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February 14 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Revenue from video gaming exceeds state casinos for the first time – BEN BRADLEY (DIERSEN: What percent of the money lost gambling in Illinois is lost by those a) who have saved little or nothing for their retirement, b) who have severe financial and/or health problems, c) who are wards of the state or will be wards of the state, and/or d) who are also addicted to booze, opioids, pot, etc. – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://wgntv.com/2019/02/13/revenue-from-video-gaming-exceeds-state-casinos-for-the-first-time/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Aldermanic candidate David Krupa files $4 million defamation suit against CTU – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aldermanic-candidate-files-4-million-defamation-suit-against-ctu/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The latest suit holds that Muir, a teacher at Nathan Hale Elementary School in the 13th Ward, used a CTU letterhead when she penned a note to ward residents accusing Krupa of cyberbullying and cyberstalking. “Mr. Krupa harassed and bullied me through breaching a school computer system and posting disturbing language and images that shocked me and my student,” Muir wrote in the letter, which implores residents not to vote for Krupa. “My sense of personal safety and security were violated, and this letter is part of my effort to hold him accountable for his behavior,” she wrote.)
— Democrats expect to send minimum wage bill to Pritzker Thursday — as GOP balks – Jerry Nowicki (DIERSEN: Did you ever work for the minimum wage? I did 1964-1966 washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School. If S.S. Kresges had to pay me $15/hour in today’s dollars back then, it probably would have hired an illegal instead of me. If you had earned $15/hour in today’s dollars when you were young, what would you have done with that money? I did not start earning $15/hour in today’s dollars until I was 18 in September of 1966. I earned far less than $15/hour in today’s dollars when I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; and cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. If had earned $15/hour in today’s dollars 1962-1966, I probably would have bought a new loaded 1966 Pontiac GTO in 1966 instead of the new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint that I bought. What job requirements did you have to meet before you first earned $15/hour in today’s dollars? Job requirements that I had to meet in 1966 included: be a United States citizen, be 18 years old, have a high school diploma, pass an employment test, pass a physical examination, have a driver’s license, pass a truck driving test, pass a background investigation, and have a car to use to make deliveries with.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/democrats-send-minimum-wage-bill-pritzker-thursday-house-vote-gop-against/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190214/dont-make-it-easy-for-trump-to-hide-his-failure
— Want transparency? Get rid of ‘shell’ bills – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190213/want-transparency-get-rid-of-shell-bills
— No tollway board, no matter: Route 53 study keeps bringing consultants millions – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190214/no-tollway-board-no-problem-controversial-route-53-study-keeps-bringing-consultants-millions

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Biz faces life without clout in Springfield A higher minimum wage. Signs of more pension borrowing. A push for a graduated income tax. If you thought the business community still had significant influence in a Democrat-dominated capitol, this week offered a kick to the gut. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/biz-faces-life-without-clout-springfield

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Minimum wage is not an issue to rush – Editorial
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190209/our-view-minimum-wage-is-not-issue-to-rush

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Illinois lawmaker Tom Bennett, R-Pontiac, eyeing 4 to 6 new statues at Capitol complex – Grant Morgan
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/02/14/illinois-republican-lawmaker-eyeing-4-to-6-new-statues-at-capitol-complex/awl0qvb/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD & HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois Republican lawmaker Patrick Windhorst proposes tighter restrictions on late-term abortions – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/02/13/illinois-republican-lawmaker-proposes-tighter-restrictions-on-late-term-abortions/apy963n/
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gop-lawmaker-proposes-tighter-restrictions-on-late-term-abortions-in/article_8527df58-c1dd-5483-a0a2-dcd8b673e619.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Despite border funding compromise, McCarthy backs Trump on declaring an emergency – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/despite-border-funding-compromise-mccarthy-backs-trump-on-declaring-an-emergency

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— KANE COUNTY MOURNS LOSS OF MONTGOMERY TRUSTEE STAN BOND
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2019/02/kane-county-mourns-loss-of-montgomery-trustee-stan-bond/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Spin machine on full throttle in graduated income tax debate – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-spin-machine-on-full-throttle-in-graduated-income/article_def7e65a-2f19-11e9-927e-93f1666b9a73.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Going on Offense with Pro-Life Candidates – Benjamin Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/02/spotlight-going-on-offense-with-pro-life-candidates/

 

GOPUSA
— Texas Republicans to propose tapping rainy day fund for border wall (DIERSEN: If immigration is not limited/stopped, anti-Americans will soon be the majorities in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, etc. and those state will vote to leave the United States and join up with Mexico.)
http://www.gopusa.com/texas-republicans-to-propose-tapping-rainy-day-fund-for-border-wall-2/
— HUD examines racial, ethnic disparities within homeless populations (DIERSEN: Democrats blame Republicans for homelessness.)
http://www.gopusa.com/hud-examines-racial-ethnic-disparities-within-homeless-populations/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Says Wall Will Be Harder to Climb Than Mt. Everest – Solange Reyner
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/mount-everest-border-wall-resistance-obstructionists/2019/02/13/id/902615/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— And They Call Themselves “Progressives”? – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/02/and-they-call-themselves-progressives/

 

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— Nancy Pelosi spreading Socialist Democracy like a modern Typhoid Mary – Paul H. Yarbrough
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/pelosi-socialist-democracy-typhoid-mary-113557/

 

TOWNHALL
— Can Any Of These Democrat Goofs Beat Trump? – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/02/14/can-any-of-these-democrat-goofs-beat-trump-n2541404

 

DAILY CALLER
— BETO’S RALLY SHOWED A CAMPAIGN DEAD ON ARRIVAL – Harlan Hill
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/13/hill-beto-dead/
— DEMOCRATS EXPRESS OPENNESS TO FEDERAL GUN REGISTRY – Kerry Picket
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/13/dems-open-allow-doj-firearms-registry/
— TRUMP DEMANDS CALIFORNIA PAY BACK FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR CANCELED BULLET TRAIN PROJECT – Evie Fordham
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/13/trump-california-money-train/
— LIBERAL HATRED AND HYPOCRISY TOOK CENTER STAGE YESTERDAY – Derek Hunter
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/14/liberal-hatred-and-hypocrisy/

 

HOT AIR
— Red Flag Gun Confiscations Already Number In The Thousands – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/02/13/red-flag-gun-confiscations-already-number-thousands/

 

LIFE SITE
— Every 2020 Democrat candidate is pro-abortion and pro-LGBT – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/2020-democrat-hopefuls-united-against-life-marriage-religious-freedom

 

LIFEZETTE
— U.S. Will Hurtle ‘Down the Tracks to Fiscal Ruin’ If Progressives Win in 2020 – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/02/u-s-will-hurtle-down-the-tracks-to-fiscal-ruin-if-progressives-win-in-2020/
— AS CITIZENS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES TAKE OVER CALIFORNIA: Democrat Threatens Trump with ‘Heavy Price’ if He Bypasses Congress for Wall Funding California’s Garamendi warned of severe consequences – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/02/democrat-threatens-trump-with-heavy-price-if-he-bypasses-congress-for-wall-funding/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— How ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Amnesty Could Destroy American Liberty – Trevor Loudon
https://www.theepochtimes.com/how-illegal-immigrant-amnesty-could-destroy-american-liberty_2784861.html
— Over 1.4 Million Households Drop Out of Food Stamp Program Under Trump – PETR SVAB AND ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/over-1-4-million-households-drop-out-of-food-stamp-program-under-trump_2799356.html

 

THE HILL
— FEBRUARY 4, 2014 FLASHBACK: Building name recognition – DAVID HILL (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are nasty. Since 2000, I have wanted to increase GOPUSA ILLINOIS email readership. Since 2000, my critics/opponents have worked very hard to discourage everyone from reading my emails. What should I do? Since 2000, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my emails have caused each and every defeat that Republicans have suffered in Illinois, and especially the defeats that they have suffered in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Glen Ellyn. Since 2000, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/david-hill/197474-building-name-recognition

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Migrants waiting in a Mexican shelter riot over long waits, poor conditions. Nonprofit says scenes could be first glimpse of how Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’ policy actually plays out when implemented.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/migrants-waiting-mexican-shelter-riot-over-long-waits-poor-conditions-n971321

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Puts Best Face on Border Deal, as Aides Try to Assuage an Angry Right – Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/us/politics/deal-government-shutdown.html
— How Do You Apologize? – Jeremy Engle (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to apologize a) for each and every GOPUSA ILLINOIS email that I have sent out, b) for each and every article that I have linked to in those emails, and c) for each and every comment that I have included in those emails. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to apologize for causing all of the problems that they, that you, that I, and that everyone else has had, is having, and will have. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/learning/how-do-you-apologize.html
— Navigating the Male-Female Work Relationship – Nicholas Kristof (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, at one time or another, they assigned me to supervise virtually every female that they hired. Of course, to get rid of me, they hoped those females would charge me with sexual harassment or even worse things. During my last 4 years there, a female supervised me, and the 4 years before that, she supervised my supervisor.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/opinion/me-too-male-bosses.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “More border surveillance tech could be worse for human rights than a wall.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/13/more-border-surveillance-tech-could-be-worse-human-rights-than-wall/

 

USA TODAY
— Why ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor Lester Holt is teaching teens about fact-checking – Nathan Bomey (DIERSEN: What are your qualifications to be a fact checker? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. 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. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/02/13/nbc-ester-holt-poynter-institute-mediawise-fact-checking/2857328002/

 

DALLAS NEWS
— Migrants enter U.S. in large groups near El Paso as tighter asylum controls lead them to new tactics – Alfredo Corchado
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2019/02/13/migrants-enter-us-large-groups-near-el-paso-tighter-asylum-controls-lead-new-tactics

 

WTNH
— Bill combating age discrimination looks to protect seniors searching for jobs (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress that I was born way back in 1948, b) acknowledge that I earned a bachelor’s degree in management, but stress that it was way back in 1970, c) acknowledge that I earned an MBA, but stress that it was way back in 1976, d) acknowledge that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, but stress that it was way back in 1979, e) acknowledge that I earned master’s degree in accounting, but stress that it was way back in 1980, f) acknowledge that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, but stress that it was way back in 1981, g) acknowledge that I became a licensed CPA, but stress that it was way back in 1981, h) acknowledge that I earned master’s degree in financial markets and trading, but stress that it was way back in 1997, i) acknowledge that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, but stress that it was way back 1971-1980, and j) acknowledge that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, but stress that it was way back 1980-1997.)
https://www.wtnh.com/news/politics/bill-combating-age-discrimination-looks-to-protect-seniors-searching-for-jobs/1779349850
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some politicians are looking to protect seniors who are searching for jobs. State lawmakers are introducing a bill that looks to combat age discrimination. The legislation would make it illegal for employers to ask for date of birth or graduation dates on job applications. According to an AARP survey, 61 percent of older workers have experienced discrimination due to their age.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Janus Barely Dents Public-Sector Union Membership Blue-state officials make legal moves to shore up an important source of political support. – Daniel DiSalvo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/janus-barely-dents-public-sector-union-membership-11550100582
— Let’s Make It Easier for People to Work Later in Life – Josh Gotbaum and Bruce E. Wolfe (DIERSEN: What do Gotbaum and Wolfe have to say about GAO’s policy of flushing its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran down the toilet if they 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?)
https://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2019/02/13/lets-make-it-easier-for-people-to-work-later-in-life/
— In Need of Workers, the Midwest Recruits From Puerto Rico Companies recruit on the island, which is losing population, to find people to work in Ohio, Iowa and Nebraska. – Erin Ailworth and Arian Campo-Flores (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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-need-of-workers-the-midwest-recruits-from-puerto-rico-11550140201
— Make Trump Popular Again While he strikes a tone of unity, his opponents seek ideological purity. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/make-trump-popular-again-11550100806
— The Border Wall, Mile by Mile What has been built so far along the U.S.-Mexico border, and what is expected next – Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-border-wall-mile-by-mile-11550152535

 

FORBES
— Illinois Is Still Not Serious About Pension Funding – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2019/02/13/illinois-is-still-not-serious-about-pension-funding/#746eff47a901

 

WIRED
— AMERICANS ARE ABANDONING PUBLIC TRANSIT – AARIAN MARSHALL (DIERSEN: Do/did you regularly use public transit to get to/from work and/or school? I did in 1971, 1973, 1974, and 1978-1997.)
https://www.wired.com/story/transit-center-census-americans-public-transportation/

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Critical Thinking: Will Robot Journalism Replace Human Journalists? – Evelyn Mateos
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/critical-thinking-will-robot-journalism-replace-human-journalists/

 

AD WEEK
— DECEMBER 28, 2018 FLASHBACK: People Who Share News Articles Trust Them, But People Who Research Them Don’t The Knight Foundation and Gallup released the results of a recent experiment – David Cohen (DIERSEN: I do not “trust” the articles that I share. I fully disclose their source and their author.)
https://www.adweek.com/digital/people-who-share-news-articles-trust-them-but-people-who-esearch-them-dont/

 

ADVOCATE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/2/13/gay-hiv-positive-and-running-illinois

February 12 Morning Edition

CBS2
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago Is The Most Corrupt American City
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/02/11/chicago-most-corrupt-city/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage Hispanic illegals to use children to invade America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-family-separation-border-children-trump-huppke-20190211-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A moral argument for the rich in Illinois paying a fairer share – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/j-b-pritzker-income-inequality-civic-committee-commercial-club-progressive-income-tax/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF MCSWEENEY: McSweeney takes aim at business group’s proposal to tax retirement income.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190211/lawmaker-takes-aim-at-business-groups-proposal-to-tax-retirement-income
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-males and those who pander to anti-males blame males for all problems that women have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190211/editorial-women-presidential-candidates-inspire-as-they-aim-for-highest-glass-ceiling-
— Economic development a key issue in Downers Grove mayoral race Three (Marge Earl, Bob Barnett and David Olsen) vying for mayor in Downers Grove – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190211/economic-development-a-key-issue-in-downers-grove-mayoral-race

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lake Shore Drive emergency hints at struggling Chicago infrastructure “An emergency creates an actual cost,” notes one economist. “When you’re failing to make the necessary investments to keep your infrastructure in shape, then you can get into these crisis situations.” – BEN WINCK
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/transportation/lake-shore-drive-emergency-hints-struggling-chicago-infrastructure

 

WTTW
— Illinois Lawmakers Debate Financial Steps Amid Pritzker Deficit Report – Alexandra Silets
https://news.wttw.com/2019/02/11/illinois-lawmakers-debate-financial-steps-amid-pritzker-deficit-report

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Local business owners warn of consequences from minimum wage hike – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190211/local-business-owners-warn-of-consequences-from-minimum-wage-hike
— New exhibit comes to grips with race, slavery in Illinois history – Steven Spearie (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that my ancestors came to America during the 1840s and 1850s while slavery was still legal. In their and my defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois and that they never had enough money to discriminate against anyone even if they wanted to.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190211/new-exhibit-comes-to-grips-with-race-slavery-in-illinois-history
— Uncertainty surrounds Abraham Lincoln’s early years – Tara McClellan McAndrew
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190211/uncertainty-surrounds-abraham-lincolns-early-years

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Another Gun Law – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=279396#.XGKyhFxKiM8

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— California governor rebukes Trump in border troop withdrawal – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/california-governor-rebukes-trump-in-border-troop-withdrawal
— In El Paso, Trump and O’Rourke go head-to-head over wall – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/in-el-paso-trump-and-orourke-go-head-to-head-over-wall
— Budget talks resuming amid pessimism over border differences – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/budget-talks-resuming-amid-pessimism-over-border-differences

 

WTAX
— Retailers suggest $11 downstate minimum wage
https://wtax.com/news/101101-retailers-suggest-11-downstate-minimum-wage/

 

STATELINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/proposed-illinois-bill-would-make-lgbtq-curriculum-mandatory-in-public-schools/1774939800

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Gov. Pritzker considering vape tax to reduce deficit – Catherine Henderson
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/02/11/lateststories/gov-pritzker-considering-vape-tax-to-reduce-deficit/

 

  1. LOUIS AMERICAN
    — DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, White-haters promote hatred of Whites.
    http://www.stlamerican.com/black_history/black-history-and-white-privilege-applying-the-lessons-of-dr/article_26a9e590-2e32-11e9-b2d2-e3d79bcfe47b.html

 

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ crisis: 20 facts Pritzker doesn’t want ordinary Illinoisans to know – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-crisis-20-facts-pritzker-doesnt-want-ordinary-illinoisans-to-know/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— News reports more of a threat to public than Sterigenics, air quality expert says – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511768482-news-reports-more-of-a-threat-to-public-than-sterigenics-air-quality-expert-says

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PROPERTY TAX RATES NEARLY DOUBLE SINCE 2007 AS RESIDENTS LEAVE HARVEY, ILLINOIS – Vincent Caruso (DIERSEN: What are your connections with Harvey? I worked for IRS in its Harvey office 1972-1973.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/property-tax-rates-nearly-double-since-2007-as-residents-leave-harvey-illinois/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHICAGO BUSINESS LEADERS JOIN CALL TO PROTECT DREAMERS (DIERSEN: Soon, to curry favor with citizens of foreign countries, with minorities, with females, with younger people, and/or with LGBTQers, employers will brag a) that they hired and/or promoted Dreamers and b) that they did not hire or that they got rid of their employees who were citizens of America, White, male, older, and/or straight.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/chicago-business-leaders-join-call-to-protect-dreamers.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump holds rally in Texas amid border wall debate – Nicole Darrah
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-holds-maga-rally-in-texas

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Beto O’Rourke counters Trump in El Paso: ‘We are making a stand for the truth’ – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/11/beto-orourke-leads-el-paso-march-against-trump-bor/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity. Soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will barred from a) getting an education, b) getting a job, c) owning a vehicle, d) owning real estate, e) etc.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/11/1964-civil-rights-act-lgbtq-expansion-hinges-relig/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biggest CPAC ever to kick off 2020, theme ‘What Makes America Great’ – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/biggest-cpac-ever-to-kick-off-2020-theme-what-makes-america-great
— Trump: Congress can negotiate, but ‘we’re building the wall anyway’ – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-congress-can-negotiate-but-were-building-the-wall-anyway

 

BREITBART
— Trump Holds Texas Rally at Border; Beto Headlines Anti-Wall Protest – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/live-updates-trump-holds-texas-rally-at-border-beto-headlines-anti-wall-protest/
— President Donald Trump: I Will Never Abolish ICE – Michelle Moons
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/president-donald-trump-i-will-never-abolish-ice/
— Democrats Seeking End to Immigration Enforcement, GOP Conceding on Wall – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/democrats-seeking-end-to-immigration-enforcement-gop-conceding-on-wall/
— GOP/Dem Border Deal: $1.3B for Wall, No Increase in Detention Space – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/gop-dem-border-deal-1-3b-for-wall-no-increase-in-detention-space/
— ICE Official: Artificial Cap on Detentions ‘Will Lead to Disastrous Results’ – Michelle Moons
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/ice-official-artificial-cap-on-detentions-will-lead-to-disastrous-results/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP DRAWS RED LINE ON BORDER WALL NEGOTIATIONS – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/11/trump-draws-red-line-border-wall-negotiations/
— DEMOCRAT WHO SOUGHT TO REGULATE DRUDGE RUNNING TO REPRESENT SILICON VALLEY IN CALIFORNIA SENATE – RUDY TAKALA (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/12/drudge-silicon-valley/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Border Patrol Agents Arrest 290 Illegal Aliens in New Mexico – R. Mitchell
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/02/border-patrol-agents-arrest-290-illegal-aliens-in-new-mexico/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— This is how the State Department purges Trump’s conservative political appointees – Gualberto Garcia Jones, Esq. (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what my Democrat superiors in the federal government did to purge federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about what Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs 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, and American Association of Political Consultants have done to purge those who were Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/this-is-how-the-state-department-purges-trumps-conservative-political-appoi

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Rallies in El Paso in Renewed Push for Border Wall – BOWEN XIAO
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-rallies-to-el-paso-in-renewed-push-for-border-wall_2797444.html
— Socialism Ruins the Traditional Family Structure, Warns Expert – EMEL AKAN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/socialism-ruins-the-traditional-family-structure-warns-expert_2797509.html

 

GOPUSA
— Trump Has Accomplished Much in 2 Years
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-has-accomplished-much-in-2-years/
— Democrat politicians stand for nothing but themselves
http://www.gopusa.com/democrat-politicians-stand-for-nothing-but-themselves/
— Survey: Americans’ optimism about personal finances at 16-year high
http://www.gopusa.com/survey-americans-optimism-about-personal-finances-at-16-year-high/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— It Takes Enormous Character to Do What Trump’s Doing
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/02/11/it-takes-enormous-character-to-do-what-trumps-doing/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Reconquistador!’ – Jonathon Moseley
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/alexandria_ocasiocortez__reconquistador.html
— When will social justice warriors come after the US Capitol? – Stephen Ryan
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/when_will_social_justice_warriors_come_after_the_us_capitol.html
— Beto O’Rourke: The last minstrel – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/beto_orourke_the_last_minstrel.html
— Bezos’ recklessness risks Amazon loss of $100 billion DoD cloud business – Chriss Street
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/bezos_recklessness_risks_amazon_loss_of_100_billion_dod_cloud_business.html

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Gallup: 5M Illegals Headed for U.S. Within the Year; 42M Want to Come – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31458-gallup-5m-illegals-headed-for-u-s-within-the-year-42m-want-to-come

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Who’s Afraid of Socialism? – Christopher Roach
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/11/whos-afraid-of-socialism/

 

PJ MEDIA
— DECEMBER 28, 2018 FLASHBACK: Top 50 Conservative Websites for 2018 – PAULA BOLYARD (DIERSEN: Besides me, who else in Illinois brings to your attention every morning and every evening articles posted on conservative websites? GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails regularly include links to articles posted on this list of top 50 conservative websites: Breitbart, Daily Caller, Western Journal, Washington Examiner, Blaze, Townhall, World Net Daily, National Review, Newsmax, PJ Media, American Thinker, Hot Air, Federalist, Rush Limbaugh, Judicial Watch, NewsBusters, Washington Free Beacon, Heritage Foundation, Daily Signal, Weekly Standard, CNS News, LifeSite News, American Conservative, Independent Journal Review, LifeZette, FrontPage Magazine, American Greatness, Spectator, and Campus Reform.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/top-conservative-websites-for-2018/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Student gov weighs in on ‘ethnic cleansing’ of illegals – Jesse Stiller (DIERSEN: I should write a about what my Democrat superiors in the federal government did to cleanse the federal government of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about what Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs 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, and American Association of Political Consultants have done to cleanse the aforesaid organizations of those who are Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11860

 

THE HILL
— Trump, O’Rourke battle over wall at dueling El Paso rallies – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/429532-trump-swipes-at-orourke-at-texas-rally

 

POLITICO
— Beto takes on Trump in tale of 2 mega-rallies The president held a campaign event in the hometown of his likely 2020 rival — and O’Rourke hit back with a speech blasting the border wall. – DAVID SIDERS and ANITA KUMAR
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/11/trump-beto-orourke-el-paso-border-wall-1163893

 

UPI
— Trump holds El Paso re-election rally to chants of ‘Finish the Wall’ – Patrick Timmons
https://www.upi.com/Trump-holds-El-Paso-re-election-rally-to-chants-of-Finish-the-Wall/9741549934186/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH FOUR BIG COLOR PICTURES: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, male-haters and those who pander to male-haters blame males for all problems that women have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/us/politics/sexism-double-standard-2020.html
— Trump Takes Border Wall Fight to El Paso; Beto O’Rourke Fires Back – Mark Landler and Simon Romero
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/us/politics/donald-trump-el-paso.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/opinion/trump-warren-trail-tears.html
— Trevor Noah Says Northam’s ‘Racism Debt’ Might Be a Good Thing – Giovanni Russonello (DIERSEN: Far too many activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican talk and/or act a) like they have tremendous skeletons rattling around in their closets and b) like are being blackmailed. Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/arts/television/trevor-noah-ralph-northam-white-guilt.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Our Grandkids Are Already in Debt – Paul Krugman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/opinion/democrats-federal-deficit.html
— Bill O’Reilly’s Invitation to Speak at a Police Charity Event in New York Ignites #MeToo Protest – Azi Paybarah
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/nyregion/bill-oreilly-police-athletic-league.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Power Up: Trump rallies for wall in Texas as lawmakers agree to something less in Washington – Jacqueline Alemany
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/powerup/2019/02/12/powerup-trump-rallies-for-wall-in-texas-as-lawmakers-agree-to-something-less-in-washington/5c61c3e31b326b66eb098684/
— Americans can’t decide how much to tax the rich — but they want to tax the rich – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: Who wants you to pay more taxes? What do they stress to justify that? For me, they stress a) I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966 when I was 17 years old, b) I avoided the draft, c) I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, d) I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, f) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, g) I worked for IRS 1971-1980, g) I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, h) IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, i) I bought a new town home in 1972, j) I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974 and traded it in to the building’s developer for I one bedroom condo in 1976, k) I earned an MBA in 1976, l) I got married in 1978 and my wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton, m) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, n) I worked for GAO 1980-1997, o) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, p) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, q) I became a licensed CPA in 1981, r) my wife and I had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984, s) GAO promoted me in 1986, t) my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, u) I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994, v) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, w) my wife and I saved money for our retirement, x) etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/11/americans-cant-decide-how-much-tax-rich-they-want-tax-rich/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/12/trump-says-central-americans-are-threat-my-son-is-proof-hes-wrong/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump blasts Beto O’Rourke, stands by wall at Texas rally – Marisa Schultz
https://nypost.com/2019/02/11/trump-blasts-beto-orourke-stands-by-wall-at-texas-rally/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— America has a farm labor shortage. We need a better guest worker program – Zippy Duvall
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-duvall-farm-labor-shortage-20190212-story.html

 

DALLAS NEWS
— Trump defiantly takes his wall message to predominantly Democrat El Paso – Alfredo Corchado
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections-2020/2019/02/11/tense-el-paso-braces-trump-message-diverse-safe-city-decades

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Andrew Cuomo’s Tears of SALT He wants Donald Trump to repeal one of tax reform’s best features. – Editorial (DIERSEN: The purposes of the $10,000 SALT cap are a) to punish those states that have high real estate taxes and/or income taxes, b) to punish those taxpayers in the aforesaid states who pay lots of real estate tax and/or state income tax, and especially those who are married, c) to punish the aforesaid taxpayers who do not move out of the aforesaid states, and/or d) to get the aforesaid taxpayers to vote for Republicans.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/andrew-cuomos-tears-of-salt-11549930778
— Democrats Face Great Opportunity—and High Peril Party risks that perceptions of extremism or stridency could alienate the center – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats 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 and political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, j) age discrimination, k) retaliation, and l) even worse things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-face-great-opportunityand-high-peril-11549896588
— Your Company Wants to Know if You’ve Lost Weight As more employers launch high-tech wellness programs that keep tabs on workers’ exercise, sleep and nutrition, employees worry about privacy and the consequences of opting out – Te-Ping Chen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote booze, gambling, pot, and other health-destroying and wealth-destroying vices.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-your-company-need-to-know-your-body-mass-index-11549902536

 

USA TODAY
— Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam slammed for referring to ‘first indentured servants from Africa’ instead of slaves – William Cummings
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/11/ralph-northam-cbs-interview/2835591002/#
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Most federal employee can’t afford to miss a paycheck Survey of federal workers brings home the perils of a shutdown – Janna Herron (DIERSEN: What do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have to say about this? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and they have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being grossly overpaid. 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.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/02/12/government-shutdown-looms-federal-workers-still-hurting-financially/2840443002/

 

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— Democrats Revealed Their True Open Border Stripes – Editorial
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/border-protection-democrats-open-borders/

 

CHARLESTON GAZETTE MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Of course, those who promote LGBTQ activity want a) your Republican township, ward, and county party organizations, b) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, c) the IRP, and d) the Republican Party to banish those like me who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/legislative_session/gop-chairwoman-condemns-anti-gay-comments-committees-nix-lgbt-protection/article_95dc9e77-8145-57ea-81f0-a8ffdcfaed5b.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— WEST VIRGINIA LAWMAKER COMPARES LGBTQ COMMUNITY TO KKK, ‘TERRORIST GROUP’ – DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity. Soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will barred from a) getting an education, b) getting a job, c) owning a vehicle, d) owning real estate, e) etc.)
https://www.newsweek.com/west-virginia-lawmaker-compares-lgbtq-kkk-1327148
— SEAN HANNITY SLAMS ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ’S ‘OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE’ GREEN NEW DEAL – BRENDAN COLE
https://www.newsweek.com/video-sean-hannity-slams-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-outrageously-expensive-1327435

 

ATLANTIC
— Democrats Overplay Their Hand on Abortion In New York and Virginia, state governments are working to loosen restrictions on late-term abortion—and giving the anti-abortion movement an opportunity. – Alexandra DeSanctis
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/new-york-and-virginia-push-expand-abortion-rights/581959/

 

GUARDIAN
— Trump: ‘Just so you know, we’re building the wall anyway.’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2019/feb/12/donald-trump-just-so-you-know-were-building-the-wall-anyway-video

 

DAILY MAIL
— Trump whips his Texas faithful into a frenzy as he uses rally to trash Beto’s rival speech, rips the ‘Green New Deal’, goes after Virginia Gov. for his near-Moonwalk and vows to ‘finish the wall’ – GEOFF EARLE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6694023/Trump-uses-Texas-campaign-rally-trash-young-man-Beto-ORourke-rips-green-new-deal.html

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Democrats capitulate to Trump, agree to wall funding – Eric London
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02/12/wall-f12.html

February 11 Morning Edition

SUN-TIMES
— Rep. Kinzinger: National guard pilot deploying to border meets twice with Trump – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/rep-adam-kinzinger-national-guard-pilot-deploying-border-meets-twice-donald-trump/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A pilot in the Air National Guard, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., will soon be deployed to fly missions over the southern border around Tucson, with his latest assignment coming at a time when President Donald Trump has been quietly consulting with him on national security issues. “We talk a lot about Syria and Afghanistan,” Kinzinger told me about his two White House meetings, the last one about two weeks ago with about three or four other congressmen.)
— Much of $100 million from sale of Holy Name lot to go to church sex-abuse debts – Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-catholic-archdiocese-finances-holy-name-cathedral-priest-clergy-sex-abuse-claims/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in a) promoting promiscuity, b) discouraging traditional marriage, and c) promoting LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-relationships-partner-boyfriend-girlfriend-millennials-0211-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Big pot tries to box out rivals Medical marijuana licensees want Illinois’ recreational use bill to ban new licenses. – BRIGID SWEENEY (DIERSEN: Pot pushers are moral relativists who believe that their end of turning everyone into a stoner justifies their means. How successful will pot pushers be in turning you, your spouse, your children, your grandchildren, your brothers and sisters, your parents, your grandparents, your nieces and nephews, your aunts and uncles, and everyone else into a stoner? As more and more and more stoners crash and burn, are you going to take care of them?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/big-pot-tries-box-out-rivals
— In pension crisis, time is not on our side Chicago’s largest employers are recommending the state pay off more than $130 billion in pension debt largely through a series of tax hikes. It’s not a perfect plan. But it gets one thing right: The crisis can’t wait. – Editorial
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/pension-crisis-time-not-our-side

 

ABC7
— Kentucky mother arrested after 2 young children test positive for cocaine
https://abc7chicago.com/mother-arrested-after-2-kids-test-positive-for-cocaine/5132055/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Local employers, workers weigh effect of minimum wage increase – Brenden Moore (DIERSEN: Did you ever work for the minimum wage? I did 1964-1966 washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School. If S.S. Kresges had to pay me $15/hour in today’s dollars back then, it probably would have hired an illegal instead of me.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190209/local-employers-workers-weigh-effect-of-minimum-wage-increase

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren brings populist message to Davenport – Bill Lukitsch
https://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/sen-elizabeth-warren-brings-populist-message-to-davenport/article_cc8b2abd-ab93-5527-a038-b12ea8b52bf1.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Warren: I’m not afraid of anyone, including Trump – Erin Murphy (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and act like they are not afraid of anyone because they work for people who have tremendous religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/warren-i-m-not-afraid-of-anyone-including-trump/article_94aedf42-693c-5880-a02c-4e501251b1d2.html

 

STATELINE
— Rep. Brad Halbrook of Shelbyville files bill that would make Chicago the 51st state. The bill claims the majority of the residents in downstate Illinois disagree with the City of Chicago on issues such as gun ownership, abortion, immigration, and other policy issues.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-lawmaker-files-bill-that-would-make-chicago-the-51st-state/1769769111

 

ILLINOIS HOUSE GOP
— Rep. David McSweeney Introduces Bipartisan Resolution Strongly Opposing an Illinois Retirement Income Tax
http://www.ilhousegop.org/member_news

 

WIREPOINTS
— “Chicago’s civic titans would never invest their money into something so broken, so corrupt as Illinois’ government, yet they say taxpayers must” – Ted on the Morning Answer
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-civic-titans-would-never-invest-their-money-into-something-so-broken-so-corrupt-as-illinois-government-yet-they-say-taxpayers-must-ted-on-the-morning-answer/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Tom Morrison won’t support Senate-passed minimum wage increase – Karen Kidd
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511768534-morrison-won-t-support-senate-passed-minimum-wage-increase
— Rep. Tom Morrison: Institute reforms before income tax increase – Karen Kidd
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511768542-rep-morrison-institute-reforms-before-income-tax-increase

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER/O’NEIL: BLAME THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA FOR ITS OWN DEMISE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/thorneroneil-blame-the-mainstream-media-for-its-own-demise.html
— CANNABIS CAUSES LOWER GRADES AMONG STUDENTS (DIERSEN: A question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, a) would the Post Office had hired him in 1966 when he was 18, b) would IRS had hired him in 1971, c) would IRS had promoted him in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) would GAO had hired him in 1980, and d) would GAO had promoted him in 1986? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 when he was 21, b) earn an MBA in 1976, c) pass the CPA examination on his first attempt in 1979, d) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on his first attempt in 1981, f) become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, h) become a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, i) become a Certified Financial Services Manager in 1996, j) become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and k) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning since 2004 and b) also put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every evening since 2015? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like a) they smoke pot, b) they want to smoke pot, c) they want to make lots of money selling pot, and/or d) they want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of pot.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/study-cannabis-causes-lower-grades-among-students.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THE STATE OF THE BLACK UNION – Raynard Jackson (DIERSEN: Since the Civil War, Democrats have blamed Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/the-state-of-the-black-union/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigration on pace for worst year since massive wall-building spree in 2007  New surge comprised of migrant families and children, which are a much tougher population to combat – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/10/illegal-immigration-mexico-border-pace-worst-2007/

— Beto O’Rourke hopes to ambush Trump in El Paso – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/10/inside-the-beltway-beto-orourke-hopes-to-ambush-tr/

 

FOX NEWS
— Warren says Trump ‘may not even be a free person’ in 2020 – Gerren Keith Gaynor
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-says-trump-may-not-even-be-a-free-person-in-2020
— JANUARY 9, 2019 FLASHBACK: ‘No Downside to Building the Wall’: ‘Fox News @ Night’ Panel (Richard Fowler, Steve Hilton and Gianno Caldwell) Debates Trump Address, Border Security
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/09/fox-news-night-panel-debates-trump-address-border-security-funding-battle

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— It’s called ‘illegal’ not ‘undocumented’ immigration
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/its_called_illegal_not_undocumented_immigration.html
— The Hidden State of Illegalia – Gary Gindler
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/the_hidden_state_of_illegalia.html
— Repeat with Me, Leftists: Trump Is Not a Racist – Lloyd Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/repeat_with_me_leftists_trump_is_not_a_racist.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Progressives Bearing Gifts – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2019/02/10/progressives-bearing-gifts/
— Raise Marginal Tax Rates to Own the Libs – Brandon J. Weichert
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/10/raise-marginal-tax-rates-to-own-the-libs/

 

BREITBART
— Number of Anchor Babies in 10 States More Than 4X Boston Population – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/10/number-of-anchor-babies-in-10-states-more-than-4x-boston-population/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— More of Trump’s private schedules leak as West Wing hunts down source – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/more-of-trumps-private-schedules-leak-as-west-wing-hunts-down-source

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Mocks Global Warming As Klobuchar Announces 2020 Bid in Snow – Brian Freeman
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/climate-change-trump-klobuchar/2019/02/10/id/902087/

 

COMMENTARY
— The State of the Union is Pro-Jewish – ABE GREENWALD (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, and at times most, and at times virtually all of my Democrat superiors and supervisors were Jewish. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted at them a) that members of the following groups are anti-Jewish: Republican, Protestant, conservative, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) that I was Republican, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/the-state-of-the-union-is-pro-jewish/

 

REASON
— Underfunded Pensions Heighten Risk of Service Insolvency for Local Governments in Illinois Many local governments in the state face severe legacy cost pressures, but Chicago appears to be in a league of its own. – Marc Joffe
https://reason.org/commentary/underfunded-pensions-heighten-risk-of-service-insolvency-for-local-governments-in-illinois/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS & WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to use socialism to destroy America.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/02/11/why_trumps_war_on_socialism_will_fail_139422.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-war-on-socialism-will-fail/2019/02/10/b6fe3a6a-2be4-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html

 

ABC NEWS
— El Paso officials denounce Trump’s border comments ahead of his 1st 2019 campaign rally Beto O’Rourke is joining an El Paso rally opposing the president’s nearby. – Rachel Scott (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/el-paso-officials-denounce-trumps-border-comments-ahead/story?id=60885823

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump’s opponents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/10/opinion/amy-klobuchar-sherrod-brown-2020.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/02/11/why-much-world-now-feels-more-threatened-by-us-than-by-china-or-russia/

 

WASHINGTON POST & DENVER POST & CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Vicki Ibarra is an IRS employee. I was an IRS employee 1971-1980. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that unlike Ibarra, I have had tremendous unfair advantages in life.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/devastated-by-one-shutdown-dreading-the-next/2019/02/10/5ec2afcc-2b06-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/02/10/government-shutdown-federal-employee-repairing-damage-from-previous-one/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-shutdown-federal-employee-profile-20190211-story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Gov. Gavin Newsom to pull National Guard from California’s border with Mexico – JAZMINE ULLOA and TARYN LUNA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-gavin-newsom-california-national-guard-withdraw-immigration-20190211-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Google and Facebook Worsen Media Bias Silicon Valley’s advertising monopoly translates into editorial influence. – Mark Epstein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-and-facebook-worsen-media-bias-11549829040
— The Democrats’ Identity Meltdown The furies they unleashed are consuming their own. Where’s Barack? – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-identity-meltdown-11549836657
— Border-Security Funding Negotiations Stall as Shutdown Looms Failure of talks increases likelihood of another government shutdown on Friday – Kate Davidson and Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/talks-between-administration-and-congress-on-border-security-funding-have-broken-down-11549811252
— How to Squeeze Higher Returns From Your Savings – Kevin McAllister (DIERSEN: Consider TreasuryDirect at https://www.treasurydirect.gov/)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-squeeze-higher-returns-from-your-savings-11549825201
— As Democratic Field Grows, the 2020 Race Sharpens in Tone As Klobuchar, Warren jump into the race, Trump tries to define his potential opponents early – Ken Thomas (DIERSEN: Government is very nasty. Politics is very nasty. How bad are your demographics? What do your critics/opponents try to define you as being? My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois use my demographics to define me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. My critics/opponent stress that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), raised in Crete, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, American-nameplate car owner, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for more than 21 years, childless, and pet-less.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-democratic-field-grows-the-2020-race-sharpens-in-tone-11549843990
— How Big Must Your Nest Egg Be? – Glenn Ruffenach
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-big-must-your-nest-egg-be-11549854421
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Example: You determine that you need $70,000 a year to meet your expenses and pay taxes. And let’s say you receive $30,000 a year from Social Security and a small pension. If we subtract the latter total from the former, we end up with $40,000 in residual living expenses—those that aren’t covered by guaranteed sources of income. Knowing that figure can help you calculate how large your nest egg should be. Mr. Bernstein recommends that most people should plan to save for about 25 years of RLE. (Which is a reasonable number if you retire at or near age 65, since most financial planners would urge you to assume a life expectancy of 90, if not longer.) To continue our example above, we multiply $40,000 (again, your annual shortfall) by 25 years. That gives us a target of $1 million for your nest egg. That’s how much you would need to save before retiring. The math, of course, isn’t a guarantee of retirement success, Mr. Bernstein notes, but “at least gives you a decent shot at it.”)

 

HIGHER ED
— The Effects of Racism and the Excesses of Identity Politics – Eboo Patel (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/conversations-diversity/effects-racism-and-excesses-identity-politics

 

NEWSWEEK & RAW STORY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: ‘Republican’ strategist Shermichael Singleton says that the Republican Party has ‘no outreach’ to Blacks and that Trump ‘assaults every person of color.’
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-donald-trump-blacks-outreach-racism-shermichael-singleton-al-1325997
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/republican-admits-party-no-outreach-blacks-president-assaults-every-person-color/

 

VICE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An America-hater says “Trump’s Wall Symbolizes the End of American Optimism” and “the politics of the frontier and expansion have been replaced by a sense that there isn’t enough to go around.”
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nexepx/trumps-wall-symbolizes-the-end-of-american-optimism

 

DAILY MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Daily Mail paints itself as being 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6689211/Trump-suggests-call-National-Emergency-5-7billion-border-wall.html

February 7 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Mount Prospect redesigning vehicle sticker amid claims it used white nationalist imagery
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/mount-prospect-redesigning-vehicle-sticker-amid-claims-it-used-white-nationalist-imagery/5125312/
— Parents turn themselves in after toddler eats from heroin baggies – Annie McCormick
https://abc7chicago.com/parents-turn-themselves-in-after-toddler-eats-heroin/5125378/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH A BIG COLOR PICTURE AND A BIG BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE: Inside Bill Daley’s insurance exam scandal: Beers, an altered test and a passing grade – Todd Lighty (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that while I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, my scores were not that high.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-met-bill-daley-insurance-test-20190207-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bill Daley has passed the bar to practice law and cleared security checks to work in the White House. But when he tried to pass the state exam to sell insurance in Illinois as a young man, he faced failure, scandal and embarrassment. First, the youngest son of Mayor Richard J. Daley flunked. And when he passed on his second try, in 1973, the validity of the insurance test later was questioned amid allegations he received inside help. The evidence? An expert handwriting analysis and different inks pointed to two people filling in test answers. And then there was the colorful and damning account of the state employee who had administered the insurance tests and taken them home over the weekend. The worker described being paid a Sunday visit by Robert Wills, a recently fired colleague who took a particular interest in Bill Daley’s test. As the two drank beer, Wills noticed that Daley had not answered several questions. Wills, the worker testified, had a request: “I’d like to do a favor for a friend of mine and fill them in.” That friend, according to court records, was a close ally of the mayor. Bill Daley, who was not charged with wrongdoing, denied any involvement and kept his insurance license.)
— State law allows local elected officials to live in another state – Ted Slowik
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-flossmoor-trustee-residency-st-0207-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate men and/or hate Whites stress Liam Neeson, Ralph Northam, and Joe Ricketts.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-wednesday-white-people-stop-saying-dont-see-color-20190206-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Boy threatened to shoot up Downers Grove high school with AK-47: prosecutors
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/boy-threatened-to-shoot-up-downers-grove-high-school-with-ak-47-prosecutors/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Mount Prospect to redesign vehicle sticker amid claims of white nationalist imagery – Steve Zalusky
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190206/mount-prospect-to-redesign-vehicle-sticker-amid-claims-of-white-nationalist-imagery

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Union coalition pitches city income tax A CTU-backed group wants those with annual household income above $100,000 to pay 3.5 percent a year to City Hall—plus a “LaSalle Street tax” and more. But CTA rides and community college would be free. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/union-coalition-pitches-city-income-tax
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A coalition of progressive activists and big unions is upping the ante on the call for new revenue to finance help for lower-income Chicagoans, this time proposing not just a “LaSalle Street tax” on financial transactions and restoration of the employer “head tax” but a new city income tax on those who work or live in Chicago. With a swipe at “wealthy yuppies” and corporations who “don’t pay their fair share,” the group—which includes the Chicago Teachers Union and SEIU Healthcare Illinois—specifically wants a 3.5 percent tax on household income above $100,000 a year.)

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR & SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— North headlines Lincoln Day dinner in Springfield – Steven Spearie
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190207/north-headlines-lincoln-day-dinner
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190206/north-headlines-lincoln-day-dinner
(FROM THE ARTICLE: NRA president says group has to double its strength to preserve Second Amendment. Retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North said Wednesday that the National Rifle Association has to “double our strength to preserve the Second Amendment” between now and the 2020 elections, in keynote remarks at the 115th annual Sangamon County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner at the Bank of Springfield Center. The 75-year-old North, who became president of the NRA last May, also said the “disarm America movement is the best-funded, most sophisticated assault on our American liberties in our history.” North claimed that an unnamed “unholy troika of tyrannical billionaires” was setting the Democrats’ “far-left socialist agenda.” “They’re using their vast fortunes to elect enough progressives to turn America into a disarmed socialist dystopia,” North said. “The hard left in America are socialists. They’re anti-freedom candidates for office. If they succeed in what they’re doing, our lives are going to be adversely affected forever.” The annual Lincoln Day event, the longest-running in the country, is a key fundraiser for the party organization. About 1,000 people attended. Illinois Republic Party chairman Tim Schneider didn’t shy away from the GOP’s showing last fall in Illinois. “We had a tough election in 2018, but Illinois Republicans aren’t ready to give up yet,” said Schneider, in remarks preceding North’s. “After J.B. Pritzker spent $171 million on his election, he still only got 54 percent of the vote. They don’t buy him, don’t buy his tax increases or his policies. Republicans will hold Pritzker and Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “responsible for their actions in driving families, jobs and business out of (Illinois),” he said.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Senate Republicans express support for redistricting amendment – Cassie Buchman
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190206/senate-republicans-express-support-for-redistricting-amendment

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— The Trump Organization Is Cracking Down On Undocumented Workers
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-organization-cracking-down-undocumented-workers#stream/0

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— After State of the Union, lawmakers losing confidence on border security deal – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/after-state-of-the-union-lawmakers-losing-confidence-on-border-security-deal
— Crisis escalates in Virginia; top 3 Democrats under fire – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/crisis-escalates-in-virginia-top-3-democrats-under-fire
— Pelosi says Trump ‘threats’ have no place in Congress – AP (DIERSEN: Who has threatened you? What if I had secretly recorded the threats that my Democrat GAO superiors made against me in 1997 when I was 49 years old to force me to take their early retirement “offer?”)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/pelosi-says-trump-threats-have-no-place-in-congress
— Trump now says he wants more legal immigration (DIERSEN: More legal immigration causes more illegal immigration.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-now-says-he-wants-more-legal-immigration

 

BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
— Millennials and Market Saturation Raise Doubts About New Casino Push Talk of new Chicago and Downstate casinos is resurfacing among politicians as an answer to government fiscal woes. But casino revenue is off sharply from its heights, and the industry is struggling to attract younger gamblers. – Tim Jones (DIERSEN: Every dollar that you gamble away is a dollar that you do not save for your retirement.)
https://www.bettergov.org/news/millennials-and-market-saturation-raise-doubts-about-new-casino-push

 

WIREPOINTS
— Moody’s to Pritzker: “New taxes could threaten to increase the outflow of Illinois residents” – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.wirepoints.com/moodys-to-pritzker-new-taxes-could-threaten-to-increase-the-outflow-of-illinois-residents/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Lincoln Day Dinner Scheduled for February 23rd Features Jeannie Ives
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/02/06/lincoln-day-dinner-scheduled-for-february-23rd-features-jeannie-ives/
— Time Sheet Overtime Falsification Results in Two LaSalle County Indictments Last October
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/02/07/time-sheet-overtime-falsification-results-in-two-lasalle-county-indictments-last-october/
— GOP Senators Seek What They Didn’t Win in the Election–Fair Maps
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/02/06/gop-senators-seek-what-they-didnt-win-in-the-election-fair-maps/
— Another Indication that David McSweeney Is Preparing to Run for Something Other Than Re-Election
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/02/06/another-indication-that-david-mcsweeney-is-preparing-to-run-for-something-other-than-re-election/
— Two McHenry County State Reps. in Forefront of Attack on Teachers Sexually Abusing Students
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/02/06/two-mchenry-county-state-reps-in-forefront-of-attack-on-teachers-sexually-abusing-students/
— Re-Run: Tribune Features Problem 1994 Skinner Legislation on Gathering Information on Teacher Sex/Physical Abuse Would Have Solved
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/02/06/the-teacher-sexphysical-abuse-roll-call-nobody-every-used-in-a-political-campaign-copy/
— Skillicorn Reacts to State of the Union Address
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/02/06/skillicorn-reacts-to-state-o-the-union-address/
— Over $600,000 from Lawyers for Jack Franks’ Campaigns
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/02/05/over-600000-from-lawyers-for-jack-franks-campaigns/
— Synopsis of David McSweeney’s New Township Abolition by Referendum Bill.
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/02/05/synopsis-of-david-mcsweeneys-new-township-abolition-by-referendum-bill/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— All Senate Republicans sign on to bipartisan ‘fair map’ amendment – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/all-senate-republicans-sign-on-to-bipartisan-fair-map-amendment/article_02e4cef6-2a70-11e9-9500-3781cb9d0f8f.html

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Lawmakers: Minimum wage increase will cost taxpayers in all levels of government – Greg Bishop
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/lawmakers-minimum-wage-increase-will-cost-taxpayers-in-all-levels/article_71d26dce-98f1-560c-ae7a-db0fb179f026.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump says he wants to boost US legal immigration because unemployment is so low – Nicole Darrah (DIERSEN: More legal immigration promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-he-wants-to-boost-us-legal-immigration-because-unemployment-is-so-low
— Christians must fight growing anti-Semitism in America – Frank Wolf (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, if not most of my superiors were Jewish. To turn them against me, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates stressed that I was a) 100% German national origin and b) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. In my defense, I stressed a) that my ancestors immigrated way back during the 1840s and 1850s, b) that they have always lived in northeast Illinois, c) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, d) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and e) that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/christians-must-fight-growing-anti-semitism-in-america
— Ex-ESPN host Jemele Hill makes State of the Union assassination reference in now-deleted tweet – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ex-espn-host-jemele-hill-makes-state-of-the-union-assassination-reference-in-a-now-deleted-tweet
— Liberal hypocrisy: Democrats’ calls for Northam to resign fade as three scandals throw Virginia into chaos
https://www.foxnews.com/us/liberal-hypocrisy-democrats-calls-for-northam-to-resign-fade-as-three-scandals-throw-virginia-into-chaos

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Arizona town Nogales demands feds cut down barbed wire on border fence – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: How soon will the America-haters in Nogales have enough votes to get Nogales to leave America and to join up with Mexico?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/6/nogales-arizona-demands-feds-remove-border-fence-b/
— Intelligence panel testified on mass migration, but didn’t mention border ‘crisis’ – Rowan Scarborough
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/6/intelligence-panel-testified-on-mass-migration-but/
— Democrats now have to govern and it’s not a pretty sight – Matt Mackowiak
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/6/drug-companies-need-to-step-up-as-congress-eyes-re/
— Tens of thousands of federal employees make more than governor in state where they work – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/6/federal-employees-salaries-tens-thousands-make-mor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal employees are back on the job after the government shutdown — and many are doing pretty well for themselves, according to a new report that shows nearly 92,000 of them make salaries that match or exceed the governors of the states where they work. Some are in traditional high-pay occupations such as doctors. But the total also includes 18 painters, 22 welders and 25 pipefitters. More than 1,000 clerical workers in Alabama make at least $120,000, or about the same salary as Gov. Kay Ivey. In Ohio, 333 Ohio “transportation” workers, most of them air traffic controllers, make in the ballpark of Gov. Mike DeWine’s nearly $149,000 salary. And in Maryland, 3,561 federal workers made as much or more than Gov. Larry Hogan’s $170,000 salary. Most of them were doctors, dentists or public health workers, which is perhaps not surprising given that the National Institutes of Health is in Bethesda. But that doesn’t account for the 359 clerical employees, 66 accountants, 57 information-technology workers and 100 vocational trainers or school instructors who also cleared $170,000 or more a year, according to the Congressional Research Service, which compiled the data for lawmakers. The more than 91,000 workers nationwide who make as much or more than their governors is up 18 percent from the last time the CRS did a similar report, a decade ago.)

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pence defends the shutdown: ‘I never think it’s a mistake to stand up for what you believe in’- Katelyn Caralle (DIERSEN: What have you stood up against? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I stood up against political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Consequently, 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 a $19,203 (26%) 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.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/pence-defends-the-shutdown-i-never-think-its-a-mistake-to-stand-up-for-what-you-believe-in

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Media Displays Poisonous Hatred for Donald Trump
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/02/06/media-displays-poisonous-hatred-for-donald-trump/
— How “American Greatness” Triggers the Left (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the left makes it clear that it hates and wants to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/02/06/how-american-greatness-triggers-the-left/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Virginia Democrats’ Minstrel Show – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29638

 

TOWNHALL
— Sec. Nielsen: Just Like the Last Caravans, Illegally Entry Is Not Tolerated – Julio Rosas
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2019/02/06/sec-nielsen-just-like-the-last-caravans-illegally-entry-is-not-tolerated-n2540955

 

NEWSMAX
— Kinzinger: Trump Should Stop Complimenting Kim Jong Un – Brian Freeman
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/adam-kinzinger-trump-kim-jong-un/2019/02/06/id/901551/
— Some Border Residents Shrug Off Trump’s Wall Demand – Solange Reyner (DIERSEN: How soon will America-haters in border towns have enough votes to get their towns to leave America and to join up with Mexico? How soon will America-haters in border states have enough votes to get those states to leave America and to join up with Mexico?)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/border-wall-california-rhetoric-state-of-the-union/2019/02/06/id/901599/
— Governor of Mexican State Coahuila: No More Migrants – Solange Reyner
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/migrants-caravan-governor-coahuila/2019/02/06/id/901604/

 

DAILY CALLER
— GAVIN MCINNES SUES FOR DEFAMATION OVER ‘HATE’ GROUP LABEL – Grace Carr (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who treated TAPROOT Republicans like it was a hate group because I recruited speakers who promoted the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and in the Republican Party platform. In 2012, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes succeeded in destroying TAPROOT.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/05/gavin-mcinnes-sues-splc-hate/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— MILITARY ON THE BORDER: APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO A CRISIS How does a house stand without walls? – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272778/military-border-appropriate-response-crisis-michael-cutler

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— HEY, COMMANDER! START COMMANDING! Ann Coulter: Our military can build a wall anywhere in the world except the U.S.?
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/hey-commander-start-commanding/

 

GOPUSA
— Payoff? Democrats embrace nation-building in Central America as answer to migrant caravans.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64724
— Democrats oppose bill to protect newborns from infanticide
http://www.gopusa.com/democrats-oppose-bill-to-protect-newborns-from-infanticide/

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump’s Wall and a Plan to Stop Cartels at the Border – Bill Thomas
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/06/trumps-wall-and-a-plan-to-stop-cartels-at-the-border/
— Donald Trump’s Annihilation of the Democratic Party – Conrad Black
https://amgreatness.com/2019/02/06/donald-trumps-annihilation-of-the-democratic-party/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Governor Northham’s honesty – James Stansbury (DIERSEN: Those Republican Party leaders who reject planks in the Republican Party platform should be honest about it. Defending and advancing all the planks in the Republican Party platform should be a requirement to seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/governor_northhams_honesty_.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It was refreshing in this post-truth age for Governor Northam to reveal his genuine support for post-birth abortion. Compared to the outrage about the sophomoric racist photo in Northam’s old yearbook, the reaction to his permissive abortion stance was disappointingly subdued, although many on the left defended it. This same sentiment was reinforced at the State of the Union when the Dems sat down as the newest abortion laws were criticized. These opposite reactions have inadvertently confirmed that much of America has thoroughly embraced the postmodern philosophy of moral relativism where truth is whatever supports the left’s latest utopian vision.)

 

HOT AIR
— The Democrats’ “Zero Tolerance” Policy Is Rather Situational – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/02/06/democrats-zero-tolerance-policy-rather-situational/

 

BREITBART
— Sweden Admits It Cannot Control Its Own Borders – Oliver JJ Lane
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/07/sweden-admits-it-cannot-control-its-own-borders/
— Dem Sen. Merkley: Trump Created ‘Humanitarian Crisis’ on Border with Child Prisons, Family Internment Camps – Jeff Poor (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success in getting people to come to America illegally.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/02/06/dem-sen-merkley-trump-created-humanitarian-crisis-on-border-with-child-prisons-family-internment-camps/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Trump ‘Unified’ Americans by ‘Pulling Off’ the Democrats’ ‘Mask’ President’s address Tuesday night ‘vividly revealed the contrast between his vibrant policies’ and ‘the pale, colorless agenda of the Left,’ noted ‘The Ingraham Angle’ – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/02/trump-unified-americans-by-pulling-off-the-democrats-mask/

 

THE HILL
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.): Trump needs to ‘quit complimenting Kim Jong Un’ – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/428708-gop-rep-trump-needs-to-quit-complimenting-kim-jong-un
— Fresh faces bring familiar GOP refrain: Dems are too extreme – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE AND MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being “too extreme.”)
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/428862-fresh-faces-bring-familiar-gop-refrain-dems-are-too-extreme

 

ABC NEWS
— Trump emerges as an unexpected champion in the White House for evangelicals President Donald Trump will deliver an address to the National Prayer Breakfast. – Meridith McGraw
https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Politics/trump-emerges-unexpected-champion-white-house-evangelicals/story?id=60894454

 

MERCURY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters crow about their success in making America dependent on illegal alien labor.
https://www.pottsmerc.com/opinion/esther-cepeda-the-labor-of-illegal-immigrants-is-the-motor/article_6c438cf2-2a61-11e9-a340-5337bc2a49dc.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— State of the Union Speech Puts Democratic Resurgence on Full Display – Carl Hulse (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting hatred against individuals, against organizations, against companies, against governments, and against countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/us/politics/democrats-state-of-the-union.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/us/politics/socialism-donald-trump.html
— Seth Meyers Imagines What We Might Find in Trump’s Childhood Home
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/arts/television/seth-meyers-trump-childhood-home.html
— Virginia Police Sergeant Suspended After Antifa Ties Him to White Nationalism – Matt Stevens and Elisha Brown
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/us/virginia-cop-white-supremacist.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2019: Bias, hate and violence in America not deterred by new laws and legislation – HERB BOYD (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, according to the Democrats, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and from their discrimination against females and b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. According to the Democrats, the aforesaid is especially true if your ancestors were Protestant, were conservative, were patriotic, were Republican, were White, were male, were older, were rich, were gun owners, and/or came from Germany.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-black-history-hate-crime-legislation-laws-20190206-story.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘What she’s selling is bitter division’: Tucker Carlson suggests Stacey Abrams wants to ‘overthrow’ white men – Timothy Bella (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in promoting hatred of White men? Which White men pander to those who promote hatred of White men?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/07/what-shes-selling-is-bitter-division-tucker-carlson-suggests-stacey-abrams-wants-overthrow-white-men/
— Trump claimed more women than ever are working. The reality is much more grim. Democrats and Republicans cheered when Trump said the lines about women, but the facts aren’t much to celebrate. – Heather Long (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a woman in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a woman in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a woman in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/02/06/trump-claimed-more-women-than-ever-are-working-reality-is-much-more-grim/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters say “The nation faces many problems. A crisis at the border isn’t one of them.”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-trump-speech-immigration-border-crisis-20190206-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Who’s Afraid of Socialism? The new Democratic agenda sure looks like government control over the means of production. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-afraid-of-socialism-11549498364
— International Student Enrollment Drops for Second Year, Report Says. Institutions that primarily offer masters degrees but not doctorates are hardest hit. – Douglas Belkin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/international-student-enrollment-drops-for-second-year-report-says-11549515660
— Bonfire of Identity Democrats Ralph Northam may be saved by accusations against his colleagues. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bonfire-of-identity-democrats-11549498315

 

BLOOMBERG
— Super Rich Americans Are Getting Younger and Multiplying The average age is 47 for those with at least $25 million, a study finds – Ben Steverman
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-23/super-rich-americans-are-getting-younger-and-multiplying

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illegal drug pushers say “A Wall And Trump Immigration Policies Benefit Drug Cartels.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2019/02/07/a-wall-and-trump-immigration-policies-benefit-drug-cartels/#1f574ade7888

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn suburbs as being racist.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/02/04/black-history-month-february-schools-ap-racism-civil-rights/2748790002/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Trump campaign adviser on Democrats in white: ‘The only thing . . . missing tonight is the matching hood’ – Tim Elfrink (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat women talk and act like they hate and want to get rid of individuals, organizations, 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://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/02/06/trump-campaign-adviser-democrats-white-the-only-thing-missing-tonight-matching-hood/99hltwc6AUcKfnYQGY7vsJ/story.html

 

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Migrant caravan of 1,800 is the first to reach the Texas border – John MacCormack
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Migrant-caravan-of-1-800-is-the-first-to-reach-13596022.php

 

HERALD AND NEWS
— Migrant caravan detained in old factory, across from Texas
https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/nation_world/migrant-caravan-detained-in-old-factory-across-from-texas/article_118150eb-27a2-5442-a0f3-1c3a4f7aad2b.html

 

NEW YORK BOOKS
— America’s Original Identity Politics – Sarah Churchwell (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, according to the Democrats, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and from their discrimination against females and b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. According to the Democrats, the aforesaid is especially true if your ancestors were Protestant, were conservative, were patriotic, were Republican, were White, were male, were older, were rich, were gun owners, and/or came from Germany.)
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/02/07/americas-original-identity-politics/

 

ABOVE THE LAW
— When Is Too Old To Practice? Is competence determined in the eyes of the beholder or in the eyes of the holder? – JILL SWITZER (DIERSEN: According to the federal government, according to my critics/opponents, according to their operatives, and according to their dupes, federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran are incompetent if they 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.)
https://abovethelaw.com/2019/02/when-is-too-old-to-practice/

 

MCKNIGHTS SENIOR LIVING
— Legislation, commission suggested to address ‘retirement crisis’ – Lois A. Bowers (DIERSEN: How much have you saved for your retirement? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors knew how much my wife and I had saved for our retirement. That motivated them to force me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.mcknightsseniorliving.com/home/news/legislation-commission-suggested-to-address-retirement-crisis/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Leaders and witnesses at a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing Wednesday had suggestions for addressing what the committee called “a retirement crisis” — the fact that most Americans may not have enough savings to cover their expenses when they stop working. “We are on the verge of a national crisis” said Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), chairman of the committee. The situation, she added, was brought on in part by employers changing from providing “defined benefit” plans such as pensions to offering “defined contribution” plans such as 401(k)s, putting the onus on workers to save. Other factors, Collins said, include more Americans working for small companies that don’t offer retirement savings plans and many older adults relying on Social Security to cover their monthly expenses in retirement.)

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 816 James Court, Wheaton – $335,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448289_zpid/

February 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois Catholic bishops oppose marijuana legalization, but proponent says God put pot ‘on this planet for a reason’ – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: The Devil put pot on this planet. A question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, a) would the Post Office had hired him in 1966 when he was 18, b) would IRS had hired him in 1971, c) would IRS had promoted him in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) would GAO had hired him in 1980, and d) would GAO had promoted him in 1986? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 when he was 21, b) earn an MBA in 1976, c) pass the CPA examination on his first attempt in 1979, d) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on his first attempt in 1981, f) become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, h) become a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, i) become a Certified Financial Services Manager in 1996, j) become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and k) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning since 2004 and b) also put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every evening since 2015? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like a) they smoke pot, b) they want to smoke pot, c) they want to make lots of money selling pot, and/or d) they want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of pot.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-catholic-bishops-marijuana-legalization-20190204-story.html
— Cubs family patriarch Joe Ricketts apologizes after racist emails are revealed: ‘I strongly believe that bigoted ideas are wrong’- Mark Gonzales
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-cubs-joe-ricketts-emails-20190204-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-trump-state-of-the-union-transcript-huppke-20190203-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois Catholic leaders: Legalizing recreational marijuana a bad idea – Peter Hancock
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/illinois-catholic-bishops-oppose-legalizing-recreational-marijuana-letter-conference/
— Illinois lawmakers sending pointed messages with their State of the Union guests – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: If any of my Republican U.S. Representatives and/or Republican U.S. Senators wanted to send a pointed message that they opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government, they could have made me one of their State of the Union guests, especially 1998-2005 while Diersen v. GAO (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) was pending.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-lawmakers-sending-pointed-messagesstate-of-union-guests-trump-pelosi/

 

WBBM
— OUTSTANDING: Durbin Urges Caution About Recreational Pot Law
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/durbin-urges-caution-about-recreational-pot-law

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois’ Catholic bishops urge rejecting marijuana legalization Public health and safety consequences cited in objection – PETER HANCOCK
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-catholic-bishops-urge-rejecting-marijuana-legalization/article_d59848bc-f568-57c3-bec9-45760a92e2ff.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois’ Catholic bishops urge lawmakers to oppose recreational-use marijuana – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190204/illinois-catholic-bishops-urge-lawmakers-to-oppose-recreational-use-marijuana
— How much further? – Michael J. Bahr, Springfield
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190204/letter-how-much-further
(FROM THE LETTER: How much further will Illinois go to become the “most progressive state” on abortion, as Gov. J.B. Pritzker has declared? The Illinois governor was certainly proud to take the lead as most progressive by funding abortions using taxpayer dollars. Yet Pritzker was quickly overshadowed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who signed a bill allowing abortions up to nine months and removing other legal protections for the unborn. For this, Cuomo earned thunderous applause from the state’s legislative body, and even New York Cardinal Dolan is afraid to excommunicate Cuomo. Then Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam defended the killing of a child after the child was born that would have been allowed by a bill proposed in his state’s legislature, but then clarified his statement to indicate that he was talking about children who had been born with severe abnormalities or for reasons of the mother’s mental health in the 40th week, as if that makes it acceptable to kill any child that has been born. What will Gov. Pritzker do to maintain IL as the “most progressive state”? Infanticide up to 2 years old, for any reason? Abortion has always been about killing the infants. That should be obvious to all who have been watching these states try to “one-up” each other to become the most progressive. The good people of Illinois must stand up against this evil.)

 

NBC5
— Ginsburg Makes 1st Public Appearance Since Cancer Surgery – Mark Sherman
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Ginsburg-Makes-1st-Public-Appearance-Since-Cancer-Surgery-505351321.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH SIX COLOR PHOTOS: State of the Union guests from the suburbs include 7-year-old girl, immigrant and federal workers (DIERSEN: If any of my Republican U.S. Representatives and/or Republican U.S. Senators wanted to send a pointed message that they opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government, they could have made me one of their State of the Union guests, especially 1998-2005 while Diersen v. GAO (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) was pending.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190205/state-of-the-union-guests-from-the-suburbs-include-7-year-old-girl-immigrant-and-federal-workers
— The Illinois House and its Madigan rules – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190203/editorial-the-illinois-house-and-its-madigan-rules

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats give money to promote Democrats.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/why-macarthur-foundation-grant-not-others
— Chicago Auto Show grabs the wheel After three decades of following Detroit, Chicago’s auto show will be first starting next year. Local convention biz could get a boost, but German luxury brands may take another pass. – H. LEE MURPHY
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/transportation/chicago-auto-show-grabs-wheel

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Group again proposes removing lawmakers from Illinois redistricting – REBECCA ANZEL
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/group-again-proposes-removing-lawmakers-from-illinois-redistricting/article_be08b0fe-8215-57f6-a7d5-b644e8c47f03.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— For those with clout, employment rules differ – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-02-05/jim-dey-those-with-clout-employment-rules-differ.html

 

MADISON
— Single-parent families are root cause of many juvenile problems – Jerry Darda
https://madison.com/ct/opinion/mailbag/jerry-darda-single-parent-families-are-root-cause-of-many/article_002b3f78-c134-50f5-b9bd-2d9aad61948b.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump campaign takes steps to prevent a challenge within GOP – AP (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. If your critics/opponents think that you might run for a government office or for a political office, they will do everything that they can to destroy you.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-campaign-takes-steps-to-prevent-a-challenge-within-gop
— US prepares to start building portion of Texas border wall – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/us-prepares-to-start-building-portion-of-texas-border-wall
— Putting on elections in Illinois is getting more expensive – Rachel Droze
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/putting-on-elections-in-illinois-is-getting-more-expensive

 

WSIL TV
— Lawmakers address hot topics at town hall – Emily Manley
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39905792/lawmakers-address-hot-topics-at-town-hall

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— Rahm’s Failure, Solis’ FBI Wire Made Chicago GOP Relevant Again Chicago GOP Chairman Chris Cleveland Says Republicans Are ‘800-Pound Gorilla” In Mayoral Race, Looking To Endorse The “Lesser Of 13 Evils” – Mark Konko
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/rahms-failure-solis-fbi-wire-made-chicago-gop-relevant-again

 

LEXOLOGY
— Are Your Employment Policies for Illinois Employees 2019 Compliant? – Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP (DIERSEN: Federal employment policies a) give preference to federal employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or veteran, and therefore, federal employment policies discriminate against federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-LGBTQ, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=bb57f80a-fa7d-423d-a439-007c6e497215

 

WIREPOINTS
— Is The Sun-Times Violating Journalist’s Ethics Code On The Solis Affidavit? – Mark Glennon
https://www.wirepoints.com/is-the-sun-times-violating-journalists-ethics-code-on-the-solis-affidavit-quicktake/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Maine Township’s excessive reserves violate state law, Sweeney says – W.J. Kennedy
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511753217-maine-township-s-excessive-reserves-violate-state-law-sweeney-says

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/illinois-is-finally-enrolling-people-in-opioid-alternative-program/article_c249fe60-28ae-11e9-abf6-bf22b70decec.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— “God put it on this planet for a reason” (DIERSEN: The Devil put pot on this planet. A question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, a) would the Post Office had hired him in 1966 when he was 18, b) would IRS had hired him in 1971, c) would IRS had promoted him in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) would GAO had hired him in 1980, and d) would GAO had promoted him in 1986? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 when he was 21, b) earn an MBA in 1976, c) pass the CPA examination on his first attempt in 1979, d) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on his first attempt in 1981, f) become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, h) become a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, i) become a Certified Financial Services Manager in 1996, j) become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and k) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997? Another question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning since 2004 and b) also put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every evening since 2015? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like a) they smoke pot, b) they want to smoke pot, c) they want to make lots of money selling pot, and/or d) they want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of pot.)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/05/god-put-it-on-this-planet-for-a-reason/

 

GOPUSA
— Senate Democrats block bill that would prevent infanticide
http://www.gopusa.com/senate-democrats-block-bill-that-would-prevent-infanticide/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Study finds high rates of prison, jail for illegals Backs Trump’s case for cutting crime – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: To come to America illegally and/or to stay in America illegally, is to shout that you disrespect/despise/reject a) the rule of law, b) America, and c) Americans.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/5/study-finds-high-rates-of-prison-jail-for-illegals/
— Bob Menendez calls for FBI probe into illegal immigrant hiring at Trump golf clubs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/4/bob-menendez-calls-trump-national-golf-clubs-fbi-p/
— Trump’s backing fuels ‘resistance’ on issues Democrats traditionally support – Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/4/donald-trumps-backing-fuels-resistance-issues-demo/
— Americans love paid family leave — until they learn what it costs them – Rachel Greszler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/4/americans-love-paid-family-leave-until-they-learn-/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— State of the Union to offer grand showcase for Trump border wall pitch – Steven Nelson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/state-of-the-union-to-offer-grand-showcase-for-trump-border-wall-pitch
— Democrats troll Trump with State of the Union guests who oppose him on everything from Kavanaugh to transgender troops – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/democrats-troll-trump-with-state-of-the-union-guests-who-oppose-him-on-everything-from-kavanaugh-to-transgender-troops

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats Are the Party of Destruction – Eileen F. Toplansky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/democrats_are_the_party_of_destruction.html
— Racist Lynch Mob-Leading Virginia Governor Getting His Just Deserts – Matthew Vadum
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/racist_lynch_mobleading_virginia_governor_getting_his_just_deserts.html
— Democrats have a free ride for human-traffickers in their immigration proposal – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/democrats_have_a_free_ride_for_human_traffickers_in_their_immigration_proposal.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— A State of the Union Address I’d Like to Hear – Ed Morrow
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/04/a-state-of-the-union-address-id-like-to-hear/

 

BREITBART
— Feds: Over 8.5K Anchor Babies Secure U.S. Citizenship Via ‘Birth Tourism’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/04/feds-over-8-5k-anchor-babies-secure-u-s-citizenship-via-birth-tourism/
— Trump Invites Bullied Student, Synagogue Shooting Survivors to State of the Union – Charlie Spiering
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/04/trump-invites-bullied-student-synagogue-shooting-survivors-to-state-of-the-union/

 

BLAZE
— Bernie Sanders is being accused of racism and sexism over this announcement And it’s Democrats who are doing the accusing – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/bernie-sanders-is-being-accused-of-racism-and-sexism-over-this-announcement
— A strange Super Bowl ad poured adulation on journalists — but here’s the salacious reason it aired And it cost Jeff Bezos millions – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/a-strange-super-bowl-ad-poured-adulation-on-journalists-but-heres-the-salacious-reason-it-aired

 

FOX NEWS
— Migrant caravan to reach US border day before Trump’s State of the Union – Griff Jenkins
https://www.foxnews.com/world/migrant-caravan-to-reach-us-border-day-before-trumps-state-of-the-union-speech-as-health-issues-mound

 

TOWNHALL
— Another Caravan Is Scheduled to Arrive at the Border Just In Time For Trump’s State of the Union Address – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/02/04/another-caravan-is-scheduled-to-arrive-at-the-border-just-in-time-for-trumps-state-of-the-union-address-n2540782
— The Left’s Growing Record of Insanity – Robert Knight
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2019/02/05/the-lefts-growing-record-of-insanity-n2540781

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Federal District Judges Have Blocked Trump Actions 30 Times, a Record Rate – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/02/04/federal-district-judges-have-blocked-trump-actions-30-times-a-record-rate/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— SOTU: LET DEMOCRATS’ OWN WORDS SINK IN Exclusive: Lt. Col. James Zumwalt offers Trump opponents’ quotes on illegal immigration
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/sotu-let-democrats-own-words-sink-in/

 

LIFE SITE
— U.S. bishop: pro-abortion politicians ‘should not’ receive Communion in my diocese – Martin M. Barillas
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/u.s.-bishop-pro-abortion-politicians-should-not-receive-communion-in-my-dio

 

THE HILL
— Democrats: The party of illegal immigration – FORD O’CONNELL
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/428284-democrats-the-party-of-illegal-immigration
— Democrats seek to take on Trump at State of the Union – CRISTINA MARCOS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/428450-democrats-seek-to-take-on-trump-at-state-of-the-union

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump’s Pick To Replace Brett Kavanaugh Could Face An Ugly Confirmation Fight D.C. Circuit Court nominee Neomi Rao wrote articles denouncing “special treatment for minority students” and blaming women for date rape. – Jennifer Bendery
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-neomi-rao-court-nominee-sexual-assault_us_5c58abebe4b00187b554355d

 

POLITICO
— Republicans defy Trump on national emergency Resistance from GOP senators could expose a split in the party and force the president to issue his first veto. – BURGESS EVERETT and MARIANNE LEVINE
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/04/national-emergency-gop-1145899

 

CNN
— Washington Post: Trump Organization fires at least 18 undocumented workers from golf courses – Eli Watkins
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/04/politics/trump-organization-undocumented-worker-purge/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— With Northam Picture, Obscure Publication (Big League Politics) Plays Big Role in Virginia Politics – Trip Gabriel and Michael M. Grynbaum (DIERSEN: With only the rarest of exceptions, everything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and on www.gopillinois.com is already in the public realm. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout out of both sides of their crooked mouths both a) that no one reads my emails or visits my website and b) that everyone firsts learns of everything from my emails and from my website.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/northam-fairfax-big-league-politics.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Big League Politics is a relatively new entry to the constellation of right-wing media outlets that sprung up during Donald Trump’s rise, and until the bombshell yearbook report, its readership had remained small. Patrick Howley, the editor in chief, said he received the photograph showing a pair of figures in blackface and Ku Klux Klan robes from a “concerned citizen,” declining to add more details. But one of Big League Politics’s owners, Noel Fritsch, described the source of the photograph as “some people who were classmates of Northam,” who brought it to light out of anger at the governor’s remarks early last week defending late-term abortions. In its mission statement, Big League Politics purports to be “not conservative” and “not liberal,” but it has trafficked in conspiracy theories favored by the far right, like the case of Seth Rich, the Democratic National Committee staff member whose murder in Washington was falsely seized on by conservative commentators as linked to WikiLeaks.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump’s Options for Wall Shrink as Republicans Balk at National Emergency Declaration.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/trump-border-wall-republicans.html
— The Rise of the Robot Reporter – Jaclyn Peiser (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I am not a robot reporter and GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are not robot emails. Each and every link in the emails is there because I made a decision to put it there. Feel free to phone me at 630-653-0462 to discuss my decisions.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/business/media/artificial-intelligence-journalism-robots.html
— China’s Online Censorship Stifles Trade, Too When the Chinese government blocks foreign internet companies for political reasons, the United States should treat the tactic as the anticompetitive economic strategy that it is. – Tim Wu (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents could do it, they would censor most if not all the links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/opinion/china-censorship-internet.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are full of hatred use Northam to promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/opinion/northam-blackface-racism.html
— Attacking a Pay Wall That Hides Public Court Filings – Adam Liptak
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/pacer-fees-lawsuit.html
— FRONT PAGE: Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two A small group of well-educated professionals enjoys rising wages, while most workers toil in low-wage jobs with few chances to advance. – Eduardo Porter
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/business/economy/productivity-inequality-wages.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Congress braces for Trump diverting military construction money to build the wall – Erica Werner and Karoun Demirjian
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congress-braces-for-trump-diverting-military-construction-money-to-build-the-wall/2019/02/04/18acb43c-28a5-11e9-984d-9b8fba003e81_story.html
— How the neocons captured Donald Trump The return of Elliott Abrams puts the movement back in the White House – Brian D’Haeseleer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/05/how-neocons-captured-donald-trump/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who does NOT want Trump to declare a national emergency? ANSWER: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/enterthefray/la-ol-trump-national-emergency-border-wall-20190204-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Border walls work, and Democrats know it. As our porous border continues creating and exacerbating humanitarian crises, it would be immoral not to secure our borders and build a wall – Matt Gaetz
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/04/border-walls-work-democrats-know-matt-gaetz-editorials-debates/2773062002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As Trump Speech Nears, Democrats Dig In House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her party are taking hard line on immigration; president and GOP are similarly unwilling to compromise – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-trump-speech-nears-democrats-dig-in-11549291238
— Trump’s Re-Election Challenge Down in the polls, he needs a strong economy to have any chance to win a second term. – Editorial

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-re-election-challenge-11549326167
— What Feeds Big Government Isn’t Only Ideology – Alberto Mingardi
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-feeds-big-government-isnt-only-ideology-11549324944
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries, that is, they demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-dreamer-11549325032
— Northam’s Medical School Shut Down Yearbook in 2013 After Confederate Images Appeared School says it will investigate yearbooks over time after emergence of blackface/KKK image on Virginia governor’s page in 1984 book – Jon Kamp and Scott Calvert (DIERSEN: In 1979, IRS’s Chicago District shut down its monthly newsletter after it reported that I, a lowly GS-12 Revenue Officer, had passed all four parts of the CPA examination on my first attempt while many highly-vaulted Revenue Agents had filed to do that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/northams-medical-school-to-probe-its-yearbooks-including-photos-11549315987

 

BLOOMBERG
— Democratic Voters Just Want Someone to Beat Trump, Poll Says – Terrence Dopp
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-04/democratic-voters-just-want-someone-to-beat-trump-poll-finds

 

FORBES
— More On Chicago Pension Underfunding – It’s The Demographics, Stupid – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2019/02/04/more-on-chicago-pension-underfunding-its-the-demographics-stupid/#83a0fe6ee1e0

 

LAW
— Mandatory Retirement Policies Fading, but Tensions Remain – Susan DeSantis (DIERSEN: Constructively, retirement is mandatory for federal 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 as soon as they are eligible. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, when I was a lowly GS-13, I first became eligible for early retirement.)
https://www.law.com/2019/02/04/law-firms-ease-mandatory-retirement-policies-but-tensions-remain-292-39399/?slreturn=20190105070422

 

NEWSWEEK
— LAURA LOOMER TRESPASSES ON CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR MANSION IN ‘FIESTA’ IMMIGRATION PROTEST WEARING SOMBRERO – DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON
https://www.newsweek.com/laura-loomer-trespasses-gavin-newsom-property-fiesta-racist-sombrero-1317334

 

WORLD TRIBUNE
— Economist warns inequality threatens civilization: Richest 26 people control $1.4 trillion – Norman Bailey
https://www.worldtribune.com/economist-warns-inequality-threatens-civilization-worlds-richest-26-people-control-1-4-trillion/

 

TIMES
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TREASONOUS: Democrats invite illegal immigrants to Trump state of the union address
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/democrats-invite-illegal-immigrants-to-donald-trump-speech-h5nxlxk5d

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, socialists use illegals to destroy America.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02/05/bord-f05.html

February 2, 2019

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Madigan under the microscope: Did cautious speaker finally slip on trip wire? – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: What if you had “secretly recorded” those who had succeeded in harming you the most? Because they view me as being litigious, those who have succeeded in harming me the most have been extremely careful to not put anything in writing that could be used against them.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-analysis-cautious-speaker-recording-trip-wire-solis/
— Bobby Rush’s endorsement could give Bill Daley a big boost – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: GAO works for Congress. I would not be surprised at all to learn that Bobby Rush directed my GAO superiors 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 not assign me to audits of IRS, and e) to not promote me beyond GS-13.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bobby-rush-endorsement-bill-daley-boost-mayoral-race/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois not doing enough to cut down tobacco, e-cigarette use: American Lung Association – Dawn Rhodes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-e-cigarettes-illinois-lung-association-grade-f-20190201-story.html
— 3 Naperville-area school districts tell legislators they’d like input on such issues as length of class days and pension reform – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-school-legislative-breakfast-st-0203-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Schuler said because of staff shortages, teachers often are asked to substitute internally or assume extra responsibilities as coaches or activity sponsors. Annual contractual raises for longtime teachers accompanied by the stipends from the added work can put teachers over the 3 percent threshold, causing a district to face penalties, he said. Districts can’t tell veteran teachers to stop taking on extra work because that would be age discrimination, and he said often school districts don’t know when teachers are retiring because they don’t give several years’ notice. The District 200 leader said he’s willing to sit down with legislators to help come up with a system in which districts aren’t penalized in those instances.)
— The odd memory lapses of Speaker Michael Madigan – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-speaker-michael-madigan-deposition-jason-gonzales-illinois-politics-jesse-jackson-20190201-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Downers Grove mayoral hopefuls make their pitch – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190201/downers-grove-mayoral-hopefuls-make-their-pitch
— How to sell a home without a realty agent – Edith Lank (DIERSEN: In 1984, to get money to have 915 Cove Court in Wheaton (https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/915-Cove-Ct-60189/home/18126600) built, I sold 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton (https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/1017-E-Harrison-Ave-60187/home/18135528) for $104,000 without a realty agent. Realtors had recommended listing it from a high of $107,000 to a low of $79,000.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190202/how-to-sell-a-home-without-a-realty-agent
— Amazing newspaper carriers Subzero temperatures chased most of us inside. And still the newspaper somehow got delivered. To all of the devoted carriers who found a way, we say, thanks, stay warm and stay safe. – Editorial (DIERSEN: I pay lots of money for full internet access and home delivery of the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Naperville Sun, and Wheaton Leader. I get six newspapers every Monday and Tuesday; seven newspapers every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; and five newspapers every Saturday and Sunday. They are all delivered very early by the same carrier.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190202/the-soapbox-daily-herald-editors-offer-brief-thoughts-on-suburban-topics-in-the-news
— Freshman Democrats in legislature need to get behind Fair Maps – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190201/editorial-freshman-democrats-in-legislature-need-to-get-behind-fair-maps
— Wear your MAGA hat with pride – Michael Fuechtmann, Roselle
https://e-edition.dailyherald.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=3e6b7a1a-154f-4405-805e-038015cdb648

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/health/new-law-allows-patients-to-opt-for-medical-marijuana-instead-of-opioids-/5116960/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Underwood, Casten call for IRS to help with local tax burden
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/02/01/underwood-casten-call-for-irs-to-help-with-local-tax-burden/afq9vym/
— Sen. Durbin praises McLean County Democrats for party’s statewide success, eyes own re-election plans – Howard Packowitz (DIERSEN: Democrats win by successfully promoting hatred against Republicans.)
http://www.wjbc.com/2019/02/01/sen-durbin-praises-mclean-county-democrats-for-partys-statewide-success-eyes-own-re-election-plans/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rep. Davis hears Lincoln Home workers’ shutdown stories- Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What stories about you do/did your U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators what to hear from you? Because of the Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois decision, my U.S. Senators and their staff members and my U.S. Representatives and their staff members made it very clear that they did NOT want to hear my stories about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government. All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote patronage and political affiliation discrimination and reject the decision in Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_v._Republican_Party_of_Illinois and http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html). My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors treated me like I was part of a plot to stop them from hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. They knew that my wife had helped elect Jim Thompson. They were fully aware of the arguments that Thompson, Jim Edgar, and Lee Daniels made in Rutan that government employers should be allowed to engage in political affiliation discrimination.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190201/rep-davis-hears-lincoln-home-workers-shutdown-stories

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— GOP lawmaker Steve Reick wants commission to examine waste in Illinois government (DIERSEN: What are your qualifications to examine government waste? GAO examines government waste. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other government waste examining qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/capitol-recap-gop-lawmaker-wants-commission-to-examine-waste-in/article_7f884e94-f783-55b3-84ff-c6efb5e5409e.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Unexpectedly strong jobs report suggests shutdown had little impact on labor market – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/unexpectedly-strong-jobs-report-suggests-shutdown-had-little-impact-on-labor-market

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Is Bill Daley the political equivalent of a “Made” guy? His own rules? Skips Chicago Mayoral forums & still wins? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2019/02/bill-daley-the-political-equivalent-of-a-made-guy-his-own-rules-he-can-skip-forums-interviews-still-win/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Leaks’ Kirk Allen Takes Time to Answer Critics
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/31/illinois-leaks-kirk-allen-takes-time-to-answer-critics/


— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: McHenry County Residents Put $600,000,000 in Slot Machines
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/28/mchenry-county-residents-put-600000-in-slot-machines/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— HB 181 calls for fining parents who bully their children – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511750673-hb-181-calls-for-fining-parents-who-bully-their-children
— Center for Immigration Studies research shows only 10 percent of Americans compete with illegal immigrants for jobs – Kyla Asbury (DIERSEN: If you were younger today, would you be competing with illegals for jobs? I would be. When I was younger, I did yard work and delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511739129-center-for-immigration-studies-research-shows-only-10-percent-of-americans-compete-with-illegal-immigrants-for-jobs

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Market Watch: Ankit Patel loses over $101,000 on sale of Naperville home (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your precinct, and in your municipality, which homes lost the most value during the last year, last 5 years, last 10 years, last 15 years, last 20 years, etc.?)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511750299-market-watch-ankit-patel-loses-over-101-000-on-sale-of-naperville-home
— Market Watch: George & Judith Thompson lose over $156,000 on sale of Naperville home
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511743942-market-watch-george-judith-thompson-lose-over-156-000-on-sale-of-naperville-home
— Market Watch: Scott Holder loses over $60,000 on sale of Naperville home
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511746237-market-watch-scott-holder-loses-over-60-000-on-sale-of-naperville-home

 

CHAMBANA SUN
— University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign freezes tuition – but still higher than 12 of 13 Big 10 conference peers (DIERSEN: If you did not apply to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, why not? My reasons include a) neither I nor my parents could afford my attending college there, b) not that anyone would have lent me or my parents any money for me to attend college there, my and my parents’ belief was “borrower nor lender be,” c) in all likelihood, any application that I might have made would have been rejected – I just barely made into the top 20% of my high school class, my ACT score was only 24, I had not demonstrated any leadership potential, and I had spent my free time while I was a junior and senior washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://chambanasun.com/stories/511750696-university-of-illinois-freezes-tuition-but-still-higher-than-12-of-13-big-10-conference-peers

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— ER Doc Says “Recreational” Pot Has Ruined My Town – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/er-doc-says-recreational-pot-has-ruined-my-town/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats were fine with governor’s infanticide comments but erupt in fury over yearbook photo
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64455
— MSNBC host claims ‘almost no middle class’ left in America; citizens ‘living on the poverty line’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64401
— It’s the season of discarded politicians looking for work (DIERSEN: Have you been discarded because of politics? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” a) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) because I was Republican, White, male, and non-veteran, and I 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64452

 

FOX NEWS
— Why I wear a MAGA hat these days (and I didn’t start out as a Trump fan) – Kristan Hawkins
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/why-i-wear-a-maga-hat-these-days-and-i-didnt-start-out-as-a-trump-fan
— Second Democrat invites former illegal immigrant who worked for Trump to State of the Union – Lukas Mikelionis
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/second-democrat-invites-former-illegal-immigrant-who-worked-for-trump-to-state-of-the-union-address

 

BLAZE
— Trump hints at big announcement for the State of the Union on immigration A lot of people are looking forward to this – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-hints-at-big-announcement-for-the-state-of-the-union-on-immigration

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Characterizing all men as predators – Tammy Bruce (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, a) to get all women to vote for Democrats, b) to promote LGBTQ activity, c) to destroy traditional marriage, d) to destroy the traditional family, e) to promote abortion, f) to promote out of wedlock birth, and g) to make women more and more and more dependent on government and on charity, Democrats characterize all men as being predators. To characterize me as being a predator, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years 1971-1980 and that I have owned a Corvette since 1971.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/16/how-liberals-and-gillette-jump-on-the-men-are-horr/

 

TOWNHALL
— Kellyanne: If Cory Booker Was Republican, His Campaign Would Be Called Sexist – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/02/01/kellyanne-cory-booker-sounds-like-a-hallmark-card-n2540688

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrants jump the line, making legal immigrants wait – Adam Barsouk
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/illegal-immigrants-jump-the-line-making-legal-immigrants-wait

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Will America’s Rich Fund Their Own Dispossession? – Jim Daws
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/will_americas_rich_fund_their_own_dispossession.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Putting Families First to Trump the Ruling Class – Cindy Simpson
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/01/putting-families-first-to-trump-the-ruling-class/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Reminder: Ralph Northam Won After Calling Ed Gillespie Racist – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/reminder-ralph-northam-won-after-calling-ed-gillespie-racist/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE NEW LEFT IS JUST PLAGIARIZING THE OLD Brent Smith describes policies as ‘failed ideas from a century or more ago’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/the-new-left-is-just-plagiarizing-the-old/

 

LIBERTY HEADLINES
— Scalise Speaks on the Human Cost of Left’s Support for Open Borders
https://www.libertyheadlines.com/scalise-human-cost-open-borders/

 

THE HILL
— Schultz greeted by protesters at book event in hometown Seattle – CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO (DIERSEN: What is your hometown? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn are full of hatred. They have made it very clear that if I ever sought a government office or a political office, they would shout from their rooftops that my hometown Crete was full of German Lutherans who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things while I lived there 1948-1972. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/428021-schultz-greeted-by-protests-at-book-event-in-hometown-seattle
— Support for Northam withers as Dems urge him to step down – TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: Who has urged you to step down? Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who have urged me to step down as a GOPUSA Illinois Editor, Republican Precinct Committeeman, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. All those who have urged me to step down a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/428171-support-for-northam-withers-in-richmond-as-dems-urge-him-to-step-down-as

 

ABC NEWS
— Trump scrutinized by Democrats, watchdogs as he returns to Mar-a-Lago club The president is visiting his private club for the first time this year. – Benjamin Siegel
https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Politics/trump-scrutinized-democrats-watchdogs-returns-mar-lago-club/story?id=60792606

 

NBC NEWS
— Booker 2020 campaign: ‘Folks are feeling left out…left behind’ The 49-year-old Democratic senator from New Jersey is the second African-American to enter the contest to take on Trump. – Dartunorro Clark (DIERSEN: In the organizations that you are/were a member of and in the employers that you work/worked for, what are the demographics of those who are/were “left out…left behind?” From what I see, ever-increasingly, organizations and employers are dumping those who 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://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democratic-new-jersey-sen-cory-booker-announces-2020-presidential-campaign-n965601

 

CBS NEWS
— Pelosi is “very bad for our country,” Trump says in exclusive CBS News interview (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that I have been very bad for the a) Republican candidates who I have backed, b) Milton Township Republican Central Committee, c) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, d) Illinois Republican Party, e) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, f) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, g) Illinois Center Right Coalition, h) American Association of Political Consultants, i) GAO, j) etc. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. They have lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They are scapegoaters supreme.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-interview-face-the-nation-margaret-brennan-today-2019-02-01/

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— Democrats ready to deal on border barrier — just not a ‘wall’ – DAVID LIGHTMAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that their plan to get in power and to stay in power is to ever-increasingly flood America with illegals.)
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article225392700.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Undocumented Workers Lose Their Jobs at Yet Another Trump Property – Miriam Jordan and Ben Protess
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/us/trump-workers-fired.html
— Taxing the Wealthy Sounds Easy. It’s Not. – Paul Sullivan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/your-money/tax-wealthy.html
— How Republicans Erased Trumpism G.O.P. congressional leaders used tactics to minimize the president’s influence and maximize their own control over public policy. – Matthew Glassman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/opinion/how-republicans-erased-trumpism.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Va. Gov. Northam is refusing to step down, despite flood of calls for his resignation for ‘racist and offensive’ photo, party says – Laura Vozzella, Jim Morrison and Gregory S. Schneider
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/northam-mum-about-his-plans-after-a-flood-of-calls-for-his-resignation-for-racist-and-offensive-photo/2019/02/02/5883402a-26e9-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html
— Gov. Ralph Northam admits he was in 1984 yearbook photo showing figures in blackface, KKK hood – Laura Vozzella, Jim Morrison and Gregory S. Schneider  (DIERSEN:  Since 1971, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have stressed that I have owned a Corvette since 1971.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/va-gov-northams-medical-school-yearbook-page-shows-men-in-blackface-kkk-robe/2019/02/01/517a43ee-265f-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The yearbook page is labeled “Ralph Shearer Northam” and has photos of him in a jacket and tie, casual clothes and alongside his restored Corvette.)
— McConnell privately cautions Trump about emergency declaration on border wall – Sean Sullivan, Erica Werner and Seung Min Kim
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mcconnell-privately-cautioned-trump-about-emergency-declaration-on-border-wall/2019/02/01/5ff1262c-2646-11e9-81fd-b7b05d5bed90_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “The problem with Trump’s ‘national emergency’ plan is much bigger than any wall.”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-trump-emergency-border-wall-20190202-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-hating “immigrant rights attorneys and journalists” want to go to Mexico to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.latimes.com/la-me-immigration-attorneys-detained-20190202-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sorry for the Good News A bang-up jobs report reveals underlying economic strength. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sorry-for-the-good-news-11549063609
— Over 60, and Crushed by Student Loan Debt Older Americans are struggling under the burden of student loans—their children’s and their own. – AnnaMaria Andriotis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/over-60-and-crushed-by-student-loan-debt-11549083631
— Can the Government Help You Save for Retirement? Lawmakers are looking to expand access to tax-advantaged plans, boost savings rates and enhance long-term income sustainability – Anne Tergesen
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-the-government-help-you-save-for-retirement-11549035000
— California’s Liberal Governor Hauls a Conservative City to Court To solve a problem made in Sacramento, Newsom asks judges to intervene in local zoning decisions. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-liberal-governor-hauls-a-conservative-city-to-court-11549060961

 

BLOOMBERG
— Booker Joins Race, Preaching Optimism in Contrast With Trump – Laura Litvan and Terrence Dopp (DIERSEN: As Democrats gain more and more and more power, it is increasingly difficult for members of the following groups to be optimistic: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-01/senator-cory-booker-announces-2020-democratic-presidential-bid

 

COLUMBIAN
— Hometown protest, fans greet Schultz as he mulls presidential run – AP (DIERSEN: What is your hometown? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn are full of hatred. They have made it very clear that if I ever sought a government office or a political office, they would shout from their rooftops that my hometown Crete was full of German Lutherans who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things while I lived there 1948-1972. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/feb/01/hometown-protest-fans-greet-schultz-as-he-mulls-presidential-run/

 

PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters promote hatred against Republicans. In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, which Republican-haters take the lead in promoting hatred against Republicans? I should write a book about Republican-haters in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who take the lead in promoting hatred against Republicans.
http://www.pfaw.org/blog-posts/tracking-the-evolution-of-the-rights-anti-immigrant-movement/
http://www.pfaw.org/blog-posts/the-progressive-happy-hour-fighting-for-racial-justice-in-2019/

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters use Jesse Jackson to promote hatred of individuals, organizations, 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://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/02/jesse-jackson-interview-jussie-smollett-hate-violence-us
— Trump to pitch optimism, ‘greatness’ in State of Union (DIERSEN: As Democrats gain more and more and more power, it is increasingly difficult for members of the following groups to be optimistic: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://guardian.ng/news/trump-to-pitch-optimism-greatness-in-state-of-union/
— Why record job growth in America hides a troubling reality High employment rates gloss over a ‘much more complicated story’ of stagnant wages and vanishing mid-level jobs – Jana Kasperkevic
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/02/america-record-job-growth-economics-wage-stagnation

January 29 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Welcome to 2020: Obstacles for Trump and a wide-open Democratic race, poll finds – SOFI SINOZICH
https://abc7chicago.com/welcome-to-2020-obstacles-for-trump-and-a-wide-open-democratic-race-poll-finds/5111358/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Schillerstrom resigns as tollway chairman amid agency churn – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190129/schillerstrom-resigns-as-tollway-chairman-amid-agency-churn
— DuPage County turns attention to adult businesses – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190129/dupage-county-turns-attention-to-adult-businesses
–DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Most Americans see nation on the wrong track.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190129/news/301299950/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago elections board not ready for hackers or natural disaster, City Hall watchdog finds – Todd Lighty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-vulnerable-elections-hackers-20190129-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats do not want immigrants to assimilate. Democrats want immigrants to serve as operatives or as dupes for Democrats. Democrats want immigrants to help Democrats get rid of Republicans once and for all. Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at Hispanic immigrants that if they help Democrats, Democrats will turn America into their Hispanic motherland. Democrats stress the success that they are having in making everyone in America speak Spanish, read Spanish, and write Spanish.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-tom-brokaw-hispanics-assimilation-yamiche-alcindor-immigrants-0130-20190129-story.html
— Pelosi, Trump have few incentives to compromise, so madness will continue – Jonah Goldberg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-goldberg-pelosi-trump-shutdown-wall-0130-20190129-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker has little to say about Madigan being recorded by feds – Tina Sfondeles and Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-reaction-madigan-recorded-feds-durking-gop/
— A third of young adults want out of Chicago; ill omen for population loss – Maudlyne Ihejirika (DIERSEN: Do/did you work in Chicago? I did in 1971 and 1973-1997. Do/did you take college courses in Chicago? I did 1966-1968, 1971-1983, and 1992-1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/study-a-third-of-young-adults-want-out-of-chicago-ill-omen-for-population-loss/
— Anti-assimilation claims haunt Latinos, Asians – USA TODAY (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want immigrants to assimilate. Democrats want immigrants to serve as operatives or as dupes for Democrats. Democrats want immigrants to help Democrats get rid of Republicans once and for all. Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at Hispanic immigrants that if they help Democrats, Democrats will turn America into their Hispanic motherland. Democrats stress the success that they are having in making everyone in America speak Spanish, read Spanish, and write Spanish.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/anti-assimilation-claims-haunt-latinos-asians/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Mike Madigan shocker rocks state, city politics News that the powerful House speaker was caught on tape discussing zoning and hiring his law firm draws instant fire and further roils the race for mayor. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/mike-madigan-shocker-rocks-state-city-politics

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR & BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Progressive push ahead for new governor, Legislature – Rebecca Anzel, Peter Hancock and Jerry Nowicki
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190128/progressive-push-ahead-for-new-governor-legislature
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/progressive-agenda-ahead-for-new-governor-legislature/article_c4e72986-cb54-5620-aa6f-8f327017af6d.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker, others consider gambling expansion to boost state finances, balance budget – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article224861515.html

 

PROPUBLICA
— Do You Know Someone Struggling With Video Gambling? ​Help Us Understand Video Slot and Poker Addiction in Illinois. More than 30,000 video gambling machines are scattered across Illinois, and gambling addiction appears to be on the rise. – Logan Jaffe
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/help-us-investigate-illinois-video-gambling-addiction

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— ILGOP on FBI Madigan tape: Reform is long overdue – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511748661-ilgop-on-fbi-madigan-tape-reform-is-long-overdue

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage Township meeting; crime in progress? – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/01/dupage-township-meeting-crime-in-progress/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS HOUSE PASSES RULES GIVING MADIGAN EXTRAORDINARY POWER – AGAIN – Joe Tabor
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-house-passes-rules-giving-madigan-extraordinary-power-again/


— TAXPAYER VICTORY: ILLINOIS HOUSE CUTS COMMITTEE BLOAT – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/taxpayer-victory-illinois-house-cuts-committee-bloat/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Lawmakers promote recreational marijuana plan at town hall – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/lawmakers-promote-recreational-marijuana-plan-at-town-hall/article_29adef46-236c-11e9-a341-4fc177f80c67.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Big Brother in League with the “Trans” Cult – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/big-brother-in-league-with-the-trans-cult/

 

FOX NEWS
— Pelosi Won the Shutdown ‘Battle,’ Now It’s Up to Trump to ‘Win the War’ – Tomi Lahren
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/29/tomi-lahren-final-thoughts-fox-nation-i-have-not-lost-hope-president-trump
— ‘Everyone Is Bernie’: Mark Steyn Says Dem 2020 Hopefuls Are Moving Left ‘At an Astonishing Rate’
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/29/mark-steyn-says-democratic-2020-hopefuls-are-running-bernie-sanders
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “U.S. consumers rattled by shutdown, roiling markets.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/us-consumers-rattled-by-shutdown-roiling-markets

 

BREITBART
— Monmouth Poll: Nearly 90 Percent of Voters Oppose Amnesty-for-Wall Plan – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/28/monmouth-poll-nearly-90-percent-of-voters-oppose-amnesty-for-wall-plan/
— California College ‘Discontinues’ Pledge of Allegiance Because of ‘White Nationalism’ – Tom Ciccotta (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they 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://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/29/california-college-discontinues-pledge-of-allegiance-because-of-white-nationalism/
— Washington Post Political Reporter Calls Trump Supporters ‘Rubes’ – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/29/nolte-washington-post-political-reporter-calls-trump-supporters-rubes/

 

GOPUSA
— The shutdown revealed Democrats’ scheme to import a radical new electorate (DIERSEN: Democrats want to get rid of voters 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 and replace them with voters who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64218
— Rubio: Trump declaring national emergency to build border wall ‘a terrible idea’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64174
— How tolerance goes out the window when the left takes the reins
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64168
— Selling a book: Ann Coulter ferociously attacks conservative Newt Gingrich on Twitter
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64221
— Meghan McCain: ‘I hate this country’ without my dad’s leadership
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64189

 

CAMPUS REFORM
University of Illinois prof Michael LeRoy: Trump’s ‘racial animus’ is ‘part of our historical DNA’ – Stone Washington (DIERSEN: Since the Civil War, Democrats’ anti-American animus is part of their historical DNA.)
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11810

 

NBC NEWS
— Even a little marijuana may change teen brain, study finds Researchers say even one or two joints cause changes in areas of the brain involved in emotion-related processing, learning and forming memories. – Shamard Charles, M.D. (DIERSEN: A question to ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If Diersen had been a stoner, would he still have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 when he was 21, b) earn an MBA in 1976, c) pass the CPA examination on his first attempt in 1979, d) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on his first attempt in 1981, f) become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, h) become a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, i) become a Certified Financial Services Manager in 1996, j) become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and k) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/legal-pot/even-little-marijuana-may-change-teen-brain-study-finds-n958536

 

YAHOO NEWS
— Despite end to shutdown IRS could take a year to get back to normal a government watchdog group says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/despite-end-shutdown-irs-could-182456998.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Fewer Americans See The Value In A Four-Year College (DIERSEN: If had not had a bachelor’s degree in management, a) Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 when I was 21 years old and b) Oldsmobile and IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate business courses, IRS might not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had not had an MBA, if I had not been taking graduate accounting courses, and c) I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980. If had not had a master’s degree in accounting, if I had not passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and if I had not become a licensed CPA in 1981, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, if I had not become a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, if I had not become a Certified Financial Services Manager in 1996, if I had not become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and if I had not earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors would have succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1994 instead of 1997.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/education/fewer_americans_see_the_value_in_a_four_year_college

 

DAILY ADVISER
— Why more than a third of college students are changing schools – Leigh Guidry  (DIERSEN: I transferred from UIC to NIU in 1969.)
https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/education/2019/01/29/louisiana-education-system-college-student-how-to-transfer-schools/2646262002/

January 27 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Fake news and the public’s obligation to know – Editorial (DIERSEN: The Daily Herald should write an article, or maybe a book, about my critics/opponents. According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. My critics/opponents focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails. My critics/opponents dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party. They crow that even though I have been a MTRCC member since 1999, MTRCC has never asked me to serve as chairman of a MTRCC committee, let alone as a MTRCC officer. They crow that they defeated me 69-13 when I ran for the open MTRCC Treasurer office in 2004. They crow that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, MTRCC webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They crow that they almost succeeded in getting ICRC to censure in 2006 me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190126/editorial-fake-news-and-the-publics-obligation-to-know

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Income disparity between black, white Springfield households largest in country – Crystal Thomas
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190126/report-income-disparity-between-black-white-springfield-households-largest-in-country
— Illinois pension cost savings plans get started – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190126/illinois-pension-cost-savings-plans-get-started

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Steve King faces friendly audience at town hall – Mason Dockter
https://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/steve-king-faces-friendly-audience-at-town-hall/article_b5ac49de-652b-5666-a2ab-4b9fb8a1085c.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Expansion of abortion counterproductive – David E. Smith, Executive Director, Illinois Family Institute
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/letters/voice-of-the-people-expansion-of-abortion-counterproductive/article_4dd64080-201a-11e9-a954-0be44cab8298.html

 

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— March for Life: Schlarman students stand up for ‘what’s right’ – Christopher Morrical
https://www.commercial-news.com/news/local_news/march-for-life-schlarman-students-stand-up-for-what-s/article_2697e7ca-c688-5a31-90ea-e9f6d9aa9ac2.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Illinois Democrats File Bill to Ban “Assault Weapons” – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=278483#.XE2QsVxKiM8

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters glorify and praise illegals.
https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/who-s-in-the-immigrant-caravans/article_25e6a761-9016-5454-be27-ba1fe19f78d8.html

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Why aren’t progressives more outspoken against age discrimination? (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. “Up-or-out” is code for age discrimination. If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, the federal government gets rid of you if you 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://www.chicagonow.com/windy-city-legal-geek/2019/01/why-arent-progressives-more-outspoken-against-age-discrimination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I can be forgiven if I’m a little pissed off right now. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided a few days ago that it’s okay for employers to discriminate against me. As I explained in my June 9 blog post, a man named Dale Kleber sued CareFusion Corp. for discriminatory hiring practices in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit found that CareFusion violated the Act when it published a job description seeking an in-house attorney “with no more than 7 years’ relevant legal experience.” Kleber claimed that was really code for younger candidates, in light of the fact the company hired a 29-year-old instead of him.)

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Washington Post article attacks Trump ‘MAGA’ hat, says it represents ‘acid hatred’ – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/wapo-attacks-trump-maga-hat-represent-acid-hatred

 

CBN NEWS
— Democrats for Border Security? It’s a Hoax – Stephen Moore (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats publicly crow about specific things that they did to get illegals into America?)
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2019/january/democrats-for-border-security-its-a-hoax-nbsp

 

TOWNHALL
— 56% of Registered Voters Say Government Is Doing ‘Too Little’ To Keep Illegal Immigrants From Coming To U.S. – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/01/26/56-of-registered-voters-say-government-is-doing-too-little-to-keep-illegal-immigrants-from-coming-here-n2540286
— Trump National Golf Club Fires Illegal Alien Workers – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/01/26/rumor-mill-trump-national-golf-club-fires-illegal-alien-workers-n2540305
— The Art Of The Fail? – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2019/01/27/the-art-of-the-fail-n2540302

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP GOLF COURSE FIRES ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS – William Davis (DIERSEN: Have you worked for a golf course? During the summer of 1966, I cleaned golf shoes for the Flossmoor Golf Club. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, I doubt that job would have been available to me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/26/trump-golf-course-fires-illegals/

 

BREITBART
— Opponents of President Donald Trump’s “racist” border wall on Saturday protested against what they claimed is a “symbol of hate” in El Paso, Texas. – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/26/resisting-the-wall-march-no-to-racist-symbol-of-hate/

 

FOX NEWS
— Deroy Murdock: The Trump-hating media are demolishing themselves – Deroy Murdock
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/deroy-murdock-the-trump-hating-media-are-demolishing-themselves
— Texas says it found 95,000 non-citizens on voter rolls; 58,000 have voted – Adam Shaw (DIERSEN: How many non-citizens are on the voter rolls in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-says-it-has-discovered-95000-non-citizens-on-voter-rolls-58000-have-voted

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Washington Post Fashionista Rips the MAGA Hat as ‘Brimming with Grotesque Hubris’ – Tim Graham
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2019/01/27/washington-post-fashionista-rips-maga-hat-brimming-grotesque-hubris

 

NEWSMAX
— Elizabeth Warren Wealth Tax Could Cost US Billionaires $85B a Year (DIERSEN: Real estate taxes are wealth taxes.)
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/warren-wealth-tax-billionaires/2019/01/26/id/899922/

 

HOT AIR
— Elizabeth Warren’s Unconstitutional Wealth Tax (DIERSEN: Real estate taxes are wealth taxes.)
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/01/elizabeth-warrens-unconstitutional-wealth-tax/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrats’ stealth jihad – Amil Imani
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/the_democrats_stealth_jihad.html
— Christopher Columbus gets the shaft at Notre Dame – J. Marsolo
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/christopher_columbus_gets_the_shaft_at_notre_dame.html
— Not all persons here illegally are alike; The wall keeps the worst ones out – Constantinos E. Scaros
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/not_all_persons_here_illegally_are_alike_the_wall_keeps_the_worst_ones_out.html
— Forcing our congressmen to try to resolve the government shutdown – Martin Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/forcing_our_congressmen_to_try_to_resolve_the_government_shutdown.html
— Ocasio-Cortez: Socialism can cure ringworm, and also everything else – Deborah C. Tyler
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/ocasiocortez_socialism_can_cure_ringworm_and_also_everything_else.html
— No MAGA Hats in the Opinion Workers Union Hall – Clarice Feldman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/no_maga_hats_in_the_opinion_workers_union_hall.html

 

AMERICA GREATNESS
— Census Fight Is About Dollars and Votes – Rachel Bovard
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/26/census-fight-is-about-dollars-and-votes/

 

AMERICA FREE PRESS
— Will Immigration Bloodshed Continue? – John Friend
http://americanfreepress.net/will-immigration-bloodshed-continue/

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— God Told Nehemiah To Build a Wall When Nancy Pelosi says that it is immoral to build a wall, she proves she knows nothing of morality or, for that matter, God, The Book of Nehemiah shows that God protects His people. Whose people are we? – Ray DiLorenzo
https://canadafreepress.com/article/god-told-nehemiah-to-build-a-wall

 

THE HILL
— Warren stakes out 2020 ground with wealth-tax proposal – NAOMI JAGODA
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/427075-warren-courts-progressives-with-wealth-tax-proposal

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Meets With Hard-Right Group Led by Ginni Thomas – Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni (DIERSEN: How “hard right” are you? I oppose government doing anything that promotes a) welfare, b) dependency on government, c) dependency on charity, d) LGBTQ activity, e) abortion, f) mass/illegal immigration, g) diminishment of First and Second Amendment rights, h) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, i) patronage, j) political affiliation discrimination, k) reverse discrimination, and l) age discrimination.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-ginni-thomas-meeting.html

(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump met last week with a delegation of hard-right activists led by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, listening quietly as members of the group denounced transgender people and women serving in the military, according to three people with direct knowledge of the events. For 60 minutes Mr. Trump sat, saying little but appearing taken aback, the three people said, as the group also accused White House aides of blocking Trump supporters from getting jobs in the administration. It is unusual for the spouse of a sitting Supreme Court justice to have such a meeting with a president, and some close to Mr. Trump said it was inappropriate for Ms. Thomas to have asked to meet with the head of a different branch of government. A vocal conservative, Ms. Thomas has long been close to what had been the Republican Party’s fringes, and extremely outspoken against Democrats. Her activism has raised concerns of conflicts of interest for her husband, who is perhaps the most conservative member of the Supreme Court.)
— Hospitals Are Asking Their Own Patients to Donate Money – Phil Galewitz (DIERSEN: Do political parties do “wealth screenings?”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/business/hospitals-asking-patients-donate-money.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many hospitals conduct nightly wealth screenings — using software that culls public data such as property records, contributions to political campaigns and other charities — to gauge which patients are most likely to be the source of large donations. Those who seem promising targets for fund-raising may receive a visit from a hospital executive in their rooms, as well as extra amenities like a bathrobe or a nicer waiting area for their families. Some hospitals train doctors and nurses to identify patients who have expressed gratitude for their care, and then put the patients in touch with staff fund-raisers. These various tactics, part of a strategy known as “grateful patient programs,” make some people uncomfortable. “Wealth screenings strike me as unseemly but not illegal or unethical,” said Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at the New York University School of Medicine.)
— How Every Member Got to Congress – Sahil Chinoy and Jessia Ma (DIERSEN: It looks like none of them were federal employees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. GAO works for Congress. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which, at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325/year. Before that, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which, at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year. Further, it looks like none of them are CPAs, Certified Internal Auditors (CIA), licensed CPAs, Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE), Certified Government Financial Managers (CGFM), Certified Financial Service Auditors CFSA), or Forensic Accountants (FA). I became a CPA in 1979, a CIA in 1981, a licensed CPA in 1981, a CFE in 1990, a CGFM in 1994, a CFSA in 1996, and a FA in 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/26/opinion/sunday/paths-to-congress.html
— The Loneliness of the Moderate Democrat ‘It takes a lot of spine to be a centrist in America today.’ – Frank Bruni (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint themselves as being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/opinion/sunday/gina-raimondo-2020.html
— A Frat Boy and a Gentleman – Alexandra Robbins (DIERSEN: Were you a member of a fraternity? I was not.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/opinion/sunday/fraternity-sexual-assault-college.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An America-hater argues against borders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/opinion/sunday/border-wall-immigration-trump.html
— With Pain Still Fresh, Lawmakers Make Push to Outlaw Shutdowns – Carl Hulse
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/government-shutdown-legislation.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: How the Shutdown Reordered American Life – Julie Bosman (DIERSEN: I was an IRS employee 1971-1980.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/government-shutdown-over.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: CHICAGO — On Day 1 of what would become the longest government shutdown in the country’s history, Mary Kelly had a typically American view of the situation: She was optimistic. As an employee of the Internal Revenue Service, she had been through shutdowns before. This one would not last long, she figured. On Day 24, weeks into her mandatory furlough, she applied for unemployment benefits. Ten days after that, she left her home in the Chicago suburbs, rode a train downtown and joined demonstrators on a windswept Federal Plaza, her cheeks mottled pink from the cold. “I was never scared during shutdowns in the past,” Ms. Kelly, a union officer, said during the protest on Thursday, wearing woolen gloves and clutching a sign. “But now who knows what’s going to happen?” And then on Day 35, with no resolution seemingly in sight, she had her answer in news leaked from Washington: The shutdown was finally coming to an end.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: A Bruised Trump Faces Uncertain 2020 Prospects. His Team Fears a Primary Fight. – Alexander Burns, Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-rnc-2020.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Rep. Steve King is spurned in Washington.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-steve-king-is-spurned-in-washington-in-iowa-sentiment-is-mixed/2019/01/26/a55867f8-1e57-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-haters say “Republicans reeling from political damage caused by shutdown.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-hope-we-get-some-common-sense-republicans-reeling-from-political-damage-cause-by-shutdown/2019/01/26/d50b87d4-2189-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Rep. Steve King gets standing ovation at first event since white supremacy comments – AP
https://nypost.com/2019/01/26/rep-steve-king-gets-standing-ovation-at-first-event-since-white-supremacy-comments/
— President Trump is down, but not out – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2019/01/26/president-trump-is-down-but-not-out/

 

MIAMI HERALD
— Could you live on your retirement savings for 23 years? – DAYANA YOCHIM (DIERSEN: The lower a retiree’s standard of living, the longer before that retiree’s savings runs out. Last year, my 88-year-old aunt’s expenses were $93,501 including $87,116 for assisted living, $2,532 for income taxes, $1,715 for medications, and $1,572 for Medicare. Her income was $33,691 and she withdrew $72,831 from her retirement savings. That resulted in her retirement savings decreasing by $56,136 or from $497,958 down to $441,823. Simplistically, $56,136 divided by $441,823 is 8, her retirement savings will be exhausted in less than 8 years.)
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/article225007550.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average budget for a retiree, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, provides even more color on what to expect when you’re expecting to retire. Older households, defined as ones headed by someone 65 or older, spend $46,000 annually, versus the $57,000 average spent by all U.S. households combined. The top three monthly expenses for those 65 and older are housing ($1,322), health care ($500) and food ($484). On average, about half of a retired household’s income comes from Social Security and private and government pensions, according to the BLS, with personal savings and investment and rental income providing 6.9 percent.)

 

GAZETTE
— Democrats veer left on their treks to Iowa Once taboo topics for the party are de rigueur today
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/democrats-veer-left-on-their-treks-to-iowa-20190126

 

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— The liberal immigration deniers – Wayne Allyn Root
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/wayne-allyn-root/commentary-the-liberal-immigration-deniers-1583089/

 

LAS VEGAS SUN
— Border wall is out of sync with the Southwest’s changing politics – Trip Gabriel (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the percentage of voters in the border states who hate America increases. How soon will they have enough votes to get the border states to leave America and join up with Mexico?)
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/jan/27/border-wall-is-out-of-sync-with-the-southwests-cha/

 

BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS
— Democrats and their voters go left, counting on rest of country to follow as 2020 nears – David Weigel
https://www.bgdailynews.com/washington_post/democrats-and-their-voters-go-left-counting-on-rest-of/article_71578f1e-0959-509b-bf80-9ed764d73da4.html

 

PRESTON BUSINESS REVIEW
— GOP Rep. Brooks: ‘There Is No Border Security If You Do Not Have the Border Wall Component‘ – Caroline Biscotti
https://prestonbusinessreview.com/gop-rep-brooks-there-is-no-border-security-if-you-do-not-have-the-border-wall-component/77671/
— When the Swamp Tackles Immigration, America’s Interests Are Ignored – Caroline Biscotti
https://prestonbusinessreview.com/wilcox-when-the-swamp-tackles-immigration-americas-interests-are-ignored/77657/
— Meghan McCain: I Hate America Without My Father‘s Leadership – Caroline Biscotti
https://prestonbusinessreview.com/meghan-mccain-i-hate-america-without-my-fathers-leadership/77643/

 

SIOUXLAND NEWS
— Steve King holds town hall meeting; says NYT reporter took his words out of context – Jetske Wauran
https://siouxlandnews.com/news/local/steve-king-holds-town-hall-meeting-says-nyt-reporter-took-his-words-out-of-context

 

HAVASU NEWS
— Release illegal immigrants in ‘selected’ congressional districts – Bruce Warner (DIERSEN: How many illegals do Democrat U.S. Senators and Democrat governors want released into their states? How many illegals do Democrat U.S. Congressmen want released into their districts? How many illegals do Democrat state senators and Democrat state representatives want released into their districts? Which counties, townships/wards, municipalities, precincts, and neighborhoods would these illegals be released into?)
https://www.havasunews.com/opinion/bruce-warner-release-illegal-immigrants-in-selected-congressional-districts/article_5c707b20-21fe-11e9-99c6-278984505ba5.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— MEGHAN MCCAIN NO LONGER CALLS HERSELF A REPUBLICAN, SAYS THE GOP’S CHARACTER ‘SEEMS TO BE GONE’ – DONICA PHIFER
https://www.newsweek.com/meghan-mccain-no-longer-calls-herself-republican-says-gops-character-seems-be-1306607

 

INDEPENDENT
— Another illegal immigrant caravan moves north As an even larger illegal immigrant caravan moves north, we should ask Congress: Are they representing U.S. citizens or Latin America? – Michael Shannon
http://suindependent.com/another-illegal-immigrant-caravan-moves-north/

 

DAILY BEAST
— Texas AG Claims Nearly 60,000 Non-Citizens Voted in State Elections Over Last Two Decades
https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-ag-claims-nearly-60000-non-citizens-voted-in-state-elections-over-last-two-decades

January 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Councilman Kevin Coyne may seek formal rebuke of state rep’s claim that Naperville has ‘white supremacist’ policies – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: QUESTION: When a municipality is slandered or libeled by a public figure, who should respond? ANSWER: All the elected officials who represent/represented all or part of that municipality, all the past and present officers of the political parties that represent all or part of that municipality, and all past and present officers of other organizations that represent all or part of that municipality.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-stava-murray-white-supremacist-rebuke-comments-st-0127-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The councilman said he personally is so angered that he will not refer to Stava-Murray as a state representative because “she doesn’t deserve that title.” “She has made vile comments against the very people that she was just elected to represent,” Coyne said in a statement. “Her actions are the most disgusting that I have ever seen from an elected official. I’m strongly considering motioning to have our great city censure Stava-Murray for her self-serving and outrageous political posturing. Clearly she puts scoring political points with the fringe left above her job as a representative for Naperville. I’m not inclined to let that pass.” Coyne said he’s not sure what he might introduce at the next council meeting, possibly a proclamation or position with which members could agree. “I think we need to make some kind of a statement to address her conduct and what’s she’s been saying about the community she was elected to represent,” he said. “We can’t let our own elected officials ruin the reputation of our city because of a self-serving agenda,” Coyne said. “This is not a partisan issue. There’s across the board outrage with what she’s said and doing.”)
— Stava-Murray’s Naperville comments unjustified – Lenore Mendoza Whitman, Naperville
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-naperville-letters-st-0127-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: The dissatisfaction voiced by state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray about the “white supremacist policies” of the city of Naperville is based on someone else’s complaints. I am of Mexican-American descent and have lived quite happily in Naperville for over 31 years. I participate in local activities, volunteer in places of need and worship without conflict. I am sure ethnic comments may have been uttered out of my earshot or ignorant individuals made comments to my children, unaware of their ancestry, but overall I believe Naperville has presented itself as a wholesome, kind and generous town. It is unfortunate when a person feels bullied and picked on, but we have to turn the other cheek and not retaliate in kind, as you, Ms. Stava-Murray, seem to do. I suggest you start looking for real estate in Oak Park. It is probably a better fit for you!)
— White supremacy in Naperville ‘ridiculous’ – Bill Voda, Warrenville
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-naperville-letters-st-0127-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: State Rep. Anne Stava-Murray appears to be confused by what a “white supremacist” philosophy is. Naperville may be smug, snobbish, even elitist, but “white supremacist? Ridiculous. Perhaps Rep. Stava-Murray defines “white supremacist” as a successful Caucasian who takes responsibility for their actions and doesn’t blame others for their failures? Or the fact that Naperville schools graduate more successful minorities than the Chicago Public Schools while spending LESS per pupil. Unlike the failed policies of businesses and educational systems that are popular, Naperville focuses on developing and hiring people that have excellent skills, knowledge and abilities rather than on their cultural heritage. Those are attributes that actually lead to success in life.)
— Thought crimes, media abuse and those Catholic high school boys from Covington – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201901231124–tms–amvoicesctnav-a20190123-20190123-column.html
— Mexico rebukes, but accepts, ‘unilateral’ U.S. move to return asylum seekers pending hearing – Maya Averbuch
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-mexico-trump-migrants-asylum-hearings-20190125-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters and Republican-haters say “Majority of Americans hold Trump, Republicans responsible for shutdown.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-republicans-shutdown-poll-20190125-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pelosi on Trump: We could plant flowers on border and he’d say, ‘I got my wall’ – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/sweet-speaker-pelosi-trump-flowers-border-wall-government-shutdown-state-of-union/
— CTA broke law by hiring legislator’s housemate, who rarely showed up: inspector – Robert Herguth and Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cta-eric-mckennie-kimberly-lightford-improper-hiring/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Alyssa Milano doubles down on calling Trump MAGA hats ‘the new white hood’ (DIERSEN: If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to harm you? Who would come to your defense – the officers of your township/ward/county Republican party organizations, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, the IRP National Committeewoman, etc.? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/alyssa-milano-doubles-down-on-calling-trump-maga-hats-the-new-white-hood-

 

WLS AM
— Fact-checking Trump’s speech to end the shutdown – CNN (DIERSEN: What are your qualifications to be a fact checker? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. 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. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
http://www.wlsam.com/news/fact-checking-trumps-speech-to-end-the-shutdown/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Local Congress members react to deal to end government shutdown – Chris Kaergard
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190125/local-congress-members-react-to-deal-to-end-government-shutdown

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois lawmakers react to temporary end to federal government shutdown
https://herald-review.com/news/local/area-lawmakers-react-to-temporary-end-to-federal-government-shutdown/article_3fb95015-b6cd-5f8d-a121-4b7b371b4aa4.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Speaker at ISU praises Pelosi for showing ‘spine’ against Trump – LENORE SOBOTA (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will schools refuse to admit you, let alone refuse to let you graduate, unless you hate Trump?)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/speaker-at-isu-praises-pelosi-for-showing-spine-against-trump/article_e3472519-767a-5329-9cef-743ec6862127.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— MAGA Caps: Fashion police need to go – Ron Jackson
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/ron-jackson-fashion-police-need-to-go/article_9aedade6-20a5-11e9-bdaf-bb7287adf80a.html

 

WGLT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “White Supremacy Sees Resurgence Under Trump.”
http://www.wglt.org/post/dyson-isu-white-supremacy-sees-resurgence-under-trump-0#stream/0

 

NRA-ILA
— Illinois: Social Media Search Bill & Other Anti-Gun Legislation Introduced in House
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20190125/illinois-social-media-search-bill-other-anti-gun-legislation-introduced-in-house

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— ISRA director expects new legislature to introduce multiple anti-gun measures – Glenn Minnis
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511740708-isra-director-expects-new-legislature-to-introduce-multiple-anti-gun-measures

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Market Watch: Deborah Johnson loses over $354,000 on sale of West Chicago home
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511725324-market-watch-deborah-johnson-loses-over-354-000-on-sale-of-west-chicago-home

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Heartland Institute Fellow disputes Pritzker, others on climate change – Kyla Asbury
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511724688-heartland-institute-fellow-disputes-pritzker-others-on-climate-change
— West Loop Ventures partner applauds university insuring against loss of Chinese students – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: Should your municipality insure against its losing its citizens, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511722928-west-loop-ventures-partner-applauds-university-insuring-against-loss-of-chinese-students

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Franks’ Banks Not on Federal Employee Help List
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/25/franks-banks-not-on-federal-employee-help-list/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOV PRITZKER: “TRUMP ATTACKS IMMIGRANTS, ILLINOIS WELCOMES THEM.”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/gov-pritzker-trump-attacks-immigrants-illinois-welcomes-them.html


— STATE POLICE TO REVIEW SOCIAL MEDIA BEFORE GUN PURCHASES WITH NEW PROPOSAL
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/state-police-to-review-social-media-before-gun-purchases-with-new-proposal-.html
— ILLINOIS OFFERS UTILITY BILL ASSISTANCE TO FURLOUGHED FEDERAL WORKERS, UNEMPLOYED AND STUDENTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/illinois-offers-utility-bill-assistance-to-furloughed-federal-workers-unemployed-and-students-.html
— NEW YORK, ILLINOIS IN COMPETITION TO “GLORIFY” BABY KILLING?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/new-york-illinois-in-competition-to-glorify-baby-killing.html
— ILLINOIS’ LATINO LGBTQ RIGHTS GROUP PUSHES INCLUSION IN HISTORY CURRICULUM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/illinois-latino-lgbtq-rights-group-pushes-for-inclusion-in-history-curriculum-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Thanks to Republican leadership, at 2.9%, DuPage County has the lowest unemployment rate in Illinois.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/25/todays-map-8/

 

DAILY CALLER
— ANN COULTER GOES BALLISTIC ON TRUMP AFTER CAPITULATION ON BORDER WALL – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/25/ann-coulter-trump-capitulation-border-wall/
— MAN BOOTED FROM SCHOOL BOARD MEETING FOR NAMING TEACHER WHO CALLED COVINGTON BOYS ‘HITLER YOUTH’ – Neetu Chandak
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/25/man-booted-teacher-covington-boys-hitler-youth/

 

HOT AIR
— Hannity: Don’t Worry, Trump’s Going To Get The Wall Money
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/25/hannity-dont-worry-trumps-going-get-wall-money/
— Wait, Pelosi’s Still Not Letting Trump Deliver The State Of The Union On Tuesday?
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/25/wait-pelosis-still-not-letting-trump-deliver-state-union-tuesday/
— The MAGA Hat Isn’t A Policy Statement, It’s An Inflammatory Declaration Of Identity – ROBIN GIVHAN
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/01/maga-hat-isnt-policy-statement-inflammatory-declaration-identity/
— In Defense Of The MAGA Hat – RICH LOWRY
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/01/defense-maga-hat/

 

FOX NEWS
— Dems must join Trump in wall compromise to keep government open – Robert Walker
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dems-must-join-trump-in-wall-compromise-to-keep-government-open

 

LIFE NEWS
— CNN Slams Pro-Life Teens, Says Their MAGA Hats are “Just as Triggering as KKK Hoods” – RYAN FOLEY
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/01/25/cnn-slams-pro-life-teens-says-their-maga-hats-are-just-as-triggering-as-kkk-hoods/

 

CBN NEWS
— It’s Time to Declare a National Emergency on America’s Border with Mexico – Douglas V. Mastriano
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/national-security/2019/january/its-time-declare-a-national-emergency-on-americas-border-with-mexico

 

FOX NEWS
— Democrats who say there is no threat of terrorists crossing our border are delusional – Brett Velicovich
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-who-say-there-is-no-threat-of-terrorists-crossing-our-border-are-delusional

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— WHY TRUMP WILL WIN IN 2020 Patrice Lewis says increasing leftist outrage, fake news only helps president
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/why-trump-will-win-in-2020/
— ‘ALLAHU AKBAR’: PASSENGER STORMS COCKPIT Flight from Paris forced into emergency landing
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/allahu-akbar-passenger-storms-cockpit/

 

TOWNHALL
— Radical Leftist Fashion Police Target MAGA Hats – Jeff Crouere (DIERSEN: If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to harm you? Who would come to your defense – the officers of your township/ward/county Republican party organizations, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, the IRP National Committeewoman, etc.? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2019/01/26/radical-leftist-fashion-police-target-maga-hats-n2540294

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Who Owns America? – Pedro Gonzalez (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/25/who-owns-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anywhere from 11 million to 22 million illegal aliens reside in the United States today. The most recent research suggests that the higher number is closest to the correct figure. In and of itself, that is a crisis. New arrivals—legal and illegal—come to America all the time. Two-thirds of these, Steven W. Mosher writes, use food stamps and other forms of state-administered assistance, such as public housing, not long after they arrive in the country, leaving Americans with a $116 billion annual tab. Moreover, much of the savings these new arrivals manage to accumulate are sent out of the country as remittances, about $25 billion of which ends up in Mexico. More people today speak a single non-English language—Spanish—than ever before in American history. For the first time, too, the middle class has registered as a minority in our country—an issue no doubt exacerbated by the importation of droves impoverished foreigners.)

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why Trump went for a 21-day suspension of the partial shutdown, and what happens next – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/why_trump_went_for_a_21day_suspension_of_the_partial_shutdown_and_what_happens_next.html
— Walls work. That’s why Democrats oppose them. – Taylor Day
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/walls_work_thats_why_democrats_oppose_them.html
— The Left Doesn’t Hate the US; It Hates Us – William L. Gensert
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/the_left_doesnt_hate_the_us_they_hate_us.html

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Family-Unit Apprehensions Surge; Sick Aliens Use Nearly 20,000 Hours of Agency Time – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31302-data-family-unit-apprehensions-surge-sick-aliens-use-nearly-20-000-hours-of-agency-time
— Call It Operation Big Boot: Trump Admin Announces “Migrant” Deportation – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31301-call-it-operation-big-boot-trump-admin-announces-migrant-deportation
— 110 Scale Border Barrier in Arizona as 10K “Migrants” Seek Mexican Visas – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31296-110-scale-border-barrier-in-arizona-as-10k-migrants-seek-mexican-visas

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— The Problem with Declaring a National Emergency
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/01/25/the-problem-with-declaring-a-national-emergency/

 

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Democrats Line Up to Denounce Their Recent Past – IRA MEHLMAN
https://immigrationreform.com/2019/01/25/democrats-line-up-to-denounce-their-recent-past-immigrationreform-com/

 

BLAZE
— Sarah Sanders just issued a severe ultimatum to Democrats about the border wall Setting up another showdown in three weeks – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/sarah-sanders-just-issued-a-severe-ultimatum-to-democrats-about-the-border-wall

 

BREITBART
— Hollywood Roasts Trump over Shutdown Deal: ‘Art of the Kneel’ – Justin Caruso
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/01/25/hollywood-roasts-trump-over-shutdown-deal-art-of-the-kneel/
— When the Swamp Tackles Immigration, America’s Interests Are Ignored – Dale Wilcox (DIERSEN: The swamp wants Democrat voters and/or cheap labor.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/25/wilcox-when-the-swamp-tackles-immigration-americas-interests-are-ignored/
— 30K Border Crossings Expected as Government Reopens Without Wall Funding – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/25/30k-border-crossings-expected-as-government-reopens-without-wall-funding/
— Mo Brooks: Glad Democrats See the ‘Evils’ of Shutdowns, ‘Carnage’ Caused by Illegals – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/25/mo-brooks-glad-democrats-see-the-evils-of-shutdowns-carnage-caused-by-illegals/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— THERE ARE 2 WAYS TO END THE SHUTDOWN: SURRENDER OR EXECUTIVE ACTION – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272680/there-are-2-ways-end-shutdown-surrender-or-daniel-greenfield

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Problem of Identity – JONAH GOLDBERG
https://www.nationalreview.com/g-file/covington-catholic-students-american-identity-issues-roger-stone/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Illinois Springfield promotes ‘healthcare for all’ talk…even illegals – Victoria Snitsar
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11797

 

THE HILL
— Ex-RNC head Michael Steele blasts Republicans defending shutdown: ‘So clueless. So out of touch’ – OWEN DAUGHERTY (DIERSEN: Democrats love Republican-haters who claim to be Republican.)
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/426781-former-rnc-chair-blasts-republicans-defending-shutdown-so
— Shutdown ends without funding for Trump’s border wall – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/427041-senate-votes-to-reopen-government-after-trump-agrees-to-end-shutdown

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Recovery from shutdown will be long and difficult.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/25/studown-recovery-long-back-pay-1117804
— Conservatives to Trump: You caved! – MATTHEW CHOI
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/25/government-shutdown-over-border-wall-1127564

 

CNN
— Federal employees can go back to work now. They’re looking forward to getting paid — but still worried about the future. – Nicole Chavez and Scott McLean (DIERSEN: With budget cuts, soon, if not already, the Democrats who run the federal government will have gotten rid of all their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Soon, if not already, they will have to get rid of their “protected” employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/25/politics/workers-reaction-government-shutdown-deal/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mexico Protests U.S. Decision to Return Asylum Seekers – Azam Ahmed, Miriam Jordan and Elisabeth Malkin
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/world/americas/mexico-asylum-seekers.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Exposing the Times’ anti-Christian bias – David Harsanyi
https://nypost.com/2019/01/25/exposing-the-times-anti-christian-bias/
— The left’s bigoted obsession with MAGA hats – Rich Lowry
https://nypost.com/2019/01/25/the-lefts-bigoted-obsession-with-maga-hats/

 

NEW YORK SUN
— Why There Are So Few Statues Of Journalists – CONRAD BLACK
https://www.nysun.com/national/why-there-are-so-few-statues-of-journalists/90547/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the percentage of voters in the border states who hate America increases. How soon will they have enough votes to get the border states to leave America and join up with Mexico?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/border-wall-democrats-trump.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump just caved. Democrats can now take control of the immigration debate. – Greg Sargent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/25/trump-just-caved-democrats-can-now-take-control-immigration-debate/
— ‘Trump caves’ or ‘Genius’: Right wing splits after Trump ends shutdown with no wall funding – Abby Ohlheiser, Eli Rosenberg and
Michael Brice-Saddler
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/25/trump-caves-or-genius-right-wing-splits-after-trump-ends-shutdown-with-no-wall-funding/
— He argued that gay marriage was unconstitutional. Now Trump wants him on the federal bench. – Jim Obergefell
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/he-argued-that-gay-marriage-was-unconstitutional-now-trump-wants-him-on-the-federal-bench/2019/01/25/e4cfb1e6-049b-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html
— Here’s why federal workers are flocking to food banks – Jacqueline Alemany (DIERSEN: How soon will federal employees again be viciously demonized, be viciously denigrated, and be viciously condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/powerup/2019/01/25/powerup-attention-wilbur-ross-here-s-why-federal-workers-are-flocking-to-food-banks/5c4a0b491b326b29c3778cba/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “California’s GOP apparently plans to continue alienating as many voters as it possibly can.”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/enterthefray/la-ol-brian-maienschien-democrat-defection-20190124-story.html
— Mexico promises to take care of asylum seekers sent back by the United States – KATE MORRISSEY and KATE LINTHICUM (DIERSEN: “Take care of” is code for making them anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-asylum-seekers-20190125-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Exile of Brazil’s First Gay Activist Lawmaker Jean Wyllys Dismays Supporters Rival of president quits and flees, saying he fears for his life – Samantha Pearson and Jeffrey T. Lewis (DIERSEN: Of course, Wyllys is welcome in America, a country that gets rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/exile-of-brazils-first-gay-activist-lawmaker-dismays-supporters-11548442223
— America’s Hidden Workforce Returns Disabled workers join job market at highest level in years amid low unemployment and stricter rules for claiming benefits – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all the office’s disabled employees at one time or another.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-hidden-workforce-returns-11548478801
— How the News Became Fake We in the media have our hands full with newsmakers who are frauds and sensationalists. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-news-became-fake-11548456383
— It’s Not Too Late to Quit Social Media Cal Newport never had a Facebook or Twitter account to delete, but he does have a method to break the habit. – Kate Bachelder Odell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-not-too-late-to-quit-social-media-11548457601
— Left-Wing Politics and the Decline of Sociology Nathan Glazer came from an era when the field cared about describing the world, not changing it. – Jackson Toby
https://www.wsj.com/articles/left-wing-politics-and-the-decline-of-sociology-11548456420

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “If You Don’t Want To Be Seen As A Racist, Don’t Wear MAGA Caps.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/toddessig/2019/01/25/covington-hs-if-you-dont-want-to-be-seen-as-a-racist-dont-wear-maga-caps/
— Why Mentoring Matters — Even When You’re Well Into Your Career – Marvin Krislov (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors succeeded in getting rid my IRS mentor in 1974. He had promoted me in 1972 when I was 23 years old, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in getting rid my GAO mentor in 1987. He had hired me, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marvinkrislov/2019/01/24/why-mentoring-matters-even-when-youre-well-into-your-career/#5f1175fe2933

 

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Indian-hating MAGA hat-wearing students are racist.”
http://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/coard-indian-hating-maga-hat-wearing-students-are-racist/article_65928f03-2e1e-5070-940f-84d7f58fbb45.html

 

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Shutdown Leaves Trump’s Base Cracked.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/trump-approval-polls-shutdown/581215/

 

METRO
— Every public figure should call for common ground. – Jennifer Nadel (DIERSEN: Since 2000, to give them more freedom sander me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have painted me as being a public figure (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_figure). They stress that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, that I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years, that I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, that I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, that I was a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, that I was a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, that I was a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, that I was an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and that I was an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. If I sued my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, would the judge and jury agree with them that I am a public figure?)
https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/25/every-public-figure-should-call-for-common-ground-yes-even-the-queen-8391653/

January 20 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Democrats aren’t buying Trump’s shutdown-ending ‘compromise’ – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/democrats-aren-t-buying-trump-s-shutdown-ending-compromise-

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Day 30 of shutdown: Trump lashes out after Democrats reject offer – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-shutdown-daca-20190120-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Americans take stock of shutdown’s everyday effects.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-government-shutdown-20190120-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State’s video-gambling bust a cautionary tale for Chicago – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-video-gambling-revenues-propublica-wbez/
— New lawsuit against Pritzker campaign alleges sexual discrimination – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lawsuit-sexual-discrimination-j-b-pritzker-sue/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater uses Steve King to promote hatred of Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/donald-trump-steve-king-iowa-racist-remarks/

 

DAILY HERALD
— President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to threaten to target millions of people living in the country illegally if he doesn’t get funding for his border wall. – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190120/news/301209963/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion a) to not hire Republicans, b) to not retain Republicans, c) to not promote Republicans, and d) to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190120/editorial-honoring-the-dream-of-martin-luther-king-jr
— Are we missing a bet on older workers? – Jim Kendall (DIERSEN: You are an “older worker” a) if you are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, b) if you work for the federal government, and c) if you 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. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190120/are-we-missing-a-bet-on-older-workers

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Leadership necessary to turn state around – JASON BARICKMAN
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2019-01-20/guest-commentary-leadership-necessary-turn-state-around.html

 

SOUTHERN
— How Illinois bet on video gambling and lost Legalizing video poker and slots was supposed to generate billions of dollars for the state. A decade later, that hasn’t happened. Now, legislators want to double down on gambling. – JASON GROTTO, SANDHYA KAMBHAMPATI, AND DAN MIHALOPOULOS
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/how-illinois-bet-on-video-gambling-and-lost/article_c54fc60a-a47f-50f9-be05-40f97efcc5b2.html

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Reader Reaction to Woodstock Independent Editorial Hit Piece on Joe Tirio – Part 2
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/20/reader-reaction-to-woodstock-independent-editorial-hit-piece-on-joe-tirio-part-2/
— Transcript of Judge Kevin Costello’s August 23, 1918, Decision in the Case Seeking to Uncover Whose Behind the Illinois Integrity Fund’s Mailings Smearing Joe Tirio
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/20/transcript-of-judge-kevin-costellos-august-23-1918-decision-in-the-case-seeking-to-uncover-whose-behind-the-illinois-integrity-funds-mailings-smearing-joe-tirio/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Plainfield Township; $69,951.80 in self-dealing – Investigations continue – KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/01/plainfield-township-69951-80-in-self-dealing-investigations-continue/

 

DAILY CALLER
— SEN. DURBIN CO-SPONSORED PLAN TO PROTECT DREAMERS — NOW THAT TRUMP WANTS IT, HE’S AGAINST IT – Virginia Kruta
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/19/sen-durbin-protect-dreamers-trump/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Women’s March protesters aim message of anger, defiance at Trump White House – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/20/womens-march-aims-message-anger-defiance-trump-whi/

 

CNN
— Kinzinger: This is an idiotic shutdown
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/01/20/rep-adam-kinzinger-trump-democrats-government-shutdown-sot-nr-vpx.cnn

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— In Trump’s Immigration Announcement, a Compromise Snubbed All Around – Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/us/politics/trump-immigration-conservatives-democrats.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The grass-roots progressive activism of the past two years has been inspiring. But it’s still a shadow of what the country needs.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/opinion/shutdown-resistance-trump.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White House, Democrats Float Proposals to End Shutdown, but Wide Gaps Remain Sides show no signs of movement on funding border wall or agreeing on related immigration overhauls, as Pelosi calls Trump’s offer to delay deportation of some undocumented immigrants a ‘nonstarter’ – Thomas M. Burton and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-democrats-float-proposals-to-end-shutdown-but-wide-gaps-remain-11548010772
— Women’s Marches Aimed to Rev Momentum Ahead of 2020 Third annual wave of marches took place Saturday – Jennifer Levitz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/womens-marches-aim-to-rev-momentum-ahead-of-2020-11547899201

 

BLOOMBERG
— Employees Use Workplace as Source of Trust as Pessimism Persists – Benedikt Kammel (DIERSEN: Who have you had been reluctant to trust? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I was reluctant to trust any of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates because I knew that they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of those who shared my demographics: a) Republican, b) White, c) male, d) non-veteran, and e) an employee 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.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-20/employees-use-workplace-as-source-of-trust-as-pessimism-persists

 

FORBES
— Trump Can Act On Immigration Reform Where Obama Refused By Approving State-Run Guest Worker Programs – Patrick Gleason
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2019/01/20/trump-can-act-on-immigration-reform-where-obama-didnt-by-approving-state-run-guest-worker-programs/#380b72e35a0f

 

NIU
— Prepare to Earn the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) Credential with NIU. (DIERSEN: I passed the CIA examination on my first attempt in 1981 when I was 32 years old and a) after I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) after I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) after I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, d) after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and e) after I had worked for GAO for just over 1 year. I worked for GAO 1980-1997. I do not recall that any of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, or subordinates took the examination, let alone passed it on their first attempt. They demonized, denigrated, and condemned the certification as being worthless and not job-related. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran.)
https://niu.edu/continuing-professional-education/professionals/internal-audit/index.shtml

(FROM THE POSTING: A Small Investment Yields Big Rewards when it comes to Your Internal Audit Career! Earning your Certified Internal Auditor® credentials can pay big dividends. It’s amazing what those 3 little letters CIA says about your expertise and professionalism! As the only globally recognized internal audit certification, becoming a Certified Internal Auditor® (CIA®) is the optimum way to communicate knowledge, skills, and competencies to effectively carry out professional responsibilities for any audit, anywhere. Candidates complete the program enriched with educational experience, information, and business tools that can applied immediately in any organization and business environment. According to the IIA’s 2017 Compensation Study, internal audit professionals holding the CIA credential earn an average of $38,000 more annually than those without a credential. About the CIA® Credential The internal audit function is an effective assurance and consulting function designed to evaluate and improve effective risk management, control and governance processes. Candidates seeking to earn the CIA credential must meet the eligibility requirements established by the Institute of Internal Auditors www.theiia.org/certification and pass an exam for each part of the program.)