July 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump will visit Downstate steel plant today – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: According to Brenden Moore, “U.S. Reps. who will join Trump: Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro; Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville; and John Shimkus, R-Collinsville.” When Trump visited Bolingbrook in September of 2016, those who spoke very highly of him at a fundraising event included Roger Claar and Rudy Giuliani. The 300+ attendees included John Cabello, Brad Cole, Dan Cronin, Demetra DeMonte, Kirk Dillard, Ron Gidwitz, Dan Hampton, David MacNeil, Richard Porter, Todd Ricketts, Skip Saviano, Tim Schneider, Mickey Straub, and Dave Tornga. If Trump visited your municipality, your township/ward, or your county, which Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. would greet him?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-donald-trump-illinois-granite-city-20180725-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But Trump will be joined by U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, a Murphysboro Republican who is locked in a competitive re-election bid against Democrat Brendan Kelly, the St. Clair County state’s attorney. “Looking forward to joining @POTUS in Granite City to celebrate return of 800 steel jobs,” Bost tweeted. “Pres. (Ronald) Reagan came to our neck of the woods 30 years ago & we’re still talking about it in S. Illinois. Have a feeling folks heading back to work will talk about this visit 30 years from now.”)
— Pritzker fund-raises off Trump event – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-city-council-preview-20180724-story.html
— Da fundraiser
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-donald-trump-illinois-granite-city-20180725-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Legendary former Bears head coach Mike Ditka is headlining a fundraiser for a Republican state House candidate in Chicago’s northwest suburbs. Ditka is helping Jillian Rose Bernas at an Aug. 9 fundraiser, according to an email alert from the Chicago Young Republicans. She’s running against Democratic state Rep. Michelle Mussman of Schaumburg. Bernas is a Schaumburg Township District Library Trustee and previously worked at the U.S. embassy in Chile, according to her campaign website. Ditka considered entering the political fray as a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in the 2004 campaign, but ultimately did not.)
— CPS approves $6 billion operating budget amid concerns from civic, disability groups – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-public-schools-budget-approval-met-20180725-story.html
— Illinois congressional delegation requests election security briefing because state was a ‘major target’ in 2016
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-congress-election-security-20180725-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “It’s called real news, Mr. President. Nothing fake about it.” (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for the news that they publish or bless.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/president-donald-trump-fake-news-vfw-speech-police-reform-editorial/
— Aldermen retaliate against Heartland Alliance, rush through registry ordinance – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aldermen-retaliate-heartland-alliance-licensing-ordinance-city-council-immigration-family-separation/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Hearing is only ‘a start’ toward confidence in tollway hiring – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote patronage. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180725/editorial-hearing-is-only-a-start-toward-confidence-in-tollway-hiring
— Four charged in Wheaton armed robbery – Natalie Watts
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180725/four-charged-in-wheaton-armed-robbery

 

ABC7
— Trump to talk tariffs in Granite City, Illinois
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-to-talk-tariffs-in-granite-city-illinois/3827132/
— Trade wars hit home for Illinois farmers as Trump, European Union leaders announce path forward – Michelle Gallardo
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trade-wars-hit-home-for-illinois-farmers-as-trump-european-union-leaders-announce-path-forward/3823825/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Says He Will No Longer Contribute to Wilson’s Foundation – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-says-he-will-no-longer-contribute-to-candidates-foundation-489218941.html
— Illinois Farmers Weigh in On Tariff Battle – Charlie Wojciechowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Illinois-Farmers-Weigh-in-On-Tariff-Battle-489170601.html

 

WGN TV
— Trump makes first visit to Illinois since becoming president today – AP
https://wgntv.com/2018/07/26/trump-makes-first-visit-to-illinois-since-becoming-president-today/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— J.B. Pritzker says Gov. Rauner is avoiding President Trump – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180725/jb-pritzker-says-gov-rauner-is-avoiding-president-trump
— Here’s what you need to know about President Trump’s visit to Granite City – Joseph Bustos
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180725/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-president-trumps-visit-to-granite-city
— Republicans call to combine comptroller, treasurer offices – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180725/bernard-schoenburg-republicans-call-to-combine-comptroller-treasurer-offices
— Rep. Davis to attend Trump event in Granite City
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180725/rep-davis-to-attend-trump-event-in-granite-city

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner proximity to giveaway bad form – Editorial
https://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-rauner-proximity-to-giveaway-bad-form/article_2936ca56-1c0d-5faa-a8e6-c9865a66f31a.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Glen Carbon residents say sign ordinance violates their right to freedom of speech – KELSEY LANDIS (DIERSEN: To display a sign that says “Hate Has No Home Here,” is to shout that you hate 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.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article215422865.html

 

WAND TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38734783/illinois-family-advocating-for-cannabis-legalization

 

PALOS PATCH
— Campaign Mailer of Mud-Exploding Mailbox ‘Offensive’ To Muslims Democratic challenger in Cook County Commissioner race says opponent Sean Morrison’s mudslinging mailer is based on “repugnant” Muslim stereotypes. – Lorraine Swanson
https://patch.com/illinois/palos/campaign-mailer-mud-exploding-mailbox-offensive-muslims

 

BGA
— Illinois Politics Becomes the Plaything of the Rich This year’s race for governor is the King Kong vs. Godzilla of big money politics, rendering small donors irrelevant and impacting races down the ballot as well. – Tim Jones
https://www.bettergov.org/news/illinois-politics-becomes-the-plaything-of-the-rich

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois looking at another six-figure voter outreach effort – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/illinois-looking-at-another-six-figure-voter-outreach-effort/article_a035a6ec-8f5e-11e8-a591-fffedbfeaa30.html
— Op-Ed: Inexcusable that school boards spike pensions while complaining about state aid – Dan McCaleb (DIERSEN: My nastier critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that GAO’s promoting me to GS-13 in 1986 and then giving me step increases after that were really pension spikes to get me to take GAO’s $25,000 buyout in 1993 when I was 45 years old.)
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-inexcusable-that-school-boards-spike-pensions-while-complaining/article_ed1a4ba0-900f-11e8-a86b-abc4f8f2bda5.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Some Republicans, Democrats not united on Trump appearance
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/25/some-republicans-democrats-not-united-on-trump-appearance/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— TRUMP SKEPTICAL ABOUT ‘OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT FINDINGS’? WHO ISN’T? – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: GAO employees are overwhelmingly Democrat. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious when I suggested a) that GAO not undertake work unless that work was requested by both Republicans and Democrats and b) that GAO teams be 50% Republican and 50% Democrat.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/trump-skeptical-about-official-government-findings-who-isnt/

 

GOPUSA
— DOJ to attorneys: ‘Illegal alien’ is legally correct terminology
http://www.gopusa.com/doj-to-attorneys-illegal-alien-is-legally-correct-terminology/
— Bret Baier says Trump loves messing with biased reporters: ‘He wants heads to explode’
http://www.gopusa.com/bret-baier-says-trump-loves-messing-with-biased-reporters-he-wants-heads-to-explode/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Twitter has placed ‘shadow bans’ on prominent Republicans: Report The company ‘owes the public answers to what’s really going on,’ says RNC chair Ronna McDaniel – James Varney (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 to ban me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/25/twitter-has-placed-shadow-bans-prominent-republica/

 

FOX NEWS
— Twitter slammed for ‘shadow banning’ prominent Republicans – James Rogers (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 to ban me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/07/25/twitter-slammed-for-shadow-banning-prominent-republicans.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Twitter is taking heat for “shadow banning” certain prominent Republicans, restricting their visibility in search results. The social media giant came under fire after Republican Party chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, several conservative Republican congressmen, including Rep. Devin Nunes and Andrew Surabian, the spokesman for Donald Trump Jr., failed to appear in Twitter’s auto-populated drop-down search results. The news was first reported by Vice News. “The notion that social media companies would suppress certain political points of view should concern every American. Twitter owes the public answers to what’s really going on,” tweeted McDaniel.)

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Harvard’s Inconvenient Truth – George Shen
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/07/harvards_inconvenient_truth.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE NEW YORK REPUBLIC AND ITS MARXIST VALUES Kent G. Bailey looks at city’s influence in today’s post-Christian America
https://www.wnd.com/2018/07/the-new-york-republic-and-its-marxist-values/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Twitter ‘Shadow Banning’ Prominent Republicans – JACK CROWE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 to ban me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/twitter-shadow-banning-republicans-report/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Quest for ‘healthy’ conversation pits Twitter in another scrap with Republicans – Daniel Chaitin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 to ban me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/quest-for-healthy-conversation-pits-twitter-in-another-scrap-with-republicans

 

DAILY CALLER
— NO CHARGES FILED AGAINST PIPELINE PROTESTERS WHO CAUSED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE – Jason Hopkins
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/24/iowa-pipeline-protesters-damage/

 

BREITBART
— Failed ‘Never Trump’ Pundits, Billionaire Running Ads Attacking Trump’s Popular Tariffs – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/24/failed-never-trump-pundits-billionaire-running-ads-attacking-trumps-popular-tariffs/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— #ABOLISHICE BUILDS FORTIFIED CAMP WITH BORDERS TO PROTEST BORDERS – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/270842/abolishice-builds-fortified-camp-borders-protest-daniel-greenfield

 

FEDERALIST
— If America’s ‘Aristocracy’ Works Hard To Get And Stay On Top, So Can Everyone Else An article by The Atlantic blames the ‘9.9 percent’ for hoarding riches, and inadvertently reinforces conservative conclusions about why people succeed. – Kenny Xu (DIERSEN: What did you do to get “On Top?” 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. I served on the board of job-related professional association when I was 34-47 years old.)
https://thefederalist.com/2018/07/24/americas-aristocracy-works-hard-get-stay-top-can-everyone-else/

 

THE HILL
— House Intel chair calls for ban on electronic voting systems
http://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/398949-house-intel-chair-calls-for-ban-on-electronic-voting-systems

 

CBS NEWS
— Steelworkers celebrate Trump visit after trade win, others in the Midwest not so jubilant
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steelworkers-celebrate-trump-visit-after-trade-win-others-in-the-midwest-not-so-jubilant/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— White House Bars CNN Reporter From Presidential Event – Michael M. Grynbaum (DIERSEN: I should write a book about organizers of political events who did not want me a) to know about their events, b) to promote their events, c) to attend their events, and/or d) to report on their events.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/business/media/white-house-cnn-kaitlan-collins.html
— A Place Where Conservative Teenagers Feel Free to Be Themselves
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/us/politics/turning-point-young-conservatives.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers wan each and every veteran to be a stoner.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/us/marijuana-veterans.html
— Facebook Shares Plunge in Early Trading After Earnings Fall Short – Matt Phillips
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/business/facebook-stock-earnings-call.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sobering News for the House GOP Republicans have to reach beyond Trump’s base to prevent a Speaker Pelosi sequel. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sobering-news-for-the-house-gop-1532559682
— ObamaCare Is Robbing Medicaid’s Sickest Patients The law’s incentives push states to spend more on new enrollees, and less on the disabled and ill. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/obamacare-is-robbing-medicaids-sickest-patients-1532558335
— Demographics Set to Act as Counterweight to Rising Yields – Daniel Kruger
https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2018/07/25/demographics-set-to-act-as-counterweight-to-rising-yields/
— Why Does Facebook Think I’m ‘Political’? The robots won’t let me advertise my book on nationalism. – Yoram Hazony
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-does-facebook-think-im-political-1532559704

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally so that anti-Trumps can use them against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2018/07/25/trumps-zero-tolerance-policy-threatens-mid-term-elections/826336002
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/25/journey-migrant-mother-newly-reunited-her-son/760466002/
— Oregon high school student punished for pro-Trump T-shirt settles lawsuit for $25,000 – William Cummings (DIERSEN If you wore a pro-Trump T-shirt, how severely would the anti-Trumps punish you?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/07/25/addison-barnes-oregon-high-school-student-trump-tshirt-settlement/838992002/
— Medical costs in retirement are projected to be average of $200K. Are you prepared? – Russ Wiles
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/columnist/2018/07/19/retirement-medical-expenses-how-save-enough-medicare/772025002/

 

STARS & STRIPES
— Veterans, VA employees rally against Trump’s workforce orders – Nikki Wentling
https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans-va-employees-rally-against-trump-s-workforce-orders-1.539494

July 25 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Illinois Soybean Farmer Calls Trump’s $12 Billion Aid Plan A ‘Pacifier’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/3905696-illinois-soybean-farmer-calls-trumps-12-billion-aid-plan-a-pacifier/

— IL Tollway Denies Giving Contracts To Political Connections – AP
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/25/il-tollway-contracts/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump star on Hollywood Walk of Fame destroyed again
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame-destroyed-again

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. Bruce Rauner’s signature will be added to a letter sent by the majority of the country’s Republican governors in support of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court nomination — despite the governor’s name being noticeably missing from the letter Wednesday morning. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-no-sign-letter-support-brett-kavanaugh-trump-supreme-court-nominee/
— Rauner one of four GOP govs who didn’t sign letter pushing Kavanaugh nomination – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-no-sign-letter-support-brett-kavanaugh-trump-supreme-court-nominee/
— Rauner cuts off money flow to Wilson after weekend cash handout flap – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-ends-money-flow-wilson-church-cash-handout-flap/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers crow about their success in pushing pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/new-jersey-gurbir-grewal-phil-murphy-steve-fulop-quietly-decriminalizes-weed-marijuana-cannabis-pot/
— European Union to buy ‘a lot of soybeans’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/trade-tariffs-european-union-united-states-donald-trump/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-conservative says “Conservatism is in danger if Trump’s cult takes over the GOP.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/conservatism-trump-cult-gop-republican-party-gop-democracy/
— How the Great Migration to Chicago became the Great Black Exodus – Alden Loury
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/great-black-exodus-migration/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump buys off soybean farmers (we’ve got the transcript!) – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-farmers-trump-tariff-soybeans-20180725-story.html
— COD Prepares Non-Native English Speakers for Educational and Career Success
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-cod-prepares-non-native-english-speakers-for-2018-07-25-story.html
— College of DuPage Writing Students Help Battle Illiteracy, Hone Skills Through Literacy DuPage Partnership
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-college-of-dupage-writing-students-help-battl-2018-07-25-story.html
— Newsprint tariffs are Trump’s revenge on hostile press – Charles Selle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-trump-tariffs-newsprint-st-0726-story.html
— Lake County Sheriff Curran under fire for comments to radio host Amy Jacobson: She has “awesome skin” – Frank Abderholden
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-react-to-curran-radio-remarks-st-0726-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump supporters will regret his trade war.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-trade-farmers-auto-0726-20180725-story.html
— Alderman’s plan would force Police Department to curtail gang database and inform people who are listed in it – John Byrne (DIERSEN: What lists do your critics/opponents have you on? My critics/opponents have me on their lists of a) people who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party and Republican Party platforms; b) people who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling; and c) people who oppose pot, people who are draft avoiders, former union members, federal retirees, Trump supporters, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owners, 100% German Americans, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owns, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-munoz-gang-database-ordinance-20180725-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Western Kane County Republicans to host barbecue Aug. 5
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180725/western-kane-county-republicans-to-host-barbecue-aug-5

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner doesn’t sign GOP governors’ letter supporting Trump’s Supreme Court pick – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180725/rauner-doesnt-sign-gop-governors-letter-supporting-trumps-supreme-court-pick

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Tollway officials defend awarding of contracts – AP
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2018-07-25/tollway-officials-defend-awarding-contracts.html
— Pols don’t like office mergers – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-07-25/editorial-pols-dont-office-mergers.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— U.S. Rep. Davis to be with President Trump during Illinois visit Thursday – RYAN VOYLES
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/u-s-rep-davis-to-be-with-president-trump-during/article_6dbc6e1f-87b3-5352-87fd-7151393ca16f.html

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Launches Annual Budget Survey, Seeks Input on County Spending
http://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=57845

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— State Board of Elections – Laws ignored – Public trust continues to erode – Are we at risk? – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/07/state-board-of-elections-laws-ignored-public-trust-continues-to-erode-are-we-at-risk/

 

ILLINOIS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION
— FROM EMAIL TO ISRA MEMBERS IN DUPAGE COUNTY: Dear DuPage County Member, Almost 80 counties in Illinois are considering or have passed “gun sanctuary” resolutions. These resolutions, while not binding, send a message to the politicians and legislature in Springfield that law abiding gun owners have had enough of unwanted attacks against us and the Second Amendment. The ISRA understands that the DuPage county board is considering a resolution in support of the Second Amendment. We are encouraging our members to ask their local county board members to vote in favor of passing this resolution. (DIERSEN: I live in District 4. My representatives on the DuPage County Board are Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, and Amy Grant.)
http://www.isra.org/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Kinzler wants to renegotiate, reform pension benefits – Carrie Bradon
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511496909-kinzler-wants-to-renegotiate-reform-pension-benefits
— Oberweis objects to free money giveaway via universal basic income – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511494688-oberweis-objects-to-free-money-giveaway-via-universal-basic-income

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— 2018 Property Tax Report: Zion, Volo, Hainesville, Grayslake pay effective property tax rates of 4 percent (DIERSEN: From what I see, my brother and I are paying 10 percent on 1286 Wood Street in Crete.)
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511496936-2018-property-tax-report-zion-volo-hainesville-grayslake-pay-effective-property-tax-rates-of-4-percent

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— STATE REP BATINICK RESPONDS TO FRIENDLY FIRE ON PROPOSED PENSION SOLUTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/state-rep-batinick-responds-to-friendly-fire-on-proposed-pension-solution-.html
— “REPUBLICAN” RAUNER REFUSES TO BACK TRUMP’S SUPREME COURT PICK
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/republican-rauner-refuses-to-back-trumps-supreme-court-pick.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner the most unpopular governor facing reelection
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/25/morning-consult-rauner-the-most-unpopular-governor-facing-reelection/
— Rauner adding his signature***Rauner didn’t sign governors’ pro-Kavanaugh letter even though he supports the guy
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/25/rauner-didnt-sign-governors-pro-kavanaugh-letter-even-though-he-supports-the-guy/
— The tax hike made a huge difference
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/25/the-tax-hike-made-a-huge-difference/

 

MARIJUANA REPORT
— How Cannabis and Cannabis-Based Drugs Harm Your Brain
https://mailchi.mp/nationalfamilies/how-cannabis-cannabis-based-drugs-harm-your-brainmost-in-us-think-cannabis-has-health-benefits-despite-lack-of-data-more-1930705

 

DAILY CALLER
— HOUSE DEMOCRATS LEAD REPUBLICANS BY A LARGE MARGIN – Robert Donachie
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/25/house-democrats-republicans-large-margin/

 

FOX NEWS
— Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh supported by most GOP governors in letter: A look at who didn’t sign it – Kaitlyn Schallhorn
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/25/supreme-court-pick-brett-kavanaugh-supported-by-most-gop-governors-in-letter-look-at-who-didnt-sign-it.html

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although he didn’t sign the letter, Rauner did say he supported Kavanaugh earlier this month. “I believe he is highly experienced, well-qualified for the position, and I hope that his nomination is voted on and approved expeditiously,” Rauner said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.)

July 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Organizers detail planned Lake Shore march; ‘People are not going to like us’ – Sam Charles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/organizers-lake-shore-march-wrigley-field/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/illinois-women-cannabis-pot-thc-weed-marijuana-industry-medical-marijuana-drugs-dina-rollman-wendy-berger-shapiro/
— Trump accuses China of using ‘vicious’ trade tactics – AP (DIERSEN: Someone should write a book about which industries a) have benefited the most from unfair trade deals and b) have suffered the most from unfair trade deals.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/china-vicious-trade-tactics-us-farmers-donald-trump-tariffs/
— Spirit of ’68: march against war set for 50th of convention protests – Adam Thorp (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.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/spirit-68-march-war-50th-convention-protests/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Harvey reaches pension fund repayment agreement; state to cease withholding tax revenues – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-harvey-pension-agreement-st-0725-story.html#new_tab
— Rich people prefer iPhones, white people own pets: the data behind the cultural divide – Andrew Van Dam (DIERSEN: Are/were you rich? To demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being overpaid and undeservedly filthy rich, my Democrat superiors in the federal government and Money Magazine stressed the money that I spent on new cars, real estate, tuition, collector cars, etc. They stressed that I avoided the draft and that my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-rich-people-prefer-grey-poupon-white-people-own-pets-cultural-divide-20180724-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The cultural divide is real, and it’s huge. Americans live such different lives that what we buy, do or watch can be used to predict our politics, race, income, education and gender – sometimes with more than 90 percent accuracy. It turns out that people are separated not just by gun ownership, religion and their beliefs on affirmative action – but also by English muffins, flashlights and mustard. To prove it, University of Chicago economists Marianne Bertrand and Emir Kamenica taught machines to guess a person’s income, political ideology, race, education and gender based on either their media habits, their consumer behavior, their social and political beliefs, and even how they spent their time. Their results were released in a new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The duo trained their algorithms to detect patterns in decades of responses to three long-running surveys, each with between 669 and 22,093 responses per year. The surveys were tuned and filtered to be consistent over time, which allowed Bertrand and Kamenica to measure how America’s cultural divides have evolved. . .But others are revelatory: White people and black people are almost as different in their spending habits as rich people and poor people are, for example. Differences in social attitudes between liberals and conservatives have been widened over time, Bertrand and Kamenica found. The gap in social attitudes between whites and nonwhites has fallen slightly, but the difference in consumer behavior between races has grown.)
— The White House’s slippery slope on purging its critics’ security clearances – Aaron Blake (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress my Illinois Republican U.S. Representatives and my Illinois Republican U.S. Senators a) who did not come to my defense when my Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me and/or b) who have made it clear that they side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government against me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-security-clearances-comey-brennan-clapper-trump-0725-20180723-story.html
— Cook County assessor candidate Kaegi: Ethics reforms to start on ‘Day One’ – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-fritz-kaegi-ethics-pledge-20180724-story.html
— ‘Neighborly’ yard placards aid immigrants’ welcome – Charles Selle (DIERSEN: To display “immigrants welcome” or “refugees welcome” signs is to shout that you 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. Anti-Trumps use immigrants, refugees, and their supporters to demonize, to denigrate, and to 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 AS BEING WHITE SUPREMACISTS, NAZIS, KKK MEMBERS, HATERS, RACISTS, HATERS, SEXISTS, BIGOTS, AND EVEN WORSE THINGS.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-medicare-translation-service-st-0724-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage perseveres to take a step toward efficiency – Editorial (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, everyone will be watching to see the impact of abolishing the DuPage County Election Commission.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180725/editorial-dupage-perseveres-to-take-a-step-toward-efficiency

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A gas tax for Illinois roads and transit gains some D.C. momentum – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180725/BLOGS02/180729949
— Should Lightfoot’s GOP work be an issue in mayor’s race? – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Have you a) worked for Democrats, b) worked with Democrats, and/or supervised Democrats? While I worked 1964-1997, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. I say that dramatically harmed my career, but my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes vehemently disagree.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180724/BLOGS02/180729956/should-lightfoots-gop-work-be-an-issue-in-mayors-race

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— ‘Trade, not aid’: Illinois farmers would prefer lasting solutions to cash relief – JAYLYN COOK AND ALLISON PETTY (DIERSEN: Someone should write a book about which industries a) have benefited the most from unfair trade deals and b) have suffered the most from unfair trade deals.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/business/agriculture/trade-not-aid-illinois-farmers-would-prefer-lasting-solutions-to/article_f4617035-b9b4-5dd0-82aa-2bee3848bd9c.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE & HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to give voters power to merge state comptroller, treasurer.
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-give-voters-power-to-merge-state-comptroller-treasurer/article_cc9b2495-5709-530f-bbcb-e16ad4c4fe3e.html
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/treasurer-frerichs-reiterates-support-for-merging-his-office-with-comptroller/article_aa630567-2917-5e72-a9ca-7b584fb38ce4.html

 

JOURNAL NEWS
— Manar’s Loyalty Lies With Working People – Nick McLaughlin, Hillsboro (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents despise working people. I was a working people 1962-1997. 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.)
http://www.thejournal-news.net/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/manar-s-loyalty-lies-with-working-people/article_262f0dec-8e1a-11e8-bc76-03f67affb950.html

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Half Of Illinois Counties Make Poverty Watch List – MAUREEN FOERTSCH MCKINNEY
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/half-illinois-counties-make-poverty-watch-list

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Wants To Revoke Security Clearances Of Ex-Officials Who’ve Criticized Him – SARAH MCCAMMON (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wanted to get rid of their employees like me who charged them with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being champions of minorities, females, young people, veterans, disabled people, poor people, etc. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, my precinct, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/trump-wants-revoke-security-clearances-ex-officials-whove-criticized-him#stream/0

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— FROM THE ARTICLE: The latest political flap offers a glimpse at how important the black vote is to Illinois candidates. – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: Beyond obviously, Democrat and RINO candidates in Illinois make it clear that the LGBTQ vote, the abortion vote, and the mass/illegal immigration vote is extremely important to them. They make it extremely clear that they want to get rid of those voters who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/07/25/new-bid-for-tronc-meet-the-connectors-patti-blagojevich-goes-off-on-trumps-favorite-network-290672

 

WIRE POINTS
— Illinois State Rep. Batinick aligns with CTBA’s no-reform pension plan – Ted Dabrowski
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-state-rep-batinick-aligns-with-ctbas-no-reform-pension-plan/

 

CHICAGO GOP
— Cook County Republican Party to vote to admit Democrats into leadership – Chris Cleveland (DIERSEN: I should write a book about leaders of Republican organizations in Illinois who since 2000 not only reject many planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform (most commonly the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks), but who focus on destroying Republican Precinct Committeemen like me who support those planks.)
http://www.chicagogop.com/
(FROM THE MEDIA ADVISORY: On Wednesday evening, the Cook County Republican Central Committee is scheduled to vote on a proposal by Chairman Sean Morrison to admit Democrats into leadership positions in several Republican ward organizations. The proposal would eliminate the provision in the bylaws that say that individuals may not have voted Democrat in the last three cycles to hold the office of Republican ward committeeman. In 2016, several life-long Democrats, some affiliated with the local Alderman, ran for office as Republican ward committeemen and were disqualified by the bylaws. Chairman Morrison has stated that he intends to seat them anyway. The controversial proposal is strongly opposed by a large number of Chicago Republican committeemen who have said they intend to boycott the meeting. The proposal has also drawn strong opposition from the chairman of the Chicago GOP, Chris Cleveland. Cleveland’s statement on the matter is below. The meeting will be held at: Gene & Georgetti’s Restaurant in Rosemont Wednesday, July 25 7:30 pm The meeting is open to the public.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— GOP candidate Deanne Mazzochi appointed to 47th House District – Kasey Schefflin-Emrich
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511490300-gop-candidate-mazzochi-appointed-to-47th-house-district
— Rep. Batinick’s sham pension and property tax fix for Illinois – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/rep-batinicks-sham-pension-and-property-tax-fix-for-illinois/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Group warns real costs to taxpayers often obscured from government budgets – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/group-warns-real-costs-to-taxpayers-often-obscured-from-government/article_5faa626e-8eb6-11e8-8dce-1bc65618e348.html
— Illinois congressional members selected to hash out farm bill – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/agriculture/illinois-congressional-members-selected-to-hash-out-farm-bill/article_440fd98c-8c57-11e8-98ea-e39c2071bad0.html

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Even with new pension spiking threshold, some worry taxpayers will still pay extra – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: My nastier critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that GAO’s promoting me to GS-13 in 1986 and then giving me step increases were really pension spikes to get me to take GAO’s $25,000 buyout in 1993 when I was 45 years old.)
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/even-with-new-pension-spiking-threshold-some-worry-taxpayers-will/article_935473c0-7159-5861-8649-3f5b3fc54f03.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
– OPEN CARRY BACKED BY LIBERAL 9TH CIRCUIT PANEL COULD STIR THINGS UP IN ILLINOIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/open-carry-backed-by-liberal-9th-circuit-panel-could-stir-things-up-in-illinois.html
— DEMOCRATS’ ANGER MAY RETAKE THE HOUSE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/democrats-anger-may-retake-the-house.html
— MORE INDOCTRINATION CULTIVATES INTEREST IN HOMESCHOOLING (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have used against me the fact that my outstanding parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/more-indoctrination-cultivates-interest-in-homeschooling.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner cuts off Wilson’s money
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/25/rauner-cuts-off-wilsons-money/
— Which would be worse for the governor: POTUS is upset about the guv’s snub and tags him with an unflattering nickname; or POTUS tells the crowd what a great governor Illinois has?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/25/question-of-the-day-2711/

 

GOPUSA
— Jeff Sessions repeats ‘Lock her up’ chant as he accuses colleges of creating snowflakes
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50996
— Americans have constitutional right to carry guns in public for self-defense, appeals court rules (DIERSEN: As members of Group A increase their threats, members of Group B are buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense. 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=51000
— Liberal war on work
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50836
— Netflix spins 5 LGBT roles into ‘Anne of Green Gables’ series
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50965
— Do Americans still love a parade? (DIERSEN: I have promoted Wheaton’s Independence Day parades since 1978 and especially since 2000. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have worked the hardest since 1978 a) to discourage Republican participation in the parades and/or b) to discourage Republican sponsorship of the parades.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50963

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP DROPS SIGNATURE LINE (YOU ARE FIRED!) ON VA STAFF THAT NEGLECT AMERICA’S VETS — THE CROWD GOES BANANAS – John Wellington (DIERSEN: To force an employee to reign or to retire is to fire that employee. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 BECAUSE I WAS AN EXTREMELY BAD EMPLOYEE AND FOR NO OTHER REASON. Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/24/trump-youre-fired/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump-backed Brian Kemp defeats NRA-endorsed Casey Cagle in wild Georgia gubernatorial runoff – Gregg Re (DIERSEN: What if Trump had endorsed Ives?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/24/nra-endorsed-casey-cagle-and-trump-backed-brian-kemp-await-results-in-wild-georgia-gubernatorial-runoff.html
— ‘It Was Appalling’: CT Dem Under Fire for Kneeling During Pledge of Allegiance at Board Meeting
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/07/25/connecticut-city-official-under-fire-kneeling-during-pledge-allegiance-protest-trump

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Where’s E-Verify? – MARK KRIKORIAN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes work against E-Verify, that is, they work against the immigration plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform. They talk and act like they are being paid by employers that employ lots of illegals.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/everify-immigration-georgia-republicans-strengthen/

 

BREITBART
— After Cox Calls Him Out, Gavin Newsom Says He Was Wrong for Reporting Illegal Aliens to ICE as SF Mayor – Adelle Nazarian
https://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/07/23/gavin-newsom-says-he-was-wrong-for-reporting-illegal-aliens-to-ice-as-sf-mayor/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Toronto Discovers the Joys of ‘Diversity’ – MICHAEL WALSH (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being champions of minorities, females, young people, veterans, disabled people, poor people, etc.)
https://pjmedia.com/michaelwalsh/toronto-discovers-the-joys-of-diversity/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Citing VA Reforms, Trump Cements His Bond With Veterans – Sally Persons (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to turn veterans against me. They stress that I sought and obtained four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/07/25/citing_va_reforms_trump_cements_his_bond_with_veterans_137617.html

 

THE HILL
— Congress demands new study on staffers’ pay – NIV ELIS (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female and minority employees who had less job-related work experience than I had, less job-related education than I had, fewer or no professional certifications, and/or no professional licenses higher salaries than GAO paid me. I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. 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.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/398467-congress-demands-new-study-on-staffers-pay
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lawmakers are demanding the first study in nearly a decade on pay for congressional staffers amid growing concerns about whether those workers, in particular women and racial minorities, are being underpaid. “Addressing pay inequality, both on sex and race, is a top priority,” said Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee. “That’s why we’ve included language in this year’s Legislative Branch appropriations bill for a compensation study that examines both pay equity and the overall competitiveness of House salaries.”)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Spotting CNN on a TV Aboard Air Force One, Trump Rages Against Reality.” Virtually all the news outlets in America, and especially in Illinois, are operatives for the Democrat Party, the Libertarian Party, and/or the Green Party. I monitor those news outlets for “opposition research.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/us/politics/trump-putin-cnn.html
— How Elite Schools Stay So White – Natasha Warikoo and Nadirah Farah Foley (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being champions of minorities, females, young people, veterans, disabled people, poor people, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/opinion/affirmative-action-new-york-harvard.html
— New York Without The Daily News Will Be Less Alive, and Less Democratic New York City cannot afford to lose one of its fiercest champions. – Mara Gay
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/opinion/save-daily-news-tronc.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Congress is set to reject bid to boost buyout payments across government – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: Employers offer buyouts to their employees who they want to get rid of. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, including me, a $25,000 buyout. Overwhelmingly, those who were eligible for the buyout were White, male, and who had not made 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.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/07/24/congress-set-to-reject-bid-to-boost-buyout-payments-across-government/
— Stage set for unions’ legal challenge against Trump’s executive orders, but effects already hurt – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/07/24/stage-set-for-unions-legal-challenge-against-trumps-executive-orders-but-effects-already-hurt/

 

USA TODAY
— FROM PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Trumps stress that “‘Unite the Right’ anniversary: White nationalists planning to rally in D.C.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/07/23/white-nationalists-alt-right-rally-washington-charlottesville/796998002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps stress that “All Americans have a constitutional right to criticize President Donald Trump.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/25/donald-trump-withdraw-security-clearances-hayden-clapper-column/825586002/
— Is 12-years-old too young to talk to your kid about money? – Adam Shell (DIERSEN: Thanks to my outstanding parents, I was able buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964 when I was 16 years old with money that I had earned/saved delivering newspapers and doing yard work. I drove that car 1964-1966 to my part-time job washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights and traded it in to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/07/25/12-years-old-too-young-talk-kids-money/825538002/
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Pot pushers say “Pot smokers are setting aside their joints in favor of edibles, pills and extracts.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/07/24/marijuana-retailers-say-consumers-seeking-alternatives-smoking-pot/823668002/

 

SAN DIEGO FREE PRESS
— John Cox Can’t Escape Trump’s Shadow in the Race for California Governor – DOUG PORTER
https://sandiegofreepress.org/2018/07/john-cox-cant-escape-trumps-shadow-in-the-race-for-california-governor/

 

SLATE
— Top Senate staffers are nearly all white. How SC’s Tim Scott is changing that – BRIAN MURPHY (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being champions of minorities, females, young people, veterans, disabled people, poor people, etc.)
https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article215413030.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Republicans Can’t Get Enough Trump Despite unending controversies and fiascoes, he is keeping campaign promises. – William Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-republicans-cant-get-enough-trump-1532474088
— A Critique of Identity Politics—From Obama If Democrats want to win back Congress and the White House, they’ll listen to the former president. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-critique-of-identity-politicsfrom-obama-1532473677
— Does Everyone Have Two Jobs? A critical look at the left’s latest economic talking point. – Andy Puzder (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS full-time 1971-1972, I worked for Firestone Stores part-time. That helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for tuition and books for graduate business courses at Loyola during 1972, and c) buy a new town home in 1972.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-everyone-have-two-jobs-1532474015

 

FORBES
— Yes, Let’s Expand Social Security – To Public Sector Employees – Elizabeth Bauer (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes remain beyond furious that I got almost 3 years of both Civil Service Retirement System credit and Social Security credit when I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office while I was a full-time student at UIC and NIU. They stress that while I earned the aforesaid credits, my peers were dying in Vietnam.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2018/07/23/yes-lets-expand-social-security-to-public-sector-employees/#6c67839166b9

 

YAHOO NEWS
— The ‘alarming’ way 1 in 3 millennial homeowners get the money to buy homes – Megan Leonhardt (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from for your down payment for your first home? For me, in September of 1972, when I was 24 years old, it was money that I earned/saved a) working for IRS the previous 15 months and b) working for Firestone Stores the previous 25 months, the last 15 months of which part-time.)
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/apos-alarming-apos-way-1-144300783.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To finance their purchases, one in three millennial homeowners withdrew money from or took loans against their retirement accounts, according to Bank of the West’s survey of over 600 U.S. adults ages 21-34. Meanwhile, one in five millennials who are planning to buy a home expect to do the same. It’s an “alarming” trend, according to Ryan Bailey, head of Bank of the West’s retail banking group. “Millennials are so eager to become homeowners that some may be inadvertently cutting off their nose to spite their face.” He recommends relying on savings rather than dipping into your retirement funds. “Borrowing from your retirement may make sense in special circumstances, but it’s definitely not a recommendation we tell people to do,” Bailey tells CNBC.)

 

PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— Growing Partisan Differences in Views of the FBI; Stark Divide over ICE Favorable views of FBI have fallen sharply among Republicans (DIERSEN: GAO employees being less hated than IRS employees was one reason why I agreed to suffer a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars in 1980 to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
http://www.people-press.org/2018/07/24/growing-partisan-differences-in-views-of-the-fbi-stark-divide-over-ice/

 

GOVERNING
— When Newspapers Close, the Cost of Government Goes Up A first-of-its-kind study looks at how local news outlets shutting down impacts cities’ and counties’ finances. – LIZ FARMER (DIERSEN: My mandate is the entire State of Illinois, but I try to provide enhanced coverage of DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-newspapers-closure-costs-government.html
— New Hampshire, One of the Whitest States in America Wants More Minorities – Todd Feathers (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being champions of minorities, females, young people, veterans, disabled people, poor people, etc.)
http://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/tns-new-hampshire-diversity.html

 

FED SMITH
— Buyout Increase Dropped in Latest Congressional Report – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: Employers offer buyouts to their employees who they want to get rid of. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, including me, a $25,000 buyout. Overwhelmingly, those who were eligible for the buyout were White, male, and who had not made 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.fedsmith.com/2018/07/24/buyout-increase-dropped-latest-congressional-report/

 

VOX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites crow about their success in making everyone more anti-White. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being champions of minorities, females, young people, veterans, disabled people, poor people, etc.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/24/17607608/racial-diversity-republicans-democrats

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 609 Frazier Court, Wheaton – $520,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447882_zpid/

July 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump visits Granite City Thursday, home to reopened U.S. Steel mill – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/trump-visits-granite-city-thursday-reopened-us-steel-mill/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use veterans to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/ex-navy-seal-from-chicago-area-leading-veterans-battle-for-cannabis-access/
— 44 shot — 7 killed — over weekend of Chicago gun violence – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/44-shot-6-killed-weekend-chicago-gun-violence/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump creates a summer of discontent for Republican candidates.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-republican-candidates-20180722-story.html
— Report shows management is failing employees – Scott Mautz (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-management-failings-you-need-to-correct-20180716-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Suburban lawmakers call out tollway for $1M in PR spending – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180723/suburban-lawmakers-call-out-tollway-for-1m-in-pr-spending
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Suburban ‘skunk epidemic’ survival tips – Chacour Koop (DIERSEN: I should be illegal to harbor skunks, raccoons, etc. on your property. They go out at night and damage neighboring properties.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180723/suburban-skunk-epidemic-survival-tips

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why we published an all-woman Tech 50 list – Editorial (DIERSEN: When will Crain’s publish all-woman and all-minority federal government 50 lists? Since the 1960s, the federal government’s top priority has been a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat women and young Democrat minorities and b) to make way for them by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who 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, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180720/ISSUE07/180719833
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Our 2011 Small Business Week coverage featured the Tech 25, a list of the people propelling the growth of technology entrepreneurship in Chicago. Howard Tullman was there, as CEO of his Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, since this was before he would go on to help create the 1871 Chicago startup hub. So were Sam Yagan, then co-founder of OKCupid, as well as Obama for America veteran Harper Reed and Lightbank partner Paul Lee, to name a few. We’ve since expanded the feature to an annual list of the 50 tech people you need to know now, and we’ve embraced founders of large companies as well as small ones while sprinkling in more financiers, heavyweights, connectors, dreamers, gurus and coders. Over the years, Crain’s technology reporter John Pletz, thanks to his deep and wide knowledge of the sector, has done an incredible job of producing each year’s list, keeping it fresh with new, diverse names while burnishing readers’ understanding of the perennial power players who have remained relevant year in, year out. This year, however, the editors threw John a curveball. With our ongoing Woman Up Project in mind, we asked him to create an all-female Tech 50 for 2018.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A move in the right direction on school district consolidation
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-07-20/editorial-move-the-right-direction.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— No prosecutor for 18 months? An embarrassment, Darin LaHood says
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180722/word-on-street-no-prosecutor-for-18-months-embarrassment-darin-lahood-says

 

WJPF
— Illinois taxes are too high! Newsradio WJPF interview with David McSweeney
http://www.wjpf.com/episode/newsradio-wjpf-interview-with-david-mcsweeney-7/

 

CHICAGO READER
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Aldermanic prerogative is reinforcing Chicago’s segregation problem – David North
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/07/23/study-aldermanic-prerogative-is-reinforcing-chicagos-segregation-problem

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— This one is a doozy, even by Chicago standards: Millionaire Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson handed out $300,000 in cash to attendees at a South Side church Sunday. And it gets better: According to Wilson, $100,000 of it came from Gov. Bruce Rauner. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/07/23/wilson-hands-out-cash-at-event-with-rauner-janus-stays-on-the-radar-a-debate-kerfuffle-trump-hits-illinois-289651
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Check this out if you wonder why Illinois politicians are often a national joke. How can Willie Wilson, a candidate for Mayor of Chicago, literally hand out CASH at a public event? This is so wrong!” tweeted, Republican state Rep. David McSweeney.)
— Seating squabble: Thursday’s Lincoln Forum debate between Republican Rep. Peter Roskam and Democratic challenger Sean Casten is sold out. The event was only supposed to have 100 audience guests, ideally supporters evenly split between the two candidates. But when tickets went on sale, Casten’s supporters gobbled them up. Lincoln Forum co-founders Pat Brady, the former state GOP chairman, and Eric Adelstein, a Dem strategist, decided out of fairness to sell an additional 70 tickets to Roskam supporters. “The Lincoln Forum is nonpartisan and we have a duty to have a balanced room,” Brady said. – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the two times that Pat Brady spoke at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois meetings.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/07/23/wilson-hands-out-cash-at-event-with-rauner-janus-stays-on-the-radar-a-debate-kerfuffle-trump-hits-illinois-289651

 

POLITIFACT ILLINOIS
— Rauner, Pritzker shun transparency even when it might help – Bob Secter, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
http://www.politifact.com/illinois/article/2018/jul/22/rauner-pritzker-shun-transparency-even-when-it-mig/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— State debt surpasses $7 billion, ending streak – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511493787-state-debt-surpasses-7-billion-ending-streak

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TRUMP TO VISIT GRANITE CITY ILLINOIS AND DUBUQUE IOWA THURSDAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/trump-to-visit-granite-city-illinois-and-dubuque-iowa-thursday.html
— INDIANA LEGISLATORS FILE AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTING GUN MANUFACTURERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/indiana-legislators-file-amicus-brief-supporting-gun-manufacturers.html
— ANDRZEJEWSKI: ILLINOIS OFFICIAL LEAVES JOB WITH 144 UNUSED VACATION DAYS WORTH $137,000 (DIERSEN: Federal employees are limited to saving 30 vacation days. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997, my payout for 30 unused vacation days was $14,461 in today’s dollars. My Democrat superiors in the federal government a) discouraged me from using vacation days and b) encouraged me to give my unused vacation days to my coworkers who had health, and/or other problems.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/andrzejewski-illinois-official-leaves-job-with-144-unused-vacation-days-worth-137000.html

 

GOPUSA
— Trey Gowdy says Russian meddling clear, Donald Trump must ‘act like it’ (DIERSEN: How successful were the Russians in getting voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois to vote for Trump? What exactly did the Russians do in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50845
— If you will be embarrassed to be arrested by ICE don’t enter the country illegally
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50818
— Homelessness quadruples in liberal Washington town (DIERSEN: For many decades, Democrats have encouraged homeless people to come to and to stay in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50672

 

FOX NEWS
— Behind the Hostility: How Trump and the media descended to mutual disgust – Howard Kurtz (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) for their problems, b) for your problems, c) for my problems, and d) for everyone’s problems. I should write a book about critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/23/behind-hostility-how-trump-and-media-descended-to-mutual-disgust.html

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Man and Woman Launch Vicious Attack on Seattle Teen for Wearing MAGA Hat in Public – Jack Davis (DIERSEN: What would anti-Trumps do to you if your wore a MAGA cap in public in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.westernjournal.com/man-woman-launch-vicious-attack-seattle-teen-wearing-maga-hat-public/

 

BREITBART
— RNC Surpasses DNC Again in Fundraising Under Chair Ronna McDaniel – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/20/rnc-surpasses-dnc-again-in-fundraising-under-chair-ronna-mcdaniel/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— WHAT THE MEDIA WON’T TELL YOU ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIMES Chuck Norris offers chilling statistics for out-of-control problem
https://www.wnd.com/2018/07/what-the-media-wont-tell-you-about-illegal-immigrant-crimes/

 

NEWSMAX
— The 22 Times Trump Has Slapped Down Putin – David A. Patten (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about the times when my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have “slapped me down” at Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. meetings and events? They would love it. They count on my keeping my policy of forgiving those who trespass against me.)
https://www.newsmax.com/premium/trump-putin-russia-sanctions/2018/07/20/id/872983/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Professor group comes out in support of campus censorship (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operative, and their dupes promote censorship. They do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, comment on those articles, or list upcoming events in those emails unless a) they direct me to do that or b) they give me specific permission to do that. Because I do not do the aforesaid and because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, my critics/opponents, their operative, and their dupes want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican major donors, Republican political consultants, etc. to punish me. Of course, they also want Illinois Review, Proft publications, Capitol Fax, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. to punish me.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/47074/

 

THE HILL
— Democrats get set for 2020 starting gun – REID WILSON (DIERSEN: What will the Democrats do if they cannot find a candidate who could defeat Trump in 2020?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/398102-dems-get-set-for-2020-starting-gun

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Democrats See Openings at State Level, Thanks to Trump Resistance.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/us/politics/democratic-governors-midterms-trump.html
— Decade After Crisis, a $600 Trillion Derivatives Market Remains Murky to Regulators – Emily Flitter (DIERSEN: GAO audits federal financial industry regulators. In 1997, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” I knew as much about derivatives as anyone at GAO. I had worked on audits involving derivatives for more than 9 years, I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, and I had become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/business/derivatives-banks-regulation-dodd-frank.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Musk and Zuckerberg Reveal Themselves and Not in a Good Way – Nellie Bowles
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/technology/musk-zuckerberg-apology.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Kavanaugh.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court.html
— What It Takes to Get an Abortion in the Most Restrictive U.S. State – AUDREY CARLSEN, ASH NGU and SARA SIMON
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/20/us/mississippi-abortion-restrictions.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Inches Higher, Buoyed by Republican Support In the latest WSJ/NBC News poll, the president’s job approval rose to 45% but remains among the lowest of any modern president at this point his first term – Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-approval-rating-inches-higher-buoyed-by-republican-support-1532293201
— Trump Threatens Iran in Late-Night Tweet President warns of consequences such as ‘few throughout history have ever suffered’ – Jessica Donati
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-threatens-iran-in-late-night-tweet-1532321498
— Why I Was Wrong About Liberal-Arts Majors – David Kalt (DIERSEN: If my 1970 NIU bachelor’s degree had not been job-related, Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 and Oldsmobile and IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971. If my 1976 Loyola master’s degree had not been job-related, GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980.)
https://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2016/06/01/why-i-was-wrong-about-liberal-arts-majors/
— Why Sexual Harassment Can Be Tough to Fight at Small Firms An informal atmosphere and lack of human-resources infrastructure make it difficult to bring complaints – Alina Dizik
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-sexual-harassment-is-tough-to-fight-at-small-firms-1525140600
— Uber Faces Federal Investigation Over Alleged Gender Discrimination EEOC investigators have been seeking information related to hiring practices, pay disparity and other matters – Greg Bensinger (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-faces-federal-investigation-over-alleged-gender-discrimination-1531753191

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Wealthy donors set spending records Republicans lead list of midterm contributors – Fredreka Schouten and Christopher Schnaars (DIERSEN: What should Republican candidates do if/when contributors offer them lots of money if they dump the party’s traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform? What if you were running for a government office and you needed money, sign locations, etc. What if someone who had lots of money, sign locations, etc. said to you that they would give you lots of money, sign locations, etc. IF YOU GOT RID OF DIERSEN? Would you come to my defense? Would you promise to do everything that you could to get rid of me? Would you treat me like I “owe you” because you have not gotten rid of me? What would you do?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/21/super-rich-step-up-their-giving-ahead-midterm-election-fight/813088002/

 

UNION LEADER
— Unions support workers – RICHARD BACKUS, New Boston (DIERSEN: IRS’s and GAO’s 40-hour work week and annual leave policies helped me to a) earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and e) earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.)
http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20180718/OPINION04/180719439
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Right-to-work is not what it seems. Before labor unions, factory workers toiled six days a week, 12 hours a day. They often worked alongside children as young as 5 years old. Pay was terrible; there were no health benefits or pensions. It was the unions that gave us the 5-day, 40-hour work week, pensions, and other benefits. It was the unions that gave us the shared prosperity of the 1940s and ‘50s. Since then the unions have been under attack, to the point where we have the unconscionable situation of full-time workers at Walmart needing to go on welfare. Gov. Chris Sununu is a champion of “right-to-work” legislation. And now, in Janus vs. AFCSME, the Supreme Court (with Neil Gorsuch on the bench) has said it’s okay for employees not to contribute union dues. The phrase “right-to-work” sounds innocent enough, but make no mistake, it intends to weaken unions and increase corporate profits. We now have the most unequal society since the Gilded Age of the 1890s. And Republicans, the party of the 1 percent, as the recent tax bill demonstrated, have already signaled they are coming after Medicare and Social Security. If you care about fairness, equity, and a society that works for everyone, vote accordingly in November.)

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Democrats demand investigation into reports of politically motivated VA firings – Leo Shane III (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that except for Henry Hyde in 1989, my Republican U.S. Senators and my Republican U.S. Representatives did not come to my defense when a) 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) 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) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2018/07/19/democrats-demand-investigation-into-reports-of-politically-motivated-va-firings/
— The Social Security Administration has left one of its employees on administrative leave well past the limit established in U.S. Code after that employee wrote on agency office windows in Troy, New York, to protest recent union-targeting executive orders. – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors have had me on administrative leave since September 30, 1997.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2018/07/23/ssa-violates-discipline-rules-after-employee-protests-union-crackdown/

 

ENTREPRENEUR
— SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 FLASHBACK: 17 Ways To Immediately Improve Your Website Traffic – Mike Templeman (DIERSEN: Of course, those who are members of Group A do not want me to drive traffic to their websites. But what do you say to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc. who claim to be members of Group B, but who DO NOT WANT ME TO DRIVE TRAFFIC TO THEIR WEBSITES? Maybe they are really members of Group A. 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.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/306942

July 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/pot-topics-cannabis-weed-medical-marijuana-hemp-cbd-thc/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s big worry: People will know his fortune is a house of cards.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/president-donald-trump-special-counsel-robert-mueller-russia-vladimir-putin-linda-chavez/
— Mark Janus quits state job for conservative think tank gig after landmark ruling – Mitchell Armentrout (DIERSEN: If you have ever left a job, what were the reasons for that? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” They had made it clear to me, that if I did not take their “offer,” they would constructively demote me and even worse things. They made it clear to me that they would get rid of me long before I would be eligible for regular retirement in 2003. Previously they a) had given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, b) had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, c) had not promoted me beyond GS-13, d) had gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, e) had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and f) had forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Previously, my Democrat IRS superiors a) had not promoted me beyond GS-12, b) had disallowed my education deductions in 1978, c) had gotten rid of my mentor in 1975, and d) had disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. Previously, my Democrat Post Office superiors a) had forced me resign in 1969 and b) had disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican side with my Democrat federal superiors against me. So of course, they have never offered me a job.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/janus-afscme-illinois-policy-institute-job-ruling-fair-share-union-dues/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Janus, 65, had worked as a $71,000-per-year child support specialist at the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services in Springfield. “I love my job,” Janus had said in statements before the ruling. “Serving others is part of who I am. But in order to do this type of work, I am forced to check my First Amendment rights at the door.”)
— America’s political divide could become a wall in our own country – Mel Novit, Morton Grove (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs divide those who oppose Trump against those who support Trump.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-border-wall-politics-letters/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Faced with real thug, blowhard Trump crumbled.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/putintrump-helsinki-nato-europe/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Residents say Crete-Monee district’s plan to shutter 4 schools is racist – Mike Nolan (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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-school-district-consolidation-st-0722-story.html
— Chase Bank wouldn’t deposit wrongfully convicted man’s check from the state for 23 years in prison – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chase-wrongful-conviction-check-20180719-story.html
— As use of overdose antidotes spreads, is extreme empathy for addicts normalizing the opioid culture? – Dahleen Glanton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-opioids-tough-love-20180720-story.html

 

NBC5
— Body Found in Marquette Park Dumpster Identified as Missing Naperville Man
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Body-Found-in-Marquette-Park-Dumpster-Identified-as-Missing-Naperville-Man-488776521.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Marginal amounts of legionella detected in Stratton Building – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180719/marginal-amounts-of-legionella-detected-in-stratton-building

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Term limits: Beware of unintended consequences The unintended consequences of a term-limits pledge being promoted by Illinois Republicans should not be taken lightly. Statewide officials and lawmakers are already governed by term limits; they’re called elections. – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who want term limits. They stress how much better off without me the following are: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee website, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/07/20/svm-editorial-term-limits-beware-of-unintended-consequences/aqrk3sk/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— OUTRAGEOUS: Judge rejects US efforts to strip terrorist of citizenship – AP
https://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article215285075.html

 

ILLINOIS BUSINESS DAILY
— Northwestern University tops in Illinois for men’s athletic student aid
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/511485470-northwestern-university-tops-in-illinois-for-men-s-athletic-student-aid
— 12,480 borrowers in default on student loans after attending four-year universities in Illinois
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/511488968-12-480-borrowers-in-default-on-student-loans-after-attending-four-year-universities-in-illinois

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rep. Rodney Davis calls Sen. Durbin hypocrite over Trump-Russia criticism – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rep-davis-calls-sen-durbin-hypocrite-over-trump-russia-criticism/article_de965604-8aca-11e8-ba7c-ef51935a8efa.html

 

GOPUSA
— Obama Urges Women to Grow More Involved in Politics: ‘Men Have Been Getting on My Nerves Lately’ (DIERSEN: What do you say to men who pander to women? What do you say to men who use women? Ever increasingly, Democrats shout at women that Republican men are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
http://www.gopusa.com/obama-urges-women-to-grow-more-involved-in-politics-men-have-been-getting-on-my-nerves-lately/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— At Least Online, Interest Rates on Savings Finally Move Up – Ann Carrns (DIERSEN: Beyond outrageously, for many years now, interest rates have been far less than inflation. Of course, that harms savers.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/your-money/online-interest-rates-savings.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “House provides no 2019 pay raise for federal employees; conflicts with Senate.” How strongly will my critics/opponent, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party hint/imply/argue/shout that those who voted for Trump a) want Trump to get rid of past, present, and future federal employees once and for all and b) especially want Trump to get rid of me? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 21 years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/07/20/house-provides-no-2019-pay-raise-for-feds-conflicts-with-senate/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: It’s been a tough week for federal employees. On Monday, there was yet another display that their top boss is hopelessly unsuited for the White House with President Trump’s obsequious behavior in front of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump undermined federal employees who reported Putin’s attack on the 2016 presidential election. On Tuesday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved two measures that would speed the firing of feds by weakening civil service protections. On Thursday, the House effectively dumped on raising pay for federal employees in 2019 by passing an appropriations bill that included no increase. While the workforce and the rest of us are stuck with Trump for at least two more years, the House actions are not the final word on pay and disciplinary measures. . .House Republicans also don’t care for the current level of federal employees’ civil service protections. Two bills approved by the Oversight Committee with party-line votes would allow management to fire feds faster by weakening their workplace due-process rights. The measures require full House and Senate action before becoming law. One bill would accelerate disciplinary procedures, including termination, by cutting time allowed for appeals. The general probationary period for feds would double to two years, allowing more time to take disciplinary action against new employees who have fewer rights. Another piece of legislation would lower the burden of proof that managers need to fire workers, among other provisions. “Working for the United States federal government is an honor and a privilege, and most federal employees value the opportunity and work hard to serve the American people,” Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) said following the committee vote. “However, some federal employees have learned they can use the system to protect their jobs regardless of their poor performance or bad behavior.” He called the committee’s action “a huge step to creating a more efficient and effective government that works for the people, streamlining the process and lessening the time it takes to dismiss poor performing or negligent employees.” Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (Md.) the ranking Democrat on the Oversight Committee, disagreed. The legislation “raises serious concerns about fairness and due process,” he said, adding it “will weaken merit system principles and politicize the federal workforce.”)

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Days after announcing new hire, Atlanta mayor takes back job offer – Stephen Deere Vanessa McCray (DIERSEN: Have you ever had a job offer withdrawn after you had accepted it? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/days-after-announcing-new-hire-atlanta-mayor-takes-back-job-offer/XQEVvMfxABJyZ67yHd6z0O/

 

WPSU
— How Underemployment Is Affecting The Job Market – LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO (DIERSEN: I argue that I was underemployed my entire life, but of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes disagree with me. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.)
http://radio.wpsu.org/post/how-underemployment-affecting-job-market

 

TIME
— Democratic Centrists See a ‘Silent Majority’ Ready to Rebuild – Philip Elliott (DIERSEN: In Republican areas, Democrats paint themselves as being centrists, but then, if elected, they promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, they promote a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, g) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, h) patronage, i) political affiliation discrimination, j) reverse discrimination, k) age discrimination, l) retaliation, and m) hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://time.com/5344879/democratic-party-silent-majority/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— You’re Not as Smart as You Think: Perils and Benefits of Overconfidence New research shows that most people think they’re smarter than average; how gender and education play a role. – Patrick Heck and Christopher Chabris (DIERSEN: Each and every one of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) paint themselves as being extremely smart and b) demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being extremely dumb. They dismiss/belittle/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn the fact that a) I earned 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) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, c) I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32, d) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and e) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/youre-not-as-smart-as-you-think-perils-and-benefits-of-overconfidence-1532100629
It’s Time to Kick the Bucket List
— Americans have become obsessed with supposedly transformative experiences. But is bungee-jumping in Madagascar what will really make life complete? – Joe Queenan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-time-to-kick-the-bucket-list-1532098448
— Is President Trump Illegitimate? – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always painted me as being illegitimate. Should I write a book about them?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-president-trump-illegitimate-1532126338
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR GRAPHIC: America Is Running Out of Family Caregivers, Just When It Needs Them Most – Clare Ansberry (DIERSEN: My father’s sister, my mother’s sister, and my wife’s sister never married, never had children, and have serious health problems. They are all using their life savings to pay caregivers well over $200 a day.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-is-running-out-of-family-caregivers-just-when-it-needs-them-most-1532094538
— Shine a Light on Media Accountability – David Cutbill
https://deloitte.wsj.com/cmo/2018/04/05/shine-a-light-on-media-accountability/

 

FORBES
— Don’t Chase The Money! There Are More Important Things To Look For In A Job – Michael B. Arthur (DIERSEN: Have you taken a pay cut? I have. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars (from GS-12 Step 5 down to GS-9 Step 10) to transfer from IRS to GAO. QUESTION: Why did I do that? ANSWER: GAO claimed to be nonpartisan and independent. My Democrat IRS superiors and Money Magazine had ruined my IRS career. GAO employees are somewhat less demonized, denigrated, and condemned than IRS employees are. Because GAO audits IRS, I could use my knowledge of IRS on audits of IRS. I had 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. The GAO staff manager who hired me was confident that he could a) promptly get me assigned to audits of IRS and b) promptly promote me to GS-11 Step 10, currently $87,933, to GS-12 Step 5, currently $91,880, and to GS-13 Step 1, currently $96,403. But soon after I transferred to GAO, that GAO manager was deposed and he was not able to promote me to GS-11 Step 10 until 1981, to GS-12 Step 5 salary until 1982, and to GS-13 Step 1 until 1986. In 1986, he finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS. In 1987, his Democrat superiors succeeded in forcing him to retire. To justify their forcing me to take a pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors dismissed/belittled/badmouthed/demonized/denigrated/condemned a) my knowledge of IRS, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul and then my earning that degree in 1980, and d) my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran. Money Magazine, my Democrat superiors, GAO, IRS, and Post Office supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, and the rest of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being overpaid.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelbarthur/2018/07/17/dont-chase-the-money-there-are-better-ways-to-look-for-a-new-job/

 

BUSINESS TIMES
— Degrees of underemployment – RACHEL MUI (DIERSEN: I argue that I was underemployed my entire life, but of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes disagree with me. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.)
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/brunch/degrees-of-underemployment-fresh-grads-stuck-in-a-bind

 

FED SMITH
— GAO: VA Whistleblowers 10x More Likely to Be Disciplined Than Peers – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: Because I was a whistleblower, a) 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) 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) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/07/20/gao-va-whistleblowers-10x-likely-disciplined-peers/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— ‘Chaos’ as VA Implements Executive Order Limiting Union Official Time – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress all the “union official time” that was spent winning Diersen v. IRS. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866. Just kidding, but not completely.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/07/union-calls-va-implementation-official-time-order-chaos/149924/

July 20 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ballot security battle heats up already hot Roskam-Casten House race – Alexandra Arriaga
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ballot-security-election-hacking-battle-heats-roskam-casten-house-race/
— Democrats try to rebuild the state party from the ground up – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. How much money has your Republican county and township/ward party organizations received this year from the Illinois Republican Party, that is, from Bruce Rauner?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-democrats-blue-wave-rebuild-party/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But last week, the county organization received a $5,000 check from the Rock Island County Democratic Party. Warren is one of 14 counties that received a total of more than $200,000 from the Rock Island Dems last week. Warren’s check tied with Effingham County’s for being the smallest. The Kankakee County Democrats received about $28,000. Kane County’s Dems received about $20,000. Williamson County got about $14,000. The Metro East’s Madison County Democrats have so far received the largest check in this initial round: $45,495. The Carroll County Democrats have raised an average of about $3,000 a year for the past 18 years, but they received $7,523.50 last week. As I’ve told you before, the Rock Island Democratic Party Chairman is Doug House, who also runs the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association. Because state campaign finance laws allow unlimited contributions between county-level party organizations, the J.B. Pritzker campaign gave House’s Rock Island Democrats $1 million earlier this year as the first installment on its “Blue Wave Illinois 2018” program. . .Several county parties, particularly Downstate, have few actual precinct committeepersons. In Chicago and suburban Cook, precinct captains are appointed by local township and ward committeemen. They don’t have to live in the precincts assigned to them. Everywhere else, committeepersons are elected in their precincts — and it’s not easy convincing people to run for that office, particularly in overwhelmingly Republican areas. However, those county chairs can fill vacancies, and the appointed committeepersons don’t have to live in the precincts they represent, so a big push is on to get counties to a minimum level of 75 percent coverage. Some local party officials have also been told that the million-dollar contribution from Pritzker is just the first round. More party-building money is coming. By contrast, as of last week Gov. Bruce Rauner’s campaign had given a total of about $33,000 divided between nine county and township Republican organizations since the March primary. The Illinois Republican Party chipped in another $25,000 during the same time period for a handful of county organizations. J.B. Pritzker’s campaign has contributed $5.7 million to various Democratic groups and candidates since the primary, including big bucks to several suburban and Chicago political organizations. Pritzker’s campaign gave the St. Clair County Democrats $200,000 during the primary and it paid off big. Pritzker won St. Clair with 76 percent of the vote.)
— Michael Pfleger gets bank to open ‘discriminatory’ doors – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/michael-pfleger-bankopen-discriminatory-doors/
— Radical idea? Alderman proposes free money for some of Chicago’s poorest – Adam Thorp (DIERSEN: How much money would it take to get you to leave your job? One could argue that in 1997 when I was 49 years old, it took only $51,864/year in today’s dollars to get me to leave my GAO job that paid $125,325/year in today’s dollars. $51,864/year is my Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/radical-idea-alderman-proposes-free-money-for-some-of-chicagos-poorest/
— Chicago Police Department relaxes hiring rules regarding past marijuana use – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: One of the reasons why many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government is that they cannot pass a physical examination. Other reasons include a) the pay and benefits are terrible, b) the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) they cannot pass an employment examination, e) they cannot pass a background investigation, f) they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or g) they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/chicago-police-department-relaxes-hiring-rules-regarding-past-marijuana-use/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use “child immigrants” to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/child-family-detention-shelters-migrants-immigrants-president-donald-trump-editorial/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Obama warns against ‘identity politics’ — a message for both parties – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-obama-nelson-mandela-identity-politics-0722-20180720-story.html
— ‘Using grain as a weapon has never worked’: Will County farmer wary about effects of soybean tariffs – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-slowik-chinese-tariffs-soybeans-st-0722-story.html
— Trump promised to remake the courts. He’s installing conservative judges at a record pace. – Deanna Paul
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-judges-20180720-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage judge Patrick O’Shea seeks to have record expunged after acquittal – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180720/dupage-judge-seeks-to-have-record-expunged-after-acquittal
— Kane County Fair opens – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180720/kane-county-fair-opens
— With fewer refugees to resettle, World Relief aims to broaden its role – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180720/with-fewer-refugees-to-resettle-world-relief-aims-to-broaden-its-role
(FROM THE ARTICLE: World Relief is one of nine organizations contracted by the U.S. State Department to resettle refugees. But the Trump administration has capped refugee admissions to 45,000 for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 — the lowest figure since the Refugee Act of 1980. Advocates expect the actual number to reach roughly half that based on State Department statistics. World Relief’s suburban offices have resettled a combined 133 refugees through June. By contrast, those offices welcomed 652 refugees in fiscal 2016. More than 40 percent of this year’s refugees are from Myanmar; others are from Bhutan and Ukraine.)
— What services are offered at World Relief’s new Carol Stream offices – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180720/what-services-are-offered-at-world-reliefs-new-carol-stream-offices
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Hanover Park extends video gambling to golf establishments – Isabella Murray
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180720/hanover-park-extends-video-gambling-to-golf-establishments

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Is Pritzker the beginning of the end for Madigan? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180720/ISSUE05/180719834/could-pritzker-end-illinois-speaker-madigans-long-career
— How AFSCME sabotaged the Illinois economy – HILARY GOWINS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180720/ISSUE07/180719884/afscme-pre-janus-ruling-wrecked-illinois-with-tax-funded-pay

 

ABC7
— Trump’s military parade: Everything we know about the Nov. 10 event (DIERSEN: My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trumps-military-parade-could-cost-$12-million-official/3783554/
— “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” 25 years later – Jesse Kirsch
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/dont-ask-dont-tell-25-years-later/3789838/
— Michael Cohen recorded Donald Trump talk about paying ex-Playboy model, sources tell ABC News
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/cohen-recorded-trumps-talk-of-paying-ex-playboy-model-sources-say/3794936/

 

NBC5
— Governor’s Race Takes Center Stage – Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-take-5-pritzker-rauner-deval-patrick-2020-race-488766501.html

 

WGN TV
— In IL-6, Roskam and Casten clash over election security funding – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/07/20/in-il-6-roskam-and-casten-clash-over-election-security-funding/

 

HERALD REVIEW
— Rauner embrace of Trump means more questions about president – RICK PEARSON (DIERSEN: To what extent do the following embrace Trump: Illinois Republican Party (IRP), IRP officers, your representative on the IRP state central Committee, officers of your Republican county party organization, officers of your Republican township/ward party organization, your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, your Republican U.S. congressman, Rauner, Sanguinetti, Harold, Helland, Senger, Dodge, your Republican state senator, your republican state representative, Republican elected officials in your county, township/ward, and municipality, and Republican candidates for the aforesaid offices?)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/rauner-embrace-of-trump-means-more-questions-about-president/article_48fc8f4e-52c0-5105-b708-22bd7f38d728.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS RADIO
— A Republican candidate for state representative has a little more than a month to pay fines levied by the State Board of Elections, or his name won’t appear on the ballot. – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article215236955.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Durbin, Casten address election security needs at Downers Grove library Senator and candidate address community at Downers Grove library – BOB RAKOW
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/07/20/durbin-casten-address-election-security-needs-at-downers-grove-library/aopmv4w/

 

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Congressman Jason Lewis said blacks have ‘entitlement mentality,’ view themselves as victims
https://fox2now.com/2018/07/20/congressman-said-blacks-have-entitlement-mentality-view-themselves-as-victims/

 

WQAD
— Sin taxes aren’t reliable revenue streams
https://wqad.com/2018/07/20/report-sin-taxes-arent-reliable-revenue-streams/

 

THE X RADIO
— Capacity Crowd Thursday to Hear North – Greg Sapp
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/34775-capacity-crowd-thursday-to-hear-north

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— GOP goes ‘country club,’ passes over Skillicorn – W.J. Kennedy
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511493655-gop-goes-country-club-passes-over-skillicorn

 

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE
— Proft Wants Donation Caps Lifted in Illinois Office Races – Glynis Farrrell
https://www.courthousenews.com/political-activist-wants-donation-caps-lifted-in-illinois-office-races/

 

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— Election Judges Needed
http://www.dupageco.org/Election/Election_Commission_News/2018/57809/

 

JEANNE IVES
— Candidate / Legislator Coalition Fights for Culture Change in Illinois “We cannot afford to elect placeholders. We need leaders.”
https://mailchi.mp/fe3030a473f0/conservative-reform-coalition-in-effingham-we-need-leaders

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— The battle for the future of Illinois – State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/mcsweeney-the-battle-for-the-future-of-illinois/article_92129de4-8b81-11e8-a320-af82d8b97d1c.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COOK COUNTY GOP CHAIRMAN PUSHES FOR COMMITTEEMEN WITH LONG DEMOCRAT VOTING HISTORIES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/cook-county-gop-chairman-pushes-to-allow-committeemen-with-recent-democrat-voting-histories.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? SEEING VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IN ROSEMONT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/wheres-weyermuller-seeing-vice-president-mike-pence-in-rosemont.html
— PUBLIC UNION: PUBLIC ENEMY (DIERSEN: GAO unionized in 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. If GAO had been unionized since 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors might very well have NOT been able a) to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) to give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) to delay my promotion to GS-13 and to not promote me beyond GS-13, e) to get rid of my mentor in 1987, f) to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and g) to force me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/public-union-public-enemy.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Janus apparently no longer loves his state job, hires on with Illinois Policy Institute
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/20/janus-apparently-no-longer-loves-his-state-job-hires-on-with-illinois-policy-institute/
— Chicago to get its first public law school, but is it a wise move?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/20/chicago-to-get-its-first-public-law-school-but-is-it-a-wise-move/
— Proft files suit so his independent expenditure committee can coordinate with campaigns after caps busted
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/20/proft-files-suit-so-his-independent-expenditure-committee-can-coordinate-with-campaigns-after-caps-busted/
— Cook shifts governor’s race from “Toss Up” to “Lean Democrat” – Third-party candidates “the tipping point”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/20/cook-shifts-governors-race-from-toss-up-to-lean-democrat-third-party-candidates-the-tipping-point/

 

BREITBART
— Illinois GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner Signs Gun Confiscation Bill – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/20/illinois-gop-gov-bruce-rauner-signs-gun-confiscation-bill/
— Slate’s Jamelle Bouie: Reporters on Mission to ‘Fracture Donald Trump’s Base’ – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/19/slates-jamelle-bouie-reporters-on-mission-to-fracture-donald-trumps-base/
— Chance the Rapper Demands Rahm Emanuel’s Resignation over Police Shootings – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/07/20/chance-the-rapper-demands-chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuels-resignation-over-police-shootings/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— LGBT extremists have destroyed the Saint Patrick’s Day parade in Boston – Amy Contrada
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/lgbt-extremists-have-destroyed-the-saint-patricks-day-parade-in-boston
— Transgender activists are forcing society to ban common sense, and the consequences are devastating
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/transgender-activists-are-forcing-society-to-ban-common-sense-and-the-conse

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Universities openly rebel against Trump’s anti-affirmative action mandate – Stone Washington (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/universities-openly-rebel-against-trumps-anti-affirmative-action-mandate

 

GOPUSA
— Supporters of Maxine Waters burn American flag outside her office
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50681
— Brett Kavanaugh’s government work becomes partisan battle in committee (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for the federal government? I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I worked for the Post Office part-time at the GS-4 Step 1-3 levels, currently $15.85/hour-$16.91/hour.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50706
— NFL too weak to enforce new anthem policy (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.gopusa.com/nfl-too-weak-to-enforce-new-anthem-policy/
— Oberlin College withdraws subpoena targeting conservative news outlet (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all things that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have done since 2000 that have had a “chilling effect” on what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.)
http://www.gopusa.com/oberlin-college-withdraws-subpoena-targeting-conservative-news-outlet/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: William A. Jacobson, a professor at Cornell Law School and the editor of the Legal Insurrection blog, said the subpoena posed a threat to the freedom of press. “Allowing persons or entities that have been the subject of news reporting to pry into the communications of the journalists covering them will have a chilling effect on the ability of journalists to report on matters of public interest,” Mr. Jacobson said in a statement. “That is why the law, at least in New York, protects journalist records.”)

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— 109 Conservative Leaders Demand Prompt Kavanaugh Supreme Court Confirmation
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28392
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: How California dreamin’ devolved into a liberal American nightmare – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/28390-outsiders-vs-insiders-how-california-dreamin%E2%80%99-devolved-liberal-american-nightmare

 

TOWNHALL
— ICE Just Arrested Dozens of Illegal Aliens in a Sanctuary City, the Majority Have Serious Criminal Records – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/07/20/ice-just-arrested-dozens-of-illegal-aliens-the-majority-have-criminal-records-n2502180
— NFL Suspends National Anthem Rules Due to Objections From Players – Katie Pavlich (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/07/20/of-course-nfl-suspends-national-anthem-rules-due-to-objections-from-players-n2502177

 

THE HILL
— GOP to hold 2020 convention in Charlotte – JORDAIN CARNEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/398073-gop-to-hold-2020-convention-in-charlotte

 

REUTERS
— Facebook must adhere to German Holocaust denial laws, says Berlin (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps have made it clear that if they could, they would pass laws that would banish individuals, organization, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-facebook-germany-holocaust/facebook-must-adhere-to-german-holocaust-denial-laws-says-berlin-idUKKBN1K91UQ

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Warren Is Preparing for 2020. So Are Biden, Booker, Harris and Sanders. – Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/15/us/politics/democratic-presidential-candidates-2020.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting members of the following groups to vote against their own self-interest: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/opinion/voting-welfare-racism-republicans.html

 

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Trump is baiting Democrats like Muhammad Ali did to George Foreman – Todd Blodgett
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2018/07/20/trump-employs-muhammad-ali-rope-dope-democrats-george-foreman-elizabeth-warren-maxine-waters/797265002/

 

FORBES
— Congress Demands Justice Department Return Millions “Seized Unfairly” From Taxpayers – Nick Sibilla
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2018/07/20/congress-demands-justice-department-return-millions-seized-unfairly-from-taxpayers/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Illinois Secure Choice Retirement Plan Could Face Legal Challenge – Michael J. Bologna
https://www.bna.com/illinois-secure-choice-n73014477728/

 

AMERICAN PRESS INSTITUTE
— Going forward: How ethnic and mainstream media can collaborate in changing communities – DANIELA GERSON AND CARLOS RODRIGUEZ (DIERSEN: From What I see, ethnic and mainstream media collaborate to make America more anti-Trump, more anti-Protestant, more anti-conservative, more anti-patriotic, more anti-Republican, more anti-American, more anti-White, more anti-male, more anti-older people, more anti-rich people, more anti-gun owners, more anti-German Americans, more anti-draft avoiders, and more anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/strategy-studies/ethnic-and-mainstream-media-collaborations-in-changing-communities/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Agencies could block employee access to social media, email under proposed law – Terry Wing (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-newscast/2018/07/agencies-could-block-employee-acces-to-social-media-email-under-proposed-law/

 

DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— Month 4: Rauner Still No Closer to Getting Ives’ Endorsement
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/month-4-rauner-still-no-closer-to-getting-ives-endorsement/

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 419 West Park Avenue, Wheaton – $399,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/111935094_zpid/
— FOR SALE: 629 Arbor Avenue, Wheaton – $454,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447739_zpid/

July 16 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump questions US intel, not Putin, on Russia 2016 meddling – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-questions-us-intel-not-putin-on-russia-2016-meddling/3770949/
— CVS manager who called Chicago police on black woman over coupon ‘no longer employed’  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if employers take adverse actions against their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, the real reason for those actions are that those employees are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://abc7chicago.com/cvs-managers-involved-in-chicago-coupon-incident-no-longer-employed/3772243/
— More protests expected Monday after body cam video released of South Shore police shooting – Jessica D’Onofrio and Michelle Gallardo
http://abc7chicago.com/more-protests-expected-after-body-cam-video-released-of-south-shore-police-shooting/3770873/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Signs Gun Order of Protection, Waiting Period Laws Rauner also signed a law Monday extending a 72-hour waiting period for all guns
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Signs-Gun-Order-of-Protection-Waiting-Period-Laws-488308351.html

 

CBS2
— Governor Rauner Signs So Called ‘Red-Flag’ Gun Legislation
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/16/illinois-gun-law/
— Illinois Dems Blast Trump On Twitter After Summit With Putin
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/16/trump-putin-summit-2/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Vladimir Putin says he wanted Donald Trump to win in 2016, but didn’t interfere – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/trump-and-putin-meeting-1-on-1-amid-investigations-and-tensions#/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner doesn’t want Illinois pulled from multistate voter registration system that Democrats call prone to hacking – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-crosscheck-russian-hackers-20180716-story.html
— First black lawmaker to run Illinois Democratic Party: ‘People of color are becoming more engaged’ – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-democrats-christian-mitchell-20180715-story.html
— CVS fires 2 Edgewater store employees after white manager calls cops on black customer – Samantha Bomkamp and Hailey Mensik (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if employers take adverse actions against their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, the real reason for those actions are that those employees are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-cvs-racial-coupon-incident-20180716-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Lawmakers call Trump’s press conference with Putin bizarre, shameful.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-putin-summit-reaction-20180716-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump dances to Putin’s choreography.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-putin-trump-helsinki-meddling-20180716-story.html
— Chicago watchdog reports harassment in city departments – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-sexual-harassment-inspector-general-report-20180716-story.html
— Guns can be removed from those deemed dangerous under law signed by Rauner; he also extends ‘cooling off’ period to assault-style weapons – Robert McCoppin and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-gun-violence-laws-orders-of-protection-20180713-story.html
— Top state business group leader Gregory Baise to retire, keep doing political work – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-manufacturers-greg-baise-20180713-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “For Republicans, Russian sabotage of our elections is no biggie.” If the Russians tried to get votes for Trump in my precinct, they certainly failed. In my precinct, in the 2016 general election, 211 voted for Clinton, while only 137 voted for Trump. In the 2016 primary election, 93 voted for Kasich, while only 21 voted for Trump. Of course, anti-Trumps want Trump supporters to blast me for that.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-sabotage-russians-indictments-american-elections-no-biggie-republicans-0717-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner signs ‘red flag,’ 72-hour waiting period gun control bills – Alexandra Arriaga
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-bill-so-families-mental-issues-guns-removed-court-petition-nra/
— 2 CVS workers fired after coupon incident at Edgewater store
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/two-cvs-employees-fired-after-incident-customer-edgewater-store-coupon-camilla-hudson-morry-matson/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/marijuana-illinois-janus-decision-breast-feeding-mueller-investigation/
— 3 Illinois GOP House members (Roskam, Kinzinger, Hultgren) in rare move, chastise Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-senators-house-republicans-react-donald-trump-helsinki/
— Trump questions US intel, not Putin, on Russia 2016 meddling – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-us-russia-helsinki-finland-summit/
— Police union accuses ‘media bias’ of painting police shooting as unjustified – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fop-police-union-media-bias-shooting-unjustified-harith-augustus-kevin-graham/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage “families” to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring other families to America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/judge-halts-deportation-families-reunited-trump-separation/
— Woman accused of being a covert Russian agent in the U.S. – AP (DIERSEN: What about the millions of activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants in America who act as covert agents of Mexico and as covert agents of other foreign countries? Of course, the aforesaid, their operatives, and their dupes work against me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/woman-covert-russian-agent-us/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump won’t protect our elections, so states must step up.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-putin-summit-press-conference-election-meddling/

 

DAILY HERALD
— COD chairwoman Deanne Mazzochi chosen to fill in Bellock’s House seat – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180716/cod-chairwoman-chosen-to-fill-in-bellocks-house-seat
— Illinois lawmakers pile on Trump/Putin summit, use the ‘T’ word – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180716/illinois-lawmakers-pile-on-trumpputin-summit-use-the-t-word
— Underwood outraises Hultgren in latest campaign finance report – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180716/underwood-outraises-hultgren-in-latest-campaign-finance-report

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois pols—including GOPers—slam Trump’s Helsinki performance – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180716/BLOGS02/180719898/illinois-pols-including-gopers-8212-slam-trumps-helsinki-performance
— Which congressmen have the financial edge? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180716/BLOGS02/180719900/which-congressmen-have-the-financial-edge
— University chiefs take a hit from tax bill – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180716/NEWS13/180719896/university-chiefs-take-a-hit-from-tax-bill
— Don’t reinvent wheel on western access to O’Hare – DAN CRONIN and JOHN CARPENTER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180713/ISSUE07/180719955/dont-reinvent-wheel-on-western-access-to-ohare

 

WBBM
— Rauner Dismisses ‘Crosscheck’ Voter Fraud Fears – Bernie Tafoya
https://wbbm780.radio.com/media/audio-channel/rauner-dismisses-crosscheck-voter-fraud-fears

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner doesn’t want Illinois pulled from multistate voter registration system – Monique Garcia
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180716/rauner-doesnt-want-illinois-pulled-from-multistate-voter-registration-system

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Republicans, including Davis, raise big bucks for re-election bids – CHUCK RAASCH
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/elections/republicans-including-davis-raise-big-bucks-for-re-election-bids/article_1593e40f-ae91-54a4-9398-62e24a7aae4f.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois governor signs 2 bills to tighten gun restrictions; Decatur gun sellers dismayed – AP
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-governor-signs-bills-to-tighten-gun-restrictions-decatur-gun/article_a098f28f-8ed1-5a9f-84dc-e2c6cfa48be1.html
— U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis: ‘Absolutely no doubt’ that Russia meddled in U.S. election
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/u-s-rep-rodney-davis-absolutely-no-doubt-that-russia/article_b1a82954-b2f4-5597-8c9c-51a386c8401e.html

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Durbin concerned about Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s truthfulness during prior confirmation Illinois senator questioned Kavanaugh about involvement in Bush detention policy – Jim Niedelman
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/durbin-concerned-about-supreme-court-nominee-kavanaugh-s-truthfulness-during-prior-confirmation/1305120022

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Metro East Republicans in Congress raise big bucks for fall campaigns – Chuck Raasch
    https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/metro-east-republicans-in-congress-raise-big-bucks-for-fall/article_f8bb5608-e28f-51d8-accf-c01b926c98ee.html

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Red Flag Gun Control Bill Signed, Along with 72-Hour Waiting Period for Gun Purchases, Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/07/16/red-flag-gun-control-bill-signed-along-72-hour-waiting-period-gun-purchases-roll-calls/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BI-PARTISAN CRITICISM BROILS ABOUT TRUMP’S COMMENTS DURING POST-SUMMIT PRESS CONFERENCE MONDAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/bi-partisan-criticism-broils-about-trumps-comments-during-post-summit-press-conference-monday.html
— ILLINOIS SCHOOL DISTRICT THREATENS TO CALL POLICE OVER BIBLE GIVEAWAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/illinois-school-district-threatens-to-call-police-over-bible-giveaway.html
— THORNER: KAVANAUGH IN LINE WITH HAMILTON’S THINKING IN FEDERALIST NO. 78 TO INTERPRET LAWS, NOT MAKE THEM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/thorner-kavanaugh-in-line-with-hamiltons-thinking-in-federalist-no-78-to-interpret-laws-not-make-the.html
— ANDRZEJEWSKI: TRUMP NEEDS A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE MOMENT ON SPENDING (DIERSEN: What about the many trillions of dollars that the federal government has spent since the 1960s on promoting Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, what about the many trillions of dollars that the federal government has spent since the 1960s on wasting the careers of and getting rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who 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, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40?)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/andrzejewski-trump-needs-a-bridge-to-nowhere-moment-on-spending.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner denies tacking to the right with Pence praise
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/16/rauner-denies-tacking-to-the-right-with-pence-praise/
— John McGovern: “An honorable man in politics”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/16/john-mcgovern-an-honorable-man-in-politics/
— Transitions: Baise, Denzler, Demmer, DeWitte, Mazzochi
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/16/transitions-baise-denzler-demmer-dewitte-mazzochi/

 

GOPUSA
— Assault on Jim Jordan is latest attempted assassination by accusation (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who accuse me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails of causing Republican candidates to lose elections in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. Better yet, I should sue them.)
http://www.gopusa.com/assault-on-jim-jordan-is-latest-attempted-assassination-by-accusation/

 

TPM
— Joe Walsh: ‘I Will Never Support Trump Again’ – Matt Shuham
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/joe-walsh-i-will-never-support-trump-again

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrats Are Dumping Moderates – JOHN FUND
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/democrats-dump-moderates-move-to-far-left/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— 40% vacancy: Feds release illegal immigrant families instead of filling detention centers Although the beds were empty, the government was still paying for them – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/15/illegal-immigrant-family-detention-facilities-belo/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Gun-Rights Activist Charged With Acting as Russian Agent Maria Butina worked at direction of a ‘high level official in the Russian government,’ Justice Department says; attorney denies charges – Del Quentin Wilber (DIERSEN: What about the millions of activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants in America who act as agents of Mexico and as agents of other foreign countries? Of course, the aforesaid, their operatives, and their dupes work against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-rights-activist-charged-with-acting-as-russian-agent-1531770436

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— As Lawmakers Renew Push for Repeal, OPM Says Workforce Orders Are What Federal Employees Want – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted GAO to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/07/lawmakers-renew-push-repeal-opm-says-workforce-orders-are-what-feds-want/149775/

 

FED WEEK
— OPM Sets Schedule to Carry Out Orders on Discipline (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if employers take disciplinary actions against their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, the real reason for those actions are that those employees are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.fedweek.com/issue-briefs/opm-sets-schedule-to-carry-out-orders-on-discipline-bargaining/

July 13 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Vice Present Mike Pence promotes Tax and Jobs Act in Rosemont – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/vp-mike-pence-promotes-tax-and-jobs-act-in-rosemont/3758152/

 

CBS2
— Vice President Mike Pence In Chicago To Promote Tax Cuts, Support Rep. Peter Roskam – Roseanne Tellez
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/13/vice-president-pence-in-chicago-tax-cuts-support-peter-roskam/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— President Trump’s visit to UK brings controversy, protests
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/trump-visit-to-uk-bring-controversy-protest

 

WGN TV
— Rauner embraces Pence, calls him one of the ‘greatest leaders in American history’ – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/07/13/rauner-embraces-pence-calls-him-one-of-the-greatest-leaders-in-american-history/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner embraces Trump White House in Rosemont, calls Pence among the ‘greatest leaders in American history’ – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-mike-pence-bruce-rauner-rosemont-20180713-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/media/99768657-132.html
— Another Dan Ryan shutdown averted? Officials in Mayor Emanuel’s office, others agree to meet with protesters – Morgan Greene
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-pfleger-officials-dan-ryan-meetings-20180712-story.html
— McDonald’s Plaza in Oak Brook to be demolished, redeveloped under buyer’s plan – Ryan Ori
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ori/ct-biz-mcdonalds-oak-brook-sale-20180713-story.html
— Illinois elections board ‘very likely’ named in Mueller indictment of Russian hackers, officials say – Monique Garcia, Patrick M. O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-elections-board-russia-indictment-20180713-story.html
— How to confront a public official – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-civility-politics-trump-restaurants-20180710-story.html
— Southern Illinois University president is out amid swirling controversy – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-siu-president-quits-20180713-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Democratic Party rallies against Vice President Mike Pence in Rosemont – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/supporters-protesters-rosemont-pence-tax-cut-speech/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new Illinois Democratic Party executive director rallied protesters in Rosemont on Friday in advance of a speech by Vice President Mike Pence touting President Donald Trump’s tax-cut policy. Pence’s speech, titled “Tax Cuts to Put America First,” is part of a series sponsored by America First Policies, a non-profit organization that promotes the policies of the Trump Administration — the Rosemont stop is the 17th on the tour. Other speakers at the event included U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Gov. Bruce Rauner, who was to introduce Pence. At previous speeches in Iowa and Kansas City, Pence talked about energy, agriculture and labor plans that were all implemented to achieve Trump’s campaign promise to “Make America great again.” In Rosemont, people from around the state, decked out in flag shawls and bright red “Make America Great Again” baseball caps, waited to hear from the vice president.)
— Indictment accuses Moscow of US election meddling – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/election-hacking-russian-military-officers-indicted/
— Illinois election officials: ‘Very likely’ state was target of Russian hackers – Adam Thorp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-election-officials-very-likely-state-was-target-of-russian-hackers/
— Once again, a local government spends your money on an exiting exec – Editorial (DIERSEN: Constructively, since 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors and their accomplices have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1,080,500 ($4,322 X 250 months) in today’s dollars to not come to work.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/david-st-pierre-metropolitan-water-reclamation-district-buyout/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Once again, a public agency, without bothering to clue in the taxpayers, is throwing money at a top employee as he heads out the door. This time, on Thursday, it was the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. The agency that handles our local storm and sewage water agreed to pay $95,000 to its former executive director, David St. Pierre, along with six months’ worth of health insurance, according to the Better Government Association. The vote came two weeks after St. Pierre resigned, and seven weeks after he quietly went on paid leave.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/marijuana-arrests-decline-chicago-police/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat educators do everything that they can to make young people 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/opinion/social-justice-igeneration-generation-z-socially-conscious-young-people-seek-outlets-activism-omer-mozaffar-loyola-university-chicago-muslim-chaplain-just-relations-religion/
— How Christian Mitchell could shape Illinois’ Democratic Party – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/democratic-party-illinois-christian-mitchell-rich-miller/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Pence fires up voters for upcoming midterm elections – Christopher Placek and Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180713/pence-fires-up-voters-for-upcoming-midterm-elections
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Almost immediately after Pence took the stage, protesters inside the Westin O’Hare grand ballroom made their presence known. In total, Pence’s speech was interrupted five times by protesters, who were escorted out of the building by police. One woman held a yellow flag that read, “Trump and Pence must go.” When Pence began to praise U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, of Wheaton, a man said, “Has anyone seen Peter Roskam? I haven’t seen him. Where is he?” Each time, the crowd of about 600 chanted “USA! USA!” Tickets to the event, called “Tax Cuts to Put America First,” were free and available by registering on the website of America First Policies, the group connected to the pro-Trump America First Action super PAC. “Thanks for coming out today. I’m really grateful for almost everybody that came,” Pence joked to the crowd. “I respect everybody that came. That’s what freedom sounds like.” Rosemont authorities said no one was charged, and they described the protest of some 100 people outside the hotel as peaceful. Police, at the behest of the Secret Service, pushed protesters across River Road to the east sidewalk northeast of the hotel. Rosemont public safety officers used their bikes as crowd control. Pence’s caravan used a back entrance, avoiding the protesters. “We are advocating getting rid of the Trump/Pence regime through persistent, persistent nonviolent protests,” said Tricey Morelli, spokesman for the Chicago chapter of Refuse Fascism.)
— Images: Vice President Mike Pence and Governor Bruce Rauner in Rosemont – Patrick Kunzer
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180713/images-vice-president-mike-pence-and-governor-bruce-rauner-in-rosemont

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— To sue Trump or not to sue Trump: That’s the question in Illinois AG race – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180713/BLOGS02/180719914/to-sue-trump-or-not-to-sue-trump-thats-the-question-in-illinois-ag

 

WLS AM
— Rauner: ‘We’re fighting a corrupt, entrenched political machine…’ – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/07/13/rauner-were-fighting-a-corrupt-entrenched-political-machine/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— GOP candidate for attorney general talks criminal justice reform in Peoria – Andy Kravetz
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180713/gop-candidate-for-attorney-general-talks-criminal-justice-reform-in-peoria

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner, Republicans reboot anti-Madigan campaign ahead of November election – MONIQUE GARCIA
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/rauner-republicans-reboot-anti-madigan-campaign-ahead-of-november-election/article_8f1d461e-393f-569c-8717-de1d5de6a900.html

 

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Mitchell leads protest against Pence visit, highlights 10 ways Rauner should’ve stood up to Trump
https://chicagocrusader.com/mitchell-leads-protest-against-pence-visit-highlights-10-ways-rauner-shouldve-stood-up-to-trump/

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who will never vote for a Republican are overjoyed that Rauner promotes LGBTQ activity.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/pride-prejudice-responses-gov-helps-gays-get-hitched

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives blasts as tax proposal as misinformed, bad for state – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511480141-ives-blasts-as-tax-proposal-as-misinformed-bad-for-state
— DuPage County Election Commission took action following ‘bungled’ March election, director says – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511481947-dupage-county-election-commission-took-action-following-bungled-march-election-director-says

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— True or not, expect more mudslinging in race for governor – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/true-or-not-expect-more-mudslinging-in-race-for-governor/article_63a90468-8611-11e8-899e-3726c9be401e.html

 

ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT
— One year later: 2017 tax hike failed – Matthew Besler
https://illinoisopportunity.org/the-results-are-in-income-tax-hike-was-a-complete-failure/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ALTON VOTERS WILL CHOOSE WHETHER TO ELIMINATE TOWNSHIP IN NOVEMBER – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/alton-voters-will-choose-whether-to-eliminate-township-in-november/
— IF FRANK MAUTINO DIDN’T BREAK THE RULES, THE RULES ARE BROKEN – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/if-frank-mautino-didnt-break-the-rules-the-rules-are-broken/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER/O’NEIL: MOTHERHOOD A VALUED VOCATION, NOT AN OLD-FASHIONED NOTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/thorneroneil-motherhood-a-valued-vocation-not-an-old-fashioned-notion.html
— RAUNER CAMPAIGN BOASTS NATIONAL COVERAGE OF EMBARRASSING TOILET CAMPAIGN AD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/rauner-campaign-boasts-national-coverage-of-embarrassing-toilet-campaign-ad.html
— GUTIERREZ BLAMES TRUMP FOR PUERTO RICAN YOUNG WOMAN’S FOREST PRESERVE ENCOUNTER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/gutierrez-blames-trump-for-puerto-rican-young-womans-forest-preserve-encounter.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Unsurprisingly, Raoul and Harold differ on suing the Trump administration
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/13/unsurprisingly-raoul-and-harold-differ-on-suing-the-trump-administration/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Revealed: liberal GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner officiated a same-sex ‘wedding’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/revealed-liberal-gop-gov.-bruce-rauner-officiated-a-same-sex-wedding

 

GOPUSA
— Most welfare recipients able to hold jobs, but aren’t (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial problems. It certainly appears that my critics/opponents are paying them less than $15/hour. Nevertheless, they have made it very clear that if they had been qualified to take the jobs that I took, they would not have taken them. The jobs that I took are beneath them. 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50180
— Aliens find noncitizen voter registration easy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=50196

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Virtues of a Summer Job – Ann Carrns
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/your-money/summer-job-students.html

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Behind the Scenes of Implementing Trump’s Border Hiring Surges – Eric Katz
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/07/behind-scenes-implementing-trumps-border-hiring-surges/149727/

July 13 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Asked about trade war, Sanguinetti echoes Trump on NATO – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-nato-20180712-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with FBI agent Peter Strzok.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-peter-strzok-house-hearing-20180712-story.html
— Immigration laws need to be followed – Jack Tenison, Naperville
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-naperville-letters-st-0715-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF BERRIOS: Berrios’ analysts used Zillow, other shortcuts in assessing property values, documents show – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-met-cook-assessments-berrios-hand-checks-20180710-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring children to America illegally and then b) use those illegals to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2-brazilian-boys-held-chicago-reunited-fathers-immigration-brazil-detention-border/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Blacks use pot less than other racial groups and b) that Chicago police officers are racists.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/marijuana-arrests-enforcement-chicago-police-declines-possession-blacks-african-americans-most-often-charged-ticketed-cannabis-weed-watchdogs/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF ROSKAM: Roskam, Hultgren to skip Pence event in Rosemont, but Rauner won’t But Rauner will introduce the VP in Rosemont – Christopher Placek
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180712/roskam-hultgren-to-skip-pence-event-in-rosemont-but-rauner-wont
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Pence visit to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180713/editorial-help-temper-trumps-worst-impulses-mike-pence

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise FBI agent Peter Strzok.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180713/7-key-moments-from-peter-strzoks-wild-hearing

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow that ‘Trump Baby’ balloon flies over London and that blimp makes Trump feel ‘unwelcome’ during visit. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps do everything that they can to make members of the following groups feel unwelcome: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-baby-blimp-flies-over-london-during-potus-visit/3712725/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring children to America illegally and then b) use those illegals to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/on-both-sides-of-the-us-mexico-border-migrants-seek-help-and-hope/3755589/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— In Decatur, Erika Harold, GOP attorney general candidate, says she’d defend gun control laws from local challenges – TOM LISI
https://herald-review.com/news/local/state-and-regional/in-decatur-erika-harold-gop-attorney-general-candidate-says-she/article_c3d9c4b3-2d65-5464-aa91-7d3a4243b1b7.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— State mum on number of union opt-outs
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180712/state-mum-on-number-of-union-opt-outs

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— President Trump Says Europe Is ‘Losing Its Culture’ – SCOTT HORSLEY (DIERSEN: What percent of immigrants 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://nprillinois.org/post/president-trump-says-europe-losing-its-culture#stream/0

 

WSIL TV
— Gov. Rauner launches “The People’s Pledge” in Marion – Andrew Feather
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38635814/gov-rauner-launches-the-peoples-pledge-in-marion

 

WGLT
— Pritzker Defends Rauner Attack Ad, Opens Local Campaign Office – MARY CULLEN (DIERSEN: Which Rauner campaign office is nearest to your home?)
http://wglt.org/post/pritzker-defends-rauner-attack-ad-opens-local-campaign-office#stream/0

 

WSIU
— VA Hiring Reform Bill Heads to U.S. House Floor – BRAD PALMER (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://news.wsiu.org/post/va-hiring-reform-bill-heads-us-house-floor#stream/0

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Targeted Republicans In Tricky Spot On Questions About Trump.”
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/targeted-republicans-tricky-spot-questions-about-trump

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Dwight Kay vows to protect citizens’ Second Amendment rights – Glenn Minnis
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511481782-kay-vows-to-protect-citizens-second-amendment-rights

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen supports College of DuPage in counterclaim against former president – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511481920-breen-supports-college-of-dupage-in-counterclaim-against-former-president

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP FREES EUROPE FROM ANGRY SOCIALIST BABIES Why the European left fears Trump. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270726/trump-frees-europe-angry-socialist-babies-daniel-greenfield

 

DAILY CALLER
— BORDER AGENTS NOTE ALARMING RISE IN MIGRANTS AVOIDING CUSTODY BY BRINGING CHILDREN AND PRETENDING TO BE THEIR PARENTS – Scott Morefield
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/12/border-agents-alarming-rise-pretending-parents/

 

TOWNHALL
— When Does the Shooting Begin? – Erick Erickson
https://townhall.com/columnists/erickerickson/2018/07/13/when-does-the-shooting-begin-n2499812

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-males love it when wives earn more money than their husbands.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/female-breadwinners-marriage_us_5b3ef51fe4b09e4a8b2b780c

 

USA TODAY
— Facebook’s diversity efforts failing African-American and Hispanic women – Jessica Guynn (DIERSEN: Will Facebook bring in Charles Bowsher? Bowsher had great success during the 1980s and 1990s wasting the careers of and getting rid of GAO’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who 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, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/07/12/facebooks-diversity-efforts-failing-black-and-hispanic-women/776534002/

 

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— Catholic-heavy Supreme Court moves right as the church moves left – Jacob Lupfer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who talk and/or act like they disapprove of Missouri Synod Lutherans as being “too conservative.”)
https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2018/07/12/commentary-catholic-heavy/

 

FORBES
— 4 Questions You Should Seriously Consider Before Pursuing A Master’s Degree – Adunola Adeshola (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the three master’s degrees that I earned – an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27 years old, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business, accounting, and finance courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adunolaadeshola/2018/07/12/4-questions-you-should-seriously-consider-before-pursuing-a-masters-degree/#6a16f65f1935
— 5 Hacks To Level Up Your Career – Jennifer Cohen
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jennifercohen/2018/07/12/5-hacks-to-level-up-your-career/#74a041d210ab

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— 10 Signs You Need to Quit Your Job – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: With only the rarest of exceptions, the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that anyone will hire you. This is especially true if you are White and/or male. Employers have extremely negative opinions of federal employees.)
https://www.fool.com/slideshow/10-signs-you-need-quit-your-job/

 

ADVOCATE & DAILY DOT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage children in Buffalo Grove to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.advocate.com/pride/2018/7/12/seventh-grader-hopes-bring-pride-illinois-suburb
https://www.dailydot.com/irl/buffalo-grove-pride/

July 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— More fingerpointing over Dan Ryan protest – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/more-fingerpointing-over-dan-ryan-protest/3733645/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring their children to America illegally. Then anti-Trumps use those illegals and their children who are overwhelmingly minority, female, and/or young to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/some-immigrant-children-in-chicago-waiting-to-be-reunited-with-parents-will-have-to-wait-longer/3733843/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Agencies Recovering a Year After Budget Impasse (DIERSEN: GAO is still just a shell of what it once was. During the 1980s and the 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO used Republican budget cuts to in get rid of the agency’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made 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.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-agencies-recovering-a-year-after-budget-impasse-487643031.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring their children to America illegally. Then anti-Trumps use those illegals and their children who are overwhelmingly minority, female, and/or young to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/09/immigrant-family-reunification-deadline-children-under-5/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner not shutting down rap on Dan Ryan protest: ‘It is dangerous. It is wrong’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-not-shutting-down-rap-on-dan-ryan-protest-it-is-dangerous-it-is-wrong/
— Bloomington mayor drops plan for ordinance welcoming immigrants – AP (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that “welcome” illegals 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.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bloomington-illinois-mayor-drops-ordinance-welcoming-immigrants/
— Schakowsky, Quigley, Foster visit Chicago area migrant children shelter – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring their children to America illegally. Then anti-Trumps use those illegals and their children who are overwhelmingly minority, female, and/or young to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/schakowsky-quigley-foster-visit-chicago-area-migrant-children-shelter/
— Effort to consolidate local governments is finally making headway – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/effort-to-consolidate-local-governments-is-finally-making-headway/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring their children to America illegally. Then anti-Trumps use those illegals and their children who are overwhelmingly minority, female, and/or young to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/americans-should-never-accept-the-human-rights-catastrophe-on-our-border/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court’s Janus ruling could undercut private sector unions too – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-janus-private-sector-ramifications-20180709-story.html
— Father Pfleger waiting for elected officials’ response before calling for future protests – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-pfleger-youth-meetings-civil-disobedience-20180709-story.html
— Dan Ryan protesters: Don’t get played – Kristen McQueary (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who believe that that are playing me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-rahm-dan-ryan-protesters-rauner-crime-twitter20180709-story.html
— Democrats have become the party of haters – Desiree Zapata Miller
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-haters-democratic-party-0710-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lake County Board may ask Rauner to alter chief assessor bill – Russell Lissau
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180709/lake-county-board-may-ask-rauner-to-alter-chief-assessor-bill

 

WTTW
— After Dan Ryan Shutdown, Pfleger Looks to Meet with Politicians, Candidates – Matt Masterson
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/07/09/after-dan-ryan-shutdown-pfleger-looks-meet-politicians-candidates

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Rauner only thing keeping Chicago from running state – Homer Sherrill, Hamilton
http://www.whig.com/20180709/rauner-only-thing-keeping-chicago-from-running-state#//

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner fighting uphill re-election battle against Democrat JBPritzker – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180709/chuck-sweeny-gop-gov-bruce-rauner-fighting-uphill-re-election-battle-against-democrat-jbpritzker

 

WQAD
— Illinois taxpayer-funded abortions increase at least 274 percent in first six months of 2018
https://wqad.com/2018/07/09/illinois-taxpayer-funded-abortions-increase-at-least-274-percent-in-first-six-months-of-2018/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— The Stories We’re Missing When We Focus On Trump’s Supreme Court Pick – RON ELVING (DIERSEN: My competitors want you to focus on the articles that they bring to your attention, NOT the articles that I bring to your attention. The articles that my competitors bring to your attention rarely promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, my competitors come across like they are Libertarians.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/stories-were-missing-when-we-focus-trumps-supreme-court-pick#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— One year after historic tax increase, Illinois remains in the red – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/one-year-after-historic-tax-increase-illinois-remains-in-the/article_38ba6408-8153-11e8-abb4-cb665587ffca.html

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Rauner: Wage hike could bankrupt school districts Will governor sign teacher wage hike? – Mark Maxwell
https://www.illinoishomepage.net/capitol-connection/rauner-warns-teacher-wage-hike-could-bankrupt-school-districts/1290711531

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS TAXPAYER-FUNDED ABORTIONS INCREASE AT LEAST 274 PERCENT IN FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2018
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/illinois-taxpayer-funded-abortions-increase-at-least-274-percent-in-first-six-months-of-2018.html
— GOOD NEWS: TRUMP RESCINDS OBAMA’S ‘AFFIRMATIVE ACTION’ GUIDANCE (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which federal employees pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? ANSWER: Those who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do 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, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/good-news-trump-rescinds-obamas-affirmative-action-guidance.html
— FORMER PRESIDENTS SUPPORT TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION PLAN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/former-presidents-support-trumps-immigration-plan.html
— DI LEO: WHEN THE RIGHTS OF THE MANY ARE TRAMPLED BY THE RIGHTS OF THE FEW (DIERSEN: Democrats want members of Group A to have rights over 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.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/when-the-rights-of-the-many-are-trampled-by-the-rights-of-the-few.html
— THORNER: BE GRATEFUL TRUMP WON THE PRESIDENCY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/thorner-be-grateful-trump-won-the-presidency.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner moves back to property tax issue
https://capitolfax.com/2018/07/09/rauner-moves-back-to-property-tax-issue/

 

TOWNHALL
— The #WalkAway Movement Is Taking America By Storm – Erich Reimer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to shout that you 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://townhall.com/columnists/erichreimer/2018/07/09/the-walkaway-movement-is-taking-america-by-storm-n2498426

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— ‘Deep State’ accused of targeting tea party favorite Jim Jordan – Chad Groening, Steve Jordahl
https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2018/07/09/deep-state-accused-of-targeting-tea-party-favorite

 

BREITBART
— Illinois Steel Town: Trump’s Tariffs Secure 800 New Jobs for Previously Laid-Off American Workers – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/08/illinois-steel-town-trumps-tariffs-secure-800-new-jobs-laid-off-american-workers/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why Should a Single Federal Judge Be Able to Make Law for the Whole Country? – JOHN FUND
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/federal-district-judges-should-not-make-immigration-law-for-whole-country/

 

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Print, Online Press Reports Ignore or Downplay Record-Low Hispanic Jobless Rate – Tom Blumer
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tom-blumer/2018/07/08/print-online-press-reports-ignore-or-downplay-record-low-hispanic

 

AMERICANS FOR LIMITED GOVERNMENT
— Americans for Limited Government focused on creating a Government that works for you! Because of you, The Federal Government workforce is being reformed to work for hardworking, tax-paying American citizens! You’ve directly assisted in the beginning stages of overhauling the civil service system. (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://getliberty.org/2018/07/alg-impact-merit-act-gains-momentum-as-alg-flies-firetheswamp-com-banner-around-d-c-metro-area/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Ocasio-Cortez who did not grow up in “the Bronx,” but in the ritzy suburb of Yorktown Heights in Westchester County, one of the wealthiest counties in the U.S.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/396195-ocasio-cortez-to-visit-capitol-hill-next-week
— Never Trumpers don’t represent the Republican base – NED RYUN
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/396176-never-trumpers-dont-represent-the-republican-base

 

CBS NEWS
— For workers, U.S. falls short versus most developed nations – KATE GIBSON (DIERSEN: Are/were you a worker? I was a lowly worker 1962-1997.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/for-workers-u-s-falls-short-versus-most-of-developed-world/

 

CNBC
— With 36 governorships up for grabs in midterm elections, Republicans have most to lose – Scott Cohn
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/03/the-overlooked-midterm-elections-where-republicans-have-most-to-lose.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Border Patrol’s Last Line of Defense? It Isn’t at the Border Security measures in Texas start at the Rio Grande but extend deep into the United States, as agents and smugglers go to ever greater lengths to outfox one another. – Nicholas Kulish (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/us/immigration-smuggling-border-patrol.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— From Kellyanne Conway to Stephen Miller, Trump’s advisers face taunts from hecklers around D.C. – Paul Schwartzman and Josh Dawsey (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if anyone had heckled any of Obama’s advisors, the news media would have called them White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/viciousness-trump-aides-endure-public-fury-toward-presidents-policies/2018/07/09/23d3b9a2-8051-11e8-b0ef-fffcabeff946_story.html
— OPM guidance pushes quick, forceful action on Trump’s orders to weaken unions, due process – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/07/09/guidance-pushes-quick-forceful-action-on-trumps-orders-to-weaken-unions-due-process/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Major study reveals cannabis is not a miracle pain reliever – Stephanie Bedo
https://nypost.com/2018/07/03/major-study-reveals-cannabis-is-not-a-miracle-pain-reliever/

 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— John Cox, California governor candidate, says business background a big boost – Joe Garofoli (DIERSEN: Democrats dismiss/belittle/reject Cox’s business background just like my Democrat GAO superiors dismissed/belittled/rejected my knowledge of IRS. GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880.)
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/John-Cox-California-governor-candidate-says-13058429.php

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who were brought to America illegally, and by extension, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who brought them here illegally.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-07-09/white-collar-dreamers-climb-the-ranks-at-wells-fargo-gm-honda

 

KRCR TV
— Mother, grandmother charged after two-year-old eats marijuana edibles – Haleigh Pike
https://krcrtv.com/news/butte-county/mother-grandmother-charged-after-two-year-old-eats-marijuana-edibles

 

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— Day 111: Ives Still Has Not Endorsed Rauner, Continues Attacking His Failed Leadership
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/day-111-ives-still-has-not-endorsed-rauner-continues-attacking-his-failed-leadership/