Tag: Committeeman

February 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago police, Lightfoot defend decision not to cooperate with ICE after DHS says man accused in McDonald’s child sex assault was previously deported – Diane Pathieu and Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/man-accused-in-mcdonalds-child-sex-assault-previously-deported-dhs-/5973356/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/29/2020

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Trump accuses Democrats of a new ‘hoax’ over criticism of coronavirus plan – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-trump-democrats-coronavirus-hoax-20200229-guhfdsau6fafvbothszzyhmry4-story.html
— Two groups — one in favor of Naperville pot sales and the other against — waging campaigns for referendum votes – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-for-marijuana-opt-out-referendum-st-20200229-zyjz2lcttvccroufkhso72fmga-story.html
— Attorney, IT consultant facing off in battle for Dem nomination in DuPage circuit clerk’s race – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-county-clerk-candidates-st-0301-20200228-x4th3pfsgrf4rd3pxkojlbxcf4-story.html
— 3 Illinois Racing Board members forced out over campaign contributions they made in violation of 2019 gaming law – Dan Petrella (DIERSEN: What encourages you to contribute to Republican candidates, elected officials, and organizations? For me, it is their demonstrating that they can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. For me, it is their demonstrating opposition to promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-racing-board-campaign-contributions-20200228-zjkr32hxqbfwzbzgrtjpmdjso4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois to greatly expand testing for coronavirus even though risk remains low, officials say Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot insisted Chicago and Illinois are prepared to handle an outbreak and said there is no cause for alarm. – Tina Sfondeles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/28/21157874/coronavirus-illinois-chicago-outbreak-testing-pritzker-lightfoot
— Worth Township supervisor, under federal scrutiny in red-light camera probe, resigns John O’Sullivan, a former state legislator, Democratic committeeman and rep for SafeSpeed, told officials of his decision Friday. – Mark Brown and Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/2/28/21158208/red-light-camera-investigation-safespeed-worth-township-supervisor-under-federal-scrutiny-resign

WTTW
— Coronavirus Panic Crashes Markets – Nick Blumberg
https://news.wttw.com/2020/02/28/week-review-coronavirus-panic-crashes-markets

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield attorney quits racing board over donations – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What encourages you to donate to Republican candidates, elected officials, and organizations? For me, it is their demonstrating that they can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. For me, it is their demonstrating opposition to promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.) 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200228/springfield-attorney-quits-racing-board-over-donations

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Governor asking for trouble Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to ensure that as many illegal immigrants who are convicted felons as possible remain in the state. – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-governor-asking-for-trouble/article_77957275-cb57-5cc7-9755-baf19a3c5965.html

WGEM
— Addressing prohibited activities for public officials: What is allowed? – Mike Miletich
https://wgem.com/2020/02/28/addressing-prohibited-activities-for-public-officials-what-is-allowed/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Health District urging public to use precaution with coronavirus – Tiffani Homer
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/champaign-urbana-health-district-urging-public-to-use-precaution-with-coronavirus

KPC NEWS
— Indiana ranks 10th most representative of U.S. demographics – Steve Garbacz (DIERSEN: How representative is your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, and your county of U.S. demographics? What percent are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? What percent promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my precinct, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County are full of the aforesaid, and therefore, I should pander to them like they do.)
https://www.kpcnews.com/election/article_21031591-8d34-5b9a-aaf5-dc473f34c2f6.html

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Gerrymandering: Finally a Thing of the Past? The Fair Maps Amendment is issuing a challenge to the shady partisan practice. But good luck getting it past Mike Madigan. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton and how politicians use gerrymandering to punish precinct committeemen like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/March-2020/Will-the-Fair-Maps-Amendment-Kill-Gerrymandering-for-Good/

BLUE LIVES MATTER ILLINOIS
— Illinois Putting Violent Felons Into Communities Instead Of Giving Them To ICE – Holly Matkin
https://defensemaven.io/bluelivesmatter/news/illinois-putting-violent-felons-into-communities-instead-of-giving-them-to-ice-0leBP9A0E0iLu7OuqCOBCg

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— IFA Endorsements for the 2020 Primary Election – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/ifa-endorsements-for-the-2020-primary-election/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Media peddles coronavirus panic, indulges in Trump bashing – Jennifer Harper 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/27/inside-the-beltway-media-peddles-coronavirus-panic/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republicans say Democratic leaders using coronavirus scare as political weapon – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans-say-democratic-leaders-using-coronavirus-scare-as-political-weapon
— Trump tells black supporters his approval rating among African Americans ‘should be at 100%’ – John Gage 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-tells-black-supporters-his-approval-rating-among-african-americans-should-be-at-100

FOX NEWS
— Laura Ingraham debunks ‘biggest lies’ levied at Trump administration over coronavirus response – Victor Garcia
https://www.foxnews.com/media/laura-ingraham-debunks-biggest-lies-levied-at-trump-administration-over-coronavirus-response

AMERICAN THINKER
— Hope for America from CPAC – Lloyd Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/hope_for_america_from_cpac.html

BREITBART
— Court Stands Up for Rule of Law and American People by Bucking Sanctuary Cities – JEFF SESSIONS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/28/jeff-sessions-court-stands-up-for-rule-of-law-and-american-people-by-bucking-sanctuary-cities/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump administration sides with Asian American students in discrimination suit against Harvard – William A. Jacobson 
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/02/trump-administration-sides-with-asian-american-students-in-discrimination-suit-against-harvard/

EPOCH TIMES
— Arizona’s Most Populous County Becomes ‘Second Amendment Preservation County’ – ISABEL VAN BRUGEN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/arizonas-most-populous-county-becomes-second-amendment-preservation-county_3254051.html

NBC NEWS
— In the South Carolina primary, Clyburn endorsements carry political weight – Janell Ross (DIERSEN: Not that my endorsement carries any political weight, but since 2000, RINOs, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates in primary elections that they should not seek/accept my endorsement because I only endorse candidates who are “too conservative” to win in general elections.) 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/south-carolina-primary-clyburn-endorsements-carry-political-weight-n1145746
— Asian American lawmakers urge Congress members to help stop coronavirus-fueled xenophobia “The best way to stop the spread of coronavirus is to wash your hands, not perpetuate racist stereotypes,” reads a letter sent from the Asian American caucus to fellow Congress members. – Kimmy Yam
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-american-lawmakers-urge-congress-members-stop-spreading-coronavirus-misinformation-n1145581

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Accuses Media and Democrats of Exaggerating Coronavirus Threat   The accusations came as other elements of the federal government moved to head off a broader wave of infections like those in China. – Peter Baker and Annie Karni
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/us/politics/trump-accuses-media-democrats-coronavirus.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Asian-American Voters to Play Big Role on Super Tuesday The fastest-growing racial group in the U.S. has become a key Democratic constituency, but Trump is courting them, too – Emily Glazer and Christine Mai-Duc (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs shout at Asian-Americans, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Republicans encourage Republican Asian-Americans to run for government offices and political offices.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/asian-american-voters-to-play-big-role-on-super-tuesday-11582894805

NEWSWEEK
— Will Trump Restart White House Press Conferences? – John Gizzi 
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/white-house-press-conference-jim-acosta/2020/02/28/id/956148/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— In red California, Democrats struggle to win young voters amid a ‘sea of gray hairs’ – HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-28/young-democrat-voters-conservative-placer-county-california-election
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Millennials and the younger Generation Z overwhelmingly disapprove of President Trump. They also are more racially and ethnically diverse and more liberal than previous generations, according to the Pew Research Center. But they are more unlikely to vote than any other age group. People ages 18 to 24 consistently vote at a rate 15 to 25 percentage points lower than the overall population, according to a Times analysis of census data.)

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— Which Candidates Are Asian Americans Supporting In California? – Likhitha Butchireddygari (DIERSEN: Which candidates are Asian Americans supporting in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county?) 
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/sanders-might-have-an-edge-with-asian-americans-in-california/

LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
— Accountants Push for CPA on Audit Committee – Daniel Langhorne (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to stop me from serving as the Treasurer of the Milton Township Republican Organization. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a Licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I worked for GAO as an Analyst 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year. I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996 and as its Treasurer 1983-1986. I served as the Illinois Center Right Coalition Treasurer 2003-2006.) 
https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/accountants-push-for-cpa-on-audit-committee/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Laguna Beach citizens committee charged with watchdogging city finances presented its report Tuesday on the 2017-18 Fiscal Year, about 19 months after the close of the accounting period. The 32-page report published by the Citizens’ Audit Review and Measure LL Oversight Committee has sparked criticism and concerns by a group of 24 Laguna Beach residents with professional backgrounds in finance, business, accounting, and auditing who argue the panel should have at least one certified public accountant with expertise in auditing. Considering the city’s reported revenues were more than $109 million in 2017-18, this watchdog cadre says the taxpayers would be better served with additional experienced eyes on the city’s ledger.)

BENEFITS PRO
— 10 best companies to work for – Katie Kuehner-Hebert (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will these companies officially stop hiring those who are the following and get rid of those who are the following: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.benefitspro.com/2020/02/28/10-best-companies-to-work-for/?slreturn=20200129074946

ROOT
— Every Democratic Candidates’ ‘Black Agenda,’ Ranked – Michael Harriot (DIERSEN: To give preference to Blacks is to discriminate against Whites, Hispanics, Asians, etc. To give preference to women is to discriminate against men. To give preference to younger people is to discriminate against older people. To give preference to those who have less money is to discriminate against those who have more money. To give preference to non-Protestants is to discriminate against Protestants. To give preference to non-German Americans is to discriminate against German Americans. To give preference to citizens of foreign countries is to discriminate against citizens of America. To give preference to those whose ancestors have NOT been in America for a long time is to discriminate against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.theroot.com/every-democratic-candidates-black-agenda-ranked-1841959166

February 27 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ENDORSEMENT: Randy Ramey for Illinois House in 45th District Republican primary  There’s no substitute for prior experience in public office, which Ramey has. (DIERSEN: If you ran for an office, what experience would you stress? I would stress the experience that I gained a) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, b) serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, d) serving on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2007, e) working for GAO as an Analyst 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year, f) serving on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996, g) working for IRS as a Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year, h) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree (NIU-management) when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 (Loyola-MBA), 31 (DePaul-accounting), and 48 (IIT-finance), i) earning job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), j) earning a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32, and k) serving as a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitrator since 1998.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/27/21135215/endorsement-randy-ramey-illinois-house-45th-district-republican-primary-2020-election
— Obama demands TV stations stop airing ‘despicable’ anti-Biden ad from Pro-Trump PAC that misuses his words – Savannah Behrmann
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/26/21155591/obama-demands-tv-stations-stop-airing-despicable-anti-biden-ad-pro-trump-pac-misuses-his-words

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Days after new immigration restrictions take effect, federal judges in Chicago grill Trump administration lawyer on so-called public charge rule – ELVIA MALAGÓN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-immigration-wealth-test-public-charge-illinois-court-20200227-xood6pswtzbo3kugsd6spmpeee-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Wehrli for Republicans in DuPage Forest Preserve District 5
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200227/endorsement-wehrli-for-republicans-in-dupage-forest-preserve-district-5

CBS2
— Rod Blagojevich Admits To Mistakes, But Maintains He Was Imprisoned For ‘Practicing Politics’ – Dana Kozlov (DIERSEN: I should write a book about politicians who talk and/or act like “practicing politics” is a) protecting/promoting those who glorify and praise them, who pander to them, who serve as their operatives or dupes, and/or who give them money and b) harming/destroying those who fail/refuse to do the aforesaid.) 
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/26/rod-blagojevich-admits-to-mistakes-but-maintains-he-was-imprisoned-for-practicing-politics/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200226/bill-would-require-more-inclusive-k-12-sex-education

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— The trouble with billionaire money in politics – Jim Nowlan
https://www.newstrib.com/2020/02/23/column-the-trouble-with-billionaire-money-in-politics/a7hsihr/

WREX
— Digging Deeper: Number of cannabis DUI in single digits, ISP considers new test – James Stratton (DIERSEN: Disgustingly, tragically, and ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.)
https://wrex.com/2020/02/26/digging-deeper-number-of-cannabis-dui-in-single-digits-isp-considers-new-test/

WAND TV
— Thousands eligible for expungement after IL cannabis legalization (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future. If you have used an illegal drug, you have shouted that you disrespect the rule of law.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/thousands-eligible-for-expungement-after-cannabis-legalization/article_0b40e06c-590e-11ea-8b85-0f15f0e8b7d0.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McSweeney’s Red-Light Camera Ban Bill Overwhelmingly Passes House
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/26/mcsweeneys-red-light-camera-ban-bill-overwhelmingly-passes-house/ 
— Tribune Endorses Mark Curran in GOP U.S. Senate Race
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/26/tribune-endorses-mark-curran-in-gop-u-s-senate-race/ 
— Law Enforcement Decry Pritzker Anti-ICE Action
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/26/law-enforcement-decry-pritzker-anti-ice-action/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Insisting on election integrity isn’t ‘racist’ Opposition to voter-ID laws is ‘the soft bigotry of low expectations’ – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/26/editorial-insisting-on-election-integrity-isnt-rac/
— Bernie Sanders: Russia’s ideal socialist-communist candidate Democrats’ Russian interference fantasy runs counter to their lead presidential candidate – Cal Thomas
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/26/bernie-sanders-russias-ideal-socialist-communist-c/

BREITBART
— Washington Post: Wages Are Rising in ‘Tight Labor Market,’ but Import More Workers for Business – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/02/26/washpost-donald-trumps-policies-boosts-wages-so-import-more-workers/
— Globalist Response to Coronavirus: Open America’s Borders to the World – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/26/globalist-response-to-coronavirus-open-americas-borders-to-the-world/

CNS NEWS
— EU Defends Open Border Decision as Coronavirus Spreads – James Carstensen 
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/international/james-carstensen/eu-defends-open-border-decision-coronavirus-spreads

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Feature American-Indian Tribe Known For Rampant Drug-Smuggling To Speak Against Border Wall – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/26/drug-smuggling-tribe-opposes-border-wall/
— Trump Administration-Erected Billboards In Central America Contain A Warning For Would-Be Migrants – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/26/central-america-billboards-migrant-warning/

FOX NEWS
— Warren revives disputed pregnancy discrimination claim at Democratic debate – Ronn Blitzer (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government never discriminated against me or retaliated against me for complaining about discrimination and b) all the adverse actions that they took against me were justified. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/warren-revives-disputed-pregnancy-discrimination-claim-at-democratic-debate

ROLL CALL
— Hostile workplace persists at Architect of the Capitol, lawsuit alleges – Chris Marquette (DIERSEN: In Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the more hostility that you will face in the workplace: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.rollcall.com/2020/02/27/hostile-workplace-persists-at-architect-of-the-capitol-lawsuit-alleges/

WASHINGTON POST
— Electing an older candidate carries risks. Just ask the life insurance industry. How much should age matter to Democratic primary voters? – Hilary Hurd and Benjamin Wittes (DIERSEN: How is your health? Should all candidates be required to disclose all their health problems?) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/27/electing-an-older-candidate-carries-risks-just-ask-life-insurance-industry/
— Democrats shouldn’t marginalize Bernie Sanders’s ideas and supporters – Elizabeth Tandy Shermer (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in marginalizing others in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, and in the organizations that you are a member of? I should write a book about those who take the lead in marginalizing others in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in the Milton Township Republican Organization, in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and in the Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/27/democrats-shouldnt-marginalize-bernie-sanderss-ideas-supporters/
— Molson Coors employee shot and killed five co-workers before turning the gun on himself, police say – Dan Simmons, Hannah Knowles,
Reis Thebault and Mark Berman 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/02/27/milwaukee-shooting-molson-coors-miller/
— Bernie Sanders would be the first Jewish nominee — and he’s triggered a fight over Jewish identity – Michelle Boorstein 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/sanders-rejects-aipac/2020/02/25/4048f0fa-57fc-11ea-9b35-def5a027d470_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— No Asylum for Sanctuary States The Second Circuit says the feds can withhold funds for defying the law. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-asylum-for-sanctuary-states-11582763779
— Coronavirus Creates Dilemma for Europe’s Public Gatherings, Open Borders Some sports events are rescheduled while many fashion shows go on in Paris, Milan – Joshua Robinson and Matthew Dalton
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-creates-dilemma-for-europes-public-gatherings-open-borders-11582799401
— Bernie Sanders’s Plan to Wipe Out Student Debt Faces Hurdles Democratic candidate wants to free up money for young adults, but 57% of voters are opposed – Josh Mitchell (DIERSEN: I doubt that I could have gotten a student loan. When I was in high school, I was not viewed as being “college material.” Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score was only 24. I was 1-A for draft notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). I spent my junior and senior years in high school and the summer in between washing dishes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanderss-plan-to-wipe-out-student-debt-faces-hurdles-11582799400
— OK Boomer? Bernie, Biden and Bloomberg Are Older Still By Inauguration Day 2021, all three of them would have reached the average U.S. male’s life expectancy. – Lance Morrow (DIERSEN: How is your health? Should all candidates be required to disclose all their health problems?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ok-boomer-bernie-biden-and-bloomberg-are-older-still-11582763316

NEWS ONE
— Who Is Anthony Ferrill? Social Media Identifies Milwaukee Brewery Shooter As Longtime Employee Unconfirmed reports speculated that the gunman’s possible motive came from the racism of other brewery workers. – Bruce C.T. Wright
https://newsone.com/3904853/anthony-ferrill-milwaukee-brewery-shooter-identified/

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— The Political Ramifications of Dramatic Changes in Suburban America – Nancy LeTourneau (DIERSEN: What do you say to hypocritical Democrats who hypocritically move into Republican areas to hypocritically take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there?) 
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/02/26/the-political-ramifications-of-dramatic-changes-in-suburban-america/

FED WEEK
— Report Suggests How to Build a Case for Talent Development (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government treated me like I had no talent notwithstanding the fact that I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.) 
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/report-suggests-how-to-build-a-case-for-talent-development/

FEDERAL SOUP
— White House actively hunting ‘disloyal’ feds (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, etc. a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to get rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.) 
https://federalsoup.com/articles/2020/02/25/wh-actively-hunting-disloyal-feds.aspx

February 24 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump Administration crackdown on immigrants who use public benefits takes effect – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/crackdown-on-immigrants-who-use-public-benefits-takes-effect/5963804/

NBC5
— One Last Bit of Blago Business: His Law License State disciplinary officials will seek to have the former governor disbarred during a hearing on Tuesday. – Phil Rogers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/one-last-bit-of-blago-business-his-law-license/2225016/
— These Are the Referendum Questions on Chicago, Suburban Cook County Voters’ Ballots – Shelby Bremer 
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/these-are-the-referendum-questions-on-chicago-suburban-cook-county-voters-ballots/2224911/

CBS2
— Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Dire Warning: Bernie Sanders’ Candidacy ‘Built On False Premise”
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/24/former-chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuels-dire-warning-bernie-sanders-candicacy-built-on-false-premise/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz endorses Jeanne Ives
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-underwood-gop-challengers-krishnamoorthi-russian-intereference-spin-20200224-xtjmacqjmncndfxofkfwy5nhgy-story.html
— From travel bans to wealth tests, Trump’s policies are causing legal immigration to plunge – ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-trump-legal-immigration-20200225-bnmozso32veubgfmlpnqrt524m-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— 6th Congressional District Candidate Forum on March 7 in Barrington (DIERSEN: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be still be hosting candidate forums like this one.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200221/6th-congressional-district-candidate-forum-on-march-7-in-barrington
— DuPage court clerk candidates talk about improving the office – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200224/dupage-court-clerk-candidates-talk-about-improving-the-office

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois’ pot tax take: $10M in first month – JOHN PLETZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/illinois-pot-tax-take-10m-first-month
— Gerrymandering is cheating—no matter which side does it – Madeleine Doubek (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. Today I completed hand-delivering the following to the 175 homes in my precinct that have at least one Republican or Independent voter: a) copy of the March 17, 2020 Republican primary ballot for the precinct with my committeeman letter in the blank space, b) copy of the DuPage County Election Division form to request a mail-in ballot, and c) campaign literature from those candidates who provided literature: Ives, Kinzler, Mack, Grogan, Almiron, McCluskey, Veenstra, and Felice.) 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/madeleine-doubek-government/gerrymandering-cheating-no-matter-which-side-does-it
— Illinois’ rainy day fund is almost nil. Other states are hitting records. Gov. Pritzker wants to put $100 million into the fund that was almost depleted amid the budget standoff between Gov. Rauner and the Legislature. Can we catch up, and how will it help the state with the nation’s worst credit rating? – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/illinois-rainy-day-fund-almost-nil-other-states-are-hitting-records

WBEZ
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Abortion Access And Activism Remain Strong In Illinois – Natalie Moore
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/abortion-access-and-activism-remain-strong-in-illinois/abca9989-16dc-4763-a71d-cb14f89a1cf6

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois GOP assesses election strategy in wake of President Trump’s decision on Blagojevich – RICK PEARSON 
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-gop-assesses-election-strategy-in-wake-of-president-trump/article_a1480bde-f484-52d0-92a2-16ad5c496ee1.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Sanders’, Not Trump, Supporters Blamed for Vandalism of Bloomberg Offices
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/24/sanders-not-trump-supporters-blamed-for-vandalism-of-bloomberg-offices/ 
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis Spreads Disinformation on Sue Rezin
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/24/il-14-jim-oberweis-spreads-disinformation-on-sue-rezin/ 
— Trump Rally Scheduled for Woodstock Square Saturday, February 29th
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/24/trump-rally-scheduled-for-woodstock-square-saturday-february-29th/ 
— Big 2020 Donations in Skillicorn-Schofield State Rep. Race
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/24/big-2020-donations-in-skillicorn-schofield-state-rep-race/ 
— Brian Sager Loans $18,000 to Campaign
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/24/brian-sager-loans-18000-to-campaign/
— IL-14: Tribune Highlights GOP Primary
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/24/il-14-tribune-highlights-gop-primary/
— IL-14: Final Candidates’ Forum Open to the Public in Huntley March 2nd
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/24/il-14-final-candidates-forum-open-to-the-public-in-huntley-march-2nd/ 
— Pritzker Brags about Pot Tax
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/24/pritzker-brags-about-pot-tax/ 
— Another Letter in Favor of Consolidating McHenry Township
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/24/another-letter-in-favor-of-consolidating-mchenry-township/ 
— Johnsburg Man Asks Jack Franks to Step Aside as County Board Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/24/141583/ 
— IL-6: Ted Cruz Endorses Jeanne Ives
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/24/il-6-ted-cruz-endorses-jeanne-ives/ 
— Judicial Candidate Don Brewer Goes with Billboards
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/24/don-brewer-goes-with-billboards/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SENATOR TED CRUZ ENDORSES IVES IN 6TH CD IL GOP PRIMARY RACE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/senator-ted-cruz-endorses-ives-in-6th-cd-il-gop-primary-race.html
— FIREARM ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS CRIPPLED WHEN FINANCIALLY-STRUGGLING ILLINOIS SWEPT FUNDS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/firearm-enforcement-programs-crippled-when-financially-struggling-illinois-swept-funds-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 1,646 new state workers in Pritzker budget
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/24/todays-number-1646-new-state-workers-in-pritzker-budget/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bloomberg camp blasts Sanders’ ‘Trump-like rhetoric’ after office vandalized – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/24/mike-bloomberg-camp-blasts-bernie-sanders-trump-li/
— Democratic presidential candidates court unions with pro-labor proposals – James Varney
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/23/democratic-presidential-candidates-court-unions-wi/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— No, Bernie Sanders is not ‘the unity candidate’ – Kaylee McGhee
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/no-bernie-sanders-is-not-the-unity-candidate
— Bernie Sanders will be the Democrats’ first social justice nominee. That should terrify America (DIERSEN: Those who promote “social justice” want to get rid of “once and for all” individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/bernie-sanders-will-be-the-democrats-first-social-justice-nominee-that-should-terrify-america

GOPUSA
— India Pours On The Pageantry With Colorful Welcome For Trump
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85231

BREITBART
— Bernie Sanders Supporters Get a Taste of How Media Abuse Trump – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/02/24/pollak-bernie-sanders-supporters-start-to-understand-how-media-abuses-trump/

BLAZE
— ‘Macho Man’ rings out for President Trump as over 100,000 wearing white Trump hats pack India stadium and cheer his arrival – Dave Urbanski
https://www.theblaze.com/news/macho-man-rings-out-for-president-trump-as-over-100000-pack-india-stadium

CNS NEWS
— Why the Democrat Party is Rejecting Bernie Sanders – Allen West 
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/allen-west/why-democrat-party-rejecting-bernie-sanders

DAILY CALLER
— Bernie Sanders Can’t Answer When Asked How All His Socialist Proposals Are ‘Going To Be Paid For’ – LOGAN HALL
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/24/bernie-sanders-socialist-proposals-paid-for-60-minutes/
— Here’s What The Lead Roger Stone Juror Wrote In Her Jury Questionnaire – CHUCK ROSS (DIERSEN: What percent of the Chicago-area jury pool is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/24/tomeka-hart-roger-stone-juror-questionnaire/

TOWNHALL
— ‘Unredacted with Kurt Schlichter’: Who’s Mike Bloomberg Going to Buy Off Next? (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have lots of financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/townhallcomstaff/2020/02/24/draft-n2561797
— Public School ‘History’ Lesson Compares Trump to Soviets, Nazis – Bronson Stocking
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/02/23/public-school-history-lesson-compares-trump-to-soviets-nazis-n2561771

BLUE LIVES MATTER
— School District Defends AP History Lesson Calling Trump A Nazi And Communist – Sandy Malone
https://defensemaven.io/bluelivesmatter/news/school-district-defends-ap-history-lesson-calling-trump-a-nazi-and-communist-05x-FvSXhUGMM7vMLVgrYg

THE HILL 
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/484265-juan-williams-black-votes-matter

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America’s House Divided Cannot Stand Voters tend to see their political opponents as enemies, which is dangerous for democracy. – Charles Lipson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs make it clear that they want to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-house-divided-cannot-stand-11582563522

BLOOMBERG LAW
— EEOC Nomination Could Renew Culture War in Congress – Chris Opfer (DIERSEN: How has EEOC impacted you? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job office that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.) 
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/punching-in-eeoc-nomination-could-renew-culture-war-in-congress-23
— OUTSTANDING: Older Allstate Manager to Get Trial on Age Discrimination Claim
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/older-allstate-manager-to-get-trial-on-age-discrimination-claim

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— It’s Becoming Rarer for Federal Agencies and Employees to Settle Over Adverse Actions And employees who take their cases to a judge are increasingly losing. – ERIC KATZ (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Because of that, virtually all adverse actions are taken against federal employees who are Republican, conservative, White, male, older, draft avoiders, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. My Democrat superiors in the federal government did what Democrat politicians wanted them to do. I should write a book about the adverse actions that my Democrat federal superiors took against me.) 
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/01/its-becoming-rarer-federal-agencies-and-employees-settle-over-adverse-actions/162813/

February 24 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg’s campaign office vandalized in Edgewater on North Side, police say
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/mike-bloombergs-campaign-office-vandalized-in-edgewater-on-north-side-police/5962919/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/24/2020
— 22 shot, 5 fatally, in Chicago weekend shootings
https://abc7chicago.com/22-shot-5-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-shootings/5963006/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/24/2020

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Graffiti spray-painted on Bloomberg campaign office in Edgewater “Racist,” “sexist,” “GOP” and “oligarch” were scrawled across four windows on the front of the former New York mayor’s campaign office, 1130 W. Bryn Mawr. – Luke Wilusz and Carly Behm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/2/24/21150374/mike-bloomberg-edgewater-campaign-office-graffiti-vandalism-bryn-mawr

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— With Democrats caught up in corruption probe, Illinois GOP appeared to have a ready-made campaign message. Then Trump freed Blgojevich. ‘It doesn’t help the argument.’ – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-rod-blagojevich-illinois-republicans-20200224-qf6poxyv4vdybnggbkyt7fuf7i-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: 7 in GOP line up for shot to reclaim 14th District – Rick Pearson
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20200224/281509343215533
— Expelling Wall Street Journal reporters returns China to a darker age – BRET STEPHENS (DIERSEN: In Illinois, the more planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform that you support, the more likely that Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, etc. will expel you.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-nyt-china-wall-street-journal-20200221-2tzdu75bkzapnlh7c2adzzavea-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What volunteer work, that is, what unpaid work, have you spent a lot of time doing? For me, it includes serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee member 1983-1996, and Illinois CPA Society Membership Committee member 1989-1998. 
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20200224/281861530533805

WGN RADIO
— Illinois House Republican leader Jim Durkin discusses the new budget plan
https://wgnradio.com/2020/02/23/illinois-house-republican-leader-jim-durkin-comes-on-this-weeks-episode-of-the-sunday-spin/

WBEZ
— For The First Time In More Than A Decade, The Waitlist For Suburban Public Housing Is Opening – Kristen Schorsch
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/for-the-first-time-in-more-than-a-decade-the-waitlist-for-suburban-public-housing-is-opening/5278515b-3592-45dd-b333-86493c2a0f4d

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Choice to separate Chicago from Illinois to appear on some primary ballots – JOE MILLITZER
https://fox2now.com/2020/02/21/choice-to-separate-illinois-from-chicago-to-appear-on-some-primary-ballots/#new_tab

WCBU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats encourage minorities and women to wear protest hairstyles.
https://wcbu.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net/post/gordon-booth-spearheads-anti-hairstyle-discrimination-effort#stream/0

DEPAULIA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://depauliaonline.com/46663/nation/trump-under-fire-for-sanctuary-cities-crackdown/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— 14% of Illinois residents enrolled in food stamp program in July
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/525864077-analysis-14-of-illinois-residents-enrolled-in-food-stamp-program-in-july#new_tab

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— Lawmaker Wants To Waive Concealed Carry Fee For Veterans – Mike Smith
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/2020/02/23/lawmaker-wants-to-waive-concealed-carry-fee-for-veterans/
— Vermilion Co. Treasurer Darren Duncan Seeks 15th Congressional District GOP Nomination – Jim Meadows
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/2020/02/23/vermilion-co-treasurer-darren-duncan-runs-for-15th-congressional-dis-gop-nomination/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Buttigieg’s Shameful Political Exploitation of a Child – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/buttigiegs-shameful-political-exploitation-of-a-child/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Warren shreds Bloomberg’s ‘history with women’ after calling nondisclosure agreement releases ‘not good enough’ – Anthony Leonardi 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/warren-shreds-bloombergs-history-with-women-after-calling-nondisclosure-agreement-releases-not-good-enough

FOX NEWS
— Trump administration rule to restrict green cards for welfare-reliant immigrants takes effect – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rule-to-restrict-welfare-reliant-immigrants-from-green-cards-goes-into-effect

BLAZE
— Sanders doubles down on support for communist dictator Fidel Castro in ’60 Minutes’ interview He’s literally repeating communist propaganda in 2020 – Giancarlo Sopo
https://www.theblaze.com/news/bernie-sanders-doubles-down-on-his-support-for-communist-fidel-castro-in-60-minutes-interview

PJ MEDIA
— RNC Crushing Democrats in Fundraising – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/election/rnc-crushing-democrats-in-fundraising/

THE HILL
— Sanders won’t attend American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, accuses it of providing platform for ‘bigotry’ – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/484294-sanders-wont-attend-aipac-conference-accuses-it-of-providing-platform-for

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Week in Business: Even Billionaires Can’t Buy Debate Skills – Charlotte Cowles
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/23/business/this-week-in-business-debate-michael-bloomberg.html


— Digital Edits, a Paid Army: Bloomberg Is ‘Destroying Norms’ on Social Media His campaign is testing the boundaries of what platforms like Twitter and Facebook allow in politics. They’re having trouble coming up with an answer. – Sheera Frenkel and Davey Alba
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/22/technology/bloomberg-social-media.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Bernie Sanders Looks Ahead After Nevada Caucus Win Contests in 15 states over the coming week and a half could determine the course of the race – Eliza Collins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanders-looks-ahead-after-nevada-caucuses-win-11582459203
— Joe Biden Faces Competition for Diverse Coalition From Bernie Sanders The race for the Democratic nomination heads to South Carolina, where black voters make up more than half of the party electorate – Ken Thomas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-faces-competition-for-diverse-coalition-from-bernie-sanders-11582483693
— Nine Ways to Make Your Work Day Better – Bruce Daisley (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee, I could have, but I refused, to make my work days better by a) becoming a Democrat and b) helping my Democrat superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nine-ways-to-make-work-less-awful-11582281002

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting Blacks to hate Republicans.
https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/why-black-voters-keep-picking-democrats

ABC NEWS
— Fired Chicago Police superintendent getting $190K pension A report says Chicago’s fired police superintendent is receiving a monthly pension of more than $15,800 – AP (DIERSEN: In defense of my $54,168/year $4,514/month Civil Service Retirement System pension, I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year, and I worked for the Post office for almost 3 years at the GS-4 Step 1-3 levels, currently $16.64-$17.75/hour. In addition, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fired-chicago-police-superintendent-190k-pension-69104186#new_tab

CNBC
— Bloomberg says he can’t use TurboTax. Here are the options for most taxpayers – Sarah O’Brien
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/20/bloomberg-doesnt-use-turbotax-here-are-options-for-most-taxpayers.html

USA TODAY
— Nearly two-thirds of voters expect Trump to win reelection in November, poll finds – William Cummings
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/02/23/poll-two-thirds-trump-will-win-reeelection/4850074002/

FOX BALTIMORE
— George Zimmerman files suit against Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg – Danielle Jackson (DIERSEN: What do you say to politicians who hint/imply/argue/shout that their opponents and their supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things? I should write a book about such politicians in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.) 
https://foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-world/george-zimmerman-files-suit-against-elizabeth-warren-and-pete-buttigieg

PBS
— Reliability of pricey new voting machines questioned – AP
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/reliability-of-pricey-new-voting-machines-questioned

COLUMBIAN
— Community must have voice in selecting trustees – Willy Cushwa
https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/feb/23/local-view-community-must-have-voice-in-selecting-trustees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Candidates would have to publicly explain and defend their qualifications, positions on issues, and vision for the college — which doesn’t happen in the current selection process. Improved communication with constituents would also be necessary during a term of service, especially if a trustee sought re-election. I suspect that local reporters and community members would appreciate a more direct way to obtain information and answers to questions, instead of relying on public record requests. I have no doubts that the current and former Clark College Trustees are educated, professionally experienced, and committed to the community. However, I believe the more pertinent question is “Are they the most qualified and suitable individuals to guide the college and oversee its operations?”)

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrat Black activists blame Whites for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/02/how-did-the-democrats-end-up-here

BUSINESS AM LIVE
— How essential are certificates and degrees today? – Nnanyelugo Ike-Muonso (DIERSEN: If I had not had a high school diploma, the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had not had a bachelor’s degree in management, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, Oldsmobile would not have offered me a job in 1971, and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate business courses, IRS might not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not been taking graduate finance courses and earned a master’s degree in finance, GAO would have succeeded in forcing me to retire earlier than it did.)  
https://www.businessamlive.com/how-essential-are-certificates-and-degrees-today/

February 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Will Utah decriminalize polygamy? – Steve Chapman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-polygamy-utah-mormon-chapman-20200221-kdfs7p6fyzc7phoicllruw646a-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: U.S. medical schools boost LGBTQ students, doctor training
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/health-fitness/sns-united-states-medical-schools-boost-lgbtq-students-doctor-training-20200221-nj4ve7wy75fbzp2embbprqkcpu-story.html
— They like to party — without the booze. A new Chicago LGBTQ social club is drawing the sober, the sober curious, and drinkers looking for a break from the bar scene – Nara Schoenberg (DIERSEN: How strongly is LGBTQ activity promoted in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world? Of course, those who do not want LGBTQ activity to be promoted DO NOT buy homes where LGBTQ is promoted.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-queer-sober-social-tt-02172020-20200219-uauas6ifnbg25knufsbsx3wzsu-story.html
— Actually, we may need more immigrants. Ask Team Trump. – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-mulvaney-immigration-trump-page-20200221-xndfqjk7prdw3p4i3ktcx5vl44-story.html
— In the GOP race for top prosecutor: Christopher Pfannkuche
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-states-attorney-endorsement-christopher-pfannkuche-20200221-t5pgevf7vvcshadwtho4agd6qm-story.html
— Police end investigation after US Senate candidate backs away from claim she brought a gun inside Hinsdale Central High School – KIMBERLY FORNEK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/ct-dhd-central-hubbard-gun-tl-0227-20200222-cmrt5ugqgndxhjy5fozsxzklwa-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot in Aurora.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-marijuana-st-0221-20200220-nnkpthkjmbhxxilsl7w7efytwq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— George Ryan has good wishes for Blago, but would like him to put a lid on it Ryan says the former governor just released from prison should spend more time with his family and less time in front of cameras – Michael Sneed (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails the most for the problems that George Ryan, Jim Ryan, Judy Baar Topinka, Bill Brady, and many others have had. I would focus on past and present Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/2/21/21147510/george-ryan-rod-blagojevich-inaugarion-family-prison-corruption-donald-trump-lura-lynn-scott-turow

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: O’Brien for Republicans in Cook County state’s attorney primary
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200222/endorsement–obrien-for-republicans-in-cook-county-states-attorney-primary

HERALD & REVIEW
— States have stepped up funding for Planned Parenthood clinics. What has Illinois done? – AP
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/states-have-stepped-up-funding-for-planned-parenthood-clinics-what/article_2fe669b4-c3e5-511c-89ac-d255c35248e1.html

PEORIA JOURNAL
— Cannabis use could harm male fertility, Rockford and national experts say – Georgette Braun
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20200222/cannabis-use-could-harm-male-fertility-rockford-and-national-experts-say

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— NIU student charged with aggravated arson after he lit a fire in dorm to mask weed smell NIU police say student set intentional fire in Stevenson Hall – KELSEY RETTKE
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020/02/22/niu-student-charged-with-aggravated-arson-after-he-lit-a-fire-in-dorm-to-mask-weed-smell/ay3vqtg/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: WIU adding another cannabis-related minor, this one about pot culture – Nick Vlahos
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20200222/wiu-adding-another-cannabis-related-minor-this-one-about-pot-culture

SOUTHERN
— Blagojevich still hasn’t apologized for the mess he made – Rich Miller
https://thesouthern.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-rich-miller-blagojevich-still-hasn-t-apologized-for-the/article_4685e7e8-f9b7-56cb-8e3d-3e2371bada27.html

LINCOLN COURIER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs crow about their success in destroying Christianity.
https://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20200222/learning-at-jesus-feet

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot on women.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/illinois-women-in-cannabis-2020-conference/Event?oid=77649317

EVANSTON NOW
— Realtor: Make grants to home buyers for reparations – Bill Smith (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from for your first down payment? Mine came from the money that I earned a) working for IRS the previous 15 months, b) working part-time for Firestone Stores the previous 19 months, and c) working full-time for Firestone stores the previous 7 months before that.)
https://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/equity-affordable-housing/2020-02-22/84211/realtor-make-grants-to-home

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McSweeney Continues His Attacks on House GOP Leader Jim Durkin
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/22/mcsweeney-continues-his-attacks-on-house-gop-leader-jim-durkin/ 
— GOP Senate Candidate Creates High School Gun Controversy
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/22/141618/ 
— IL-14: Six Months of Candidacy and Catalina Lauf Includes a Joke
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/23/il-14-six-months-of-candidacy-and-catalina-lauf-includes-a-joke/ 
— Chuck Wheeler Says Board Has No Tolerance for Bullying, People Being “Yelled at or Sexually Assaulted”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/23/141556/ 
— IL-14: Both Sue Rezin and Jim Oberweis Called Out on Residency Questions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/23/il-14-both-sue-rezin-and-jim-oberweis-called-out-on-residency-questions/ 
— IL-14: From a Supporter of James Marter
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/23/il-14-from-a-supporter-of-james-marter/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Sanders cruises to victory in Nevada to cement frontrunner role – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/22/sanders-cruises-victory-nevada-cement-frontrunner-/

BREITBART
— Pope Francis ‘Angry’ over Manipulation of Meeting with LGBT Jesuit James Martin – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D. (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are doing everything that they can to get the Pope, and everyone else, to promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2020/02/21/pope-francis-angry-over-manipulation-of-meeting-with-lgbt-jesuit-james-martin/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Teacher’s unhinged lesson comparing Trump to Nazism and Communism has parents fuming – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/02/22/teachers-unhinged-lesson-comparing-trump-to-nazism-and-communism-has-parents-fuming-889773

HUFFINGTON POST
— JULY 20, 2017 FLASHBACK: What It Means To Be A Democrat – Chris Cormier Maggiano (DIERSEN: To be a Democrat is to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. To be a Democrat is to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, Islam, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-youre-a-democrat_b_597119b2e4b0f1feb89b4231

POLITICO
— POLITICO Playbook: It’s Sanders’ party – ANNA PALMER and JAKE SHERMAN
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2020/02/23/its-sanders-party-488389

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Trump’s Efforts to Remove the Disloyal Heightens Unease Across His Administration – Peter Baker (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) demand blind loyalty to them and to them only and b) destroy those like me who fail/refuse to be blindly loyal to them. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who were/are leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/22/us/politics/trump-disloyalty-turnover.html
— How Bernie Sanders Dominated in Nevada A multiracial coalition brought the senator’s long-promised political revolution to vivid life, for perhaps the first time in the 2020 race. – Jennifer Medina and Astead W. Herndon (DIERSEN: Which individuals dominate politics in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? I should write a book about those individuals who dominate politics in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County. I would focus on those who focus on getting rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/22/us/politics/how-sanders-won-nevada.html
— How to Find a Mentor – Malia Wollan (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor because he promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor because he hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/19/magazine/worker-tips.html
— These Students Are Learning About Fake News and How to Spot It News literacy instruction is flourishing in the wake of the 2016 election as worries about fake news grow. – Alina Tugend (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is fake except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my aforesaid critics/opponents. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who work the hardest against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/education/learning/news-literacy-2016-election.html
— In College and Homeless – Kyle Spencer (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, obviously, because of Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and RINO success in destroying traditional marriage and in destroying the traditional family, more, and more, and more college students will be homeless.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/education/learning/college-homeless-students.html
— So You Got Financial Aid for College. But How Do You Pay for the Rest of It? More families are now struggling to fill the tuition gap after their financial aid falls short, forcing them to make some difficult decisions. – Jeffrey Selingo
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/education/learning/financial-aid-gap-college.html

WASHINGTON POST
— As Bernie Sanders’s momentum builds, down-ballot Democrats move to distance themselves – Mike DeBonis and Michael Scherer 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-bernie-sanderss-momentum-builds-down-ballot-democrats-move-to-distance-themselves/2020/02/22/3364ddd8-5516-11ea-9e47-59804be1dcfb_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Richard Grenell now highest-ranking openly gay official in US government history – Jon Levine (DIERSEN: How strongly is LGBTQ activity promoted in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world? Of course, those who do not want LGBTQ activity to be promoted DO NOT buy homes where LGBTQ is promoted.)
https://nypost.com/2020/02/22/richard-grenell-now-highest-ranking-openly-gay-official-in-us-government-history/
— Democrats happily backing Bernie Sanders, the most left-wing presidential candidate ever – John Podhoretz
https://nypost.com/2020/02/22/democrats-happily-backing-bernie-sanders-the-most-left-wing-presidential-candidate-ever/

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT GAZETTE
— Republican lawmakers can expect loyalty checking, candidates told – Doug Thompson (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. I should write a book about those RINO elected officials and those RINO party leaders have done the most to destroy the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.) 
https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2020/feb/19/republican-lawmakers-can-expect-loyalty/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican state lawmakers from Benton County will be checked on their adherence to the party platform, state House candidates were told Tuesday at a meeting of the Benton County Republican Women. A subcommittee of the Republican Party of Benton County was formed in December to check compliance with the party platform, subcommittee member Randy Alexander of Rogers told the group. The decision triggered discussion within the state party, he said. A proposal to have the state party do the checking instead is set for discussion at the state convention in July, he said. Benton County is the only county party he knows of that undertook such a procedure but he isn’t familiar with other operations, Alexander said after the meeting. The subcommittee didn’t release its findings on lawmakers but was authorized by the county party to give notice if any delegation member was seriously out of line with the platform, he said. No such finding went out, he said. A group within the Republican Women’s group will monitor faithfulness to the platform even if the county committee stops, said group member Lisa Richards. The topic came up while the 50 or so members and associates of the women’s group met with candidates in two GOP primaries. Candidates in the District 91 and 94 race all attended Tuesday’s forum. Early voting in the March 3 primary began Tuesday.)

BLOOMBERG
— A Year Is Too Short for a U.S. Worker to Earn Middle-Class Life – Ben Holland
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-21/a-year-s-too-short-for-a-u-s-worker-to-earn-a-middle-class-life

YAHOO FINANCE
— In America’s Richest Town, $500k a Year Is Now Below Average – Shelly Hagan, Wei Lu and Sophie Alexander
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/america-richest-town-500k-now-100000759.html

WTSP
— Need a change? Move to ‘welcoming’ Colorado An ad campaign invites members of the LGBTQ community in Florida to consider a cross-country move. (DIERSEN: How strongly is LGBTQ activity promoted in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world? Of course, those who do not want LGBTQ activity to be promoted DO NOT buy homes where LGBTQ is promoted.)
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/need-a-change-move-to-colorado-lgbt/67-6787b5dc-59c9-4837-bf44-7d273ef8ec78

RAW STORY
— They like to party — without the booze. A new Chicago LGBTQ social club is drawing the sober, the sober curious, and drinkers looking for a break from the bar scene (DIERSEN: How strongly is LGBTQ activity promoted in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world? Of course, those who do not want LGBTQ activity to be promoted DO NOT buy homes where LGBTQ is promoted.)
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/they-like-to-party-without-the-booze-a-new-lgbtq-social-club-is-drawing-the-sober-the-sober-curious-and-drinkers-looking-for-a-break-from-the-bar-scene/

LGBTQ NATION
— Conservatives fear Trump’s gay cabinet member will work to ‘impose’ homosexuality While LGBTQ people rightfully have concerns about Rick Grenell’s appointment, far-right figures believe he’ll put his ‘gay activism’ first. – Juwan J. Holmes (DIERSEN: How strongly is LGBTQ activity promoted in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world? Of course, those who do not want LGBTQ activity to be promoted DO NOT buy homes where LGBTQ is promoted.)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/02/conservatives-fear-trumps-gay-cabinet-member-will-work-impose-homosexuality/

WIKIPEDIA
— Organizational life cycle (DIERSEN: At what life cycle stage are the organizations at that you are/were a member of? I should write a book about the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), Illinois CPA Society, and Association of Government Accountants (AGA). I have attended all the IRP state conventions since 2000 and I served on the IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008. I have served as a Republican Precinct Committeeman in DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 since 1999. I served as the MTRO Webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004. I served as the TAPROOT Chairman 2005-2012. I served as a WCC Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I served as an AAPC Midwest Chapter Board Member 2001-2004. I served as an Illinois CPA Society Membership Committee member 1989-1998. I served as an AGA Chicago Chapter Executive Committee member 1983-1996.) 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_life_cycle
(FROM THE POSTING: Stage 5: Decline : This stage initiates the death of an organization. The decline is identified by the focus on political agenda and authority within an organization, whereby individuals start to become preoccupied with personal objectives, instead of focusing on the objectives of the organization itself. This slowly destroys the functionality and feasibility of the entire organization.)

February 20 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— GOP: Pritzker tying school funding to tax vote is ‘shameful’ – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gop-pritzker-tying-school-funding-to-tax-vote-is-shameful

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Budget bully? Republicans accuse Pritzker of holding ‘funding to our schools hostage’ to income tax plan  Accusing the governor of a “bullying tactic,” Assistant House Republican Leader Avery Bourne said putting the $150 million in reserves was just a way to “push Pritzker’s political agenda.” – Neal Earley
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/20/21146249/budget-bully-republicans-pritzker-education-funding-schools-graduated-income-tax-bourne
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/2/20/21078674/how-to-smoke-weed-illinois-legal-dispensaries
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/2/20/21146313/medical-pot-sales-topped-23-million-january-patient-count-eclipsed-100k
— Wheaton College students allowed to preach in Millennium Park, judge says In a 32-page order issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey granted an injunction to the college students — all members of Wheaton College’s Chicago Evangelism Team — that will prohibit the city from restricting their preaching in the sprawling downtown park. – Sam Charles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/20/21146320/wheaton-college-students-allowed-preach-in-millennium-park-judge
— Sanders and Bloomberg leading Illinois primary: poll Among voters polled, Bernie Sanders led Michael Bloomberg 22% to 17%. Former Vice President Joe Biden had 14%, followed by Pete Buttigieg with 13% and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar with 8%. – Tina Sfondeles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/20/21146183/sanders-bloomberg-leading-illinois-primary-poll-says
— Chicago gets new ‘giant iPad’-style electronic voting machines New machines and practices were rolled out this week as early voting begins. – Ella Lee
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/2/20/21142904/illinois-elections-voting-chicago-electronic-voting-machines

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Who is Jeanne Ives, Republican candidate for 6th Congressional District? – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-who-is-jeanne-ives-6th-congressional-district-candidate-20200306-e24e55yfgbbz7ljaxuv77nsgp4-story.html
— Meet the Illinois candidates for U.S. Congress
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-primary-meet-the-candidates-for-congress-20200219-34ioc4aprvalviwxagxmhubz3y-story.html
— How the Chinese Communist Party intimidates overseas Chinese citizens – FAN WEI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-china-communist-party-fear-20200220-7chtaaz2xfcdnh2ofsqqdni7kq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Randy Hultgren named president and CEO of the Illinois Bankers Association – Debbie Jemison (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, Both Hultgren and Roskam endorsed me when I first ran for DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct 9 Committeeman in Wheaton in 2000.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200220/randy-hultgren-named-president-and-ceo-of-the-illinois-bankers-association
— Senate candidate Peggy Hubbard backs away from her own claims she brought gun into Hinsdale Central – Bob Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200220/senate-candidate-backs-away-from-her-own-claims-she-brought-gun-into-hinsdale-central
— How Republican opponents want to win back 6th Congressional District – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200220/how-republican-opponents-want-to-win-back-6th-congressional-district
— Avon Township board delays vote on censure of supervisor – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200220/avon-township-board-delays-vote-on-censure-of-supervisor
— Casten distorts history of taxation – Roger Kempa, Plainfield
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200220/casten-distorts-history-of-taxation
— GOP: Tying school funding to tax vote ‘shameful’ – John O’Connor
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200220/gop-tying-school-funding-to-tax-vote-shameful

MCDONOUGH VOICE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/news/20200219/cannabis-in-curriculum

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Former State Senate Contender Indicted
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/20/former-state-senate-contender-indicted/ 
— Free Community College for Children of Families Earning Less than $45,000 in Pritzker’s Budget
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/20/free-community-college-for-children-of-families-earning-less-than-45000-in-pritzkers-budget/ 
— IL-14: Anthony Catella Writes Letter to Republican Voters
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/20/il-14-anthony-catella-writes-letter-to-republican-voters/ 
— Precautionary Escort Requested for Franks in County Complex
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/20/precautionary-escort-requested-for-franks-in-county-complex/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— BLAGOJEVICH RETURNS TO AN ILLINOIS AS CORRUPT AS HE LEFT IT – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/blagojevich-returns-to-an-illinois-as-corrupt-as-he-left-it/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Dick Durbin All-In for Ensuring Dead Babies – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/durbin-all-in-for-ensuring-dead-babies/

CAPITOL FAX
— Almost 60 people are banned from the capitol complex without law enforcement escort
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/20/almost-60-people-are-banned-from-the-capitol-complex-without-law-enforcement-escort/
— Pritzker’s optimism on full display in budget address (DIERSEN: What discourages you from being optimistic? For me, it is the success that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are having in driving conservatives out of a) Milton Township Republican Organization, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, c) Illinois Republican Party, d) Wheaton, e) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, f) Milton Township, g) DuPage County, and h) Illinois.)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/20/pritzkers-optimism-on-full-display-in-budget-address/
— Simon Poll: Pritzker job approval at 51/38, Trump at 39/58, Sanders leads Dem field (DIERSEN: If this poll is accurate, the majority of voters in Illinois are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. To what extent will those who run organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois use the aforesaid polling results to further dump those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/20/simon-poll-pritzker-job-approval-at-5138-trump-at-3958-sanders-leads-dem-field/
— HGOPs say Pritzker’s budget vastly underestimated state’s minimum wage costs
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/20/hgops-say-pritzkers-budget-vastly-underestimated-states-minimum-wage-costs/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— How Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month and LGBT Pride Month only polarize Americans – Lee Cohen
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/20/how-black-history-month-hispanic-heritage-month-an/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Highest number of independents to date approve of Trump: Poll – Anthony Leonardi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/highest-number-of-independents-to-date-approve-of-trump-poll

GOPUSA
— Historically Low Black Unemployment Figures Not Good Enough For James Clyburn; We Were Fully Employed During Slavery
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85062
— Buttigieg Questions How Christians Can Support Trump: ‘I Cannot Find Any Compatibility’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is a LGBTQer who sends heterosexuals straight to HELL.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85090

FEDERALIST
— After Nearly Dying At The Hand Of A ‘Bernie Bro,’ Steve Scalise Attests To Their Violence – Kylee Zempel
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/20/after-nearly-dying-at-the-hand-of-a-bernie-bro-steve-scalise-attests-to-their-violence/

DAILY CALLER
— Rise Of Radicals Signals Democrat Downfall In November – CHARLIE KIRK
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/20/kirk-rise-of-radicals-signals-democrat-downfall-in-november/

PATRIOT POST
— Mayor Pete Attacks Evangelical Trump Supporters at CNN Town Hall – Todd Starnes 
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/68723-mayor-pete-attacks-evangelical-trump-supporters-at-cnn-town-hall-2020-02-20

PJ MEDIA
— Hispanic George Zimmerman Sues Two Presidential Candidates for Calling Him a White Supremacist – VICTORIA TAFT (DIERSEN: To be called a White supremacist in America today, is like being called a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.) 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/hispanic-george-zimmerman-sues-two-presidential-candidates-for-calling-him-a-white-supremacist/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Notre Dame Plays Host to Transgender Ideology A Catholic university should know better than to promote harmful pseudoscience dressed up as compassionate care. – ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/transgender-ideology-notre-dame-catholic-university-should-know-better/

THE HILL
— Poll: 62% of voters open to reelecting Trump, up from last year
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/483886-poll-more-voters-open-to-re-electing-trump-than-a-year-ago

CNBC
— Chevy’s new mid-engine Corvette needs Gen X and millennial buyers to succeed – Michael Wayland (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-Corvette if not Corvette-haters.) 
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/20/chevys-new-mid-engine-corvette-needs-gen-x-and-millennial-buyers-to-succeed.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Sanders Suggests He Won’t Release Full Medical Records After he had a heart attack in October, Bernie Sanders said he would release ‘comprehensive’ medical records. But he has not done so. – Sydney Ember
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/us/politics/bernie-sanders-health.html
— Yes, Rich Cities Are Getting Richer. But That’s Not the Whole Story. Even with widening geographic inequality, economic activity is less concentrated in a few top metro areas than in the past. – Jed Kolko
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/upshot/rich-city-poor-city-population-growth.html
— Your Doorbell Camera Spied on You. Now What? Amazon’s popular Ring security cameras have gaping security holes. Here’s how to protect yourself. – Brian X. Chen
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/technology/personaltech/ring-doorbell-camera-spying.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters promote hatred of Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/opinion/black-history-month-america.html
— Pull Yourself Up by Bootstraps? Go Ahead, Try It It’s impossible, and yet the bootstraps narrative drives out good policy. – Nicholas Kristof (DIERSEN: What did you do to pull yourself up by your bootstraps? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/opinion/economic-mobility.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A conservative-hater says “How conservatives learned to wield power inside Facebook.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/20/facebook-republican-shift/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Millennials Show Loyalty to Employers Today’s youngest professionals aren’t job hopping any more than the prior generation, despite the hot job market – Kathryn Dill
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millennials-show-loyalty-to-employers-11582118467
— Without an Independent Watchdog, Who Will Audit the Auditors? Congress should refuse Trump’s request to abolish the oversight board Sarbanes-Oxley created. – Arthur Levitt
https://www.wsj.com/articles/without-an-independent-watchdog-who-will-audit-the-auditors-11582156537
— Banished in Beijing China expels three WSJ reporters to deflect from its coronavirus woes. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/banished-in-beijing-11582157934

FORBES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraheller/2020/02/20/retailers-have-a-lot-to-learn-from-illinois-dispensaries-and-40b-in-cannabis-sales/

USA TODAY
— Barr, Wray and top security officials: Help us protect the 2020 elections and your vote Our state-based system protects us from election disruption. You can help by being on guard against social media disinformation and divisive messages. – William Barr, Christopher Wray, Chad Wolf, Joseph Maguire and Christopher Krebs
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/19/protect-our-elections-attorney-general-barr-fbi-director-wray-column/4779980002/

DENVER POST
— OUTSTANDING: Colorado won’t stop employers from firing workers for using weed off the clock – TINEY RICCIARDI
https://www.denverpost.com/2020/02/19/colorado-legislature-marijuana-employees-fired-2/

GALLUP
— Trump Job Approval Steady at 49% – JEFFREY M. JONES
https://news.gallup.com/poll/286280/trump-job-approval-steady.aspx

FED SMITH
— Rewarding High Performers and Chopping Benefits – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: When will the federal government officially tell its employees and prospective employees a) that if they are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, the federal government will waste their careers and get rid of them if they do not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40 and b) that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid deadlines?) 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2020/02/20/rewarding-high-performers-chopping-benefits/

REASON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To encourage illegal immigration is to encourage the destruction of America. 
https://reason.com/2020/02/20/the-first-amendment-right-to-encourage-illegal-immigration/

LAWYERS
— Job Recruiting Sites May Promote Employment Discrimination – Sidney L. Gold (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers, organizations, governments, and countries officially post signs that say the following are NOT WELCOME: those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/labor-and-employment/job-recruiting-sites-may-promote-employment-discrimination-60890/

HR DRIVE
— Lawmakers call out big banks for lack of leadership diversity “There is no shortage of diverse people and businesses for banks to hire and promote,” one congressman said — only a shortage of leaders “with the will to make it happen.” – Sheryl Estrada (DIERSEN: Of course, the answer is to get rid of all the old White men.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/lawmakers-call-out-big-banks-for-lack-of-leadership-diversity/572593/

COLDWELL BANKER
— FOR SALE: 1239 Golf Lane, Wheaton – $425,000
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/wheaton/1239-golf-ln/pid_34898289/

February 18 Morning Edition

ABC7
— OUTSTANDING: Trump administration deploys elite Border Patrol agents to sanctuary cities, including Chicago – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/5940681/
— Illinois 2020 election threats include hacking, disinformation, security experts say – Chuck Goudie and Ross Weidner (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is disinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they publish or bless.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-2020-election-threats-include-hacking-disinformation-experts-say/5941130/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/18/2020

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Rep. Dan Lipinski’s social conservatism at heart of challenges from Marie Newman and Rush Darwish in Democratic primary – RICK PEARSON (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs hate social conservatives and do everything that they can to destroy social conservatives. I should write a book about the success that Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. have had in destroying the aforesaid organizations.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-congress-third-district-primary-20200218-lz7cui4ocvhlxpgqln42cecsoy-story.html
— Endorsements for Illinois Senate: Goncher, Bailey
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-tribune-endorsements-illinois-senate-20200218-dskywtgvofbnra447xva2ololi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Construction company owner lied about being minority-owned to get over $2 million in CHA contracts: feds  The indictment also states Lester Coleman, of Englewood-based Coleman Development Corp., was paying wages below the required federal prevailing wage. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/2/17/21141218/lester-coleman-development-corporation-minority-owned-business-chicago-housing-authority-charges
— ‘Glaring’ lack of diversity at city’s tech giants drives creation of new pipeline for people of color Re:work training helps companies like Google, LinkedIn and Groupon find candidates outside of their traditional recruitment pipelines. – Evan F. Moore 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/17/21076129/shelton-banks-google-facebook-twitter-re-work-training-tech-diversity

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTOS: Republican U.S. Senate challengers voice concerns about socialism, Islamic jihadists, crime – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200218/republican-senate-challengers-voice-concerns-about-socialism-islamic-jihadists-crime
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to come to America illegally and b) to stay in America illegally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200218/constable-how-two-waukegan-brothers-went-from-undocumented-to-the-ivy-league—
— DuPage forest Dist. 5 candidates disagree on whether progress is being made on barn – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200217/dupage-forest-dist-5-candidates-disagree-on-whether-progress-is-being-made-on-barn
— Endorsement: Hanson for GOP in 5th Congressional District
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200218/endorsement-hanson-for-gop-in-5th-congressional-district

WGN RADIO
— New IRS migration numbers confirm flight of Illinois’ wealthy: Wirepoints.org founder Mark Glennon explains why this is happening.
https://wgnradio.com/2020/02/17/the-push-to-change-illinois-redistricting-process-wirepoints-org-founder-mark-glennon-explains-why-this-is-gaining-support/

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— The primary election is coming; take time to study candidates (DIERSEN: Your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain should know more about the candidates on the Republican March 17, 2020 primary ballot for your precinct than anyone else in your precinct. How long has your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain been in office? I have been in office for 20 years. Does your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain regularly attend Republican meetings and events? Since 1999, I have had the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Organization meetings and events.)
https://jg-tc.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-the-primary-election-is-coming-take-time-to/article_679971fd-3d4e-571d-9fe2-9f2851b7637c.html

WGIL
— ILLINOIS STATE PRESIDENT CREATES ROLE FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY (DIERSEN: To promote Diversity is to discriminate against those who are White, male, and/or older. Many of those who are White, male, and/or older are conservative, Republican, Protestant, and/or German American.) 
https://www.wgil.com/2020/02/18/illinois-state-president-creates-role-focused-on-diversity/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Candidates Cry Foul in North Side Statehouse Race Appointed to a legislative vacancy 38 days before an election, Yoni Pizer’s candidacy seems inevitable. In most states, it wouldn’t be so easy. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/February-2020/12th-District-House-Race-Yoni-Pizer-Margaret-Croke-Lori-Lightfoot-JB-Pritzker/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Limbaugh Gives Judgmental, Intolerant “Progressives” the Fake-Vapors–Again – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/limbaugh-gives-judgmental-intolerant-progressives-the-fake-vapors-again/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bernie the puppet master – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/17/editorial-bernie-sanders-love-for-socialism-strong/

FOX NEWS
— Bloomberg’s long record of vulgar comments haunting presidential bid – Ronn Blitzer
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bloombergs-long-record-of-vulgar-comments-haunting-presidential-bid

GOPUSA
— Perverts Bring Boy Scouts Of America Down To This
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=84953
— Eleven Children Were Shot In Chicago Last Weekend
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=84942

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden encourages illegal immigration.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/17/watch-biden-nobody-will-be-deported-from-u-s-until-they-commit-a-felony/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/17/watch-biden-daca-illegal-aliens-are-more-american-than-most-americans/
— Immigrants are needed to rescue Americans who cannot keep pace with the high-tech economy, Mike Bloomberg told an elite audience at Oxford University. – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: What percent of immigrants lack education, job skills, and/or work experience? What percent of immigrants have financial, health, and/or other problems? What percent of immigrants fail/refuse to speak, read, and/or write English? What percent of immigrants need/want/demand massive government assistance?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/17/bloomberg-elite-immigrants-can-save-americans-in-a-high-tech-economy/

BLAZE
— Border Patrol released more than 375,000 illegal immigrants directly into US last year: report More than 850,000 immigrants illegally entered the US in FY2019 – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/border-patrol-released-more-than-375000-illegal-immigrants-directly-into-us-last-year-report

CNS NEWS
— Kellyanne Conway: The Way Bloomberg Treated Female Employees Is ‘Problematic’ – Melanie Arter 
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/melanie-arter/kellyanne-conway-way-bloomberg-treated-female-employees

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Ignorant and Arrogant Bloomberg Insults Farmers
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/02/17/bloomberg-says-some-really-stupid-stuff/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Journalists Are Really Mad Trump Attended Daytona 500 – Kemberlee Kaye (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have been anti-car.) 
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/02/journalists-are-really-mad-trump-attended-daytona-500/

THE HILL
— Democrats worried about Trump’s growing strength – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/483189-democrats-worried-about-trumps-growing-strength

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Politics of Covering Your Boss, the Candidate – Michael M. Grynbaum (DIERSEN: Who is your boss? According to my critics/opponents, because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, my bosses include past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and all Republican activists, all Republican candidates, all Republican elected officials, all Republican party leaders, all Republican political consultants, etc. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid can and should destroy me if I fail/refuse a) to glorify and praise them, b) to pander to them, c) to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and d) to give them money.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/business/media/bloomberg-news-conflict-of-interest.html
— Facing a Wave of Sex-Abuse Claims, Boy Scouts of America Files for Bankruptcy The nonprofit group, which counts more than two million youth participants, follows Catholic dioceses and U.S.A. Gymnastics in seeking bankruptcy protection amid sex-abuse cases. – Mike Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/us/boy-scouts-bankruptcy-sex-abuse.html
— What’s Driving the Millennial Political Takeover? – Kate Nocera
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/books/review/the-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-charlotte-alter.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg’s attacks turn sharper, online and at Bay Area rally – JOHANA BHUIYAN, MICHAEL FINNEGAN
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-02-17/bernie-sanders-bloomberg-bay-area-rally

WASHINGTON POST
— Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy amid wave of potential lawsuits – Samantha Schmidt 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/02/18/boy-scouts-bankruptcy/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Democrats Diverge on What Voters Want – Gerald Seib (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, voters want government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanders-bloomberg-offer-differing-theories-of-democratic-desires-11581956838
— Teens Are Deleting Instagrams Almost as Fast as They Post Them Regularly culling their feeds helps ensure teens are putting their best face forward and youthful transgressions don’t come back to haunt them – Julie Jargon (DIERSEN: Democrats are nasty. Republicans should assume a) that Democrats have archived everything that you have ever posted anywhere and b) that if you run for a government office, they will use what you have posted to destroy you and to destroy everyone around you.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/teens-are-deleting-instagrams-almost-as-fast-as-they-post-them-11582021801
— Amazon Changes the Way It Recruits M.B.A.s – Patrick Thomas (DIERSEN: I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27 years old. Of course, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious because that frustrated their efforts to discredit me. They were even more furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-changes-the-way-it-recruits-m-b-a-s-11582021802
— A Bernie Nomination Could Destroy the Left It took progressives 48 years to recover the last time the Democrats chose one. – Ted Rall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-bernie-nomination-could-destroy-the-left-11581962615
— Europeans Try to Have It Both Ways They expect American protection but aren’t prepared to defend their own countries. – Walter Russell Mead
https://www.wsj.com/articles/europeans-try-to-have-it-both-ways-11581974424

USA TODAY
— Nevada’s changing demographics are a road map showing Democrats how to win elections – Manuel Pastor (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, Democrats encourage Democrats to move into and to stay in their neighborhoods, their precincts, their municipal districts, their municipalities, their townships, their counties, and their states. Of course, needless-to-say, that means that Democrats encourage those who are more likely to vote for Democrats, that is, a) those who lack education, job skills, and/or work experience, b) those who have severe financial, health, and/or other problems, c) those who need/want/demand massive government assistance, d) those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQers, non-conservative, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American, and e) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time to move in and to stay.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/17/democrats-2020-nevada-latinos-minorities-how-to-win-column/4780245002/
— Will my employee accuse me of discrimination for firing him? – Michael Smith (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors wanted me a) to become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988 and b) to sue them for political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1998. My Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors could use the aforesaid to help them hire and retain young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2020/02/18/employees-should-treated-equally-when-comes-job-performance/4785854002/

DAILY FREE PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Boston to do more to get rid of its employees who are White.
https://dailyfreepress.com/2020/02/17/city-requests-proposals-for-racial-equity-training-programs-for-employees/

BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES
— Does white privilege exist? (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I got everything that I have because of a) White privilege, b) male privilege, c) Protestant privilege, e) German American privilege, f) draft avoider privilege, and g) etc. privilege. But in my defense, I have always been a Republican, and all during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they did everything that they could to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who were White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/opinion/20200218/listen-does-white-privilege-exist

FORBES
— How Explainable AI Is Helping Algorithms Avoid Bias – Simon Chandler (DIERSEN: What percent of those who design algorithms are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonchandler/2020/02/18/how-explainable-ai-is-helping-algorithms-avoid-bias/#ae95f895ed37

February 16 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO: In a state that knows its Democrats, will Bloomberg gain traction? – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: To be a Democrat in Illinois is to be someone who promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200215/in-a-state-that-knows-its-democrats-will-bloomberg-gain-traction

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats should avoid the Michael Bloomberg temptation – ROSS DOUTHAT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-nyt-michael-bloomberg-democrats-20200216-czm43vujq5djloijoccvkbpx2u-story.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois GOP leader urges strong party turnout for Trump – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain going to do to promote Republican turnout in your precinct? I am going to hand-deliver an envelope to every home in my precinct that has at least one Republican or one Independent voter that contains a copy of the sample ballot for my precinct with my precinct letter in the blank space, a copy of a form to request a Republican mail-in ballot, and campaign literature from all the Republican candidates who provided me with their campaign literature.) 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200215/bernard-schoenburg-illinois-gop-leader-urges-strong-party-turnout-for-trump

HERALD & REVIEW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Word ‘queer’ increasingly popular among millennials, teens – Nara Schoenberg
https://herald-review.com/lifestyles/family/word-queer-increasingly-popular-among-millennials-teens/article_f4feda35-28d8-5d4e-b18d-2a336018f379.html

SOUTHERN
— Southern Illinois lawmakers push package of bills to address FOID card renewal delays – Molly Parker
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/southern-illinois-lawmakers-push-package-of-bills-to-address-foid/article_172da1b2-1809-505e-adb7-056dbe659eee.html

WGLT
— GOP Senate Hopefuls Seek McLean County Support – JOE DEACON (DIERSEN: Since 2000, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Illinois Republican Party (IRP), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC), etc. have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates that they should not only not seek my support, but that they should destroy me. Needless-to-say I should write a book about past and present Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the MTRO, DCRCC, IRP, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, AAPC MC, etc.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/gop-senate-hopefuls-seek-mclean-county-support#stream/0

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-06/IL-14: Chicago Tribune Endorses Jeanne Ives and Sue Rezin
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/15/il-06-il-14-chicago-tribune-endorses-jeanne-ives-and-sue-rezin/
— IL-14: Sue Rezin Endorsed by Daily Herald
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/15/il-14-sue-rezin-endorsed-by-daily-herald/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Angela Merkel and the Destruction of German Democracy – Jared Peterson
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/02/angela_merkel_and_the_destruction_of_german_democracy.html
— How to wake the media up about Trump – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/how_to_wake_the_media_up_about_trump.html
— Bloomberg is buying up so many campaign operatives that down-ballot Dem campaigns unable to find staff – Thomas Lifson (DIERSEN: What do you say to campaign operatives in Republican primaries who focus on destroying those who do not support their boss? I should write a book about such campaign operatives.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/bloomberg_is_buying_up_so_many_campaign_operatives_that_downballot_dem_campaigns_unable_to_find_staff.html

BREITBART
— Pirro: Left Needs Illegal Immigrant Votes for Power — ‘They’ve Lost the Vote of Law-Abiding Americans’ – Jeff Poor
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/02/15/pirro-left-needs-illegal-immigrant-votes-for-power-theyve-lost-the-vote-of-law-abiding-americans/
— 6.1 Million Individuals Off Food Stamps Under Donald Trump – Katherine Rodriguez
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/02/15/6-1-million-individuals-off-food-stamps-under-donald-trump/

EPOCH TIMES
— The Divided States of America – Adrian Norman (DIERSEN: Democrats focus on turning minorities against Republicans who are White. Democrats focus on turning women against Republicans who are male. Democrats focus on turning younger people against Republicans who are older. Democrats focus on turning those who are not married against Republicans who are married. Democrats focus on turning LGBTQers against Republicans who are heterosexual. Democrats focus on turning those who have less money against Republicans who have more money. Democrats focus on turning those who are not retired against Republicans who are retired. Democrats focus on turning non-Protestants against Republicans who are Protestant. Democrats focus on turning non-German Americans against Republicans who are German American. Democrats focus on turning liberals and moderates against Republicans who are conservative. Democrats focus on turning veterans against Republicans who are not veterans. Democrats focus on turning those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against Republicans whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-divided-states-of-america_3236069.html
— Bloomberg Announces Labor Plan Promising $15 Minimum Wage – JANITA KAN (DIERSEN: If jobs that do not require any education, work experience, or skill should pay $15/hour, what should jobs that require a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, professional certification, and professional license pay?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/bloomberg-announces-labor-plan-promising-15-minimum-wage_3239367.html

BLUE LIVES MATTER
— Student Says ‘Too Many White People’ Are Using UVA’s Multicultural Center
https://defensemaven.io/bluelivesmatter/news/video-student-says-too-many-white-people-are-using-uva-s-multicultural-center-b6qEFp5KNkyo-zZ7suxhyg/2020-02-16T10:38:47.3928380Z/Rucw5u8hHkmHTo8lVF-XaA

YAHOO NEWS
— Over 1,000 Alleged Oracle Employees Have Signed a Petition Demanding Founder Larry Ellison Cancel a Trump Fundraiser – Madeleine Carlisle
https://www.yahoo.com/news/over-1-000-alleged-oracle-203736293.html

UNION LEADER
— Long before Trump, we were a divided people – Patrick Buchanan (DIERSEN: Democrats focus on turning minorities against Republicans who are White. Democrats focus on turning women against Republicans who are male. Democrats focus on turning younger people against Republicans who are older. Democrats focus on turning those who are not married against Republicans who are married. Democrats focus on turning LGBTQers against Republicans who are heterosexual. Democrats focus on turning those who have less money against Republicans who have more money. Democrats focus on turning those who are not retired against Republicans who are retired. Democrats focus on turning non-Protestants against Republicans who are Protestant. Democrats focus on turning non-German Americans against Republicans who are German American. Democrats focus on turning liberals and moderates against Republicans who are conservative. Democrats focus on turning veterans against Republicans who are not veterans. Democrats focus on turning those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against Republicans whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/columnists/patrick-buchanan-long-before-trump-we-were-a-divided-people/article_de32b406-82d5-5d64-aa36-a816b43af716.html

BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES
— An informed electorate will choose Trump – Janet O’Neill (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you to know only what they tell, no more, and no less. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.) 
https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/opinion/20200212/guest-opinion-informed-electorate-will-choose-trump

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, employers a) will not hire you, retain you, or promote you and b) will get rid of you.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephanieburns/2020/02/16/how-to-love-your-lgbt-team-members/#632d8eb04716

February 15 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois politicians talk of ethics, fairness and decency. But what they’re really saying is ‘Shut up and take it’ – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-illinois-political-corruption-kass-20200215-uwzwa2ntzzc7dpjuegpz7y6vve-story.html
— Endorsement for the U.S. House: Fricilone
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-us-house-day-one-lipinski-fricilone-emmons-kelly-20200214-zr2r2jvx3nhlldz3oeuwps2dwe-story.html
— League of Women Voters of Naperville holding forums for U.S., Illinois House candidates (DIERSEN: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be holding forums for Republican candidates.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-digest-st-0216-20200214-ty4o6zs5nzahhpnvmzwf3j32vm-story.html
— DuPage board members question county clerk’s decision to spend money on staff bonuses when new equipment needed – ALICIA FABBRE (DIERSEN: In 1989, GAO implemented pay-for-performance a) to retain and promote GAO’s young Democrat minority employees and GAO’s young Democrat female employees and b) to get rid of GAO’s Republican, White, male, and non-veteran employees like me who GAO had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-clerk-bonuses-criticized-st-0216-20200214-ig7wsxjhbnachiurjwxjbgdoze-story.html
— Trump vs. Bloomberg, more than a Twitter battle – Clarence Page
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-bloomberg-twitter-trump-battle-page-20200214-slem2gzdcvglljpbzginmqhbte-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— League of Women Voters-Wheaton host candidate forums Feb. 19  (DIERSEN: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be holding forums for Republican candidates.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200214/league-of-women-voters-wheaton-host-candidate-forums-feb-19
— Steven J. Oscarson: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/steven-j-oscarson-candidate-profile
— FRONT PAGE: How Naperville is trying to prevent crimes before they occur – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: What do you say to individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that invite those who are far more likely to commit crime?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/how-naperville-is-trying-to-prevent-crimes-before-they-occur

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Celebrity justice – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-celebrity-justice/article_a1993c46-fe6e-5083-a1f5-40862cceb78c.html

SAUK VALLEY
— Illinois should not become petri dish for failed ‘soft on crime’ policies – State Sen. Brian Stewart
https://www.saukvalley.com/2020/02/14/illinois-should-not-become-petri-dish-for-failed-soft-on-crime-policies/a1e1twa/

WGLT
— Davis Crosses Party Lines For Votes On ERA, Puerto Rico Emergency Aid – RYAN DENHAM
https://www.wglt.org/post/davis-crosses-party-lines-votes-era-puerto-rico-emergency-aid#stream/0
— U.S. Education Official Touts Skills Training In Heartland Community College Visit – ERIC STOCK (DIERSEN: What did you do to acquire, maintain, and increase your job skills? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/us-education-official-touts-skills-training-heartland-community-college-visit#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS
— Underwhelming turnout in early contests raises concerns about Democratic enthusiasm – Stephen Loiaconi (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats is to shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/underwhelming-turnout-in-early-contests-raises-concerns-about-democratic-enthusiasm

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Upbringing, experience shape Esther Joy King’s push for 17th Congressional seat – Eugene Daniel (DIERSEN: How did your upbringing and experience shape you? My outstanding parents raised me as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996. I have served as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I served as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/more-at-four-upbringing-experience-shape-esther-joy-kings-push-for-17th-congressional-seat/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois State Senator Laura Fine wants to ban your gas-powered leaf blower – KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/02/illinois-state-senator-fine-wants-to-ban-your-gas-powered-leaf-blower/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Lawmakers Propose Bill Mandating HPV Vaccine for ALL Children
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-illinois-lawmakers-propose-bill-mandating-hpv-vaccine-for-all-children/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois’ lesbian lawmaker Kelly Cassidy, arch nemesis of the good, the true, and the beautiful and creator of the worst legislation (e.g., the barbaric Baby Snuff Law) to come out of the fetid swamp in Springfield, and her collaborator Robyn Gabel have just sponsored HB 4870, a bill to require all children to mandate the HPV vaccine before entering high school. And by all, I mean ALL.)

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Skip Election Day Hassles: Vote Early or By Mail – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/skip-election-day-hassles-vote-early-or-by-mail/

BREITBART
— Democrats Desperate to Save Abortion on Demand – Dr. Susan Berry
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/14/this-week-in-the-house-democrats-desperate-to-save-abortion-on-demand/

NEWSMAX
— Stone Jury Foreperson Revealed as Anti-Trump Activist – Sandy Fitzgerald (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? What percent of those who represent you in your municipal district, your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, and in America are the aforesaid?)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/roger-stone-tameka-hart/2020/02/14/id/954085/

FOX NEWS
— Jenna Bush Hager says that dad George W. Bush and Ellen DeGeneres can be friends despite ‘different beliefs’ – Jessica Napoli (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, LGBTQ activists will succeed in getting LGBTQers to destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jenna-bush-hager-ellen-degeneres-george-bush-friends

CNS NEWS
— If Barr Can’t Do His Job Because of Trump’s Tweets, He Should Resign – Shaun McCutcheon (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have wanted me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, GOPUSA Illinois Editor, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, federal employee, etc. I would focus on those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on past and present MTRO, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party leaders. I would focus on those who represent/represented the voters in a) my precinct, b) Wheaton’s West District, c) Wheaton, d) Milton Township, e) DuPage County, and f) Illinois.) 
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/shaun-mccutcheon/if-barr-cant-do-his-job-because-trumps-tweets-he-should-resign

THE HILL
— First openly gay Michigan AG wishes Limbaugh happy Valentine’s Day with photo kissing wife – BROOKE SEIPEL (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, LGBTQ activists will succeed in getting LGBTQ elected officials to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity in their a) municipal district, b) municipality, c) township, d) county, e) state, and f) country. To elect or appoint an LGBTQ official is to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/483164-first-openly-gay-michigan-ag-wishes-limbaugh-happy-valentines-day-with-photo
— GAO to review Trump administration’s $28 million farm bailout – TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: In all likelihood, all of those who GAO will assign to this review will be young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females who have never been anywhere near a farm.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/483209-gao-to-review-trump-administrations-28-million-farm-bailout

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Daytona: NASCAR Fans Revved for Presidential Visit – AP (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-car, if filled with hatred of cars. Voters use cars to escape areas run by Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/02/15/sports/ap-car-nascar-daytona-500-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump and Limbaugh aren’t the only ones who doubt whether Americans would elect a gay man – Eugene Scott (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, LGBTQ activists will succeed in getting LGBTQ elected officials to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity in their a) municipal district, b) municipality, c) township, d) county, e) state, and f) country. To elect or appoint an LGBTQ official is to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/14/trump-limbaugh-arent-only-ones-who-doubt-whether-americans-would-elect-gay-man/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rise of Sanders, Trump Shows Decline in Party Power The national Republican and Democratic parties have far less sway now in anointing candidates and enforcing discipline – Aaron Zitner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have the aforesaid organizations destroy those who fail/refuse to support their candidates in primaries. I would focus on those who dominate the aforesaid organizations who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rise-of-sanders-trump-shows-decline-in-party-power-11581742860
— New Developments Feed Debate on Justice Department Independence – Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie Gurman (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run GAO claim that the agency is independent, but if you read the documents filed in Diersen v. GAO, you will see that the agency is anti-Republican by the way it has treated its employees, including me, who are Republican. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-again-tweets-about-justice-department-after-barr-urges-a-stop-11581692081
— When Your Ancestry Test Entangles Others – Amy Dockser Marcus (DIERSEN: I should write a book about German Americans who demonize, denigrate, condemn, and destroy other German Americans to curry favor with those who hate German Americans. Needless-to-say, the worst national origin to have is German. What if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me as well as the fact that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran and I lived in Crete 1948-1972. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. Again, what if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-your-ancestry-test-entangles-others-11581696061

NEWSWEEK
— ROGER STONE AGAIN ASKS FOR NEW TRIAL – AILA SLISCO (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? What percent of those who represent you in your municipal district, your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, and in America are the aforesaid?)
https://www.newsweek.com/roger-stone-again-asks-new-trial-after-jury-foreperson-publicly-supports-resigning-prosecutors-1487460

CHARLESTON CHRONICLE
— Who’s Most Responsive To Constituents (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, LGBTQ activists will succeed in getting LGBTQ elected officials to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity in their a) municipal district, b) municipality, c) township, d) county, e) state, and f) country. To elect or appoint an LGBTQ official is to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.charlestonchronicle.net/2020/02/14/whos-most-responsive-to-constituents-legislators-or-ccsds-school-board/

CORSICANA DAILY
— Navarro County GOP hosts forum – Mark Archibald (DIERSEN: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be holding forums for Republican candidates.)
https://www.corsicanadailysun.com/news/navarro-county-gop-hosts-forum/article_6c752ac8-4f4a-11ea-8400-dfb0ad8ae7df.html

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sooner or later, LGBTQ activists will succeed in getting LGBTQ elected officials to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity in their a) municipal district, b) municipality, c) township, d) county, e) state, and f) country. To elect or appoint an LGBTQ official is to destroy their constituents who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-pete-buttigieg-gay-lgbtq-discrimination-2020-election-limbaugh-gorka-gop/

JD SUPRA
— Top 10 Issues Affecting Employers in 2020 (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers in Illinois do not hire and get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/top-10-issues-affecting-employers-in-85928/

HR DRIVE
— Alleged plan to remove ‘old-timers’ wasn’t enough to keep age suit alive – Lisa Burden (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors successfully hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Congress wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/alleged-ageism-plan-to-remove-old-timers-lawsuit-court/572262/

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Chicago high school students hold sit-in in defense of students who refused to stand for national anthem – Andy Thompson (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans glorify and praise anti-Americans.)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/15/chic-f15.html

February 11 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ENDORSEMENT: Mike Fricilone for Congress in 3rd District Republican Primary Fricilone, a Will County Board member who lives in Homer Glen, is a by-the-numbers conservative.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/11/21058447/endorsement-mike-fricilone-3rd-district-congress-republican-primary-dan-lipinski-2020-election
— What do African Americans want? – REV. JESSE JACKSON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, divisive Republican-haters promote a) race based preference giving, b) gender based preference giving, c) sexual preference based preference giving, d) age based preference giving, e) religion based preference giving, f) national origin based preference giving, and g) etc. based preference giving.)
https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/what-do-african-americans-want/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Naperville: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity promote LGBTQ activity. To promote LGBTQ activity is a) to destroy traditional marriage and b) to destroy the traditional family.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200210/together-under-the-big-top-the-theme-of-first-naper-pride-fest–
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Through the city’s Special Events and Cultural Amenities Fund, supported by a citywide food and beverage tax, Naper Pride is receiving $83,536 to offset festival costs. Eva-Genevieve Scarborough thanked city council members for their support during a meeting last week, saying now is the time for the city’s LGBTQ residents to become more outspoken. “For a long time, we have, of necessity, kept a low profile because who we are by nature was considered too controversial,” Scarborough said.)
— James T. Marter: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/james-t-marter-candidate-profile
— Robert Marshall: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/robert-marshall-candidate-profile
— Rick Laib: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/rick-laib-candidate-profile
— Tom Tarter: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/tom-tarter-candidate-profile
— Tommy Hanson: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/tommy-hanson-candidate-profile
— Kimball Ladien: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/kimball-ladien-candidate-profile
— Peggy Hubbard: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/peggy-hubbard-candidate-profile
— Sue Rezin: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/sue-rezin-candidate-profile
— Mark Curran Jr.: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/mark-curran-jr-candidate-profile
— Jim Oberweis: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/jim-oberweis-candidate-profile
— Carolyn Schofield: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/carolyn-schofield-candidate-profile
— Mary Lou Wehrli: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/mary-lou-wehrli-candidate-profile
— Randy Ramey: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/randy-ramey-candidate-profile
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: 50 people to get paid training to become teachers – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: If you wanted to teach, what experience would you draw on? I would draw on the experience that I gained a) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, b) serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, d) serving on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2007, e) working for GAO as an Analyst 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year, f) serving on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996, g) working for IRS as a Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year, h) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree (NIU-management) when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 (Loyola-MBA), 31 (DePaul-accounting), and 48 (IIT-finance), i) earning job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant),  j) earning a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32, and k) serving as a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitrator since 1998.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/why-golden-apple-is-offering-50-students-a-full-ride-to-earn-a-teaching-certificate

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— After Facebook settles class action, Google is sued – JOHN PLETZ (DIERSEN: Have you ever been a member of a class in a class action lawsuit? I was. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. The members of the class were GAO employees who were White, male, and over age 40. The lawsuit failed because instead of uniting, class members “cut deals” with their Democrat superiors “under the table” to keep their jobs. Class members agreed to help their Democrat superiors get rid of other class members. I should write a book about the class members in GAO’s Chicago office who did everything that they could to get rid of me to keep their jobs. They kept me off audits of IRS. They gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. They did not promote me beyond GS-13. They stressed the following to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me: a) I was conservative, b) I was Republican, c) I had avoided the draft, d) I was baptized, raised and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, e) I was 100% German American, f) I lived in Crete 1948-1972, g) I had lived in Wheaton since 1978, h) my wife had a good job and we had retirement savings, i) my wife and I had given up trying to have children, j) we did not adopt, k) we did not become foster parents, l) I had owned a 1972 Corvette since 1971, a 1962 Chevy Impala SS collector car since 1989, and a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car since 1994, m) my ancestors had been in America since 1844, n) etc. And then, in 1997, when I was 49 years old, they helped my GAO superiors force me to take their early retirement “offer.”) 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/john-pletz-technology/after-facebook-settles-class-action-google-sued

ABC7
— Chicago USPS mail delivery problems can cost money, time, even jobs, residents say – Jason Knowles and Ann Pistone and Jonathan Fagg (DIERSEN: I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.) 
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-residents-say-mail-delivery-problems-can-cost-money-time-even-jobs/5918599/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/11/2020

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://news.wttw.com/2020/02/10/joe-walsh-i-would-support-any-democrat-over-trump

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lincoln mortgage document found in Tazewell County Recorder of Deeds office – Mike Kramer
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200210/lincoln-mortgage-document-found-in-tazewell-county-recorder-of-deeds-office

TIMES
— Rezin still 2nd in 14th according to Oberweis poll Kinzinger campaign’s contributions indicate his preference – Scott T. Holland
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2020/02/09/salmagundi-rezin-still-2nd-in-14th-according-to-oberweis-poll/adearnq/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DeKalb hookah bar will allow BYOB for marijuana smokers thanks to city code amendments  Amendments to city code allow for bring your own marijuana at certain establishments – KELSEY RETTKE 
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020/02/11/dekalb-hookah-bar-will-allow-byob-for-marijuana-smokers-thanks-to-city-code-amendments/adul077/

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity, that is, ever-increasingly, they destroy traditional marriage and destroy the traditional family.
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2020/02/10/st-charles-native-authors-book-series-for-children-with-nontraditional-families/al0jvhu/

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Verilife adding workers to Ottawa dispensary – Brent Bader
https://www.newstrib.com/2020/02/11/verilife-adding-workers-to-ottawa-dispensary/ahe0v1d/

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cannabis cafes may be allowed Rock Island – Sarah Hayden
https://qctimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/cannabis-cafes-may-be-allowed-rock-island/article_92612e1b-87a5-5182-b81a-0fdca814f552.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pekin will soon be able to grow, package, sell cannabis – Munashe Kwangwari III
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/pekin-will-soon-be-able-to-grow-package-sell-cannabis/

NPR ILLINOIS
— FBI Announces That Racist Violence Is Now Equal Priority To Foreign Terrorism – HANNAH ALLAM (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters encourage violence against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/fbi-announces-racist-violence-now-equal-priority-foreign-terrorism#stream/0

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— Student Survey: 1 In 5 U Of I Women Experience Sexual Assault, Most Tell No One – Christine Herman
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/2020/02/10/new-survey-nearly-1-in-5-women-experience-sexual-assault-while-at-the-u-of-i-and-most-tell-no-one/

WIREPOINTS
— Who wants to be a “millionaire” in Illinois? – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-in-illinois-wirepoints-original/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Western Illinois University to offer cannabis-growing minor – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/10/western-illinois-university-to-offer-cannabis-grow/
— Trump lampoons Democrats at New Hampshire rally ahead of primary – David Sherfinski and Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/10/trump-lampoons-democrats-new-hampshire-rally-ahead/
— Nonpartisanship tossed out the window at Trump’s ‘National Prayer Breakfast’ A missed opportunity for Republicans and Democrats to heal rifts – Cal Thomas (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD HATES REPUBLICANS.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/10/nonpartisanship-tossed-out-the-window-at-president/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Trump administration is finally going after sanctuary cities – Andrea Widburg (DIERSEN: What does your municipality, your township, and your county do to encourage illegal immigration?) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/the_trump_administration_is_finally_going_after_sanctuary_cities.html

BREITBART
— Donald Trump’s Budget Promises 1,000 Miles of Border Wall – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2020/02/10/donald-trumps-budget-promises-1000-miles-of-border-wall/

DAILY CALLER
— Attorney General William Barr Vows Lawsuits And ‘Significant Escalation’ Against Sanctuary Jurisdictions – JASON HOPKINS (DIERSEN: What does your municipality, your township, and your county do to encourage illegal immigration?)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/10/barr-escalates-fight-with-sanctuary-cities/

PATRIOT POST
— Illegal Immigration Has Outsized Negative Impact on Smaller U.S. States New study finds that illegal immigration costs 10 low-population states $454 million annually. – Thomas Gallatin
https://patriotpost.us/articles/68481-illegal-immigration-has-outsized-negative-impact-on-smaller-us-states-2020-02-11

ONE NEWS NOW
— Obama judge sides with illegals in marriage cases – AP (DIERSEN: GAO works for Congress. The Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and ousted me in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that Peter Fitzgerald, my U.S. Senator back then, did not come to my defense. They stress that concerning Diersen v. GAO, a) Republican Fitzgerald appointed the judge in the case and GAO’s defense attorney, b) that Republican Dennis Hastert was the Speaker of the House while the lawsuit was pending, c) that Republican Henry Hyde was my U.S. Representative while the lawsuit was pending, and d) that Republican George Bush was President while the lawsuit was pending. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes ignore Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois and use the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout that because Republican elected officials did not come to my defense, a) that my claims have no merit and b) that GAO wasted my career and ousted me because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.) 
https://onenewsnow.com/ap/legal/obama-judge-sides-with-illegals-in-marriage-cases

PJ MEDIA
— Is America In the Civil War Phase of Ancient Roman History?
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/is-america-in-the-civil-war-phase-of-ancient-roman-history/

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
http://devotions1.lccharities.org/2020/02/11/diversity-sharpens-you/

LIFE NEWS
— 2,411 Aborted Babies Abortionist Hoarded Will be Buried Wednesday, Finally Given Proper Burial – MICAIAH BILGER
https://www.lifenews.com/2020/02/10/2411-aborted-babies-abortionist-hoarded-will-be-buried-wednesday-finally-given-proper-burial/

EPOCH TIMES
— Barr Announces ‘Significant Escalation’ Efforts to Combat Sanctuary Policies – JANITA KAN (DIERSEN: What does your municipality, your township, and your county do to encourage illegal immigration?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/barr-announces-significant-escalation-efforts-to-combat-sanctuary-policies_3233781.html

CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Massachusetts invites professor to help ‘disrupt the whiteness in us’ – Clay Robinson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat, Libertarian, Green, or RINO is to be a White-hater, that is, to be a racist.)
https://campusreform.org/?ID=14355

THE HILL
— Trump envisions beefed up Treasury Department in budget proposal – NAOMI JAGODA 
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/482383-trump-envisions-beefed-up-treasury-department-in-budget-proposal
— 2020 Democratic candidates vow to beef up IRS – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.) 
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/481761-2020-democratic-candidates-vow-to-beef-up-irs

POLITICO
— This Democratic field is so flawed that even Biden still has a chance When every candidate has a serious shortcoming, any candidate can win. – RYAN LIZZA (DIERSEN: Who stresses your flaws and your shortcomings? I should write a book about those who stress my flaws and who stress my shortcomings. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. The aforesaid stress not only my flaws and shortcomings, but they stress the flaws and shortcomings of all those who they cannot manipulate/dominate.) 
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/11/joe-biden-has-a-chance-win-democratic-nomination-113836
— Kellyanne Conway says more officials may be ousted after Trump’s Senate acquittal – QUINT FORGEY (DIERSEN: First, the way that employers treat their employees sends strong messages to everyone. I should write a book about the way that GAO, IRS, and the Post Office treated those who shared my demographics. Second, the way that organizations treat their members sends strong messages to everyone. I should write a book about the way that Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), and American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) treat those who share my demographics and the way that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) treated those who shared my demographics. Third, the way that governments treat their residents sends strong messages to everyone. I should write a book about the way that Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois treat those who share my demographics. I would focus on the adverse actions that GAO, IRS, Post Office, MTRO, DCRCC, IRP, WCC, AAPC, TAPROOT, and ICRC have taken against those who share my demographics. Fourth, adverse actions taken by the aforesaid employers, organizations, and governments drive people who share my demographics away from the aforesaid employers, organizations, and governments.) 
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/10/kellyanne-conway-says-more-officials-ousted-trump-acquittal-113138

CNN
— Trump cites ‘serious economic conditions’ in proposing 1% pay raise for federal employees – Paul LeBlanc (DIERSEN: Ever since I started working part-time for the Post Office in 1966 when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.) 
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/10/politics/trump-federal-employee-pay-adjustments/index.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The largest federal employee union punches back at Trump – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, and a union member for 12 of those years. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that against me.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-largest-federal-employee-union-punches-back-at-trump/2020/02/10/2f25cd70-4c5d-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html

USA TODAY
— A decade of change 2010-2020: LGBTQ equality report shows leaps forward – Susan Miller (DIERSEN: Because I do not promote LGBTQ activity, ever-increasingly, anti-religious, anti-conservative, and anti-Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois do everything that they can to destroy me. I should write a book about the aforesaid LGBTQ promoters and what they do to destroy me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/11/lgbtq-equality-map-report-shows-advances-challenges-2010-2020/4667911002/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump’s budget proposal shreds Social Security and Medicaid benefits – MICHAEL HILTZIK (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-02-10/trump-budget-shreds-the-federal

DALLAS NEWS
— Is there room in the United States for legal immigrants who need assistance? – Editorial (DIERSEN: What percent of immigrants need assistance? It seems like the percentage is extremely high. Overwhelmingly, those who need assistance vote for Democrats.)
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2020/02/11/is-there-room-in-the-united-states-for-legal-immigrants-who-need-assistance/

DETROIT FREE PRESS
— Crossover voting could create political mischief in Michigan’s March 10 primary – Kathleen Gray (DIERSEN: For the March 17 primary, how much crossover voting do you anticipate in your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois?) 
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/02/11/crossover-voting-political-mischief-michigan-presidential-primary/4695608002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Want a Prophet, Not a President They’re increasingly rigid and orthodox, even as Republicans have shown a new flexibility. – Bobby Jindal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-want-a-prophet-not-a-president-11581379101

DUKE CHRONICLE
— Why is a white supremacist coming to Duke? – Lily Levin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters call you a White supremacist if you do not hate Whites.)
https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2020/02/duke-university-politics-ags-geopolitics-foreign-policy-why-is-a-white-supremacist-coming-to-duke