack of a budget is a “spectacular failure”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/09/civic-federation-lack-of-a-budget-is-a-spectacular-failure/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Thanks, POTUS, For Breaking-Up The Annual Correspondents’ Circle Jerk – Ilana Mercer  (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents are sycophants who focus on currying favor with my critics/opponents.  I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/08/thanks-potus-for-breaking-up-the-annual-correspondents-circle-jerk/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As a newly elected president, Donald Trump was quick to take one of Washington’s institutional pillars down a peg. By snubbing the 2017 annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD), the president deflated what should have been more appropriately called the Sycophants’ Supper. Would that it was the last such supper. For now, the POTUS’s slap to this gathering of sycophants this past weekend will have to do. Like nothing else, the annual Correspondents’ Dinner is a mark of a corrupt politics. It’s a sickening specter, where some of the most pretentious, worthless people in the country—in politics, journalism and entertainment—convene to revel in their ability to petition and curry favor with one another, usually to the detriment of the rest of us in Rome’s provinces. Those gathered at the Annual Correspondents’ Dinner, or its Christmas party, are not the country’s natural aristocracy, but its authentic Idiocracy. No matter how poor their predictive powers, no matter how many times they get it wrong—in war and in peace—the presstitutes always find time for this orgy of self-praise.)

 

FOX NEWS
— Krauthammer Slams ‘Condescending’ Obama: ‘Good Riddance, Mr. President’  (DIERSEN: Each and every one of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely condescending.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/05/08/charles-krauthammer-slams-obama-obamacare-replacement-republicans-jfk-speech

 

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— “Diversity and Inclusion” Claim Another Victim – Cliff Kincaid  (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.)
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/diversity-and-inclusion-claim-another-victim/

 

GOPUSA
— Isn’t This Segregated Housing? (DIERSEN: Anti-Whites are racists.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites promote segregation.  Anti-Whites want Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, etc. to first unite among themselves and then unite together to get rid of Whites.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24062
— Parents investigated by child welfare agency in Muslim genital mutilation
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24116

 

BREITBART
— Border Patrol Arrests Two Illegals Hauling $1 Million in Marijuana Across Border – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/07/border-patrol-arrests-two-illegals-hauling-1-million-in-marijuana-across-border/

 

THE BLAZE
— Secret Service holds Kellyanne Conway back as she shouts down airport heckler – Sarah Taylor
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/08/report-secret-service-holds-kellyanne-conway-back-as-she-shouts-down-airport-heckler/
— Charles Krauthammer destroys Obama’s ‘condescending’ JFK speech: ‘Good riddance Mr. President’ – Sarah Taylor (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely condescending.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/08/charles-krauthammer-destroys-obamas-condescending-jfk-speech-good-riddance-mr-president/

 

HOT AIR
— John Kasich on primarying Trump in 2020: I can’t predict the future
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/05/08/john-kasich-primarying-trump-2020-cant-predict-future/

 

THE HILL
— It’s time for the feds to go after those who employ illegal aliens – RON MORTENSEN
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/332397-its-time-for-the-feds-to-go-after-those-who-employ-illegal

 

NBC NEWS
— Flier Sues American Airlines After 14-Hour Flight Between Obese Passengers – BEN POPKEN
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/airplane-traveler-files-lawsuit-after-14-hour-flight-between-obese-n756241

 

CNBC
— 8 things you have to give up to be successful – Dan Waldschmidt  (DIERSEN: Notwithstanding my terrible demographics, if I had done the following, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old: a) become a Democrat, b) become a yes-man, and c) help my superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/08/8-things-you-have-to-give-up-to-be-successful.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Forget Taxes, Warren Buffett Says. The Real Problem Is Health Care. – Andrew Ross Sorkin  (DIERSEN: Last year, for my wife and I, our health care, dental, and vision insurance and our out-of-pocket medical expenses, mainly, my out-of-pocket dental expenses, were $21,433.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/business/dealbook/09dealbook-sorkin-warren-buffett.html
— Divided Senate Republicans Turn to Health Care With a Rough Road Ahead – ROBERT PEAR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/us/politics/women-health-care-senate.html
— The Kushners and Their Golden Visas – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/opinion/the-kushners-and-their-golden-visas.html
— How the White House Explains Waiting 18 Days to Fire Michael Flynn – MICHAEL D. SHEAR (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/michael-flynn-russia.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anger against Trump supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/health/republican-health-care-bill-protests.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Here’s what happened the last time Sinclair bought a big-city station – Paul Farhi
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/heres-what-happened-the-last-time-sinclair-bought-a-big-city-station/2017/05/08/92433126-33f7-11e7-b4ee-434b6d506b37_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Have You Seen Junior’s Psych Profile?  Public schools may be assessing your kids without your consent. – Aida Cerundolo  (DIERSEN: Democrats run public schools.  They have a very LOW OPINION of those who are NOT anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/have-you-seen-juniors-psych-profile-1494286467

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: At college commencement speeches in 2017, it’s a no-Trump zone on most campuses – Rick Hampson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/08/college-commencement-speeches-2017-donald-trump-zone-campuses/101426414/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/05/08/mtv-movie-tv-awards/101420638/
— Older workers shouldn’t be cast aside  We’re squandering precious talent because of stereotypes that are plain wrong. – Ann MacDougall  (DIERSEN: To some extent, all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/03/older-workers-shouldnt-cast-aside-column/101198150/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Earnings Gap Over U.S. Workers Grows for S&P 500 CEOs – Reuters  (DIERSEN: Few, if any, of my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes complain about this.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2017-05-09/earnings-gap-over-us-workers-grows-for-s-p-500-ceos-union-report
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average S&P 500 chief executive made $13.1 million last year, 347 times more than the average U.S. worker, according to a labor group analysis released on Tuesday, up from 335 times as much in the previous year. The widening pay gap reflects a growing income inequality, according to the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of U.S. labor unions, which posted the latest figure on its website. The group used the survey release to highlight slow U.S. wage growth and the outsourcing of jobs to countries with lower wages. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said compliant corporate directors were at fault for enabling top executives’ pay, even when investor returns lag. “The system is rigged,” Trumka said in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday. “We think shareholders ought to become more active and lower those (executive pay raises), and that workers ought to get a bigger share of the wealth they produce.” The labor group’s annual study often draws notice as a measure of how U.S. workers largely are not sharing the economic gains of those at the top of the income scale, even as official unemployment remains low. Dissatisfaction among those workers was one reason many backed Donald Trump in last year’s U.S. presidential election.)

 

FED SMITH
— Agencies and Employees Celebrating Public Service Recognition Week – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a “bad” federal employee, if not even worse things. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.  They would not have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me as being a “bad” federal employee and even worse things if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/08/agencies-employees-celebrating-public-service-recognition-week/
— Thank a Government Employee This Week
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/05/08/thank-government-employee-this-week/

 

GUARDIAN
— San Francisco gets record-setting $100m donation to end homelessness  Largest ever pledge of its kind to the city will focus on the ‘chronically homeless’ with mental or physical disabilities
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/08/homeless-san-francisco-100m-donation-tipping-point

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Want Guaranteed Health Care, Even If Taxpayers Can’t Afford It  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay for everything.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/may_2017/voters_want_guaranteed_health_care_even_if_taxpayers_can_t_afford_it

May 7 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Vulnerable House Republicans fear political consequences after health care vote.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-health-care-vote-analysis-20170506-story.html
— Rise in STDs in Kane, DuPage, Kendall call for relearning lessons of the past – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-ecn-editorial-sexually-transmistted-diseases-st-0507-20170505-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Americans with severe illness anxious over GOP health plan.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–health-overhaul-reaction-20170505-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s executive order of religious nothingness.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-trump-religious-liberty-politics-churches-perspec-0507-md-20170505-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps “emphasize immigrant rights.” Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are also anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-immigration-talk-st-0508-20170505-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s unproductive Obamacare vengeance.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170506/health-care-editorial-trumpx2019s-unproductive-obamacare-vengeance
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Some old Cubs stiffed on big MLB pensions – Burt Constable  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, you are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned if you are in line to get a pension or if you are getting a pension.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20170408/constable-some-old-cubs-stiffed-on-big-mlb-pensions

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— The solution only seems simple – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170506/statehouse-insider-solution-only-seems-simple

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Community stands in solidarity, honor for Sgt. Rodgers – Julia Evelsizer
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/military/article_347173ad-b052-5b0a-b6ca-726e78c1d535.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Top UI Springfield official caught in illegal hiring web – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2017-05-07/jim-dey-top-ui-springfield-official-caught-illegal-hiring-web.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— No hope for Illinois without college funding – David Tretter
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/guest/guest-view-no-hope-for-illinois-without-college-funding/article_b31be909-359e-5021-946f-7cb5c02a4b81.html

 

RIVER CITY READER
— Kennedy Missing an Opportunity as the “Outsider” – Rich Miller
http://www.rcreader.com/commentary/kennedy-missing-opportunity-as-outsider

 

WSIL TV
— Protesters march in Venezuela, destroy Chavez statue – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35360209/protesters-march-in-venezuela-destroy-chavez-statue

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — The Chevrolet Corvette is arguably America’s moist iconic sports car – Bruce Kunz
    http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/autos/the-chevrolet-corvette-is-arguably-america-s-moist-iconic-sports/article_c0ee89a8-27d8-572a-9137-35fd7ab78364.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— 35 years later, Illinois targeted again with ERA resurgence – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article149146089.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— If Naturalistic Evolution Is True, People Are Not Equal – Amy K. Hall  (DIERSEN: Each and every one of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) paint themselves as being superior to everyone else and b) paint me as being inferior to everyone else.  Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/naturalistic-evolution-true-people-not-equal/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— ‘Beyond sanctuary’: County pushing legal aid for criminals – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/legal-courts/2017/05/06/beyond-sanctuary-county-pushing-legal-aid-for-criminals

 

BUZPAC REVIEW
— Trump signing statement ends federal goodies for minorities and women; treats all Americans equally – Tom Tillison (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.  To give preference to citizens of foreign countries, non-Protestants, Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, recent immigrants, etc. IS TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST citizens of America, Protestants, Republicans, Whites, males, older people, non-veterans, non-recent immigrants, etc.)
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/05/06/trump-signing-statement-ends-federal-goodies-minorities-women-treats-americans-equally-486532
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump included a signing statement when he signed the spending bill that funds the federal government through September that effectively puts an end to affirmative action when it comes to taxpayer-funded grants. Imagine that, treating Americans equally. Pointing to the Constitution, the president said he will treat programs established by Congress that give preferences based on race and sex for grants “consistent with the requirement to afford equal protection of the laws,” the USA Today reported. Provisions described as “impermissible forms of congressional aggrandizement in the execution of the laws.” The signing statement reads: “My Administration shall treat provisions that allocate benefits on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender in a manner consistent with the requirement to afford equal protection of the laws under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment.” The Daily Mail reported on programs named in the statement: “The signing statement specifically mentions a $654 million set-aside for Native American and Native Alaskan housing block grants; a $34 million appropriation for the Commerce Department’s Minority Business Development Agency; more than $20 million to guarantee loans to historically black colleges and universities; and $15 million to boost payments to ‘native Hawaiian’ defense contractors.” All of which is sure to have minority groups and women crying foul… while millions of white American males feel a little more equal today. For the record, signing statements are not exclusive to the Trump presidency. The Washington Times reported that “Presidents [Barack] Obama and George W. Bush issued dozens of ‘signing statements’ spelling out areas where they disagreed with congressional intent in various legislation, and asserting their executive authority to carry out the law as they saw fit.” Other areas addressed on Friday include weapons programs, state and local marijuana laws and Guantanamo Bay.)

 

THE HILL
— Priebus: Up to Senate to make major improvements on healthcare – OLIVIA BEAVERS
http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/332272-priebus-up-to-senate-to-make-major-improvements
— House healthcare bill faces upheaval in Senate – ALEXANDER BOLTON
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/332178-house-healthcare-bill-faces-upheaval-in-senate
— Poll: Most federal employees disapprove of Trump – MARK HENSCH  (DIERSEN: If I was still working for the federal government, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/332125-poll-most-federal-employees-disapprove-of-trump

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/opinion/sunday/to-be-great-again-america-needs-immigrants.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans promote Mexican drug smugglers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/opinion/sunday/mexican-drug-smugglers-to-trump-thanks.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump: Hazardous to Our Health.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/opinion/sunday/trump-hazardous-to-our-health.html
— How Censorship Works – Ai Weiwei
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/opinion/sunday/ai-weiwei-how-censorship-works.html
— Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable – Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/opinion/sunday/dont-let-facebook-make-you-miserable.html

 

USA TODAY
— Refugee admissions plummet under Trump, USA TODAY analysis finds – Alan Gomez
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/04/refugee-admissions-donald-trump-migrants/101036264/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/blogs/2017/05/06/immigrant-children-share-experiences-muslim-film-forum/101376258/
— Why job hopping can hurt your retirement – Arielle O’Shea
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2017/05/07/why-job-hopping-can-hurt-your-retirement/101055822/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Inside Barack’s sex-filled relationships before Michelle – Larry Getlen
http://nypost.com/2017/05/07/inside-baracks-sex-filled-relationships-before-michelle/

 

THINK PROGRESS
— GOP congressman supports covering pre-existing conditions, but only for people who ‘lead good lives’ – Adam Peck  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote risky/unhealthy/harmful/destructive/hazardous/dangerous lifestyles want to get rid of me.  The aforesaid promote LGBTQ activity, promiscuity, abortion, booze, gambling, pot, and even worse things.)
https://thinkprogress.org/gop-congressman-supports-covering-pre-existing-conditions-but-only-for-people-who-have-led-good-51944a953f0e
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But as Rep. Brooks sees it, being afflicted with a serious or life-threatening pre-existing condition is the price you pay if you don’t live a healthy lifestyle. “My understanding is that it will allow insurance companies to require people who have higher health care costs to contribute more to the insurance pool,” said Brooks. “That helps offset all these costs, thereby reducing the cost to those people who lead good lives, they’re healthy, they’ve done the things to keep their bodies healthy. And right now those are the people—who’ve done things the right way—that are seeing their costs skyrocketing.” . . . Rep. Brooks’ argument echoes a similar one made by Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) several weeks ago when the House was debating the first version of Trumpcare. With a fancy chart by his side, Ryan bemoaned the unfairness of a system in which people who are generally healthy end up subsidizing the cost for people who need medical care. Why should healthy people shoulder some of the costs for sick people?)

May 6 Evening Edition

POLITICO
— THE HILL’S GIFT TO MELANIA — Congressional spouses traditionally give a gift to the First Lady at the annual First Lady’s lunch. This year, spouses asked Illinois Republican Rep. Peter Roskam’s wife Elizabeth to paint the inauguration scene. The painting is at (LINK) – Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer  (DIERSEN: Roskam gave an outstanding briefing to 6th Congressional District Republican Precinct Committeemen Saturday morning, May 6, 2017, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. The many attendees included Anderson, Boltz, Carlson, Carlyle, Cherry, Connelly, Dangelo, Di Cianni, Falbo, Fisher, Formento, Furstenau, Amy Grant, Grogan, Henry, Holder, Hundhausen, Keller, McGowen, McNeily, Menna, Minor, Olsen, Prater, Ruscitti, Ryan, Slinger, Tornga, Zanis, and Zegel.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2017/05/the-hills-gift-to-melania-hack-attack-macron-confirms-massive-hack-before-election-trumpcare-fallout-pentagon-leasing-trump-tower-apt-weekend-reads-220166

 

ABC7
— GOP HEALTH CARE BILL – BGA
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-gop-health-care-bill-/1958953/

 

NBC5
— Emanuel Recoups Climate Change Info Deleted From EPA Website  (DIERSEN: One reason to not donate your time to serve as a webmaster for a political organization is that your work may very well be rudely deleted when the leadership of that organization changes.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/emanuel-recoups-climate-change-info-deleted-from-epa-website-421532324.html

 

CBS2
— Chicago’s Polish Parade Draws Thousands Of Polish-Americans — And A Few Politicians – Bob Roberts  (DIERSEN: What is your national origin and how long have your ancestors been in America?  Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-German-American.  What if from the beginning I had pretended to be Swedish-American?  While all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, according to DNA Ancestry at http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/06/chicagos-polish-parade-draws-thousands-of-polish-americans-and-a-few-politicians/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump not welcome on Ellen DeGeneres’ show (DIERSEN: Where are you not welcome?  I am not welcome where the following are promoted a) dependency on government and on charity, b) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) patronage and political affiliation discrimination, g) race and gender based preference giving, h) age discrimination, and/or i) hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/253048453-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Edgar has issues with Rauner’s culpability, not competency – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-edgar-has-issues-with-rauners-culpability-not-competency/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker gets out in front of weight issue – Eric Zorn  (DIERSEN: How much weight do you want/need to lose? For me, it is 50 pounds. I should get more exercise, but for every hour that I might spend exercising, a) there would be 10+ fewer links to articles in the next GOPUSA ILLINOIS email or b) the next GOPUSA ILLINOIS would go out an hour later.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-pritzker-weight-20170506-column.html
— Obama’s talk of Chicago problems undercuts Emanuel’s message – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-barack-obama-library-politics-met-20170505-story.html
— Why your 401(k) is vulnerable as tax reform plays out in Washington – Gail MarksJarvis  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) have always been furious that my wife and I have always put the maximum allowed each year into IRA, 401(k), 403(b), etc. savings accounts and b) have always hinted/implied/argues/shouted that we have been able to do that because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and I have always been privileged, I avoided the draft, I have always been grossly overpaid, and my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-tax-reform-targets-401k-column-marksjarvis-biz-20170505-column.html
— ‘People will judge you’: Black execs share stories of getting to the top – Cheryl V. Jackson  (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. Far too many of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are racists, sexists, and even worse things. They hint/imply/argue/shout that minorities and women are inferior and that government is and should be a DUMPING GROUND for minorities, for women, and for all those who cannot get a job in the private sector because they are inferior.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-black-leaders-bsi-20170506-story.html
— ‘Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care,’ GOP lawmaker says – Kristine Phillips
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-raul-labrador-health-care-answer-20170506-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— GOP chairman warns agencies about requests for records – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170506/news/305069952/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Democrats see a winning issue in opposing GOP health bill.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170506/news/305069975/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois’ pension failure has many fathers – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170506/ISSUE11/170509863/illinois-pension-failure-has-many-fathers

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners promote Bliss.
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170506/bernard-schoenburg-biss-tells-sangamon-dems-hes-inspired-to-run

 

STATE LINE
— Trump: Bedminster stay saves money  Critics decry costs of frequent trips – JENNIFER HANSLER
http://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/trump-bedminster-stay-saves-money/708442857

 

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO FUNDRAISER AT CALAMOS INVESTMENTS HANGAR RETURNS MAY 6  (DIERSEN: The many attendees at this outstanding event included Carlson, Cherry, Dangelo, Grogan, the Jorgensens, Keller, Marchese, McGowen, McNeily, Minor, Proft, Rutledge, Ryan, Saake, and Zay. The many event sponsors included Cronin, Inland Realty, Jacobsen, the Jorgensens, Marchese, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Wayne Township Republicans, and Rutledge.)
http://www.positivelynaperville.com/2017/05/05/photo-gallery-honor-flight-chicago-fundraiser-calamos-hangar-2016/59222

 

GAZETTE CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners blame Rauner the problems that higher education has in Illinois.  I should write a book about anti-Diersens who blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.
http://www.gazettechicago.com/index/2017/05/higher-education-is-being-decimated-and-the-blame-lies-squarely-with-governor-rauner/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Five Consequences of Illinois’ Bad Budget Deals – Ted Dabrowski and John Klinger
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/05/five-consequences-of-illinois-bad-budget-deals/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHAT ABOUT PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE OBAMACARE REPEAL?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/what-about-pre-existing-conditions-and-the-obamacare-repeal.html
— POST-DISPATCH OUSTS BLACK COLUMNIST OVER HER SUPPORT FOR GUN RIGHTS  (DIERSEN: I might still be a GAO employee today if I had become a Democrat and helped my superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/post-dispatch-ousts-black-female-conservative-columnist-over-gun-rights.html
— REICK: A $10 MILLION BOONDOGGLE YOU’RE GOING TO PAY FOR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/reick-a-10-million-boondoggle-youre-going-to-pay-for.html
— IL SENATE VOTES TO REQUIRE TRUMP RELEASE INCOME TAX RETURNS TO BE ON 2020 BALLOT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/il-senate-votes-to-require-tax-returns-.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump not welcome on Ellen DeGeneres’ show  (DIERSEN: Where are you not welcome?  I am not welcome where the following are promoted a) dependency on government and on charity, b) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) patronage and political affiliation discrimination, g) race and gender based preference giving, h) age discrimination, and/or i) hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/05/05/trump-not-welcome-on-ellen-degeneres-show.html

 

THE BLAZE
— Tucker Carlson shuts down Clinton adviser who said media should apologize to Hillary for 2016 loss – Chris Enloe  (DIERSEN: Should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the losses that Republicans have suffered since 2000 in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/06/tucker-carlson-shuts-down-clinton-adviser-who-said-media-should-apologize-to-hillary-for-2016-loss/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say, “GOP braces for healthcare blowback at home.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/332162-gop-braces-for-healthcare-blowback-at-home

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care,’ GOP lawmaker says. He got booed. – Kristine Phillips  (DIERSEN: What gives you access to health care insurance?  Both my wife and I are on Medicare.  But beyond that, because I am a federal retiree, we have access to health care insurance for life.  We pay only $5,763/year for health, dental, and vision insurance and the federal government pays $17,288/year. Of course, that makes my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes beyond furious.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/05/06/nobody-dies-because-they-dont-have-access-to-health-care-gop-lawmaker-says-he-got-booed/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Republicans’ health-care plan could launch some ugly political battles in state legislatures.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/06/republicans-health-care-plan-could-launch-some-ugly-political-battles-in-state-legislatures/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: George F. Will blasts Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-has-a-dangerous-disability/2017/05/03/56ca6118-2f6b-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html
— America’s Most Challenging High Schools  The Washington Post’s annual rankings of how successfully schools challenge their students. – Jay Mathews  (DIERSEN: How hard were you challenged when you were in high school?  Few thought that I was “college material” because neither of my parents had attended college, my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. What if Affirmative Action was only for those whose parents did not have a college degree?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/local/high-school-challenge-2017/

 

DAILY BEAST
— Do Mean Girls Grow Up to Be Mean Mommies? – Brandy Zadrozny  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about mean moms in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/06/do-mean-girls-grow-up-to-be-mean-mommies

May 5 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— Protesters target local GOP after Health Care bill passes House – TOM NEGOVAN  (DIERSEN: Congressman Peter Roskam spoke at Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti’s outstanding fundraiser at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton yesterday evening.  This WGN TV posting includes clips on protesters at the fundraiser and Roskam’s answers to reporters’ questions during a press conference that I attended as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor just before he spoke at the fundraiser. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) did not want me to know that Roskam was going to speak at the fundraiser or that Roskam would hold a press conference just before he spoke at the fundraiser. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes did not want me to attend the press conference. They almost succeeded in stopping me from attending the press conference, but outstandingly, Roskam granted my appeal and allowed me to attend the press conference. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton and elsewhere have always have done everything that they can to turn Roskam and other activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. against me. Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
http://wgntv.com/2017/05/04/protesters-target-local-gop-after-health-care-bill-passes-house/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois congressional delegation went right along party lines in the American Health Care bill vote. Every Chicago-area Democrat voted against the American Health Care Act. Every Republican voted for it. 6th District Congressman Peter Roskam returned from Washington this afternoon and has protesters gathered outside his office by evening. In a statement, Gov Bruce Rauner said, “The bill that passed in the U.S. House today continues to be of deep concern to our administration.” He’s concerned about the impact on Medicaid. Chicago’s mayor thinks backers of the AHCA need to worry about the senate. “I think the senate is going to look at this and say this is a non-starter and that it’s not going to happen,” he said. The bill, which passed with just one vote to spare after six weeks of work, is expected to be a much tougher sell in the senate.)

 

ABC7
— GOP HEALTH CARE PLAN PASSES HOUSE, MOVES TO SENATE – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/gop-health-care-plan-passes-house-moves-to-senate/1953069/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hultgren, Roskam, Kinzinger avoid being Trumpcare fall guy – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-hultgren-roskam-kinzinger-avoid-being-trumpcare-fall-guy/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner touts ‘self-made’ fortune, hits Pritzker’s ‘inherited wealth’ – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: Should everyone involved in government, politics, news media, etc. be required to disclose exactly how they acquired their wealth?  For me, it was money that I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; auditing federal agencies 1980-1997; collecting a Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997; collecting Social Security since 2010; and inheriting from my mother $56,073 and half interest in 1286 Wood Street in Crete last year.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker-billionaire-met-0505-story.html
— Residents hope new trustees help University Park get back on track – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: I while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I delivered mail in what is now University Park. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972.  I lived in it full-time 1972-1974 and weekends 1974-1976. I rented it out 1976-1984 and I sold it in 1984. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout THAT I AM A RACIST would never even consider working in or living in University Park.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-university-park-dispute-st-0505-20170504-story.html
— America’s rich get richer as the poor get replaced by robots – Vincent Del Giudice and Wei Lu  (DIERSEN: Can/will robots do what you do/did?  I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assemble line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-wealth-gap-robots-20170426-story.html
— Cinco de Mayo in Trump era leaves Mexican-Americans torn – RUSSELL CONTRERAS and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON  (DIERSEN: What percent of those who are in America illegally are citizens of Mexico?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-us–cinco-de-mayo-ambivalence-20170505-story.html
— Good health requires good health care, not morality police – Mary Schmich  (DIERSEN: To some extent, all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote booze, promote gambling, promote pot, and/or promote other things that harm your physical, mental, and/or financial health.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-health-care-mary-schmich-0505-20170504-column.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Dick Duchossois, 95, still driving force behind Arlington Park – David Haugh (DIERSEN: How much longer do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes predict that you will live? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always treated me like they predicted that I would die long before I might retaliate against them. They base that on my father having type 1 diabetes from age 14 and his sudden death caused by heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.  More recently, they base their predictions on my being 68 years old, my having type 2 diabetes, my being overweight, and my not getting enough exercise. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to cause me stress and to make me angry.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/ct-haugh-dick-duchossois-spt-0505-20170504-column.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Expansion could house more low-income seniors in Naperville – Marie Wilson  (DIERSEN: Are you a low-income senior?  According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I would be a low-income senior if I a) had NOT been born with a silver spoon in my mouth, b) had NOT been always privileged, c) had NOT been born a healthy White male, d) had NOT avoided the draft, e) had NOT been an overpaid federal employee, f) had NOT gotten married, g) had NOT given up trying to have children, h) had adopted, i) had become a foster parent, and/or j) had given as much money to churches and to charities as they do.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170504/expansion-could-house-more-low-income-seniors-in-naperville

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— These two are the only local CEOs paid $20 million-plus last year – JOE CAHILL  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who rail against the compensation that government employees and government retirees get, but say nothing about the outrageous compensation that private sector employees get.  Ever-increasingly, those who rail against the compensation that government employees and government retirees get sound like they are being paid lots of money by private sector CEOs to do that.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170505/ISSUE10/170509888
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In general, CEOs at public companies around Chicago got smaller raises than counterparts elsewhere last year. A median pay hike of 3.6 percent trailed the 5.5 percent increase for CEOs at companies in the Russell 3000 Index. But don’t feel sorry for our CEOs—their 2016 median pay of $5.4 million was well above the $4.1 million median for the Russell 3000. Higher median pay reflects Chicago’s significant concentration of large companies with multiple business lines and worldwide operations, says John Roe, head of ISS Analytics. “There are some very large, very complex corporations there,” Roe says. “That tends to result in higher pay packages.”)

 

THE SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jim Edgar sides with Mike Madigan against Bruce Rauner, that is, Edgar sides with Democrats against Republicans.
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/former-gov-edgar-speaker-madigan-is-not-the-big-problem/article_1c0f61ff-03fa-516e-b0a0-641c561debf3.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— State senator Michael Hastings, D-Tinley Park, wants to ensure election systems are secure – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170504/state-senator-wants-to-ensure-election-systems-are-secure

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Trump Tax Plan Impact on Illinoisans – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=243160#.WQxTThFSRZI

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Democrats hit Rauner on spending for new warehouse space – SAP
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/democrats-hit-rauner-on-spending-for-new-warehouse-space/article_977cd612-30da-11e7-b974-bb55a114f9fa.html

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Protesters line up in NYC, hoping for chance to boo Trump.”  In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, what do anti-Trumps do to promote hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35347979/protesters-line-up-in-nyc-hoping-for-chance-to-boo-trump

 

WSIU
— Illinois Elections Board Offers More Information on Hacking Incident
http://news.wsiu.org/post/illinois-elections-board-offers-more-information-hacking-incident#stream/0

 

CHICAGO READER
— The ironies and contradictions of the New York Times event on Chicago gun violence – Maya Dukmasova
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/05/04/the-ironies-and-contradictions-of-the-new-york-times-event-on-chicago-gun-violence

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Former Fox News Pundit Who Accused Exec of Sexual Assault Returns to Chicago  Tamara Holder, a lawyer whose accusations led to the firing of a Fox News exec, wants to restart her civil rights practice here. – Carol Felsenthal
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/April-2017/Tamara-Holder/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago can’t carry state on its big shoulders, data suggest – Caitlin Nordahl  (DIERSEN: Which counties besides DuPage send more money to the State of Illinois each year than it gets back?)
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511109450-chicago-can-t-carry-state-on-its-big-shoulders-data-suggest

 

ROBERT FEDER
— Editor Matt Dietrich gets the boot from Reboot Illinois – Robert Feder  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not a reporter or a journalist because GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails do not contain enough “original content.”  I should write a book about “reporters” and about “journalists” who focus in misleading everyone into believing that what they publish is their “original” work.)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/05/04/editor-matt-dietrich-gets-boot-reboot-illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The elimination of Dietrich’s position coincided with the ouster of Madeleine Doubek as publisher, and Cathy Rockwell as vice president of revenue strategy. All three moves were believed to be tied to changes in the operation of Reboot Illinois, including the elimination of original content in favor of news aggregation and links to other sites.)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Reapportionment the Best Reason to Re-Elect Bruce Rauner – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/05/05/the-best-reason-to-re-elect-bruce-rauner/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TREASONOUS: SENATE MOVES TOWARD MAKING ILLINOIS A SANCTUARY STATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/senate-moves-toward-making-illinois-a-sanctuary-state.html
— THE SOLUTION TO ILLINOIS’ PENSION CRISIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/the-solution-to-illinois-pension-crisis.html
— STUNNING 2016 ELECTION MAP RELEASED—DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE SCARED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/stunning-2016-election-map-releaseddemocrats-should-be-scared.html
— 100 YEARS OF COMMUNISM’S BLOODY LEGACY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/100-years-of-communisms-bloody-legacy.html
— THE AMERICAN FLAG: A SYMBOL OF HATE SPEECH ON CAMPUSES?  (DIERSEN: Since September 11, 2001, an American flag has flown each and every day at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/the-american-flag-a-symbol-of-hate-speech-on-campuses.html
— IF THERE IS NO GOD, MURDER ISN’T WRONG
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/if-there-is-no-god-murder-isnt-wrong.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Edgar implies that Rauner is incompetent  (DIERSEN: I have offered my services as a consultant since 1998. Statements that are defamatory “per se” include statements that claim that the plaintiff is incompetent in his job, trade, or profession. I should write a book about my slanderous critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone a) that I am incompetent as a consultant and b) that no one should seek my advice about anything or take my advice about anything.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/05/edgar-implies-that-rauner-is-incompetent/

 

THE FEDERALIST
— No, The American Founders Were Not Libertarians  A closer look at the Founders’ thought about government shows their political philosophy that culminated in the Constitution was anything but libertarian. – Jonathan Ashbach  (DIERSEN: What do you say to Libertarians who falsely claim to be Republican?  They use libertarian arguments to promote booze, to promote gambling, to promote pot, and to promote other vices.)
https://thefederalist.com/2017/05/02/no-american-founders-not-libertarians/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Encourage Someone – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: What do you encourage people to do? I encourage people to not do things that harm them physically, financially, etc.  I discourage booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/05/05/encourage-someone/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump’s ‘Hire American’ Agenda Has Tech Firms Moving to Mexico – R Williams (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers want to get rid of their employees who are American and replace them with employees who are citizens of foreign countries.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/Donald-Trump-Hire-American-Mexico-visa/2017/05/04/id/788128/
— Anti-Semitic Incidents Jump 86 Percent in First Quarter – Jason Devaney  (DIERSEN: There must be more people coming to America who are anti-Semitic.  What percent of recent immigrants are anti-Semitic?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/anti-semitic-incidents-jump-first-quarter/2017/05/04/id/788226/

 

TPM
— No, Reince Priebus Did Not Screw Up That Football Analogy – MATT SHUHAM
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/reince-priebus-punt-into-end-zone-health-care

 

GOPUSA
— Fourth man accuses Seattle Mayor Ed Murray of paying him for sex
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23893
— How Berkeley Birthed the Right – Patrick J. Buchanan  (DIERSEN: My supervisor during my last 4 years at GAO graduated from Berkeley and she was my supervisor’s supervisor for the 4 years before that.)
http://www.gopusa.com/how-berkeley-birthed-the-right/

 

EUREK ALERT
— ER visits related to marijuana use at a Colorado hospital quadruple after legalization
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/aaop-evr042617.php

 

ANDY MARTIN
— Obama author and expert Andy Martin says the new biography of President Barack Obama by liberal icon David Garrow will trigger a massive new inquiry into whether Obama was/is gay
https://contrariancommentary.wordpress.com/2017/05/05/obama-author-and-expert-andy-martin-says-the-new-biography-of-president-barack-obama-by-liberal-icon-david-garrow-will-trigger-a-massive-new-inquiry-into-whether-obama-wasis-gay/
http://contrariancommentary.blogspot.com/2017/05/obama-author-and-expert-andy-martin.html

 

THE BLAZE
— Mark Levin: Health care bill is an ‘itsy bitsy’ step in right direction, but it’s not repeal – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/04/health-care-bill-is-an-itsy-bitsy-step-in-right-direction-but-its-not-repeal-mark-levin/

 

POLITICO
— The House Republicans who could lose their jobs over Obamacare repeal – KEVIN ROBILLARD
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/04/house-republicans-election-fate-obamacare-repeal-237998
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Peter Roskam of Illinois (Clinton: 50 percent, Roskam: 60 percent in 2016)  On Thursday morning, Democrat Kelly Mazeski, a breast cancer survivor, entered the contest — one of a slew of candidates with pre-existing conditions or personal experience with the travails of the health care system whom Democrats expect to see run this cycle. Roskam comes from an increasingly diverse district in the western suburbs of Chicago that has trended Democratic at the presidential level. He faced tough races in the past, though redistricting shifted his district into more safely Republican territory six years ago. “It’s time the people of Illinois’ 6th District hold Peter Roskam accountable for voting to make Americans pay more and get less for their health care,” Mazeski said in announcing her bid.)
— ‘The White House just couldn’t let this go’  The inside story of how Trump and the Republicans got Obamacare repeal through the House. – RACHAEL BADE and JOSH DAWSEY
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/05/donald-trump-obamacare-repeal-timeline-238016

 

BEFORE IT’S NEWS
— Federal Judge Protects Dirty State Judge Who Ejects Reporters: A Call for Qualified Immunity (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat and Democrat plant, Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Green and Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who have a) stopped me from learning about, b) barred me from asking questions at, c) barred me from attending, and/or d) ejected me, your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, from their press conferences and other events.)
http://beforeitsnews.com/blogging-citizen-journalism/2017/05/federal-judge-protects-dirty-state-judge-who-ejects-reporters-a-call-for-qualified-immunity-2566079.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Cop in Jordan Edwards Shooting Was Ordered to Anger Management for Past Behavior – SAFIA SAMEE ALI  (DIERSEN: I should write an article about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who should be “ordered to anger management” and b) who focus on trying to make me angry.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cop-jordan-edwards-shooting-was-ordered-anger-management-past-behavior-n754996

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Anti-Trumps say in the hardcopy version of the article “Wealthy People Benefit, the Poor Much Less So.”  Are/were you wealthy?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as not only being wealthy, but as being undeservedly disgustingly filthy rich.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/upshot/who-wins-and-who-loses-in-the-latest-gop-health-care-bill.html
— Trump’s Order on Religious Liberty Pleases a Few, but Lets Down Many Conservatives – LAURIE GOODSTEIN and MICHAEL D. SHEARM  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green parties.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/us/politics/religious-organizations-executive-order-trump.html
— In House Health Vote, Reince Priebus Sees a Much-Needed Reprieve – GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/us/politics/reince-priebus-health-care.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Fox News Besieged by New Bias Lawsuit and Federal Inquiry – EMILY STEEL and NIRAJ CHOKSHI
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/business/media/fox-news-lawsuit-gender-discrimination-sky-takeover.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Late-night hosts blast Republican health-care bill: ‘Those ramifications are disastrous’ – Emily Yahr
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/05/05/late-night-hosts-blast-republican-health-care-bill-those-ramifications-are-disastrous/

 

USA TODAY
— Religious conservatives mixed on Trump’s order targeting birth control, church involvement in politics – David Jackson and Maureen Groppe (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green parties.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/04/donald-trump-religious-liberty-johnson-amendment/101277724/
— Donald Trump’s malignant narcissism is toxic: Psychologist  Mental health professionals have a ‘duty to warn’ about a leader who may be unfit to serve. – John Gartner (DIERSEN: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  They are disciples of Saul Alinsky. They can and they will say that anyone who does not defend and advance the Democrat Party platform is mentally ill.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/04/trump-malignant-narcissistic-disorder-psychiatry-column/101243584/
— Prince Philip jokes about his pending retirement – while still on the job – Maria Puente  (DIERSEN: How much longer do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes predict that you will live? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always treated me like they predicted that I would die long before I might retaliate against them. They base that on my father having type 1 diabetes from age 14 and his sudden death caused by heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.  More recently, they base their predictions on my being 68 years old, my having type 2 diabetes, my being overweight, and my not getting enough exercise. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to cause me stress and to make me angry.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/05/04/prince-philip-jokes-about-his-pending-retirement-while-still-on-the-job/101292296/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Can anyone in Britain really imagine Prince Philip retired and puttering around the palace? In fact, the 95-year-old Duke of Edinburgh was joking about the big-news-that-wasn’t-big news on Thursday at — where else? — an official engagement with his wife of nearly 70 years, Queen Elizabeth II (who’s already vowed she’s never going to retire). Philip, who turns 96 in June, was at his customary place behind the queen as they attended the Order of Merit service at the Chapel Royal in St James’s Palace in London. His quick sense of humor seemed to be fully intact. When a well-wisher expressed sadness at his decision to “stand down,” Philip joked back: “I can’t stand up much longer.”)
— FRONT PAGE: Trump’s call to ‘Buy American’ isn’t boosting sales of U.S. goods – Charisse Jones  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint themselves as being anti-American. They hate a) General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, b) vehicles made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler, c) those who own vehicles made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler, d) unions, e) past, present, and future union members, and/or f) past, present, and future government employees and retirees.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/05/05/trumps-buy-american-doesnt-boost-sales-us-made-goods/100846314/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Don’t Trust Polls, See Anti-Trump Bias  (DIERSEN: The last two audits that I worked on for GAO involved major surveys.  The reports are at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/154342.pdf (FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES: Actions Needed to Protect the Financial System) and at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/156011.pdf (OTC DERIVATIVES: Additional Oversight Could Reduce Costly Sales Practice Disputes).)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2017/voters_don_t_trust_polls_see_anti_trump_bias

 

ENTREPRENEUR
— 10 Ways to Become a Super-Likable Person – DEEP PATEL (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, to be likable, a) you should glorify and praise my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, b) you should pander to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, c) you should serve as an operative or as a dupe for my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and/or d) give money to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/293343

May 4 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker tries to deflate rat with union support – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-pritzker-tries-to-deflate-rat-with-union-support/
— Wanted: Conservative sports network to compete with ESPN – S. E. Cupp
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/wanted-conservative-sports-network-to-compete-with-espn/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supporters taking another crack at automatic voter registration after Rauner veto – Haley BeMiller  (DIERSEN: Democrats want voters who automatically vote for Democrats.  Those who automatically vote for Democrats are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-automatic-voter-registration-rauner-met-0504-story.html
— It’s time for Muslim Americans to do politics as other minorities do – Alia Salem  (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 UNITE TO GET RID OF THOSE WHO ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-muslim-americans-politics-20170503-story.html
— How universities lose their way — and cheat their students – Victor Davis Hanson  (DIERSEN: It seems that ever-increasingly, universities focus on cranking out hate-filled “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/commentary/ct-free-speech-liberal-colleges-campuses-20170504-story.html
— Fewer people going hungry in Cook County, but many still need help – Greg Trotter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-cook-county-food-insecurity-0504-biz-20170503-story.html
— GOP’s John Kasich: Time is ripe for a billionaire independent to run for president – Kim Janssen  (DIERSEN: Kasich says “I think the Republican Party doesn’t know exactly what it’s for.”  Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-john-kasich-0504-chicago-inc-20170503-story.html
— U.S. Senate vote deals blow to Illinois retirement savings program – Gail MarksJarvis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-senate-secure-choice-illinois-retirement-0504-biz-20170503-story.html
— Crime’s toll on a neighborhood: Violence that crushes lives also crushes parts of Chicago – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-south-shore-violence-crime-chicago-edit-20170502-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Jack Franks getting police protection after comments on blog; Political reality at Harvard; Twitter fire for Walsh; Compost at the Curb; Collaborating at Marmion; Morrison on abortion, slavery – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170504/lester-jack-franks-getting-police-protection-after-comments-on-blog
— Human Race supports 71 DuPage nonprofits – Christie Willhite  (DIERSEN: What percent of these 71 non-profits promote planks in the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, the Green Party Platform, and the Republican Party platform?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170504/human-race-supports-71-dupage-nonprofits
— Mixed, but clear, messages on budget urgency – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170504/editorial-mixed-but-clear-messages-on-budget-urgency

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Time for Illinois business leaders to demand end to budget brinkmanship – ANDREA DURBIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170504/OPINION/170509919
— Kinzinger, Roskam, Hultgren still mum on health care vote – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170503/BLOGS02/170509931
— New assessments bring onslaught of appeals – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170504/CRED0701/170509923/surburban-chicago-assessors-inundated-by-appeals

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Anyone care about costs? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-05-04/anyone-care-about-costs.html
— Investigation into illegal hiring under Quinn expanded – Jim Dey  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-05-04/jim-dey-investigation-illegal-hiring-under-quinn-expanded.html

 

WTTW
— Illinois Among Worst States for Contaminated Drinking Water – Alex Ruppenthal  (DIERSEN: Who in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois in responsible for assuring that drinking water is clean?)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/05/03/illinois-among-worst-states-contaminated-drinking-water

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— UIS professors’ strike enters second day – John Reynolds
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170503/uis-professors-strike-enters-second-day
— TRAGIC: Litchfield medical marijuana dispensary set to open next week – Dean Olsen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170503/litchfield-medical-marijuana-dispensary-set-to-open-next-week

 

PEKIN TIMES
— Clinton lost Obama’s margins in Illinois, union homes – Bill Knight
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20170504/knight-clinton-lost-obamas-margins-in-illinois-union-homes

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Democrats hit Rauner on spending for new warehouse space – AP
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/democrats-hit-rauner-on-spending-for-new-warehouse-space/article_977cd612-30da-11e7-b974-bb55a114f9fa.html
— In Illinois, apparently you don’t need a budget – Frank Mullen
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/columnists/frank_mullen_iii/in-illinois-apparently-you-don-t-need-a-budget/article_16f2f5d4-91b8-5471-8748-fe830947ceb9.html

 

WSIL TV
— Trump to weaken IRS rule against church political activity – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, churches talk and act like they are arms of the Democrat Party, the Libertarian Party, and/or the Green Party. Ever-increasingly, they promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and even worse things.  If you do not speak out against something, constructively, you promote it.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35338428/trump-targeting-irs-rule-on-churches

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more full of hatred of Trump that you are, the more that anti-trumps promote what you say.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/legend-trump-is-misguided-unprepared-bigoted/706378131

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— A ‘Forgotten History’ Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America – TERRY GROSS  (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats a) blame you for the sins of your parents, the sins of your grandparents, the sins of your great grandparents, etc., b) blame you for all the problems that minorities, women, etc. have had, are having, and will have, c) charge you with benefiting from your ancestors’ sins, racism, sexism, bigotry, etc., and d) demand that you pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/forgotten-history-how-us-government-segregated-america#stream/0

 

CHICAGIST
— Among Major Cities, Chicago Ranks Worst In Home Value Recovery – STEPHEN GOSSETT
http://chicagoist.com/2017/05/03/among_major_cities_chicago_ranks_wo.php

 

WIRE POINTS
— Illinois Isn’t Puerto Rico, But…. – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-isnt-puerto-rico-but-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— While politicians posture, Illinois industry is getting crushed – Austin Berg
https://ilnews.org/opinion/berg-while-politicians-posture-illinois-industry-is-getting-crushed/article_9162bcea-3046-11e7-ba89-cf90aa2b7c5a.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 5 CONSEQUENCES OF DECADES OF ILLINOIS’ BAD BUDGET DEALS – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/5-consequences-of-decades-of-illinois-bad-budget-deals/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner’s new ad tries to connect him to start-up lifestyle
https://capitolfax.com/2017/05/04/rauners-new-ad-tries-to-connect-him-to-start-up-lifestyle/
(FROM THE POSTING: For the small business owners, the entrepreneurs, the risk-takers and change-agents. There’s no 9-5. Work doesn’t stop and they don’t stop, because they know there’s always more to be done, more to achieve. Bruce Rauner knows that drive. He made his name leading one of Illinois’ most respected businesses. But his first job was cooking burgers. His second? Parking cars. In college, he worked in the dining hall to earn extra money. When he moved back to Chicago to work at a data company, he spent nine months sleeping on a camping mattress, because he didn’t have any furniture. But this self-made businessman would go on to earn an MBA from Harvard, joining an investment start-up and building a reputation as a business pioneer. That same spirit now drives his push for real reform in our state, because across Illinois more than one million small businesses are led by creative, driven innovative people from every walk of life. And they need a governor who’s fighting for them. Working for you and our future. Bruce Rauner.)

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— PARENTS: PREPARE YOUR COLLEGE KIDS FOR LEFT-WING CAMPUS BIAS – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/education/parents-prepare-your-college-kids-for-left-wing-campus-bias/

 

FOX NEWS
— National Day of Prayer: Ten reasons why prayer is the ultimate protest – Nick Hall  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for GOD to a) stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, b) stop everyone from reading those emails, c) stop me from raising funds from Republicans to sponsor entries in Wheaton Independence Day parades, d) stop Republicans from donating funds to sponsor entries in those parades, e) promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and f) send me straight to HELL. Should I write a book about the aforesaid churchgoers?)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/05/04/national-day-prayer-ten-reasons-why-prayer-is-ultimate-protest.html

 

GOPUSA
— Obama admin asked that 1,934 Americans’ names be ‘unmasked’ in intel  (DIERSEN: If your critics/opponents unmasked you, what would they find?)
http://www.gopusa.com/obama-admin-asked-that-1934-americans-names-be-unmasked-in-intel/
— The Smug Blind Left Is Trump’s Best Friend – Ben Shapiro
http://www.gopusa.com/the-smug-blind-left-is-trumps-best-friend/

 

ANN COULTER
— SWAMP PEOPLE: 47; TRUMP: 0
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2017-05-03.html?utm_source=jolt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Jolt_5/4/2017
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If this is the budget deal we get when Republicans control the House, the Senate and the presidency, there’s no point in ever voting for a Republican again. Not only is there no funding for a wall, but — thanks to the deft negotiating skills of House Speaker Paul Ryan — the bill actually prohibits money from being spent on a wall. At a CYA press conference on Tuesday, Trump’s ridiculously chipper budget director, Mick Mulvaney, described the bill’s prohibition on building a wall as a MAJOR win. (At least Mulvaney said it in English, unlike his all-Spanish 2014 townhall.) True, there will be no wall. But the Democrats graciously agreed to allow the administration to fix broken parts of any existing fences on up to 40 miles of our 3,000 mile border. The other big wins, according to Mulvaney, are: 1) more defense spending, which is fantastic news, because I was worried Boeing and Lockheed Martin CEOs were falling behind Mark Zuckerberg with their gluttonous salaries; and 2) school choice, an obsession of Washington wonks that is hated out in America, where parents move to high-tax towns for the express purpose of avoiding schools full of disaffected urban youth, and the disaffected urban youth don’t want to spend two hours on a bus every day. But Mulvaney assures us that this monstrosity of a spending bill has set things up beautifully for the next budget negotiation in October. That has become the GOP’s official motto: “Next time!”)

 

THE BLAZE
— DISGUSTING: Congress prevents DOJ from enforcing federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized pot – Brandon Morse  (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/03/congress-prevents-doj-from-enforcing-federal-marijuana-laws-in-states-that-have-legalized-pot/
— Ann Coulter destroys Donald Trump over budget deal: ‘comically improbable’ president isn’t ‘winning’ – Sarah Taylor
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/03/ann-coulter-destroys-donald-trump-over-budget-deal-comically-improbable-president-isnt-winning/

 

BREITBART
— GAO: Nearly 70 Mexican Border Tunnels Discovered in 5 Years – RYAN SAAVEDRA  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps from your precinct, from your municipality, from your township/ward, from your county, from Illinois, from America, and from foreign countries volunteer to dig more tunnels to speed up the illegal flow into America of a) citizens of foreign countries and b) illegal drugs?)
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/04/nearly-70-mexican-border-tunnels-discovered-5-years/
— Poll: Hispanic Support for President Trump Jumps to 45 Percent – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/03/poll-finds-hispanic-support-for-president-trump-up-to-45-since-election/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Levin: Conservative influence BADLY needed in the White House – Phil Shiver
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/levin-conservative-influence-badly-needed-in-the-white-house

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Working-class Americans are subsidizing government union largesse – Akash Chougule  (DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007.  If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/working-class-americans-are-subsidizing-government-union-largesse/article/2622104

 

THE HILL
— Obama announces $2M donation to Chicago summer jobs programs – MARK HENSCH (DIERSEN: If you seek a government office or a political office, sooner or later, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will use against you what you did with your summers when you were young. I delivered newspapers and did yard work during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964.  I washed dishes during the summer of 1965.  I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966.  I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/331788-obamas-donating-2m-to-chicago-summer-jobs-programs

 

POLITICO
— RAUNER STANDS TO RECEIVE TAX BREAK UNDER REPEAL – Natasha Korecki  (DIERSEN: Do you want the “marriage penalty” tax to be repealed? My wife and I have been paying it big time ever since we got married in 1978.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/05/politico-illinois-playbook-220123
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican healthcare plan would repeal the Net Investment Tax, which was a tax of higher tax brackets mandated under the Affordable Care Act meant to help subsidize insurance premiums under Obamacare. It is a tax of about 3.8 percent on investment income for higher tax brackets. In 2015, Rauner paid $6.6 million toward that tax. (See Rauner return here) The anti-Rauner group Illinois Working Together, has made an issue of this saying “the people of Illinois deserve to know where Gov. Rauner stands,” on the repeal.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump signs order aimed at allowing churches to engage in more political activity – John Wagner  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, churches talk and act like they are arms of the Democrat Party, the Libertarian Party, and/or the Green Party. Ever-increasingly, they promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and even worse things.  If you do not speak out against something, constructively, you promote it.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-signs-order-aimed-at-allowing-churches-to-engage-in-more-political-activity/2017/05/04/024ed7c2-30d3-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Will Newcomers Dye the Suburbs Blue? – RICHARD FAUSSET  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who are filled with hatred of Republicans, but who nevertheless move to Republican areas to take advantage of the great schools, prosperity, and safety that Republicans created there? I should write a book about such Republican haters in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/us/politics/ossoff-handel-georgia-sixth-district.html
— Trump’s Immigration Proposals ‘Conspicuously Absent’ From Spending Bill – RON NIXON  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are overjoyed.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/us/politics/trump-immigration-spending-bill.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Power of Trump’s Bully Pulpit – Christopher Ruddy (DIERSEN: In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who/what do those who have/had the bully pulpit a) glorify and praise and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn? I should write a book about those who have/had the bully pulpit in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois and who/what they a) glorified and praised and b) demonized, denigrated, and condemned.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/opinion/donald-trump-foreign-policy.html
— State’s Medical Marijuana Licensing Panel Found to Have Little Expertise – JESSE McKINLEY  (DIERSEN: Based on your work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional licenses, what activity do you have the most expertise doing?  For me, it is auditing government agencies/operations.  I base that on a) my having 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; b) my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173; c) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48; d) my earning job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48; and e) my earning a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/nyregion/after-struggles-medical-marijuana-program-evolves.html
— Trump Is Expected to Relax Tax Rules on Churches Endorsing Political Candidates – MICHAEL D. SHEAR, LAURIE GOODSTEIN and MAGGIE HABERMAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, churches talk and act like they are arms of the Democrat Party, the Libertarian Party, and/or the Green Party. Ever-increasingly, they promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and even worse things.  If you do not speak out against something, constructively, you promote it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/us/politics/trump-religion-executive-order-gay-rights.html
— ‘No Asylum Here’: Some Say U.S. Border Agents Rejected Them – CAITLIN DICKERSON and MIRIAM JORDAN  (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps tell all the citizens of all the countries in the world to come to America for “asylum.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/us/asylum-border-customs.html

 

USA TODAY
— Obama’s $400,000 speech could prompt Congress to go after his pension – Gregory Korte  (DIERSEN: Will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if Obama can make lots of money as a retired federal employee, I should also be able to make lots of money?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/03/obamas-400000-speech-could-prompt-congress-go-after-his-pension-trump-bush/101242772/
— Fewer are hungry; but for those who are, the struggle is worse – Greg Toppo
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/05/04/fewer-hungry-but-those-who-struggle-worse/101258198/
— Americans just broke a record for being stressed. Here’s how to reverse the trend – Jayne O’Donnell  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout a) that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails cause stress, b) that therefore, no one should read the emails, and c) that ignorance is bliss.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/05/01/stress-negativity-mindfulness/100989170/
— Indiana teen is graduating college — before she gets her high school diploma – Matthew Diebel  (DIERSEN: How hard were you pushed to be successful when you were in high school?  Few thought that I was “college material” because neither of my parents had attended college, my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. What if Affirmative Action was only for those whose parents did not have a college degree?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/05/03/indiana-teen-graduating-college—-before-she-gets-her-high-school-diploma/101237228/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Is A Republican For?  If the GOP can’t pass ObamaCare reform, voters may return Congress to the Democrats. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-is-a-republican-for-1493852370
— Be Careful What You Wish For, Washington  The press, Democrats and Republicans get what they want. They won’t be happy. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-washington-1493852267
— Red Flag for U.S. Business Schools: Foreign Students Are Staying Away – Kelsey Gee  (DIERSEN: I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27 years old.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that Loyola in not Ivy League.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/red-flag-for-u-s-business-schools-foreign-students-are-staying-away-1493819949
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BOOK REVIEW: England: Last Hope Island – Lynn Olson  (DIERSEN: If/when the anti-Trumps succeed in driving members of the following groups out of America, where will they go: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-refugees-who-won-world-war-ii-1493852194

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— A technology gap between the rich and poor is deepening US inequality – Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/technology-gap-deepening-us-inequality-2017-5-1001980221
— DISGUSTING: The Trump administration hired an official who was accused of sexually assaulting five students – Justin Elliott  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, or subordinates ever filed any kind of complaint against me. However, my Democrat superiors treated me, that is, punished me, like many complaints had not only been filed against me, but that they had been proven.  My Democrat superiors would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/steven-munoz-sexual-assault-2017-5
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A political appointee hired by the Trump administration for a significant State Department role was accused of multiple sexual assaults as a student several years ago at The Citadel military college. Steven Munoz was hired by the Trump administration as assistant chief of visits, running an office of up to 10 staffers charged with the sensitive work of organizing visits of foreign heads of state to the U.S. That includes arranging meetings with the president. At The Citadel, five male freshmen alleged that Munoz used his positions as an upperclassman, class president and head of the campus Republican Society to grope them. In one incident, a student reported waking up with Munoz on top of him, kissing him and grabbing his genitals. In another, on a trip to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., a student said that Munoz jumped on him in bed and he “felt jerking and bouncing on my back.” An investigation by The Citadel later found that “certain assaults likely occurred.” A local prosecutor reviewed the case and declined to seek an indictment. Munoz’s hiring raises questions about the Trump administration’s vetting of political appointees, which has been both slow and spotty, with multiple incidents of staff being fired only weeks into their jobs, including for disloyalty to Trump. The White House didn’t respond to a request for comment. Munoz, a Miami native, worked as a political consultant in South Carolina after graduating from The Citadel in 2011. He was publicly reported to be under investigation the following year around the time he was working for Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign. Stories from that time, which outline some but not all of the allegations against Munoz, are easy to find via a simple Google search.)

 

GOVERNING
— U.S. Senate Votes to Block State-Run Retirement Plans – Evan Halper
http://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/tns-senate-secure-choice-states-retirement.html

 

THINK PROGRESS
— The line between an independent press and the White House’s public relations is blurring  Why is the White House discussing its agenda with conservative media only? – Joshua Adams  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consults, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who a) glorify, praise, and pander to the Democrat press and b) viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  The aforesaid talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-press-call-conservative-media-3fb19e4db795

 

AGRO FINANCIAL
— DIERSEN HEADLKINE: If you oppose pot, you should boycott websites that sell their email lists to Agro Financial.
https://pro.agorafinancial.com/p/TEK_secretpot2_0217/LTEKT501/

 

AUTOWEEK
— What was the final straight-six-powered, rear-wheel-drive American car?  (DIERSEN: The first and only new car that my outstanding father bought was a bottom of the line straight-six-powered, rear-wheel-drive 2-door 1967 Chevy. He was 45 years old when he bought it and he died suddenly 2 years later.)
http://autoweek.com/article/car-life/what-was-final-straight-six-powered-rear-wheel-drive-american-car

May 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ILLINOIS GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES ALREADY SPENDING BIG MONEY – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/news/illinois-gubernatorial-candidates-already-spending-big-money/1949840/

 

NBC5
— Pritzker Becomes First Democratic Candidate to Release Ad in Race for Governor – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-Becomes-First-Democratic-Candidate-to-Release-Ad-in-Race-for-Governor-421143924.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker gets union backing; Democratic rival suggests Madigan intervened – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-union-endorsement-democratic-governor-met-0504-20170503-story.html
— Chicago-area Republicans haven’t said how they’ll vote on latest health care plan – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-congressmen-health-care-vote-0504-met-20170503-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “People are scared: Mexican restaurant owners on how life and business have changed since January.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/restaurants/ct-immigration-mexican-restaurant-owners-chicago-story.html
— Emanuel and Rauner: Is revenge blocking a good deal on the Thompson Center? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-thompson-center-rauner-emanuel-edit-0504-jm-20170503-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump Steve Chapman says “Donald Trump is a lazy president. We should all be grateful for that.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-donald-trump-lazy-president-golf-20170503-column.html
— Joe Walsh’s tweets about Jimmy Kimmel’s baby shed light on health care debate – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-kimmel-walsh-health-care-zorn-perspec-0505-md-20170503-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-illinois-legalize-marijuana-revenue-perspec-0504-20170503-story.html
— Aurora teen stopped for jaywalking faces weapons charges – Hannah Leone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/crime/ct-abn-teen-charged-stolen-gun-st-0503-20170503-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Activists plan 15-day march to Springfield for state budget – Andrea Salcedo  (DIERSEN: “State Budget” is code for increasing taxes on Republicans.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/activists-plan-15-day-march-to-springfield-for-state-budget/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Jesse Jackson Sr. blasts Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/president-donald-trump-succeeds-in-trashing-civil-rights/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Cold-hearted Obamacare replacement is bad medicine.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/flawed-obamacare-replacement-is-bad-medicine/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane Co. grants drying up along with riverboat profits – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170503/kane-co-grants-drying-up-along-with-riverboat-profits

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ken Griffin urges big-bank breakup – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170503/NEWS01/170509937/ken-griffin-urges-big-bank-breakup

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Corruption must be a top priority – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-05-03/corruption-must-be-top-priority.html

 

WSIL TV
— Ryan reassures conservatives wary of spending bill – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35326520/ryan-reassures-conservatives-wary-of-spending-bill

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Rauner Asks Judge to Allow Patronage Firing – Cole Lauterbach  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=242951#.WQpUHRFSRZI

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Unqualified? Unreasonable salary expectations? You’re hired in Illinois – Editorial  (DIERSEN: 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://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article148172769.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Glen Ellyn approves McKee House lease agreement  Village would lease historic home from Forest Preserve District of DuPage County – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/05/02/glen-ellyn-approves-mckee-house-lease-agreement/auuy2rl/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— EVENT: Breaking Down Barriers  Unleashing Human Capitol in Illinois  (DIERSEN: What professional licenses and professional certifications do you have?  I became a CPA in 1979, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997.  Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn the aforesaid.)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/breaking-down-barriers-unleashing-human-capital-in-illinois-tickets-34251565354

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HULTGREN OPPOSES FEDERAL BUDGET BILL CITING LITTLE REFORM OR SPENDING REDUCTIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/hultgren-opposes-federal-budget-bill-citing-little-reform-or-spending-reductions.html
— WARREN TELLS CHICAGO AUDIENCE SHE’D LIKE TO “CUT OPEN” DONATED REPUBLICANS’ BODIES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/warren-tells-chicago-audience-shed-like-to-cut-open-donated-republicans-bodies.html
— TRUMP “FIRST 100 DAYS” AD CIRCULATING DESPITE CNN BAN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/05/trump-first-100-day-ad-circulating-despite-cnn-ban.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— College freshman more polarized than ever; most still identify as ‘middle of the road’ – Andrew Blake  (DIERSEN: If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a student at Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a student at UIC 1966-1968 or NIU 1969-1970, IRS would NOT have a) hired me in 1971, b) let me work there for almost 9 years, or c) promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974.  If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a student at Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, or IIT 1992-1997, GAO would NOT have a) hired me in 1980, b) let me work there for almost 18 years, or c) promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/3/college-freshman-more-polarized-ever-most-still-id/

 

GOPUSA
— Limbaugh asks Pence: Why Vote Republican?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23867
— Nixon’s Revenge: The Fall of the Adversary Press – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/nixons-revenge-the-fall-of-the-adversary-press/
— Hillary Trots Out to Blame Comey, Russia and WikiLeaks One More Time (DIERSEN: I should write a book about candidates, their operatives, and their dupes who blame me for their defeats.)
http://www.gopusa.com/hillary-trots-out-to-blame-comey-russia-and-wikileaks-one-more-time/

 

DAILY CALLER
— With More Dems Than GOPs, House Passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/03/house-passes-1-1-trillion-spending-bill-2/

 

BARBWIRE
— WITHOUT GOD, FREEDOM BECOMES SLAVERY – DR. ALAN KEYES
http://barbwire.com/2017/05/03/without-god-freedom-becomes-slavery/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Republicans Abandon Conservatism – ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447303/donald-trump-white-house-gop-conservatism

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— DHS Uncovered More Than 60 Cross-Border Tunnels along Mexican Border Used for Smuggling  DHS also reports incursions by boat, ultralight aircraft – Natalie Johnson
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/dhs-uncovered-60-cross-border-tunnels-along-mexican-border-used-smuggling/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Considering 1st Amendment Clampdown – David Pakman  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have worked very hard to a) stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stop everyone from reading those emails.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shock-trump-considering-1st-amendment-clampdown_us_5909e15be4b084f59b49fe76

 

CBS NEWS
— Chicago detective still on the job despite her own rap sheet  (DIERSEN: I am no longer “on the job,” but then again, a) I failed/refused to become a Democrat, b) I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, c) I failed/refused to help my superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chicago-detective-cherie-hendricks-arrested-for-shoplifting/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— House Passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill That Excludes Some Trump Priorities  Must-pass legislation is being touted as a win by Republicans and Democrats – Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-passes-1-1-trillion-spending-bill-that-excludes-some-trump-priorities-1493842854

 

WHIO
— OUTSTANDING: Texas Legislature passes ban on so-called ‘sanctuary cities’
http://www.whio.com/news/national/texas-legislature-passes-ban-called-sanctuary-cities/ZJcTljtKdQDnxxNghtSnwM/

 

NEWSWEEK
— HAPPY WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, SAYS SECRETARY OF STATE WHO DOESN’T SEEM TO CARE FOR JOURNALISTS – TIM MARCIN
http://www.newsweek.com/happy-world-press-freedom-day-says-state-department-594089

 

GOVERNING
— From ‘Sidewalk Lady’ to America’s First Latina Lieutenant Governor  Evelyn Sanguinetti’s career in politics all started with a bad fall. – MATTIE QUINN
http://www.governing.com/23-percent-podcast/gov-evelyn-sanguinett.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Americans See Free Speech on Campuses as a Thing of the Past  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Democrats will not let you into college or let you graduate from college unless you promote a) dependency on government and on charity, b) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) race and gender based preference giving, g) age discrimination, and h) hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/education/americans_see_free_speech_on_campuses_as_a_thing_of_the_past
— Voters Are Less Sure Trump Will Undo Obama’s Accomplishments
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/may_2017/voters_are_less_sure_trump_will_undo_obama_s_accomplishments