July 12 Evening Edition

POLITICO
— Rauner snubs Trump during visit to Chicago – Angelica LaVito
http://www.politico.com/states/illinois/story/2016/07/rauner-snubs-trump-during-visit-to-chicago-103742
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner gave his party’s presumptive presidential nominee the cold shoulder on Tuesday. The Republican governor announced the formation of a school funding commission at the Thompson Center while Donald Trump was in town for a fundraiser just blocks away. Rauner instructed reporters to keep their questions focused on the commission. Some strayed off topic anyway and asked the governor why he was not joining the presumptive leader of his party. Rauner declined to comment. “I’ve said everything I’m going to say about the presidential race,” Rauner said. But the governor’s only public comments came in March when he told students in Wilmette that he was “horrified” by the rhetoric in the Republican presidential campaign and that “it’s ugly and it’s nasty and it’s weird.” He stopped short of mentioning Trump’s name. That same month, he also promised to back the eventual Republican nominee, regardless of who it would be. But he has refused to formally endorse Trump, declining to lead the Illinois delegation at the GOP Convention in Cleveland. In fact, he will not attend next week’s convention at all. On Tuesday, Rauner ignored a question about where he would be during the convention. Sen. Mark Kirk, a fellow Republican in the midst of a contentious re-election campaign, will also skip the convention. But he has taken a more aggressive approach toward the presumptive nominee. Kirk rescinded his support for Trump last month, saying in a statement, “After much consideration, I have concluded that Donald Trump has not demonstrated the temperament necessary to assume the greatest office in the world.” Last week Trump attacked Kirk for refusing to support him in a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill. Kirk fired back, calling Trump an “Eastern, privileged, wealthy bully.” If a snub from a pair of Illinois politicians in his own party wasn’t enough, two demonstrations railed against Trump outside of Chicago’s Trump Tower. U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Democrat, held a “Chicago Trumps Hate” protest while NextGen Climate Illinois and Latino Policy Forum’s A.C.C.E.S.S. student group protested Trump’s energy plan and his comments on immigrants and minorities.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “State GOP leaders privately fret over Trump’s down-ballot drag.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/state-republicans-trump-down-ballot-225420

 

ABC7
— DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGNS IN CHICAGO, INDIANA; PROTESTERS GATHER OUTSIDE TRUMP TOWER – Diane Pathieu , Charles Thomas and Ben Bradley
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/donald-trump-in-chicago;-protesters-gather-outside-trump-tower/1423315/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is in Chicago for a fundraiser Tuesday followed by a rally in Indiana, one week before the Republican National Convention is set to begin. After a morning fundraiser in Chicago, Trump headed to a 6:30 p.m. private rally and fundraiser in Westerfield, Ind. There is much talk of who Trump’s running mate may be, especially after New Gingrich announced he has severed ties with the Fox News Channel as a paid contributor, a possibly sign that he may be rising on the shortlist. The pick is expected to be announced by the end of the week and includes a Hoosier on the short list. “I think the opportunity for Hoosiers to hear from him directly is exciting. I look forward to joining him there and if he wants me to bring a few words, I’d be happy to,” said Indiana Governor Mike Pence. “I’m just as anxious as the rest of you are on who the VP pick is,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) Tuesday. While the Speaker would rather focus on the veep-stakes than his own issues with his party’s candidate, others are being blunt. “I can’t vote for Hillary Clinton and I can’t vote for Donald Trump, and it breaks my heart,” says Jeb Bush. Bush, who was essentially ridiculed out of the race by Trump, told NBC the brash businessman doesn’t have the trustworthiness to be president. “Simply put there’s a threshold anyone who walks into the Oval Office must pass and I don’t think Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump pass that threshold,” he said. But outside Trump’s Indiana event, supporters see their candidate as tough in turbulent times. “I feel we have very little respect for law enforcement with the current administration. Plus I’d like to see secure borders, safety for my grandchildren,” said Gary McGinnis, Trump supporters.)

 

NBC5
— Demonstrators Protest High-Priced Trump Fundraiser  Groups of demonstrators are protesting a fundraiser in Chicago Tuesday for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/donald-trump-fundraiser-protest-chicago–386498101.html
— Trump Campaigns With Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Amid VP Speculation – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-Could-Select-Indiana-Gov-Mike-Pence-for-VP-386467431.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Activists protest Trump’s Chicago fundraiser – Nereida Moreno and John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-donald-trump-campaign-fundraiser-protest-met-0713-20160712-story.html
— Rauner repositions on school funding formula with new panel – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bruce-rauner-education-funding-met-20160712-story.html
— How to (really) achieve the ‘important conversation’ – Dan Proft
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-dallas-police-important-conversation-proft-perspec-0712-md-20160711-story.html
— DuPage offenders get shot at military service – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-diversion-crime-st-0713-20160712-story.html
— Muslim group erects billboards designed to fight terrorism, Islamophobia – Vikki Ortiz Healy
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-muslim-group-billboards-met-20160712-story.html
— Community, family members want bond lowered for activist – Grace Wong
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-jamal-green-cook-jail-protest-met-0713-20160713-story.html
— Why won’t retailers move into Trump Tower? – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-trump-tower-empty-retail-0713-chicago-inc-20160712-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago GOP a more exclusive club than you might think – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-chicago-gop-more-exclusive-club-than-you-might-think/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The dispute has its roots in a decision earlier this year by the Cook County Republican Party to oust 13 of the city’s 50 GOP ward committeemen on suspicion of being Democrats.  Although all 13 filed the proper papers to run as Republicans and were subsequently elected by GOP voters in the March 15 primary (most running unopposed), the county party declared them ineligible for office under a new loyalty bylaw. The Republican rule, enacted a week before Election Day but after early voting had already started, holds that candidates for ward committeeman may not have voted in another party’s primary during the previous eight years. Each of the 13 ousted GOP committeemen had pulled a Democratic ballot at least once during that period, Republican officials say. The committeemen have disputed their removal on the basis that they met all state legal requirements for the office, which do not include any test based on how they’ve voted in the past. They say their ouster thwarts the will of the voters who cast ballots for them.)
— Trump raises about $1 million — and protesters’ ire — in Chicago – Tina Sfondeles, Lynn Sweet, Virginia Barreda
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/group-denounces-trump-ahead-of-high-dollar-fundraiser-in-chicago/
— Rauner takes a stab at school funding with new bipartisan group – Lauren FitzPatrick and Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-takes-a-stab-at-school-funding-with-new-bipartisan-group/
— Illinois moves to shut down failing health insurance co-op – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-moves-to-shut-down-land-of-lincoln-health/
— Outsider Quinn has inside track with campaign stash – Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/mihalopoulos-outsider-quinn-has-inside-track-campaign-stash/
— Chicago State’s shaky finances put accreditation at risk – Maudlyne Ihejirika
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-state-university-shaky-finances-accreditation-risk/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois’ stopgap budget actually makes economic outlook worse – David McSweeney
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160712/discuss/160719858/
— DuPage sheriff’s office: We can’t cut 10% more – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160712/news/160719708/
— GOP blue-collar heroes laud Trump – Byron York  (DIERSEN: When were you blue-collar?  I was blue-collar 1964-1970.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160712/discuss/160719891/
— New President Dr. Ann Rondeau Shares Vision for College of DuPage in Video Interview
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160712/submitted/160719744/
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160712/business/160719715/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner names school funding reform panel—and Dems agree to join in – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160712/BLOGS02/160719952/rauner-names-school-funding-reform-panel-and-dems-agree-to-join-in
— Housing agency offers $46 million to underwater homeowners – Dennis Rodkin
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20160712/CRED0701/160719984/housing-agency-offers-46-million-to-underwater-homeowners
— Illinois Obamacare plan shutting down – KRISTEN SCHORSCH
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160712/NEWS03/160719936/illinois-obamacare-plan-shutting-down

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Clinton, newly endorsed by Sanders, comes to Springfield – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160712/clinton-newly-endorsed-by-sanders-comes-to-springfield
— Rauner announces group to study education funding formula – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160712/rauner-announces-group-to-study-education-funding-formula

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump declines invite to NAACP convention  Clinton scheduled to speak – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-declines-invite-to-naacp-convention
— Pence, Gingrich make the final cut in Trump’s VP search, sources say  Source: Trump will likely make announcement on Friday – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/pence-gingrich-make-the-final-cut-in-trumps-vp-search-sources-say

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Gill faces challenges to congressional bid – Dan Petrella
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/elections/gill-faces-challenges-to-congressional-bid/article_1a014df5-0437-5ece-bbc2-cf194d54cb99.html

 

TIMES
— Kinzinger to attend GOP convention – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/kinzinger-to-attend-gop-convention/article_dee2fdb5-2dba-53e4-81bc-aae5f8bc9e9b.html

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Illinois governor calls November election critical for state’s future  Rauner says it pits status quo vs reform – Jim Niedelman
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/illinois-governor-calls-november-election-critical-for-states-future

 

STATE LINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP is courting John Kasich.”
http://www.mystateline.com/news/how-the-gop-is-courting-john-kasich

 

CHICAGOIST
— Trump Holds Private Fundraiser As Chicagoans Protest Outside Trump Tower – AARON CYNIC
http://chicagoist.com/2016/07/12/trump_hides_inside_private_fundrais.php

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Franks Leads with 10% Property Tax Cut Promise – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2016/07/12/franks-leads-with-10-property-tax-cut-promise/

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— DONALD TRUMP IS MAKING REPUBLICAN PARTY THE PARTY OF LINCOLN AGAIN – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://www.rebootillinois.com/2016/07/12/editors-picks/doug-ibendahl/ibendahl-donald-trump-is-making-republican-party-the-party-of-lincoln-again/61399/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Auditor General Frank Mautino – State Board of Elections rejects request for stay of hearing – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/auditor-general-frank-mautino-state-board-of-elections-rejects-request-for-stay-of-hearing/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER SEAN M. MORRISON SETS UP WEBSITE TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/cook-county-commissioner-sets-up-website-to-support-law-enforcement.html
— THORNER/INGOLD: THE FERGUSON EFFECT SPREADS VIOLENCE AND HAVOC
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/thorneringold-the-ferguson-effect-spreads-violence-and-havoc.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Mendoza fundraising off Trump visit
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/12/mendoza-fundraising-off-trump-visit/
— Trump: Kirk’s opposition is feigned, will hurt him
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/12/trump-kirks-opposition-is-feigned-will-hurt-him/
— Mautino gets more time to answer questions
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/12/mautino-gets-more-time-to-answer-questions/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— The Great Divider Tells Police Officers: I’m Your Only Hope, You Racists
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/07/12/the_great_divider_tells_police_officers_i_m_your_only_hope_you_racists

 

GOPUSA
— Obama’s Divisive Double Standards
http://www.gopusa.com/obamas-divisive-double-standards/
— Obama uses Ted Cruz and other Republicans to prove ‘unity’
http://www.gopusa.com/obama-uses-ted-cruz-and-other-republicans-to-prove-unity/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The New York Times and the Left Have Blood on their Hands – DENNIS PRAGER
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437695/dallas-shooting-lefts-hateful-race-demagoguery-complicit

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— GINSBURG UNDER FIRE FOR ‘REMARKABLY STUPID’ BLAST AT TRUMP ‘Egregious comment for a sitting justice to make on the record’- BOB UNRUH
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/ginsburg-under-fire-for-remarkably-stupid-blast-at-trump/#!

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Viguerie, Conservative Leaders To Trump: No Big Government or Pro-Abortion VP
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/23578

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— FREE TRADE REQUIRES RULES – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/07/12/free-trade-requires-rules/

 

BREITBART
— ‘Principled’ Republicans Shouldn’t Back Down from Republican Convention – LISA DE PASQUALE1
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/07/12/principled-republicans-shouldnt-back-republican-convention/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— GOP PLATFORM FIGHT GOES FIERY ON LGBT RIGHTS  Same-sex marriage, gay adoption talks spark angry barbs – CHERYL CHUMLEY
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/gop-platform-fight-goes-fiery-on-lgbt-rights/#!

 

THE BLAZE
— ‘Hannity’ Segment Explodes When Guest Declares Black Lives Matter Protesters ‘Deserve Praise’ – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/12/hannity-segment-explodes-when-guest-declares-black-lives-matter-protesters-deserve-praise/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Obama: Every American Is Racist – Steve Guest
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/12/obama-every-american-is-racist-video/
— ‘Never Trump’ Convention Delegates Win In Court – Kerry Picket
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/11/never-trump-convention-delegates-win-in-court/
— Former Prosecutor Sues Obama, Al Sharpton For Inciting A Race War – TORI RICHARDS
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/11/fmr-prosecutor-sues-obama-al-sharpton-for-inciting-race-war/
— U-Wisconsin Segregates Students By Race For Post-Dallas ‘Processing’ – Blake Neff
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/11/u-wisconsin-segregates-students-by-race-for-post-dallas-processing/
— 1992: Al Sharpton Was A Big Fan Of ‘Offing The Pigs,’ Using ‘Hate’ To Achieve Racial Justice – Christian Datoc
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/12/1992-al-sharpton-was-a-big-fan-of-offing-the-pigs-using-hate-to-achieve-racial-justice-video/

 

THE HILL
— Ryan scolds Ginsburg over Trump criticism – Scott Wong
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287497-ryan-scolds-ginsburg-over-trump-criticism
— Ryan pans Trump’s deportation plan – Scott Wong
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/287500-ryan-pans-trumps-deportation-plan
— Sanders endorses Clinton as Dems join forces against Trump – Lisa Hagen and Ben Kamisar
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287328-sanders-endorses-clinton
— Lawmakers seek to ground Cuba flights pending security review – Melanie Zanona
http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/287399-lawmakers-seek-to-ground-cuba-flights-until-security-risks-are-known

 

CNN
— Congressmen want security review of Cuban airports before allowing commercial flights – Rene Marsh
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/politics/commercial-flights-cuba-john-katko/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Justice Ginsburg’s inappropriate comments on Donald Trump – Editorial
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/justice-ginsburgs-inappropriate-comments-on-donald-trump/2016/07/12/981df404-4862-11e6-bdb9-701687974517_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to the anti-Trumps: “Five signs Trump’s campaign continues to fizzle.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/07/12/five-signs-trumps-campaign-continues-to-fizzle/

 

USA TODAY
— Cuba flights spark security concerns – Bart Jansen
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/07/12/cuba-flights-security-tsa-dot/86997376/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Convention Floor Vote Over Donald Trump Could Avert–Not Spark–Chaos in Cleveland – DOUG HEYE
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/07/11/a-convention-floor-vote-over-donald-trump-could-avert-not-spark-chaos-in-cleveland/

 

BLOOMBERG
— The Democrats Have Unified. The Republicans Won’t. – Megan McArdle
http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-07-12/the-democrats-have-unified-the-republicans-won-t

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Bernie Sanders Supporters Are Donating Too Much Money – Alicia Adamczyk
http://time.com/money/4402807/bernie-sanders-campaign-contributions/

 

CBS NEW YORK
— NFL Player Posts Instagram Photo Showing Police Officer’s Throat Getting Slit
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/07/11/isaiah-crowell-instagram-post/

 

PROGRESS ILLINOIS
— (Democrats) Protest Against Trump As He Visits Chicago To Fundraise – Ellyn Fortino  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://progressillinois.com/posts/content/2016/07/12/illinoisans-protest-against-trump-he-visits-chicago-fundraise-video

July 12 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps threaten violence against Trump and against his supporters.  What should the following do in response to those threats of violence:
– You,
– Your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain,
– The officers of your Republican township/ward/municipal/county party organizations,
– Your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee,
– The IRP officers,
– The IRP National Committeeman, and
– The IRP National Committeewoman?
https://gopillinois.com  

 

DNA INFO
— Trump Tower Rally To Protest Big-Money Donald Trump Fundraiser – David Matthews  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, this a rally to promote hatred if not to promote violence against Trump and against his supporters. One could argue that if you are a Trump supporter, you should get a concealed carry permit to protect yourself from anti-Trumps.  Anti-Trumps are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Anti-Trumps are disciples of Saul Alinsky.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160711/downtown/trump-tower-rally-protest-big-money-donald-trump-fundraiser
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump will be in town for a big-ticket fundraiser Tuesday. So will protesters. U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-9th) sent an email to constituents calling for a “Chicago Trumps Hate” rally starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday near Trump’s namesake tower at Wabash Avenue and Wacker Drive. The rally is in response to Trump’s fundraiser here that same day, in which guests will pay from $10,000 to $100,000 to fete the presumptive Republican nominee for president. “In light of everything that’s been happening, our country needs unity more than ever,” Ben Head, Schakowsky’s political director, said Monday afternoon. “Donald Trump is the exact opposite, he’s tearing us apart.” Tuesday will mark Trump’s first appearance here since a political rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago was canceled out of “safety” reasons in March. Thousands of protesters swarmed the venue and outside, prompting Trump to cancel the event then. Other Chicagoans have since stepped up less organized forms of protest, ranging from flipping off the Trump International Hotel & Tower, 401 N. Wabash Ave., to making satirical videos, piñatas and toilets lampooning the controversial presidential candidate. Trump, who’s stepped up his campaign fundraising in recent weeks, will charge from $10,000 to $100,000 for his Tuesday fundraiser, whose location is only being disclosed to donors, according to the Sun-Times. Trump is expected to receive the Republican Party’s nomination for president at the party’s convention next week. A Trump spokeswoman did not immediately return a message seeking comment.)
— Protesters Shut Down Both Directions Of Michigan Avenue Downtown – Andrea V. Watson
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160711/downtown/teens-stage-anti-police-brutality-sit-in-millennium-park
— Aldermen Call on State, Congress To Ban Assault Weapons – Ted Cox  (DIERSEN: Why not call for a ban on those who use weapons to commit crimes?)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160711/downtown/aldermen-call-on-state-congress-ban-assault-weapons

 

NBC5
— Donald Trump Tweets About ‘Out of Control’ Chicago Crime  “This election is a choice between law, over & safety – or chaos, crime & violence,” Trump tweeted. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/donald-trump-tweets-chicago-crime-out-of-control-386473431.html

 

CBS2
— Trump Calls Chicago Crime ‘Out Of Control’ Ahead Of Fundraiser
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/12/trump-in-chicago-tuesday-for-fundraising-luncheon/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump tweets about Chicago crime, hours before fundraiser here – Leonor Vivanco
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-trump-chicago-tweet-met-0712-20160712-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday morning about Chicago’s crime problem hours before he was scheduled to attend a private fundraiser in the city — one that may draw protests. “Crime is out of control, and rapidly getting worse. Look what is going on in Chicago and our inner cities. Not good!” he tweeted. He later followed up that tweet with another: “This election is a choice between law, order & safety – or chaos, crime & violence. I will make America safe again for everyone. #ImWithYou”  So far this year, more than 2,100 people have been shot compared to more than 2,900 people for the entire year of 2015, according to Tribune data. The homicide tally is at 342 people for the first half of the year, a pace not seen since the late 1990s. New York and Los Angeles combined have fewer shooting and homicide victims than Chicago this year so far. A year ago, Trump told the Tribune Editorial Board that crime is damaging the city’s reputation. “You’ve got to stop it. You’re not going to stop it by being nice. You’re going to stop it by being one tough son of a bitch,” Trump said at the time. During the June 2015 appearance before the editorial board, Trump acknowledged there have been cases of police brutality but said he believed police today are not as tough as when he was growing up in the mid-1960s. “You need tough cookies. These are tough kids. These are not babies. These are tough, tough kids,” he said at the time. “If they saw you walking down the street, they wouldn’t give a damn about you,” he said then. “You can’t be so gentle with these people.” “I’m a big fan of the police, but I think the police now are afraid to act. They’re afraid to be tough.” Tuesday’s fundraiser in Chicago marks Trump’s first campaign-related visit to Chicago since the canceled rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where supporters and protesters converged in March. Tickets are $10,000 to attend, $25,000 to get a photo with a candidate and $100,000 to be part of a VIP Roundtable that includes photos and two lunch tickets, according to an invitation for the event. A protest is planned for 10 a.m. Tuesday morning outside downtown’s Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago organized by a number of community leaders calling on Trump to end his divisive rhetoric. Among the scheduled speakers are Illinois National Organization for Women president Susan Straus, SEIU Healthcare Illinois executive vice president Greg Kelley and Inner-City Muslim Action Network executive director Rami Nashashibi, according to news releases issued about the planned protest. U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D – IL) is in Washington, D.C. but helped spread word of the event by emailing her constituents. “She feels strongly Trump’s message is overly divisive at a time when our nation needs unity,” said Ben Head, the congresswoman’s political director.)
— Another prominent Illinois Republican, Kirk Dillard, to skip Trump convention – John Byrne  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries glorify and praise anti-Trumps?  ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-kirk-dillard-donald-trump-convention-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Add former governor hopeful Kirk Dillard to the list of prominent Republicans who won’t be heading to the GOP convention for the formal nomination of polarizing presidential candidate Donald Trump — and to the list of those who don’t want to talk about why they won’t be there. Dillard, who chairs the Regional Transportation Authority after losing the 2014 Republican primary for governor to eventual winner Bruce Rauner, said he might attend a reception in Cleveland for transit officials. But he won’t be going to the convention itself, which runs from July 18-21. Asked Monday why he won’t go to the convention to support Trump, Dillard paused, smiled at a group of reporters and said, “You know, I’ll get to you later on that,” before walking away. Dillard ran in the March 15 primary as a delegate for Jeb Bush, who had long folded his tent by then (the delegate filing deadline is well before the primaries start and candidates drop out along the way). Dillard joins Rauner, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk and U.S. Rep. Robert Dold, who faces a tough re-election effort in the North Shore 10th District, on the list of Illinois Republicans staying away from the convention.)
— IRS asked to probe Donald Trump’s purchase of helmet with money meant for charity – David A. Fahrenthold  (DIERSEN: For the last 11 years, I have raised money from Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades.  What do you say to those who oppose that?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-charity-20160712-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Watchdog group with ties to Democrats has asked the IRS to investigate Donald Trump’s charitable foundation over a report that Trump used money meant for charity to buy a football helmet signed by former NFL star Tim Tebow. “What’s unambiguous is that Mr. Trump … manager and fiduciary of the Foundation’s charitable assets, used Foundation dollars to purchase football memorabilia that he personally coveted,” wrote Brad Woodhouse of the American Democracy Legal Fund, in a letter to the IRS. Woodhouse is a longtime Democratic operative.  The liberal watchdog said that Trump appeared to have violated rules against “self-dealing,” which are designed to keep charity leaders from using their nonprofits to help themselves. It asked that the IRS open an investigation, which could lead to tax penalties for Trump, the foundation’s president.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ex-U.S. attorney Dan Webb, a Republican, urges vote for Hillary – Lynn Sweet and Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, if you urge people to vote for a Democrat, you are not a Republican.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dan-webb-republican-urges-vote-for-hillary-clinton/
— Cop in ‘antlers photo’ shouldn’t get job back, appeals court says – Frank Main
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cop-in-antlers-photo-shouldnt-get-job-back-appeals-court-says/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Independent state political map needed – Frank Goetz, Wheaton  (DIERSEN: Far too many Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens falsely claim to be Independent.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160712/discuss/160719876/
— Aside from guns, there’s plenty to ban – Tom Stanfa, Batavia  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WANT TO BAN individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160712/discuss/160719875/
— Another tense summer, but it’s not Summer of Rage – Burt Constable  (DIERSEN: What did you do during the summers of 1967 and 1968?  I worked full-time for the Park Forest Post Office, lived with my parents and brother in Crete, and saved money for college expenses and new cars.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160712/news/160719787/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— ‘Play to pay’ politics is bad, but it works: business survey – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. In Illinois, if you seek or accept anything of value from any individual, organization, or company to anything against the Illinois Republican Party platform, you should not seek or hold any kind of government office or political office as a Republican.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160711/BLOGS02/160719976/chicagos-pay-to-play-politics-works-say-business-execs-in-new-survey
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago area business leaders strongly believe that donating to a local politician or hiring a high-powered lobbyist adds to the city’s already serious corruption problems. But, according to a new survey, they overwhelmingly also believe that paying to play works. The survey also finds that business leaders by an 8-to-1 margin say that “things in Chicago are . . . off on the wrong track,” with 79 percent negative and just 10 percent positive. The online survey of 428 Chicago-area decision-makers was conducted by Crain’s Custom Media in May for the Committee of Economic Development of the Conference Board, a nonpartisan, business-led policy group. Those polled by email indicated that their companies had at least $1 million in revenue last year and that they either hold a top management slot or serve on the firm’s board. The results “are indicative of the constant sort of low-level scandals that seem to happen on a regular basis in Chicago,” said committee senior advisor Cindy Canary, a well known local reformer. “I don’t think we’re going to see corporate leaders unilaterally disarming,” she added. “But I do think people can come to the table to discuss reform.” Overall, these business execs have a low opinion of Chicago government. For instance, 92 percent say that the influence of money in Chicago politics is “bad,” with a majority of 53 percent indicating things are getting worse. Similarly, 88 percent say the “ethical behavior” of Chicago officials over the past five years is at least a “somewhat serious issue,” 92 percent say big campaign donors add to Chicago corruption, 93 percent say that lobbying city officials impacts the level of city corruption, and 92 percent agree that the city suffers from “crony capitalism . . . favoritism in the form of tax breaks, government grants and other incentives.” Asked whether officials listen more to voters or lobbyists, 81 percent answer lobbyists.)

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Durbin: Budget impasse contributes to violence – NATHAN IRWIN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats threaten violence if Republicans do not give Democrats more money.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/durbin-budget-impasse-contributes-violence#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump warns violence might be ‘just the beginning’ – CNN  (DIERSEN: One could argue that if you are a Trump supporter, you should get a concealed carry permit to protect yourself from anti-Trumps.  Anti-Trumps are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Anti-Trumps are disciples of Saul Alinsky.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-warns-violence-might-be-just-the-beginning

 

E NEWS PARK FOREST
— IL House Republican Leader Jim Durkin Welcomes State Rep. David Welter – Gary Kopycinski
https://enewspf.com/2016/07/11/jim-durkin-welcomes-state-rep-david-welter/

 

LOYOLA NEWS
— Loyola named one of nation’s best value colleges by Money Magazine – Nick Alexopulos  (DIERSEN: In its February 1978 edition, Money Magazine reported that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
http://www.loyola.edu/news/2016/0712-money-best-value-colleges

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Ambush In Dallas Shakes The Movement For Police Reform – MARTIN KASTE
http://nprillinois.org/post/what-dallas-means-police-reform#stream/0

 

CITIZEN KELLY
— Texas Police Group to Obama: Don’t turn Dallas Memorial into Gun Control Rally
http://www.citizenkelly.com/tx-police-group-to-obama-dont-turn-dallas-memorial-into-gun-control-rally/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CAN THE GOP SENATE MAJORITY SURVIVE DONALD TRUMP?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/can-the-gop-senate-majority-survive-donald-trump.html
— CHICAGO ACTIVIST CALLS FOR POLICE TO BE ABOLISHED AND DISARMED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/chicago-activist-calls-for-police-to-be-abolished-and-disarmed.html
— FIVE REASONS SANDERS SUPPORTERS WILL NEVER BE EXCITED ABOUT HILLARY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/five-reasons-sanders-supporters-will-never-be-excited-about-hillary.html

 

GOPUSA
— Nation on brink of race wars – so now isn’t the time to mince words  (DIERSEN: Democrats want everyone, but especially minorities, to hate Republicans.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12373
— Black Lives Matter: ‘No good cops in a racist system, No more protests, just revolution’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12364
— Dallas police chief ‘would use any tool at my disposal to save an officer’s life’
http://www.gopusa.com/dallas-police-chief-would-use-any-tool-at-my-disposal-to-save-an-officers-life/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Democrats Assigned Conservative Groups to Attack on Senate Floor – Lachlan Markay  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who successfully attacked TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.  The attackers include Democrats, Democrat plants, Libertarians, Libertarian plants, RINOs, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/dems-assigned-groups-to-attack-on-senate-floor/
— Boeing Received $16.6 Billion in Federal Contracts Last Year  Major beneficiary of U.S. tax dollars trying to sell airliners to Iran for billions – Morgan Chalfant
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/boeing-received-16-bil-in-federal-contracts-2015/
— NASA Spends $73,500 on ‘Unconscious Bias’ Training  ‘Creating a culture of positive influencers who are empowered to use their privilege wisely’ – Elizabeth Harrington  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Whites who serve as operatives or as dupes for anti-Whites.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not help them get rid of Whites.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/nasa-spends-73500-unconscious-bias-training/

 

THE BLAZE
— Fox News Political Analyst: Obama ‘Sees Through the Eyes of an Aggrieved Black Activist’ – Tre Goins-Phillips  (DIERSEN: What does Obama think of you?  From what I see, the more of the following are true about you, the more that Obama and his supporters hate you: Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, and/or your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/11/fox-news-political-analyst-obama-sees-through-the-eyes-of-an-aggrieved-black-activist/
— Popular Pastor Leaves School Board Over Policy Teaching Students Safe Homosexual Sex, Abortion – Carly Hoilman  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to commit LGBTQ acts and to have abortions.)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/11/popular-pastor-leaves-school-board-over-policy-teaching-students-safe-homosexual-sex-abortion/
— ‘The Way Is Clear’: Kasich Ally Former New Hampshire Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R) Urges Former 2016 Hopeful to Challenge Trump at RNC – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/11/the-way-is-clear-kasich-ally-urges-former-2016-hopeful-to-challenge-trump-at-rnc/
— First Draft of GOP Platform Adopts Trump’s Rhetoric on Trade, Makes Significant Change on Marriage – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/11/first-draft-of-gop-platform-adopts-trumps-rhetoric-on-trade-makes-significant-change-on-marriage/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats’ platform at convention backs abortion funds  Seeks repeal of Hyde Amendment – Bradford Richardson  (DIERSEN: Promoting abortion is one of the Democrat Party’s top priorities.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/11/democrats-platform-at-convention-backs-abortion-fu/

 

POLITICO
— Democrats unveil diversity public school bill – MICHAEL STRATFORD  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Democrats run the public schools in America.  How soon, if not already, will they prohibit Republicans and the children of Republicans from attending public schools?)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-education/2016/07/democrats-unveil-diversity-bill-215282
— Lawmakers, activists pounce on companies flirting with Iran  In letters obtained by POLITICO, dozens of firms express reticence and eagerness to jump into the Iranian market a year after the nuclear agreement. – Nahal Toosi  (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are involved in government and/or politics to make more money for themselves. I should write a book about them.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/iran-nuclear-companies-225343

 

NBC NEWS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Majority of Americans Think Racial Discrimination Is a Serious Problem – HANNAH HARTIG, JOHN LAPINSKI and STEPHANIE PSYLLOS  (DIERSEN: Because Democrats run America, Democrats are the discriminators.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/majority-americans-think-racial-discrimination-serious-problem-poll-n607381
— NAACP: Trump Hasn’t Responded to Our Invitation to Speak – JANE C. TIMM  (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at Blacks that Trump’s supporters a) have caused all the problems that Blacks have, b) are causing all the problems that Blacks have, and c) will forever cause all the problems that Blacks will have.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/naacp-trump-hasn-t-responded-our-invitation-speak-n607246

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that “After Outbreaks of Violence, Donald Trump Strains to Project Leadership” and that he is “A figure so volatile that speaking in public can be a risk.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/us/politics/donald-trump-reaction.html?login=email
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Giuliani.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/opinion/rudy-giulianis-racial-myths.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Can the G.O.P. Senate Majority Survive Donald Trump?”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/magazine/can-the-gop-senate-majority-survive-donald-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Surprising New Evidence Shows Bias in Police Use of Force but Not in Shootings – QUOCTRUNG BUI and AMANDA COX
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/upshot/surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.html
— Why We’re Giving Our Employees a Raise – JAMIE DIMON  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was overpaid.  From what I see, Dimon would agree with them.  In my defense, I earned six job-related professional certifications, a job-related professional license, three job-related master’s degrees, and a job-related bachelor’s degree.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/opinion/jamie-dimon-why-were-giving-our-employees-a-raise.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Real-world Pressures Blunt Effect of Bias Training for Police, Experts Say – BENEDICT CAREY and ERICA GOODE  (DIERSEN: I ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes this question:  What bias training have you had?  I had lots of bias training while I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and while I worked for GAO for almost 18 years. While I worked for IRS and for GAO, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats, minorities, females, and/or veterans.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/science/bias-reduction-programs.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Dubious constitutional effort to cut due process for top civil servants spreads across government – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: Who does not want you to have due process?  The following do not want me to have due process: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/07/12/dubious-constitutional-effort-to-cut-due-process-for-top-civil-servants-spreads-across-government/
— The 5 most importantly odd debates that came up during the GOP’s platform debate – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, gambling, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, dependency on government, and other anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/12/the-5-most-importantly-odd-debates-that-came-up-during-the-gops-platform-debate/

 

MCCLATCHY NEWS
— Little sympathy for gay issues from GOP platform-writers – DAVID LIGHTMAN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, gambling, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, dependency on government, and other anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American things.)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article89010987.html

 

USA TODAY
— One month after Pulse, fear not deterring LGBT community – Ryan W. Miller  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBT activity made it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBT activity.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/07/12/one-month-after-pulse-fear-not-deterring-lgbt-community/86719774/
— Voices: In Chicago, gun violence defies comprehension – Aamer Madhani
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2016/07/10/voices-chicago-gun-violence-defies-comprehension/86804570/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The ‘I’ll sue you’ effect  Donald Trump rarely follows through on his libel claims, but threats can be chilling – Nick Penzenstadler  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are discouraged from libeling me and from slandering me because of all the lawsuits that I have filed.  That is why my critics/opponents are only able to recruit operatives and dupes who are judgment proof, that is, they have little or no income or net worth.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2016/07/11/trump-bill-maher-and-miss-pennsylvania-ll-sue-you-effect/85877342/

 

CBS MIAMI
— Protesters Arrested At Rubio Office (DIERSEN: Are you Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, a gun owner, and/or have your ancestors been in America for a long time?  How soon, if not already, will the following protest at your home: those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/07/11/nightclub-shooting-protesters-arrested-at-rubio-office/

 

OPPOSING VIEWS
— Religious Right Wants Anti-Gay, Pro-Bible GOP Platform – Michael Allen  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, gambling, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, dependency on government, and other anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American things.)
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/religious-right-wants-anti-gay-pro-bible-gop-platform

 

THE BEAST
— Donald Trump’s Platform Committee: Gay Sex Deadlier Than Smoking  The Republican platform committee is peppered with individuals with questionable credibility when it comes to LGBT issues and tax policy: One compared the gay rights movement to the Holocaust, while another said being gay kills at a higher rate than smoking. One even suggested that God is preventing a cure for HIV/AIDS from being found. – Tim Mak  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, gambling, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, dependency on government, and other anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American things.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/12/donald-trump-s-platform-committee-gay-sex-deadlier-than-smoking.html

 

BLOOMBERG
— OUTSTANDING: Openness to Same-Sex Marriage Rejected in Republican Platform – Mark Niquette  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, gambling, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, dependency on government, and other anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American things.)
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-12/openness-to-same-sex-marriage-rejected-in-republican-platform
— Painkiller Abuse Epidemic Awaits a Place on U.S. Party Platforms – Angela Greiling Keane  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, gambling, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, dependency on government, and other anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American things.)
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-12/painkiller-abuse-epidemic-awaits-a-place-on-u-s-party-platforms

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Donald Trump Said Hillary Clinton Would ‘Make a Good President’ in 2008  Kind words for presumptive presidential rival came in a previously unreported clip from ‘Trumped!,’ a syndicated radio feature that aired from 2004 to 2008 – MICHAEL ROTHFELD and  MARK MAREMONT
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-said-hillary-clinton-would-make-a-good-president-in-2008-1468281714
— Hispanics Register to Vote in Record Numbers in Key States  Republican Donald Trump likely faces higher hurdle in some traditional battleground states and even in Arizona – BETH REINHARD  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at Hispanics a) that Republicans have caused all the problems that Hispanics have had, b) that Republicans are causing all the problems that Hispanics are having, and c) that Republicans will forever cause all the problems that Hispanics have.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hispanics-register-to-vote-in-record-numbers-in-key-states-1468269306
— Ruth Ginsburg’s Victory Lap  The Justice dances on the conservative Court’s political grave. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors DESPISE IF NOT HATE THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/ruth-ginsburgs-victory-lap-1468279234
— Trump and the Delegates  A court ruling gives an impetus to unbinding GOP convention-goers. – Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-the-delegates-1468279087
— Healing After Dallas, Without Obama  When the president repeatedly assumes the worst about police, he sends a dangerous message. – JASON L. RILEY
http://www.wsj.com/articles/healing-after-dallas-without-obama-1468278417
— Obama and Race Relations  A qualified defense of the president. – JAMES TARANTO  (DIERSEN: Under Obama, America has become dramatically more anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-and-race-relations-1468259312
— Hillary Clinton Is Drawing in the Left’s Last Holdouts  Event with Bernie Sanders comes as more progressive groups back the Democratic candidate – COLLEEN MCCAIN NELSON and PETER NICHOLAS  (DIERSEN: Clinton has made it clear that if elected, she will focus on doing what those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors want her to do.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-is-drawing-in-the-lefts-last-holdouts-1468315800
— Dallas Shooter Purchased Guns Legally, Official Says  Investigation finds purchases were made at gun show or online – DAN FROSCH and  BEN KESLING
http://www.wsj.com/articles/dallas-shooter-purchased-guns-legally-official-says-1468269720

 

THE WEEK
— How white people should think about Black Lives Matter after Dallas – Ryan Cooper  (DIERSEN: Ever increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, if you want to be popular in America, you have to be anti-White.)
http://theweek.com/articles/634787/how-white-people-should-think-about-black-lives-matter-after-dallas

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— No Matter Who’s Paying the Bill, College Is More Expensive Than You Think – Kaitlin Mulhere  (DIERSEN: Because my outstanding parents provided me with room and board in the home in Crete while I attended UIC 1966-1969, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969, I was able to earn/save enough working for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 to pay for a) all my tuition, books, fees, etc., b) a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, c) a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, d) room and board for three semesters and a summer session at NIU, and to graduate from NIU debt-free in August of 1970.)
http://time.com/money/4383712/college-costs-more-expensive-survey/

 

PROGRESS ILLINOIS
— Chicagoans Return To The Streets For Protests Against Police Brutality – Ellyn Fortino (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) blame police for all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have and b) promote hatred against police.)
http://www.progressillinois.com/posts/content/2016/07/11/chicagoans-return-streets-protests-against-police-brutality-video

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— GOP Convention Preview: Trump vs. The Establishment – Lisa Keen  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity want politicians, their operatives, and their dupes to get rid of individuals (like me), organizations (like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois), companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.  Those who destroyed TAPROOT talked and acted like they were operatives or dupes for those who promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/GOP-Convention-Preview-Trump-vs-The-Establishment/55811.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Blacks, Whites Disagree Over Whether There’s A War on Police
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/july_2016/blacks_whites_disagree_over_whether_there_s_a_war_on_police

July 11 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Trump to Host Big-Ticket Fundraiser Tuesday in Chicago  Donald Trump last visited Chicago in the lead-up to the March 15 primary when he canceled a rally at the UIC Pavilion – Tom Schuba  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, anti-Trumps claim victory because the event is being held at an “undisclosed location” to avoid violence by anti-Trumps.  Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, how soon, if not already, will your township/ward/county party organization meetings be held in undisclosed locations to avoid violence by Democrats?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Donald-Trump-Fundraiser-Chicago–386332871.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will host a big-ticket fundraiser Tuesday in Chicago, his first campaign trip to the Windy City since his canceled rally at the UIC Pavilion in March erupted in protests and fights. Tickets for the event range from $10,000 to $100,000, according to Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times. The lunch fundraiser will be held at an undisclosed location. Donors making a $10,000 donation to Trump’s campaign will receive a ticket for Tuesday’s lunch, while a $25,000 donation yields two tickets and a photo opportunity. The biggest ticket, $100,000, gets donors access to a VIP roundtable, photo opportunity and two tickets to the lunch. Trump last visited Chicago in the lead-up to the March 15 primary. The divisive billionaire cancelled a rally at the last minute after protesters and supporters clashed at the UIC Pavilion, where the event was scheduled to take place. Nevertheless, Trump won the state’s Republican primary with nearly 39 percent of the vote. Trump’s campaign was short on details about Tuesday’s event, only noting that it was “closed to the press.” The event is being hosted by Trump Victory Illinois finance chairman Ron Gidwitz, a powerful GOP fundraiser in Illinois. Trump’s opponent, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, will host her own big-ticket fundraiser Wednesday in Wilmette. The fundraiser will be hosted by Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts and her wife, Brooke.)
— Hillary Clinton to Host High-Priced Fundraiser in Wilmette Wednesday  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will attend a high-priced fundraiser in Wilmette Wednesday – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/hillary-clinton-fundraiser-chicago-wilmette-springfield-wednesday-386342791.html

 

ABC7
— HUNDREDS GATHER IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO FOR 3RD DAY OF POLICE SHOOTING PROTESTS – Liz Nagy
http://abc7chicago.com/news/hundreds-gather-for-3rd-day-of-police-shooting-protests/1422446/
— RACE, VIOLENCE KEY ISSUES ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/race-violence-key-issues-on-campaign-trail–/1422533/

 

CBS2
— Latest Round Of Police-Brutality Protests Underway In Downtown Chicago
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/11/latest-round-of-police-brutality-protests-underway-in-downtown-chicago/
— Half-Naked Man Steals Truck, Crashes On LSD, Jumps in Lake
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/11/half-naked-man-steals-truck-crashes-on-lake-shore-drive-jumps-in-lake/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— After (Democrat violence) caused March rally to be canceled, Trump will return to Chicago on Tuesday
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/173025666-story
— Decatur: Man armed with BB gun shot by Illinois police – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/172781520-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump expected to collect $1 million at Chicago campaign fundraiser – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-donald-trump-chicago-fundraiser-met-0712-20160711-story.html
— Shouts of ‘black lives don’t matter’ as high bail set for protester – Steve Schmadeke and Peter Nickeas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-activist-charged-with-hitting-trying-to-disarm-chicago-cop-during-protest-20160711-story.html
— Downtown sit-in marks fifth consecutive day of protesting – Patrick M. O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-police-protests-0712-20160711-story.html
— Justice Ginsburg’s plunge into politics – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-ginsburg-scalia-trump-clinton-judicial-ethics-0712-jm-20160711-story.html
— Some Americans want a race war. Dallas won’t deliver. – Francis Wilkinson  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities that a) Republicans have caused all the problems that minorities have had, b) Republicans are causing all the problems that minorities have, and c) Republicans will forever cause all the problems that minorities will have.  Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-dallas-shooting-race-war-20160711-story.html
— Emanuel: ‘Not a binary choice’ between police, protesters – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-protesters-police-met-20160711-story.html
— Donald Trump favors Christie, Pence and Gingrich as he closes in on VP pick – Robert Costa, Philip Rucker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-vice-president-20160711-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel urges Chicagoans not to retreat into corners after Dallas – Fran Spielman and Jacob Wittich (DIERSEN: By his words and by his actions, Emanuel increasingly makes it clear that he wants Republicans to leave Chicago, and especially Republicans who are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/emanuel-urges-chicagoans-not-to-retreat-into-corners-after-dallas/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mary Mitchell demonizes, denigrates, and condemns those who do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/mitchell-will-real-america-stand-up-at-gop-convention/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Hillary Clinton to visit Springfield Wednesday – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160711/hillary-clinton-to-visit-springfield-wednesday
WSIL TV
— Sanders to back Clinton. Will supporters follow? – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32419460/sanders-to-back-clinton-will-supporters-follow

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The unknowable Donald Trump  Sen. Graham: ‘His core principle is self-promotion’ – CNN  (DIERSEN: What is your core principle?  My core principle is helping elect Republican candidates who can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/the-unknowable-donald-trump

 

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Rep. Randy Hultgren to attend GOP national convention next week
http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2016/07/11/rep-randy-hultgren-to-attend-gop-national-convention-next-week/a9r47tl/

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Wheaton Ranked Among the Best Suburbs in the State to Live  Niche.com recently released its 2016 Best Suburbs in Illinois list and Wheaton was ranked at No. 14 on the list. – Amie Schaenzer
http://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/wheaton-ranked-among-best-suburbs-state-live

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Donald Trump Is Making The GOP The Party Of Lincoln Again – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14151

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— BLIND PARTY LOYALTY HAS NO PLACE IN THIS YEAR’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION – SCOTT REEDER
http://www.rebootillinois.com/2016/07/11/editors-picks/scott-reeder/scott-reeder-trump-or-clinton-how-about-neither/61368/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Auditor General Frank Mautino shall be fined, imprisoned, or both – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/auditor-general-frank-mautino-shall-be-fined-imprisoned-or-both/
— AG claims they lack authority under Open Meetings Act – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/ag-claims-they-lack-authority-under-open-meetings-act/
— Lincoln Way D210- Nancy’s Day Care riddled with violations – Tingley must go! – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/lincoln-way-d210-nancys-day-care-riddled-with-violations-tingley-must-go/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HULTGREN TO ATTEND REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CLEVELAND
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/hultgren-to-attend-republican-national-convention-in-cleveland.html
— SURVEY OF 12,000 SMALL BUSINESSES GIVES ILLINOIS AN “F”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/survey-of-12000-small-businesses-gives-illinois-an-f.html
— REPORT: ILLINOIS COURT FEES AND FINES SKYROCKET TO PAY FOR OTHER PROGRAMS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/report-illinois-court-fees-and-fines-skyrocket-to-pay-for-other-programs.html
— VIDEO OF AL SHARPTON RELEASED SCREAMING “OFF THE PIGS”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/video-of-al-sharpton-released-screaming-off-the-pigs.html
— MEET THE POLITICIANS WHO STAND TO GET RICH OFF CHICAGO’S MASSIVE PROPERTY-TAX HIKE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/meet-the-politicians-who-stand-to-get-rich-of-chicagos-massive-property-tax-hike.html
— KIRK AGAIN TRAILS DUCKWORTH IN FUNDRAISING FOR US SENATE BID
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/kirk-again-trails-duckworth-in-fundraising-for-us-senate-bid.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Where do they stand on Trump?
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/11/where-do-they-stand-on-trump/
— New “toy soldiers and tanks” ad
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/11/rate-the-new-toy-soldiers-and-tanks-ad/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Black Lives Matter: Radicals Using Moderates to Help Tear America Apart – DAVID FRENCH
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437677/black-lives-matter-radical-divisive
— What’s Next for the Never Trump Camp? – John Fund
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437648/never-trump-delegates-not-bound-convention

 

DAILY CALLER
— White House Petition To Recognize BLM As Terrorist Org. Gains 100,000 Signatures – CHRISTIAN DATOC
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/11/white-house-petition-to-recognize-blm-as-terrorist-org-gains-100000-signatures/
— Are Black People Targeted By Police? Here’s What The Data Says – ALEX PFEIFFER
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/11/are-black-people-targeted-by-police-heres-what-the-data-says/
— First Black Miss Alabama: Dallas Shooter Is A ‘Martyr’ – Blake Neff
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/11/first-black-miss-alabama-dallas-shooter-is-a-martyr-video/
— Black Lives Matter Protester Justifies Violence Against Police In MSNBC Interview – Steve Guest
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/11/black-lives-matter-protester-justifies-violence-against-police-in-msnbc-interview/
— Feds Stumped By 158 Tax Expenditures Worth $1.2 Trillion – Juliegrace Brufke  (DIERSEN: For federal agencies, their top goal has always been hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/11/feds-stumped-by-158-tax-expenditures-worth-1-2-trillion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal agencies can’t identify 158 tax expenditures worth a whopping $1.20 trillion in forgone revenue for Fiscal Year 2015, according to a recent report released by the Government Accountability Office. The findings show the Office of Management and Budget nor the federal agencies have made significant strides to show how the expenditures’ are being utilized toward agency goals.)

 

NEWSMAX
— Kasich Blames Priebus for Trump – Theodore Bunker  (DIERSEN: Who do the anti-Trumps blame for Trump in your precinct (your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain?), in your municipality (the officers of your Republican municipality party organization?), in your township/ward (the officers of your Republican township/ward party organization?), in your county (the officers of your Republican county party organization?), in your congressional district (your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee?), and in Illinois (the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, and the IRP National Committeewoman?)?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Kasich-Blames-Priebus-Trump/2016/07/11/id/738052/
— Politico: Trump Has Religious Conservatives Divided – Jason Devaney
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/donald-trump-religious-conservatives/2016/07/11/id/738176/
— Trump in 2008: Hillary Would ‘Make Good President’ – Greg Richter
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-make-good-president/2016/07/11/id/738175/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— THE CLINTONS: NOT JUST CORRUPT BUT LOW CLASS – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/07/11/the-clintons-not-just-corrupt-but-low-class/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Obama Administration Illegally Funded Obamacare With $7 Billion Taxpayer Dollars – MICAIAH BILGER
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/07/11/report-says-obama-administration-illegally-funded-obamacare-with-7-billion-taxpayer-dollars/

 

THE HILL
— Gingrich: Trump VP decision likely Thursday or Friday – Lisa Hagen
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287323-gingrich-trump-vp-decision-coming-thursday-or-friday

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trups say “Republicans Left Wondering If Donald Trump Will Kill The Party Or Just Maim It  The party of Lincoln contemplates how to take the reins from the party of Trump.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-gop-control_us_5782d526e4b0c590f7e9ec0d
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican fail in their efforts to make the Republican Party platform promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gop-cleveland-platform-lgbt-stance_us_5783ec0ce4b0344d515068ab
— GOP Platform Identifies Pornography As A National Public Health Crisis  As opposed to, say, guns. – Jason Linkins  (DIERSEN: Democrats blame gun crime on guns, “as opposed to, say,” those who use guns to commit crime.  What percent of those who use guns to commit crimes are Democrats?)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/porn-bad-guns-good_us_5783eeeae4b0c590f7ea7a31

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— Al Sharpton: NRA Believes 2nd Amendment Is Only for White People
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/07/11/al-sharpton-nra-second-amendment-only-white-people

 

GOPUSA
— BLM supporter throws concrete planter through officer’s window, gets shot and killed
http://www.gopusa.com/blm-supporter-throws-concrete-planter-through-officers-window-gets-shot-and-killed/
— Marchers shut down I-40 bridge at Memphis during Black Lives Matter rally  (DIERSEN: How soon will Democrat marchers shut down a road that you use?)
http://www.gopusa.com/marchers-shut-down-i-40-bridge-at-memphis-during-black-lives-matter-rally/

 

THE HILL
— Trump blasts Clinton: ‘I am the law and order candidate’ – Jesse Byrnes
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287237-trump-i-am-the-law-and-order-candidate
— GOP platform fight gets heated over LGBT rights – Jonathan Easley
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287271-gop-platform-fight-gets-heated-over-lgbt-rights
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans crafting a party platform on Monday argued over religious liberty, gay marriage and LGBT rights, highlighting divisions in the party over social issues. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman of the Platform Committee, floated in and out of conference rooms at the cavernous Huntington Convention Center to oversee the skirmishes that broke out among delegates over the party’s planks. The most heated exchanges took place in a subcommittee responsible for laying out the GOP platform on social issues. The majority of the panel was made up of hard-line social conservatives such as Family Research Council President Tony Perkins. Perkins and other social conservatives on the panel had a strong enough majority to push through the bulk of the measures they sought. But the Perkins wing was met with vocal opposition from Annie Dickerson, an adviser to billionaire GOP donor Paul Singer, who is a proponent of gay marriage and other issues championed by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Dickerson fumed as her socially liberal proposals went down and the socially conservative measures she opposed sailed through the subcommittee. At one point, Dickerson, who has adopted children, accused others on the committee of “blatant discrimination” over an amendment that would keep publicly funded adoption agencies from giving custody of children to gay couples. “We need children to be adopted, so hooray to the gay community for trying to raise children in a happy and stable home,” Dickerson said. “I object to allowing patent discrimination against gays over the right to adopt. … This is blatant discrimination and should not be in our platform.”  Dickerson lost that battle and essentially every other battle she waged. At times she stared down Perkins and expressed exasperation after votes went against her. “Unbelievable,” she said after the adoption measure passed. The 16-member subcommittee, made up of 13 women and three men, rejected Dickerson’s request to remove language in the platform that “salutes” states like North Carolina for passing controversial bathroom laws that critics say discriminate against transgender people. She protested language that said the party supports “traditional marriage and the families a husband and wife create,” arguing instead for a provision that said children should be “raised in a loving and stable home.”  And she argued against having language in the platform that opposes the Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. “They’re not going to change the ruling,” Dickerson said. “I know it’s hard, but that’s the law of the land.” But Dickerson was overpowered every step of the way, winning only occasional support from a handful of other women on the panel. One delegate cited the Ten Commandments to argue against Dickerson’s proposal to remove language from the platform about how a “mother and father” provide the best environment in which to raise children. “The social code of justice for the last 5,000 years is based on the Ten Commandments, which says ‘mother and father,’ ” the delegate said. “I just don’t think you can dispute that.” Discussions about social issues also sprang up in the subcommittee tasked with developing the party’s economic plank. Ohio delegate David Johnson, who owns a small business in the state, criticized what he characterized as federal government overreach in responding to transgender bathroom laws. “I hope we’re not getting this politically correct crap about transgender bathrooms,” he said during a debate about how to word a business nondiscrimination clause. “Any press person who comes to me and says, do you support that? My answer is no. If we’re telling employers to make provisions for 16 different people—“ “You’d have 16 different bathrooms,” another delegate said. “However, we do support nondiscrimination,” responded Andy Puzder, the chairman of the subcommittee and CEO of CKE Restaurants, which owns the Carl’s Jr. and Hardees brands. Republican Party leaders are working to hammer out a platform that stays true to core conservative principles while also fitting the mold of their unconventional presumptive presidential nominee and the nation’s rapidly changing culture.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Indiana bombshell: Democrats up their chance to take the Senate majority – Jennifer Rubin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/07/11/indiana-bombshell-dems-up-their-chance-to-take-the-senate-majority/
— Aren’t more white people than black people killed by police? Yes, but no. – Wesley Lowery
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/07/11/arent-more-white-people-than-black-people-killed-by-police-yes-but-no/

 

USA TODAY
— Republicans open platform hearings, as party prepares to nominate Trump – David Jackson  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs want to destroy the Republican Party. They want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, gambling, etc.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/11/donald-trump-republican-party-platform-hearings/86937194/

 

WPTZ
— How the GOP is courting John Kasich – CNN
http://www.wptz.com/politics/how-the-gop-is-courting-john-kasich/40458994

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Protests Over Police Shootings Escalate Across U.S.
http://www.wsj.com/video/protests-over-police-shootings-escalate-across-us/F3DE35F1-7EC9-4AC3-BA16-65EC5BE3BB73.html

 

TIME MAGAZINE
— What the GOP Platform Means – Zeke J Miller
http://time.com/4400715/what-the-gop-platform-means/
— Can Donald Trump Really Win These Blue States? – Julissa Higgins
http://time.com/4400216/donald-trump-blue-states/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois  Claim: “I put so many states in play: Michigan being one. Illinois.” — Trump, speaking in late May, a claim he made again last week. Evidence: Illinois hasn’t backed a Republican presidential candidate since 1988. Clinton led Trump by 25 percentage points in a poll in early March. Trump’s own political director is not focusing on the state, and the Republican National Committee has not sent any paid staffers. Advantage: Clinton. The poll is more out-of-date than in some other states, but there’s little evidence things have changed since then.)

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Question Clinton’s Qualifications, Now Rate Trump Equal
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/voters_question_clinton_s_qualifications_now_rate_trump_equal

 

WASHINGTON BLADE
— Draft GOP platform seeks to overturn same-sex marriage ruling – Chris Johnson
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/07/11/gop-platform-rejects-supreme-court-decision-sex-marriage/

July 3 Morning Edition

SUBURBAN LIFE
— JULY 1, 2016 FLASHBACK: Wheaton Park District to host Independence Day festivities July 3 and 4  (DIERSEN: Be sure and stop by the DuPage County Republican booth at the fireworks. For the 11th consecutive year, DuPage Republicans will help sponsor the parade. This year, they are a $2,500 Gold Celebration Partner for the fireworks and parade. 22 DuPage Republicans have pledged $2,500: $250 from Chris Nybo; $150 from Liam Brennan, Dave Diersen, and Phil Suess; and $100 each from Bob Berlin, Peter Breen, Fred Bucholz, Mike Connelly, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Jeanne Ives, Richard Jorgensen, Chris Kachiroubas, Mark Kirk, Brian Krajewski, Bob Lyon, Deanne Mazzochi, James Mendrick, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, Tim Whelan, and Jim Zay.)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/07/01/wheaton-park-district-to-host-independence-day-festivities/a1xbxv4/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The annual Independence Day Celebration, featuring carnival rides, food vendors, a business expo, DJ, art mural, fireworks show and other activities, will be July 3 in Graf Park, 1701 Manchester Road. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, picnic blankets, snacks and nonalcoholic beverages. Due to district policy, no dogs will be allowed in the park apart from service animals. Parking will be available in the park just south of Monroe Middle School and also in the western fields of the fairgrounds. Sparklers and smoke bombs are prohibited. The celebration will continue the next morning with the Wheaton Park District and the city of Wheaton’s annual Fourth of July Parade, led by Grand Marshal Ed Ewoldt. The parade will step off at 10 a.m. from Hawthorne Boulevard and conclude at Cross and Front streets. To learn more and see a full schedule of events, visit www.wheatonparkdistrict.com/july4.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Taboos over talking politics at work loosen during divisive election season – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Democrats Illinois.  Democrats run Cook County.  Democrats run Chicago.  Democrats focus on getting rid of Republicans.  If you are a Republican, if you have a job, sooner or later, Democrats will get rid of you. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-talking-politics-at-work-0703-biz-20160629-story.html
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTICLE TITLE: U.S. gun ownership drops to a 38-year low, study finds – Christopher Ingraham  (DIERSEN: Could it be that because the Democrats want to abolish the Second Amendment, more and more and more falsely state that they do not own guns?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/29/american-gun-ownership-is-now-at-a-30-year-low/
— Hard to reconcile Pope’s call for compassion with church doctrine on gays – Ted Slowik  (DIERSEN: How soon will those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity succeed in getting the Pope a) to promote LGBTQ activity and b) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-pope-st-0629-20160628-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD OF NAPERVILLE SUN: Little-known registry lists murderers in your town, but is it a good thing? – Bill Bird , Hannah Leone and Gloria Casas  (DIERSEN: What do you say to individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that encourage criminals to move into and to stay in a) your precinct, b) your municipality, c) your township/ward, d) your county, e) Illinois, and f) America?  Of course, needless-to-say, those who bring in criminals are responsible for what those criminals do.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-illinois-murderer-registry-st-0626-20160701-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After pro-choice ruling, pro-life hope still reigns – Kathryn Jean Lopez
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-after-pro-choice-ruling-pro-life-hope-still-reigns/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The “S.S. Trump” boat powers through the water during the Lake Ellyn Cardboard Boat Regatta in Glen Ellyn.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160702/news/160709741/
— COD committed to moving forward – Ann Rondeau
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160703/discuss/160709798/
— Ku Klux Klan dreams of rising again 150 years after founding – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Whites in America are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being racists, haters, bigots, and even worse things.  Democrats and RINOs shout at minorities that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160630/news/306309980/
— DAILY HERALD ARTICLE TITLE: LGBT gun group membership spikes – AP
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/02/lgbt-gun-group-membership-spikes-after-florida-shooting/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The arrogant insulting Democrat Quad City Times Editorial Board claims to be mature.
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-rauner-has-until-december-to-mature/article_9c5f1666-2cce-5f42-be3c-bd74fc2122e4.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Illinois’ half-year budget, a year late, is unacceptable – Doug Wilson
http://www.whig.com/article/20160703/ARTICLE/307039959#

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner/Madigan truce expires after election – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2016-07-03/jim-dey-raunermadigan-truce-expires-after-election.html

 

DEKALB COUNTY ONLINE
— IL Gov. Bruce Rauner Grounded State Airplanes, But Many Public Contractors Are Still Flying High – Adam Andrzejewski
http://dekalbcountyonline.com/2016/07/il-gov-bruce-rauner-grounded-state-airplanes-but-many-public-contractors-are-still-flying-high/

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— ‘It ain’t broke’: Officials displeased with 911 consolidation mandate – Nathan Grimm
https://thetelegraph.com/news/85366/it-aint-broke-officials-displeased-with-911-consolidation-mandate

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Open Meetings Bill signed into law – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/open-meetings-bill-signed-into-law/
— Governor Rauner, We urge you to VETO SB212 – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/governor-rauner-we-urge-you-to-veto-sb212/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— DHS PLAN TO BAN ‘OFFENSIVE’ TERMS WON’T STOP TERRORISM  ‘They have already declared war on us multiple times’- PAUL BREMMER  (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors SIDE WITH TERRORISTS AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wnd.com/2016/06/dhs-plan-to-ban-offensive-terms-wont-stop-terrorism/#!

 

CHRISTIAN TODAY
— How to shut down gossip – Patrick Mabilog  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Democrats run Illinois.  Democrats run Cook County.  Democrats run Chicago.  Sooner or later, if not already, Democrats will say that you are a racist, a bigot, a hater, and even worse things if you do not promote Democrats. How have those who do not promote Democrats reacted to that?  How are those who do not promote Democrats reacting to that?  How will those who do not promote Democrats react to that?  Will those who do not promote Democrats a) go to court and get restraining orders against Democrats, b) file lawsuits against Democrats charging them with slander, or c) take stronger actions?  From what I see, ever-increasingly, if a Democrat says that you are a racist, a bigot, a hater, or worse things, a) you will be fired if you have a job, b) you will not be able to get a job, and c) even worse things will happen to you.)
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/how.to.shut.down.gossip/89620.htm

 

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— THE WORST SMEAR SITE IN AMERICA  The Southern Poverty Law Center smears patriots and provides cover for the nation’s enemies. – Matthew Vadum
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/263332/worst-smear-site-america-matthew-vadum
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The far-left Southern Poverty Law Center relentlessly promotes the Big Lie, wildly popular in the media, that conservative Americans are racists and the real threat to the nation rather than Islamic terrorists. The group claims the principal enemies of the American people are presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, conservatives like David Horowitz, and the Tea Party movement. The SPLC is a shamelessly hypocritical leftist attack machine funded by radical speculator George Soros and a rogue’s gallery of rich people and established philanthropies that want to fundamentally transform America. The fabulously wealthy 501(c)(3) nonprofit has an astounding one third of a billion dollars ($338 million) in assets, as well as investments in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, two offshore tax havens the Left loves to attack (but only when non-leftists stash cash there). The Center characterizes all opposition to immigration and open borders as symptomatic of hate and all political expression of those views to be hate speech. In other words, if you disagree with founder Morris Dees and his minions you are evil and worthy of public condemnation. It may take some intellectual toughness to insist that the nation has the right to decide who may or may not cross its borders, but it’s not hate. Following the Islamist massacre at a gay club in Orlando a fortnight ago, the group has played an integral role in the Left’s propaganda push aimed at taking the focus away from gay-hating Islam and finding creative ways to blame conservatives and Republicans for the slaughter. Two days after Orlando as a sea of rainbow flags rivaling those that washed over Facebook and Twitter following the Supreme Court’s pro-same sex marriage ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges swept over social media, David Dinielli, deputy legal director of SPLC’s LGBT Rights Project, tossed out a red herring as he whined amidst a national outpouring of grief that somehow politicians weren’t doing enough to characterize the attack as an assault on the gay community. Instead of blaming Muslim terrorist Omar Mateen, reportedly a registered Democrat, for the attack, Dinielli blamed people like Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) instead. Many politicians were secretly delighted so many gays were killed, he implied. “[M]any who offered their ‘thoughts and prayers’ know exactly what they are doing. They are trading on political expediency. The demonization of gay, lesbian, and transgender Americans pays, politically.” But this “demonization” of the LGBT community that the Southern Poverty Law Center complains of is pure paranoid fantasy. Anyone who followed media coverage in the days following the June 12 incident knows that cable TV and other media were filled with wall-to-wall denunciations of the Muslim terrorist Omar Mateen by politicians who acknowledged the sexual orientation of the victims whether explicitly or implicitly. Even those not generally sympathetic to gay rights made it clear that murder, including the murder of people based on their sexual preference, was morally abhorrent. None of this is surprising to those of us who have been tracking the SPLC’s adventures in vilification and defamation over the years. The SPLC is waging a scorched-earth war against Donald Trump. The group routinely and baselessly associates Trump with neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and other marginal political actors it calls “the racist right.” Pointing out that these fringe figures back Trump in the election is the most obvious kind of smear. The Left did the same thing to Ronald Reagan in 1984 when the Ku Klux Klan offered him its unwanted endorsement. Reagan waited a full two weeks to denounce the KKK and reject its endorsement. But Trump waited barely a day after a bungled CNN interview Feb. 28 in which Jake Tapper asked him if he would reject the Klan’s endorsement of him. Trump gave a less than clear answer to Tapper, blaming a “bad earpiece” that led him to misunderstand the question. The very next day Trump asked “How many times do I have to continue to disavow people?” and attacked the KKK on Michael Savage’s radio show. Replying to a question, he said “yeah, totally denounce, and I disavowed it, and I’ve disavowed it numerous times, and I’ve disavowed it on Twitter and on Facebook and all over the place but people refuse to accept it.” The SPLC’s annual report on “hate” in America this year features a cover picture of Trump, a man the group blames for increasing hate in the U.S. According to the left-wing Guardian (UK), “the image underscores a theme laid out by the report’s author, about how hate speech has invaded mainstream political discourse in a way that might have shocked many even a year ago.” “I have been writing these Year in Hate and Extremism essays for 20 years now, and only very rarely, if at all, have we seen a year like last year,” said SPLC senior fellow Mark Potok. Hate, of course, isn’t exactly a precise concept in the world of politics and ideology, and the SPLC likes it that way because then it has wide latitude to malign and slander its targets. Its leaders are no doubt proud that Pentagon training materials borrow from SPLC reports and refer to extremists as “haters,” a colloquialism that appears in hip hop music and in humorous graphic art posted on the Internet. Trump is definitely a hater, according to the Center. On April 4 its blog cited his “continued embrace of racist and extremist ideas” and accused him of turning “the political landscape on its side and introduced countless numbers to hate speech and racist conspiracy theories.” It’s all spin and lies. The SPLC is still bellyaching over the courageous, electrifying anti-illegal immigration speech Trump gave last summer when launching his campaign. In it Trump said many of the Mexicans crossing illegally into the U.S. are “people that have lots of problems” who bring drugs and crime with them and that some are “rapists.” Trump’s statements are demonstrably true. He wasn’t saying all Mexicans are criminals, just many of the Mexicans sneaking into the country. This isn’t racism: it is empirical fact. Many of the so-called hate groups the SPLC monitors are so labeled because they fail to genuflect before political correctness. The Center labels as hate groups respectable right-leaning organizations such as the Center for Security Policy (CSP), Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), American Freedom Defense Initiative, and the David Horowitz Freedom Center, which publishes FrontPage. The Southern Poverty Law Center frequently targets New York-based civil rights attorney David Yerushalmi, a co-founder of the American Freedom Law Center and counsel to CSP. In 2011 the SPLC named Yerushalmi to its 10-member “Anti-Muslim Inner Circle.” Among the other “members” of the inner circle are David Horowitz, Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller, and Brigitte Gabriel. According to the Center, the rhetoric these individuals use “reveals how doggedly this group works to provoke and guide populist anger over what is seen as the threat posed by the 0.6% of Americans who are Muslim — an agenda that goes beyond reasonable concern about terrorism into the realm of demonization.” The Guardian ran a story last week attacking Yerushalmi for daring to countersue a group of grandstanding Muslim women trying to shake down a Laguna Beach, Calif. café. The women filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming they were given the bum’s rush at the establishment because they were wearing hijabs. The café counters that the women violated the 45-minute seating time limit and that other headscarf-clad women present were not asked to leave. The newspaper regurgitated SPLC writings on Yerushalmi who maintains that the women’s lawyers are “ambulance-chasers” involved in “an extortion.” It reported: “Asked about the SPLC’s characterization of him, Yerushalmi said that he ‘represents a lot of Muslims.’ “I represent Muslim Americans, running from jihad and seeking asylum. If you want to say I’m an anti-jihad lawyer, you’re 100% right,” he continued. “Am I anti-Sharia? Yes, I am. Am I anti-Muslim? Not if he doesn’t have a gun in his hand shooting at me.’ “Yerushalmi alleged that the suit against Urth Caffe was part of a wider “civilizational jihad” waged by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) which aims, he said, “to weaken western civilization.” The SPLC never tires of trying to assassinate the character of David Horowitz. A May 24, 2014 profile calls him “the godfather of the modern anti-Muslim movement.”  Without presenting a shred of useful evidence, the Center separately smears Horowitz as “a driving force of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant and anti-black movements.”  Horowitz rejects these characterizations. On Monday he told this writer: “I’m called the godfather of the anti-Muslim movement, which puts a target on my back, whereas out of million words and scores of hours of speeches on the subject they couldn’t find one sentence to back up their claim.” The Southern Poverty Law Center has been playing this dangerous game for a long time. It doesn’t care if it gets innocent Americans killed. It came close to getting people killed four years ago. SPLC reports inspired left-wing terrorist Floyd Lee Corkins II to shoot up the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Family Research Council four years ago. The Center identified FRC as a “hate group” not because it actually hates anyone but because it opposes same-sex marriage. Even the reliably left-wing Dana Milbank rejected that designation for FRC in an Aug. 16, 2012 Washington Post column, calling that group “a mainstream conservative think tank.” “I disagree with the Family Research Council’s views on gays and lesbians,” he wrote. “But it’s absurd to put the group, as the law center does, in the same category as Aryan Nations, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Stormfront and the Westboro Baptist Church.” Corkins apparently disagreed. Upon entering FRC’s office he reportedly said “I don’t like your politics” and shot a black Christian security guard who managed to subdue him and lived to forgive him. Later Corkins told investigators “Southern Poverty Law lists anti-gay groups,” the Washington Examiner reported at the time. “I found them online, did a little research, went to the website, stuff like that.” The gay rights-avenging shooter had planned to kill as many FRC staffers as possible and smear Chick-fil-A sandwiches — his backpack contained 15 of them — on their faces as a political statement. He chose that fast food chain whose management is unabashedly Christian because its president was revealed to be a supporter of traditional marriage. Corkins was convicted of terrorism in 2013 and sentenced to 25 years in prison. And when the next Floyd Corkins comes along and actually succeeds in killing someone targeted by the Southern Poverty Law Center, its staffers will direct blame elsewhere. Scapegoating is what they do best.)

 

TOWNHALL
— Federal Government Out of Control Again – Bruce Bialosky  (DIERSEN: Constructively, since 1997, the Democrats who run GAO have had me on administrative leave.  Constructively, since 1997, the Democrats who run GAO have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $50,712 a year to stay home and to not come to work at GAO.  What do Bialosky, Von Ah, and you have to say about that?)
http://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2016/07/03/federal-government-out-of-control-again-n2185920
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our federal government suffers from lack of focus trying to do too many things while doing too many poorly. This behemoth allows for huge waste that gets buried in the apathy bred by the very definition of what happens when you are spending OPM (other people’s money). The GAO (Government Accountability Office) recently released a report about administrative leave in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that boggles the mind. Though the Washington Post covered the story, my inner soul told me as staggering as their report was they still were probably doing an inadequate job. Thus, I dug in to find the real story of how our money is being abused. The report was written by a team lead by Andrew Von Ah, the acting director of Homeland Security and Justice at the GAO. Mr. Von Ah was surprisingly responsive for a federal government employee. We connected a couple of times allowing me to address some of my insights from the 34-page report. The report focused only on administrative leave for the DHS. Administrative leave is defined as any paid leave that is not sick leave or vacation leave. What alarmed people was that, over the five years of the study (from 2011-2015), 116 DHS employees were on administrative leave for more than a year costing us over $19.8 million. From all appearances the agency did not have discernible consistent controls over how people were put on admin leave nor how long they stayed on leave.)

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— From Denver to Cleveland, expect big anti-Trump protests – W. JAMES ANTLE III (DIERSEN: Those who protest Trump are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/from-denver-to-cleveland-expect-big-anti-trump-protests/article/2595528

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with global elites against Trump.
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/286334-trump-vs-the-global-elite

 

POLITICO
— Why Trump won’t get dumped in Cleveland  The conditions for a coup are present, but the delegates don’t want one. – Kyle Cheney
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/donald-trump-cleveland-convention-225056

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Donald Trump Versus the ‘Haters’ – WESLEY MORRIS  (DIERSEN: Who hates you?  I should write a book about my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hate me.  They blame me for their problems.  They blame me for your problems.  They blame me for my problems.  They blame me for everyone’s problems.  If you were me, how would you react to the aforesaid haters?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/magazine/donald-trump-versus-the-haters.html
— What Is a Man For? – KAREN RINALDI (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-male vote for Democrats and for RINOs.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/fashion/modern-love-marriage-divorce-husband.html
— Donald Trump’s Appeal to Rust Belt Workers – STEVEN GREENHOUSE
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/opinion/sunday/donald-trumps-appeal-to-rust-belt-workers.html
— Where the Pro-Life Movement Goes Next – MARY ZIEGLER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/opinion/sunday/where-the-pro-life-movement-goes-next.html

 

DENVER SPRINGS GAZETTE
— That ‘racist’ Summit in Denver – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Democrats run Illinois.  Democrats run Cook County.  Democrats run Chicago.  Sooner or later, if not already, Democrats will say that you are a racist, a bigot, a hater, and even worse things if you do not promote Democrats. How have those who do not promote Democrats reacted to that?  How are those who do not promote Democrats reacting to that?  How will those who do not promote Democrats react to that?  Will those who do not promote Democrats a) go to court and get restraining orders against Democrats, b) file lawsuits against Democrats charging them with slander, or c) take stronger actions?  From what I see, ever-increasingly, if a Democrat says that you are a racist, a bigot, a hater, or worse things, a) you will be fired if you have a job, b) you will not be able to get a job, and c) even worse things will happen to you.)
http://gazette.com/editorial-that-racist-summit-in-denver/article/1579534
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: White male protesters stood outside the Colorado Convention Center during the Western Conservative Summit, protesting a “racist” event going on inside. Shouting through bullhorns and waving obscene signs, with fists in the air, the protests occasionally turned violent as police formed a wall between the mob and Summit attendees Friday night. Protesters, mostly motivated by the presence of presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, conveyed a central theme: Conservatives are old, white, racist men of privilege. Signs said “Down with This Sort of Thing,” “America was Never Great” and “Purge White Supremacy.” Inside, an audience of thousands anxiously awaited Saturday night’s speech by Colorado’s Republican nominee for the United States Senate. He is Darryl Glenn, a black man who grew up in Colorado Springs, worked his way through the United States Air Force Academy, completed a military intelligence career, worked to support his family while finishing law school and won four local elections by landslides. Glenn symbolizes the possibilities afforded in a free society that defends equal opportunity. Because Glenn is black and conservative, much of the mainstream media wrote him off before the primary. After his nomination, journalist-pundit types effectively called the race for incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet a full seven months before a vote would be cast. At the “racist” Summit, attendees anticipated improving the Senate’s diversity by helping Glenn upset Bennet — a white man brought up in a prominent political family in Washington, D.C. While waiting for Glenn, the audience applauded a lineup of speakers considerably more diverse than the white-male protesters outside. A small sample includes: Kristina Arriaga, a young Hispanic female who serves as executive director of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. A lawyer who grew up in poverty, after her parents escaped Cuba, Arriaga has won several Supreme Court victories and defended the religious practices of American Indians and a variety of other religious minorities. Star Parker, a young black woman who grew up in rough neighborhoods of East St. Louis, Ill. After working her way through college, Parker established the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, based in Washington, D.C., to improve school options for minority children. Linda Chavez, a Hispanic woman who heads the Center for Equal Opportunity. State Rep. Clarice Navarro, a young Hispanic Republican from Pueblo. Vera Ortegon, a Hispanic woman elected by Colorado Republicans as their National Committeewoman for 2016. George Leing, an Asian-American man elected by Colorado Republicans as their National Committeeman for 2016 Casper Stockham, a black man nominated by Republicans to run for Congress in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District. An exhaustive list of young, female, religiously diverse minority scholars and politicos leading the Summit would be too long for inclusion here. We’ll suffice to say white men were scarce. They were a minority among conference speakers, but an overwhelming majority among those charging “racism.” Like other blacks and minorities leading the conference, Glenn said the “old-white-male” stereotype used against Republicans is bizarre. “I am proud to be part of the Republican Party, which elevates people on a basis of merit and not on a basis of race,” Glenn told The Gazette before his speech. “As a meritocracy, we are the young party of diversity. The protesters support a party of mostly old white people telling younger minorities they can’t survive without more government.”)

 

THE GUARDIAN
— Let’s make retirement great again – by bringing back a pension system  As Americans look to build their future on 401k plans, they find themselves perched atop nest eggs that are far too small – Suzanne McGee  (DIERSEN: In 1966, when I was 18 years old, when I started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office, I began saving for my retirement by earning both Civil Service Retirement System and Social Security credits.  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County, and especially those who have financial problems, hate me for that.  My critics/opponents a) were never qualified for and/or b) considered themselves to be “too good” for the jobs that I had a) doing yard work, b) delivering newspapers, c) washing dishes, d) cleaning golf shoes, e) chipping slag, f) pumping gasoline, g) delivering mail, h) working on an automobile assembly line, i) working as a security guard, j) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, k) collecting delinquent taxes, and l) auditing federal agencies.  What do you say to my critics/opponents?)
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/jul/03/retirement-pensions-money
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s a thought about how to make America great again: bring back pensions. If Donald Trump really is intent on turning back the clock to the glory days of an America before globalization knocked the stuffing out of the US manufacturing sector, why stop at trade? Part of what is making all but the wealthiest Americans feel so economically vulnerable today isn’t just that incomes have been eviscerated. It’s the fact that when we retire, those of us without pensions – a growing proportion, especially if we’re not public sector employees or union employees – are perched atop very, very tiny nest eggs. Last year’s report from the nonpartisan US government accountability office (GAO) reminded us of the perils. Half of all households headed by Americans 55 and older had no retirement savings at all. While some long-term savers may have retirement accounts with as much as $251,600, Fidelity reported that the average amount in a 401k – the replacements to pensions that companies began rolling out during the 1980s – was little more than a third of that amount.)

 

LGBTQ NATION
— Orlando’s gay commissioner Patty Sheehan: GOP ‘loaded those bullets with hatred’ – Charline Jao  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already,  will Sheehan call for Republicans to be killed? Republicans are buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents side with Sheehan.  My critics/opponents blame me for the problems that those who engage in LGBTQ activity have had, are having, and will have.)
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/06/orlandos-gay-commissioner-gop-loaded-bullets-hatred/