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January 25 Morning Edition

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Watch Gov. Rauner’s State of the State Today  Speech will be livestreamed from Springfield – James Sears
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/watch-gov-rauners-state-of-the-state-today/645312966

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump: If Chicago can’t fix ‘carnage’ will ‘send in the Feds’- Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-if-chicago-cant-fix-carnage-will-send-in-the-feds/amp/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump doubles down on lie over what cost him popular vote.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-doubles-down-on-lie-on-what-cost-him-popular-vote/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Donald Trump, pray for the grace of accuracy.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-donald-trump-pray-for-the-grace-of-accuracy/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Support for Trump will fade when people feel the pinch.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-support-for-trump-will-fade-when-people-feel-the-pinch/
— Turning over rocks to show how cops are promoted – Editorial  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to promote patronage, that is, to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority and/or female to meet Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets.  My Democrat superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and the GAO manager who promoted me in 1986.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-turning-over-rocks-to-show-how-cops-are-promoted/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner to give his third State of the State speech at noon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-state-of-the-state-preview-story.html
— Wheels come off Senate budget plan, illustrating the state of state government – Monique Garcia, Rick Pearson and Haley BeMiller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-preview-senate-action-met-0125-20170124-story.html
— Will County saw strong economic growth in 2016 – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-economic-report-st-0125-20170124-story.html
— Chicago will get up to $3.4 million in grants to support diverse entrepreneurs – Amina Elahi  (DIERSEN: How diverse are you?  According to the Democrats and to the RINOs, you are NOT diverse if you are a member of any one of the following groups: Trump supporters, Protestants, conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, non-poor people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-chicago-blackstone-foundation-grants-bsi-20170124-story.html
— Harvey diverted water money it owes Chicago to payroll, college fund – Joe Mahr and Matthew Walberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-harvey-water-bill-met-20170124-story.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Parents demand answers after water in Balmoral Elementary School in Crete found with unsafe levels of bacteria – Dane Placko
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/231532882-story

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Restaurants: The next front for the immigration debate? – AP  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will restaurants post signs that say members of the following groups are not wanted: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/restaurants-the-next-front-for-the-immigration-debate/article_8d219951-6103-50e1-bce7-4aa5b78240aa.html

 

TIMES
— Joe Walsh says Dems not dead – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/walsh-says-dems-not-dead/article_174d5b48-f044-521e-909f-b1b2261bb5fa.html

 

WTTW
— Emanuel: Illinois ‘Rudderless’ Under Rauner – Nick Blumberg  (DIERSEN: Democrats always blame Republicans for all problems.)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/01/24/emanuel-illinois-rudderless-under-rauner
— Rauner Responds to Emanuel’s ‘Partisan Rant’ – Amanda Vinicky
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/01/24/rauner-responds-emanuel-s-partisan-rant

 

WJBD RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Republicans Unfazed by Controversies Surrounding Cabinet Nominees.”
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/01/24/republicans-unfazed-by-controversies-surrounding-cabinet-nominees

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Corruption worsens under populist leaders.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34339397/watchdog-group-corruption-worsens-under-populist-leaders

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Will This Be the Final Nail in Planned Parenthood’s Coffin? – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/will-nail-planned-parenthoods-coffin/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: LATEST CONTENDER TO REPLACE SCALIA, JUDGE NEIL GORSUCH, IS NOT PRO-LIFE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/thorner-latest-contender-to-replace-scalia-judge-neil-gorsuch-is-not-pro-life.html
— FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE-COMMAND COUNCIL, RAUNER ADMINISTRATION REACH TENTATIVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/fraternal-order-of-police-command-council-rauner-administration-reach-tentative-collective-bargainin.html

 

GOPUSA
— Conservative website gets first question at WH briefing; MSM attack follows
http://www.gopusa.com/conservative-website-gets-first-question-at-wh-briefing-msm-attack-follows/
— Trump tells auto companies he’ll ease regulations  (DIERSEN: In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.  That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-tells-auto-companies-hell-ease-regulations/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Admin. Orders Media Blackout for Federal Agencies – Cathy Burke (DIERSEN: Are/were you blacked out?  My critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have ordered everyone in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois to NOT read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, to NOT take or return my phone calls, to NOT read or respond to my personal emails, to NOT tell me anything, to NOT be scene with me anywhere, to NOT mention me or my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails at Milton Township Republican Central Committee meetings and events or anywhere/anytime else, to NOT seek my advice or support on anything, to NOT donate money for Wheaton’s Independence Day parades, etc. Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes, and those who comply with their blackout orders?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/administration-media-blackout-federal/2017/01/24/id/770282/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Study Claims Up To 2.8 Million Non-Citizens Voted In 2008 – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: How many non-citizens vote in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/24/study-claims-up-to-2-8-million-non-citizens-voted-in-2008/
— Trump Congratulates Fox For Top Inauguration Ratings, Blasts CNN As ‘Fake News’ – Jonah Bennett
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/24/trump-congratulates-fox-for-top-inauguration-ratings-blasts-cnn-as-fake-news/

 

BLAZE
— ‘We are a pro-life Congress’: House votes to make Hyde amendment permanent – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/24/we-are-a-pro-life-congress-house-votes-to-make-hyde-amendment-permanent/

 

FOX NEWS
— Fox News Poll: Fake news hurting U.S. – Dana Blanton (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those in the paid news media promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/24/fox-news-poll-fake-news-hurting-us.html

 

TOWNHALL
— DNC Chair Candidates Lambaste White People During Forum – Leah Barkoukis
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/01/24/dnc-chair-candidates-trash-white-people-during-forum-n2276118
— LA Women’s March: All About Petty Vulgarities – Arthur Schaper
http://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2017/01/25/la-womens-march-all-about-petty-vulgarities-n2276178

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— SOROS AND MASTERCARD JOIN FORCES TO PROFIT FROM IMMIGRATION  The radical billionaire helped create the immigration crisis; now he wants to reap the rewards. – Matthew Vadum
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/265583/soros-and-mastercard-join-forces-profit-matthew-vadum

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— UNIVERSITIES CAVE TO SNOWFLAKES – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/education/universities-cave-to-snowflakes/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Public university: Don’t use ‘illegal alien’ or ask about immigration status – JEREMY BEAMAN
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/30882/

 

THE HILL
— Breitbart’s influence grows inside White House – JONATHAN EASLEY  (DIERSEN: I assert that for many, if not most, if not virtually all of those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they first learned of the Breitbart website by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315990-breitbarts-influence-grows-inside-white-house
— Don’t use the Holman Rule to hurt federal employee unions – Elizabeth McDArgh, Long Beach, Calif.
http://origin-nyi.thehill.com/opinion/letters/315948-dont-use-the-holman-rule-to-hurt-federal-employee-unions

 

POLITICO
— Emanuel’s war of words escalates with Trump – NATASHA KORECKI
http://www.politico.com/states/illinois/story/2017/01/rahms-war-of-words-escalates-with-trump-rauner-109021
— Trump acolytes mount campaigns of their own  Loyalists are looking to replicate his success with bids for Congress, governor and mayor. But copying a singular figure isn’t easy. – ALEX ISENSTADT
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-boosters-seek-office-234134
— Agencies interpret Trump regulatory freeze broadly – JOSH GERSTEIN (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  Democrats want Republicans to fail.)
http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/01/agencies-give-trump-regulatory-freeze-broad-reach-234149

 

AOL
— Steve Bannon found registered to vote in two states amid Trump’s ‘voter fraud’ claims – ARIS FOLLEY
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/01/25/steve-bannon-found-registered-to-vote-in-two-states-amid-trumps/21662643/

 

CNN
— Trump calls for ‘major investigation’ into voter fraud – Dan Merica  (DIERSEN: Will Trump ask GAO to do the investigation?  But wait, virtually all GAO employees are Democrats. Look how those Democrats wasted Dave Diersen’s GAO career and how they forced him to retire in 1997 when he was 49 years old.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/trump-calls-for-major-investigation-into-voter-fraud/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Expected to Order Mexican Border Wall – JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and MAGGIE HABERMAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/24/us/politics/wall-border-trump.html
— Don’t Expect the First Amendment to Protect the Media – RONNELL ANDERSEN JONES and SONJA R. WEST  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want to abolish the First Amendment so that they can stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/opinion/dont-expect-the-first-amendment-to-protect-the-media.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO: ‘Care Chasm’ Forces Women to Forgo Jobs – PATRICIA COHEN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I was born a man, I have always had tremendous unfair advantages over women.  They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at women that I caused all their problems, that I am causing all their problems, and that I will forever cause all their problems. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a woman in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a woman in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a woman in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/24/business/economy/women-labor-force.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— What hiring freezes do to your other workers – Jena McGregor
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/01/25/what-hiring-freezes-do-to-your-other-workers/
— How the wealthy Obamas could become wealthier – Thomas Heath  (DIERSEN: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans who are wealthy, but not Democrats who are wealthy.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/01/23/how-the-wealthy-obamas-could-become-wealthier/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Speaker? Professor? Author? Board member? Owner of a professional basketball team? Those are among the job prospects being bandied about for Barack Obama’s time post-presidency. All ex-presidents receive an annual pension of $205,700 annually, which is pegged to inflation. And Obama’s kicked in on Jan. 20. They also receive federal money for offices and administrative help. Beyond that, they are on their own. Obama is a relatively young man of 55, so the ex-president — who is kicking back for a few days near Palm Springs in Rancho Mirage, Calif. — could spend decades making a living from several income streams. One safe bet is public speaking, which has enriched most former presidents. An ex-president can command $250,000 or more for a speech. “We don’t know what Obama is going to do, but I’m comfortable saying he isn’t going to go out and grab as many high-priced speeches as he can get,” said James Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. “He’s going to lean toward book writing, writing his memoirs. He’s an intellectual who has had good success with two books and probably will have good success with future books.” In just 2009, Obama earned $5.1 million from those two books, “The Audacity of Hope,” and “Dreams From My Father.” The New York Times estimated that Obama and his wife, Michelle, could earn anywhere from $20 million to $45 million from future book contracts. And Obama said in his farewell news conference that he would like to write after leaving office. It worked for Ulysses S. Grant. The former president secured his family’s financial future when the Civil War hero finished his memoirs while suffering from terminal throat cancer. The Obamas are already wealthy. One report a year ago pegged the president’s net worth at $12.2 million. That and his pension should keep him comfortable as he rents a home in Washington’s upscale Kalorama neighborhood for $22,000 a month. Obama, an avid golfer, is also reportedly noodling around for a home in Rancho Mirage, where golf is akin to a religion. Obama could go back to teaching. He was a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School for 12 years before he was elected to the U.S. Senate. The Harvard Law School graduate could return to Chicago, where the Obamas own a $1.5 million home, or teach in Washington, or at Columbia University in New York, where he studied as an undergraduate.)

 

USA TODAY
— Pope Francis calls on media to end ‘focus on bad news’ – Josephine McKenna  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want the only bad news in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to be for those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that they want to manipulate, dominate, and/or destroy.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/24/pope-francis-calls-media-end-focus-bad-news/96992574/
— The best of the best U.S. jobs are tech, tech and tech, again – Marco della Cava
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/01/23/best-best-us-jobs-tech-tech-tech/96723738/

 

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— Sustaining the global anger of anti-Trump legions  (DIERSEN: Who sustains the anger of the anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Who do the anti-Trumps target in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/sustaining-the-global-anger-of-anti-trump-legions/article_efe6416d-e47a-5adf-a5ed-6b2d9f594dbc.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why People Elect Crooks  They flaunt their rough edges as proof that they will fight for the people. And because many have experience subverting the system, they deliver. – RAYMOND ZHONG
http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-people-elect-crooks-1485303029
— How the House Will Roll Back Washington’s Rule by Bureaucrat  We passed legislation to tighten the reins on federal agencies and will soon nix new Obama regulations. – KEVIN MCCARTHY
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-house-will-roll-back-washingtons-rule-by-bureaucrat-1485302719
— Donald Trump vs. James Madison  The Founder knew all factions are equally part of ‘the people.’ Does the president? – WILLIAM A. GALSTON (DIERSEN: Members of the following factions want to rule America: Anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-vs-james-madison-1485303233
— Why Young Women Play Down Their Career Goals Around Men  Single women operate in both labor market and marriage market—and those spheres value different qualities, study finds – LAUREN WEBER  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at women that I caused all their problems, that I am causing all their problems, and that I will forever cause all their problems. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a woman in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a woman in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a woman in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/young-single-women-try-to-appear-less-ambitious-to-attract-a-mate-study-1485270001

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Is Running the White House Like a Democrat – Jonathan Bernstein
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-01-25/trump-is-running-the-white-house-like-a-democrat

 

WJLA
— Federal workers react to 90-day government hiring freeze – Richard Reeve  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under Republican-led hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes.)
http://wjla.com/news/local/federal-workers-react-to-90-day-government-hiring-freeze

 

THE WEEK
— Reaganism is dead. Blood-and-soil nationalism lives. – Scott Galupo  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, RINOs, rule-or-ruin types, their operatives, and their dupes who succeeded in breaking up TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and the Illinois Center Right Coalition.)
http://theweek.com/articles/675187/reaganism-dead-bloodandsoil-nationalism-lives
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pat Buchanan, the intellectual architect of Trump’s triumph, saw the “breakup of the conservative-Republican coalition” long before anyone in the party had accepted this fate.)

 

GALLUP
— Obama Job Approval Ratings Most Politically Polarized by Far  Approval averaged 83% among Democrats, 13% among Republicans  70-percentage-point party gap in approval exceeds previous high of 61 points  From Eisenhower through Carter, average party gap was 34 points – Jeffrey M. Jones  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who talk and act like they approve of Obama far more than they approve of any religious person, conservative, or Republican.  These Obama-promoters promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, booze, pot, gambling, mass/illegal immigration, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.  The aforesaid talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://www.gallup.com/poll/203006/obama-job-approval-ratings-politically-polarized-far.aspx

 

FED SMITH
— Trump’s Hiring Freeze: How Significant Is It? – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under Republican-led hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/25/trumps-hiring-freeze-how-significant-is-it/

 

STARS AND STRIPES
— Federal hiring freeze could hurt job-seeking veterans – NIKKI WENTLING  (DIERSEN: Since 1966, because I avoided the draft, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at veterans that I caused all their problems, that I am causing all their problems, and that I will forever cause all their problems. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.stripes.com/news/federal-hiring-freeze-could-hurt-job-seeking-veterans-1.450645

 

THE NATIONAL
— Trump’s EPA gag order is a big deal. And a bad one. – LeAnne Graves  (DIERSEN: What gag orders have your critics/opponents issued?  My critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have ordered everyone in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois to NOT read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, to NOT take or return my phone calls, to NOT read or respond to my personal emails, to NOT tell me anything, to NOT be scene with me anywhere, to NOT mention me or my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails at Milton Township Republican Central Committee meetings and events or anywhere/anytime else, to NOT seek my advice or support on anything, to NOT donate money for Wheaton’s Independence Day parades, etc. Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes, and those who comply with their gag orders?)
http://www.thenational.ae/blogs/fuel-for-thought/fuel-for-thought-trumps-epa-gag-order-is-a-big-deal-and-a-bad-one

 

SALON
— Steve Bannon hires Breitbart writer Julia Hahn, one of Paul Ryan’s fiercest critics, as a White House aide  Julia Hahn has been a thorn in Paul Ryan’s side. Now she’s going to be a White House staffer – MATTHEW ROZSA
http://www.salon.com/2017/01/24/steve-bannon-hires-breitbart-writer-julia-hahn-one-of-paul-ryans-fiercest-critics-as-a-white-house-aide/
— Donald Trump’s watching a lot of television, and it’s worrying his aides  To understand the president’s erratic behavior, you must understand his media addiction – MATTHEW ROZSA
http://www.salon.com/2017/01/24/donald-trump-is-addicted-to-the-media-and-its-worrying-his-aides/

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— The left can’t be dismissive – Sarah Levy  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely dismissive. They not only dismiss me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they dismiss just about everyone and everything.)
https://socialistworker.org/2017/01/25/the-left-cant-be-dismissive

 

TELEGRAPH
— Trump administration removes apology for historic mass government discrimination against LGBTQ employees – Chiara Palazzo  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my Democrat superiors got rid of their employees like me who did not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/25/trump-administration-removes-apology-historic-mass-government/

 

INDEPENDENT
— Inauguration: Four more journalists could face up to 10 years in prison after covering anti-Donald Trump protests  Arrests send out a ‘chilling message’ to reporters covering protests in the future, the Committee to Protect Journalists say – Caroline Mortimer
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/inauguration-four-more-journalists-face-10-years-felony-riot-cover-anti-donald-trump-protests-evan-a7544766.html

January 24 Morning Edition

ABC7
— TRUMP ORGANIZATION: PRESIDENT TRUMP NO LONGER INVOLVED IN ILLINOIS BUSINESSES – Ross Weidner
http://abc7chicago.com/news/trump-organization-president-no-longer-involved-in-illinois-businesses/1717202/

 

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Wrongly Blames Voter Fraud for Loss of Popular Vote.” Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those many millions who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Trump-Repeats-Unproven-Claim-of-Illegal-Votes-411597055.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago State University’s spending raises questions – AP  (DIERSEN: Who questions the federal government’s wasting my career and GAO’s forcing the Civil Service Retirement System to give me $983,216 in today’s dollars (232 months X $4,238) since September of 1997 when I was 49 years old to stop me from coming to work?  While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, I earned a master’s degree accounting from DePaul in 1980;  I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; I became a licensed CPA in 1981; I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Manager in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997; and  I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/231169776-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Women’s March may threaten Trump most.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-womens-march-may-threaten-trump-most/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump repeats unproven claim of illegal votes.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/president-donald-trump-repeats-unproven-claim-of-illegal-votes/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jesse Jackson wants Trump to listen to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/jesse-jackson-will-trump-learn-to-listen/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Whereabouts of Trump Chicago street signs a mystery – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-donald-trump-chicago-street-signs-story.html
— After tweets insulting women marchers, school board member resigns – Jennifer Johnson and Tony Briscoe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/news/ct-prh-park-ridge-protest-twitter-tl-0126-20170123-story.html
— Shootings, homicides in Chicago both higher than start of violent 2016 – Megan Crepeau
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-weekend-shootings-violence-chicago-2016-20170123-story.html
— Lake County losing 80 veteran employees to early retirement – Luke Hammill  (DIERSEN: Between 1993 and 1997, the Democrats who ran GAO used early retirement to get rid of GAO’s older employees, and especially those who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran.  I became eligible in 1993 when I was 45 years old because I had 25 years of federal service – almost 3 with the Post Office 1966-1969, almost 9 with IRS 1971-1980 and almost 14 with GAO 1980-1993.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-lake-county-downsizing-effects-st-0121-20170123-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Gail Borden to host ‘Librarians vs. Fake News’ Tuesday  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that they determine what is news and what is fake news.  For them, if it makes them look good, it is news, and if it makes them look bad, it is fake news.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170123/submitted/170129506/
— Mayor: Naperville bar disturbance ‘pretty contained’ – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170123/news/170129527/
— Universities cave to snowflakes – Walter E. Williams
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170124/discuss/170129554/
— Demonstrators demand that Roskam address climate change – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170123/news/170129515/

 

DNA INFO
— 40 Murders In 22 Days: Chicago Violence Not Slowing After Bloody 2016 – Kelly Bauer and Andrea V. Watson
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170123/downtown/chicago-january-murders-shootings-crime-rate

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Cullerton, Radogno say budget will be balanced – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170123/cullerton-radogno-say-budget-will-be-balanced
— Bound for college? New report suggests it’s not for everyone – Jason Nevel  (DIERSEN: When you were in grade school and in high school, who believed that you were college material?  I should write a book about my critics/opponents back then who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was NOT college material.  They stressed that neither of my parents had attended college, that my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, that my mother had never attended high school, and that I was a part-time dishwasher.  My critics/opponents were disappointed that I made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I scored 24 on the ACT test, and that I got accepted by UIC.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170123/bound-for-college-new-report-suggests-its-not-for-everyone

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Illinois farmers stood to benefit from TPP.”
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/01/23/our-view-illinois-farmers-stood-to-benefit-from-tpp/anxwrxi/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Frerichs promotes pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/treasurer-sends-letter-to-president-wants-to-protect-medical-marijuana-patients/644662347

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois Democrats’ straw poll looks to assess possible Rauner challengers – Dennis Moran
http://www.qconline.com/news/local/illinois-dems-straw-poll-testing-backing-for-possible-gubernatorial-candidates/article_eb00fc89-2db6-50c8-ab5d-4a709f7d9ece.html
— What Trump, Congress can do for Illinois in 2017 – Diana Sroka Rickert
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/what-trump-congress-can-do-for-illinois-in/article_a6f80ac6-3291-52fe-91a7-b239e1338d1b.html

 

TIMES
— Schock prosecutor pursues Mautino – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/schock-prosecutor-pursues-mautino/article_b00d8d6d-afa7-5ee6-86c1-a84c8bda92a7.html

 

SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Randolph County GOP aims to focus on candidate recruitment
http://swillinoisnews.com/stories/511075108-randolph-county-gop-aims-to-focus-on-candidate-recruitment
— Illinois GOP targets Rep. Costello for his support of Madigan
http://swillinoisnews.com/stories/511074989-illinois-gop-targets-rep-costello-for-his-support-of-madigan

 

SANGAMON SUN
— How Rauner’s wish list has fared in the General Assembly – Vimbai Chikomo
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511076357-how-rauner-s-wish-list-has-fared-in-the-general-assembly

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Warren Dixon III, Naperville Township assessor seeks reelection – Glenn Minnis
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511075168-warren-dixon-iii-naperville-township-assessor-seeks-reelection

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Trump likely to nominate Judge Bill Pryor to the U. S. Supreme Court in 14 days – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/01/trump-likely-to-nominate-judge-bill-pryor-to-the-u-s-supreme-court-in-14-days/

 

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump speech worrisome.”
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2017/01/isu-professor-ali-riaz-says-trump-speech-worrisome/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— McCarter: Package being rushed, taxpayers won’t support higher taxes without spending controls
https://ilnews.org/11830/mccarter-package-rushed-taxpayers-wont-support-higher-taxes-without-spending-controls/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS EXTENDS FAILED CORPORATE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM  Gov. Bruce Rauner signed an extension of the EDGE tax credit program, though the program has an unsuccessful record of using taxpayer money. – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-extends-failed-corporate-tax-credit-program/
— THE ILLINOIS STATE SENATORS WHO PLEDGED NOT TO RAISE TAXES  As pressure mounts on state senators and representatives to vote in favor of multibillion-dollar tax hikes, lawmakers should remember the promises they’ve made to taxpayers. – Brendan Bakala
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/the-illinois-state-senators-who-pledged-not-to-raise-taxes/?linkId=33678902

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BATINICK: HEY DEMS, TIME TO RETURN POWER TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S RANK AND FILE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/batinick-.html
— STATE REP. BREEN FILES BILL TO STOP RED LIGHT CAMERAS AT OAK BROOK MALL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/state-rep-breen-files-bill-to-stop-red-light-cameras-at-oak-brook-mall.html
— ROSKAM TO MANUFACTURERS: TAX REFORM IS ON THE WAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/roskam-to-manufacturers-tax-reform-is-on-the-way.html
— THORNER/O’NEIL: GENDER EQUALITY IN MILITARY UNDER GENERAL JAMES MATTIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/thorneroneil-gender-equality-in-military-under-general-james-mattis.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— New House rules proposed by Leader Durkin
http://capitolfax.com/2017/01/24/new-house-rules-proposed-by-leader-durkin/

 

DAILY CALLER
— White Candidate For DNC Chair Says Her Job Will Be ‘To Shut Other White People Down’ – Chuck Ross  (DIERSEN: What do you say to Whites in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who pander to anti-Whites and b) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things?)
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/23/white-candidate-for-dnc-chair-says-her-job-will-be-to-shut-other-white-people-down-video/#ixzz4WgNm0OOs
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/23/white-candidate-for-dnc-chair-says-her-job-will-be-to-shut-other-white-people-down-video/
— The 7 Most Egregious Acts Of ‘Social Justice’ In Obama’s Military – Jonah Bennett  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Obama’s military ban those like me who were baptized, raised, and confirmed as Missouri Synod Lutherans?)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/23/the-7-most-egregious-acts-of-social-justice-in-obamas-military/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Handbook tells soldiers not to criticize pedophilia. . .2. The Bible disrespects diversity. . .3. An Air Force base banned the greeting, “Have a blessed day.”. . .4. Army ROTC cadets pressured to walk around in bright red heels for social justice. . .5. DOD-approved training listed the Declaration of Independence as a document that perpetuates sexism. . .6. Navy domestic violence training said traditional gender roles are an example of male privilege. . .7. Navy tried to fire a chaplain for Biblical teaching on sexuality)

 

PJ MEDIA
— How the Women’s March Reinforced Every Negative Stereotype about Women EVER – Susan L.M. Goldberg
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/01/22/how-the-womens-march-reinforced-every-negative-stereotype-about-women-ever/

 

FOX NEWS
— After harsh scolding, Spicer and press avoid fisticuffs. Is this a truce? – Howard Kurtz
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/24/after-harsh-scolding-spicer-and-press-avoid-fisticuffs-is-this-truce.html
— Trump tells Congressional leaders 3-5 million ‘illegals’ cost him popular vote – Samuel Chamberlain
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/24/trump-tells-congressional-leaders-3-5-million-illegals-cost-him-popular-vote.html
— Conway: Reporters covering Trump ‘ought to think about what they’re really doing’  (DIERSEN: What do you say reporters who deny that they are Democrats, but who focus on electing Democrats and who focus on defending and advancing the Democrat Party platform?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/24/conway-reporters-covering-trump-ought-to-think-about-what-theyre-really-doing.html

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD DUMP THE MEDIA  Kick the press corps out of the White House. – Daniel Greenfield  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs a) pander to the Democrat media and b) discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/265566/president-trump-should-dump-media-daniel-greenfield

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— An idea for $60 billion per year in federal savings – Bob Fitzhenry  (DIERSEN: Does Fitzhenry approve or disapprove of the federal government’s wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old?  Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH the federal government’s wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/01/an_idea_60_billion_per_year_in_federal_savings.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I dusted off an old idea of mine because of President Trump’s freeze on federal hiring, his tasking to create an attrition plan, and a statistic I read yesterday in a Washington Post article by Juliet Eilperin.  Eilperin reported that in the federal workforce, “there are nearly three times as many employees over age 60 as under age 30.”  Yikes.  That’s no way to run a railroad. The idea I’d roughed out gave a way to cut back the federal workforce by tempting people to retire or move on earlier than they would otherwise.  Depending on whom I’d run the idea past, I’d hear that it’s fantasy, fantastic, or the best sense of fantastical. The cliché to address what I’d like to see happen is, “You’ve got to spend money to make money.”  What if we spent a bunch of money offering departure incentives high enough to entice 750,000 feds to resign or retire?  Then, how about filling one third of the vacated positions with veterans, graduates, and the un- and underemployed?  We’d be spending billions to save billions more every year, and to get 250,000 people into careers they and the country need them to have.)

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Top Five Worst Speeches at the Women’s March on Washington – PAUL CROOKSTON
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444154/womens-march-speeches-marked-left-wing-extremism-social-justice

 

THE HILL
— Republicans defend Trump on media coverage – CRISTINA MARCOS  (DIERSEN: The following defend my critics/opponents, defend their operatives, and defend their dupes: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/315792-republicans
— Trump told leaders ‘illegals’ cost him popular vote – MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315791-trump-told-leaders-illegals-cost-him-popular-vote

 

REUTERS
— Far-reaching Illinois budget fix faces long odds
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-budget-idUSKBN1581OM

 

CNN
— Trump gets to work for his blue-collar base – Stephen Collinson  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps look down not only on those who are blue collar, anti-Trumps look down on those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/24/politics/donald-trump-unions-trade/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that “In Meeting With Congressional Leaders, Trump Falsely Blames Illegal Immigrants for Loss of Popular Vote.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/us/politics/donald-trump-congress-democrats.html
— Trump’s Cabinet So Far Is More White and Male Than Any First Cabinet Since Reagan’s – JASMINE C. LEE  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get their votes, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors THAT DEMOCRATS WILL USE GOVERNMENT TO GET RID OF THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. That is why Republican Trump won and Democrat Clinton lost.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/13/us/politics/trump-cabinet-women-minorities.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The first days inside Trump’s White House: Fury, tumult and a reboot.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-first-days-inside-trumps-white-house-fury-tumult-and-a-reboot/2017/01/23/7ceef1b0-e191-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: White House urges media to back off its ‘negative narrative.’ – David Jackson  (DIERSEN: What prompts you to go negative?  For me, it is when individuals and organizations that claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican say or do things that are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican, for example, promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, pot, gambling, race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, etc.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/23/sean-spicer-donald-trump-white-house/96953692/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOY ARTICLE TITLE: Auto Makers in the Crosshairs – MIKE COLIAS, CHRISTINA ROGERS and JOANN S. LUBLIN  (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes despise if not hate a) General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, b) those who own/owned General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler vehicles, c) unions, and d) past and present union members.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/auto-industrys-no-1-preoccupation-trump-1485189599

 

FORBES
— Trump Nominee Ricketts And Family See Fortune Jump $700M Since Election – Dan Alexander
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/01/18/trump-nominee-ricketts-and-family-see-fortune-jump-700m-since-election/#6f1f64985bf2

 

MARKET WATCH
— Trump’s government hiring freeze: more symbolism than savings  Federal employment basically flat since end of Bush presidency – Jeffry Bartash  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under Republican-led hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes.)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-government-hiring-freeze-more-symbolism-than-savings-2017-01-23

 

THE BEAST
— Donald Trump Has Already Broken Promises on Immigration  Not only has the president failed to ‘immediately’ reverse Obama’s ‘executive amnesty’ protecting young Dreamers from deportation, his advisers are signaling he has no plans to do so. – Betsy Woodruff
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/23/donald-trump-has-already-broken-promises-on-immigration.html

 

THE WEEK
— Kellyanne Conway received death threats, reportedly has her own Secret Service detail
http://theweek.com/speedreads/675338/kellyanne-conway-received-death-threats-reportedly-secret-service-detail

 

PBS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump administration wastes no time in fighting the press over facts.”
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/trump-administration-wastes-no-time-fighting-press-facts/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Unions: Trump’s hiring freeze ‘disastrous’ for public service – Carten Cordell  (DIERSEN: I was a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980.  Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes despise if not hate unions, union members, and former union members.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/unions-roiled-by-trumps-federal-hiring-freeze

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Hiring freeze result of Trump team’s review of federal agencies – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under Republican-led hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes.)
http://federalnewsradio.com/hiringretention/2017/01/trump-team-review-federal-agencies-triggers-hiring-freeze/

 

GALLUP
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump and those who voted for him.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/202811/trump-sets-new-low-point-inaugural-approval-rating.aspx

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— Just work harder for Democrats?  Is an enemy of labor’s enemy in Illinois really a friend, asks Criage Lynnette Althage?  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that work against you or work for you say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.  Those that work against me a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://socialistworker.org/2017/01/24/just-work-harder-for-democrats
— The millions who said “Not our president”  Nicole Colson rounds up reports of massive demonstrations from around the country.  (DIERSEN: Obviously, those who say “Not our president” are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://socialistworker.org/2017/01/24/the-millions-who-said-not-our-president

January 22 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 7 truths Democrats need to understand – Robert Reich
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/robert-reich-7-truths-democrats-need-to-understand/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Party is on life support. . .We are now in a populist era. . .The economy is not working for most Americans. . .The Party’s moneyed establishment – big donors, major lobbyists, retired members of congress who have become bundlers and lobbyists – are part of the problem. . .It’s not enough for Democrats to be “against Trump,” and defend the status quo. . .The life of the Party – its enthusiasm, passion, youth, principles, and ideals – was elicited by Bernie Sanders’s campaign. . .The Party must change from being a giant fund-raising machine to a movement.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-teacher-at-d-c-march-were-not-going-to-be-ignored/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make clear that they are anti-America, but also that they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-our-new-nationalist-president/
— ‘Hidden Figures’ pave way for next generation  Abbott Labs exec Corlis Murray didn’t have to see ‘Hidden Figures to appreciate the challenges the African-American women the movie portrayed faced. – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: Are you a White male?  What jobs and promotions were you given that African-American women should have been given?  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 an African-American woman in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that an African-American woman could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired an African-American woman in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted African-American women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired an African-American woman in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted an African-American woman in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that an African-American woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-hidden-figures-pave-way-for-next-generation/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Trump and the forgotten man – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-donald-trump-inauguration-kass-0122-20170120-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, pot pushers push pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-cresco-labs-marijuana-bachtell-exec-qa-0122-biz-20170117-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “How to cover Trump?” and answers “Literally and seriously.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-trump-media-coverage-twitter-perspec-0122-md-20170120-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote foreign countries and their citizens.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-international-students-post-trump-met-20170112-story.html
— In ‘SNL’s’ first post-inauguration episode, Putin roasts Trump on crowd sizes – Elahe Izadi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-snl-post-inauguration-episode-putin-trump-20170122-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH THREE COLOR PHOTOS: Two officers injured in dispute at Bar Louie in Naperville – Doug T. Graham
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170121/news/170129725/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The budget ball is in your court – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170121/ISSUE11/170129973/an-illinois-budget-breakthrough-is-in-house-gops-hands

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Lead testing joins long list of unfunded mandates imposed on Illinois schools – Matt Dutton  (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are unfunded mandates that have cost America many trillions of dollars. Those mandates a) require employers to hire, to retain, and to promote minorities and females and b) require employers to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who are White or male.)
http://www.whig.com/20170121/lead-testing-joins-long-list-of-unfunded-mandates-imposed-on-illinois-schools#

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170121/springfield-area-group-makes-voices-heard-in-dc
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170121/unity-rally-draws-more-than-1000-to-old-capitol-plaza
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170121/womens-march-hundreds-of-thousands-protest-trump
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170121/over-1-million-join-anti-trump-womens-marches-worldwide
— Illinois Senate to try again on pension reform – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170121/illinois-senate-to-try-again-on-pension-reform
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Springfield not alone in seeing revenue shortfall – Mary Hansen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170121/springfield-not-alone-in-seeing-revenue-shortfall
— Rauner’s lawyer takes comfort in high court budget decision – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170121/schoenburg-rauners-lawyer-takes-comfort-in-high-court-budget-decision
— Illinois treasurer seeks payout of unclaimed life insurance – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170122/illinois-treasurer-seeks-payout-of-unclaimed-life-insurance

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34316035/trump-offers-scattershot-response-to-global-protests

 

WJBD
— Trump Spokesman Slams Media Over Inauguration Coverage – Alex Wong  (DIERSEN: Since 2000 when I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always slammed me for my coverage of everything.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/01/21/trump-spokesman-slams-media-over-inauguration-coverage

 

WSIL TV
— European nationalists flaunt strength, buoyed by Trump win – AP  (DIERSEN: Will this slow down the Islamic conquest of Europe?)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34312685/europes-nationalist-leaders-kick-off-year-of-election-hopes

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-01-21/womens-march-champaign.html

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/communities/carbondale/hundreds-gather-in-carbondale-to-march-for-human-rights/article_616ca5a9-dd07-57da-9a8e-ee3a9317bd05.html

 

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://dailyegyptian.com/64889/showcase/carbondale-womens-march-draws-hundreds-in-a-show-of-equality-solidarity/
http://dailyegyptian.com/64917/multimedia/gallery-southern-illinois-womens-march-daily-egyptian/

 

NAVIGATOR
— Democrats ‘joyless’ in Speaker vote – Rich Miller
http://www.navigatorjournal.com/opinion/article_d5867a9c-e0b4-11e6-8955-c7291acafc0c.html

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Pawar not a serious Democratic contender for governor, Proft says – Karen Kidd  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say to Proft about you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes urge Proft get rid of me.  They want him to stop me from serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.  They would hint/imply/argue/shout that Proft wanted to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my service as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511074515-pawar-not-a-serious-democratic-contender-for-governor-critic-says

 

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Political Experience – Dan Carden  (DIERSEN: What political experience do you have?  I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000.  I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.  What government experience do you have?  I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991.  I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173.  I served on the American Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996.)
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/statehouse/crossing-the-line/crossing-the-line-political-experience/article_23158a54-e9be-5697-88a9-c651ccbe05a8.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the first time in the nation’s history, the United States has a president, Republican Donald Trump, who never previously held elected office at any level or a government job of any kind. Similarly, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, a multimillionaire Republican businessman elected in 2014, began his political career running for and winning the top office in the state.)

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on media: ‘We are going to fight back’ – Bradford Richardson  (DIERSEN: Should I start fighting back at those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who demonize me, who denigrate me, and who condemn me.  So far, I have believed in forgiving those who trespass against me.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/22/reince-priebus-white-house-chief-of-staff-on-media/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Make Every Day Count – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: What do you do to make every day count?  I put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening, including Sundays.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/01/22/make-every-day-count/

 

THE BLAZE
— White House press secretary slams mainstream media journalist for always wanting to ‘tweet first check facts later’ – Chris Enloe  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want me to get their permission before I include links to articles in GOPUSA Illinois emails?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/21/wh-press-sec-slams-mainstream-media-journalist-for-always-wanting-to-tweet-first-check-facts-later/

 

NEWSMAX
— Madonna: ‘I Have Thought an Awful Lot About Blowing Up the White House’ – Solange Reyner
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/madonna-womens-march-washington-march/2017/01/21/id/769778/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, “Evangelical groups” act as operatives or as dupes for the anti-Evangelical Democrat Party.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelical-groups-urge-congress-to-codify-obamas-dreamers-action-for-undocumented-immigrants-173259/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Women’s March Organizer Recently Met Ex-Hamas Operative, Has Family Ties To Terror Group – Chuck Ross
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-organizer-recently-met-ex-hamas-operative-has-family-ties-to-terror-group/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Priebus slams media ‘obsession’ with undermining Trump – SARAH WESTWOOD  (DIERSEN: Who is obsessed with undermining you?  The following are obsessed with undermining me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Rauner, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/priebus-slams-media-obssession-with-undermining-trump/article/2612607

 

THE HILL
— Franken emerges as liberal force – LISA HAGEN  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about RINOs who are emerging as liberal forces in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  They promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, patronage, booze, pot, gambling, race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/315393-franken-emerges-as-liberal-force-in-hearings
— Priebus on media: ‘We’re not going to sit around and take it’ – REBECCA SAVRANSKY  (DIERSEN: Since 1948, when my parents had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, my nasty/troubled/failed/vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have counted on me to “sit around and take it.” Attendees at the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce January 19, 2017 State of the City Address saw that.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315520-priebus-on-media-were-not-going-to-sit-around-and-take-it

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Reince Priebus Complains About The Press Trying To Delegitimize Donald Trump  (DIERSEN: Who is focuses on delegitimizing you?  The following focus on delegitimizing me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Rauner, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reince-priebus-trump-birther_us_5884bfa3e4b070d8cad3200b

 

POLITICO
— Trump doling out plum adviser jobs to rich friends  The arrangement has worried ethics experts, especially because the advisers may sidestep conflict-of-interest rules. – JOSH DAWSEY and ISAAC ARNSDORF  (DIERSEN: Who does NOT ask for your advice?  The following do NOT ask for my advice: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Rauner, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-jobs-rich-allies-233975
— Priebus dismisses former CIA boss Brennan as ‘bitter’ – CONNOR O’BRIEN  (DIERSEN: Who dismisses you as being bitter?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes dismiss me as being bitter because I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, a Post Office employee, etc.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/reince-priebus-john-brennan-cia-233990
— Priebus charges media out to ‘de-legitimize’ Trump, vows to fight back – CONNOR O’BRIEN (DIERSEN: Who is focuses on delegitimizing you?  The following focus on delegitimizing me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Rauner, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/reince-priebus-inauguration-crowds-233987

 

CNN
— Trump says he has “running war” with media – Brian Stelter (DIERSEN: Has the Gresk Administration gone to war with me over my promotion of Wheaton’s Independence Day parades?  Attendees at the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce January 19, 2017 State of the City Address would think so.)
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/21/media/donald-trump-war-with-the-media/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Where Americans Still Stand Together  A year of photographs from parades on the nation’s streets, where communities become visible to themselves. – GEORGE GEORGIOU  (DIERSEN: What do you know about Wheaton’s Independence Day Parades? I have attended and/or participated in them since 1978 and I have raised money from Republicans each and every year for them since 2006.  I should write a book about the Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who work against the parades and against patriotism, b) who work against Republican participation in the parades, and/or c) who work against my efforts to raise money from Republicans to support the parades. If their treatment of me at the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce January 19, 2017 State of the City Address is any indication, now that Trump is our President, they are dramatically increasing their efforts a) to harm the parade and patriotism, b) to discourage/stop Republican participation in the parade, and c) to discourage/stop Republicans from donating for the parade.  They are fully aware that I will raise $2,500 for the parade this year from Republicans, even if that means that I donate all of that $2,500.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/19/magazine/parades-across-america-george-georgiou.html
— Politics’ Newest Empty Gesture: The Disavowal – WESLEY MORRIS  (DIERSEN: Who wants others to disavow you? The following want everyone to disavow me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Trump, anti-Rauner, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/magazine/politics-newest-empty-gesture-the-disavowal.html
— San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? – THOMAS FULLER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/san-francisco-children.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/the-president-who-buried-humility.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/why-i-cannot-fall-in-line-behind-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/the-tempting-of-the-media.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/finding-myself-marching.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/the-america-we-lost-when-trump-won.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/racial-progress-is-real-but-so-is-racist-progress.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/how-to-listen-to-donald-trump-every-day-for-years.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/opinion/sunday/how-not-to-be-afraid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/opinion/presidential-inauguration-2017/america-first-britain-frets
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/politics/trump-white-house-briefing-inauguration-crowd-size.html (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD)

 

NEW YORK POST
— How these unemployed people survive in America – John Crudele  (DIERSEN: Are you unemployed?  If so, how do you get by? As a 68-year-old unemployed retired federal employee, I have received a dramatically reduced Civil Service Retirement System pension (currently $50,856 a year) since 1997.  In addition, I have received dramatically reduced Social Security (currently $2,028 a year) since 2010.)
http://nypost.com/2017/01/22/how-these-unemployed-people-survive-in-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dear John: In a nutshell, I am getting by because I still have a good credit score (690, I believe). I am a 66-year-old retired civilian federal employee. I was able to retire when I was age 55 after 32 years of service and receive my full pension (currently about $3,600 net monthly). I retired to “pursue other interests,” as the cliche goes.)

 

USA TODAY
— Fake Muslim registry appears at women’s march – Sean Rossman
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/21/fake-muslim-registry-appears-womens-march/96885144/

 

NPR & WNPR
— Trump Administration Goes To War With The Media Over Inauguration Crowd Size – JESSICA TAYLOR  (DIERSEN: Has the Gresk Administration gone to war with me over my promotion of Wheaton’s Independence Day parades?  Attendees at the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce January 19, 2017 State of the City Address would think so.)
http://www.npr.org/2017/01/21/510994742/trump-administration-goes-to-war-with-the-media-over-inauguration-crowd-size
http://wnpr.org/post/trump-administration-goes-war-media-over-inauguration-crowd-size

 

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://fortune.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-photos/

 

THE BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Where Were All The Women’s March Protesters in November?” and say “It was huge. It was emotional. But it’s hard not to wonder what all these people were doing during the election, and what they will do after the protest has ended.”  What will the anti-Trump women in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to get rid of Trump and to get rid of Trumps’s supporters?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/21/where-were-all-the-women-s-march-protesters-in-november.html

January 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “DISCONTENT IN DC: LAWMAKERS, CITIZENS PROTEST TRUMP INAUGURATION.”
http://abc7chicago.com/news/discontent-in-dc-lawmakers-citizens-protest-trump-inauguration/1709029/
— SPOKESMAN: GEORGE H.W. BUSH ADMITTED TO ICU, WIFE BARBARA BUSH ALSO HOSPITALIZED – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/news/both-george-hw-bush-and-barbara-bush-hospitalized/1708003/

 

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Womens-March-on-Chicago-Everything-You-Need-to-Know-411092025.html
— Trump Hotel Bans Media During Inauguration Week
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Trump-Hotel-Bans-Media-During-Inauguration-Week-411127315.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Swastikas, Pro-Trump Fliers Found on UC Berkeley Printers.”
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Swastikas-Pro-Trump-Fliers-Found-on-UC-Berkeley-Printers-411081265.html
— Girl Scouts Defend Their Involvement in Donald Trump Inauguration  “Every girl has a home at Girl Scouts, every girl in our movement is allowed her own ideas, opinions, beliefs and political ideology”
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Girl-Scouts-Defend-Their-Involvement-in-Donald-Trump-Inauguration-411133315.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Schakowsky joins Democratic boycott of Trump’s inauguration.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/schakowsky-inauguration-met-20170118-story.html
— Rauner aides say Senate budget plan short $4.3 billion – Haley BeMiller and Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: Are you spending more than your income?  The cost of living in Wheaton is very high.  My wife and I are spending more than our income because my Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-illinois-budget-met-0119-20170118-story.html
— Indiana GOP lawmaker wants police to use ‘any means necessary’ to stop protesters from blocking traffic
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-indiana-protest-bill-20170118-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Six agencies — including FBI, CIA, Treasury — probing possible Russian aid to Trump’s campaign.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-fbi-kremlin-probe-20170118-story.html
— Obama was a foreign-policy failure – Stephen M. Walt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-obama-policy-2b58fd4c-ddad-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861-20170118-story.html
— District 181 loans itself money while waiting on referendum lawsuit – Chuck Fieldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/burr-ridge/news/ct-dhd-hms-bond-delay-tl-0126-20170118-story.html
— Lisle village clerk gets work-release jail sentence in DUI plea deal – Clifford Ward
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-lisle-clerk-dui-plea-0118-20170118-story.html
— Are you facing mom bias at work? – Nara Schoenberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/parenting/sc-mom-bias-family-0117-20170117-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trumps says “On ethics: Obama went high, Trump goes low.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-ethics-trump-obama-chapman-perspec-0119-md-20170118-column.html
— Preckwinkle: Emanuel could have acted sooner on police issues – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-toni-preckwinkle-doj-report-met-0119-20170118-story.html
— Chicago drone photographer pays FAA $200,000 over alleged airspace violations – Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-drone-faa-settlement-0119-biz-20170118-story.html
— Rauner-Madigan feud leads to $31 million spent by outside groups on state races last year – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-campaign-spending-met-0119-20170118-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-immigrants-mixed-status-trump-met-20170118-story.html
— Emanuel has $1 million in campaign fund, spent thousands on legal fees – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-campaign-finance-report-met-0119-20170118-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Preckwinkle: CPD afflicted by ‘pervasive racism’ – Mitch Dudek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/preckwinkle-cpd-afflicted-by-pervasive-racism/
— Chicago fiscal wizard Jeremy Katz joins Trump team – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-chicago-fiscal-wizard-joins-trump-team/
— Senate budget’s ‘work in progress’ includes filling $4.3B hole Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/senate-budgets-work-in-progress-includes-filling-4-3b-hole/amp/
— Rahm says CPD must work ‘double hard’ to attract minorities – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: To attract younger Democrats, and especially those who are minority and/or female, the Democrats who run GAO could draw their attention to Diersen v. GAO at https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-says-cpd-must-work-double-hard-to-attract-minorities/
— Mayor defends CPS furloughs as CTU joins school-cut protests – Lauren FitzPatrick and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mayor-defends-cps-furloughs-as-ctu-joins-school-cut-protests/
— City employee accused of sending ‘sexually explicit’ emails – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/city-employee-accused-of-sending-sexually-explicit-emails/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Proposal could eliminate pay for DuPage election panel – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: What do you do that you are not paid for?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that what I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor is absolutely worthless because I am not paid for what I do.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170118/news/170118804/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Sen. David Olsen, a Downers Grove Republican, is co-sponsoring legislation to end the $27,500 salary for members of DuPage County’s board of election commissioners. . .The measure is being co-sponsored by state Rep. Jeanne Ives, a Wheaton Republican. . .Having unpaid board members, Olsen said, helps ensure they’re “serving for the right reasons, which is to serve the people and ensure the election process is carried out properly.”)
— Students from Naperville, Wheaton to witness Trump make history – Madhu Krishnamurthy and Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170118/news/170118853/
— Chicago-area home sales strengthened in 2016  (DIERSEN: Have home sales strengthened in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?  If not, why not?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170118/entlife/170118814/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illegal campaign cash, sexy emails highlights of City Hall inspector’s latest report – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170118/BLOGS02/170119862/illegal-campaign-cash-sexy-emails-highlights-of-city-hall-inspectors
— Roskam revives effort to block Boeing’s Iran deal – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170118/BLOGS02/170119858/roskam-revives-effort-to-block-boeings-iran-deal

 

NBC5
— Christie: Wife Refused to Move to Washington for Trump Post  Trump on Monday told The Wall Street Journal, “at some point, we’re going to do something with Chris.”
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Christie-Wife-refused-to-move-to-Washington-for-Trump-post–411088815.html

 

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “State Receives Mixed Grade on Reproductive Rights Ahead of Women’s March.”
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/01/18/state-receives-mixed-grade-reproductive-rights-ahead-women-s-march

 

DNA INFO
— Bank Robbers Strike On Fridays To Fuel Drug, Booze, Gambling Habits: FBI – Tanveer Ali  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote pot, promote booze, promote gambling, and/or promote even worse things.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170117/albany-park/bank-robbers-strike-on-fridays-fuel-drug-booze-gambling-habits-fbi

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County Board shoots down Jack Franks’ request for advisory tax freeze referendum – KEVIN P. CRAVER
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/01/18/mchenry-county-board-shoots-down-jack-franks-request-for-advisory-tax-freeze-referendum/ame1d9l/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner budget office says Senate plan won’t erase deficit – AP  (DIERSEN: Are you spending more than your income?  The cost of living in Wheaton is very high.  My wife and I are spending more than our income because my Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170118/rauner-budget-office-says-senate-plan-wont-erase-deficit

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois budget deal is a real stinker – Scott Reeder
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20170118/my-view-illinois-budget-deal-is-real-stinker

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Edwardsville group to join in Women’s March on Washington.”
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article127170489.html

 

MADISON RECORD
— If it could, Illinois should declare bankruptcy – Editorial
http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511074953-if-it-could-illinois-should-declare-bankruptcy

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Illinois leaders split on attending Trump inauguration.”
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-leaders-split-on-attending-trump-inauguration/article_754e8b92-c2e1-557f-9b67-d8a4aec95376.html

 

DAILY ILLINI
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump women.
http://dailyillini.com/news/2017/01/18/community-members-march-womens-rights/

 

CHICAGO READER
— Bill Ayers believes opposition to Trump should come from the people—not the Democratic Party  The author and former Weatherman says modern revolutionaries also don’t have to look to the 1960s for inspiration. – Ryan Smith
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/bill-ayers-interview/Content?oid=25115256

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Morrison: Right-to-work laws would make Illinois more economically competitive – Vimbai Chikomo
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511074306-morrison-right-to-work-laws-would-make-illinois-more-economically-competitive

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ramey offers Wayne Township service via campaign – Carol Ostrow
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511074484-ramey-offers-wayne-township-service-via-campaign
— TRAGIC: Wood Dale City Council increases liquor licenses – Philip Gonzales
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511066447-wood-dale-city-council-increases-liquor-licenses

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner: More money for higher ed classrooms instead of ‘bureaucratic bloat’  (DIERSEN: Are/were you bureaucratic bloat?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being federal bureaucratic bloat.  Further, they have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that all the jobs and promotions that I got should have been given to poor Democrats, to poor minorities, to poor females, to poor younger people, and/or to poor veterans.)
https://ilnews.org/11766/rauner-money-higher-ed-classrooms-instead-bureaucratic-bloat/
— Trump’s pick for education secretary to push for greater school choice  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are nasty. Do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn your parents as being filthy rich?  Mine do because my outstanding parents had enough money to send me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://ilnews.org/11758/trumps-pick-education-secretary-push-greater-school-choice/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Barack Obama’s Deplorable Race Relations Legacy – Steve McCann
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/01/barack-obamas-deplorable-race-relations-legacy/

 

BREITBART
— Tourists Flee ‘Nightmare’ Paris Amidst Rising Theft, Assaults, Terror – VIRGINIA HALE
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/01/18/chinese-tourists-flee-nightmare-paris/

 

THE BLAZE
— Rand Paul slams Bernie Sanders’ assertion that the US is ‘not compassionate’ – Tre Goins-Phillips  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise themselves as being compassionate and/or b) crow that they are church members, attend church services, and/or give money to churches.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/18/rand-paul-slams-bernie-sanders-assertion-that-the-us-is-not-compassionate/
— ‘We are the future’: Young ACLU advocate mocks elderly white people – Tre Goins-Phillips  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who want Republicans to dump those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/18/we-are-the-future-young-aclu-advocate-mocks-elderly-white-people/

 

GOPUSA
— ‘Toxic masculinity’? Dude, now America’s universities are turning men into women
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19428
— Teachers in Philadelphia Plan Black Lives Matter Week
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19269
— On his last Wednesday in office, Biden warns of the collapse of democracy
http://www.gopusa.com/on-his-last-wednesday-in-office-biden-warns-of-the-collapse-of-democracy/
— When the Press Loses Credibility
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19366

 

DAILY CALLER
— ACLU Official Mocks Elderly White People, Tells Them They Have ‘Five Years Left’ – Alex Pfeiffer  (DIERSEN: To varying degrees, all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination.  I should write a book about that.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/17/aclu-official-mocks-elderly-white-people-tells-them-they-have-five-years-left/

 

CNS NEWS
— Trump’s IRS Can Avoid Needless Payments to Illegals: Only Genuine SSNs Produce Refunds – David North
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/david-north/trumps-irs-can-avoid-needless-payments-illegals-only-genuine-ssns-produce

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— THOMAS JEFFERSON WARNED US ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/01/18/thomas-jefferson-warned-us-about-social-security/

 

THE HILL
— How left-wing and racist radicals are infiltrating our children’s minds – TERESA MULL
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/education/314789-how-left-wing-and-racist-radicals-are-infiltrating-our-childrens
— Under Trump, the disruptors return to Washington (that’s a good thing) – THOMAS A. SCHATZ, Citizens Against Government Waste  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that all the salary and benefits that the Post Office, IRS, GAO, and the Civil Service Retirement System has paid me, is paying me, and will pay me is waste.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-budget/314837-under-trump-the-disruptors-return-to-washington-thats-a

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Republican Men Think Women Have It Better Than Them.”  All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my superiors were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give preference to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger, that is, to discriminate against their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republican-men-sexism-poll_us_587fc369e4b0c147f0bcbe0a

 

CNN
— CNN President: Donald Trump Wants To ‘Delegitimize Journalism’ – Kaitlan Collins  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, journalists talk, act, and write like they are getting paid a) to help elect Democrats and b) to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform. No one pays me a) to help elect Republicans or b) to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/18/cnn-president-donald-trump-wants-to-delegitimize-journalism/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Out with the ‘art of being honest,’ in with Trump’s art of the deal.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/out-with-the-art-of-being-honest-in-with-trumps-art-of-the-deal/2017/01/18/b4c4b43a-ddcc-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html

 

FORTUNE
— Republican Men Think Its Easier to Be a Woman than a Man, Survey Finds – Madeline Farber (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my superiors were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give preference to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger, that is, to discriminate against their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
http://fortune.com/2017/01/18/republican-men-easier-being-woman/

 

FORBES
— Are Half of Americans Approaching Retirement with No Savings? – Andrew Biggs  (DIERSEN: Constructively, I began saving for my retirement in 1966 when I was 18 years old when I started earning full-time Civil Service Retirement System credits working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious about that.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewbiggs/2017/01/18/are-half-of-americans-approaching-retirement-with-no-savings/#3f3cd1047df5

 

FED SMITH
— I Do Solemnly Swear That I Will… – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the Constitution of the United States required them to get rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/18/i-do-solemnly-swear-that-i-will/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: People in the private sector do not take an oath of office when they get a job. They get an offer, report to work, and that’s it. For federal employees it is different. Reading so many articles about the inauguration that refer to the president-elect taking the oath of office on the 20th of January got me thinking about oaths and what they mean. I have taken that oath of office as a civil service employee. Raising your right hand and swearing to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States” is not something most people take lightly. It is a solemn oath and it means something to most people who take it.)

 

THE NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “How to Resist Donald Trump in DC This Weekend.”
https://www.thenation.com/article/how-to-resist-donald-trump-in-dc-this-weekend/

 

STAMFORD ADVOCATE
— The government is suing Oracle for discriminatory hiring practices — Oracle says it’s ‘politically motivated’ – Matt Weinberger
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/The-government-is-suing-Oracle-for-discriminatory-10866563.php

 

BERKELEY NEWS
— Berkeley among top U.S. universities for upward mobility – Kathleen Maclay
http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/01/18/berkeley-among-top-u-s-universities-for-upward-mobility/

January 18 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Former rivals Rauner, Vallas unite for Chicago State overhaul – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-rauner-vallas-pledge-overhaul-of-chicago-state-university/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and Trump’s supporters.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/roger-simon-in-trump-years-fight-for-what-we-love-america/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-gop-chaos-on-obamacare-has-an-upside/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and Trump’s supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-trump-john-lewis-legitimate-president-inauguration-perspec-20170117-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Towns should think hard about new wave of requests for liquor licenses – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) promote booze, b) drink lots of booze, and/or c) want to drink more booze than they do.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170117/discuss/170118996/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and Trump’s supporters.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170118/discuss/170119006/

 

DNA INFO
— A Big Drag: How Much Puffing In Illinois Costs Smokers – Kelly Bauer  (DIERSEN: I have never been a smoker.  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, if not most of my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who worked the hardest against me were smokers.  Almost all of them were White, male, and/or older.  Many of them had severe health problems.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170117/downtown/big-drag-how-much-puffing-illinois-costs-smokers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Smoking will cost you big time in Illinois.  The habit will cost a smoker an estimated nearly $1.8 million throughout his or her lifetime, making Illinois among the costliest states in the nation for users, according to a new study. The study from WalletHub looked at the out-of-pocket cost to smokers as well as financial opportunity cost (how much money smokers would have made by investing money instead of spending it on cigarettes), healthcare cost, income loss per smoke and other expenses. The study found smoking in Illinois will end up costing people more than $34,000 a year or $1.77 million over a lifetime of smoking for about 50 years. For a pack-a-day smoker, the habit can cost more than $2,700 per year just to buy cigarettes, the study found.)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— State’s first lady visits local crisis unit – Edith Brady-Lunny
http://www.pantagraph.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/state-s-first-lady-visits-local-crisis-unit/article_1f09fd6c-1bf1-5ccb-bdcc-5bdd69d537c7.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois is short 600 school substitutes a day – AP  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I took very few sick days, while my Democrat coworkers and subordinates, took lots of sick days.  While I worked for the Park Forest Post Office part-time 1966-1969, I was frequently called in to substitute for my Democrat coworkers who had called in sick.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170117/illinois-is-short-600-school-substitutes-day-study-finds
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Public-school administrators are scrambling to find substitute teachers for as many as 600 Illinois classrooms a day, a survey finds. The review released Tuesday by the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools revealed that teachers call in more than 16,500 absences each week. School officials have trouble finding replacements for nearly 20 percent of them.)

 

WJBD
— Donald Trump: ‘I Don’t Like Tweeting’ – ABC NEWS (DIERSEN: I do not like putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out each and every morning and each and every evening.  Like Trump, “I have other things I could be doing.” But tremendous communication voids continue to exist in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, in etc. that no one is filling.  The Illinois Republican Party, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, and other conservative and Republican organizations in Illinois do not have the time, the motivation, the experience, and/or the money like I do to help keep Illinois Republicans up to date with government and political news and commentary every 12 hours.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/01/18/donald-trump-i-dont-like-tweeting
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Despite appearances to the contrary, President-elect Donald Trump says he isn’t a fan of tweeting. In an interview with Fox News slated to air Wednesday, Trump said he uses Twitter to defend himself against the “dishonest media.” “Look, I don’t like tweeting,” Trump told Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt. “I have other things I could be doing. But I get very dishonest media, very dishonest press. It’s my only way that I can counteract.” He continued: “When people misrepresent me — because the press is very dishonest, unbelievably dishonest … When people misrepresent me, I have at least a way of saying it’s a false statement. If the press were honest, which is not, I would absolutely not use Twitter. I wouldn’t have to.”)

 

WSIL
— Candidate Rauner And Governor Rauner Differ Over Union Strike – Jordan Abudayyeh
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/candidate-rauner-and-governor-rauner-differ-over-union-strike
— Putin: Obama administration trying to undermine Trump – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs focus on undermining Republicans.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34275389/putin-obamas-govt-is-working-hard-to-undermine-trump

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Illinoisans deserve better budget ideas – Scott Reeder  (DIERSEN: What if those who run Illinois promised to stop driving out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/01/17/reeder-illinoisans-deserve-better-budget-ideas/a85k4at/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Much at risk for union members – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-01-18/much-risk-union-members.html
— Bill aims to ‘level the playing field’ for political parties – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-01-18/tom-kacich-bill-aims-level-playing-field-political-parties.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton City Council approves facility for single moms at former Wheaton Inn  Facility to serve as many as 12 new and expectant single mothers – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/01/18/wheaton-city-council-approves-facility-for-single-moms-at-former-wheaton-inn/a5r6lc4/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Wheaton City Council on Jan. 17 voted 6-0 to approve plans for the former Wheaton Inn building at 301 W. Roosevelt Road to become a facility for new and expectant single mothers. The Clarendon Hills-based company Love From Above plans to offer a two-year transitional housing program for women 18 to 26 years old that will serve single mothers in DuPage County. The facility would serve as many as 12 women at any given time who find themselves in “crisis pregnancies,” Love From Above President and founder Yvonne Florczak-Seeman previously said. City Council members approved the plans contingent on the installation of landscaping for the property and the replacement of any required landscaping that has died or is dying. In addition, the facility will only be able to serve a maximum of 12 women at any given time. While Wheaton Mayor Michael Gresk said he would have preferred to have seen a commercial use for the building, “it’s good to see that building occupied.” “It’s an appropriate use,” he said. Council members previously asked if the facility would have to be licensed or regulated by the state. Greg Dose, attorney for the applicant, wrote a letter to the city stating the facility is not subject to regulation or licensing by the Department of Children and Family Services under the Illinois Child Care Act. In the letter, Dose said the facility will be the primary residence of the women. “While they reside there, it will be their home and the home of their infant and toddler children,” Dose said in the letter. “There will be no children on the premises other than those of the moms. Thus all child care that occurs on the premises will be home-based child care.” Dose said the facility is exempt from DCFS licensing and regulation because the children will not be apart from their parents. Wheaton’s city attorney has agreed with Dose’s opinion. As proposed, the women staying at the facility would have to be enrolled in college to participate in the program. This would be the company’s first facility, which will be called The Butterfly Garden…A Place for Healing and Transformation. The Wheaton Inn originally was built in 1987 and most recently was used as office space by an investment company that relocated to Downers Grove a few years ago. Council member Suzanne Fitch was absent from the meeting.)

 

CHICAGO READER
— Chicago bills itself as a ‘sanctuary city,’ but advocates worry about limits to protections for undocumented immigrants – Nandita Raghuram  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who run Chicago shout that they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/01/16/chicago-bills-itself-as-a-sanctuary-city-but-advocates-worry-about-limits-to-protections-for-undocumented-immigrants

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Lisle Village Board Violates Law On Camera – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/01/lisle-village-board-violates-law-on-camera/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— HERE’S WHY MOODY’S IS WARNING OF AN ILLINOIS DEATH SPIRAL  Moody’s warns that Illinois’ weak economic growth and population loss are credit negative and that the state may be entering a financial death spiral. – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/heres-why-moodys-is-warning-of-an-illinois-death-spiral/

 

WHEATON COLLEGE
— Income Inequality: The Role of Markets and Government (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight income inequality? My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.wheaton.edu/fpe/Events/2016-2017-School-Year/Income-Inequality

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOP STATE LAWMAKER BARBARA SALVI WHEELER CALLS FOR OBAMA TO SHORTEN BLAGOJEVICH’S PRISON SENTENCE  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents blame me for their problems, blame me for your problems, blame me for my problems, and blame for everyone’s problems.  My critics/opponents have sentenced me to governmental and political death.  Further, they make it very clear that will also sentence anyone who comes to my defense to governmental and political death.  How should I react to that?)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/gop-state-lawmaker-calls-for-blagojevichs-sentence-to-be-shortened.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Proft gets $500,000 infusion from Uihlein  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that Uihlein’s not giving me any money proves that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are worthless.)
http://capitolfax.com/2017/01/18/proft-gets-another-cash-infusion-from-uihlein/

 

GOPUSA
— Fake Polls? How CNN And ABC Are Fudging The Numbers To Tank Trump’s Favorability
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19410
— MLK Weekend was a war zone in Chicago
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19403
— GM announces 7,000 U.S. jobs, $1B factory investment
http://www.gopusa.com/gm-announces-7000-u-s-jobs-1b-factory-investment/
— What if a White News Contributor Said This?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19345

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— SPONSORS OF ANARCHY  The violence and mayhem that lies ahead this weekend. – Michelle Malkin
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/265497/sponsors-anarchy-michelle-malkin

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— CONSERVATISM IS NOT RACISM – Star Parker (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning conservatives as being racists? I should write a book about such demonizers, denigrators, and condemners in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. In the book, I would focus on those demonizers, denigrators, and condemners who falsely claim to be conservative to give themselves standing to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn conservatives.  These Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs paint themselves as being “good” conservatives.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/conservatism-is-not-racism/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Black History (aka Demonize White America) Month – Lloyd Marcus  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being a racist if you do not demonize, denigrate and condemn Whites as being racists.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/01/black_history_aka_demonize_white_america_month.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Sponsors of Anarchy – MICHELLE MALKIN
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443946/donald-trump-inauguration-protests-planned-lefitist-disruption

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Departing CIA chief John Brennan wants his legacy to be the work he did for LGBTQ community – Kelly Riddell  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that promoting LGBTQ activity is their top priority.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/17/john-brennan-wants-legacy-be-work-he-did-lgbtq-com/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Tweets His Success on Jobs: ‘The People Are Seeing Big Stuff’ – Mark Swanson
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Trump-Tweets-Jobs/2017/01/17/id/768937/

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Is Trump ready for a national security crisis?”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/donald-trump-national-security-crisis-233732

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Republicans excited about Trump — and worry about what he’ll say next.”
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/18/politics/donald-trump-republicans-capitol-hill/
— 2,000 GM workers to lose jobs on Inauguration Day  Trump voters hope president-elect will save jobs – HEATHER LONG
http://www.click2houston.com/news/2000-gm-workers-to-lose-jobs-on-inauguration-day

 

REUTERS
— Trump says won’t move White House briefing room, will pick who gets in  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book 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 who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican but a) who DO NOT want me to know about their events and other activities, b) who DO NOT want me to promote their events or other activities, c) who DO NOT want me to attend or ask questions at their events, and d) who DO NOT want me to report on their events or other activities.  The aforesaid a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  The aforesaid talk and act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if they succeed in getting rid of me.  How should I react to that?)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-media-idUSKBN1521OD
— New York protesters camp out at Goldman Sachs to oppose Trump – Elizabeth Dilts  (DIERSEN: How much an hour are they being paid and by who?)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-goldman-sachs-protest-idUSKBN15202G

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Rubio to defy Trump.  Who do you defy?  My critics/opponents want everyone to defy me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/us/politics/marco-rubio-senate-tillerson.html
— Retweeting Donald Trump  Imagine the benefits to the country if the president-elect’s messages were nice, not nasty. – Thomas L. Friedman  (DIERSEN: What if all of the sudden, I would stop including in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails links to articles that my critics/opponents disapprove of?  My critics/opponents only approve of articles that a) glorify and praise them and/or b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn their enemies.  My critics/opponents have millions if not billions of enemies.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/opinion/retweeting-donald-trump.html
— Politics’ Newest Empty Gesture: The Disavowal – WESLEY MORRIS  (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be disavowed?  My critics/opponents want all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries to not only disavow me, they want them to get rid of me. Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents talk and act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more if they succeed in getting rid of me.  How should I react to that?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/magazine/politics-newest-empty-gesture-the-disavowal.html
— After Retirement, Finding a ‘Second Career’ as a Volunteer – EMILY PALMER  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that what I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois is worthless because I am not paid for what I do.  Most, if not virtually all of the operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents have severe financial, health, and/or other problems.  They all but shout that they will do just about anything for money.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/nyregion/after-retirement-finding-a-second-career-as-a-volunteer.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “What Ben Carson got wrong about government assistance.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/12/what-ben-carson-gets-wrong-about-government-assistance/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat reporters have always worked in the White House to destroy Republicans. Will Trump evict them?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/reporters-have-worked-from-the-white-house-for-over-100-years-will-trump-evict-them/2017/01/17/c6c040c8-dcfa-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html
— Secret Service agrees to pay $24 million to settle decades-old race-bias case brought by black agents – Carol D. Leonnig
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-agrees-to-pay-24-million-to-settle-decades-old-race-bias-case-brought-by-black-agents/2017/01/17/b386006e-dd23-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump Least Popular New President in at Least a Generation.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-least-popular-new-president-in-at-least-a-generation-poll-finds-1484690456
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Majority of Americans Disapprove of Trump’s Twitter Use.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/majority-of-americans-disapprove-of-trumps-twitter-use-poll-finds-1484715660
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Voters Harbor Mixed Feelings Ahead of Inauguration.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-voters-harbor-mixed-feelings-ahead-of-inauguration-1484735406
— The Best Ways to Manage a Demanding Boss – SUE SHELLENBARGER (DIERSEN: Is/was your boss demanding?  During my last 8 years at GAO, most, if not virtually all of my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates DID NOT want to work for my boss because she was very demanding, female, younger, Jewish, and wealthy.  She had an MBA from the University of Chicago and had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt.  To turn her against me, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed to her that I was conservative (she was liberal), Republican (she was Democrat), 100% German national origin (she was 100% Russian national origin), baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (she was Jewish), and that my ancestors had been in America since the 1840s (her ancestors were recent immigrants).)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-best-ways-to-manage-a-demanding-boss-1484666122
http://www.wsj.com/video/tips-for-managing-a-demanding-boss/798C4E20-C076-4274-B09B-0E5A38516558.html

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “In Trump Nation, healing is overrated.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/17/post-election-political-healing-trump-nation-says-democrats-heal-thyself/96483356/
— Companies pile on job announcements to avoid Trump’s wrath – Chris Woodyard
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2017/01/17/companies-pile-job-announcements-avoid-trumps-wrath/96682654/
— U.S. abortion rate drops to lowest level since Roe v. Wade – Susan Miller
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/01/17/us-abortion-rate-drops-lowest-level-since-roe-v-wade/96668290/

 

DETROIT FREE PRESS
— GM to invest $1 billion in U.S. after pressure from Trump – Brent Snavely  (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) hate unions, b) hate past and present union members, c) hate GM, and d) hate those who own/owned GM vehicles.  I was a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980.  I have owned at least one GM car since 1964, except late 1968-mid-1971 when I owned a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2017/01/17/gm-invests-america-trump-tweets/96655138/

 

THE WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Trump White House already has a leadership crisis.”
http://theweek.com/articles/673611/trump-white-house-already-leadership-crisis
— Donald Trump is blowing up Paul Ryan’s agenda – James Pethokoukis
http://theweek.com/articles/673669/donald-trump-blowing-paul-ryans-agenda

 

THE NATIONAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Things fall apart when the centre cannot hold as Trump takes office.”
http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/things-fall-apart-when-the-centre-cannot-hold-as-trump-takes-office

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— GAO Marshalls Its Data to Warn Leaders of Fiscal Crisis – Charles S. Clark  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/01/gao-marshalls-its-data-warn-leaders-fiscal-crisis/134637/

 

GUARDIAN
— Who are the three-quarters of adult Americans who didn’t vote for Trump?  The president-elect came second in the popular vote in November but the biggest bloc in the US electorate was those who for different reasons did not vote – Mona Chalabi (FROM THE ARTICLE: People of color. . .People with felony criminal records. . .Residents of the U.S. territories. . .People with disabilities. . .Immigrants. . .Children)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/18/american-non-voters-election-donald-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and Trump’s supporters.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/18/alt-writing-how-the-far-right-is-changing-us-publishing
— One Nation asked for Trump inauguration invitation, says foreign affairs  Department reveals embassy asked members of Congress about spare tickets after ‘multiple requests’ from Malcolm Roberts – Paul Karp
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jan/18/one-nation-asked-for-trump-inauguration-invitation-says-foreign-affairs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Tuesday Burston told ABC Radio National the tickets came from Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger. But Buzzfeed reported on Wednesday that Kinzinger, a congressman from Illinois who spoke out against Trump during the election, had not extended an invitation directly to One Nation. “Our office received a request from the embassy of Australia and the congressman accommodated that request,” a spokesperson for Kinzinger reportedly said. “As such, we have given the tickets to the embassy to use as they wish. The congressman does not endorse any political party in Australia.”)

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— For Voters, Obama’s Legacy Is A More Divided America  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on dividing those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/january_2017/for_voters_obama_s_legacy_is_a_more_divided_america

January 16 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Again and again, public officials resist ethics rules – Andy Shaw
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/andy-shaw-again-and-again-public-officials-resist-ethics-rules/
— Illinois Democrats denounce GOP plan to repeal Obamacare – Mitch Dudek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-democrats-denounce-gop-plan-to-repeal-obamacare/
— Ken Griffin makes big plans in Palm Beach – Shia Kapos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kapos-ken-griffin-makes-big-plans-in-palm-beach/
— Who wins with a fancy pro golf course on South Side? – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-who-wins-with-a-fancy-pro-golf-course-on-south-side/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say Obama navigated “foes’ stereotypes,” that is, anti-Trumps say that Trump and his supporters are racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170116/281513635850923
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Unity, equality, pink hats: Women’s March on Chicago calls out to thousands – Duaa Eldeib  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage women to hate Trump and to hate those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-womens-march-chicago-met-20170114-story.html
— 6 HR Mistakes That Will Cost You Your Best Employees  A business is only as strong as their best employees, which means you should avoid these common HR/Management gaffes. – Adam Heitzman  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government did not focus on keeping their best employees.  They focused on a) retaining and promoting their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger and b) making way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.inc.com/adam-heitzman/6-hr-mistakes-that-will-cost-you-your-best-employees.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— D.C.-bound mayors  In addition to the host of local Republicans headed to Washington this week for Trump’s inauguration, Mayor Rodney Craig tells me he is one of several suburban mayors bound for the Beltway for the 85th annual U.S. Conference of Mayors, which runs today through Wednesday. Also going are Barrington Mayor Karen Darch, Hoffman Estates Mayor Bill McLeod, Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar, North Chicago Mayor Leon Rockingham Jr., Lake Barrington Mayor Kevin C. Richardson and Warrenville Mayor David Brummel. – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170115/news/170119205/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURES: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Suburbs’ new alcohol quandary  Looser liquor laws boost business, but do they encourage consumption? – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote booze, but they also promote gambling, pot, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, age discrimination, political affiliation discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170116/news/170119208/
— Rauner to sign bill requiring lead testing in schools –
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170115/news/170119215/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: District 214 hopes for state support of college readiness standards – Christopher Placek  (DIERSEN: When you were in grade school and in high school, who believed that you were college material?  I should write a book about my critics/opponents back then who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was NOT college material.  They stressed that neither of my parents had attended college, that my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, that my mother had never attended high school, and that I was a part-time dishwasher.  My critics/opponents were disappointed that I made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I scored 24 on the ACT test, and that I got accepted by UIC.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170116/news/170119203/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield lawyer Gordon Gates is running for a Lincoln Land Community College board seat, taking on Leland Grove resident Kent Gray, who has been on the board since 1999. – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: One could expect that the more that an elected official did to help elect Trump, the more likely that an anti-Trump will run against you.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170115/gates-taking-on-gray-for-llcc-board-seat
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps “protest repeal of Affordable Care Act.”
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170115/local-residents-protest-repeal-of-affordable-care-act

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Rail union rejects agreement on jobs program for felons – AP  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that felons could/should have all the jobs that I had doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive supplies, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that all the jobs that I had were bad jobs.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article126790374.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Sullivan leaves Senate with pride, a few regrets – Doug Wilson
http://www.whig.com/20170116/sullivan-leaves-senate-with-pride-a-few-regrets#

 

WJBD RADIO
— Donald Trump Blasts “SNL” “Hit Job”
http://www.wjbdradio.com/entertainment-news/2017/01/16/donald-trump-blasts-snl-hit-job

 

WSIL TV
— Inauguration in sight, Trump continues Twitter assault – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34266731/inauguration-in-sight-trump-continues-twitter-assault

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois has nation’s steepest ‘wealth flight’ income differential – Carol Ostrow
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511046358-analysis-illinois-has-nation-s-steepest-wealth-flight-income-differential

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Illinois Republicans try to use Speaker Madigan’s re-election against Democratic incumbents – Kevin McDermott (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  The more that you did to help elect Trump, the more that anti-Trumps will use everything that you did and everything that you did not do against you.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-republicans-try-to-use-speaker-madigan-s-re-election/article_0cfdb962-3d8c-5e3a-a783-1b278e9d97e0.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Kentucky’s right-to-work legislation could take toll on Southern Illinois economy – Glenn Minnis
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511071727-kentucky-s-right-to-work-legislation-could-take-toll-on-southern-illinois-economy

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Sente, Yingling targeted for support of Madigan – Ruth de Jauregui  (DIERSEN: Who have you supported and who has targeted you for supporting them?  I should write a book about those who I have supported and those who have targeted me for supporting them.)
http://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511072593-sente-yingling-targeted-for-support-of-madigan

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Metro East representatives targeted for support of Madigan – Ruth de Jauregui  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who target me a) for supporting conservative principles, b) for supporting all the planks in the Republican Party platform, c) for supporting all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, and d) for supporting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) resolution against video gambling.  Come to a MTRCC meeting or event and watch the targeters in action.  The targeters most commonly a) reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and/or b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.  The targeters do not want me to serve as the MTRCC webmaster, a MTRCC committee member, a MTRCC committee chairman, a MTRCC officer, or anything else.  The targeters do not want my name or my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to be mentioned at any MTRCC meeting or event.  The targeters want to get rid of those who they cannot manipulate/dominate.  The targeters dominate the MTRCC.)
http://metroeastsun.com/stories/511072623-metro-east-representatives-targeted-for-support-of-madigan

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— ILETSB: The most cruel and callous agency in the State of Illinois – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/01/iletsb-the-most-cruel-and-callous-agency-in-the-state-of-illinois/

 

THE FEDERALIST
— Schools Are Teaching Kids To Hate America Under The Guise Of ‘Civics’  The New Civics sweeping colleges and K-12 teaches that citizenship means looking for grievances, then agitating for bigger government to address them. –  Joy Pullmann
http://thefederalist.com/2017/01/16/report-schools-teaching-kids-hate-america-guise-civics/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats to show contempt for voters on Inauguration Day  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are full of contempt.  They despise if not hate just about everyone and everything.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19283
— Can a Different Approach Help Black Americans?  (DIERSEN: If you asked my Democrat superiors in the federal government what they did to help Blacks, my Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly helped their employees who were Black.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19290
— Prisons giving inmates pointers about seeking disability benefits
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19272

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Far Left Group Is Paying Activists a Monthly Salary to Stop TRUMP – Jim Hoft
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/01/breaking-far-left-group-paying-activists-monthly-salary-stop-trump/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Liberals Poison Lady Liberty Depicted As Black Woman on New U.S. Coin – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/01/15/liberals-poison-lady-liberty-depicted-black-woman-new-u-s-coin/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— SEN. SESSIONS: QUALIFIED AND A MAN OF CHARACTER – Dean Nelson
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/sen-sessions-qualified-and-a-man-of-character/
— MILITANT BLACK MINDSET: WHAT’S THE ENDGAME? – Ben Kinchlow  (DIERSEN: One could argue that for their self defense, those who voted for Trump should a) buy lots of firearms and ammunition and b) qualify themselves for concealed carry.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/militant-black-mindset-whats-the-endgame/

 

BREITBART
— New Trier Township High School Teaches ‘Blackenomics,’ ‘Trans-Rights,’ and ‘White Genocide Against Blacks’ – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/15/chicago-school-blackonomics-trans-rights-black-genocide/
— Sanctuary City Migrants Protest Trump Nationwide – JOHN BINDER  (DIERSEN: If you promote sanctuary cities, you shout that you are anti-American.)
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/01/15/sanctuary-city-migrants-protest-trump-nationwide/
— Top Bishop: Europe Will Soon Be Muslim Because of Our Stupidity – NICK HALLETT
http://www.breitbart.com/faith/2017/01/14/top-bishop-europe-will-soon-muslim-stupidity/

 

FOX NEWS
— The ‘Deplorables’ Aren’t So Bad, Once You Get to Know Us – Lou Weiss
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/01/16/deplorables-arent-so-bad-once-you-get-know-us

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— 18 House Democrats to Boycott Trump’s Inauguration – ANUGRAH KUMAR (DIERSEN: Anti-Christians want everyone to boycott Trump’s inauguration.)
http://www.christianpost.com/news/18-house-democrats-to-boycott-trumps-inauguration-172984/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Sorry, but I do not concede absolute moral authority to John Lewis – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/01/sorry_but_i_do_not_concede_moral_authority_to_john_lewis.html

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Head of Ethics Office Is Obama Donor, Now Concerned About Trump Nominees  Shaub says he has ‘great concern’ over speed of confirmation hearings for Trump’s nominees – Elizabeth Harrington
http://freebeacon.com/issues/head-ethics-office-obama-donor-concerned-trump-nominees/
— Entitlement Programs Gained Tens of Thousands of Beneficiaries During Obama Administration  Food stamp rolls have increased 32% since 2009 – Ali Meyer  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that the following are entitlement programs: federal employment, Civil Service Retirement System, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/entitlement-programs-gained-tens-thousands-beneficiaries-obama-administration/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump time starts now – W. JAMES ANTLE III
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-time-starts-now/article/2611801

 

FOX BUSINESS
— Bikers for Trump Ready to Stand up to Protesters
http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/01/13/bikers-for-trump-ready-to-stand-up-to-protesters.html

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump’s Rift With Press Will Grow If Reporters Are Kicked Out Of White House  The Trump campaign blacklisted news organizations. Now the transition team is considering moving journalists from the briefing room. – Michael Calderone
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-white-house-reporters_us_587b82e5e4b0e58057ff43a5

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump team says ethics official too ‘political’  (DIERSEN: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
http://www.journalnow.com/news/nation_world/trump-team-says-ethics-official-too-political/article_c08c9064-db4a-11e6-a4bf-475325494a4a.html
— As inauguration nears, Trump refuses to change – Julie Pace  (DIERSEN: Who wants you to change? The following want me to change: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/7067332-as-inauguration-nears-trump-refuses-to-change/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote Black hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/15/us/politics/trumps-race-john-lewis.html
— John’s Gospel of Trump’s Illegitimacy – Charles M. Blow  (DIERSEN: Are you a draft avoider? I sought and obtained student draft deferments 1966-1970 and I sought and obtained a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.  Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used that against me. They focus on turning veterans against me.  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, most of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were veterans, and at times, virtually all of them were veterans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/opinion/johns-gospel-of-trumps-illegitimacy.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump attacks Lewis as, “All talk, talk, talk — no action”; Lewis, who repeatedly thrust his body unto the breach for justice, who was arrested, beaten and terrorized, including during the time that young Trump was at his well-heeled schools, receiving draft deferments from the Vietnam War. In fact, one of Trump’s five deferments was in 1965, the same year as the Selma marches and “Bloody Sunday,” during which Lewis was struck so violently by a state trooper wielding a billy club that Lewis’s skull was fractured. Coincidentally, Trump finally received his permanent exemption from the draft, a 4-F status, in the year before he and his father were sued by the Department of Justice for violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968 — one of the many justice issues Lewis championed. As The New York Times noted at the time: “The government contended that Trump Management had refused to rent or negotiate rentals ‘because of race and color.’ It also charged that the company had required different rental terms and conditions because of race and that it had misrepresented to blacks that apartments were not available.” Let’s be clear: Donald Trump doesn’t even deserve to stand in John Lewis’s shadow. The spectacular obscenity of Trump’s comment is incomparable and deeply repulsive.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout that Trump’s election was illegitimate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/opinion/with-all-due-disrespect.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats, yet anti-Trumps fear that the federal government will target them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/15/business/media/bill-maher-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How happy are you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me for my not being happy enough.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged. They hint/imply/argue/shout that everything that I have that is positive is because of the aforesaid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/15/nyregion/neediest-cases-fund-ragoo-trinidad.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Obama’s supporters despise if not hate Whites.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/president-resentment-article-1.2946173

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— China Tightens Apps Oversight  Beijing begins requiring the country’s hundreds of internet app stores to register with the state – EVA DOU (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes might not admit it, but they want all of the following to “oversee” my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, that is, they want to require me to get written permission from the following before including links to articles in the emails and listing upcoming events in the emails: the Milton Township Republican Central Committee officers, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee officers, the DuPage County Republican township party chairmen, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) officers, the IRP State Central Committee members, the IRP National Committeeman, the IRP National Committeewoman, all those elected and appointed Republicans for my precinct, for Milton Township, for DuPage County, and for Illinois, etc.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-tightens-apps-oversight-1484568024
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Plugging a gap in the Great Firewall, China on Monday began requiring internet app stores to register with the state. China has long censored websites, barring outlawed content such as pornography, the promotion of illegal activity including terrorism and “rumors,” a term regulators often apply to antigovernment statements. But apps create a special challenge for government censors, experts say, because they often incorporate a wide variety of functions and serve as platforms for users to exchange information, making them harder to oversee. They are also multiplying quickly.)
— More Democratic Legislators Plan on Sitting Out Trump’s Swearing-In – NATALIE ANDREWS and HARRIET TORRY
President-elect’s Twitter rebuke of civil rights leader John Lewis increases boycott number
http://www.wsj.com/articles/more-democratic-legislators-plan-on-sitting-out-trumps-swearing-in-1484502998
— Pulling Retirement Cash, but Not by Choice  Baby boomers’ mandatory withdrawals from 401(k)s, IRAs and other tax-deferred retirement accounts start in full force this year, touching off a massive shift of cash – VIPAL MONGA and SARAH KROUSE  (DIERSEN: The cost of living in Wheaton is very high.  Because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically reduced.  Because of that, increasingly, my wife and I are spending more than our income. When I am 70 1/2, we will use my required minimum distribution to help pay for things like real estate taxes, income taxes, medical expenses, food, utilities, and insurance.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/pulling-retirement-cash-but-not-by-choice-1484568043
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The largest generation in U.S. history has to start pulling its retirement money this year, kicking off a mandatory movement of cash that could total hundreds of billions in the coming decades. U.S. law requires anyone age 70 ½ or older to begin annual withdrawals from their tax-sheltered retirement accounts and pay taxes on those distributions. The oldest of the nation’s 75 million baby boomers cross that threshold for the first time this month, according to a U.S. Census Bureau estimate of when that demographic group began. The obligatory outflows from 401(k)s and IRAs are expected to ripple through the U.S. economy, the stock market and a money-management industry that relies heavily on fees from boomers’ tax-sheltered savings plans and assets. Boomers hold roughly $10 trillion in tax-deferred savings accounts, according to an estimate by Edward Shane, a managing director at Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Over the next two decades, the number of people age 70 or older is expected to nearly double to 60 million—roughly the population of Italy. Firms that manage 401(k) plans are trying to persuade clients to reinvest their withdrawals in other products rather than spending or donating the cash to charity. It’s another pain point for many traditional money managers already struggling to keep some clients from shifting into lower-cost index-tracking mutual funds.)
— Donald Trump Demands Apology From Intelligence Agencies, Media Over Dossier – HARRIET TORRY  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demanded that I apologize for causing all of their problems, for causing all of your problems, for causing all of my problems, and for causing all of everyone’s problems.)
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2017/01/15/donald-trump-demands-apology-from-intelligence-agencies-media-over-dossier/
— How Electric Vehicles Could End Car Ownership as We Know It – CHRISTOPHER MIMS  (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) hate unions, b) hate past and present union members, c) hate General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, d) hate those who own/owned vehicles made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler.  I was a union member for almost 12 years.  I bought my first car in 1964.  That car, and all the cars that I have bought since then, were made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-electric-vehicles-could-end-car-ownership-as-we-know-it-1484488803
— The Wing: An Inside Look at a Women-Only Workspace  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred of men. That is one reason why Democrat Clinton lost and Republican Trump won.)
http://www.wsj.com/video/the-wing-an-inside-look-at-a-women-only-workspace/B13FEEAE-E7EA-4205-8705-3A569998B7BB.html

 

USA TODAY
— In publishing, respect is something you earn – Michael Wolf (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are full of disrespect.  They are especially full of disrespect for me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Should I write a book about them?)
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170116/281728384215730
— Media beware, your credibility is all you have – Alicia Shepard  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always focused on destroying my credibility.  Should I destroy their credibility?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/13/media-credibility-buzzfeeed-dossier-cnn-alicia-shepard-column/96466624/
— Can the fake news trend be de-escalated? – Mike Snider
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/01/15/can-fake-news-trend-de-escalated/96537288/
— Invest early in America’s children: George Miller and Rick Santorum – George Miller and Rick Santorum  (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents invested in me.  They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) despise if not hate my parents, Trinity Lutheran Grade School, and Hope Lutheran Grade School and b) shout that the aforesaid made me much “too conservative.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to join with them in promoting dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, age discrimination, etc.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/16/education-early-children-bipartisan-george-miller-and-rick-santorum/96511384/
— NBA will consider shortening games due to millennial attention spans – AJ Neuharth-Keusch
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2017/01/13/nba-shortening-games-millennial-attention-spans/96535434/
— Overworked? Join the club. Here’s how to handle it – Laura Petrecca
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/01/07/overworked-americans/96235044/
— Confirm Sen. Sessions: Opposing view – Dean Nelson
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/15/jeff-sessions-civil-rights-attorney-general-editorials-debates/96621010/
— 8 people have same wealth as world’s poorest half – Kim Hjelmgaard
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/15/global-inequality-oxfam-report/96545438/

January 9 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Streep, Trump trade barbs amid actress’ Globes speech – AP
http://www.heraldnet.com/life/streep-trump-trade-barbs-amid-actress-globes-speech/
— Suburban lawmakers Peter Breen and Keith Wheeler get $1,506 checks for two days of work – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170109/news/170109104/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House Republican Leader Jim Durkin tells me the move is the only way to get around Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s seniority rules. Durkin late last week named Rep. Peter Breen, of Lombard, and Rep. Keith Wheeler, of Oswego, to leadership posts. But instead of making it effective when a new session begins Wednesday, Durkin named Breen and Wheeler to the posts for Monday and Tuesday, the final two days of the 99th General Assembly. The $1,506 stipends are for one month of work in those roles. Members of the General Assembly make a base salary of $67,836. Breen and Wheeler’s stipends would be $18,066 apiece if they’re kept in leadership a full year.)
— Five state reforms that can reinvigorate the Illinois economy – Todd Maisch, President and CEO, Illinois Chamber of Commerce
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170109/discuss/170109285/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No more hiding public business in private emails – Andy Shaw (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes avoid putting in writing things that would get them sued or indicted.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/andy-shaw-no-more-hiding-public-business-in-private-emails/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus Christ is anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cupich-on-immigration-lets-see-where-christ-is-leading-us/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Six years after Daley, Emanuel still using high-cost borrowing practices – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-borrowing-met-0109-20170109-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Did you vote for Trump?  How long have your ancestors been in America?  Ever-increasingly, if you voted for Trump, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that anti-Trumps demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-blase-cupich-migration-mass-20170108-story.html
— Ditch the old way of doing job performance evaluations – Dustin McKissen  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used job performance evaluations a) to motivate their employees who were Democrat, and especially those who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) to demotivate their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-ditch-the-old-way-of-doing-evaluations-20161230-story.html
— Stop calling it ‘work-life balance’ – Ben Peterson  (DIERSEN: To get Democrats who are minorities, females, younger, and/or veterans to become federal employee and to stay a federal employee, the federal government promises to give members of the aforesaid groups preference. However, as time goes by, members of the aforesaid groups expect to be given more and more and more preference.  To give one group preference is to discriminate against another group.  To give preference to employees who are Democrats, minorities, females, younger, and/or veterans IS TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST EMPLOYEES WHO ARE Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-stop-calling-it-work-life-balance-20170103-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This isn’t to say employers can’t push their people, and hard. In fact, employees of today want to be pushed and motivated to accomplish exceptional things. They — and by “they” I mean the people who are worth hiring in the first place — know that with an increased level of autonomy and balance comes an expectation to get great work done. As employees’ expectations of their employer grow, employers have the right to expect employees to embrace accountability and be better. It’s a two-way street to have the magic that makes an organization great.)
— Balmoral Park transformation underway – Mike Nolan  (DIERSEN: One of my great grandparents owned all the land on which Balmoral Park was built.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-balmoral-park-update-st-0108-20170106-story.html

 

NBC5
— Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez Plans to Boycott Trump Inauguration – Matthew Daly
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/illinois-rep-luis-gutierrez-boycott-trump-inauguration-410031445.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT & ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— Illinois Senate hopes to stake out own budget position – AP
http://www.bnd.com/latest-news/article125289379.html
http://www.stltoday.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-senate-plans-vote-on-budget-statement-not-solution/article_1d949182-d7ca-559d-aee8-6375f45d1f21.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti Shared Her ‘American Dream’ Story  Western Community Center celebrates Dia de los Reyes – Cody Schiever  (DIERSEN: What advantages do you have and how successful have you been compared to Sanguinetti?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I was born a White male, that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, and that my father earned enough money working in the office of a chemical plant and almost always working second jobs that my mother could stay home and raise me and that they could send me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I am an abject failure compared to Sanguinetti.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/lt-gov-evelyn-sanguinetti-shared-her-american-dream-story/637420310
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the past 13 years the Western Avenue Community Center in Bloomington has brought people together to celebrate Dia De Los Reyes, “Kings Day” The event has been a family favorite for years,  it wasn’t just the singing and dancing that brought  people in this year, Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti  made a special appearance. “There are a lot of families, that come from the same background that I come from, my mother is a refugee from Cuba, and my dad is from Ecuador, and they came here so I could study, and live the American dream” Sanguinetti said. Born in Miami, Sanguenetti shared stories about how she grew up in  poverty, overcoming those early challenges to go on and become the first latina lieutenant Governor in the nation. “We need to fight for that environment so they can live that dream, right here in Illinois, so that they can stay here, because they find opportunity here.” Hispanic women make up less than one percent of elected officials in the United States.  For people at the community center, letting the kids hear her message that they too could overcome the odds, was empowering. “I invited those kids to Springfield and my office in Chicago; I told them they too could be the next Governor and Lt.  Governor… there’s no limit.”)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— A lame-duck session that might be anything but – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170108/our-view-lame-duck-session-that-might-be-anything-but
— Local residents will be in Washington for Trump inauguration – David Blanchette  (DIERSEN: I commend those who have the courage to attend the inauguration.  If you attend the inauguration, and especially if you are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, a gun owner, German American, a draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-Trumps will viciously demonetize you, viciously denigrate you, and viciously condemn you for the rest of your life.  Anti-Trumps are full of hatred.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170108/local-residents-will-be-in-washington-for-trump-inauguration
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote the anti-Trump Streep. Ever-increasingly, Hollywood is anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170108/golden-globes-la-la-land-streep-nights-big-winners

 

WSIL TV
— Hope, Trump upstage ‘La Land’s’ moment in the sun – AP  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are filled with hatred.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34209978/atlanta-viola-davis-ryan-gosling-take-early-globes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The sunny musical “La Land” may have danced its way to a Golden Globes record Sunday night, but the film’s seven accolades were a mere sideshow to the eloquence of honoree Meryl Streep, whose speech encapsulated the evening’s prevailing themes of hope, inclusivity and action over anger about the imminent presidency of Donald Trump. “You and all of us in this room really belong to the most vilified segments in American society right now,” Streep said. “Think about it, Hollywood, foreigners, and the press.” Without even mentioning Trump by name, Streep, in accepting the year’s Cecil B. DeMille Award, eviscerated the President-elect’s use of his power and rank in the mocking of a disabled New York Times reporter on the campaign trail this year. “When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose,” Streep said, imploring those in the room to remember “the privilege and the responsibility of the act of empathy” and also the vital role of the press in holding “power to account.” On Twitter early Monday, Trump again denied mocking the reporter and took shots of his own at Streep, calling her “one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood” and “a Hillary flunky who lost big.” Streep’s speech was the kind of show-stopping moment that could make an audience forget that they’re watching what is generally a booze-soaked, star-studded party of irreverence and a few inevitable left-field winners in the annual Awards season stop on the way to the Oscars. The only true shocker there was Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s supporting actor win for his performance in Tom Ford’s “Nocturnal Animals” over favorites Mahershala Ali from “Moonlight” and Jeff Bridges from “Hell or High Water.”)

 

NEWS TRIBUNE
— Madigan criticism precedes vote for Illinois House speaker – Jeff Dankert
http://www.newstrib.com/news/madigan-criticism-precedes-vote-for-illinois-house-speaker/article_367fb87c-d449-11e6-a3e6-e338263540f6.html

 

CONGRESSMAN RANDY HULTGREN
— Congressman Hultgren Elevated to Leadership Position on Financial Services Committee  (DIERSEN: GAO audits federal financial industry regulators.  I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels (currently $94,610-$122,991). For almost 9 of those years, including the last 8 years, I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators. I have a master’s degree from IIT in financial markets and trading and I am a licensed CPA, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant.)
https://hultgren.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressman-hultgren-elevated-to-leadership-position-on-financial-services

 

WHEATON COLLEGE
— Income Inequality:  The Role of Markets and Government  Thursday, January 19, 7:30-9:00pm  (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight income inequality?  My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.wheaton.edu/fpe/Events/2016-2017-School-Year/Income-Inequality

 

SANGMON SUN
— Analysts say Trump, Congress can help GOP expand in Illinois – Vimbai Chikomo  (DIERSEN: How will “Trump, Congress” deal with anti-Trump activists, anti-Trump candidates, anti-Trump elected officials, anti-Trump party leaders, anti-Trump major donors, anti-Trump political consultants, anti-Trump etc. in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct who are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and/or RINOs?)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511063045-analysts-say-trump-congress-can-help-gop-expand-in-illinois
— Chicago Tribune expects 2017 will mean more Madigan-generated woes for Illinois – Carol Ostrow
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511065037-chicago-tribune-expects-2017-will-mean-more-madigan-generated-woes-for-illinois

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage – 2nd Petition Objector Confirmed – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/01/college-of-dupage-2nd-petition-objector-confirmed/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Pro-life Coalition Urges Illinois House to Reject Taxpayer-Funded Abortions
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/pro-life-pro-family-coalition-urges-illinois-house-reject-taxpayer-funded-abortions/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FIVE MYTHS ABOUT WELFARE AND CHILD POVERTY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/five-myths-about-welfare-and-child-poverty.html
— HULTGREN GAINS LEADERSHIP POSITION ON U.S. HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/hultgren-gains-leadership-position-on-us-house-financial-services-committee.html
— DUCKWORTH CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDING
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/duckworth-confirms-support-for-planned-parenthood-funding.html

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry Township Electoral Board Arguments on Removing GOP Trustee Candidates – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/01/08/mchenry-township-electoral-board-arguments-on-removing-gop-trustee-candidate/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Jeff Sessions shunned, slandered by longtime Senate Democrat collaborators – S.A. Miller  (DIERSEN: If I got appointed to any kind of government or political office in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, or America, my nasty/troubled/disgusting/vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would again come out of their closets and again crawl out of the sewers to again slander me and to again slander my supporters like they did recently and in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2007, 2006, and 2004.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/8/jeff-sessions-shunned-slandered-by-longtime-senate/

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Ft. Lauderdale Airport Shooter Pictured in Islamic Garb – Posted on Weapons Forum About Jihadi Videos – Jim Hoft
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/01/ft-lauderdale-airport-shooter-pictured-islamic-garb-posted-weapons-forum-jihad-videos/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— DOES THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS REALLY CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE? – Raynard Jackson  (DIERSEN: What are your demographics?  Do organizations that represent those who share your demographics care about you?)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/does-the-cbc-really-care-about-black-people/

 

GOPUSA
— Don’t Expect the Media to Give Trump a Fair Shake
http://www.gopusa.com/dont-expect-the-media-to-give-trump-a-fair-shake/
— Every crime is a hate crime
http://www.gopusa.com/every-crime-is-a-hate-crime/

 

DAILY CALLER
— We Visited Obama’s New Wall – Mike Raust
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/08/we-visited-obamas-new-wall-video/
— White Media Outraged Over Tucker Carlson’s Prime Time Spot At Fox News – Amber Randall
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/08/white-media-outraged-over-tucker-carlsons-prime-time-spot-at-fox-news/
— Tech Founder: Middle America Is Too ‘Violent, Stupid And Racist’ For New Jobs – Robert Donachie
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/08/tech-company-founder-middle-america-is-a-shthole-filled-with-stupid-people/

 

BREITBART
— Cost for a Single Year of ObamaCare Dwarfs Highest Cost Estimates of Border Wall – JOHN HAYWARD
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/09/cost-single-year-obamacare-dwarf-highest-cost-estimates-border-wall/
— Sean Spicer: Media ‘Cheering On Democrats,’ Disrespects President-elect Trump – JEROME HUDSON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/08/sean-spicer-media-cheering-democrats-disrespects-trump/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Holman Rule will help improve civil service – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What about political affiliation discrimination, what about reverse discrimination, and what about age discrimination?  Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for 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 promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 or let me work there for almost 9 years, and c) GAO WOULD NOT HAVE hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986 or let me work there for almost 18 years.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/holman-rule-will-help-improve-civil-service/article/2611231
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: As part of its broader package of rules for the 115th Congress, the House of Representatives revived the Holman Rule, a provision that allows House members to propose amendments to spending bills that closely manage federal agencies. These “retrenchment” amendments can affect details down to individual federal salaries and the number of staff in an office. This rule allows Congress not only to eliminate entire programs (although it can do this already) but also to reassign or eliminate federal employees, individually or in groups. News that the Holman Rule was to be revived was greeted with pearl-clutching panic by such left-liberal news organizations as the Washington Post, which colorfully opined that the move “threatens to upend the 130-year-old civil service.” Others even asserted that Congress firing a federal employee would amount to an unconstitutional bill of attainder. This is ridiculous. The restoration of the Holman Rule means merely that when it comes to firing a federal employee, the president’s signature on an act of Congress can do it. It doesn’t seem extraordinary that the heads of the federal government should be able to dismiss their staff. Up to now, firing even the worst federal bureaucrat has been very, very difficult, so difficult that voters no longer control the agencies they employ and that govern their lives. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., whose idea it was to bring back the rule, put it succinctly when he asked, “Who runs this country, the people of the United States or the people on the people’s payroll?”  Given that the rule requires an act of Congress, it will be invoked only to deal with the most egregious cases. But there is an abundance of cases in which the bureaucracy and arbitrators cover up for their colleagues. Take Elizabeth Rivera of Puerto Rico, for example, who was restored to her job at the Department of Veterans Affairs after pleading guilty to involvement in an armed robbery. Her union not only thwarted managers’ attempts to fire her, but even successfully won back pay for the period when she had been off the job. As part of its argument for her reinstatement, officials of the American Federation of Government Employees pointed out that her manager at the agency is also a convicted sex offender. Of course, federal employees don’t have to go so far as to participate in violent or sexual crimes to diminish the reputation of the government. Internal Revenue Service employees who deleted Lois Lerner’s emails when they were under congressional subpoena were not fired. Aside from a few scapegoats, the VA employees who systematically manipulated the agency’s computer system at more than 100 facilities, harming veterans to win themselves performance bonuses, were not fired. Two VA managers who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from their agency could not be fired. Nor could many of those implicated in the notorious scandal involving a General Services Administration conference in Las Vegas in 2010. Bad-penny federal employees are nothing new. But the multiplicity of recent examples helps demonstrate the larger point. The civil service is superior to the spoils system, by which top-to-bottom political hires once dominated the federal government in the 19th century. But there is a balance between the benefits and drawbacks of civil service protections, and at the moment the scales have tipped too far in one direction. It’s time someone helped federal employees by instilling in them the same healthy fear of losing their job that everyone in the private sector experiences. The Holman Rule or something like it is needed to restore public confidence, both in government and in the civil service. We hope Congress does not hesitate to exercise this power. It will send a clear message to those abusing a near-absolute protection that federal employment was never meant to confer.)

 

THE HILL
— What Trump can accomplish on day one – JORDAN FABIAN AND JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/313140-what-trump-can-accomplish-on-day-one

 

ABC NEWS
— Study Explores Link Between College Debt, ‘Boomerang’ Effect – AP  (DIERSEN: Were you a boomerang?  I was 1970-1972. I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.  I lived with my mother and bother in Crete and helped pay the bills 1970-1972 because my father had died suddenly in 1969. During that time, I worked for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights full-time 1970-1971 and part-time 1971-1972 and for IRS starting in June of 1971, in Chicago during 1971, and in Harvey during 1972.  I started taking graduate business courses in the evening at Loyola at the start 1972.  I bought a new town home in University Park in September of 1972.)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/study-explores-link-college-debt-boomerang-effect-44635031
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While both college debt and the “boomerang” phenomenon are growing, a new study casts doubt on the notion that staggering student loans are driving young adults back to their parents’ doorsteps. In the past decade, student debt has doubled, with the average 2015 college graduate owing $30,000. The rate at which young adults “boomerang” also is increasing — recent studies report that between 20 and 50 percent are returning home. Many assume the former causes the latter, but Jason Houle and Cody Warner — assistant sociology professors at Dartmouth College and Montana State University, respectively — found the opposite. Their study, published Thursday in Sociology of Education and based on annual surveys of more than 5,000 people born between 1980 and 1984, found that so-called boomerangers had less student loan debt than young adults who didn’t return home.)

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— President Barack Obama’s legacy faces nasty reality as he leaves office – Editorial
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/president-obama-legacy-faces-nasty-reality-leaves-office-article-1.2938306

 

MIAMI HERALD
— Employers should start preparing for tougher U.S. immigration laws – HECTOR CHICHONI
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/biz-monday/article125323979.html

 

DETROIT NEWS
— VP Biden to visit Detroit during auto show – Keith Laing
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/detroit-auto-show/2017/01/06/biden-naias/96256606/

 

HERALD NET
— Ehtics, schmethics, just blame the media – Dana Milbank  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who blame me the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/milbank-ehtics-schmethics-just-blame-the-media/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here we go, down the rabbit hole. Donald Trump won the presidency by feeding Americans a diet of falsehoods and fake news, and, when challenged, he lashed out: shouting down the opposition, bullying the accuser and, particularly, blaming the media. It was inevitable that his success would bring imitators. Now they have arrived, and they’re breeding like, well … Consider Duncan Hunter, a young Republican from California, co-chairman of the Trump caucus in the House and one of the first members of Congress to endorse Trump. This week he disclosed that he used $600 worth of campaign funds to take his children’s pet bunny on a commercial airplane. Using campaign funds for personal expenses is illegal, and this “mistake” is the latest personal expense for which Hunter, under scrutiny, has reimbursed his campaign account $62,000. Among his reported campaign expenditures: $1,400 to a dentist, $1,400 for his children’s private-school lunch deliveries, $1,650 for their tuition, $961 at SeaWorld, $434 to Dick’s Sporting Goods, $229 at Disneyland, $217 to an Italian jewelry store, $361 to a surf shop, $1,200 for a garage door, $2,892 to an Arizona resort, $2,000 for a Thanksgiving trip to Italy and $1,302 worth of video games. Similar abuses of campaign funds landed former representative Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Illinois, in prison and prompted the resignation of Rep. Rob Andrews, D-New Jersey. The Federal Election Commission and the House ethics committee (acting on findings of the Office of Congressional Ethics, which House Republicans this week attempted to eliminate) are examining Hunter’s spending.)

 

EAGLE TRIBUNE
— Blueprint for a successful retirement – John Spoto
http://www.eagletribune.com/business/blueprint-for-a-successful-retirement/article_b403a89e-08a0-566f-9757-f990ba4e2428.html

 

UNIVERSITY HERALD
— Oprah Winfrey: A Practical Guide To Reaching Your Dreams – Chris Brandt
http://www.universityherald.com/articles/59219/20170107/oprah-winfrey-success-secrets.htm

 

PAKISTAN DAILY TIMES
— Promotion means a pay boost — and four years of ill health  Men and women who get bumped up the career ladder complain of being sicker and more depressed
http://dailytimes.com.pk/infotainment/09-Jan-17/promotion-means-a-pay-boost-and-four-years-of-ill-health

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Voters More Aligned With Trump Than Congress  (DIERSEN: Are those who voted for Trump in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois “More Aligned With Trump Than” with the Republican leaders in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  If so, in what way and why?)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2017/gop_voters_more_aligned_with_trump_than_congress

January 8 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Obama Says He and Trump ‘Are Sort of Opposites’ – ABC News
https://abc7chicago.com/news/obama-says-he-and-trump-are-sort-of-opposites/1692335/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Get lost, voters: Once again an Illinois lawmaker steps down, and party insiders pick the successor – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-lawmakers-resign-appointments-edit-0108-20170106-story.html
— Bucktown mansion once owned by Rep. Luis Gutierrez sells for $1.18 million – Bob Goldsborough
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/elitestreet/ct-elite-street-bucktown-luis-gutierrez-0108-biz-20170105-story.html
— Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin hesitant on some Donald Trump Cabinet nominees – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-dick-durbin-donald-trump-cabinet-nominees-20170108-story.html
— Facebook Live wants to give people a voice, but it’s mostly noticed for violence -Abby Ohlheiser
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-facebook-live-violence-wp-bsi-20170108-story.html
— Republican Lindsey Graham urges Trump to defend democracy with Russia sanctions
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-russia-hacking-donald-trump-20170108-story.html

— President Obama and the discipline of optimism – Mary Schmich  (DIERSEN: What have you been erroneously optimistic about?  I was erroneously optimistic that my Democrat GAO superiors a) would let me work at least until my normal retirement age of 55 in 2003, but they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) would promote me beyond GS-13, but they never did, c) would always assign me to audits of IRS, but they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) would offer me a promotion to GS-13 if I would transfer to GAO from IRS in 1980, but they forced me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer.  I was erroneously optimistic that my Democrat IRS superiors a) would promote me beyond GS-12, but they never did, b) would not disallow my education deductions, but they did, and c) would not disallow my partial day per diem claims, but they did.  I was erroneously optimistic that my Democrat Post Office superiors a) would let me continue to work, but they forced me resign in 1969 and b) would not disallow my sick leave requests, but they did.  None of the aforesaid adverse actions would have been taken against me if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-mary-schmich-obama-speech-0108-20170106-column.html
— Computers no substitute for actual experience – Bill Mego  (DIERSEN: If you were asked what experience do you have to raise questions about government decisions and/or about government activities, what would you say? I would stress that GAO audits federal agencies.  I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels (currently $92,632-$120,427). For almost 9 of those years, I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators; for almost 6 years, on audits of many other federal agencies; and for 3 years, on audits of IRS.  I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $77,899-$88,286. I served on the Executive Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants for 13 years.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-mego-column-st-0108-20170106-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Batavia anti-home rule drive puts focus on tensions, importance of elections – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170107/discuss/170109260/
— DuPage shooting death brings race, police, mental health issues to forefront – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170108/news/170109139/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Take care not to drown in the swamp, Republicans – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170107/ISSUE07/301079998/take-care-not-to-drown-in-the-swamp-republicans

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— We all lose if Illinois budget games don’t end soon – Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20170108/our-view-we-all-lose-if-illinois-budget-games-dont-end-soon

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lame duck session starts – all two days of it – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170107/statehouse-insider-lame-duck-session-starts—all-two-days-of-it
— Politics runs in the family for Duckworth aide – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: My great grandfather on my father’s side served as Crete Township’s Highway Commissioner.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170108/bernard-schoenburg-politics-runs-in-family-for-duckworth-aide

— Vetting the speaker of the Illinois House – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What organizations are you a member of?  Who do you blame for the problems that those organizations have?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always blamed me for all the problems that the following organizations have: Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, Association of Government Accountants, IRS, etc.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170107/our-view-vetting-speaker-of-illinois-house

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— State’s budget inertia hurts far too many – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-state-s-budget-inertia-hurts-far-too-many/article_0eb07151-0f36-564d-9a43-8345f0a769eb.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Thousands brave cold for tickets to Obama farewell speech – AP  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries benefited from Obama?  ANSWER: Those that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/thousands-brave-cold-for-tickets-to-obama-farewell-speech/article_b78bcb98-d554-11e6-93c8-3f59b096c325.html

 

HERALD NEWS
— Area lawmakers return to Springfield with no budget  100th General Assembly inauguration set for Wednesday – MIKE MALLORY
http://www.theherald-news.com/2017/01/06/area-lawmakers-return-to-springfield-with-no-budget/aqvsrq7/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Frerichs happy where he’s at – Tom Kacich  (DIERSEN: How happy are you at where you are at?)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-01-08/kacich-frerichs-happy-where-hes.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Lawmakers reconvene to finish term marked by impasse – DAN PETRELLA
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lawmakers-reconvene-to-finish-term-marked-by-impasse/article_9eb88619-c866-5368-ab29-46c8d6f525f9.html
— David Luechtefeld faces another retirement after Senate – MOLLY PARKER
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/david-luechtefeld-faces-another-retirement-after-senate/article_d158f3ac-444e-5908-a608-f654abdde162.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Outgoing state Rep. Mike Tryon reflects on political career  Tryon wrote 70 laws, among them closing property tax loophole – KEVIN P. CRAVER
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/01/06/outgoing-state-rep-mike-tryon-reflects-on-political-career/abbl59p/

 

EVANSTON NOW
— Schakowsky urges fight against ‘Trump/Rauner agenda’ (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes fight against?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes fight against the Trump/Rauner agenda.)
http://evanstonnow.com/story/government/evanston-now/2017-01-08/76637/schakowsky-urges-fight-against-trumprauner-agenda

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— The Chicago Hate Crime Liberals Deny As Black Teens Torture a White Kid for Days – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/01/07/chicago-hate-crime-liberals-deny-black-teens-torture-white-kid-days/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Media on a quest to downplay race in Chicago kidnapping and torture – Ian Lawrence
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/01/media_on_a_quest_to_downplay_race_in_chicago_kidnapping_and_torture.html

 

THE HILL
— Sean Spicer: Media doesn’t treat Trump with respect, cheers on Democrats – JOE CONCHA
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/313179-spokesman-media-doesnt-treat-trump-with-respect

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Russia Made the Difference in the Election.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lincoln-mitchell/russia-made-the-differenc_b_14034868.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: ‘What’s the Big Deal?’ Ask Trump Voters on Russia Hacking Report – CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and MITCH SMITH  (DIERSEN: Russia’s hacking must not have had much impact in my precinct because only 137 voted for Trump and 211 voted for Clinton.  Russia’s hacking must not have had much impact in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America because the majorities in the aforesaid voted for Clinton.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/07/us/russia-hacking-election-trump-voters.html
— Jeff Sessions, a Lifelong Outsider, Finds the Inside Track – SHARON LaFRANIERE and MATT APUZZO
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/08/us/politics/jeff-sessions-attorney-general.html
— Michael Eric Dyson Believes in Individual Reparations – ANA MARIE COX  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I took jobs that should have been given to Blacks.  But at the same time, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn the jobs that I had doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.  THE UPSHOT IS THAT MY CRITICS/OPPONENTS, THEIR OPERATIVES, AND THEIR DUPES WANT BLACKS TO HAVE BAD JOBS.  ONE COULD ARGUE THAT IS RACIST.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/magazine/michael-eric-dyson-believes-in-individual-reparations.html
— Yes, It’s Your Parents’ Fault – KATE MURPHY  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say about your parents?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents as being filthy rich and as raising me to be much too conservative.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they do or like they want to drink lots of booze, smoke pot, gamble, engage in LGBTQ activity, have abortions, exploit illegals and recent immigrants, abolish the First and Second Amendments, get rid of old people, get rid of men, get rid of Whites, get rid of unions, get rid of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, get rid of those who own General Motors, Ford, and/or Chrysler vehicles, get rid of Trump, and even worse things.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/07/opinion/sunday/yes-its-your-parents-fault.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump has the habits of a showman, not a manager. Get ready for chaos – Doyle McManus
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mcmanus-trump-chaos-20170108-story.html
— Has Hollywood lost touch with American values?
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-hollywood-values-updates-20170105-htmlstory.html
— Realism or cliche? Hollywood struggles to get the working class right – Jeffrey Fleishman
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-hollywood-values-updates-realism-or-stereotype-hollywood-has-a-1483646040-htmlstory.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats wage anti-Trump offensive for their own gain – Michael Goodwin
http://nypost.com/2017/01/08/democrats-wage-anti-trump-offensive-for-their-own-gain/

 

USA TODAY
— What went wrong? Democrat Party contestants to face tough questions – Heidi M Przybyla  (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats is to shout that you are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/07/what-went-wrong-dem-party-contestants-face-tough-questions/96284286/
— Help your kid graduate college debt-free – Devon Delfino  (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents helped me graduate from NIU debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1970 by providing me with room and board a) while I attended UIC 1966-1968, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/01/08/help-your-kid-graduate-college-debt-free/95835770/

 

UTICA OBSERVER DISPATCH
— Social media now plays a major role in organizing assemblies – Samantha Madison
http://www.uticaod.com/news/20170108/social-media-now-plays-major-role-in-organizing-assemblies

 

THE NATIONAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s challenge is to reflect the people’s will.”  Anti-Trumps say the people’s will is to use the federal government to get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/trumps-challenge-is-to-reflect-the-peoples-will

January 5 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Gov. Rauner Not Optimistic About State Budget Breakthrough, Blames Madigan – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/04/gov-rauner-not-optimistic-about-state-budget-breakthrough-blames-madigan/
— Chicago Police Investigate Live-Streamed Torture
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/04/four-people-in-custody-after-alleged-kidnapping-torture-is-live-streamed/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner says his pro-business, turnaround agenda would help reduce Chicago violence – Mike Flannery  (DIERSEN: What percent of those who commit crime in Chicago want to be wage earners?  I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) look down on wage earners, b) glorify and praise entrepreneurs, c) glorify and praise elected officials, and/or d) glorify and praise those who I have sued.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/227171643-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 4 held in attack broadcast on Facebook that included anti-Trump profanities – Nereida Moreno
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-trump-cursed-man-attacked-facebook-video-20170104-story.html
— Rauner’s former budget director lands new job – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-former-budget-director-new-job-met-story.html
— Bias meets DNA: Students at Pennsylvania college asked to learn their ancestry – Susan Svrluga  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-German-American.  Then again, they are anti- everything that they cannot manipulate/dominate.  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://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-college-class-dna-testing-20161229-story.html
— Ronald Reagan lifeguard-statue plan standing still in Dixon – Ted Gregory
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-ronald-reagan-lifeguard-statue-met-20170104-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago violence mystifies a nation – Phil Kadner
http://chicago.suntimes.com/author/Phil-Kadner/
— Second mail carrier robbed on South Side in two days – Jordan Owen  (DIERSEN: My 1962 Chevy BelAir was stolen in 1973 while worked for IRS in its office at 63rd and Halsted.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/reward-offered-in-armed-robbery-of-mail-carrier-in-south-shore/

— Rahm says he ‘wasn’t bragging’ about cutting retiree health care – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents succeed in cutting the $16,854 health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy that I get each year as a federal retiree, they will brag about it big time.  My critics/opponents have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as 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://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-says-he-wasnt-bragging-about-cutting-retiree-health-care/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Roskam won’t say where he stood on ethics vote – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170105/news/170109541/
— Body camera debate continues for DuPage deputies – Jessica Cilella  (DIERSEN: Should Trump supporters wear body cameras to document anti-Trump threats and violence?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170104/news/170109568/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Caterpillar might end machine making at Aurora factory – CLAIRE BUSHEY  (DIERSEN: What do Rauner and Trump have to say about that?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170104/NEWS05/170109934/caterpillar-might-end-machine-making-at-aurora-factory

 

WTTW
— Gov. Rauner on Budget: ‘I’m Flexible’ – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/01/04/gov-rauner-budget-i-m-flexible

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Race not motive behind video attack.”
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/the-latest-police-race-not-motive-behind-video-attack/article_d755ca04-9d9e-520b-a2c5-32419a79fa95.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Orthopedic Center requiring up-front payments from state workers – Dean Olsen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170104/orthopedic-center-requiring-up-front-payments-from-state-workers
— Five state government reforms that can reinvigorate the Illinois economy – Todd Maisch
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170104/guest-column-five-state-government-reforms-that-can-reinvigorate-illinois-economy

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Abortion bill could see action during lame-duck session – Dan Petrella
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/abortion-bill-could-see-action-during-lame-duck-session/article_2f82711d-3e5f-5081-a68c-66327d576d16.html

 

PEKIN TIMES
— Remembering the Black Panthers – Bill Knight
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20170105/knight-remembering-black-panthers

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Weak Tax Collection Could Take Illinois’ Finances From Bad To Worse – BRIAN MACKEY  (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980 and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS 1986-1988.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/weak-tax-collection-could-take-illinois-finances-bad-worse#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS ISSUES
— A Crash Course In Economics – HANNAH MEISEL
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-crash-course-economics#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Bloomington Censors Council Meeting Video & Violated FOIA – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/01/bloomington-censors-council-meeting-video-violated-foia/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP launches new video ad against Madigan
http://capitolfax.com/2017/01/05/ilgop-launches-new-video-ad-against-madigan/
— Rauner again strains all credulity
http://capitolfax.com/2017/01/05/rauner-again-strains-all-credulity/

 

FREE BEACON
— Rep. Hudson Introduces National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill  ‘Our Second Amendment right doesn’t disappear when we cross state lines’ – Stephen Gutowski
http://freebeacon.com/issues/rep-hudson-introduces-national-concealed-carry-reciprocity-bill/
— 2016 Smashed Previous Gun Sales Record  Feds carried out 27.5 million gun-related background checks in 2016 – Stephen Gutowski
http://freebeacon.com/issues/2016-gun-sales-record/

 

GOPUSA
— Liberal Struggle Against Reality – Walter E. Williams
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=18761?omhide=true

 

NEWSMAX
— Hillary Clinton Urged to Run for New York Mayor – John Gizzi
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/New-York-city-mayor-Bill-de-Blasio/2017/01/04/id/766889/

 

BREITBART
— ‘Dems Own the Failed ObamaCare Disaster,’ Donald Trump Tweets – ALEX SWOYER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/04/dems-own-the-failed-obamacare-disaster-donald-trump-tweets/

 

THE HILL
— GOP aims to rein in liberal cities – REID WILSON  (DIERSEN: How liberal is the municipality that you live in, that is, how strongly is it anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?  I should write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that focus on making Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America even more liberal than they are now. They promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, political affiliation discrimination, booze, pot, gambling, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/312766-gop-aims-to-rein-in-liberal-cities
— How Sessions lost in ’86 confirmation battle – LYDIA WHEELER  (DIERSEN: What battles have you lost?  If you sought a government office, a political office, or anything else, what lost battles would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress?  For me, they would stress that I am no longer a) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, b) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Government Affairs Committee member, c) Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, d) Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, e) American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter board member, f) GAO employee, g) etc.  They would stress my unsuccessful bid to be a MTRCC Treasurer.  They would hint/imply/argue/shout that I caused each and every defeat that Republicans suffered in Illinois since 2000.  They would blame me for all the problems that MTRCC, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, AAPC, GAO, etc. has had, is having, and will have. They would stress that only 137 in my precinct voted for Trump/Pence in the November 8, 2016 election. They would stress that they would viciously destroy anyone who might come to my defense.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/312668-how-sessions-lost-his-first-confirmation-battle

 

POLITICO
— Despite Rauner’s efforts, Madigan poised to be shoo-in as speaker – NATASHA KORECKI
http://www.politico.com/states/illinois/story/2017/01/despite-all-the-noise-madigan-poised-to-be-shoo-in-as-speaker-heres-why-108483

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Obama Called Inequality ‘The Defining Challenge Of Our Time.’ He Didn’t Do Much About It.  It’s a sad legacy. – Zach Carter  (DIERSEN: From what I see, under Obama, income and net worth increased more for those individuals, organizations, and companies that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors THAN THOSE THAT ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-income-inequality_us_5866836ce4b0de3a08f808dd

 

CNN
— 100 Best Jobs in America  CNNMoney/PayScale.com’s top 100 careers with big growth, great pay and satisfying work  (DIERSEN: What jobs have you had?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes LOOK DOWN on the jobs that I had auditing federal agencies 1980-1997, collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980, pumping gasoline 1971-1972, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, working as a security guard and on an automobile assembly line in 1970, delivering mail 1966-1969, pumping gasoline, chipping slag, and cleaning golf shoes in 1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, and doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964.)
http://money.cnn.com/pf/best-jobs/index.html

 

REUTERS
— Chicago’s gang violence catches expressway drivers in crossfire – Timothy Mclaughlin  (DIERSEN: Do/did you drive Chicago expressways a lot? I drove the Dan Ryan a lot 1966-1968, first in my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, and then my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 while I was a full-time student at UIC, lived with my parents and brother in Crete, and worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chicago-police-highway-idUSKBN14P150

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Reality Politics, Starring Donald Trump  It’s here and it can’t be canceled for four years. – Gail Collins
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/opinion/reality-politics-starring-donald-trump.html
— Why Rural America Voted for Trump – ROBERT LEONARD  (HARDCOPY SUBCAPTION: Their world is under siege – by liberals.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/opinion/why-rural-america-voted-for-trump.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Ivanka Trump Plans Move Near Obamas’ New Home – JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/us/politics/ivanka-trump-house-kalorama-washington.html
— Women and Minorities Make Slow Progress in Filling Ranks at Law Firms – ELIZABETH OLSON
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/business/dealbook/law-firm-diversity-women-minorities.html
— Why Men Don’t Want the Jobs Done Mostly by Women – Claire Cain Miller  (DIERSEN: I washed dishes part-time for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 while I attended Crete-Monee High School.  My understanding is that I was the FIRST AND ONLY WHITE AND THE FIRST AND ONLY MALE THAT HELD THAT JOB. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my having that job proves that I am a complete loser and even worse things.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/upshot/why-men-dont-want-the-jobs-done-mostly-by-women.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps glorify and praise Mexico and glorify and praise Mexico’s citizens.
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/world/americas/mexico-donald-trump-nafta.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Without Megyn Kelly, Fox News’s prime-time lineup is a complete joke.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/01/04/without-megyn-kelly-fox-newss-prime-time-lineup-is-a-complete-joke/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Children, parents, U.S. suffer because quality, affordable child care is lacking – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: Did your father earn enough money that your mother could stay at home and raise you?  My father did.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to paint my father as being filthy rich. My outstanding father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, he was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, he never attended college, he worked in the office of a chemical plant, he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, he did not buy a new car until 1967 he was 45 years old and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy, and he died suddenly of heart failure in 1969.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/05/children-parents-u-s-suffer-because-quality-affordabe-child-care-is-lacking/

 

USA TODAY
— Is Mark Zuckerberg considering White House run? – Jessica Guynn  (DIERSEN: What does Zuckerberg think of those who share your demographics?  What demographics do you share with him?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/01/04/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-political-ambitions/96161822/
— Mark Zuckerberg’s 2017 resolution: Meet more Americans – Jessica Guynn
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/01/03/mark-zuckerberg-2017-personal-challenge-resolution-travel-to-30-states/96127870/
— Trump’s election has changed Obama’s post-presidency plans – Gregory Korte
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/03/trumps-election-obama-post-presidency-plans/95892386/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump and Black Americans  FDR offered the hope of prosperity. Can the new president do the same? – DANIEL HENNINGER  (DIERSEN: How much blame do you get for the problems that Blacks have?  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 gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-black-americans-1483575028
— Trump, ‘Lies’ and Honest Journalism  Why editors should be careful about making selective moral judgments about false statements. – GERARD BAKER
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-lies-and-honest-journalism-1483557700
— The M.B.A. Classroom That Knows When You’re Bored  Business school gets a digital upgrade as more programs combine online components with face-to-face elements – PARMINDER BAHRA  (DIERSEN: How old is your MBA?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that my MBA is 41 years old.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/disrupting-business-school-m-b-a-classrooms-get-a-digital-upgrade-1483542001
— Digital Disruption and the Future of the M.B.A.
http://www.wsj.com/video/digital-disruption-and-the-future-of-the-mba/7BA52199-9E36-471C-AB52-BA7A4CDC0F87.html

 

BALTIMORE SUN
— The Democrats are down and out and don’t seem to know it – Perry L. Weed  (DIERSEN: Who LOOKS DOWN down on you? I should write a book about those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois WHO LOOK DOWN ON ME.  I could group them as follows: those who a) have lots of religious clout, b) those who have lots of government clout, c) those who have lots of political clout, d) those who have lots of financial clout, e) those who I have sued, f) operatives for the aforesaid, and g) dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-democrats-denial-20170104-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democrats have lost their way. They no longer represent the working class or the middle class as they continue to fall behind. They have lost America’s heartland and small towns and rural areas. Look at the political power shift to the right. The Democrats have 12 fewer U.S. senators than when President Barack Obama was sworn in, 63 fewer House members and 16 fewer governors. They have the lowest number of state legislators in more than 100 years. In only six states do Democrats control both the governorship and the legislature — the lowest number in our history. Other than President Obama, Democrats have a severe messaging problem and a dearth of winning candidates; the party is a fundamental mess. Most importantly, Democrats have forgotten their roots in the economic goals of the Roosevelt New Deal and the Johnson Great Society. They have abandoned an inclusive message. They slice and dice the electorate. They are now the party of diversity, and ethnic- and racial- and gender- identity. They advocate cultural issues at the expense of jobs and other working class issues. Too many of them they look down on “the deplorables” and the poorly educated, the very ones who turned to Donald Trump for change and some glimmer of hope for themselves. This election revealed the emergence of white and other working class Americans who feel abandoned and threatened by Washington and Wall Street and the institutions and elites they represent. Some of this was nativism, e.g., a reaction to the persistent flow of illegal immigrants into the country, now augmented by new refugees from the Middle East. These white Americans feel their very identity is under attack.)

 

CIRCLEVILLE HERALD
— Democrats Need to Come Back Forward – Jack Burgess (DIERSEN: Who LOOKS DOWN down on you? I should write a book about those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois WHO LOOK DOWN ON ME.  I could group them as follows: those who a) have lots of religious clout, b) those who have lots of government clout, c) those who have lots of political clout, d) those who have lots of financial clout, e) those who I have sued, f) operatives for the aforesaid, and g) dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.circlevilleherald.com/comment/democrats-need-to-come-back-forward/article_b9280c40-803a-57e6-a8ce-3475f7a6c9c3.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Millions of people are still in shock over the election to the Presidency of someone with such questionable qualifications as Donald Trump, who seems intent on rolling back many of the governmental programs vital to the lives of ordinary people. For the good of the nation and their party, to come back, Democrats need to get beyond simple opposition, to proposing the improved programs and services the people need. And they must communicate better with ordinary Americans, especially in what pundits call “flyover land,” outside the coastal areas and big cities, to go forward from this defeat. . .It’s counterproductive to look down on people who voted Republican. Given the Democrats’ communication disadvantage, it’s not surprising that people voted to “make America great again”—for themselves—over candidates who seemed to promise little, except when pressured by Bernie’s supporters. Democrats have a history of losing when they don’t communicate a strong economic message. They need to go on the offensive—as in ’92 when “It’s the economy stupid” was the successful working slogan and strategy.)

 

ATLANTIC
— Being Trans, and an Immigrant, Under the Trump Administration  Many transgender Americans have only been openly trans under an Obama administration that respected their rights. That is about to change. – MEREDITH TALUSAN  (DIERSEN: Under Obama, his supporters got rid of you if you did not promote LGBTQ activity. TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois did not promote LGBTQ activity. It certainly looks like Obama’s supporters got rid of TAPROOT.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/being-trans-and-an-immigrant-under-the-trump-administration/512201/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Republicans Expected to Reduce Federal Employees’ Pensions, Outsource More Work – Eric Katz  (DIERSEN: I expect that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will focus on getting Trump a) to cut if not eliminate Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions and b) to cut if not eliminate federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies for CSRS retirees.)
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2017/01/republicans-expected-slash-feds-pensions-outsource-more-work/134333/

 

FED WEEK
— Largest Federal Pay Raise Since 2010 Set to Take Effect, with Differences  (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO paid me at the GS-13 Step 10 rate.  That rate is now $122,991.)
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/largest-federal-pay-raise-since-2010-set-take-effect-differences/
http://www.fedweek.com/pay-tables/2017-gs-pay-table-chicago-naperville-il-wi/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Trump picks Wall Street lawyer Clayton for SEC – AP (DIERSEN: GAO audits SEC. For 9 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, I worked on audits that involved SEC.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/trump-picks-wall-street-lawyer-clayton-for-sec

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Government accountability legislation gets House backing, heads to Senate – Meredith Somers
http://federalnewsradio.com/congress/2017/01/government-accountability-legislation-gets-house-backing-heads-senate/
— ‘Boomers’ fear inadequate retirement income. Is now really the right time for them to step down? – Randy Silvey
http://federalnewsradio.com/commentary/2017/01/boomers-fear-inadequate-retirement-income-now-really-right-time-step/

 

RAUMUSSEN REPORTS
— 57% of Democrats Want Trump to Succeed  (DIERSEN: Many believe that the typical Democrat south of Route 80 in Illinois is more conservative than the typical Republican north of Route 80 in Illinois.  But those downstate Democrats do not become Republicans because they see how badly conservatives are treated by those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party.  The Democrat Party exists to promote liberal principles.  The Republican party exists to promote conservative principles.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/january_2017/57_of_democrats_want_trump_to_succeed

January 3 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump to Rahm: Get Chicago violence under control or feds will step in
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/226818820-story

 

ABC7
— AMEYA PAWAR, 47TH WARD ALDERMAN, TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR IN 2018 – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-alderman-ameya-pawar-to-run-for-governor-in-2018/1683989/
— MONIQUE DAVIS, LONGTIME CHICAGO STATE REPRESENTATIVE, RETIRES
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/monique-davis-longtime-chicago-state-representative-retires/1684937/
— RETREATING AFTER TRUMP TWEET, GOP WON’T GUT ETHICS OFFICE – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/retreating-after-trump-tweet-gop-wont-gut-ethics-office/1684007/

 

NBC5
— Illinois GOP Calls Pawar a ‘Tax-Hiking Politician,’ Pawar Fires Back – Carol Marin  (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, what would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes call you?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Illinois-GOP-Calls-Pawar-a-Tax-Hiking-Politician-Pawar-Fires-Back-409571325.html

 

CBS2
— Trump Wants Chicago To Use Stop-And-Frisk Practices To Curb Crime
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/03/trump-wants-chicago-to-use-stop-and-frisk-practices-to-curb-crime/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats stress that Duckworth and Krishnamoorthi and Mah and Pawar are Asian-American.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/03/duckworth-other-asian-american-politicians-making-mark-in-illinois/

 

WGN RADIO
— One reporter’s tale of covering Donald Trump’s campaign for over a year – JEFF CARLIN
http://wgnradio.com/2017/01/03/one-reporters-tale-of-covering-donald-trumps-campaign-for-over-a-year/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ald. Ameya Pawar says he’s running for governor – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ald-ameya-pawar-says-hes-running-for-governor/
— Dems need good ideas, competitive vision more than wealth – Mark Brown  (DIERSEN: How much money do you have, that is, what is your income and what is your net worth?  All my critics/opponents have lots of money. Therefore, as you would expect, their operatives and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that the more money that you have, the more credible that you are.  For example, on a scale of 1 to 5, your credibility is 1 if your net worth is more than $10 million, 2 if it is more than $20 million, 3 if it is more than $40 million, 4 if it is more than $80 million, and 5 if it is more than $160 million.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-dems-need-good-ideas-competitive-vision-more-than-wealth/
— City retirees outraged by Emanuel’s bragging health care email – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: I expect that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will focus on getting Trump a) to cut if not eliminate Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions and b) to cut if not eliminate federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies for CSRS retirees.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/city-retirees-outraged-by-emanuels-bragging-health-care-email/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Retired city employees are furious about what they call a “heartless” 2015 email written by Mayor Rahm Emanuel bragging about the now-completed, three-year phase-out of the city’s retiree health care program, including a 55 percent subsidy.)
—  Kudos to Megyn Kelly after a nasty year for women – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-kudos-to-megyn-kelly-in-a-nasty-year-for-women/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois in danger of becoming a failed state – Rich Miller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-miller-column-st-0104-20170103-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Chicago booze and Detroit wheels: What Trump doesn’t get about global trade.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-trade-trump-tpp-ford-gm-illinois-midwest-edit-0104-md-20170103-story.html
— Ald. Pawar says he’s running for Illinois governor – Hal Dardick and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ameya-pawar-governor-race-met-0104-20170103-story.html
— Resignation of D112 board member draws attention to racist online remarks – Karen Berkowitz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/news/ct-hpn-d112-board-vacancy-tl-0105-20170103-story.html
— NAACP holds sit-in at Jeff Sessions’ Alabama office to protest attorney general nomination
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-naacp-jeff-sessions-protest-20170103-story.html
— More than 1,100 law school professors oppose Jeff Sessions’s nomination as attorney general – Sari Horwitz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-law-professors-20170103-story.html
— Obama’s legacy: Uniter or divider? – Clarence Page  (DIERSEN: Obama focused dividing those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-president-obama-legacy-uniter-perspec-0104-20170103-story.html
— A Trump tweet that doesn’t spark outrage in Chicago – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-trump-tweets-kass-0104-20170103-column.html
— Chicago’s crime epidemic: How you can help – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-mentor-emanuel-chicago-crime-homicide-murder-edit-0104-jm-20170103-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Family: Two sides to story of teen shot by DuPage deputy – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170103/news/170109822/
— After brawl, Fox Valley Mall says it will enforce rule for teen shoppers – Anna Marie Kukec
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170103/business/170109777/
— Three candidates knocked off ballot in Lombard; board races now uncontested – Jessica Cilella
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170103/news/170109738/
— Gilberts trustee tossed off ballot – Elena Ferrarin
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170103/news/170109757/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What’s Roskam’s role in House ethics meltdown? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170103/BLOGS02/170109985/whats-roskams-role-in-house-ethics-meltdown
— Ford, under pressure, cancels $1.6 billion Mexico factory – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170103/NEWS05/170109986/ford-under-pressure-cancels-1-6-billion-mexico-factory
— Rauner names Democrats, Cubs star as Order of Lincoln honorees – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170103/BLOGS02/170109979/rauner-names-former-cubs-star-ryne-sandberg-others-as-order-of

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam among those supporting effort to gut independent ethics office – AP
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/01/03/u-s-rep-peter-roskam-among-those-supporting-effort-to-gut-independent-ethics-office/ahj1mco/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Despite Trump tweet, anti-violence options for feds limited – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/despite-trump-tweet-anti-violence-options-for-feds-limited/article_ee35d079-22fb-5e87-bfbf-35d05482e9b3.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Stocks storm into 2017 as Trump rally resumes  New year starts with a bang – MATT EGAN  (DIERSEN: Democrats want a Trump crash. Is the Democrat Party’s ability to manipulate stocks in trouble?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/stocks-storm-into-2017-as-trump-rally-resumes/635418766
— Ford cancels Mexico plant. Will create 700 U.S. jobs in ‘vote of confidence’ in Trump  CEO: Investment is ‘vote of confidence’ in Trump – HEATHER LONG AND POPPY HARLOW
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ford-announces-plan-to-create-700-us-jobs/635246377
— George W. Bush, Laura Bush, to attend Trump inauguration  Bill Clinton not yet scheduled to attend – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/george-w-bush-laura-bush-to-attend-trump-inauguration/635318753

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump’s Win in 18th District Means High Demand for Inauguration Tickets – TANYA KOONCE  (DIERSEN: How high is the demand for inauguration tickets in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/trumps-win-18th-district-means-high-demand-inauguration-tickets#stream/0

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Shimkus favors changes in ethics office – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-01-03/shimkus-favors-changes-ethics-office.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— When Illinois turns you into a chump chasing chump change – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article124318414.html

 

DUQUOIN EVENING CALL
— Pricey, but exciting: Southern Illinois couple are inaugural-bound  Attending President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington D.C. will take some financial fortitude, but Linda and Jerry Goforth – long time members of the GOP’s inner circle – say it’s a chance to be part of history. – John Croessman
http://www.duquoin.com/news/20170103/pricey-but-exciting-southern-illinois-couple-are-inaugural-bound

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — New Illinois Sen. Duckworth raises questions about Trump’s Pentagon nominee – Chuck Raasch  (DIERSEN: If you were asked what experience do you have to raise questions about government decisions and/or about government activities, what would you say? I would stress that GAO audits federal agencies.  I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels (currently $92,632-$120,427). For almost 9 of those years, I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators; for almost 6 years, on audits of many other federal agencies; and for 3 years, on audits of IRS.  I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $77,899-$88,286. I served on the Executive Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants for 13 years.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/new-illinois-sen-duckworth-raises-questions-about-trump-s-pentagon/article_6cb7e78c-e0c0-5849-86be-50ebc1ff259f.html

 

CHICAGO READER
— — AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: The economic causes of Chicago’s violence  The city continues to pursue policies that advance inequity. – Ben Joravsky
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/gun-violence-economics-tifs-2016/Content?oid=24910934

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— Anti-Donald Trump Rally Planned in Chicago for Inauguration Day  Organizers describe the protest at Daley Plaza as “a shot across the bow” at Trump’s incoming political agenda. – Joe Vince  (DIERSEN: How many from your precinct, from your municipality, from your township/ward, and from your county will participate in this protest?)
http://patch.com/illinois/chicago/anti-donald-trump-rally-planned-chicago-inauguration-day

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Shelbyville Township Electoral Board Disqualified Themselves From Petition Objection Hearing – John Kraft and Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/01/shelbyville-township-electoral-board-disqualified-themselves-from-petition-objection-hearing/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— OUTSTANDING: DURKIN APPOINTS BREEN ASSISTANT HOUSE GOP LEADER, WHEELER GOP CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/durkin-appoints-breen-assistant-house-gop-leader.html
— DEMOCRAT CHICAGO ALDERMAN AMEYA PAWAR TOSSES FIRST HAT INTO RING TO OUST RAUNER IN 2018
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/01/democrat-alderman-tosses-first-hat-into-ring-to-oust-rauner-in-2018.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Do the Democrats need a self-funder for 2018?  (DIERSEN: How much money do you have, that is, what is your income and what is your net worth?  All my critics/opponents have lots of money. Therefore, as you would expect, their operatives and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that the more money that you have, the more credible that you are.  For example, on a scale of 1 to 5, your credibility is 1 if your net worth is more than $10 million, 2 if it is more than $20 million, 3 if it is more than $40 million, 4 if it is more than $80 million, and 5 if it is more than $160 million.)
http://capitolfax.com/2017/01/03/do-the-democrats-need-a-self-funder-for-2018/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Donald Trump looms over ceremonial day on Capitol Hill  Democratic leaders pledge to look for common ground with president-elect – Stephen Dinan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/3/donald-trump-looms-over-115th-congress/

 

GOPUSA
— Christmas Market Slaughter Intensifies Trump’s Resolve to Reconsider Refugee Resettlement
http://www.gopusa.com/christmas-market-slaughter-intensifies-trumps-resolve-to-reconsider-refugee-resettlement/
— GOP House drops weakening of ‘Ethics’ office following Trump criticism
http://www.gopusa.com/gop-house-drops-weakening-of-ethics-office-following-trump-criticism/

 

THE BLAZE
— New Yorker cartoon sums up anti-elite national mood, angers many – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/02/new-yorker-cartoon-sums-up-anti-elite-national-mood-angers-many/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The “pilot” cartoon will appear in the New Yorker and depicts an angry mob on an airplane voting for a man to take over flight duties from the “smug pilots” who have lost touch with the “regular passengers.”)
— White? Christian? Male?: ‘Privilege cards’ let you ‘check everyone in your life’ for their speech – Dave Urbanski (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, America is more and more and more anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. Will Trump stop that?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/03/white-christian-male-privilege-cards-let-you-check-everyone-in-your-life-for-their-speech/
— Nancy Pelosi vows to protect Obamacare and DREAMers on first day of new Congress – Carlos Garcia  (DIERSEN: What are your demographics?  What federal assistance programs are you benefiting from?  What do you need to be protected from?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/03/nancy-pelosi-vows-to-protect-obamacare-and-dreamers-on-first-day-of-new-congress/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Is Laying The Groundwork For His Border Wall Behind The Scenes – Rachel Stoltzfoos
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/03/trump-is-laying-the-groundwork-for-his-border-wall-behind-the-scenes/

 

THE HILL
— Dems’ best strategy is to hold Trump to his better campaign promises – DAVID RUSSELL  (DIERSEN: When I became the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2005, I promised a) to assure that TAPROOT would hold a breakfast meeting the third Saturday each month except August and December, b) to assure that TAPROOT held a picnic each August and a Christmas party each December, and c) to focus on recruiting the best possible Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to speak at those events. I kept those promises, but that was not good enough for my critics/opponents, for their operatives, or for their dupes.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/national-party-news/312588-dems-best-strategy-is-holding-trump-to-his-better
— House passes rules aimed at preventing lawmaker protests – CRISTINA MARCOS
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/312578-house-gop-passes-rules-aimed-at-preventing-lawmaker-sit-ins-protests

 

ABC NEWS
— Donald Trump Casts Doubt on Intelligence Community Over ‘So-Called’ Russian Hacking – DAVID CAPLAN
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-casts-doubt-intelligence-community-called-russian/story?id=44537501

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Megyn Kelly Is Leaving Fox News for NBC – JIM RUTENBERG
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/business/media/megyn-kelly-nbc-fox-news.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Paul Ryan is easily reelected House speaker – Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/03/paul-ryan-is-easily-re-elected-house-speaker/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Hillary and Bill Clinton will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration – Michael A. Memoli
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-hillary-and-bill-clinton-will-attend-1483474957-htmlstory.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— House GOP Drops Bid to Undercut Ethics Board  Move follows a backlash to a proposal to leave lawmakers policing themselves – KRISTINA PETERSON and  SIOBHAN HUGHES
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-questions-timing-of-gop-move-on-ethics-board-1483459804

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Blast from the past: House reinstates rule targeting agency spending, employee salaries – Nicole Ogrysko
http://federalnewsradio.com/congress/2017/01/blast-past-house-reinstates-rule-targeting-agency-spending-employee-salaries/

 

FED WEEK
— Ethics Office Issues Reminder Ahead of Inauguration
http://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/66860/

 

FED SMITH
— House Votes to Have Reprimands Remain Permanently on VA Employees’ Records – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: My federal personnel records document the following: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2017/01/03/house-votes-to-have-reprimands-remain-permanently-on-va-employees-records/