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September 2 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Republicans scheduled to participate in Naperville’s Labor Day Parade include Anderson, Connelly, Gustin, MacKay, Mendrick, Olsen, Roskam, Senger, Smith, Wehrli, and Wilson. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Protesters plan to disrupt Labor Day traffic to, from O’Hare – Megan Hickey
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/protesters-plan-to-disrupt-labor-day-traffic-to-from-ohare/4126372/
— Background check requirement removes 266 CPS employees from service
https://abc7chicago.com/education/background-check-requirement-removes-266-cps-employees-from-service/4127616/

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-American, anti-White, and/or anti-women are overjoyed that Mollie Tibbetts’ father says “Stop Using Her As A Pawn In Immigration Debate”
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/02/tibbetts-dad-stop-using-mollie-as-pawn-in-immigration-debate/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/pot-topics-cannabis-jobs-medical-marijuana/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-American, anti-White, and/or anti-women are overjoyed that Mollie Tibbetts’ father says “Leave us out of immigration debate, racism.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/mollie-tibbetts-dad-rob-tibbetts-opinion-piece-immigration-debate-racism-des-moines-register-trump/
— Days commuting are not time lost, but time found – Neil Steinberg (DIERSEN: While I rode commuter trains to and from work in 1971, 1973, 1974, and 1978-1997, I read newspapers. In addition, I did homework for a) graduate classes at Loyola in 1973 and 1974, b) graduate classes at DePaul 1978-1980, c) CPA review courses in 1978 and 1979, d) Certified Internal Auditor review courses in 1980 and 1981, and e)  graduate courses at IIT 1992-1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/days-commuting-are-not-time-lost-but-time-found/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pope Benedict, in retired seclusion, looms in the opposition to Pope Francis – Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-pope-benedict-20180902-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mollie Tibbetts’ father hints that his daughter was anti-Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-mollie-tibbetts-20180902-story.html
— Meet the table busser who’s worked at the same Wilmette pancake house for 54 years, and still makes minimum wage – Christopher Borrelli (DIERSEN: Othea Loggan and I both started working for the minimum wage in 1964. My critics/opponents have always been furious that I qualified myself for better paying jobs by a) earning a high school diploma in 1966, b) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, c) earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) earning a job-related professional license in 1981.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-othea-loggan-0831-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans who cast Republican primary for Kasich in 2016 want Kasich to run in the 2020 Republican primary and defeat Trump. Anti-Republicans are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, 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://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-minow-2020-bipartisan-presidential-ticket-0902-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Americans are making less money despite Trump’s promises.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180902/analysis-americans-are-making-less-money-despite-trumps-promises
— Poll: 2 in 3 Americans say public school teachers are underpaid – Laura Meckler (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180902/poll-2-in-3-americans-say-public-school-teachers-are-underpaid
— What Kennedy drivers need to know about Monday’s protest – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180901/what-kennedy-drivers-need-to-know-about-mondays-protest-

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Recent statewide polls not in GOP’s favor – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-09-02/tom-kacich-recent-statewide-polls-not-gops-favor.html
— Tax cat has caught Pritzker’s silver tongue – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-09-02/jim-dey-tax-cat-has-caught-pritzkers-silver-tongue.html
— ‘Gov. Veto’? You’re darn right – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-09-02/editorial-gov-veto-youre-darn-right.html

 

MACOMB NEWS NOW
— Rauner Makes Record Setting Donation To HImself – Sean Patrick
https://macombnewsnow.com/macomb-news/285152
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Governor is kick starting the 2018 campaign season with a little gift to himself. Bruce Rauner moved $50 million of his own money to his campaign fund. It’s a record setting amount that raises the stakes in what no doubt will be the most expensive state wide race in Illinois history. The Rauner campaign notes to media sources that there is plenty more where that came from – labeling the money as a first installment.)

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “President Trump’s Description of What’s ‘Fake’ Is Expanding.”
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/president-trumps-description-whats-fake-expanding#stream/0

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Pro-economic liberty group launches campaign against soaring Illinois property taxes – Karen Kidd
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511549705-pro-economic-liberty-group-launches-campaign-against-soaring-illinois-property-taxes

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Facing challenge, GOP State Senator Connelly takes up teachers union cause
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511552500-facing-challenge-gop-state-senator-connelly-takes-up-teachers-union-cause
— Breen helps 48th House District constituents learn how to appeal property tax assessments – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511549746-breen-helps-48th-house-district-constituents-learn-how-to-appeal-property-tax-assessments

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump taking ‘hard look’ at pay-freeze plan for federal workers following pushback – Bradford Betz
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/02/trump-taking-hard-look-at-pay-freeze-plan-for-federal-workers-following-pushback.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— SOCIALIST STATE SENATE CANDIDATE CAUGHT LYING ABOUT SUPPOSED ‘WORKING-CLASS BACKGROUND’ – Joe Simonson (DIERSEN: Do you have a working-class background? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents would never stoop to take the aforesaid jobs.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/01/julia-salazar-childhood-home/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The McCain funeral – a failed brand re-launch – Jay Valentine
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/the_mccain_funeral__a_failed_brand_relaunch.html

 

EAGLE FORUM
— Senate Fails to Stop $500 million to Planned Parenthood
https://mailchi.mp/eagleforum/senate-fails-to-stop-500-million-to-planned-parenthood?e=ea26132016

 

THE HILL
— McCarthy leads GOP charge against Silicon Valley – MELANIE ZANONA
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/404642-mccarthy-leads-gop-charge-against-silicon-valley
— Hackers increasingly target reputations through reviews sites, experts say – OLIVIA BEAVERS
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/404477-hackers-increasingly-target-reputations-through-reviews-sites-experts

 

CBS NEWS
— Why Bill and Melinda Gates put 20,000 students through college Now, universities around the country are forming a new, color-blind, Affirmative Action, aiming to close the gap between rich and poor – Scott Pelley (DIERSEN: What percent of those 20,000 are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-college-tuition-why-bill-and-melinda-gates-put-20000-students-through-college/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Writing the Unions’ ‘Fight-or-Die Survival Chapter’ The growing labor militancy making headlines has its roots in slow, grinding efforts by workers all over the country. – Sarah Jaffe (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union. They stress that I was a union member of almost 12 years, and that I say that if GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/opinion/unions-labor-day-strike.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “IS TRUMP A CHAMPION OF WORKERS?” and says “HIS ANTI-UNION POLICIES INDICATE OTHERWISE.”
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-not-champion-workers-1100483

 

HISTORY NEWS NETWORK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump Was the Oldest Elected President in History in 2016” and ask “Are We Ready to Elect the Youngest President in 2020?
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/169821

 

REASON
— How Trustworthy Does Facebook Think You Are? Should we be concerned about a new system to keep track of real vs. fake news? – Andrea O’Sullivan (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. They focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading the emails. Should I publish a list of my critics/opponents? Should I sue them?)
https://reason.com/archives/2018/08/28/how-trustworthy-does-facebook-think-you
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One new tool in Facebook’s bag of anti-“misinformation” tricks definitely ticks the “creep box”: Last week, the Washington Post reported that Facebook has been planning to assign a “trustworthiness score” for users on their platform for around a year. Users who are believed to more accurately flag news stories as valid or not will be given a higher score, while users suspected of flagging stories out of revenge or distaste—and thereby throwing off the algorithm—will be given a goose egg. The scale ranges from 0 to 1, and the system is now reportedly coming online. The new system is framed as a necessary augmentation of Facebook’s previous forays into third party-guided media ranking. In addition to partnering with self-deputized “fact-checkers” like PolitiFact and Snopes.com, Facebook created a button for average users to report when a story was “fake news.” The idea was that human feedback, provided by both “experts” and the wisdom of the crowds, would supplement the brittle fallibility of algorithms, leading to a better overall curation of what is being shared on Facebook.)

 

CARS
— American-Made Index
https://www.cars.com/american-made-index/

August 30 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin and State Senator Mike Connelly hosted an outstanding public safety town hall meeting in the Wheaton City Hall Wednesday evening, August 29, 2018. The 50+ attendees included Cherry, Falbo, Grant, Jorgensen, Keller, MacKay, Monino, Prater, Suess, and Rutledge. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Vietnam veterans honor soldiers killed overseas during 1968 DNC protests on 50th anniversary – Stacey Baca
https://abc7chicago.com/society/vietnam-veterans-honor-soldiers-killed-overseas-during-1968-dnc-protests/4091424/
— Texas woman explains why she posted video of mystery doorbell ringer
https://abc7chicago.com/woman-explains-why-she-posted-video-of-mystery-doorbell-ringer/4094104/
— ‘Suspicious shooting’ leads deputies to mystery woman seen ringing doorbell in Texas – Katherine Marchand
https://abc7chicago.com/mysterious-doorbell-ringer-safe-after-boyfriends-suicide/4091785/

 

WGN TV
— Willowbrook meets to address cancer concerns – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/08/29/willowbrook-meets-to-address-cancer-concerns/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Bruce Rauner dangles capital bill for billions in road, bridge, other projects — after the election – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-capital-bill-20180829-story,amp.html
— 4 ways Trump could go after Google – Brian Fung
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-trump-google-20180829-story.html
— Electric school buses, cleaner trains to get share of state’s $108 million from Volkswagen settlement – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-biz-volkswagen-settlement-electric-buses-20180829-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: 5 things to know about the expanded medical marijuana law in Illinois – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-medical-marijuana-illinois-five-things-20180829-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: State Sen. Heather Steans pushes pot in La Grange.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/la-grange/news/ct-dlg-great-marijuana-debate-tl-0906-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-pot-industry-stoner-stereotype-20180829-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Good news for free trade: Trump loses a dispute.” Anti-Trumps always side with foreign countries and their citizens against America and against its citizens.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-trade-trump-newsprint-canada-20180829-story.html
— Reinventing higher ed: If Illinois wants more college students … – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you have a degree from a college in Illinois, you are presumed to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, 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, that is, you are presumed to be a “good little Democrat.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-university-illinois-scholarship-commitment-20180827-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/medical-marijuana-weed-cresco-labs-opioids/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites and anti-Republicans use what Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) says to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Whites and Republicans as being racists.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/richard-russell-white-nationalists-john-mccain-trump/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DuPage sheriff officials now blame state’s attorney’s office for bad info on judge’s ruling – Justin Kmitch
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180829/dupage-sheriff-officials-now-blame-states-attorneys-office-for-bad-info-on-judges-ruling
— DuPage County could talk about abolishing recorder’s office – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180829/dupage-could-talk-about-abolishing-recorders-office
— Editorial’s comments on tollway were premature – Elizabeth Gorman, Executive Director, Illinois Tollway
https://www.dailyherald.com/opinion/ (Not yet posted as of 9:00 AM, Thursday, August 30, 2018)
— Elgin Community College to host weeklong celebration of students of color – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. How soon, if not already, will anti-Whites succeed in stopping Whites from getting an education, getting a job, owning property, etc.?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180829/ecc-to-host-weeklong-celebration-of-students-of-color

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The latest new-economy fight brewing in Springfield Gov. Rauner sides with newcomers in the peer-to-peer car-sharing industry, while old-line renters like Enterprise and their allies ponder their next step. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/latest-new-economy-fight-brewing-springfield

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Lower taxes, vote ‘no’ on McHenry referendums – Charles “Chuck” Wheeler
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/08/29/wheeler-lower-taxes-vote-no-on-mchenry-referendums/adwjtui/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner immigration talk, then and now – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180829/bernard-schoenburg-rauner-immigration-talk-then-and-now

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— LaHood: Trump’s policies working despite behavior, investigation – DEREK BEIGH
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/lahood-trump-s-policies-working-despite-behavior-investigation/article_8689ef9d-a91d-5084-9b3a-4b977405f887.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield Winter Warming Center to have mental health services for homeless – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that mental illness does not cause homelessness, but instead, that Republican policies cause homelessness? What do you say to those who send homeless people to DuPage County and then blame homelessness in DuPage County on Republican policies in DuPage County?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180829/springfield-winter-warming-center-to-have-mental-health-services-for-homeless

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Area GOP legislators say Democrat JB Pritzker needs to detail tax plan – Chris Kaergard
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180829/area-gop-legislators-say-democrat-jb-pritzker-needs-to-detail-tax-plan

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Spending watchdog Adam Andrzejewski finds fertile ground out West – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-08-29/jim-dey-spending-watchdog-finds-fertile-ground-out-west.html

 

TIMES
— Beware biting hand that feeds Downstate – Jim Nowlan
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/08/27/state-affairs-beware-biting-hand-that-feeds-downstate/ap2pjnc/

 

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Kendall County Board members, sheriff headed to Washington, D.C. Will speak with feds about funding; trip sponsored by counties council – TONY SCOTT
http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2018/08/24/kendall-county-board-members-sheriff-headed-to-washington-d-c/au45dyl/

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Manar Hopes To Override Teacher Salary Veto – DUSTY RHODES
http://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/manar-hopes-override-teacher-salary-veto

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— The People vs. The Budget When it comes to state spending, Illinois politicians are giving voters what they want. That’s the problem. – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: How much money does the State of Illinois spend on its residents who share your demographics? From what I see, the State of Illinois spends far more on its residents who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, 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 for a long time.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/people-vs-budget#stream/0
— ‘If You Don’t Think You’re Being Recorded At Work, You Are Naive’ – YUKI NOGUCHI (DIERSEN: If I had recorded what my Democrat GAO superiors said to me to get me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, a jury would have ruled in my favor in Diersen v. GAO.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/bugged-work-how-secret-recordings-are-changing-workplace#stream/0
— Generous Giving Or Phony Philanthropy? A Critique Of Well-Meaning ‘Winners’ – STEVE INSKEEP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about philanthropists in Illinois who give money to promote a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, h) patronage, i) political affiliation discrimination, j) reverse discrimination, k) age discrimination, l) retaliation, and even worse things. I should write a book about philanthropists in Illinois who give money to promote getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/generous-giving-or-phony-philanthropy-critique-well-meaning-winners#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois GOP debate Pritzker’s tax plan – Rebecca Brumfield
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/illinois-gop-debate-pritzker-s-tax-plan/1405287538

 

WJBC
— Cong. LaHood praises Trump’s policies, but not his personality
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/08/29/cong-lahood-praises-trumps-policies-but-not-his-personality/

 

WSIL TV
— Providers hesitant about new medical marijuana expansion bill – Roni LeForge
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38989404/providers-hesitant-about-new-medical-marijuana-expansion-bill

 

WAND TV
— Lawmakers push for tighter food stamp rules
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38990116/lawmakers-push-for-tighter-food-stamp-rules
— Man pleads not guilty in deadly video gambling stabbing
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38987177/man-pleads-not-guilty-in-deadly-video-gambling-stabbing

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois is one of the nation’s top cheats in the welfare game – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511547822-illinois-is-one-of-the-nation-s-top-cheats-in-the-welfare-game

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Wheaton pays property taxes nearly two times national average (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511547035-analysis-wheaton-pays-property-taxes-nearly-two-times-national-average
— Roskam hails NAFTA reboot – Robert Hadley
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511546400-roskam-hails-nafta-reboot
— Pritzker wants to follow Madigan 2017 tax hike with more increases, Durkin says – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511546382-pritzker-wants-to-follow-madigan-2017-tax-hike-with-more-increases-durkin-says

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Brown University Caves to Cross-Dressers and Their Collaborators – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats, expect to see more and more and more men dressing as women and more and more and more women dressing as men. Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote gender dysphoria.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/brown-university-caves-to-cross-dressers-and-their-collaborators/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner floats capital plan for umpteenth time, but again won’t say how we’ll pay for it
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/30/rauner-floats-capital-plan-for-umpteenth-but-again-wont-say-how-well-pay-for-it/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Illinois Dem: Trump and Osama Bin Laden Have ‘Tremendous Amount in Common’ Sean Casten says Trump and Bin Laden both ‘activate marginalized young men’ – Brent Scher
https://freebeacon.com/politics/illinois-dem-trump-osama-bin-laden-tremendous-amount-common/
— Blue-Collar Workers Increasingly Optimistic Under Trump New poll: 85 percent of blue-collar workers say their lives are heading ‘in the right direction’ – Haris Alic
https://freebeacon.com/issues/blue-collar-workers-increasingly-optimistic-under-trump/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRUMP COULD CALL DOWN CONGRESS, LAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA Report confirms there are ‘outside-the-box’ opportunities too
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/trump-could-call-down-congress-law-on-social-media/

 

DAILY CALLER
— POLL REVEALS 65 PERCENT OF AMERICANS DON’T KNOW WHO TRUMP NOMINATED TO THE SUPREME COURT – Hanna Bogorowski (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents. They want to know ONLY what they tell you, no more and no less.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/29/cspan-poll-supreme-court/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot in Illinois.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/29/medical-marijuana-illinois/

 

BLAZE
— Verified hate: Freelance journalist exposes overwhelming amount of racism among staff at BuzzFeed – Doc Thompson
https://www.theblaze.com/video/verified-hate-freelance-journalist-exposes-overwhelming-amount-of-racism-among-staff-at-buzzfeed
— NPR: More than two-thirds of school shootings reported to feds in 2015-16 never happened – Breck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/08/28/npr-more-than-two-thirds-of-school-shootings-reported-to-feds-in-2015-16-never-happened
— The Catholic Church needs a ‘Come to Jesus’ moment — literally – Leon Wolf
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/08/29/commentary-the-catholic-church-needs-a-come-to-jesus-moment-literally

 

GOPUSA
— US consumer confidence rises to 18-year high
http://www.gopusa.com/us-consumer-confidence-rises-to-18-year-high/
— Bitterness in Death Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has reportedly not been invited to attend funeral services for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), her onetime running mate.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53523
— Jim Brown: Black community ‘has a responsibility’ to look inward, not blame Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53436
— Michelle Malkin: The Left’s Long War on Conservative Free Speech
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53521

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— To the legacy media, corrupt Democrats are not news – L. Brent Bozell III and Tim Graham
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/bozell-graham-to-the-legacy-media-corrupt-democrats-are-not-news/

 

DAILY TORCH
— The mainstream media continues to prove it is nothing but propaganda – Printus LeBlanc
http://dailytorch.com/2018/08/the-mainstream-media-continues-to-prove-it-is-nothing-but-propaganda/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites and anti-Republicans use what Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) says to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Whites and Republicans as being racists.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news-campaigns/404304-former-rnc-chair-on-desantis-its-how-white-folks-talk

 

REUTERS
— Trump unblocks more Twitter users after U.S. court ruling – David Shepardson (DIERSEN: I do not block anyone a) from having GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions or b) from reading the emails at www.gopillinois.com. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions and/or read the emails at www.gopillinois.com. They focus on getting information to use against me. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-twitter/trump-unblocks-more-twitter-users-after-u-s-court-ruling-idUSKCN1LE08Q

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— US Officials Take Action To Protect Alaska Whistleblower (DIERSEN: I was a whistleblower. If I had been protected, my Democrat GAO superiors would NOT have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-13, gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, 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 $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would NOT have failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, gotten rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would NOT have forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.kfqd.com/us-officials-take-action-to-protect-alaska-whistleblower/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A Measured Look at a Study That Alarmed Some Drinkers – Aaron Carroll (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like a) they drink lots of booze, b) they want to drink lots of booze, c) they want to make lots of money selling booze, and/or d) they want government to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of booze.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/upshot/alcohol-health-risks-study-worry.html
— Putin Softens Russia Pension Changes, in Rare Bow to Public Pressure – Neil MacFarquhar
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/world/europe/russia-putin-pension.html
— Asian-American Students Suing Harvard Over Admissions Win Justice Dept. Support – Katie Benner
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/us/politics/asian-students-affirmative-action-harvard.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— John Cox’s claim that he was raised by a ‘single mother on the South Side of Chicago’ – Glenn Kessler (DIERSEN: The higher the office that you run for, the deeper that your opponents will dig into your background.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/08/29/john-coxs-claim-that-he-was-raised-by-single-mother-south-side-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s where the story gets fuzzy. Cox frequently says he “grew up” with a single mother, struggling on the South Side of Chicago. But records show that’s not the case. His mother married a third time, to a Post Office supervisor named Thomas Cox, on May 23, 1959, according to the marriage license, which said the ceremony was performed by a minister. In other words, John Cox was not yet 4 years old when his mother was no longer single. She remarried less than 3½ years after Cox’s father left her. . .Cox’s mother was a librarian at Calumet High School on the South Side, which had a student population that was almost exclusively African American. Cox graduated from the local high school, H.L. Richards in Oak Lawn, which according to his senior-year yearbook was almost all white. . .When we asked the Cox campaign to explain these discrepancies, officials responded with a statement from Cox that he was largely raised by his mother and that his stepfather was absent and abusive. . .Cox’s older brother has died, and his other siblings did not respond to requests for comment.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “U.S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-is-denying-passports-to-americans-along-the-border-throwing-their-citizenship-into-question/2018/08/29/1d630e84-a0da-11e8-a3dd-2a1991f075d5_story.html
— Justice Department criticizes Harvard’s admissions practices in affirmative action case alleging bias against Asian Americans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/08/30/justice-department-criticizes-harvards-admissions-practices-in-affirmative-action-case-alleging-bias-against-asian-americans/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Hammers Google Again, but Signals Against Regulation President repeats criticism that the internet giant’s search engine is biased against conservatives – Douglas MacMillan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-hammers-google-again-but-signals-against-regulation-1535589396
— Schools Crack Down as More Students Cut Class New approaches aim to reverse rise in chronic absenteeism, including prizes for good attendance and laundry rooms for students who lack clean clothes – Tawnell D. Hobbs (DIERSEN: What classes did you cut? If ran for a government office or for a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress the classes that I cut 1966-1968 while I attended UIC and 1969-1970 while I attended NIU. Most commonly, they were Monday and Friday classes that I cut to work the Post Office and for Chrysler.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/schools-crack-down-as-more-students-cut-class-1535621403
— California Moves to Mandate Female Board Directors Legislators pass bill requiring publicly traded companies based in the state to have at least one woman on board – Vanessa Fuhrmans and Alejandro Lazo (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians that my superiors in the federal government were under a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes vehemently deny there was any such pressure.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-moves-to-mandate-female-board-directors-1535571904
— Treasury Moves to Block New Yorkers’ Path Around Cap on State Tax Deductions New regulations would blunt high-tax states’ efforts to bypass a new limit on state and local tax deductions with donation programs – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/treasury-moves-to-block-new-yorkers-path-around-cap-on-state-tax-deductions-1535055928
– John McCain and the Dying Art of Political Compromise – James A. Baker III (DIERSEN: Beyond overwhelmingly, “compromise” is a) when liberals win and conservatives lose and b) when Democrats, Libertarians, and/or Greens win and Republicans lose.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/john-mccain-and-the-dying-art-of-political-compromise-1535581611
— A Visit to Islamic England Muslims headed to Friday prayer while non-Muslims went the other way. No one made eye contact. – Andy Ngo (DIERSEN: There are tremendous differences between what Muslims want and what non-Muslims want.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-visit-to-islamic-england-1535581583
— Forget ‘Senior Citizen’—Aging Baby Boomers Search for Better Term Offended by labels like ‘elderly’ and ‘old,’ older adults try on new generational descriptions – Clare Ansberry (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/forget-senior-citizenaging-baby-boomers-search-for-better-term-1535556196
— Putin Dials Back Pension Plan After Backlash Bill to bump up the qualifying age for state pensions draws popular ire, hits president’s popularity. – Ann M. Simmons (DIERSEN: The qualifying age for regular retirement for those federal employees under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) is 55. In addition, you must have at least 30 years of CSRS service. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, and I had almost 30 years of CSRS service, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” and suffer 6 years of “early retirement penalty” for the rest of my life.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-proposal-to-raise-retirement-age-poses-problems-for-putin-1535533201
— Justice Department Says Harvard Hurts Asian Americans’ Admissions Prospects With ‘Personal Rating’ Government calls rating ‘vague and elusory’ in filing in closely-watched affirmative-action lawsuit – Melissa Korn and Nicole Hong
https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-says-harvard-hurts-asian-americans-admissions-prospects-with-personal-rating-1535637680

 

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Trump to hire only those who are anti-White.
http://fortune.com/2018/08/29/leaked-emails-ian-m-smith/

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— ‘You can see the dripping of hate’: Inside the protest group at Facebook attacking its ‘intolerant’ liberal culture – Rob Price
https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-the-facebook-conservative-employee-protest-2018-8

 

USA TODAY
— Facebook ‘mobs’ attack conservative views within company, some employees say – Jessica Guynn (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat, Libertarian, and Green website.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/08/28/facebook-employees-hint-conservative-intolerance/1127988002/

 

ARIZONA CENTRAL
— How doorbell cameras are creating dilemmas for police, neighborhoods – Christina Hall (DIERSEN: To deter crime and to help solve crimes, I encourage everyone to have a motion-activated doorbell camera and other motion-activated security cameras.)
https://www.azcentral.com/story/tech/nation-now/2018/08/23/doorbell-camera-videos-police-dilemma/1074952002/

 

WCVB
— ‘I’m gonna kill you:’ Terrifying abduction caught on doorbell camera – Chelsea Robinson
https://www.wcvb.com/article/i-m-gonna-kill-you-terrifying-abduction-caught-on-doorbell-camera/22859284

 

KSDK
— Doorbell camera captures fireball streak across the sky in Missouri The American Meteor Society said it has received more than 340 reports from eight states. (DIERSEN: I can watch Wheaton’s fireworks with my doorbell camera.)
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/weird/doorbell-camera-captures-fireball-streak-across-the-sky-in-missouri/63-588382673

 

MY FEDERAL RETIREMENT
— Social Security Benefits Lose 34% of Buying Power Since 2000, Study Shows (DIERSEN: Based on this, my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension has lost 34% of buying power since 2000. My $51,864/year CSRS pension should be $69,498/year.)
https://www.myfederalretirement.com/public/2108.cfm
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Social Security benefits have lost 34 percent of buying power since 2000, according to the 2018 Social Security Loss of Buying Power Study released this week by The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan senior citizen’s action group. The study’s findings represent a significant one-year loss of 4 percentage points in buying power, with the loss increasing from 30% to 34% from January 2017 to January 2018. According to the study, the loss occurred even though beneficiaries received a 2% annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2018. The study examines the growth, since 2000, in the price of goods and services that are typical for retired and disabled households, and compares that to the growth in Social Security benefits due to annual COLAs.)

 

EPOCH TIMES
— New Study Rejects Idea That Americans Won’t Do Certain Jobs – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that they would never stoop to take the jobs that I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-study-rejects-idea-that-americans-wont-do-certain-jobs_2636440.html

 

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— Rauner Unleashes “Controversial” Vetoes on Illinois, Turns Back on Veterans and Teachers
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/rauner-unleashes-controversial-vetoes-on-illinois-turns-back-on-veterans-and-teachers/

August 29 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago Trump adviser George Papadopoulos will admit ‘inaccuracies’ – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-trump-adviser-george-papadopoulos-will-admit-inaccuracies/4090655/
— Willowbrook residents concerned about emission of carcinogenic gas from local company – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/health/willowbrook-residents-concerned-about-emission-of-carcinogenic-gas-from-local-company/4081127/

 

NBC5
— These Are the Candidates Running for Chicago Mayor – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/whos-running-for-chicago-mayor-491904151.html

 

CBS2
— Thanks To ‘Ashley’s Law,’ Sick Illinois Students Now Can Take Medical Marijuana At School (DIERSEN: Pot pushers are overjoyed.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/29/ashleys-law-ashley-surin-medical-marijuana-at-school-illinois-law/
— California: Student Allegedly Rips MAGA Hat Off Classmate’s Head, Faces Battery Charges
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/29/student-allegedly-rips-maga-hat-off-classmates-head-faces-battery-charges/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Days before school starts, CPS still won’t say how many workers have been disqualified by background checks – Juan Perez Jr., David Jackson and Jennifer Smith Richards
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-school-background-check-results-20180828-story.html
— A taxpayer-funded mural at a CTA stop was reported as graffiti, so city crews destroyed it – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-mural-removed-rivera-paulina-20180828-story.html
— In Trump era, breweries and bars wear politics on their sleeves – Josh Noel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/drink/beer/ct-food-craft-beer-politics-0830-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with Google against Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-google-search-bias-trump-kudlow-0830-20180829-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/pot-patients-advocates-opioid-expansion-medical-marijuana-reaction/
— Cleaner trains, school buses to get share of $109M in new VW settlement plan – Brett Chase
https://chicago.suntimes.com/autos/vw-volkswagen-emissions-scandal-electric-car-charging-stations-trains-school-buses-109-million/
— Google Maps mistakenly shows ‘McCain Senate Office Building’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/john-mccain-senate-office-building-google-maps/
— US court says Housing Act covers harassed LGBT tenant in Niles – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/marsha-wetzel-niles-us-court-housing-act-harassed-lgbt-tenant/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner signs legislation spurred by ex-Des Plaines superintendent’s severance
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180829/rauner-signs-legislation-spurred-by-ex-des-plaines-superintendents-severance
— Google denies Trump charge it rigs “Trump News” searches – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180829/google-denies-trump-charge-it-rigs-x201ctrump-newsx201d-searches
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump overstates his job performance ratings.” – Mike Riopell
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180829/fact-check-trump-overstates-his-job-performance-ratings

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— GOP challenger Jason Helland makes Jesse White’s age, 84, an issue in Illinois secretary of state’s race – Mike Riopell
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180829/gop-challenger-makes-jesse-whites-age-84-issue-in-illinois-secretary-of-states-race

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Lawmakers, Public Health Officials, Denounce Tobacco 21 Veto – SAM DUNKLAU
http://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-lawmakers-public-health-officials-denounce-tobacco-21-veto

 

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Illinois law protects breast-feeding mothers in the workplace (DIERSEN: During the early 1990s, to help GAO a) hire, retain, and promote young women and b) to get rid of its employees who smoked (overwhelmingly old White men), GAO gutted the smoking room in its Chicago office and turned it into a lactation room.)
https://fox2now.com/2018/08/29/illinois-law-protects-breast-feeding-mothers-in-the-workplace/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Roskam declines invitation to participate in League of Women Voters candidate forum – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/08/29/roskam-declines-invitation-to-participate-in-league-of-women-voters-candidate-forum/a46myjh/

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Why It’s so Hard for Republicans to Win in Illinois Democrats and Republicans were once evenly matched in Illinois. So how did the Party of Lincoln fall behind in his own homeland? – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/August-2018/Why-Its-So-Hard-for-Republicans-to-Win-in-Illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s possible to trace the divergent fortunes of the Republican and Democratic parties in Illinois by looking at the voting histories of two counties: DuPage, in the suburbs of Chicago, and Williamson, in Southern Illinois coal country. DuPage was once a bulwark of the Illinois Republican Party, having supported its presidential candidates since the days of Abraham Lincoln. After World War II, DuPage’s villages burgeoned with middle-class homeowners who had fled Chicago’s corrupt political machine, and considered Republicans the party of good government and fiscal responsibility. . .How times have changed. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won Illinois by an even larger margin than her husband, but she won only 12 counties, most of them in the Chicago area. She won DuPage County 53%-38%, and lost Williamson County 67%-28%.)

 

WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans to pay $2.6B in “penalty interest” for state’s fiscal-deadbeat status – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinoisans-pay-heavy-penalty-for-states-fiscal-deadbeat-status/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— TAXPAYER-SUBSIDIZED MANUFACTURER SHUTTERS ILLINOIS PLANT – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/taxpayer-subsidized-manufacturer-shutters-illinois-plant/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— All four contested GOP congressional incumbents have better than even chance of winning
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/29/538-all-four-contested-gop-congressional-incumbents-have-better-than-even-chance-of-winning/
— For at least the second time, Jesse White’s GOP opponent Jason Helland makes ageist remark (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. Needless-to-say, my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old should be jailed. Previously, they gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, 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 $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/29/for-at-least-the-second-time-jesse-whites-gop-opponent-makes-ageist-remark/
— Rep. Miller Walsh appointed to committees
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/29/rep-miller-walsh-appointed-to-committees-as-more-facebook-posts-emerge/
— Simon Institute funding disparity study gets wide coverage
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/29/simon-institute-funding-disparity-study-gets-wide-coverage/
— Rauner’s new digital ad focuses on Pritzker’s opposition to private school tuition tax credit (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/29/rauners-new-digital-ad-focuses-on-pritzkers-opposition-to-private-school-tuition-tax-credit/
— Pritzker campaign calls Rauner “Governor Veto”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/29/pritzker-campaign-calls-rauner-governor-veto/

 

GOPUSA
— Trump warns Evangelicals of Democrats ‘violently’ overturning his agenda
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53454
— Hogg’s Gun Control Kids Make Demands of Smith & Wesson
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53392
— 16 Oregon sheriffs ask voters to repeal sanctuary state law
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53359
— Race-based school criteria roils Asian-Americans – again
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53336

 

EAGLE ACTION REPORT
— Social Media Crushing Conservative Free Speech – Michelle Malkin
https://eagleactionreport.com/articles/social-media-crushing-conservative-free-speech

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Jim Jordan speaker bid excites conservatives: ‘The grassroots is starving for principled leadership’ – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/28/jim-jordan-speaker-house-bid-excites-conservatives/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump-backed candidates keep on winning GOP primaries. Here’s what that means for November – David Bossie
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/08/29/trump-backed-candidates-keep-on-winning-gop-primaries-heres-what-that-means-for-november.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— America Was Meant to Overcome Identity Politics – JIM GERAGHTY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote identity politics. Ever-increasingly, to get votes from members of Group A, they promise to use government to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, 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 for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/america-made-to-overcome-identity-politics/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Generation of Americans Is Entering Old Age the Least Prepared in Decades Low incomes, paltry savings, high debt burdens, failed insurance—the U.S. is upending decades of progress in securing life’s final chapter – Heather Gillers, Anne Tergesen and Leslie Scism
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-generation-of-americans-is-entering-old-age-the-least-prepared-in-decades-1529676033

 

ILLINOIS BUSINESS IMMIGRATION COALITION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever increasingly, IBIC promotes mass/illegal immigration. Ever increasingly, IBIC makes it clear that it is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, 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 for a long time.
https://mailchi.mp/illinoisbic/vvnms20cdi-811569

 

FED SMITH
— OPM and GAO Fight Over Tables of Penalties – John W. York (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, 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 $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/08/29/opm-gao-fight-tables-penalties/

 

FED WEEK
— Court Stresses Role That Law Gives Unions in Federal Workplace (DIERSEN: GAO unionized in 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.fedweek.com/issue-briefs/court-stresses-role-that-law-gives-unions-in-federal-workplace/
— OMB Tells Agencies to Streamline Operations (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. For those Democrats, “streamline operations” means getting rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/omb-tells-agencies-to-streamline/

 

PRAVDA
— Those who fire older employees should be jailed – Putin (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am almost 70. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. Needless-to-say, my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old should be jailed. Previously, they gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, 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 $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.pravdareport.com/news/russia/kremlin/29-08-2018/141468-putin_pension-0/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that one should introduce administrative and even criminal responsibility in Russia for dismissing employees of pre-retirement age. “I deem it necessary to introduce administrative and even criminal responsibility for employers for dismissing workers of pre-retirement age, as well as for refusing to hire citizens for work because of their age,” Putin said in a televised address to the nation in connection with the widely discussed pension reform in Russia. One should envisage such responsibility within in the framework of additional guarantees that will protect interests of older citizens on the labor market. Today, the retirement age in Russia is 60 years for men and 55 years for women. This retirement age was introduced during the 1930s. The need to raise the retirement age in Russia has been discussed for a long time already due to the increased life expectancy and the inability to provide a decent pension while the number of employed individuals in the country is decreasing, and the number of pensioners is growing. In most countries of the world, the retirement age is 60-65 years.)

August 28 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: POT PUSHERS ARE OVERJOYED: Rauner signs bill legalizing medical marijuana as opioid alternative – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/health/rauner-signs-bill-legalizing-medical-marijuana-as-opioid-alternative/4080820/

 

NBC5
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: POT PUSHERS ARE OVERJOYED: Marijuana Now Possible Pain Alternative to Addictive Opioids
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-marijuana-pain-alternative-491928851.html
— Chicago Aldermen Have Millions in Campaign War Chests, State Records Show – Carol Marin, Don Moseley and Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-aldermen-have-millions-in-campaign-war-chests-state-records-show-491883101.html

 

CBS2
— House Speaker Paul Ryan Attends Campaign Luncheon For Congressman Randy Hultgren
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/28/house-speaker-paul-ryan-attends-campaign-luncheon-for-congressman-randy-hultgren/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: POT PUSHERS ARE OVERJOYED: Marijuana now pain alternative to addictive opioids in Illinois – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/marijuana-now-pain-alternative-to-addictive-opioids

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: POT PUSHERS ARE OVERJOYED: Rauner signs medical marijuana expansion bill allowing drug as painkiller alternative – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-medical-marijuana-opioids-illinois-expansion-20180827-story.html
— GOP challenger Jason Helland makes Jesse White’s age, 84, more than a number in Illinois secretary of state’s race – Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jesse-white-jason-helland-secretary-of-state-20180827-story.html
— Trump’s economic adviser: ‘We’re taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated – Tony Romm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-google-searches-regulation-20180828-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: POT PUSHERS ARE OVERJOYED: Rauner OKs medical marijuana to replace opioids – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/illinois-medical-marijuana-alternative-opioids-bruce-rauner/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mexico says a) it will never stop sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally and b) it will never stop keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally. Constructively Mexico reaffirms its constructive declaration of war against America. Anti-Trumps side with Mexico and side with all the other countries of the world that have constructively declared war on America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/luis-videgaray-caso-donald-trump-enrique-pena-nieto-mexico-border-wall/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers promote the advantages of legal pot over illegal pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/cannabis-marijuana-toxic-pesticides-illegal-california-pot-farms/
— Trump-endorsed DeSantis wins Florida GOP gubernatorial primary – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ron-desantis-donald-trump-florida-gubernatorial-primary-rick-scott/
— Trump takes on Google in complaints about social media – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/social-media-conservative-voices-donald-trump-larry-kudlow-google/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Many Americans struggling to get by despite strong economy.” What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. Anyone should be able to do what I did because according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am extremely stupid. But out of the other side of their crooked mouths they shout that I had tremendous unfair advantages in life including that I was born a White male, that my ancestors have been in America since 1844, that I avoided the draft, that I worked for the federal government, that I got married, that my wife has always had income, that we gave up trying to have children, that we did not adopt, and that we did not become foster parents, etc.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/americans-struggle-basic-needs-strong-economy-urban-institute-survey/
— And what’s your share, folks, of our local public debt? $126,000 – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/and-whats-your-share-folks-of-our-local-public-debt-126000/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/pot-patients-advocates-opioid-expansion-medical-marijuana-reaction/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner effectively kills bill targeting Lake County chief assessment officer – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180828/rauner-effectively-kills-bill-targeting-lake-county-chief-assessment-officer
— Trump’s economic adviser: ‘We’re taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated – Isaac Stanley-Becker and Brian Fung
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180828/trumps-economic-adviser-were-taking-a-look-at-whether-google-searches-should-be-regulated
— DuPage sheriff’s officials change reason for canceling J.U.S.T. program – Justin Kmitch
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180828/dupage-sheriffs-officials-change-reason-for-canceling-just-program
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps shout at women that Trump is a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps want women and everyone else to hate Trump. How should Trump respond?
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180828/roberts-women-hold-key-to-democrats-bid-to-rein-in-trump
— DuPage County Board agrees to spend $260,000 on lobbyists – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180828/dupage-county-board-agrees-to-spend-260000-on-lobbyists

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— People’s Resource Center revamps food pantry to better serve clients – ERIC SCHELKOPF (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, more and more and more people a) depend on government, b) depend on charity, and c) are getting charity and/or are handing out charity.)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/08/22/peoples-resource-center-revamps-food-pantry-to-better-serve-clients/doil4i8/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage Township: Illegal loans, advance pays – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/08/dupage-township-illegal-loans-advance-pays/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— IRS MOVES TO BLOCK ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS’ TAX CREDIT WORKAROUND SCHEME New IRS rules make clear that lowering the actual tax burden, not complicated workarounds, is the correct way to respond to tighter federal restrictions on SALT deductions. – Adam Schuster (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/irs-moves-to-block-illinois-lawmakers-tax-credit-workaround-scheme/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: POT PUSHERS ARE OVERJOYED: Rauner finally comes around a little on medical marijuana
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/28/rauner-finally-comes-around-a-little-on-medical-marijuana/#comments
— Casten is first candidate out of the gate with Metra response
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/28/casten-is-first-candidate-out-of-the-gate-with-metra-response/
— Illinois Policy Institute begins mailing public employees about Janus
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/28/illinois-policy-institute-begins-mailing-public-employees-about-janus/

 

DAILY CALLER
— SOUTH AFRICA WITHDRAWS BILL TO SEIZE LAND FROM WHITE FARMERS — FOR NOW – Chris White
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/28/south-africa-land-white-farmers/

 

BREITBART
— Google Responds to Trump: ‘No Political Bias in Google Search’ – Lucas Nolan
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/28/google-responds-to-trump-no-political-bias-in-google-search/
— Gavin Newsom Vows Universal Healthcare for All of California’s Illegal Immigrants – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/28/gavin-newsom-california-illegal-immigrants-universal-healthcare/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump Michael Steele says “You Get a First Class Ride to Stupidland on the Trump Train.”
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/08/28/michael-steele-you-get-a-first-class-ride-to-stupidland-on-the-trump-train/

 

GOPUSA
— Americans mostly unsatisfied with K-12 education
http://www.gopusa.com/americans-mostly-unsatisfied-with-k-12-education/
— Rate of home ownership among black and Latino millennials is strikingly low, study finds
http://www.gopusa.com/rate-of-home-ownership-among-black-and-latino-millennials-is-strikingly-low-study-finds/
— Jacksonville gunman has mental history, took anti-psychotic drugs
http://www.gopusa.com/court-records-jacksonville-gunman-has-mental-history-took-anti-psychotic-drugs/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Judge Invalidates Parts of Executive Order That Made It Easier to Fire Federal Workers – BRIDGET JOHNSON
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/judge-invalidates-parts-of-executive-order-that-made-it-easier-to-fire-federal-workers/

 

DAILY WIRE
— The Media Properly Honor John McCain After His Death. Their Scorn For Him In 2008 Helped Make Trump. – BEN SHAPIRO
https://www.dailywire.com/news/35076/media-properly-honor-john-mccain-after-his-death-ben-shapiro

 

CHECK YOUR FACT
— FACT CHECK: ARE ONLY HALF OF 30-YEAR-OLDS DOING BETTER THAN THEIR PARENTS AT THE SAME AGE? – Emily Larsen (DIERSEN: When you were 30, were you doing better financially than your father was doing when he was 30? I was, but my father had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. While he had earned a high school diploma, none of his ancestors had done that. While I have never had children, he and my mother had the financial burden of raising me.)
http://checkyourfact.com/2018/08/28/fact-check-millennials-income-mobility/

 

THE HILL
— Trump: Google suppressing conservative voices, hiding ‘good’ news and information – EMILY BIRNBAUM
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/403905-trump-google-suppressing-conservative-voices-hiding-good-news-and
— Google responds to Trump: Denies favoring ideologies in search results – HARPER NEIDIG
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/403950-google-responds-to-trump-denies-favoring-ideologies-in-search-results

 

CBS NEWS
— “We’re taking a look at it,” says WH econ advisor Larry Kudlow, asked if the Administration thinks Google searches should be regulated, following @POTUS complaint today that it’s rigged against him.
https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/1034429503911677953

 

NEWSWEEK
— WILL POPE FRANCIS RESIGN? – JAKUB LEWANDOWSKI
https://www.newsweek.com/will-pope-francis-resign-1091787

 

FED WEEK
— Planning to Retire – Social Security Reductions for CSRS Retirees
https://www.fedweek.com/reg-jones-experts-view/planning-to-retire-social-security-reductions-for-csrs-retirees/

 

FED SMITH
— Strong Protections Still Exist for Disabled Employees in the Federal Workplace – Eric Pines (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO in its Chicago office 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors assigned me to supervise all the office’s disabled employees at one time or another.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/08/28/strong-protections-still-exist-disabled-employees-federal-workplace/

August 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: POT PUSHERS ARE OVERJOYED: Rauner set to sign medical marijuana expansion bill allowing drug as painkiller alternative – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-medical-marijuana-opioids-illinois-expansion-20180827-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In general, Rauner has opposed expanding the medical marijuana program, but a recent poll showing Pritzker with a large lead may have put pressure on him to support the politically popular measure. In addition, Rauner recently approved other measures requiring insurance coverage for opioid abuse and continuing education for doctors about opioid prescriptions. Kevin Sabet, president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, opposes the expansion of medical marijuana, warning that it could lead to more addiction, more drivers who are under the influence and more users suffering from the drug’s harmful effects on attention, memory, decision-making and brain development. “From a scientific perspective, it makes no sense,” Sabet said. “The most comprehensive study on the issue was just published in The Lancet and found marijuana didn’t help with pain, nor did it reduce opioid use. “From a political perspective,” Sabet added, “it likely signals he feels pressure from J.B. Pritzker, who has welcomed pot with open arms.” But in states that have legalized medical marijuana, some studies have shown a decrease in opioid prescriptions and in opioid-related overdose deaths. Cannabis remains illegal under federal law.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Rauners say “High cancer risk in southeast DuPage County linked to company co-owned by Rauner’s former firm.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-dupage-cancer-pollution-rauner-20180827-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans paint McCain as being the only Republican who is not racist.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-john-mccain-respect-20180827-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Tollway board sees nothing wrong with dubious hiring – Editorial (DIERSEN: Does the Daily Herald see reasons for skepticism a) after my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, 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 $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) after my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) after my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968? Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180828/editorial-tollway-board-sees-nothing-wrong-with-dubious-hiring
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For something is surely amiss somewhere when the tollway cannot see the reasons for skepticism after it selects a person with no engineering experience who has not worked since her job as an office-furniture sales associate 18 years ago but does have a family relationship to a top state political figure ahead of other candidates for a job overseeing engineering contracts.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says there is a cancer on the presidency.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180828/gerson-there-is-again-a-cancer-on-the-presidency

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Can Emanuel’s bad pension borrowing be made good? As the mayor prepares to borrow $10 billion to pay pension debt and keep tax hikes down, paying off that debt somewhat sooner could save taxpayers far times more in the future. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/can-emanuels-bad-pension-borrowing-be-made-good

 

WGN RADIO
— General John Borling reflects on the life and legacy of his friend Senator John McCain – PETER ZIMMERMAN (DIERSEN: In 2004, Borling was a candidate for U.S. Senate in Illinois.)
https://wgnradio.com/2018/08/27/general-john-borling-reflects-on-the-life-and-legacy-of-his-friend-senator-john-mccain/

 

WTTW
— The Battle for Union Members Begins – Amanda Vinicky (DIERSEN: If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. If GAO had been unionized in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors a) would not have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) would not have given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) would not have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) would have promoted me beyond GS-13, e) would not have gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, f) would not have kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and g) would not have forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/08/27/battle-union-members-begins#new_tab

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Man robbed his grandmother at knife point to steal her medical marijuana
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180827/police-sheffield-man-with-knife-robbed-grandmother-of-medical-marijuana

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Pensions account for 67 percent of city property tax revenue
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20180826/pensions-account-for-67-percent-of-city-property-tax-revenue#new_tab

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Trump’s self-interest vs. the public interest – Jonah Goldberg (DIERSEN: Tragically, most, if not virtually all individuals, organizations, companies, and governments are involved in politics to advance their self-interest instead of the public interest. Democrats shout at members of the following groups to vote for candidates who will advance their self-interest: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
    https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/national/jonah-goldberg-trump-s-self-interest-vs-the-public-interest/article_47a66e72-2d8c-5ffa-9994-8aac87ae86e5.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “Congressmen Davis, Hultgren Have Tough Races Ahead.”
http://www.peoriapublicradio.org/post/political-ratings-show-congressmen-davis-hultgren-have-tough-races-ahead#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— Queer Ed Birds aims to prepare teachers for student LGBTQ issues – Rachel Hatch (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you have a degree from a university in Illinois, it is assumed that you promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2018/08/queer-ed-birds-aims-to-prepare-teachers-for-student-lgbtq-issues/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin anticipates property tax advisory question results – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511545017-dupage-county-board-chairman-dan-cronin-anticipates-property-tax-advisory-question-results
— DuPage County board member Elizabeth Chaplin wants to see more county-specific advisory questions on ballot – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511545034-dupage-county-board-member-wants-to-see-more-county-specific-advisory-questions-on-ballot

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Worst Rauner headline ever?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/28/worst-rauner-headline-ever/

 

WESTERN JOURNALISM
— Best Conservative Conferences To Attend in 2019 – Cillian Zeal (DIERSEN: When Libertarians host “conservative” conferences and summits, those conferences and summits have little or nothing about the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, gambling, or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving planks in the Republican Party platform. While the Libertarians who host such “conservative” conferences and summits might want me to promote them, they certainly do not want me to have anything to do with planning them. There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/best-conservative-conferences-to-attend-in-2019/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Census: There are no jobs Americans won’t do, poor citizens hurt by illegal immigration – Paul Bedard (DIERSEN: If legal immigration and/or illegal immigration had been greater in the past, I doubt that I would have gotten the jobs that I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/census-there-are-no-jobs-americans-wont-do-poor-citizens-hurt-by-illegal-immigration

 

FOX NEWS
— ‘Abolish ICE’ sees little support among Democrats despite left-wing push, poll finds – Frank Miles
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/27/abolish-ice-sees-little-support-among-democrats-despite-left-wing-push-poll-finds.html

 

BREITBART
— Pelosi: Trump, GOP ‘So Afraid’ of ‘Women, People of Color, LGBTQ’ Winning in 2018 – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/08/27/pelosi-trump-gop-so-afraid-of-women-people-of-color-lgbtq-winning-in-2018/

 

DAILY CALLER
— CLAIMS THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE NEEDED TO DO THE JOBS AMERICANS WON’T DOESN’T HOLD UP – Neetu Chandak (DIERSEN: If legal immigration and/or illegal immigration had been greater in the past, I doubt that I would have gotten the jobs that I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/27/immigrants-jobs-americans
— ENTITLED PROFESSOR PUNISHES STUDENTS FOR BELIEVING IN 2ND AMENDMENT – Anders Hagstrom
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/27/professor-students-second-amendment-utah/
— TWITTER REVERSES RULING AFTER BACKLASH, CONCEDES IT’S AGAINST THE RULES TO WISH DEATH UPON DANA LOESCH’S CHILDREN – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/27/dana-loesch-twitter-death-threats-reversed/

 

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— Who made you an expert? Is America’s distrust of ‘elites’ becoming more toxic? WHY WE WROTE THIS America’s willingness to overlook credentials – to think anyone can do anything – has been a unique element of its exceptional success. But political polarization is turning it into something toxic. – Harry Bruinius (DIERSEN: What credentials do you have? I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2018/0827/Who-made-you-an-expert-Is-America-s-distrust-of-elites-becoming-more-toxic

 

THE HILL
— States consider investigations into Catholic Church abuse – REID WILSON
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/403806-states-consider-investigations-into-catholic-church-abuse
— Stop illegal immigration to keep Americans safe – REP. MARSHA BLACKBURN (R-TENN.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-security/403887-stop-illegal-immigration-to-keep-americans-safe
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 7th Circuit ruling promotes LGBTQ activity.
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/403862-appeals-court-allows-lesbian-resident-to-suit-against-senior-living

 

CBS NEWS
— Democrats are getting ready for impeachment, even if they say they’re not – MICHAEL GRAHAM
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-democrats-are-getting-ready-for-impeachment-even-if-they-say-theyre-not/

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump era is igniting a new wave of Muslim-American candidates In places like Dearborn, Michigan, a political awakening is growing.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-era-igniting-new-wave-muslim-american-candidates-n903641
— “Search is not used to set a political agenda and we don’t bias our results toward any political ideology … we never rank search results to manipulate political sentiment,” Google says in response to Pres. Trump’s conspiracy theory about search results & news reports.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1034447904042352640

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Giuliani: Trump’s “Jury Is The Public” – Dan Barry, Benjamin Weiser and Alan Feuer (DIERSEN: Who is your jury? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my jury consists of the members of the following: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC), GAO, IRS, and Post Office. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT chairman, WCC Government Affairs Committee member, MTRCC webmaster, ICRC Steering Committee member, AAPC MC board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, or Post Office employee. They hint/imply/argue/shout that the overwhelming majority of the aforesaid view me extremely negatively and want to get rid of me. They stress those who could have come to my defense, but did not.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/nyregion/trump-giuliani-lawyer-mueller.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity want the Catholic Church to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/opinion/pope-francis-catholic-church-letter.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s economic adviser: ‘We’re taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/28/trump-wakes-up-googles-himself-and-doesnt-like-what-he-sees-illegal/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “President non grata: Trump often unwelcome and unwilling to perform basic rituals of the office.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-non-grata-trump-often-unwelcome-and-unwilling-to-perform-basic-rituals-of-the-office/2018/08/28/302b60ee-aa16-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, and anti-Trumps paint McCain as being anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-trump-will-not-attend-john-mccains-funeral-family-spokesman-says/2018/08/27/ac778dd8-aa1d-11e8-8a0c-70b618c98d3c_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: ‘It Is the Era of Trump’: How the President Is Remaking the Republican Party President Trump’s critics are leaving the scene, and his successful primary endorsements are bringing in a new crowd – Janet Hook
https://www.wsj.com/articles/it-is-the-era-of-trump-how-the-president-is-remaking-the-republican-party-1535380861
— Pope Faces Crisis of Credibility Over Coverup Accusations Pope Francis was accused of knowing about past sexual misconduct by a cardinal and rehabilitating him despite the previous pope’s sanctions – Francis X. Rocca
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-faces-crisis-of-credibility-over-coverup-accusations-1535378536

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES & NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups boycott Trump: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, 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://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-pariah-20180827-story.html
https://nypost.com/2018/08/27/trump-wont-attend-funerals-memorials-for-john-mccain/

 

USA TODAY
— New IRS rule limiting tax deductions condemned by charities, blue-state governors – Herb Jackson and James Nash (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/08/27/salt-deduction/1108484002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Is a college degree really needed for advancement? – Johnny Taylor (DIERSEN: If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, a) Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 and b) Oldsmobile and IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971. If I had not earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976 and 1980, a) IRS might not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980, and c) GAO might not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not earned a job-related master degree in 1997, GAO would have forced me to take its early retirement “offer” sooner than it did.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/professional-development/2018/08/21/ask-hr-can-company-require-college-degree-advance-management/1040256002/
— Social Security recipients could see their biggest raise in years – Dan Caplinger
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2018/08/28/social-security-recipients-could-see-big-raise-cola/37544173/
— Shocking trend: Pet owners abuse their own animals to get drugs – Beth Warren
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/27/opioid-crisis-pet-owners-abuse-animals-drugs/1110178002/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Few Democrats favor abolishing ICE, poll finds – AP
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/08/27/few-democrats-favor-abolishing-ice-poll-finds/yz6spbXfJgnZJcSJaHcDUP/story.html

 

COURIER & PRESS
— Troublemakers ‘not welcome’ at anti-Trump rally Thursday in Evansville – Thomas B. Langhorne
https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2018/08/27/troublemakers-not-welcome-anti-trump-rally-thursday-evansville/1110256002/

 

WILX
— AARP survey shows Americans want to keep working later in life (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. I should write a book about those who promote age discrimination. They stress a) that I am almost 70 years old, b) that my GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997, and c) that while I was a federal employee, I did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, or Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.wilx.com/content/news/Survey-shows-Americans-want-to-keep-working-later-in-life-491853611.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps harass Trump about McCain.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-refusing-mccain-questions-all-day-1091830

 

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Threatens Google Over ‘Rigged’ News Search Results
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-threatens-google-over-rigged-news-search-results

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner signs bill that promotes LGBTQ activity.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Illinois-Legislation-Aims-to-Improve-Enforcement-Against-Discrimination/63879.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 7th Circuit ruling promotes LGBTQ activity.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/7th-Circuit-Holds-Housing-Providers-May-Be-Liable-for-Anti-LGBT-Abuse-of-Residents/63880.html

August 25 Evening Edition

THE HILL
— John McCain, war hero and giant of the Senate, dies at 81 – ALEXANDER BOLTON

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/365351-mccain-war-hero-and-senate-giant-dies

 

ABC7
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Present-day DNC protestors say they’re fighting the same issues 50 years later – Evelyn Holmes
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/dnc-protestors-say-theyre-fighting-the-same-issues-50-years-later/4052293/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the 50th anniversary of the protests, organizers of the August 25 event say the issues of injustice still remain. “Today, when we have America’s longest war in Afghanistan and Iraq, those lessons are urgently needed as well,” said Andy Thayer, part of the Chicago Committee Against War and Racism. Present-day attendees drew comparisons between the current political climate and that of 1968, hoping to re-capture the energy of the past to bring about change. “If you don’t have a screaming opposition to scream at that, it will take over,” said Katy Nielsen, a present-day protestor. “Here we are 50 years later and not only is it continuing, it’s worse now in a lot of ways.”)

 

NBC5
— Elected Officials, Advocates Make ‘Big Jump’ Into Chicago River “It’s good to promote what government does but it’s good to have partners in the volunteer community who help us,” said Preckwinkle – Daniela Prizont-Cado
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/elected-officials-advocates-make-big-jump-into-chicago-river-491716861.html

 

WLS AM
— Cullerton slams Rauner’s veto of (illegal) immigrant protection
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/08/25/cullerton-slams-rauners-veto-of-immigrant-protection/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Woman sitting in Lyft among 3 shot dead, 11 hurt in Chicago over 24 hours
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/3-killed-11-wounded-friday-in-city-shootings

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner signs bill legalizing industrial hemp – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/rauner-hemp-bill-legalize-signs-bruce-governor-cannabis-farming-agriculture/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/pot-topics-cannabis-weed-edibles-medical-marijuana/

— Fourth teenager charged in brutal West Chicago murder – Thomas Czaja
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/fourth-teenager-charged-murder-west-chicago-homicide/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kasich to sit out GOP dinner where Trump is featured guest – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–trump-kasich-20180822-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites want to abolish the First Amendment.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-blue-island-rally-st-0826-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-perspec-trump-south-africa-white-supremacy-20180825-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-bc-us–media-fox-carlson-20180824-story.html
— Bad blood between McCain, Trump lingers, even as Arizona Republican nears end of life – Anne Gearan and Josh Dawsey
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-mccain-trump-bad-blood-20180825-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s wall of secrecy erodes amid betrayals, legal challenges.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-betrayals-secrecy-analysis-20180825-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Filmmaker Steve James tackles thorny issue of race in Oak Park and River Forest High School – Dann Gire
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180825/filmmaker-steve-james-tackles-thorny-issue-of-race-in-suburban-school
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats demand that everyone glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180815/fox-seems-to-be-hosting-a-constant-anti-immigrant-olympics
— The goal to keep bias out of our reporting – Editorial (DIERSEN: If news can be spun to promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms, the mainstream news media promotes it. If news cannot be spun to promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms, the mainstream news media downplays it or censures it.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180825/editorial-the-goal-to-keep-bias-out-of-our-reporting
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Trump’s wife’s parents against him.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180823/cokie-and-steven-roberts-the-stench-of-hypocrisy-on-donald-trump-immigration-policy
— False memes follow plea, conviction of Trump associates – Bob Oswald
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180825/false-memes-follow-plea-conviction-of-trump-associates

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois residents recall the violent 1968 Democratic National Convention – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1968? I was a full-time student at UIC and a part-time employee for the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I sold my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I saved money for college expenses.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180825/illinois-residents-recall-violent-1968-democratic-national-convention
— Rauner OKs ban on Muslim registry – AP (DIERSEN: Those who are members of Group A dominate, if not run Illinois and would love to have registries of those who are members of Group B. Those who are members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, 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 and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.sj-r.com/news/20180824/rauner-oks-ban-on-muslim-registry-vetoes-immigrant-protections

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner set for lengthy battle with Pritzker – Rich Miller
https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-rauner-set-for-lengthy-battle-with-pritzker/article_6d53a41e-b24e-535f-a1e5-b5fcf756221d.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Chicago ‘anti-bait truck’ event to offer free shoes – AP
https://www.bnd.com/entertainment/article217223160.html

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— It’s November or never for Rockford casino – Chuck Sweeny (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.)
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180825/chuck-sweeny-its-november-or-never-for-rockford-casino

 

KFVS 12
— Governor Rauner signs agriculture bills at Du Quoin State Fair – Kaylie Ross
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/38960373/governor-rauner-signs-agriculture-bills-at-du-quoin-state-fair

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Watchdog training turns up common themes – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/08/watchdog-training-turns-up-common-themes/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Harvard Shuts Down the Last Sorority in the Name of ‘Progress’ In a push for ‘equality,’ what’s now gone for these women are opportunities for leadership, mentorship, and community service – Elizabeth M. Economou
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/08/harvard-shuts-down-last-sorority-in-name-of-progress/

 

BREITBART
— Illegal Alien Left Another Iowa Girl ‘Fearing for Her Life’ Before Mollie Tibbetts Went Missing – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/24/report-illegal-alien-left-another-iowa-girl-fearing-for-her-life-before-mollie-tibbetts-went-missing/

 

THE HILL
— Court strikes down Trump measures on firing federal workers – JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: Constructively, being forced to retire is to be fired. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that because it is very difficult to fire a federal employee, I must be a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, bigot, and/or even worse things. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes for slander.)
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/403593-court-strikes-down-trump-orders-on-firing-federal-workers

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Medical marijuana companies expanding Illinois facilities (DIERSEN: Pot pushers push pot.)
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/article217331830.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Strikes Down Key Parts of Trump’s Orders Easing the Firing of Federal Workers – Noam Scheiber (DIERSEN: Constructively, being forced to retire is to be fired. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that because it is very difficult to fire a federal employee, I must be a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, bigot, and/or even worse things. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes for slander.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/business/trump-federal-workers-unions.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— In victory for unions, judge overturns key parts of Trump executive orders – Lisa Rein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-victory-for-unions-judge-overturns-key-parts-of-trump-executive-orders/2018/08/25/5458e2bc-a880-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html
— Trump’s Midwest is a gubernatorial battleground in 2018 – Dan Balz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-midwest-is-a-gubernatorial-battleground-in-2018/2018/08/25/98fd5764-a86b-11e8-a656-943eefab5daf_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The most vulnerable GOP-held seat is in Illinois, where wealthy Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is the clear underdog against wealthy Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Measures That Made Firing Federal Workers Easier Are Gutted – Alexa Corse (DIERSEN: Constructively, being forced to retire is to be fired. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that because it is very difficult to fire a federal employee, I must be a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, bigot, and/or even worse things. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes for slander.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-measures-that-made-firing-federal-workers-easier-are-gutted-1535232316

 

DAILY BEAST
— Judge Overturns Trump’s Executive Orders on Firing Federal Workers (DIERSEN: Constructively, being forced to retire is to be fired. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that because it is very difficult to fire a federal employee, I must be a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, bigot, and/or even worse things. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes for slander.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-overturns-trumps-executive-orders-on-firing-federal-workers

 

REASON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Reason acts like it is a paid agent of countries that want to destroy America.
https://reason.com/blog/2018/08/25/conservatives-would-use-mollie-tibbetts

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1290 Wood Street, Crete – $72,000
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1290-Wood-St-Crete-IL-60417/5461314_zpid/

August 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump administration acts to stop high-tax states like Illinois from skirting $10K cap – AP (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-administration-acts-to-stop-high-tax-states-from-skirting-$10k-cap/4041456/

 

NBC5
— Rauner, Pritzker Face Off in Southern Illinois Forum – Michelle Relerford
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Prtizker-Face-Off-in-Southern-Illinois-Forum-491512961.html
— VERY SAD: Ex-Governor, Once Against Casinos, Now Favors One in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/ex-governor-once-against-casinos-now-favors-one-in-chicago-491530661.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Man shot, killed while stopped at red light near University of Chicago campus
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/man-shot-killed-while-stopped-at-red-light-near-university-of-chicago-campus

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Latest updates: DNC summer meeting in Chicago liveblog
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dnc-summer-meeting-chicago-2018-updates/
— Alderman ‘lukewarm’ as they are briefed that pension borrowing could top $10B – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/10-billion-pension-borrowing-plan-chicago-aldermen-lukewarm-rahm-emanuel/
— Trump and Sessions trade slaps over Justice Department, politics, loyalty – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/trump-sessions-trade-slaps-justice-politics-loyalty/
— Former Ford Heights mayor Charles Griffin charged with stealing from the village
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/charles-griffin-tom-dart-ford-heights-mayor-corruption/
— DNC now say hacking attempt was test from within – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dnc-democratic-national-committee-hacking-bob-lord/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago aldermen briefed on $10 billion pension borrowing plan: “We said ‘What?'” – Gregory Pratt and John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-pension-bonds-aldermen-20180823-story.html
— Medical GoFundMe campaigns are a symptom of a sick health insurance system – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: Knowing that federal employees and their spouses have subsidized health insurance for life helped me endure tremendous efforts from my Democrat superiors to get rid of me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-gofundme-medical-health-shame-0824-20180823-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage sheriff sends jail volunteers packing, has new plan to rehabilitate inmates – Justin Kmitch
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180823/dupage-sheriff-sends-jail-volunteers-packing-has-new-plan-to-rehabilitate-inmates
— Antioch governor candidate given another 30 days to pay back child support – Lee Filas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180823/antioch-governor-candidate-given-another-30-days-to-pay-back-child-support
— Undocumented immigrant charged in Iowa woman’s slaying was a hardworking farmhand – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180823/undocumented-immigrant-charged-in-iowa-womans-slaying-was-a-hardworking-farmhand
— Democrats seek to keep focus on corruption, not impeachment – AP (DIERSEN: From what I see, Democrats want to focus on Trump and not on anything else.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180823/news/308239986/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— U.S. Chamber sees $4.3 billion Illinois hit from Trump’s tariffs The big business group argues that what America is losing is far greater than what it’s getting as a new wave of China tariffs sets in. – Greg Hinz
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/us-chamber-sees-43-billion-illinois-hit-trumps-tariffs

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Chicago-based federal judge to handle the Aaron Schock case – Andy Kravetz
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180823/chicago-based-federal-judge-to-handle-aaron-schock-case

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Interest builds in possible replacement for State’s Attorney Milhiser – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180823/interest-builds-in-possible-replacement-for-states-attorney-milhiser

 

WSPY NEWS
— VERY SAD: Sandwich Tattoo Parlor Wants to Expand, Serve Alcohol and Offer Video Gambling – James Wyman
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/sandwich-tattoo-parlor-wants-to-expand-serve-alcohol-and-offer/article_f89f4dd4-a4e8-11e8-bf22-67d8adc471cf.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— VERY SAD: Illinois Horse Racing Looks To Past Races To Secure Future – MARY HANSEN
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/illinois-horse-racing-looks-past-races-secure-future#stream/0

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Smolenksi says 1-percent property tax cap an answer to exodus – Angela Underwood
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511542154-smolenksi-says-1-percent-property-tax-cap-an-answer-to-exodus

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Wheaton Warrenville District 200 halts construction on school replacement, will let voters decide – Randy Tucker
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511540586-wheaton-warrenville-district-200-halts-construction-on-school-replacement-will-let-voters-decide

 

CAPITOL FAX
— I don’t think this Rauner claim is true
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/23/i-dont-think-this-rauner-claim-is-true/

 

GOPUSA
— Farm that hired illegal alien accused in death of Tibbetts did not use E-Verify
http://www.gopusa.com/farm-that-hired-illegal-alien-accused-in-death-of-tibbetts-did-not-use-e-verify/
— Oprah Winfrey’s despicable ‘ShoutYourAbortion’ advocacy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53110
— Cuomo pardons 34th illegal alien to prevent deportation (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put citizens of foreign countries ahead of citizens of America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats put those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, 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 for a long time ahead of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.gopusa.com/cuomo-pardons-34th-illegal-alien-to-prevent-deportation/

 

TOWNHALL
— Sen. Warren On Mollie Tibbetts: Yeah, It Sucks She’s Dead, But Illegals At The Border Are More Important – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/08/23/sen-warren-on-mollie-tibbetts-yeah-it-sucks-shes-dead-but-illegals-at-the-b-n2512193

 

DAILY CALLER
— SOUTH AFRICA SHOCKED AFTER TRUMP DINGS COUNTRY FOR SEIZING WHITE FARMERS’ LAND – Chris White (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Whites in America what want government to seize everything that Whites own and turn it over to minorities. Anti-Whites blame Whites for all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have. Anti-Whites, their operatives, and their dupes especially blame Whites who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about Whites in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who serve as operatives or as dupes for anti-Whites. They promote hatred against those who are White, Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/23/south-africa-donald-trump-zimbabwe-farmers/

 

THE HILL
— Sessions fires back at Trump Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations – MORGAN CHALFANT (DIERSEN: Federal employment should not be improperly influenced by political considerations, but of course, it is. If I had been a Democrat, the federal government a) would not have taken any  adverse actions against me and b) would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/403285-sessions-fires-back-at-trump-justice-will-not-be-improperly

 

ATLANTIC
— America’s Invisible Pot Addicts More and more Americans are reporting near-constant cannabis use, as legalization forges ahead. – ANNIE LOWREY (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like a) they smoke pot, b) they want to smoke pot legally, c) they want to make lots of money selling pot, and/or d) they want government to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of pot.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/08/americas-invisible-pot-addicts/567886/

August 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— 59 shot, 6 fatally, in Chicago weekend shootings
https://abc7chicago.com/59-shot-6-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-shootings/4006842/
— Chicago launches new information portal on website
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-launches-new-information-portal-on-website/4010380/
— Helene Walsh, wife of ex-rep Joe Walsh, picked to replace state rep who shared nude photos of ex – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/joe-walshs-wife-picked-to-replace-disgraced-state-rep-/4007267/

 

NBC5
— Barack Obama Stars in Video Endorsing Democrat J.B. Pritzker   Pritzker, a venture capitalist and billionaire heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune, is running to unseat incumbent first-term GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Barack-Obama-Stars-in-Video-Endorsing-Democrat-JB-Pritzker-491282231.html

 

CBS2
— Barack Obama Endorses J.B. Pritzker In IL Governor’s Race – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/20/barack-obama-endorses-j-b-pritzker-in-il-governors-race/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Obama records video backing Pritzker for Illinois governor
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/obama-records-video-backing-pritzker-for-illinois-governor-1

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republicans: Prepare for a crash landing – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-illinois-republicans-rauner-pritzker-20180821-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He’s also struggling with a wide enthusiasm gap. It’s late August and he has not managed to corral his conservative base or gin up support for his own agenda. Instead, he continues to flap against Madigan. Rauner is still getting hammered for the state’s budget impasse while Democrats who fed it are coasting. Remember: Rauner vetoed the first budget sent to him because it was $4 billion out of balance. The next budget the House prepared in 2016 was $7 billion out of balance. And the 2017 budget that included a 32 percent income tax hike and zero spending reforms? Rauner vetoed it. The legislature overrode him. You don’t hear enough about Rauner protecting taxpayers against a spend-happy legislature that hasn’t passed a balanced budget in more than a decade. Republican voters who felt jubilant on election night 2014 with Rauner’s victory and renewed hope that Illinois would turn itself around should prepare for a crash landing. Bring plenty of tequila. In once-safe DuPage County, Trump’s antics and Pritzker’s money are mixing a strong anti-GOP antidote. Rep. Peter Breen, R-Lombard, who sailed to Springfield on a strong record of fiscal conservatism, is locked in a race with a liberal Madigan-funded Democrat, Terra Costa Howard of Glen Ellyn. She also is getting support from Planned Parenthood, with whom Rauner partnered in signing House Bill 40, which expanded public funding of abortion. The fact that Breen, and even GOP Congressman Peter Roskam of Wheaton, are struggling to retain their seats in DuPage County is a manifestation of a fading-fast Republican Party in Illinois. Other Republican-leaning areas, including Rep. Tom Morrison’s Palatine-based district and an up-for-grabs seat in Arlington Heights, are possible flips to the Democrats. Rep. John Cabello, R-Machesney Park, is in a tighter-than-expected race with Democrat Jake Castanza of Rockford. Prognosticators also say it’s going to be a rough ride for Republicans Jerry Lee Long of Streator and Lindsay Parkhurst of Kankakee. The GOP fought hard to wrest those seats from the Democrats and now the pendulum might swing back. Again — anything can happen. But the campaign expenditure reports from Pritzker are revealing, not just in their indulgences but in their braggadocio. You can almost hear the pop of a Champagne cork with each entry.)
— Kavanaugh memo pushed graphic sex questions for Bill Clinton – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-brett-kavanaugh-memo-clinton-20180820-story.html
— Behind the making of ‘America to Me,’ the new series about racial inequity at Oak Park and River Forest High School – Tracy Swartz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-america-to-me-oprf-steve-james-20180820-story.html
— Barack Obama weighs in on Illinois governor race, cuts video for Democrat J.B. Pritzker – Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-barack-obama-jb-pritzker-video-20180820-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge: Don’t need Rauner deposition to prove ‘Rauner hates Speaker Madigan’ – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: Who hates you and why? I should write a book about those who hate me and why they hate me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judge-gov-rauner-deposition-hates-speaker-madigan-gonzales/
— Trump sends mean tweets, first lady talks positivity online – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/melania-donald-trump-mean-tweets-positivity-be-best/
— Kavanaugh in memo pushed graphic sex questions for Clinton – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brett-kavanaugh-bill-clinton-monica-lewinsky-sex-questions-ken-starr/
— Trump dares Brennan to sue because his clearance was revoked – AP (DIERSEN: Constructively, all the defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed dared me to sue them. I should write a book about all the lawsuits that I have filed, the attorneys who represented me, and the defendants.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-john-brennan-clearance-revoked-lawsuit/
— The games Illinois insiders play to keep you, the voter, outside – Madeleine Doubek (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican insiders in Illinois who work the hardest against Republican outsiders in Illinois. Overwhelmingly, Republican outsiders support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-election-scams-political/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump inauguration rioting charges dismissed for daughter of Elgin councilman – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180820/trump-inauguration-rioting-charges-dismissed-for-daughter-of-elgin-councilman

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here’s who really is getting the most from state spending One of the longest-lived beliefs in Illinois is that rapacious Chicago is sucking the rest of the state dry when it comes to the distribution of state resources. Someone has finally researched this. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: How much money is your county, township/ward, municipality, zip code, and precinct sending Springfield and how much money is it getting back?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/heres-who-really-getting-most-state-spending
Past divisions forgotten, Obama endorses J.B. Pritzker
— Obama releases a video backing Pritzker for governor, even though Pritzker supported someone else for president. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about politicians who have their operatives and their dupes a) destroy those who ran against them in primaries and b) destroy those who supported their primary opponents.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/past-divisions-forgotten-obama-endorses-jb-pritzker

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Obama records video backing Pritzker for Illinois governor – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180820/obama-records-video-backing-pritzker-for-illinois-governor

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Taxes are central theme of gubernatorial race – Evelyn Sanguinetti (DIERSEN: Yes, but a) many poor voters pay little or no taxes and want rich people to pay more taxes and b) many rich voters can easily pay more taxes and want everyone to pay more taxes. What about voters like me who want Illinois to stop promoting dependency on government, stop promoting dependency on charity, stop promoting LGBTQ activity, stop promoting abortion, stop promoting mass/illegal immigration, stop further erosion of the Second Amendment, stop promoting booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, stop promoting patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and stop promoting the rest of the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and the Green party platform.)
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/opinion/columns/evelyn-sanguinetti-taxes-are-central-theme-of-gubernatorial-race/article_dcb006bd-d5eb-5d12-bfaf-bf89821473e5.html

 

WGLT
— Barickman Sees Path Forward For Rauner – CHARLIE SCHLENKER
http://www.wglt.org/post/barickman-sees-path-forward-rauner#stream/0

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Banned from the Algonquin Township Hall by Supervisor Chuck Lutzow, Highway Department Deputy Ryan Provenzano Now in Road District Office
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/20/banned-algonquin-township-hall-supervisor-chuck-lutzow-highway-department-deputy-ryan-provenzano-now-office/
— “Man Bites Dog” Story on Front Page of the Northwest Herald
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/20/man-bites-dog-story-front-page-northwest-herald/
— McHenry Township GOP Recommends Four to Replace Trustee Bill Cunningham
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/20/mchenry-township-gop-recommends-four-replace-trustee-bill-cunningham/
— Illinois Leaks Defends Andrew Gasser’s Use of Highway Department Sign to Label Northwest Herald “Fake News”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/19/illinois-leaks-defends-andrew-gassers-use-highway-department-sign-label-northwest-herald-fake-news/
— Chicago Sun-Times Echos Daily Herald with Town Hall “Boos” Article
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/19/chicago-sun-times-echos-daily-herald-town-hall-boos-article/
— If You’re an Elected Board Member and Can’t Get Information…
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/19/youre-elected-board-member-cant-get-information/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— McHenry County – Jack Franks’ “political trinket” resolution conflicts with law. – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/08/mchenry-county-jack-franks-political-trinket-resolution-conflicts-with-law/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOV LAUNCHES “FIGHT FOR WHAT’S RIGHT” TOUR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/gov-launches-fight-for-whats-right-tour.html
— HELENE MILLER-WALSH APPOINTED TO REPRESENT HOUSE DISTRICT 51
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/shaw-explains-why-helene-walsh-picked-for-state-rep-51-.html
— ILLINOIS ONE OF NATION’S LEAST-FRIENDLY STATES TO SMALL BUSINESSES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/illinois-one-of-nations-least-friendly-states-to-small-businesses.html
— ILLINOIS POLITICAL ACTION CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 14 & 15TH IN ORLAND PARK
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/illinois-political-action-conference-scheduled-for-september-14-15th-in-orland-park.html
— ILLINOIS STATE REP INTRODUCES RESOLUTION CONDEMNING “GUN SANCTUARY” COUNTIES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/willis-condemns-gun-sanctuary-counties.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Obama cuts video for Pritzker (DIERSEN: What if Trump cut a video for Rauner?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/20/obama-cuts-video-for-pritzker/
— Rauner questioned on job creation
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/20/rauner-questioned-on-job-creation/
— Rauner won’t be deposed in Madigan case
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/20/rauner-wont-be-deposed-in-madigan-case/
— State admits to $1.2 billion structural deficit
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/20/state-admits-to-12-billion-structural-deficit/
— Williamson County will hold a gun rights referendum, but not the one favored by the governor
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/20/williamson-county-will-hold-a-gun-rights-referendum-but-not-the-one-favored-by-the-governor/

 

BILL O’REILLY
— The Hate-Trump Media Movement is Damaging the Press
https://www.billoreilly.com/b/The-Hate-Trump-Media-Movement-is-Damaging-the-Press/325489581219033444.html

 

GOPUSA
— Blueprint for destroying a society
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52826
— New Poll Results Freaking out Democrats
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52804
— Gun Free Zones: A magnet for mass shooters (DIERSEN: One could argue that for your personal safety, if you are a member of any of the following groups, you should do everything that you can to avoid gun free zones: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52820
— No one knows how many illegal aliens are in the country (DIERSEN: How many illegals live and/or work in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52824
— Bring it On: Giuliani Eager for Brennan Lawsuit (DIERSEN: Constructively, all the defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed encouraged me to sue them. I should write a book about all the lawsuits that I have filed, the attorneys who represented me, and the defendants.)
http://www.gopusa.com/bring-it-on-giuliani-eager-for-brennan-lawsuit/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Washington Post’s Fake News On Trump’s Alleged Racism
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28577

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Malkin: U.S. has most generous immigration policies in the world – R. Mitchell
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/08/malkin-u-s-has-most-generous-immigration-policies-in-the-world/

 

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA TO TREAT THE ADDICTION EPIDEMIC?
http://www.poppot.org/2018/08/18/slim-evidence-medical-marijuana-for-opiates/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Marijuana Policy Project promotes their drug as a substitute for opiate pain pills. Like the worst offenders in the opiate industry, the cannabis lobby follows an addiction-for-profit business model. Their master plan needs 80% of the demand to be met by 20% of the users. Science shows no evidence for using medical marijuana as a substitute for pain pills. Governor David Ige of Hawaii wisely refused to cave to lobbyists, and he vetoed a measure that would have allowed medical marijuana to treat opiate addiction. A large-scale, major study from Australia demonstrates that cannabis doesn’t work as a substitute for opiate pills in instances of chronic, non-cancer pain. The study came out in July, 2018 and it supports the findings of an American study published in September, 2017.)

 

POLITICO
— Obama muscles into Illinois governor’s race In his home state, the former president leans in hard for the Democratic nominee. – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/20/barack-obama-illinois-governor-race-789774

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump and Giuliani Taunt Brennan About Filing a Lawsuit – Michael D. Shear and Eileen Sullivan (DIERSEN: Constructively, all the defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed encouraged me to sue them. I should write a book about all the lawsuits that I have filed, the attorneys who represented me, and the defendants.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/us/politics/trump-bruce-ohr-mueller-russia.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— Legal Weed: How Republicans Learned to Love Marijuana – ALEXANDRA HUTZLER (DIERSEN: Anyone who promotes pot is a Democrat or a Democrat plant, a Libertarian or a Libertarian plant, a Green or a Green plant, a RINO, etc.; but no one who promotes pot is a Republican. No one who promotes pot should be allowed to seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican. No one who promotes pot should be allowed to claim to be a Republican.)
https://www.newsweek.com/2018/08/24/legal-weed-republicans-love-marijuana-1072761.html

 

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “Republicans Don’t Own Patriotism Anymore.” I should write a book about the most anti-patriotic people in my precinct, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and in Illinois. They discourage Republican sponsorship of and Republican participation in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades.
https://newrepublic.com/article/150438/republicans-dont-patriotism-anymore

August 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Newspapers push back against President Trump’s ‘enemy of the people’ claim – BGA
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-newspapers-push-back-against-trumps-enemy-of-the-people-claim/3982128/

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use illegals to blast Trump.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/18/ice-detains-man-driving-pregnant-wife-hospital-san-bernardino/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump accuses ‘social media’ of limiting free speech of conservatives – David Nakamura
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-social-media-free-speech-20180818-story.html
— After slamming Dick Uihlein for trying to ‘buy a Senate seat,’ Wisconsin Senate candidate Leah Vukmir wants Dick Uihlein’s cash – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin-senate-race-uihlein-20180818-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trumps says “As Trump delivers racially charged insults, most Republicans stay silent.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-racial-insults-republicans-20180818-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trumps says “In a party dominated by Trumpism, growing ranks of forgotten Republicans sound warning.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-warnings-forgotten-republicans-20180818-story.html
— Wheaton-area school board will consider seeking voter approval on plan to lease new preschool – Bob Goldsborough
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton-glen-ellyn/news/ct-met-wheaton-new-preschool-update-20180817-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mel Reynolds’ prison gripe: Treated like ‘animal’ — blames ‘Trump people’ – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mel-reynolds-trump-prison-sentence-chicago-metropolitan-correctional-center/
— Dogs and cannabis: Some pet owners are using it despite vets’ warnings – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/dogs-cannabis-cbd-oil-safety-treatment/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— SJ-R to host candidate debates in congressional races – Angie Muhs
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180818/angie-muhs-sj-r-to-host-candidate-debates-in-congressional-races
— It’s time for the campaign season to begin. Again. – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180818/statehouse-insider-its-time-for-campaign-season-to-begin-again

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Rep. LaHood says his views on news media don’t mirror president’s – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180818/bernard-schoenburg-rep-lahood-says-his-views-on-news-media-dont-mirror-presidents

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Hultgren, Ugaste host grand opening of joint Geneva HQ ‘Long on donuts and short on speeches’
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/08/17/hultgren-ugaste-host-grand-opening-of-joint-geneva-

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— With 80 days until the election, Davis and Londrigan both confident in 13th District support – RYAN VOYLES
https://herald-review.com/news/local/with-days-until-the-election-davis-and-londrigan-both-confident/article_31ae2fde-7ad4-59b9-90b0-31049731f2dd.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— U.S. Steel to invest $750 million to revitalize flagship Gary plant – Robert Channick
https://www.daily-journal.com/business/us-steel-to-invest-million-to-revitalize-flagship-gary-plant/article_a3493d64-a230-11e8-b004-231a36d4d488.html

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Amateur hour in Illinois – Kevin McDermott (DIERSEN: What experience do you have? How hard have your critics/opponents worked to marginalize your experience? My critics/opponents have always worked extremely hard to marginalize my experience. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. 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 $81,071-$91,880. I am a Forensic Accountant, Certified Financial Services Auditor, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Fraud Examiner, licensed CPA, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and CPA. I passed the CIA and CPA examinations on my first attempt. I have master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business.)
    https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/mcdermott-amateur-hour-in-illinois/article_cd4033ec-6c60-5f2c-b205-355ea0348fab.html
    (FROM THE ARTICLE: I’m terrible with cars. I mean, can’t-so-much-as-change-a-spark-plug terrible. May I tune yours up for you? I’m bad in the kitchen, too. Eggs and toast are pretty much my whole repertoire, and I tend to burn the toast. Want me to cater your next event? You’d probably rather call a chef, or a mechanic. Expertise matters. Except when it comes to filling the top leadership posts in our democracy. Then, it seems, we’re ready to take a chance on those who have never led so much as a school board meeting. How often have you heard a candidate for governor, senator, even president boast that his or her complete lack of lower-rung political experience is a shimmering plus rather than a glaring minus? And how does that usually work out? Think about disgraced ex-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. Think about our current chaos president. Why do we imagine that high political leadership is the one job best left to the amateurs? Picture your dentist using that logic: I’ve never actually worked on teeth before. I’m proud to be an “outsider.” Open wide! That’s basically what’s unfolding right now in Illinois. For the second consecutive election, voters in the Land of Lincoln this November will choose a mega-wealthy governor who has never held any lower political office, and who only got to this one with a massive boost from his personal checkbook. We know this will be true regardless of the election result, because it’s a description that fits both of the major-party candidates. Sure, incumbent Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner can claim four years of on-the-job training, but given his performance during that time, it’s not much of a claim. He had never held any political office before buying into his first gubernatorial term in 2014 with $27.6 million from his own pocket. A venture capitalist, what he brought with him from that world were boardroom skills that you can’t say have been unproductive in office — because they’ve been counterproductive in office. As for Hyatt Hotels heir and Democratic nominee J.B. Pritzker, it seems his primary qualification for governor, and the main reason his party handed him the nomination over more experienced Democrats, is the 10-figure fortune he was born into and his willingness to use it. Rauner is worth nine figures, and Democrats decided to fight fire with more fire. Business people with no political experience who run for high office invariably argue that their business skills are not just an adequate substitute for political skills, but are better. This has never made sense. The goals, rules and responsibilities of business are completely different from those of politics. Rauner’s first term has been a textbook illustration of those differences.)

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Rahm Emanuel tells the truth about Chicago violence and gets fierce blowback – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/08/rahm_emanuel_tells_the_truth_about_chicago_violence_and_gets_fierce_blowback.html
— Return of the Blacklist: The Left Shuts Down Free Speech – Ed Brodow (DIERSEN: Who blacklists you? I should write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois that blacklist me. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and/or d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/return_of_the_blacklist_the_left_shuts_down_free_speech.html

 

GOPUSA
— Illegal alien children skip deportation hearings, disappear into country daily
http://www.gopusa.com/illegal-alien-children-skip-deportation-hearings-disappear-into-country-daily/
— ESPN not planning to televise national anthem before ‘MNF’ games
http://www.gopusa.com/espn-not-planning-to-televise-national-anthem-before-mnf-games/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— OBAMA’S “N WORD” TAPE WENT PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA COVERED IT UP There have been a thousand times as many news stories about the hypothetical existence of a Trump “N Word” tape as there are about the real and verified existence of the Obama-Farrakhan photo. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/271064/obamas-n-word-tape-went-public-and-media-covered-daniel-greenfield

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Omarosa Acted Dishonorably by Recording Confidential White House Conversations, but Here’s the Bigger Problem – Hans von Spakovsky
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/08/18/omarosa-acted-dishonorably-by-recording-confidential-white-house-conversations-but-heres-the-bigger-problem/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Pelosi, Warren, and Waters speak for anti-Trumps.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/402397-boogeywomen-gop-vilifies-big-name-female-dems

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Weaponized Ad Technology’: Facebook’s Moneymaker Gets a Critical Eye – Natasha Singer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/facebook-microtargeting-advertising.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Online trolls are using immigration as a wedge issue for 2018 midterm elections.”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-immigration-disinformation-20180817-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Should We Fear Russian Political Ads? By any measure, they are a drop in the ocean. And they’re hard to distinguish from domestic sentiments. – Curt Levey
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-should-we-fear-russian-political-ads-1534460641

 

MILITARY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says: “After his military parade fizzles, Trump lashes out at DC officials.” Anti-Trumps shout at veterans, and at everyone else, that Trump avoided the draft. Of course, anti-Trumps in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois shout at veterans, and at everyone else, that I avoided the draft. Previously, these anti-Trumps called Vietnam veterans “baby killers.”
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/08/17/after-his-military-parade-fizzles-trump-lashes-out-at-dc-officials/

August 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Despite 2 voter rejections, Wheaton-Warrenville Community Unit School District 200 plans to construct new building — and gets sued over it – Bob Goldsborough (DIERSEN: What are your connections with this issue? My wife and I have paid real estate taxes big time to District 200 since 1978. We have never attended any District 200 school and we have never sent any child to any District 200 school. The District 200 headquarters is in my precinct as well as Whittier Grade School and Edison Middle School. Janet Shaw is a fellow Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman. I know Dan Wagner and his wife. I understand that the lawsuit has been assigned to Judge Bonnie Wheaton.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-wheaton-school-preschool-project-20180806-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Twice since 2013, voters in the Wheaton and Warrenville area have rejected referendum proposals to raise taxes for the construction of a new preschool. Despite that, the Community Unit School District 200 board is proceeding with building a new Jefferson Early Childhood Center without voter approval through a different form of financing. But now a resident who opposes that measure has sued the district in DuPage County Circuit Court, seeking to halt the plans. Those in favor of building a new childhood center call the current 26,500-square-foot building outdated and note that the district in recent years has renovated or built anew every other school building except Jefferson. Jefferson, which was constructed in 1958 and had 277 pupils as of June, offers a traditional preschool and early childhood intervention for youths with mental or physical disabilities. Voters rejected a referendum proposal for a new Jefferson school in 2013, and again said no in 2017 as part of a much larger, $132 million proposal involving other district schools as well. Board President Jim Vroman said that after the 2017 referendum proposal failed, the district surveyed voters and found that “a substantial majority” supported building a new Jefferson. “That told us that voters were against the tax increase that the referendum would have generated if we had proceeded,” he said. Instead, the board agreed with a suggestion by a district financial adviser to use lease certificates, or secured lease credit financing, to fund a new Jefferson. District 200 would oversee construction of the estimated $15.5 million, 41,544-square-foot building, while Zions Bank would own the building. . .Frequent board critic Janet Shaw, who runs a blog that scrutinizes the district’s finances, long has questioned the legality of using lease certificates and added that “my real problem is that we don’t need (the new school building).” Shaw has filed suit against District 200, demanding a halt to the current plan to finance a new Jefferson. She is seeking a judge to require District 200’s board to submit a proposal for the new school building to the public via a referendum question. “District 200 is tampering with election results right here in DuPage County,” Shaw said. “The district thinks that by using the magic word ‘lease,’ its two failed referendum efforts and the will of the community are somehow erased and it can proceed in an identical manner as if a referendum had been adopted by the community to build and finance a new school.” A district spokesperson declined to comment on the lawsuit. Dan Wagner, a parent and longtime proponent of a new Jefferson, called the existing building outmoded, with some instruction occurring in converted broom closets. He added that the building lacks air conditioning, which precludes some special needs pupils from participating in gym classes.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Employee compensation hikes have cost Naperville more than $500,000 in up-front pension payments – Erin Hegarty and Sarah Freishtat
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-aurora-pension-boost-st-0812-story.html
— 10 wounded since daybreak Saturday in separate city shootings – Deanese Williams-Harris
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-shootings-violence-20180811-story.html
— GOP congressional nominee who is also a Holocaust denier confronts write-in opponent at candidacy announcement – Frank Vaisvilas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-jones-hanson-st-0812-story.html
— US budget deficit totals $76.9 billion in July – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–budget-deficit-20180810-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: AP says “Democratic voters hold an enthusiasm edge.” QUESTION: What harms Republican enthusiasm? ANSWER: Republican candidates who fail/refuse to promise to defend/advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–midterms-democratic-turnout-20180811-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Trump to join them in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Whites as being racists.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–trump-race-20180811-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Go ahead, get that tattoo. Your boss shouldn’t mind. – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tattoos-at-work-0812-story.html
— Should doctors ask patients about their sexual orientation? – Alison Bowen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-doctors-patients-sexual-orientation-20180808-story.html
— Despite crackdown, immigrants flowing through Arizona border – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–immigration-arizona-20180807-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/pot-topics-marijuana-weed-cannabis-medical-marijuana-wrigley-osteopathic-pharmacann-drugged-driving/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups refer to themselves as being “we:” anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/charlottesville-what-have-we-learned-anniversary-white-nationalism-progress/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, the Daily Herald promotes Lauren Underwood.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180811/underwood-responds-to-hultgrens-facebook-attacks-asks-to-attend-his-town-hall-meeting
— Area couple attend Mustang celebration – Matt Avery
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180812/area-couple-attend-mustang-celebration
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups say “You will not defeat us:” anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180812/jesse-jackson-sr-message-to-racists-you-will-not-defeat-us

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The State of Illinois promotes LGBTQ activity. To promote LGBTQ activity is to drive traditional families out of the state.
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/amazingforall-art-installation-unveiled/3933464/

 

RIVER CITY READER
— GOP Leaders Scrambling to Find Last-Minute Replacements – Rich Miller
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/GOP-leaders-scrambling-for-replacements

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote censorship.
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/11/637865162/censorship-on-social-media

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Long-Time Political Analyst Russ Stewart Predicts “Rauner will lose as surely as the sun sets in the West.”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/11/long-time-political-analyst-predicts-rauner-will-lose-surely-sun-sets-west/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Republican Party welcomes union member into leadership ranks – Chandra Lye (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union and anti-wage earner. They stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years. They stress that I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997. I washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511525061-republican-party-welcomes-union-members-into-leadership-ranks
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Northwest Side (NWS) GOP Club, which touts itself as union-friendly, has added another leader with union ties to its ranks. The club recently announced Erin Jones was appointed precinct committeeman for Chicago’s 39th Ward. “Erin is a rock-star and a loyal member of the NWS GOP Club.” club officials said. “As a first-responder family, Erin and her husband serve the community both on and off-duty. We are happy to have her in a leadership role.” As a committeeman, Jones will represent the GOP voters of the precinct at the county level. “I grew up in Rogers Park and moved to the Northwest Side nine years ago,” Jones said. “I’ve been a Chicago police officer for the last 15 years, spending 10 of those years in patrol on the Westside of the City. I actually started working for the city when I was a teenager as a lifeguard in Rogers Park.” Jones is married to a Chicago firefighter and has two daughters. She was appointed by Matt Podgorski, NWS GOP Club chairman and 39th ward committeeman. The NWS GOP Club also has a party planned for Aug. 11 to welcome its card-carrying union members and encourage other union members to explore the club. Republican candidate and Chicago police sergeant Ammie Kessem is slated to attend the event. Kessem is challenging incumbent Rep. Robert Martwick (D-Chicago) for Illinois’ 19th House District seat in November’s general election.)

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Hate speech’ is sneaky leftist censorship, not law – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/10/hate-speech-clever-leftist-censorship-not-law/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Libertarians go local – W. James Antle III (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about Libertarians in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who falsely claim to be Republican. The aforesaid frauds work extremely hard against me. They promote booze, gambling, pot, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/libertarians-go-local

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump-Hating Boston Globe Calls for United Response to Media Attacks
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/newspapers-editorial-media-bias-donald-trump/2018/08/11/id/876598/

 

FOX NEWS
— Boston Globe presses coordinated response to Trump’s media criticisms – Jeffrey Rubin
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/11/boston-paper-presses-coordinated-response-to-trumps-media-criticisms.html

 

TOWNHALL
— Facebook Takes Their Anti-Gun Stance To a Whole New Level With THIS Policy Change – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/notebook/bethbaumann/2018/08/11/facebook-takes-their-anti-gun-stance-to-a-whole-new-level-with-this-policy-change-n2508884
— George Will’s Unhinged Anti-Trump Position – Bruce Bialosky
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2018/08/12/george-wills-unhinged-antitrump-position-n2508331

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Problem with Gay Marriage – David Solway
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/the_problem_with_gay_marriage.html
— Chicago: Don’t Ask Those Who Caused the Problem to Solve the Problem – Robert Klein Engler
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/chicago_dont_ask_those_who_caused_the_problem_to_solve_the_problem.html

 

BREITBART
— Gun-Controlled Chicago: 20 Shot from Friday Morning to Saturday Morning – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/11/gun-controlled-chicago-20-shot-from-friday-morning-to-saturday-morning/
— Twitter Target Gavin McInnes on Solution: ‘Trump Has to Step Up’ – Lucas Nolan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/11/exclusive-twitter-target-gavin-mcinnes-on-solution-trump-has-to-step-up/
— Far-Left March in Charlottesville Turns Anti-Police: ‘Cops and Klan Go Hand in Hand!’ – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/11/far-left-march-in-charlottesville-turns-anti-police-cops-and-klan-go-hand-in-hand/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Facebook Continues Censorship of ‘Warriors for Christ’ Page, Pastor Says – Samuel Smith
https://www.christianpost.com/news/facebook-continues-censorship-of-warriors-for-christ-page-pastor-says-226742/

 

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— Kimberly Guilfoyle and Don Trump Jr. Share Photo, Twitter Erupts with Anti-Trump Insults ‘We are robots beedo boop,’ jabs one celebrity of the couple’s photog — interesting how it’s only OK to look your best if you’re a liberal – Deirdre Reilly
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/08/kimberly-guilfoyle-and-don-trump-jr-share-photo-twitter-erupts-with-anti-trump-insults/

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s Economy Might Not Be Enough to Save the House.”
https://www.weeklystandard.com/irwin-m-stelzer/republican-might-lose-the-house-even-with-trumps-roaring-economy

 

DAILY CALLER
— TWITTER SUSPENDS LIBERTARIAN COMMENTATOR GAVIN MCINNES AND HIS ACTIVIST GROUP – Rob Shimshock
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/11/twitter-suspends-gavin-mcinnes/

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Boston Globe calls for war of words against Trump media attacks
https://canadafreepress.com/article/newspaper-calls-for-war-of-words-against-trump-media-attacks
— Welcome Everyone, Take Our Country – Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh image
https://canadafreepress.com/article/welcome-everyone-take-our-country

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Escalates Attack on Jeff Sessions, Calling Him ‘Scared Stiff’ – Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/us/politics/trump-sessions-russia.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want Trump to condemn those who are anti-minority, but NOT those who are anti-White.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/us/politics/unite-the-right-2018-dc-rally.html
— Go Ahead, Speak for Yourself Not every opinion needs to be underwritten by your race or gender or other social identity. – Kwame Anthony Appiah (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/opinion/sunday/speak-for-yourself.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to “Republican” political consultants who advise candidates to dump voters who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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? I should write a book about Republican candidates in Illinois who talk and/or act like they are taking such advice.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/opinion/sunday/the-white-strategy.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats seek stronger social media presence to guard against potential Russian interference in midterms – Michael Scherer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-seek-stronger-social-media-presence-to-guard-against-potential-russian-interference-in-midterms/2018/08/10/7345fcd4-972b-11e8-80e1-00e80e1fdf43_story.html

 

LEGAL NEWS LINE
— EEOC Sues The University of Wisconsin System for Age Discrimination – EEOC (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, EEOC should sue the federal government. The federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who the federal government does not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://legalnewsline.com/stories/511525152-u-s-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-eeoc-sues-the-university-of-wisconsin-system-for-age-discrimination
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The University of Wisconsin System violated federal law when it refused to hire a former longtime employee because of her age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Bambi Butzlaff Voss, who was 53 years old and subject to a layoff from her job as a Marketing and Communications Specialist at the University of Wisconsin’s Waukesha campus, applied for six different positions with the University of Wisconsin System’s central office in Madison, including an Associate Marketing and Communications Specialist position. Butzlaff Voss had 25 years of experience performing tasks similar, if not identical, to the ones in the position she applied for. But, because of Butzlaff Voss’s age, the University refused to hire her. Instead, it hired a 23-year-old candidate with less than two years of experience. Such alleged conduct violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). The EEOC sued in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (EEOC v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, Civil Action No: 3:18-cv-00602) after first trying to settle through its conciliation process. The lawsuit asks the court to order the University to hire Butzlaff Voss and provide back pay as well as pay liquidated damages. The lawsuit also seeks a permanent injunction prohibiting the University from discriminating against future candidates based on their age. “The Age Discrimination in Employment Act has been on the books for five decades,” said Gregory Gochanour, regional attorney for the EEOC’s Chicago District. “The EEOC will make sure employers follow the law, even if it means going to court to get the message across.” Julianne Bowman, district director of the EEOC’s Chicago District, said, “Workers over 40 years of age should have the same opportunities as those workers less than half their age. Ignoring a candidate’s decades of experience relevant to the available job, because of her age, to hire someone with less than two years of experience is illegal discrimination.”)

 

USA TODAY
— Trump condemns ‘all types of racism’ on Charlottesville anniversary; critics slam wording – Christal Hayes (DIERSEN: According to anti-Whites, only Whites can be racist. According to anti-men, only men can be sexist.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/11/donald-trump-charlottesville-anniversary-condemn-all-racism/965715002/
— Bacteria spread through dog saliva linked to death of Wisconsin woman – Samantha West
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/11/dog-saliva-bacteria-linked-death-wisconsin-woman/969438002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Attacks on the Press: Part Instinct, Part Calculation President has dialed up the frequency, intensity of his attacks at rallies around the country – Lukas I. Alpert in New York and Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-attacks-on-the-press-part-instinct-part-calculation-1533999601

 

ECONOMIC TIMES
— The struggle at Twitter over what warrants a ban
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/view-from-the-inside-the-struggle-at-twitter-over-what-warrants-a-ban/articleshow/65365766.cms

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote censorship.
http://fortune.com/2018/08/11/facebook-apple-youtube-spotify-twitter-infowars-alex-jones/

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— 38% of U.S. Workers Don’t Think They’re Financially Well More than one-third of working Americans feel they’re not managing their money properly. Here’s how to turn things around if you’re one of them. – Maurie Backman
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2018/08/05/38-of-us-workers-dont-think-theyre-financially-wel.aspx

 

RT
— Conservative Twitter voices say they are being attacked with malicious ‘abusive speech’ complaints
https://www.rt.com/usa/435729-twitter-conservatives-false-complaints/

 

HARTFORD COURANT
— Republicans Used To Celebrate Voluntarism. What Happened? – Benjamin Soskis (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify and praise themselves as being big time volunteers and b) demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me for not being a big time volunteer like they claim to be. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-gop-volunteerism-dead-20180810-story.html

 

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
— Don’t resort to racial stereotypes – ESTHER J. CEPEDA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps stereotype Whites as being racists who should be gotten rid of.)
https://journalstar.com/opinion/columnists/esther-j-cepeda-don-t-resort-to-racial-stereotypes/article_4bbd5e01-e080-5315-987b-70b5d06ffdcc.html

 

HONOLULU STAR ADVERTISER
— Lopresti removes rival’s flyer, then apologizes – Gordon Y.K. Pang (DIERSEN: Recently, a registered Republican voter in my precinct phoned me and a) said that she was out of town, b) said that her security camera had alerted her that I had left a flyer on her door, c) demanded that I immediately come back and take that flyer off her door which I did, d) said that I should “take me off your list,” e) said that I should not bring anything to her home anymore, and f) ignored the fact that the flyer had two DuPage County Election Commission mailing labels on it, one for her and one for her Republican husband. The flyer said: “TO: DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Voters FROM: Dave Diersen, Republican Precinct Committeeman, 630-653-0462, diersen@aol.com, www.gopillinois.com SUBJECT: Yard signs Please consider displaying a yard sign after Labor Day for one or more of the Republican candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in our precinct. Please contact me at 630-653-0462 or diersen@aol.com and I will bring yard signs to your home as soon as they are available after Labor Day. The Republican candidates on the ballot in our precinct are: UNITED STATES Peter Roskam, U.S. Congressman, 6th Congressional District STATE OF ILLINOIS Bruce Rauner & Evelyn Sanguinetti, Governor & Lieutenant Governor Erika Harold, Attorney General Jason Helland, Secretary of State Darlene Senger, Comptroller Jim Dodge, Treasurer Mike Connelly, Senator, 21th District Amy Grant, Representative, 42nd District DUPAGE COUNTY Dan Cronin, Chairman James Mendrick, Sheriff Paul Hinds, Clerk Gwen Henry, Treasurer Grant Eckhoff and Chris Zaruba, County Board, District 4 Darlene Ruscitti, Regional Superintendent of Schools DUPAGE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE Joseph Cantore, President CIRCUIT COURT Karen Wilson, Judge Jeff MacKay, Judge.” I should write a book about registered voters in my precinct who cast Republican primary ballots, but a) talk and/or act like they are Democrats, Libertarians, or Greens; b) talk and/or act like they are filled with hatred of Trump; c) talk and/or act like they do not vote for candidates who are unopposed in Republican primaries; d) talk and/or act like they vote for Democrats in general elections, e) talk and/or act like they do not want me to bring any Republican literature to their door; f) say “take me off your list,” g) say “don’t bring anything to my home anymore,” and/or h) treat me rudely, if not threateningly. 112 voted in the March 20, 2018 Republican primary in my precinct, but in the unopposed races, 26 (23%) did not vote for Helland, 28 (25%) did not vote for Dodge, 22 (20%) did not vote for Roskam, 24 (21%) did not vote for Connelly, 29 (26%) did not vote for Ruscitti, 27 (24%) did not vote for Cronin, 28 (25%) did not vote for Hinds, 23 (21%) did not vote for Henry, 33 (29%) did not vote for Cantore, 32 (29%) did not vote Wilson, 32 (29%) did not vote for MacKay, and 31 (28%) did not vote for me. In the 2016 general election, in my precinct, only 137 voted for Trump while 211 voted for Clinton.)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/08/11/hawaii-news/lopresti-removes-rivals-flyer-then-apologizes/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Matt Lopresti issued an apology to constituents for removing an opponent’s campaign flyer from a constituent’s door in Ewa Beach recently. Lopresti made the apology on his Facebook page Friday afternoon after Alicia Maluafiti, his Democratic primary opponent for the state Senate 19th District (Ewa, Ewa Beach) seat, and others posted a video, taken from the property’s security camera, showing him pulling a brochure from the door crack and tucking it under his own materials just before the resident opens the door.)

 

KQ2
— Some Atchison County voters were provided incorrect ballots. (DIERSEN: What internal controls are in place to assure that voters in your precinct are provided with correct ballots?)
http://www.kq2.com/content/news/Wrong-ballots-cast-in-Kansas-primary-490581421.html

 

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote censorship.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/20/alex-jones-the-first-amendment-and-the-digital-public-square

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The State of Illinois promotes LGBTQ activity. To promote LGBTQ activity is to drive traditional families out of the state.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Illinois-Tourism-AmazingForAll-sculpture-at-Northalsted-Market-Days-/63766.html