Tag: Committeeman

July 11 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination Revives Abortion Issue In Governor’s Race – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/10/brett-kavanaughs-nomination-revives-abortion-issue-in-governors-race/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Representative David McSweeney (R-Barrington) said, “Where I do think the court will be important in the future is the whole issue of taxpayer-funded abortion. I think that will be challenged all the way through the courts.” If confirmed, Kavanaugh could cast a key vote on the issue and Governor Rauner supports the nominee. “I believe he’s highly experienced, well qualified, and I hope his nomination is voted on and approved expeditiously,” Rauner stated. Democratic nominee for governor, J.B. Pritzker, signed that pledge to protect HB40. He has also been endorsed by Personal PAC.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 gave Conservative Party candidate Sam McCann nearly $80K in gov’s race (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. What does the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 want McCann to do?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-sam-mccann-petitions-20180710-story.html
— Illegal pot shops disrupt California’s budding legal market – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–legal-marijuana-black-market-20180705-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring children to America illegally and then b) use those illegals to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-immigration-children-reunite-deadline-20180711-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lauzen rips up reimbursement check, then rips Kane board members – James Fuller (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Diersen v. IRS (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866) In 1974, when I was 25 years old, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my partial day per diem claims and hinted/implied that my claims were fraudulent. That forced me to file a grievance. I won that grievance 4 years later, but by then, whatever career I had at IRS was over. If I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have disallowed my partial day per diem claims.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180710/lauzen-rips-up-reimbursement-check-then-rips-kane-board-members
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen stripped his fellow officials of any chance of embarrassing him with a second vote to deny reimbursement of personal business expenses by ripping up what appeared to be a check for $149.07 in front of the board Tuesday. Lauzen then accused the board members who rejected his payment of collecting a $25,000 annual paycheck without performing any meaningful public service to justify it. The drama marked the latest sign of an increasingly fractured relationship Lauzen has with many board members. Less than a week ago, he spoke with confidence about a second vote approving his reimbursement request. That vote became necessary after an opinion from State’s Attorney Joe McMahon said Lauzen cast an improper vote to break a 10-10 tie on the reimbursement last month. Lauzen began his speech Tuesday with a highlight reel of accomplishments during his tenure. Those include extending a property tax levy freeze in place since the year before he took office through the 2016 budget year. Also mentioned were a 65 percent reduction in county debt and the coming completion of projects, such as the Longmeadow Parkway and the cross-country course at the former Settlers Hill Landfill. Given those results, Lauzen said, he expected to be “given even more latitude to produce even more good.” Instead, the reimbursement denial comes as more “destructive nitpicking” to stand in the way of progress, Lauzen said. Turning over his plans to create new, nontax income for the county with a waste-to-fuel facility, expansion of the county’s fiber optic network leasing, and promoting the use of county infrastructure for cellphone amplification has gone nowhere, he said. “I would ask you to examine your public service you produced for your $25,000 salary,” Lauzen said. “What positive contribution are you making? What progress has been made? I’ll void the check and not accept it, and then we’re going to be finished with the stuff.” Lauzen then shredded what appeared to be the reimbursement check.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR GRAPHIC: Your suburb’s take from new online sales tax? $1.76 a person – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180711/your-suburbs-take-from-new-online-sales-tax-176-a-person-

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What’s behind the Rauner campaign’s new re-election optimism? – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: From what I see, to get reelected, Rauner is counting on votes from anti-Republicans, and especially from those who reject the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform. But wait, those voters always vote for Democrats in general elections.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180711/BLOGS02/180719975

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Vulnerable Democrats should hope for GOP unity on Kavanaugh – Marc Thiessen
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180710/marc-thiessen-vulnerable-democrats-should-hope-for-gop-unity-on-kavanaugh

 

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Male County Workers Make $6,000 More On Average Than Female Counterparts: Report Older county workers are hit hardest by the wage disparities, with female employees over 70 making up to $24,640 less than their male counterparts. (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees who had less job-related work experience than I had, less job-related education than I had, fewer or no professional certifications, and/or no professional licenses higher salaries than GAO paid me. I worked for GAO 1980-1997 and for IRS 1971-1980. 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://blockclubchicago.org/2018/07/10/male-county-workers-make-6000-more-on-average-than-female-counterparts-report/

 

WIRE POINTS
— Pritzker Set To Exploit Politico’s Smear Job On Rauner – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/pritzker-set-to-exploit-politicos-smear-job-on-rauner/
— “Politicians consider it a badge of honor to put more Illinoisans on food stamps, Medicaid” – Ted Dabrowski (DIERSEN: Politicians who promote dependency on government and on charity have always worked against me.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/politicians-consider-it-a-badge-of-honor-to-put-more-illinoisans-on-food-stamps-medicaid-ted-dabrowski-on-upstream-ideas-video/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Elections board deadlocked over complaint against top Illinois auditor – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What qualifications do want the “top Illinois auditor” to have? I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/elections-board-deadlocked-over-complaint-against-top-illinois-auditor/article_6414ba9a-8469-11e8-b256-6bfe159e70d8.html
— Suicide in Illinois a bigger crisis than homicide
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/suicide-in-illinois-a-bigger-crisis-than-homicide/article_3ee9e754-7e60-11e8-8933-634c6abe2b04.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Be of Good Cheer About Brett Kavanaugh – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/24340/
— Erasing the Racial Divide – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/?p=24312

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHICAGO MANUFACTURER TALKS TARIFFS WITH FOX BUSINESS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/chicago-manufacturer-talks-tariffs-with-fox-business.html
— HANDS ACROSS CHICAGO – Illinois Family Institute
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/hands-across-chicago.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— ABORTION AND THE CONSTITUTION – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/abortion-and-the-constitution/

 

DAILY CALLER
— THE DRIVE TO ABOLISH ICE: CONTEMPT FOR LAW MASQUERADING AS SOCIAL JUSTICE – Carl Horowitz
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/10/drive-to-abolish-ice-is-contempt-for-law/

 

BREITBART
— NBC News Spreads Conspiracy Theory About Secret Trump-Kennedy SCOTUS Deal – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/07/10/nbc-news-spreads-conspiracy-theory-about-secret-trump-kennedy-scotus-deal/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump administration to dump Obama-era rule allowing unions to siphon Medicaid money – Gregg Re
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/10/trump-administration-to-dump-obama-era-rule-allowing-unions-to-siphon-medicaid-money.html

 

THE HILL
— OUTSTANDING: GOP lawmaker introduces legislation labelling first-time illegal border crossing as a felony – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/396282-gop-lawmaker-introduces-legislation-labelling-first-time-illegal-border

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Administration Returns to ‘Catch and Release’ of (ILLEGALS) – Katie Benner, Ron Nixon, Caitlin Dickerson and Miriam Jordan
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/us/politics/trump-administration-catch-and-release-migrants.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat news media a) draws attention to people who share Trump’s demographics who do BAD things and b) draw attention to people who do not share Trump’s demographics who do GOOD things. Trump is Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and his ancestors have been in America for a relatively long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/world/asia/thailand-cave-soccer-stateless.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that stopping illegal immigration is impossible, so therefore, America should stop trying to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/30/world/smuggling-illegal-immigration-costs.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Trumps crow that “Mexicans comprise a bigger share of border prosecutions since Trump ended family separations.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/10/family-separations-illegal-border-crossing-prosecutions/771002002/
— Feminists target German language as sexist – Austin Davis
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/07/09/german-language-sexist-male-nouns/754752002/

 

WTOL
— Local Vietnam War veteran receives Bronze Star – Jonathan Monk (DIERSEN: I have always asked myself, what if I had become a Vietnam War veteran? That assumes that I would have been accepted for service notwithstanding the following: a) my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, b) I had partial red/green color blindness, and c) I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
http://www.wtol.com/story/38604093/local-vietnam-war-veteran-receives-bronze-star
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “All of the people looked down on us, because they thought we were baby killers and stuff like that. They called us all kinds of names. And so, whenever I got home, the first thing I’d do is change into some civilian clothes,” Fultz said.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Kavanaugh’s Past—Political and Judicial—to Fuel Confirmation Debate His career placed him amid wars of Bill Clinton and George Bush eras, even before he churned out opinions over 12 years on federal bench – Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall (DIERSEN: The higher the government or political office that you seek, the more that your critics/opponents will use everything that you did and everything that you did not do against you.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kavanaughs-pastpolitical-and-judicialto-fuel-confirmation-debate-1531267032
— Let’s Talk About the Black Abortion Rate In New York City, thousands more black babies are aborted each year than born alive. – Jason Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lets-talk-about-the-black-abortion-rate-1531263697
— As proud citizens of the world, elites show little solidarity with working-class countrymen. – Joan Williams (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-elites-feed-anti-immigrant-bias-1531176949
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-want-an-immigration-deal-1531263940

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kriskrane/2018/07/11/why-president-trump-could-be-marijuanas-savior/#f905cbd20a0d

 

ZILLOW
— 1002 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $549,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448319_zpid/

 

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— JANUARY 23, 2017 FLASHBACK: Making Life-Changing Decisions How to approach big life choices? – Shahram Heshmat Ph.D. (DIERSEN: What life-changing decisions did you make and when? For me, they include the following. Of course, I can explain why the decisions were intentionally or unintentionally life-changing.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-choice/201701/making-life-changing-decisions

2016: Begin sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every evening
2009: Lead citywide effort to get Wheaton to prohibit video gambling
2008: Serve on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, advocate for direct election of  IRP State Central Committee members
2005: Become the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois
2005: Begin raising money every year from DuPage Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades
2005: Begin sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning
2004: Run for the open Milton Township Republican Central Committee Treasurer office
2003: Become a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee
2003: Become a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee
2002: Urge the Milton Township Republican Central Committee to rent 111 North Main Street in Wheaton
2002: Coordinate Pat O’Malley’s gubernatorial primary campaign in Milton Township
2001: Lead citywide effort to get Comcast to carry Fox News Channel in Wheaton
2001: Become a member of the board of directors of the Midwest Chapter of the American Association of Political Consultants
2001: Become Milton Township’s first webmaster and publish its first website
2000: Become Milton Township Republican Central Committee’s first webmaster and publish its first website
2000: Become the GOPUSA Illinois Editor
1999: Become a Republican Precinct Committeeman
1999: Lead neighborhood effort to get ComEd to provide more reliable service to my neighborhood
1998: Become an Assistant Republican Precinct Committeeman
1998: File a lawsuit that charged GAO with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation
1998: Give up trying to find a job appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license because of how GAO responds to inquiries about me
1997: Succumb to my Democrat GAO superiors’ efforts and take their early retirement “offer”
1997: File a lawsuit against Ford Motor Company and Packey Webb Ford concerning my 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX
1995: File a lawsuit against the Chicago Car Exchange concerning my 1968 Dodge Charger R/T
1994: Buy a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car
1992: Earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT within 5 years
1990: Apply to work in GAO’s federal financial industry regulators audit group
1989: Buy a 1962 Chevy Impala SS collector car
1988: Become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation
1988: Give up trying to have children, do not adopt, and do not become foster parents
1986: File a lawsuit concerning 915 Cove Court in Wheaton and appeal its assessed valuation
1983: Have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton
1983: Begin serving on the Executive Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants
1981: Become a licensed CPA
1981: Oppose the installation of a stop light at President and Harrison Streets in Wheaton
1981: Take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt
1980: Take a $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO
1979: Take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt

1978: Take IRS to Tax Court over disallowance of my education deductions
1978: Begin accompanying my wife on her many business trips to luxury resorts across America
1978: Buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton with my wife
1978: Marry Karen Gassner
1977: Suggest myself to be the subject of a “One Person’s Finances” article in Money Magazine
1976: Start donating money annually to the Republican Party
1976: Buy a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building
1976: Earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul within 4 years
1974: Buy a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building
1974: File claims for partial day per diem and file a grievance when those claims are disallowed
1973: Start deducting job-related graduate courses
1972: Buy a new town home in University Park
1972: Earn an MBA from Loyola within 4 years
1972: Request to assigned to IRS’s Harvey office
1971: Buy a new 1972 Corvette
1971: Accept IRS’s job offer and become a union member
1971: Accept Oldsmobile’s job offer
1970: Apply for a financial hardship draft deferment
1970: Accept Firestone Store’s job offer
1969: Transfer from UIC to NIU
1968: Buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE
1967: Buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442
1966: Accept the Park Forest Post Office part-time job offer and become a union member
1966: Apply for the first of four student draft deferments
1966: Earn a bachelor’s degree in business within 4 years
1966: Buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint
1965: Take the ACT
1964: Take college preparatory courses at Crete-Monee High School
1964: Accept S.S. Kresges’ part-time dish washer job offer

1964: Be a Republican and always cast Republican primary ballots and always vote for Republicans

July 8 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Anti-violence protesters shut down Dan Ryan: ‘Today was the attention-getter, but now comes the action’ – Patrick M. O’Connell, Jeremy Gorner and Megan Crepeau (DIERSEN: What will the protesters call for? Will they call for individuals, organizations, and companies that are members of the following groups to leave Chicago: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-dan-ryan-pfleger-violence-protest-20180706-story.html
— Old arrests surface for Wisconsin Democrat running to replace House Speaker Paul Ryan – AP (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail or to prosecution, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-randy-bryce-arrests-wisconsin-democrat-paul-ryan-20180707-story.html
— Yes, there really are people who aren’t on Facebook. But are they normal? – Barbara Brotman (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. Facebook does everything that it can to make people anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-social-facebook-nonusers-resisters-0708-story.html
— Go ahead, sign Pat Quinn’s term limits petition – Editorial (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote term limits. They stress how much better off a) that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois is without me as its chairman, b) that Wheaton Chamber of Commerce is without me as a member of its Government Affairs Committee, c) that Milton Township Republican Central Committee is without me as its webmaster, d) that Illinois Center Right Coalition is without me on its Steering Committee; and e) that the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter is without me as one of its board members.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-quinn-term-limits-ballot-20180706-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Pruitt’s almighty feast of scandals had Trump’s blessing.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-blessings-pruitt-trump-ethics-scandals-0709-story.html

— Millennial buyers face a tough housing market – Tim Henderson (DIERSEN: In September of 1972, when I was 24 years old, I bought a new town home at 774-5 Sunset Court in University Park with money that I had earned/saved a) working for IRS since June of 1971 and b) working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights since August of 1970. In 1974, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building with money that I had earned/saved working for IRS. In 1976, I bought a one bedroom condo in that building with money that I had earned/saved working for IRS. In 1978, my wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton with money that I had earned/saved working for IRS and that she had earned/saved working for the FBI and the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. In 1984, we had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton with money that I had earned/saved working for GAO and that my wife had earned/saved working for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-tns-bc-real-millennials-20180628-story.html
— Why don’t I carry a gun? The cost is too high, yet has nothing to do with money – Jerry Davich
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-concealed-carry-gun-ownership-st-0706-story.html
— FRONT PAGE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN WITH A COLOR PICTURE: KidsMatter developing programs to reach stressed-out Naperville youth – Suzanne Baker (DIERSEN: What caused you stress when you were young? For me, it included a) I was NOT viewed as being “college material;” neither of my parents had attended college; my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma; and my mother never attended high school; b) the stigma of my spending my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights; c) I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class; d) my ACT score was only 24; e) I was draft bait; f) my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20; g) I had partial red/green color blindness; and h) I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). Back then, Democrats demonized, denigrated, and condemned Vietnam veterans as being “baby killers.” SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_babies)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-mental-health-update-st-0706-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump administration takes another major swipe at the Affordable Care Act.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-administration-affordable-care-act-20180707-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps use illegals and their children to paint Trump supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/honduran-boy-separated-family-goes-court-age-1-immigration-zero-tolerance/
— Trump lawyers attack Comey, cast him as ‘Machiavellian’ – AP (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents cast you as being? To cast me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (almost 70), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal employee for almost 30 years including almost 9 years working for IRS, federal retiree for almost 21 years, union member for almost 12 years, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, dumped by TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois members in 2012, dumped by Wheaton Chamber of Commerce members in 2011, dumped by Milton Township Republican Central Committee members in 2010 and 2004, dumped by Illinois Center Right Coalition members in 2007, dumped by American Association of Political Consultants members in 2004, dumped by GAO in 1997, etc.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-fbi-james-comey-machiavellian-memo-special-counsel-robert-mueller/
— Recent events show how people continue to work to create ‘a more perfect union’ – Seth Limmer (DIERSEN: What do you do to help create “a more perfect union? I spend 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each and every year putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out each and every morning and each and every evening.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nation-america-hope/
— Taste of Chicago 2018: The ultimate guide of everything you need to know – Tanveer Ali (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO in its Loop office, I visited the Taste of Chicago virtually every year 1980-1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/taste-chicago-restaurants-every-food-item-opens-wednesday-ultimate-guide-directory-everything-you-need-know-oasis-summerdance-festivals-summer/

DAILY HERALD
— Solution to immigration crisis begins south of the border – Georgie Anne Geyer
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180708/solution-to-immigration-crisis-begins-south-of-the-border
— The state will save your money for you: How Illinois Secure Choice works (and is it a good idea?) – Bob Susnjara (DIERSEN: I began earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension in 1966 when I was 18 years old and started delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office. I started earning Social Security credits in 1964 when I was 16 and started washing dishes for S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180707/the-state-will-save-your-money-for-you-how-illinois-secure-choice-works-and-is-it-a-good-idea-
— Governor’s Mansion has new mission Bicentennial renovation enhances tours, ‘visitor experience’ – Jean Murphy (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in Illinois? My ancestors have been in Illinois since 1844. What discourages you from celebrating the bicentennial? For me, it is Democrats who ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are an old non-veteran White male Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women and b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of old non-veteran White male Republicans.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180708/governors-mansion-has-new-mission

 

CBS2
— Drivers Pack Patience Waiting On The Dan Ryan Protests – Jeremy Ross (DIERSEN: Have you commuted on the Dan Ryan? I did to/from Crete and UIC 1966-1968, in a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966 and 1967 and in a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1968. I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in University Park 1972-1976. I worked in the south suburbs 1962-1974.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/07/902968-drivers-pack-patience-dan-ryan/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— ‘Great communicator’ would be tweeting today, former aide says – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180707/bernard-schoenburg-great-communicator-would-be-tweeting-today-former-aide-says
— Time for city to find viable solutions to homelessness – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who crow that they “help the homeless” and who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Better yet, I should sue them.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180707/our-view-time-for-city-to-find-viable-solutions-to-homelessness

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans promote Libertarians.
http://www.whig.com/20180707/libertarian-candidates-make-case-for-statewide-office#//

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Legalize sale of fireworks throughout Illinois, says state Rep. Barb Wheeler Republican calls Illinois an ‘outlier’ behind states with legal fireworks – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/07/06/legalize-sale-of-fireworks-throughout-illinois-says-state-rep-barb-wheeler/arnfjrh/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— GOP Enthusiasm Fueled By Trump Could Undercut Democrats’ Midterm Hopes – ASMA KHALID (DIERSEN: How enthusiastic for Trump are a) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, b) the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, c) your Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committeeman and his/her Deputy, d) the IRP officers, e) the IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman, f) Republican candidates and elected officials in your municipality, township/ward, and county, g) your Republican State Senator and State Representative, and h) your Republican U.S. Congressman?)
http://nprillinois.org/post/gop-enthusiasm-fueled-trump-could-undercut-democrats-midterm-hopes#stream/0

 

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Father Pfleger says Governor Rauner tried to create chaos.”
https://chicagocrusader.com/father-pfleger-says-governor-rauner-tried-to-create-chaos/

 

FOX NEWS
— Mitch McConnell confronted by ‘Abolish ICE’ protesters, video shows – Bradford Betz (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? What have anti-Trumps shouted at you? What do you anticipate that anti-Trumps will shout at you?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/08/mitch-mcconnell-confronted-by-abolish-ice-protesters-video-shows.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Divisive’ label a badge of honor for today’s conservatives – Cheryl K. Chumley (DIERSEN: Who are the leading anti-Trumps in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Anti-Trumps focus on dividing members of Group A against members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/7/divisive-label-badge-honor-todays-conservatives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The left, whenever confronted with a hard truth about its vicious self, likes to run screaming for the exits, calling out conservatives for so-called “divisive” rhetoric and over-the-top partisanship that doesn’t advance discussion or lead to rational political solutions. But first off, you can’t light a fire and then gasp in shock when it burns. Democrats didn’t get their angry-bird buttons for nothing. And second off, being called “divisive,” for those of conservative ilk, anyway, should actually be regarded as a badge of honor these days. Why? The left has been busily dividing this country for decades, pushing those with regard for the Constitution and its limited-government provisions to the side with growing pressure, and clearing wide paths for progressive/socialist ideals with frenzied energy. The only difference nowadays is that those on the left are fielding a level of push-back they’ve not previously experienced. After all, it’s only been just recently that Republicans in office haven’t rolled over and played dead when confronted by Democratic agenda. Winning on the GOP front — can you say Hillary Clinton surprise? — is a fairly new situation, and one that both leftists and establishment types are still trying to come to grips with, it seems. So liberals, apparently frustrated by the fight, have taken with rising regularity to calling such push-back “divisive.” Their goal? Why, to get those doing the push-back to shut the heck up, of course. Case in point: Trump and the media.)

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Voters before midterms: Immigration top issue, not economy – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2018/07/07/voters-before-midterms-immigration-top-issue-not-economy

 

DAILY CALLER
— HERE IS HOW TO KEEP YOUR TEENAGER FROM BECOMING A RADICAL LEFTIST NUTBALL – Armando Simón
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/07/how-to-keep-your-teen-from-becoming-radical-leftist/
— PROTESTERS CONFRONT MITCH MCCONNELL LEAVING RESTAURANT – Scott Morefield (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? What have anti-Trumps shouted at you? What do you anticipate that anti-Trumps will shout at you?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/08/protesters-mitch-mcconnell-restaurant/

 

THE HILL
— GOP runs into Trump tax law in New Jersey – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/395891-gop-runs-into-trump-tax-law-in-new-jersey
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats in New Jersey are hoping that President Trump’s tax-cut law provides them with a boost in the midterm elections. The law caps the state and local tax (SALT) deduction at $10,000, a change that hurts people in high-tax states such as New Jersey, which has the highest property taxes of any state. All but one New Jersey Republican voted against the tax law, in large part because of the limit on state and local tax deductions. Democrats on the campaign trail say restoring the full deduction means putting their party back in charge of the House.)

 

CNN
— Republicans agree immigration affects their political future. They don’t agree on how.
http://www.kkoh.com/news/republicans-agree-immigration-affects-their-political-future-they-dont-agree-on-how/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Fresh Proof That Strong Unions Help Reduce Income Inequality – Susan Dynarski (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely anti-union. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 while I was a union member. Do/will my critics/opponents, their operatives and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that IRS promoted me because I was a union member?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/business/labor-unions-income-inequality.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote ACLU
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/magazine/inside-the-aclus-war-on-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mean people blame Trump for their meanness.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/opinion/sunday/trump-twitter-social-media.html
— Countdown to Retirement: A Five-Year Plan – Peter Finch (DIERSEN: How much time did you have to plan for your retirement? Through August of 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors misled me to believe that they were going to let me work at least until I was eligible for regular retirement on September 29, 2003. But during the September of 1997, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” which expired on September 30, 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/business/retirement-five-year-plan.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “This Is No Time For Liberal Despair.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/08/opinion/trump-supreme-court-kennedy-retiring-democrats.html

 

USA TODAY
— When you’re starting out, good credit score can make your life easier – Brianna McGurran (DIERSEN: What did your credit score help you do when you were young? My credit score helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 when I was 23, b) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, c) buy a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, and d) buy a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976. Our credit scores helped my wife and I a) buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and b) have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984. I worked for Firestone Stores 1970-1972, for IRS 1971-1980, and for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2018/07/08/starting-out-good-credit-score-how-helps/747983002/

 

BALTIMORE POST EXAMINER
— 10 Mindsets That Can Sabotage Your Career – ELENA TAHORA (DIERSEN: One mindset that I had that sabotaged my career in the federal government was that I had Civil Service protections. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) oppose Civil Service protections and b) promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. However, were it not for Civil Service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/10-mindsets-that-can-sabotage-your-career/2018/07/05

 

EAGLE TRIBUNE
— Liberals argue against free speech they once championed – Taylor Armerding
http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/liberals-argue-against-free-speech-they-once-championed/article_d75be92b-b827-5c38-af3b-e526e8b338a9.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— PROTESTERS TARGET MITCH MCCONNELL AS HE LEAVES RESTAURANT, SHOUTING ‘WHERE ARE THE BABIES?’ – HARRIET SINCLAIR (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? What have anti-Trumps shouted at you? What do you anticipate that anti-Trumps will shout at you?)
http://www.newsweek.com/protesters-target-mitch-mcconnell-shouting-where-are-babies-he-leaves-1013133

July 6 Morning Edition

ABC7
— As Trump prepares Supreme Court pick, Roe v. Wade top of mind for many – Sarah Schulte (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion. To vote for a Democrat is to promote abortion.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/as-trump-prepares-supreme-court-pick-roe-v-wade-top-of-mind-for-many/3710689/
— ‘Trump Baby’ balloon gets mayor’s approval to fly over London during POTUS visit – Danny Clemens
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/london-mayor-oks-trump-baby-balloon-during-potus-visit/3712725/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use citizens of foreign countries and their children to demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/judge-orders-brazilian-boy-10-to-be-released-from-detention-reunited-with-mother/3711040/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge Amy Coney Barrett makes final Supreme Court cut: Trump ‘reveal’ on Monday – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/judge-amy-barrett-trump-final-supreme-court-cut-reveal-monday-night/
— The logic and anger behind stopping traffic on the Dan Ryan – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/logic-anger-dan-ryan-expressway-shutdown-pfleger/
— Amy Coney Barrett is a superb judge, not some glazed-eyed cultist – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/amy-coney-barrett-is-a-superb-judge-not-some-glazed-eyed-cultist/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use immigrants to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sirley-paixao-mother-chicago-judge-orders-son-release/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/as-an-immigrant-i-will-never-forget-the-pain-of-being-separated-from-my-father/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/myanmar-chicago-teenage-rohingya-muslim-refugee-journey-seeking-education-better-life-immigration-sullivan-high-school-rogers-park-ohare-airport-schaumburg-burma-ethnic-violence-crisis-asia-bangladesh/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/families-separated-another-mom-sues-doj-asks-judge-not-to-intervene-in-2-cases/
— How to avoid Dan Ryan shutdown Saturday – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: Have you commuted on the Dan Ryan? I did from Crete to UIC 1966-1968, in a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967 and in a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1968. I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in University Park 1972-1976. I worked in the south suburbs 1962-1974.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/avoid-dan-ryan-shutdown-saturday/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Companies turning to standardized tests for hiring – Ally Marotti (DIERSEN: What standardized tests have you passed? Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I have passed standardized tests because I have always had many unfair advantages. They a) decry my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) decry my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) decry my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, d) decry my passing the Post Office employment examination in 1966, and e) decry my passing all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-data-science-standard-test-20180625-story.html
— How to get around Saturday if anti-violence protest blocks the Dan Ryan – Mary Wisniewski (DIERSEN: Have you commuted on the Dan Ryan? I did from Crete to UIC 1966-1968, in a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967 and in a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1968. I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in University Park 1972-1976. I worked in the south suburbs 1962-1974.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-biz-dan-ryan-protest-alternative-routes-20180703-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican promote Pat Brady.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-supreme-court-20180705-story.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Ordinance would ban people from overnight camping outside Lincoln Library – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: Democrats always blame Republicans for all homelessness.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180705/ordinance-would-ban-people-from-overnight-camping-outside-lincoln-library

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Letter Demanding Resignation In Maine Township Will Be Sent To Top Republicans – Todd Wessell
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/letter-demanding-resignation-in-maine-will-be-sent-to-top-republicans/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A letter which demands that Maine Township Republican Committeeman Char Foss-Eggemann of Park Ridge call for the resignation of Township Trustee Dave Carrabotta because of allegations that he inappropriately touched fellow Trustee Kim Jones, has not yet been sent to Eggemann. However, according to some people knowledgeable about the letter, it will soon be mailed to the committeeman as well as Cook County Republican Party leader Sean Morrison, state GOP leader Tim Schneider, and others. Meanwhile, an investigation into the sexual harassment claims by Jones, launched by the town board after May 22 when the charges first surfaced, will take another week and a half to complete, said township Supervisor Laura Morask. She indicated that one more person has to be interviewed by the lawyer assigned to perform the probe. Morask would not comment further. The letter insisting that Eggemann act on the matter was prompted in part by some Republicans demanding that House Speaker Mike Madigan step down because of harassment and bullying complaints leveled against several Democrats. Marilyn Smolenski, Republican candidate who’s running against incumbent Democrat Marty Moylan in the November General Election, has been one of those voices demanding Madigan’s resignation. She has been highly critical of Moylan for not standing up to Madigan by demanding that he resign. Eggemann is a strong supporter of Smolenski, who lives in Park Ridge. Moylan recently blasted Smolenski for backing “one of the biggest perverts in the U.S., Trump.” Added Moylan, “He’s one of the biggest pigs in the U.S. I’m not silent. Tell that Trump backing pistol packing Trump supporter that I back women’s rights and I voted for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).” Smolenski owns a company that sells pistol holders for women. On the advice of the township attorney, Jones confronted Carrabotta with her accusations of inappropriately touching her backside on May 22. Carrabotta flatly denied the allegations and demanded an immediate closed door meeting where the issue could be discussed. Jones accuses Carrabotta of touching her on three separate occasions during township events in late 2017 and 2018. According to people familiar with the letter, it’s believed that at least 10 local Republican women will sign it by the time it is mailed to Eggemann. Among the words used in the letter are “outrageous” and “disturbing.” It also says that Jones has a solid reputation in the community and was slated by committeeman Eggemann to run for the township position. Carrabotta has told the Journal & Topics that the matter is “confidential”. In a statement released yesterday (Tuesday) by State Republican chairman Tim Schneider, he said, “The Illinois Republican Party strongly believes that sexual harassment has no place in any workplace, public or private, and that allegations must be investigated swiftly by independent parties. If the allegations against the Maine Township trustee are true, he has violated the public’s trust and should step down. Until then, the investigation involving the allegations should proceed.”)

 

SOUTHERN
— Governor names Du Quoin woman, two others to Prisoner Review Board
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/governor-names-du-quoin-woman-two-others-to-prisoner-review/article_621797fb-6cb8-5af2-a6ca-8df4ef48b07f.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The release says that Patricia Wilson, of Du Quoin; Lisa Daniels, of Lansing; and Joseph Ruggiero, of Wheaton, will join the Prisoner Review Board, which is a quasi-judicial body that imposes release conditions, regulates good conduct credits, conducts parole hearings and makes executive clemency recommendations and other tasks.)

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Unions give workers a voice – Dino Leone (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union. They stress that I was a union member a) for almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and b) for almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were vehemently anti-union.)
https://qctimes.com/opinion/columnists/guest-view-unions-give-workers-a-voice/article_c0b8358b-a614-5c66-9623-b87637161655.html

 

WJBC
— Bloomingdale Police Department chief would decide whether to aid ICE agents on immigration issues – Howard Packowitz
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/07/06/bpd-chief-would-decide-whether-to-aid-ice-agents-on-immigration-issues/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— POLL: WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO ‘BEING AMERICAN’? (DIERSEN: How many of the ten criteria to you meet? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) would stress that am a draft avoider, b) would stress that I do not promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation, booze, gambling, pot, etc., and c) would hint/imply/argue/shout that I do not do enough to “help the vulnerable.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being a) champions of the disadvantaged, b) champions of the oppressed, and c) champions of those who want to be “free” to harm themselves with booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/poll-whats-important-to-being-american.html
— TRUMP’S LEAN WHITE HOUSE 2018 PAYROLL ON-TRACK TO SAVE TAXPAYER’S $22 MILLION (DIERSEN: Gingrich would stress all the many millions that he “saved” the taxpayers by gutting GAO. The agency is just a shell of what it once was. SEE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/when-congress-wiped-an-agency-off-the-map/2011/11/29/gIQAIt0J9N_blog.html and https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/gingrich-and-the-destruction-of-congressional-expertise/)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/07/trumps-lean-white-house-2018-payroll-on-track-to-save-taxpayers-22-million.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— MARXISTS AND EXTREME RADICALS SEEK TO TAKE OVER THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY – Joe Simonson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/05/marxist-radicals-democratic-party/
— TRUMP: A VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS IS A VOTE FOR ‘ANARCHY, AMNESTY AND CHAOS’ – Chuck Ross
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/05/trump-democrats-anarchy-amnesty-chaos/
— ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER VICIOUS ATTACK ON A TRUMP SUPPORTER, LIBERAL MEDIA YAWNS – Stephanie Hamill
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/05/vicious-attack-on-a-trump-supporter/
— TRUMP ON ICE: ‘THEY PROTECT US AND WE PROTECT THEM’ – Saagar Enjeti
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/05/trump-protect-ice/

 

BREITBART
— Poll: Liberals Hold Extreme Views on ‘Abolish ICE’ – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/07/05/poll-liberals-hold-extreme-views-on-abolish-ice/

 

GOPUSA
— Judge: Trump administration showed ‘bad faith’ in adding citizenship to census (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) encourage people to come to America illegally, b) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) encourage people to bring other people to America illegally. To do the aforesaid is to shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/judge-trump-administration-showed-bad-faith-in-adding-citizenship-to-census/

 

NEWSMAX
— ‘Abolish ICE’ Movement Is Bad Politics – Rich Lowry
https://www.newsmax.com/richlowry/ice-enforcement-immigration-democrats/2018/07/05/id/870198/
— James Woods’ ‘Feeling Patriotic’ Agent Drops Him on July 4th – Bill Hoffmann (DIERSEN: Who has dropped you and why? I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who have dropped me a) because I support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving), and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform, b) because I oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, c) because I support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and/or d) because I refuse to cover up their wrong doing.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/james-woods-agent-ken-kaplan-political-persecution/2018/07/05/id/870081/

 

TOWNHALL
— Will Jim Jordan Get Pinned With These Ohio State Wrestling Team Allegations? – Matt Vespa (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, who would make accusations against you? I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the accusations that they would have their operatives and their dupes make against me if I sought a government office or a political office. Better yet, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/07/06/will-jim-jordan-be-pinned-by-these-ohio-state-wrestling-allegations-n2497679

 

POLITICO
— Mexico imposes retaliatory tariffs on dozens of U.S. goods – SABRINA RODRIGUEZ
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/05/mexico-imposes-retaliatory-tariffs-670424

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Americans Are Having Fewer Babies. They Told Us Why. Women have more options, for one. But a new poll also shows that financial insecurity is altering a generation’s choices. – Claire Cain Miller (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have punished me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/upshot/americans-are-having-fewer-babies-they-told-us-why.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Most Americans oppose key parts of Trump immigration plans.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/most-americans-oppose-key-elements-of-trump-immigration-policy/2018/07/05/36124360-7e3d-11e8-b0ef-fffcabeff946_story.html
— NOVEMBER 29, 2011 FLASHBACK: When Congress wiped an agency off the map – Ed O’Keefe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/when-congress-wiped-an-agency-off-the-map/2011/11/29/gIQAIt0J9N_blog.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bartlett warns that history is repeating itself as lawmakers are pushing to cut the budget of the Government Accountability Office to demonstrate fiscal responsibility while Gingrich is reviving his calls to eliminate of the Congressional Budget Office, which he recently called “a reactionary socialist institution which does not believe in economic growth.” “It is essential that Congress not cripple what is left of its in-house expertise,” Bartlett writes. “Gutting the GAO and abolishing the CBO would be acts of nihilism. Any politician recommending such things is unfit for office.”)

 

ECONOMIX
— NOVEMBER 29, 2011 FLASHBACK: Gingrich and the Destruction of Congressional Expertise – BRUCE BARTLETT
https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/gingrich-and-the-destruction-of-congressional-expertise/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Unfortunately, Gingrichism lives on. Republican Congressional leaders continually criticize every Congressional agency that stands in their way. In addition to the C.B.O., one often hears attacks on the Congressional Research Service, the Joint Committee on Taxation and the Government Accountability Office. Lately, the G.A.O. has been the prime target. Appropriators are cutting its budget by $42 million, forcing furloughs and cutbacks in investigations that identify billions of dollars in savings yearly. So misguided is this effort that Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma and one of the most conservative members of Congress, came to the agency’s defense. In a report issued by his office on Nov. 16, Senator Coburn pointed out that the G.A.O.’s budget has been cut by 13 percent in real terms since 1992 and its work force reduced by 40 percent — more than 2,000 people. By contrast, Congress’s budget has risen at twice the rate of inflation and nearly doubled to $2.3 billion from $1.2 billion over the last decade. Mr. Coburn’s report is replete with examples of budget savings recommended by G.A.O. He estimated that cutting its budget would add $3.3 billion a year to government waste, fraud, abuse and inefficiency that will go unidentified.)

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Yet again, Chick-fil-A is favorite fast-food chain in U.S. – Dixita Limbachia
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/07/05/acsi-names-top-restaurants-customer-satisfactions/742826002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 50 cities where the most people are moving away from can primarily be found in the Northeast, Midwest, and West Coast, particularly in states like Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and New York. Among the cities where people are leaving in droves are places such as Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, New York, and Los Angeles.)
— Population migration patterns: US cities Americans are abandoning – Michael B. Sauter
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2018/07/05/cities-americans-abandoning-population-migration/35801453/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Inside Amy Coney Barrett’s ‘Cult’ If she is the nominee, get ready for a vicious anti-Catholic Senate smear campaign. – Adam O’Neal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-amy-coney-barretts-cult-1530833211
— FRONT PAGE: Walmart Takes a Stand on Guns, Gay Rights to Get People to Like It More Consumers and employees expect companies to voice opinions on hot-button topics, and the world’s largest retailer is weighing in – Sarah Nassauer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, companies are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, companies act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green parties.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-takes-a-stand-on-guns-gay-rights-to-get-people-to-like-it-more-1530805106
— IRS Nominee Rettig Says Rebuilding Trust is Priority Trump pick tells senators in confirmation hearing that better relationships would aid implementation of 2017 tax law – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. They would hint/imply/argue/shout a) that everyone vehemently hates past, present, and future IRS employees, b) that IRS employees are cruel, vicious, lazy, stupid, losers, and even worse things, and c) that IRS employees are IRS employees because no one will hire them. They would stress that my GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They would stress that my IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-nominee-rettig-says-rebuilding-trust-is-priority-1530202141
— U.S. Hiring Strong in June; Unemployment Rate Rises as More Enter Labor Force – Eric Morath and Sarah Chaney (DIERSEN: Should I try to re-enter the labor force? QUESTION: What would discourage employers from hiring me? ANSWER: I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (almost 70), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, federal retiree since 1997, union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980, American nameplate car owner, childless, pet-less, etc. Further, a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. Further, I do not paint myself as being a yes-man and I am not a yes-man.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-hiring-strong-in-june-unemployment-rate-rises-as-more-enter-labor-force-1530880292

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Liberals Say Nominee Must Back Abortion Rights (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion. To vote for a Democrat is to promote abortion.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-07-05/the-latest-liberals-say-nominee-must-back-abortion-rights

July 5 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Congressman Roskam, challenger Casten take shots at each other on Independence Day – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/congressman-roskam-challenger-casten-take-shots-at-each-other-on-independence-day

 

ABC7
— Politics permeates Chicago area 4th of July parades – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/politics-permeates-chicago-area-4th-of-july-parades/3706521/

 

CBS2
— Rauner, Pritzker Partake In Suburban July 4th Parades – Derrick Blakley (DIERSEN: In the Independence Day parade nearest your home, which Republican candidates a) walked in the parade and b) helped sponsor the parade?)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/04/rauner-pritzker-partake-in-suburban-july-4th-parades/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Progressive income tax proposal would sink Illinois – David McSweeney
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcsweeney-illinois-graduated-progressive-tax-financial-disaster-0705-story.html
— At FBI, women remain distinct minorities – Devlin Barrett (DIERSEN: My outstanding wife worked for the FBI 1968-1970.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180705/281809989649582
— How bad is teacher pay? Nearly 1 in 5 teachers works a second job, report says – Moriah Balingit (DIERSEN: Have you worked a second job? I did 1971-1972. I worked part-time pumping gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights while I worked for IRS full-time. The money that I earned helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in October of 1971, b) pay for tuitions and books for graduate business courses at Loyola, and c) buy a new town home in University Park in September of 1972.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-teacher-pay-second-job-report-20180620-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–house-democrats-change-20180702-story.html
— Poland’s Supreme Court chief defies law’s purge – Michael Birnbaum (DIERSEN: The federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. In today’s dollars, were you earning $96,403 by age 25, $113,920 by age 30, $134,000 by age 35, and $164,200 by age 40.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180705/281749860107438
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those a) who come to America illegally, b) who stay in America illegally, and c) who bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–immigration-separating-families-20180704-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Only 47 percent say that they are extremely proud to be an American.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-proud-american-20180703-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How proud are you to be an American? That was the question asked of a little over 1,500 American adults for a Gallup poll published Monday. Only 47 percent said they felt extremely proud to be an American — a record low in the 17 years since the research company first started asking the question and a sharp drop from a peak of 70 percent in 2003. The other options were very proud (25 percent), moderately proud (16 percent), only a little proud (7 percent) or not proud at all (3 percent).)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville Mayor Chirico plans to seek second term – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: So far, which candidates have announced their candidacies for the Municipal, Park District, Library District, School District, and Fire District offices on April 2, 2019 Consolidated Election ballots in your precinct?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180704/naperville-mayor-chirico-plans-to-seek-second-term
— Schaumburg Township installing new electronic message sign, expanding parking lot – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180704/schaumburg-township-installing-new-electronic-message-sign-expanding-parking-lot

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DuPage college scandal continues to make big waves – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-07-05/jim-dey-dupage-college-scandal-continues-make-big-waves.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— 26 Illinois counties have passed ‘gun sanctuary’ resolutions. Are they constitutional? – KELSEY LANDIS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article213841369.html

 

DUPAGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
— Chief Circuit Judge Daniel P. Guerin is pleased to announce that following a tabulation of ballots by the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts in Springfield, the Circuit Judges of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court, DuPage County, Illinois have appointed James F. McCluskey to the position of Associate Judge.
https://www.dcba.org/news/407263/Chief-Judge-Announces-New-Associate-Judge.htm

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Perversion Poisons Childhood in America
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-perversion-poisons-childhood-in-america/

 

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— MARIJUANA IS THE COMMON WEB BETWEEN SO MANY MASS KILLERS
http://www.poppot.org/2018/07/03/marijuana-violence-know-connection/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— TRUMP BLAMED FOR DEATH OF REPORTERS: DID MEDIA BLAME OBAMA FOR COP KILLERS? – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/trump-blamed-for-death-of-reporters-did-media-blame-obama-for-cop-killers/

 

BREITBART
— Poll – Majority of White, Black, and Hispanic Americans: U.S. Needs Stricter Immigration Enforcement – John Binder (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps not only do not want stricter enforcement, they want no enforcement at all.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/04/poll-majority-of-white-black-and-hispanic-americans-u-s-needs-stricter-immigration-enforcement/
— Ann Coulter Slams ‘Open Borders Zealots’ on Trump’s SCOTUS Shortlist, Backs Kavanaugh – Ian Mason
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/04/ann-coulter-slams-open-borders-zealots-on-trumps-scotus-shortlist-backs-kavanaugh/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— The Next American Revolution: #WalkAway – DAVID CATRON (DIERSEN: In Illinois, Democrats a) who accept some conservative principles and b) who might walk away from the Democrat Party and join the Republican Party are discouraged from doing that by the way that the Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who dominate many Republican organizations in Illinois treat conservatives. They see how those Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://spectator.org/the-next-american-revolution-walkaway/

 

TOWNHALL
— Dick Durbin Is The Incompetent One Here, Not ICE – John Dempsey
https://townhall.com/columnists/johndempsey/2018/07/05/dick-durbin-is-the-incompetent-one-here-not-ice-n2497309
— Should We Invade Mexico? – Kurt Schlichter (DIERSEN: Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America a) by its sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) by its keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) by its sending mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally. Anti-Trumps side with Mexico against America.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2018/07/05/should-we-invade-mexico-n2497140

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Illegal aliens could increase under Mexico’s new president – Chad Groening
https://www.onenewsnow.com/national-security/2018/07/05/illegal-aliens-could-increase-under-mexicos-new-pres

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump, Republicans can win the immigration debate this fall – Matt Mackowiak
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/4/trump-republicans-can-win-the-immigration-debate-t/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP to attack unfunded federal mandates next week – Pete Kasperowicz (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are unfunded mandates. Since the 1960s, AA, Diversity, and Inclusion have cost taxpayers many trillions of dollars. AA, Diversity, and Inclusion waste the careers of and get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or veteran. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of those who are Republican and are White, male, older, and/or veteran.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/gop-to-attack-unfunded-federal-mandates-next-week

 

THE HILL
— Who really wants to abolish ICE? Surely not the American people – DAVID BOSSIE
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/395536-who-really-wants-to-abolish-ice-surely-not-the-american-people
— When Democrats cry ‘Abolish ICE,’ they really mean ‘abolish borders’ – MARK KRIKORIAN
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/395389-when-democrats-cry-abolish-ice-they-really-mean-abolish-borders

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in painting Trump as being a racist.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-racist_us_5b3ce1aee4b05127ccee5eb3

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump pressed aides on Venezuela invasion.”
https://apnews.com/a3309c4990ac4581834d4a654f7746ef/Trump-pressed-aides-on-Venezuela-invasion,-US-official-says

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in painting Trump as being a racist. Are you a Trump supporter? If you are, who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois works the hardest to paint you as being a racist? I should write a book about those who work the hardest to paint me as being a racist. Better yet, I should sue them.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/04/politics/donald-trump-quinnipiac-poll/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in turning tech employees against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/technology/employee-uprisings-twitter.html
— The Secret Price of Pets The care and feeding of America’s “fur babies” has grown increasingly baroque. – Peter Haldeman (DIERSEN: According to this article, last year, Americans spent $69.5 billion on their pets. Dogs are extremely time consuming and expensive. One reason why I can afford to spend 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each and every year to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out each and every day is that I have never owned a dog. The time and money that others have spent on dogs I spent working a second job during 1971 and 1972, earning three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, passing two professional certification examinations in 1979 and 1981, serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000, serving as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/style/how-to-pamper-your-pet.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps do not like #WalkAway. In Illinois, Democrats a) who accept some conservative principles and b) who might walk away from the Democrat Party and join the Republican Party are discouraged from doing that by the way that the Democrat plants; Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who dominate many Republican organizations in Illinois treat conservatives. They see how those Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2018/07/02/the-walkaway-meme-is-what-happens-when-everything-is-viral-and-nothing-matters/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the pro-Trump Internet last weekend, the #WalkAway hashtag was the nexus of an exciting idea: that “millions of Americans are walking away from the Democrat party,” as one pro-Trump account put it. Breitbart said that the hashtag had gone viral; the Epoch Times said it represented a “growing movement” of Democrats — particularly minority Democrats — abandoning their party, and liberalism.)
— The left’s contempt is going to reelect Trump – Marc A. Thiessen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-lefts-contempt-is-going-to-reelect-trump/2018/07/03/8e91b240-7ede-11e8-b0ef-fffcabeff946_story.html
— Is it great to be a worker in the U.S.? Not compared with the rest of the developed world. – Andrew Van Dam (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Then why do so many come to the U.S. and stay in the U.S.? ANSWER: Democrats and RINOs promise to give immigrants (and especially to immigrants who are minority, female, and/or younger) preference over U.S. citizens (and especially over U.S. citizens who are White, male, and/or older.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/07/04/is-it-great-to-be-a-worker-in-the-u-s-not-compared-to-the-rest-of-the-developed-world/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH GRAPHIC: In This Economy, Quitters Are Winning – David Harrison and Eric Morath (DIERSEN: Beyond outrageously, in Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors argued that they did nothing to get me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. But in fact, they made it extremely clear to me that if I did not take their “offer,” they would a) make my life a living hell and b) constructively, if not actually, demote me. They told me that if I did not take their “offer,” they would assign me to work for my subordinates. All my subordinates were Democrat minorities and/or Democrat females who were younger than me and who had an extremely low opinion of me and of those who share my demographics. They hinted/implied that they would give me performance expectations and performance appraisals that would be even more unfair. They hinted/implied that they might do less to destroy me if I would a) dump my 9 years of experience auditing federal financial industry regulators and b) dump my 1997 master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and try to get assigned to a different audit group.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-this-economy-quitters-are-winning-1530702001
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kimberly Enoch had a stable job working from home managing grants for a Little Rock, Ark., nonprofit, but she was bored and thought she could do better. So she quit. Within three months, she landed a job as a grant writer at Southern Bancorp Community Partners, snagging a 14% raise, a faster pace at work and an easy seven-minute commute. “I knew I could do more,” Ms. Enoch said. She is part of a bigger trend. Workers are choosing to leave their jobs at the fastest rate since the internet boom 17 years ago and getting rewarded for it with bigger paychecks and/or more satisfying work.)
— Polish Chief Justice Defies Government’s Supreme Court Overhaul Malgorzata Gersdorf showed up for work despite a new law that would force the retirement of more than a third of the judges on the court – Natalia Ojewska (DIERSEN: The federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. In today’s dollars, were you earning $96,403 by age 25, $113,920 by age 30, $134,000 by age 35, and $164,200 by age 40.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/polish-chief-justice-defies-governments-supreme-court-overhaul-1530696927
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new law mandates early retirement for all male Supreme Court judges over 65 years old and all female judges over 60. A panel of experts would then appoint replacement judges. Parliament would choose who staffs that panel, unless more than two-fifths of Poland’s sharply divided parliament obstructs the process, in which case President Andrzej Duda would choose the panelists.)
— How a Rich Californian Hijacked the Legislature – Thomas M. Boyd
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-rich-californian-hijacked-the-legislature-1530723133

 

USA TODAY
— Capital Gazette shooting highlights the dangers facing today’s journalists – Caroline Simon
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/07/03/capital-gazette-shooting-highlights-growing-danger-journalists/752178002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 34% take Social Security when they are 62. My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2018/06/19/whats-most-popular-age-to-take-social-security/35928543/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Statue of Liberty climber identified as immigrant activist – Larry Celona, Tina Moore and Chris Perez
https://nypost.com/2018/07/04/statue-of-liberty-climber-identified-as-immigrant-activist/

 

HERALD
— Democrats’ calls to abolish ICE play into Trump’s hands Most Americans are moderate on immigration. The left risks midterm wins with calls to end ICE. – Froma Harrop
https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/harrop-democrats-calls-to-abolish-ice-play-into-trumps-hands/

 

DAILY HERALD
— The liberal stampede to ‘Abolish ICE’ – Pat Buchanan
https://www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion/national-editorials/buchanan-the-liberal-stampede-to-abolish-ice/article_4a17d51a-d839-5fd7-bfa4-0c421dcf0df0.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-fourth-july-celebrate-patriotism-not-trump-1003847

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— Financial Freedom Eludes Many, but Social Security Helps Only one in 10 Americans isn’t in some capacity reliant on their Social Security income when they retire. – Sean Williams (DIERSEN: What has helped you to save more of your income for retirement? For me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would say it was three very bad things: a) my avoiding the draft, b) the federal government grossly overpaying me, and c) my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents.)
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2018/07/04/financial-freedom-eludes-many-but-social-security.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to a Bankrate survey released in March, most Americans fail to save an adequate amount of their income. While most financial advisors recommend that people save 15% or more of what they earn, just 16% of respondents to Bankrate’s survey were heeding this advice. By comparison, 19% weren’t saving a red cent, 21% were putting away 1% to 5% of their earnings, and another 25% were saving 6% to 10% of their income. In another context, essentially two-thirds of Americans are saving nothing or very little, thusly putting their retirement in jeopardy.)

 

DAILY MAIL
— Woman who scaled the Statue of Liberty is a Congolese immigrant and personal trainer, 44, who was arrested last year for assaulting a cop and ‘attends one anti-Trump protest every week’ – HANNAH MOORE and RORY TINGLE
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5919057/Woman-climbs-Statue-Liberty-Independence-Day-ICE-protesters-busted.html

June 29 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— Capital Gazette shooting: What we know about the suspect – CNN
https://wgntv.com/2018/06/29/capital-gazette-shooting-what-we-know-about-the-suspect/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage County, Comcast agree to 10-year deal – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-comcast-deal-st-0629-story.html
— The Janus ruling doesn’t have to be a death knell for public unions – David Greising (DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. If GAO had been unionized in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) get rid of my mentor in 1987, d) not promote me beyond GS-13, e) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, f) give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, or g) force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-greising-janus-union-free-riders-supreme-court-0629-20180628-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use a Brazilian mother and her son a) to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and b) to glorify and praise illegals.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-brazilian-boy-detained-ruling-20180628-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity in Naperville.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-keaton-column-st-0629-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pelosi, Schumer: Janus magnifies what’s at stake in Trump’s Supreme Court pick – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pelosi-schumer-janus-magnifies-whats-at-stake-in-trumps-supreme-court-pick/
— State workers eye new Supreme Court ruling with confusion, gripes — and dancing – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/state-workers-eye-new-supreme-court-ruling-with-confusion-gripes-and-dancing/
— New report warns 1 million kids likely to be undercounted in 2020 Census – Maudlyne Ihejirika
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/new-report-warns-1-million-kids-likely-undercounted-2020-census/
— In Chicago and elsewhere, Latinos converting to Islam – Alexandra Arriaga
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/latinos-converting-to-islam-chicago-elsewhere-spanish-religion/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Where is Trump’s plan to reunite families separated at the border?”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/kids-separated-parents-families-border-immigration-donald-trump-editorial-federal-court-judge/
— Wanted: US border patrol agents, all ‘creeds, religions, ethnicities’ – Neil Steinberg (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/wanted-us-border-patrol-agents-all-creeds-religions-ethnicities-how-to-apply/
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use a Brazilian mother and her son a) to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and b) to glorify and praise illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judge-orders-immediate-release-of-9-year-old-detained-in-chicago-away-from-mom/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Will a big Supreme Court victory save Bruce Rauner? – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180629/BLOGS02/180629825

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL ARTICLE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Lincoln Library sees uptick in homeless population – Crystal Thomas
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180629/lincoln-library-sees-uptick-in-homeless-population
— It’s time we caught up with idea of universal basic income – Wayne Madison (DIERSEN: How much universal basic income would it take to get you to stop working – $20,000/year, $25,000/year, $30,000/year, $35,000/year, $40,000/year, $45,000/year, $50,000+/year?)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180628/point-its-time-we-caught-up-with-idea-of-universal-basic-income
— Democrats must channel anti-Trump fervor into winning midterms – Eugene Robinson
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180628/eugene-robinson-democrats-must-channel-anti-trump-fervor-into-winning-midterms

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Judge puts clock on Medicaid backlog, saying state must cover costs for those waiting more than 45 days – AP
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180628/judge-puts-clock-on-medicaid-backlog-saying-state-must-cover-costs-for-those-waiting-more-than-45-days
— Ball in unions’ court now to prove worth to workers – Editorial (DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. If GAO had been unionized in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) get rid of my mentor in 1987, d) not promote me beyond GS-13, e) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, f) give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, or g) force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union.)
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20180628/editorial-ball-in-unions-court-now-to-prove-worth-to-workers

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— In Central Illinois and beyond, all eyes on Supreme Court vacancy – ALLISON PETTY
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/in-central-illinois-and-beyond-all-eyes-on-supreme-court/article_7808798f-fa50-5c1e-983d-8561be7558d1.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Alderman missed more than half of 2017 City Council meetings. Now he wants to be state rep. – JOSEPH BUSTOS (DIERSEN: How good of an attendance record does your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain have? Since 1999, I have had the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Central Committee monthly meetings and fundraisers.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article213807524.html

 

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— Rep. Long and Lt. Sanguinetti talk labor union ruling – Ali Braboy
http://www.newstrib.com/free/rep-long-and-lt-sanguinetti-talk-labor-union-ruling/article_ea864358-7a5c-11e8-b9a4-5b12560b2732.html

 

TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps to rally in Ottawa.
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/06/27/ottawa-rally-planned-on-immigration/axxbm2c/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— THIS IS IT! After writing this newsletter for nearly three years, I am moving to the national beat for POLITICO starting Monday. It’s been quite a run, folks. I thank you all for your loyal following, your tips, your steady, upbeat encouragement; your arguments and corrections and for tolerating my post-midnight fact-checking texts or confirmation-seeking calls. I know way too much about all of your sleeping (and drinking) habits. – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/29/trump-jr-shows-up-at-city-hall-282301

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Craig Wilcox Kicks Off Fall State Senate Campaign with Bull Valley Golf Club Fundraiser
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/28/craig-wilcox-kicks-off-fall-campaign-bull-valley-golf-club-fundraiser/

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Janus decision could give IL caregivers new shot at reclaiming $32M in unconstitutional union fees: SCOTUS – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511470212-janus-decision-could-give-il-caregivers-new-shot-at-reclaiming-32m-in-unconstitutional-union-fees-scotus

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— CPS’ facilities contractor, with poor track record, advertises jobs that require no drug tests – W.J. Kennedy
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511470161-cps-facilities-contractor-with-poor-track-record-advertises-jobs-that-require-no-drug-tests

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Foundation: Janus decision could prompt refund of ‘billions’ in forced union fees – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/foundation-janus-decision-could-prompt-refund-of-billions-in-forced/article_f26e0d2c-7af1-11e8-9c36-2b6d359a59e4.html
— Illinois state Senator Dale Righter, R-Mattoon, says U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidates law here, Attorney General disagrees – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/illinois-state-senator-says-u-s-supreme-court-ruling-invalidates/article_94dfdcd4-797b-11e8-b729-cf718ba4d076.html

 

BREITBART
— Mainstream Media Blame Donald Trump for Maryland Newspaper Shooter – Mathew Boyle
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/06/28/mainstream-media-blame-donald-trump-for-maryland-newspaper-shooter/
— House Democrat, Nearly 575 Others Arrested Protesting Border Policy Inside Senate Building – Joshua Caplan
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/28/dem-rep-arrested-protesting-trump-border-policy/

 

DAILY CALLER
— JOURNOS, LEFTISTS BLAME TRUMP FOR MARYLAND NEWSROOM SHOOTING – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/28/journalists-blame-trump-md-shooting/
— CAPITAL GAZETTE SHOOTING IS THE LARGEST MASS SHOOTING OF JOURNALISTS IN AMERICA – Vandana Rambaran
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/28/largest-journalist-shooting/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Government Employee Who Beat Unions at Supreme Court Sees End to Their ‘Free Ride’ – Kevin Mooney
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/28/government-employee-who-beat-unions-at-supreme-court-sees-end-to-their-free-ride/

 

PJ MEDIA
— The Democrats Go Full Venezuela – ROGER L SIMON (DIERSEN: Democrats promote poverty because poverty-stricken people vote for Democrats.)
https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/the-democrats-go-full-venezuela/

 

ZERO HEDGE
— Mexico’s Next President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Boldly Declares That Immigration To The United States Is A “Human Right” – Tyler Durden (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps side with Obrador and want citizens of Mexico to help anti-Trumps get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-23/mexicos-next-president-boldly-declares-immigration-united-states-human-right

 

POLITICO
— How Cities Became the New Unions The $15 minimum wage was just the beginning. Now Seattle is trying to build a whole safety net for workers—and triggering a war with its biggest companies. – PAUL ROBERTS
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/29/how-cities-became-the-new-unions-218837

 

THE HILL
— Anti-establishment fervor grips Dems – AMIE PARNES
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/394690-anti-establishment-fervor-grips-dems

 

ABC ACTION NEWS
— What is known about newspaper shooting suspect Jarrod Ramos – CNN
https://www.abcactionnews.com/homepage-showcase/what-is-known-about-newspaper-shooting-suspect-jarrod-ramos

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: All Over U.S., Local Officials Cancel Deals to Detain Immigrants – Simon Romero
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/us/migrant-shelters-ice-contracts-counties.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use a Brazilian mother and her son a) to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and b) to glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/us/immigration-family-separation-brazil.html
— I.R.S. Nominee Says He Won’t Weaponize Agency – Alan Rappeport (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/us/politics/irs-nominee-says-he-wont-weaponize-agency.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Inside the White House’s Quiet Campaign to Create a Supreme Court Opening – Adam Liptak and Maggie Haberman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what my Democrat GAO superiors did to get me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/us/politics/trump-anthony-kennedy-retirement.html
— Twitter, Facebook Launch Tools to Track Advertising – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/06/28/business/28reuters-twitter-advertising.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans want to turn America into Mexico.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/opinion/immigration-el-paso.html
— After Janus, Unions Must Save Themselves – Editorial (DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. If GAO had been unionized in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) get rid of my mentor in 1987, d) not promote me beyond GS-13, e) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, f) give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, or g) force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/opinion/janus-supreme-court-unions.html
— FRONT PAGE: Fighting Privilege: The Senate Finally Wants to Pay Its Interns – Catie Edmondson (DIERSEN: When you graduated from college, could you have afforded to take an unpaid intern job? I could not. My father died suddenly in 1969. I graduated from NIU in 1970. I applied for financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother. I took the only job offer that I received, a job that did really require a college degree.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/us/politics/senate-paid-internships.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Five dead, gunman in custody after targeted shooting at Capital Gazette building in Annapolis, police say – Lynh Bui, Ovetta Wiggins and Tom Jackman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/heavy-police-activity-reported-around-capital-gazette-newsroom-in-annapolis/2018/06/28/32e0123e-7b05-11e8-93cc-6d3beccdd7a3_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow a) about their success in glorifying and praising illegals and b) about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-immigration-poll-20180628-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Google gets tough on harassment after James Damore firing roils staff – Jessica Guynn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/06/27/google-toughens-rule-internal-harassment-after-james-damore-firing-roils-staff/738483002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity. To vote for a Democrat is to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/13/closeted-lgbtq-youth-coming-out-column/686839002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Facebook Tools Ease Finding Fake Pages – Georgia Wells (DIERSEN: Of course, since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that everything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is fake. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-launches-tools-to-stop-fake-accounts-1530219116
— The Threat to Privacy of Opinion – Bradley A. Smith (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-threat-to-privacy-of-opinion-1530226088
— Trump’s Newsprint Tariff Is a Tax on America’s Free Press Local newspapers were already struggling when Trump imposed a 30% levy on Canadian paper. – Steve Forbes (DIERSEN: I pay lots of money for newspaper subscriptions including the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Naperville Sun, Wheaton Leader, Crain’s Chicago Business, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-newsprint-tariff-is-a-tax-on-americas-free-press-1530225939
— An aging population spends more time on leisure, less on work – Paul Kiernan and Danny Dougherty (DIERSEN: What do you spend your time on? I spend 10+ hours of my time each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/time-use-2018/
— The Rise of the Older, Single Female Home Buyer Unmarried women over 55 is one of the largest, and fastest-growing, demographics of home buyers. With longer lifespans and careers, many look for homes with ‘no bad memories’ – Katy McLaughlin (DIERSEN: In September of 1972, when I was 24 years old, I was a younger single male home buyer. I bought a new town home at 774-5 Sunset Court in University Park with money that I had earned/saved a) working for IRS since June of 1971 and b) working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights since August of 1970.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-rise-of-the-older-single-female-home-buyer-1530196234

 

DAILY BEAST
— Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Baby in Arms, Joins Immigration Protests on Capitol Hill Several Democratic senators took part in the demonstration against the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy. – Andrew Desiderio
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sen-tammy-duckworth-baby-in-arms-joins-immigration-protests

 

GOVERNING
— After Ruling, Unions Seek Revenge on Illinois Governor (DIERSEN: Unions know a) that I was a union member for almost 12 years and b) that all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union.)
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/After-Ruling-Unions-on-Gov-Rauners-Reelection.html

 

GUARDIAN
— More than 600 arrested at Washington protest over Trump immigration policy Demonstrators sat on floor of Senate office building to condemn treatment of migrant families, with more rallies planned – Ed Pilkington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/28/us-immigration-protest-trump-washington-senate

June 25 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Trump Slams Virginia Restaurant That Kicked Out Sarah Sanders (DIERSEN: Democrats do not kick Rauner out of their restaurants because he has taken actions against those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/25/donald-trump-sarah-sanders-kicked-out-red-hen-restaurant/
— New Contender Sam McCann Enters Governor’s Race
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/25/mccann-governors-race/

 

ABC7 & NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use illegals to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/durbin-visits-chicago-kids-making-cards-for-children-separated-from-parents/3651257/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Durbin-Cards-to-Give-to-Children-Separated-From-Parents-at-Border-486469761.html

 

NBC5
— Trump to Attend Groundbreaking of Wisconsin Foxconn Factory Taiwan-based Foxconn is perhaps best known for assembling Apple iPhones in China – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-to-Attend-Groundbreaking-of-Wisconsin-Foxconn-Factory-486494081.html
— Where to Watch Fireworks for Independence Day in Chicago: FROM THE LIST: Tuesday, July 3: Wheaton — Graf Park, 1701 Manchester Road, dusk (DIERSEN: DuPage Republicans will have a booth at this event.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Where-to-Watch-Fireworks-for-Independence-Day-in-Chicago-486301491.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago bar bans MAGA hats (DIERSEN: Democrats would never ban Rauner hats because of the actions that Rauner has taken against those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/chicago-bar-bans-maga-hats

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— It’s official: GOP Sen. McCann files to run for governor in ‘Conservative Party’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/downstate-gop-sen-mccann-seeks-to-run-for-gov-as-conservative-party-candidate/
— Trump lashes out at restaurant that booted Sanders – AP (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are extremely intolerant. They not only do not tolerate, they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-red-hen-restaurant-sarah-huckabee-sanders/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illegal immigration will dramatically increase because “Border Protection halts prosecution referrals to keep adults, children together.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/immigration-border-protection-halts-prosecution-referrals-separating-families/
— Pfleger plans to shut down Dan Ryan on July 7 by marching on roadway – Mitch Dudek (DIERSEN: I drove my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint and then my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 on the Dan Ryan 1966-1968 when I commuted to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pfleger-plans-shut-down-dan-ryan-july-7-marching-on-roadway-protest-gun-violence/
— The question in November: ‘What kind of country do we want to be? – Jesse Jackson (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want America 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.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/the-question-in-november-what-kind-of-country-do-we-want-to-be/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Let’s take the high road, though Sarah Huckabee Sanders had it coming.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/sarah-huckabee-sanders-had-it-coming-restaurant-kicked-out/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump to Maxine Waters: ‘Careful what you wish for,’ after she calls for harassment of his Cabinet
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-maxine-waters-trump-20180625-story.html – Avi Selk and John Wagner
— Aurora hits quarter century as a casino town – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-casino25-st-0624-story,amp.html
— Trolls attack restaurants named Red Hen after Trump’s press secretary denied meal – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-red-hen-confusion-20180625-story.html
— Pfleger to lead July 7 anti-violence protest that will shut down stretch of Dan Ryan Expressway – Elvia Malagon (DIERSEN: I drove my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint and then my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 on the Dan Ryan 1966-1968 when I commuted to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-protest-gun-violence-dan-ryan-20180625-story.html
— When using village credit cards, Glenview officials often fail to properly track meal purchases, records show – Alexandra Kukulka
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glenview/news/ct-gla-village-credit-cards-tl-0628-story.html
— With McDonald’s moving HQ to Chicago, Oak Brook’s 22nd Street restaurant will close Saturday – Chuck Fieldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/news/ct-dob-mcdonalds-restaurant-closing-tl-0628-story.html
— Women-only space gives senior-level men their moment post-#MeToo – Heidi Stevens
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-monday-evolve-her-involve-him-0625-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Is your next electricity rate hike being cooked up in secret at the ICC? Lawsuit says yes. – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180625/NEWS11/180629911/is-your-next-electricity-rate-hike-being-cooked-up-in-secret-at-the
— Once a Trump fave, Harley now feels the trade war pinch – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180625/NEWS05/180629907/once-a-trump-fave-harley-now-feels-the-trade-war-pinch

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in using illegals to promote hatred against Trump.
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/06/25/residents-rally-in-woodstock-to-decry-trump-policies-push-for-family-reunification/aaa63s0/

 

BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE
— Williamson County voters to decide on gun sanctuary status
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/County-voters-to-decide-whether-to-become-a-gun-13023909.php

 

96.7 THE EAGLE
— GOVERNOR RAUNER IS AGAINST THE LEGALIZATION OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN ILLINOIS
http://967theeagle.net/governor-rauner-is-against-the-legalization-of-recreational-marijuana-in-illinois/

 

CHICAGO READER
— Time to yank Trump’s wretched name off his tower—or make him pay more taxes – Ben Joravsky (DIERSEN: To this day, my critics/opponents in Wheaton remain furious that I cited building code violations, construction defects, storm water problems, and unrecorded easements in 915 Cove Court in Wheaton to get a reduction of the home’s assessed valuation from the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board. To this day, my critics/opponents a) are terrified of, b) glorify and praise, c) pander to, d) are operatives for, and/or d) are dupes for the home’s builder. Republican candidates tell me that he tells them that he does not want to give them any money or any campaign sign locations until the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party gets rid of me.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/25/time-to-yank-trumps-wretched-name-off-his-tower-or-make-him-pay-more-taxes

 

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
— More Synthetic Cannabinoids Cases – Melaney Arnold
https://www2.illinois.gov/IISNews/16899-More_Synthetic_Cannabinoids_Cases_Release.pdf

 

CHRONICLE ILLINOIS
— Black lawmakers lash out at Rauner – Kevin Beese
http://chronicleillinois.com/government/black-lawmakers-lash-out-at-rauner/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAOUL BLASTS ANONYMOUSLY-REPORTED ANTI-GAY COMMENTS MADE BY RAUNER-BACKED CANDIDATE 18 YEARS AGO
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/raoul-blasts-anonymously-reported-anti-gay-comments-made-by-rauner-backed-candidate-18-years-ago-.html
— FOUR MORE IL GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES COULD BE ON NOVEMBER BALLOT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/four-more-il-gubernatorial-candidates-could-be-on-november-ballot.html
— PETITION TO OUST MAXINE WATERS EMERGES ON WHITEHOUSE.GOV SITE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/petition-to-oust-maxine-waters-emerges-on-whitehousegov-site.html
— AFTER REVELATIONS IRS WAS URGED TO RUIN TEA PARTY GROUPS, ILLINOIS LEADER CALLS ON TRUMP TO OUST INSTIGATOR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/after-revelations-irs-was-urged-to-ruin-tea-party-groups-illinois-leader-calls-on-trump-to-oust-inst.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Gov. Rauner and JB Pritzker both attended Equality Illinois’ Pride Parade reception on Sunday. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the future looks bleak for those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. To promote LGBTQ activity is to dump those voters who support the traditional family plank in the IRP platform. To promote abortion is to dump those voters who support the right to life plank in the IRP platform. To promote illegal immigration is to dump those voters who support the immigration plank in the IRP platform. Ever-increasingly, Rauner seems to promise that if he is reelected, he will drive those who support the aforesaid planks out of the IRP once and for all, that is, that he will destroy the IRP once and for all. If Rauner is reelected, he will dump those who support the aforesaid planks. If Rauner is not reelected, he will blame those who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/25/close-but-no-cigar/
— Fact checkers and opinion checkers (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/25/fact-checkers-and-opinion-checkers/
— Raoul slams Harold in new online ad (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will destroy you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/25/raoul-slams-harold-in-new-online-ad/
— Sam McCann round-up
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/25/sam-mccann-round-up/

 

BLAZE
— Former Obama adviser David Axelrod slams left for praise of Sarah Sanders’ restaurant ejection – Sarah Tylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/25/former-obama-adviser-david-axelrod-slams-left-for-praise-of-sarah-sanders-restaurant-ejection

 

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Files House Ethics Complaint Against Maxine Waters For Inciting Violence and Assaults on Trump Cabinet (DIERSEN: In Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct, how soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps tell everyone to harass all Republicans, and especially Republicans who are precinct committeemen/captains, township/ward/county party organization officers, Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members, the IRP national committeeman and committeewoman, activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, political consultants, etc.? To avoid harassment, how many of the aforesaid will dump Trump and dump Trump’s supporters if they have not already done so?)
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-files-house-ethics-complaint-against-maxine-waters-for-inciting-violence-and-assaults-on-trump-cabinet/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Maxine Waters addressed a rally in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 23, telling a crowd: “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them! And you tell them that they are not welcome, anymore, anywhere.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Fu3g1MGHY In today’s letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics co-chairman, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton writes: “In encouraging individuals to create “crowds” who will “push back” on President Trump’s Cabinet members at private business establishments and in seemingly trying to prevent these Cabinet officials from obtaining basic necessities without fear of assault and violence, Rep. Waters seems to be violation of House rules, specifically: “A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall conduct himself at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House. [House Rule 23, clause 1.]” We hereby request that the Office of Congressional Ethics conduct a preliminary investigation into whether Rep. Maxine Waters violated House Rules in encouraging attacks on Cabinet officials. “Rep. Maxine Waters incited violence and assault against members of President Trump’s Cabinet,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “It is urgent that the House ethics quickly act to hold her accountable for this dangerous incitement.”)

 

DAILY CALLER
— SARAH SANDERS BEGINS PRESS BRIEFING WITH BLISTERING MESSAGE TO RESTAURANT THAT KICKED HER OUT – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/sarah-sanders-blistering-message-kicked-out-of-restaurant/
— MAXINE WATERS PRAISED VIOLENT LA RACE RIOTS AS ‘DEFINING MOMENT’ FOR RESISTANCE – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/maxine-waters-race-riots/
— PRO-CHOICE REPUBLICANS WRITE THEIR OWN OBITUARY, BLAME TRUMP – Grace Carr
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/pro-choice-republicans-blame-trump/

 

GOPUSA
— Maxine Waters calls for attacks against entire Trump administration (DIERSEN: Democrats do not attack members of the Rauner Administration because of the actions that Rauner has taken against those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48753
— Do Christians Have a Future in LGBTQ America? (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you live and/or work in a precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, or state that is anti-Trump, the more of the following groups that you are a member of, the bleaker that your future looks: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48498
— Restaurant owner who booted Sarah Sanders cites ‘moral’ grounds — this is tolerance? (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are extremely intolerant. They not only do not tolerate, they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48746
— Rep. Barbara Lee accuses Trump of ‘criminalizing’ alien lawbreakers
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48750
— Banks, corporate America threaten Second Amendment, gun industry says
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48765
— Has the West the Will to Survive? – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48636

 

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
— Conservative on a Budget – Carmen Diaz (DIERSEN: Are you on a budget? I have been on a budget big time since 1997 when my income dropped 59%, or by $73,461/year in today’s dollars. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $125,325/year, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864/year, or just 41% of that.)
https://www.leadershipinstitute.org/news/?NR=13963&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=careers_services&utm_content=june2018_budget_blog

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Decapitated Animal Carcass Placed on DHS Official’s Porch – JACK CROWE (DIERSEN: Democrats do not place decapitated animal carcasses on Rauner’s porch because of the actions that Rauner has taken against those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dhs-official-animal-carcass-burned-decapitated-porch/
— Border Patrol Commissioner Suspends Prosecution of Adults Who Cross Border with Children – JACK CROWE (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to use children to get into America illegally.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/illegal-immigrant-families-prosecution-suspended-border/

 

THE HILL
— Restaurant’s Sanders snub snowballs into partisan fight – JUDY KURTZ AND AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: Democrats do not snub Rauner supporters because of the actions that Rauner has taken against those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/393997-restaurants-sanders-snub-snowballs-into-partisan-fight
— House barrels toward immigration vote despite Trump tweets – JORDAIN CARNEY AND JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/393885-this-week-house-barrels-toward-immigration-vote-despite-trump-tweets

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans cheer that “Border Officials Suspend Handing Over Migrant Families to Prosecutors.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/politics/border-officials-suspend-handing-over-migrant-families-to-prosecutors.html

 

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Federal employees have the right to refuse illegal orders at the border – Louis Clark (DIERSEN: While some of my superiors in the federal government were reluctant to enforce the orders that they were given to waste my career and to get rid of me, none of them refused to carry out those orders. I should write a book about a) my GAO superiors who forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; my Democrat IRS superiors who did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors who forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. All of the aforesaid disapproved of one or more of my demographics, especially that I was a draft avoider.)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Federal-employees-have-the-right-to-refuse-13023515.php

 

FORTUNE
— Rep. Maxine Waters Tells Supporters to Harass Trump Cabinet Members – MCKENNA MOORE (DIERSEN: In Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct, how soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps tell everyone to harass all Republicans, and especially Republicans who are precinct committeemen/captains, township/ward/county party organization officers, Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members, the IRP national committeeman and committeewoman, activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, political consultants, etc.? To avoid harassment, how many of the aforesaid will dump Trump and dump Trump’s supporters if they have not already done so?)
http://fortune.com/2018/06/25/rep-maxine-waters-tells-supporters-to-harass-trump-cabinet-members/

 

FORBES
— Trump’s Executive Branch Restructuring: What If The Federal Government Is Beyond Streamlining? – Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. (DIERSEN: During the mid-1990s, Newt Gingrich streamlined GAO. The agency got rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. The agency is just a shell of what it once was.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/waynecrews/2018/06/25/trumps-executive-branch-restructuring-what-if-the-federal-government-is-beyond-streamlining/#3822320f52f7

 

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more of the following that you are, the more that you oppose E-Verify: 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.cato.org/blog/house-republicans-consider-e-verify-mandate-part-compromise-bill-what-will-happen-when-e-verify

 

DAILY MAIL
— Don’t be duped into legalizing dope – PETER HITCHENS
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-5878595/PETER-HITCHENS-Billys-plight-awful-dont-duped-legalising-dope.html

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What drives you away from activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc.? For me, it is when they promote the following:
– dependency on government,
– dependency on charity,
– LGBTQ activity,
– abortion,
– mass/illegal immigration,
– diminishment of First Amendment rights,
– diminishment of Second Amendment rights,
– booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
– patronage,
– political affiliation discrimination,
– reverse discrimination,
– age discrimination,
– religious discrimination,
– national origin discrimination,
– union bashing,
– American nameplate car bashing, and
– government employee/retiree bashing.
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

FACEBOOK
— Advertiser Help Center: National issues of public importance
https://www.facebook.com/business/help/214754279118974

 

ILLINOIS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
— Practical Advice for Employers on Increased Immigration Enforcement (DIERSEN: What percent of low-paid restaurant employees are in America illegally?)
https://mailchi.mp/illinoisbic/o3qsu7jkdr-811561?e=1d387c0f46

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those candidates who promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that if elected, they will use the power of government to destroy those individuals, organizations, and companies that do not promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Raoul-for-AG-attacks-opponent-on-anti-gay-views/63316.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago promotes LGBTQ activity. What does your municipality promote? To promote LGBTQ activity is to reject the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Mother-Nature-shines-on-49th-Pride-Parade-/63312.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hundreds of thousands of Chicagoans and out-of-towners lined the streets of Lakeview and Uptown for the 49th annual Chicago Pride Parade the afternoon of June 24. Police officials did not yet have attendance figures at the time of publication, but estimates have suggested the crowd measured about one million spectators for the last several years. Those spectators could not have asked for better weather on June 24; after several days of rain and clouds in Chicago, sunny skies returned for Pride weekend and temperatures remained in the 70s for the afternoon of the parade. Community organizations, city agencies, educational and religious institutions, labor unions and LGBT groups from major corporations were among those taking part. Organizers were limited to 150 parade entries, and kicked off from the corner of Broadway and Montrose Avenue shortly after noon. The final float crossed the starting point at about 2:45 p.m. The parade was headed up by members of Scouts for Equality, an organization working to ensure that precepts of equality are carried out within the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), which, at least in units not affiliated with non-affirming faith-based organizations, no longer discriminates against LGBT adults. Cate Readling, vice-president of membership of the BSA’s Pathway to Adventure Council, noted that BSA had recently begun admitting girls as well. “We’re all official now,” Readling said. The Scouts were followed up by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who briefly spoke alongside Alds. Tom Tunny (44th Ward) and James Cappleman (46th). In his remarks, Emanuel spoke of the city’s “inclusivity” and “belief in equality and tolerance.” With both federal midterm and state gubernatorial elections in November, and a city election in early 2019, politicians were out in full force. J.B. Pritzker (D), who is challenging incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) in November, said, “We’re [at] a time when Donald Trump has put rights at risk. He has stood up against trans rights and LGBTQ rights, and he stood against children by putting them in detention, children who are here emigrating with their families, separating them. At a time when it feels like government has become an instrument of immorality, I think we need a governor who will stand up for the LGBTQ community and the immigrant community and not be silent in the face of Donald Trump’s attacks.” “We’ve got to stand together so we can all stand for the planet,” said Cameron Davis, formerly President Barack Obama’s “Great Lakes czar,” who is running for a commissioner’s post for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD). “It doesn’t get any simpler than that.” Sean Casten, a Democrat who is running against incumbent Peter Roskam (R) in the 6th Congressional District, added, “We are going to come through this horrible time, because there is more love in the world than there is hate, and today we can stay focused on that.” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said, “I think it’s important in these times that those of us who are despised minorities in our own country stick together. So I always try to come to this parade and I’m encouraged by the warm reception that I get.” Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th Ward) said that the parade is “not just a celebration but our annual call to arms to defend all required acceptances in our own communities. So I’m glad to be here with our brothers and sisters, making that call for acceptance one more time.” State Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago) said, “LGBT people got their rights when we stood up and fought up and fought back against oppression at Stonewall. This country, under Trump, is seeing oppression unlike what we’ve seen before, not only for LGBT people, but for our immigrant communities and people of color [as well]. We need to stand together in solidarity.” Other politicians who either attended and/or sent delegations included U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley (D-6th), Robin Kelly (D-2nd) and Jan Schakowsky (D-9th); Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs; state Comptroller Susana Mendoza; Democratic state Reps. Kelly Cassidy, Sara Feigenholtz and Juliana Stratton (running with Pritzker); City Clerk Anna Valencia; and Deb Mell was among several other aldermen marching. Mayoral candidates included Lori Lightfoot (marching with her wife), Paul Vallas, Dorothy Brown, Gary McCarthy and Ja’Mal Green. MWRD Board President Maryana Spyropulos and MWRD Commissioners Debra Shore and Kari Steele also attended, as did Cook County Commission candidate Kevin Morrison and Berwyn School Board Member Julia McAleer-Forte. Orlando “El Fenomeno” Cruz, the first openly gay active professional boxer, was grand marshal. Educational institutions participating included Nettelhorst School; Chicago Waldorf School; Francis W. Parker School & Catherine Cook School; Elmhurst College; Rush University; Truman College and other City Colleges; University of Illinois at Chicago; University of Chicago; and Northwestern University. Among local consulates participating were Australia (for the first time), Ireland, Great Britain, Canada and Israel. Advocacy organizations and agencies included American Veterans for Equal Rights (carrying their large American flag), ACLU of Illinois, Asians and Friends Chicago, La Casa Norte, Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus, PFLAG, Night Ministry, Lambda Legal, Equality Illinois, Planned Parenthood, Chicago Gender Society (marching with Heels & Hardhats), The Legacy Project, LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois, Howard Brown Health, TPAN, Project VIDA; Thresholds, About Face Theatre, Windy City Performing Arts, Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus, Center on Halsted, ForeskinPride.org, AARP of Illinois, the National Gay Pilots Association, Human Rights Campaign, Mercy for Animals and the Obama Foundation. Lakeside Pride had dozens of its members performing during the parade. Also working hard were ROTC, Chicago Spirit Brigade and the Second City Outlaws dancing cowboys. There were three motorcycle groups this year, but not Dykes on Bikes: Bikes & Mics, Chicago Gay Bikers and Organized Chaos all powered through the route. Gay Liberation Network’s large contingent was largely focused on Palestinian rights for their entry. Both professional and amateur sports teams and organizations were represented, among them Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Fire, Chicago Dragons, Chicago Smelts, Chicago Gay Hockey Association and Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association. Local businesses included Sidetrack, Roscoe’s, Balloons by Tommy, Evanston Subaru in Skokie, Broadway in Chicago, GRAB and Goose Island Beer. Dozens of area churches took part in Chicago Welcoming Churches’ entry, shouting, “God is love” as they traversed the parade route. Persons from Chicago-area synagogues also marched together. Labor Unions and trade organizations included Chicago Women in Trades, Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers, Chicago Teachers Union, United Here Local 1 and SEIU Illinois. Among corporations represented by their LGBT groups were MB Financial Bank, Discover Financial Services, Bank of America, ComEd, Anheuser-Busch, Gap, Bloomingdales, Salesforce, Macy’s, Boeing, American Airlines, United Airlines, Hyatt Hotels, Hilton Hotels, Facebook, Google, Johnson & Johnson, Chipotle, WGN, Fox 32, ABC 7, NBC 5, Univision, Deloite, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile and Pepsico. MWRD Commisioner Debra Shore, shortly before the parade started, commented on how the LGBT community cuts across every sector of society, especially in terms of “race, class and gender,” adding, “That’s why it’s so important for us to stand up for others and for them to see us stand together in all our diversity.”)

June 18 Morning Edition

ABC7 & CBS2 & CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner promotes LGBTQ activity in Aurora. Ever-increasingly, Rauner makes it clear a) that he rejects the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and b) that he does not want those who support that plank to help reelect him. Constructively, he has banished from the IRP those who support the traditional family plank in the IRP platform.
http://abc7chicago.com/society/aurora-holds-first-ever-pride-parade/3612265/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/17/898858-aurora-first-pride-celebration/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-pride-parade-st-0618-story.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Laura Bush to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-laura-bush-separating-child-immigrants-20180617-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Be a rebel at work – Marcel Schwantes (DIERSEN: In what ways were you a rebel at work? I refused to become a Democrat. I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I refused to help my superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I maintained and improved my job skills by taking job-related graduate courses.)
https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/how-can-you-tell-someone-has-true-leadership-skills-surprisingly-science-says-they-are-rebels-who-break-rules.html
— Other pensions can put Social Security benefits at risk – Elliot Raphaelson (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced, it is only $2,064/year, because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security 1964-1973 while I washed dishes; cleaned golf shoes; chipped slag; pumped gasoline; delivered mail; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard; and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201806051948–tms–savingsgctnzy-a20180605-20180605-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: he most common complaints I hear from readers about Social Security relate to the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions reduce Social Security benefits, and those affected don’t believe they are fair. One class of people affected are those who receive a pension from a job in which they haven’t paid Social Security FICA taxes, such as public-sector workers like police officers and firefighters. Many federal, state and local employees are enrolled in retirement systems that are not part of Social Security. Federal employees hired before 1984 who stayed under Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) are affected. Federal workers who retired under the newer Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) are not subject to WEP because they paid Social Security FICA taxes. Some foreign workers are also affected.)
— Summer job lessons that can last a lifetime – Jill Schlesinger (DIERSEN: What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; washed dishes during the summer of 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966; and delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201806081909–tms–retiresmctnrs-a20180608-20180608-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-tomboy-hair-bigotry-gender-racism-0618-20180614-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage illegals to illegally bring their child to America so that anti-Trumps can use them against Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–immigration-holding-facility-20180617-story.html
— Evergreen Park school board rescinds new principal’s contract following anonymous misconduct allegations – Zak Koeske (DIERSEN: Have you ever had a job offer withdrawn? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. But of course, my critics/opponents reject that. They hint/imply/argue/shout that Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer because it found out from my Firestone Stores boss that I was a bad person. My Firestone Stores boss did not hire me. His superiors hired me and sent me to his store. He refused to let me report for work at his store unless I passed a 2-week probationary period at the Firestone Store in Gary, Indiana. He disapproved of my demographics – he disapproved of my avoiding the draft, my national origin, and my religion.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-evergreen-park-terminates-principal-st-0617-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Trump Tower, one of largest users of Chicago River water, has never met EPA rules for protecting fish, records show – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-trump-tower-fish-kill-20180618-story.html
— State Senate GOP leader Bill Brady “fundamentally opposed” to graduated income tax – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rahm-emanuel-fundraising-shahid-khan-20180617-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat Senator Don Harmon crows about his success in pushing pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rahm-emanuel-fundraising-shahid-khan-20180617-story.html

 

WGN RADIO
— Bill Brady on the IL State Budget: “Maybe the election was an opportunity we could leverage to do the right thing”
http://wgnradio.com/2018/06/17/bill-brady-on-the-il-state-budget-maybe-the-election-was-an-opportunity-we-could-leverage-to-do-the-right-thing/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHIC: 1 slot machine for every 46 residents: The suburbs with the most gambling – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180618/1-slot-machine-for-every-46-residents-the-suburbs-with-the-most-gambling
— Free summer meal program participation declines in suburbs, nation – Madhu Krishnamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180618/free-summer-meal-program-participation-declines-in-suburbs-nation
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Melania Trump to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180618/news/306189990/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180615/ISSUE05/180619902

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry Township officials send letter to Gov. Bruce Rauner supporting elimination bill Correspondence opposes County Board measure – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/17/mchenry-township-officials-send-letter-to-gov-bruce-rauner-supporting-elimination-bill/anspe2u/
— Some McHenry County officials flee homes in search of cheaper property taxes – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/15/some-mchenry-county-officials-flee-homes-in-search-of-cheaper-property-taxes/ap8qeej/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINES: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180617/rauner-to-consider-allowing-medical-cannabis-for-opioid-patients
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want everyone to oppose Trump.
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180617/george-will-congress-suffers-arthritic-knees-from-genuflecting-to-presidential-power

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Base raises on merit, not ‘steps’ – Dan McCaleb (DIERSEN: Step increases recognize the work experience that you gain. The more step increases that you get, the more that is expected of you.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-17/dan-mccaleb-base-raises-merit-not-steps.html

 

TIMES
— Rauner pledges $5,000 to Freedom Run – Kate Reynolds
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/06/17/rauner-pledges-5-000-to-freedom-run/a1trf9k/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Push To Bridge Gender Wage Gap Continues – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees who had less job-related work experience than I had, less job-related education than I had, no professional certifications, and/or no professional licenses higher salaries than GAO paid me. I worked for GAO 1980-1997 and for IRS 1971-1980. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/push-bridge-gender-wage-gap-continues#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Republican Leader Bill Brady talks budget, capital plan, campaign season – Paul Cicchini
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/ldr-brady-talks-budget-capital-plan-campaign-season/1242140105

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) analogize Trump to Hitler, b) analogize Trump supporters to Nazis, and c) analogize illegals to Jews.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/18/gutierrez-rips-nazi-administration-tactics-elizabeth-brackett-rip-musks-high-speed-plan-280346

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CRITICIZE ‘CHILD ABUSE’ ON FACEBOOK, GET BANNED FOR ‘HATE SPEECH’ Controversial video shows adult indoctrinating 5-year-olds to identify as ‘gay allies’
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/criticize-child-abuse-on-facebook-get-banned-for-hate-speech/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites use Roseanne Barr to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/opinion/roseanne-racism-blacks-apes.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage illegals to illegally bring their child to America so that anti-Trumps can use them against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/opinion/trump-and-the-baby-snatchers.html
— Why the I.R.S. Should Go After Trump – Philip T. Hackney (DIERSEN: In its February 1978 4-page article on me, constructively, Money Magazine called for IRS to disallow my education deductions. Money Magazine hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business and accounting courses that I had deducted a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. Of course, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates sided with Money Magazine.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/opinion/trump-foundation-new-york-attorney-general.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Melania Trump to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/06/18/us/politics/ap-us-immigration-melania-trump.html

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Top 20 Milton Township precincts in terms of percent of Republican turnout
http://www.gopillinois.com


Rank Precinct Committeeman Registered Voters Total Ballots Cast Percent
1         130             Beth Tatro                465                                156                               33.5%
2         109            Stanley Boris             666                                182                               27.3%
3         32              Mark Thomas            784                                213                               27.2%
4         4                Amy Grant                 554                                141                               25.5%
5         65             Jeanne Ives               630                                 157                               24.9%
6        71              Joseph Caruso          559                                 138                               24.7%
7        102            Richard Klinger          559                                136                                24.3%
8        107            Fred Bucholz             672                                 163                               24.3%
9        75              Bob Larsen                710                                 172                               24.2%
10      25              Robert Jacobsen       779                                 188                               24.1%
11      37              John Monino             768                                  184                               24.0%
12      91              Chuck Smith             658                                  156                               23.7%
13      99             John Zaruba              448                                  103                               23.0%
14     106            Gary Muehlfelt           664                                  149                               22.4%
15     95              Conner McCarthy      904                                  202                               22.3%
16     9                David Diersen           504                                  112                               22.2%
17     84             Martin Keller               792                                  176                              22.2%
18     77             Open                          609                                   134                              22.0%
19     85             Ron Menna                657                                   143                              21.8%
20    126            Open                          524                                   114                              21.8%

 

— Top 20 Milton Township precincts in terms of total Republican turnout
http://www.gopillinois.com

Rank Precinct Committeeman Registered Voters Total Ballots Cast Percent
1         32               Mark Thomas          784                                 213                               27.2%
2         95               Conner McCarthy     904                                 202                               22.3%
3         25               Robert Jacobsen      779                                188                                24.1%
4        37                John Monino            768                                 184                                24.0%
5        109              Stanley Boris            666                                 182                               27.3%
6         84               Martin Keller             792                                 176                               22.2%
7        75                Bob Larsen              710                                  172                               24.2%
8        107              Fred Bucholz           672                                  163                               24.3%
9        65                Jeanne Ives             630                                  157                               24.9%
10      130              Beth Tatro                465                                  156                               33.5%
11       91               Chuck Smith             658                                  156                               23.7%
12      90                Drew Ellis                 724                                  155                                21.4%
13      87                Bob Cherry               752                                  154                               20.5%
14      18                Scott Marquardt        762                                  150                               19.7%
15      106              Gary Muehlfelt          664                                  149                                22.4%
16      54                Art Grant                   747                                  148                               19.8%
17      74                Ralph Hinkle             684                                   147                              21.5%
18       8                Suzanne Fitch            697                                   147                               21.1%
19      85               Ron Menna                657                                   143                               21.8%
20      23               Ryan Kipfer                 816                                   142                              17.4%

June 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New directive takes aim at immigrants fleeing gang violence – AP (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrats who flee the crime and poverty in Democrat areas for the safety and prosperity in Republican areas, but who hypocritically continue to blame Republicans for crime and poverty?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-sessions-immigrants-asylum-gang-violence-20180616-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The MS-13 gang made Jose Osmin Aparicio’s life so miserable in his native El Salvador that he had no choice but to flee in the dead of night with his wife and four children, leaving behind all their belongings and paying a smuggler $8,000. Aparicio is undeterred by a new directive from Attorney General Jeff Sessions declaring that gang and domestic violence will generally cease to be grounds for asylum. To him, it’s better to take his chances with the American asylum system and stay in Mexico if his bid is denied.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Government should encourage marriage and homeownership.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-0617-kenneth-harney-20180611-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting Parkland students to shakeup ‘detached politicians’ aligned with NRA.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/parkland-students-shakeup-politicians-aligned-nra-road-to-change-tour/
— Google barely moves needle on gender, diversity in workforce – AP (DIERSEN: Google should bring in Charles Bowsher. Bowsher had great success at GAO during the 1980s and 1990s a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) making way for them by getting rid of the agency’s non-veteran White male employees who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/google-barely-moves-needle-on-gender-diversity-in-workforce/

 

DAILY HERALD
— State must instill bipartisanship as routine for creating budgets – J.B. Pritzker (DIERSEN: To defend and advance the fiscal planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, RINOs are far too happy to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the IRP platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180617/state-must-instill-bipartisanship-as-routine-for-creating-budgets
— Business Ledger honors 75 companies as “Best Places to Work in Illinois’ – Richard Klicki (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors could hint/imply/argue/shout that GAO is a “best place to work” for young Democrat minorities and for young Democrat females because GAO wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. My Democrat GAO superiors could stress the facts presented in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180518/business-ledger-honors-75-companies-as-x201cbest-places-to-work-in-illinois

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— City should not put competing township referendum on ballot – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180616/our-view-city-should-not-put-competing-township-referendum-on-ballot?rssfeed=true
— Juneteenth Celebration helps kids understand abolition of slavery – Tamara Browning (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America and where have they lived? What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are Republican, White, and/or male, a) the longer that your ancestors have been in America and b) the longer that they lived where slavery was legal, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against females and b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? My ancestors have been in America since 1844 and they have always lived in northeast Illinois.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180616/juneteenth-celebration-helps-kids-understand-abolition-of-slavery

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Is ice too thin for political heavyweight Madigan? – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-17/jim-dey-ice-too-thin-political-heavyweight-madigan.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Caucus leaders must take #MeToo to next level – Editorial (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I never saw any sexual harassment. To the contrary, I saw tremendous preference being given to federal employees who were female, and especially to those who were Democrat and/or younger.)
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-caucus-leaders-must-take-metoo-to-next-level/article_7461efaa-bf90-5dff-88d9-ceb5ab2dfb5e.html

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— Poll Numbers Show Deep Dissatisfaction with Gubernatorial Candidates – Rich Miller
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/poll-numbers-deep-dissatisfaction

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Faith Leaders Oppose Trump’s Immigration Policy Of Separating Children From Parents – SASHA INGBER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder. Laura Ingraham says “Criminals are separated from their children all the time.”)
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/16/620651574/faith-leaders-oppose-trumps-immigration-policy-of-separating-children-from-paren

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Congressmen Rodney Davis, Darin LaHood, and others aim to give Route 66 Historic Trail status, more federal dollars – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/congressmen-aim-to-give-route-historic-trail-status-more-federal/article_150de704-70c4-11e8-8305-6b05676a6be0.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Families separated at the border: what’s really going on? (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder. Laura Ingraham says “Criminals are separated from their children all the time.”)
http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2018/06/15/families-separated-at-border-whats-really-going-on.html

 

BLAZE
— Why Sessions’ use of the Bible to defend admin’s abhorrent policy couldn’t be more wrong (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder. Laura Ingraham says “Criminals are separated from their children all the time.”)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/16/commentary-why-sessions-use-of-the-bible-to-defend-admins-abhorrent-policy-couldnt-be-more-wrong

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— The Liberal Media’s Cult of Trump Derangement Syndrome – Jeffrey Lord
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2018/06/16/liberal-medias-cult-trump-derangement-syndrome

 

THE HILL
— Media breakdown enables Trump’s onslaught against the press – JEFF MCCALL
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/392465-media-breakdown-enables-trumps-onslaught-against-the-press

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Sometimes You Have to Quit to Get Ahead – Stephanie Lee (DIERSEN: Of course, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates in the federal government always wanted me to quit. Of course, my critics/opponents in the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants always wanted me to quit. Of course, my critics/opponents want me to quit as the GOPUSA Illinois editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They want to replace me with someone who they can manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/smarter-living/knowing-when-to-quit.html
— Why Aren’t More Men Working? – N. Gregory Mankiw (DIERSEN: Democrat politicians want the federal government to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat women and young Democrat minorities. Of course, that means not hiring, not retaining, not promoting, wasting the careers of, and getting rid of those who are old, Republican, male, White, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/business/men-unemployment-jobs.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With unemployment at 3.8 percent, its lowest level in many years, the labor market seems healthy. But that number hides a perplexing anomaly: The percentage of men who are neither working nor looking for work has risen substantially over the past several decades. The issue, in economist’s jargon, is labor force participation. When the Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys households, every adult is put into one of three categories. Those who have a job are employed. Those who are not working but are searching for a job are unemployed. Those who are neither working nor looking for work are counted as out of the labor force. This last group is ignored when calculating the unemployment rate. The presumption is that if a person without a job isn’t looking for one, then he or she doesn’t want one, and the joblessness is not a problem. But is that really accurate? The data show some striking changes over time. Among women, the share out of the labor force has fallen from 66 percent in 1950 to 43 percent today. That is not surprising in light of changing social norms and the greater career opportunities now open to women. Men, however, exhibit the opposite long-term trend. In 1950, 14 percent of men were out of the labor force. Today, that figure stands at 31 percent. Some of this change is easy to explain. People now spend more years in school, delaying their start of work. In addition, as life expectancy rises, people have longer retirements. A man retiring at age 65 in 1950 could expect to live another 13 years. Today, a man retiring at that age has an average retirement of 18 years. Yet schooling and retirement explain only part of what has occurred. Consider prime-age men, those from the ages of 25 to 54. These men are generally well past their schooling and well before their retirement. Yet this group has also been exiting the labor force. In 1950, only 4 percent of prime-age men were not working or looking for work. Today, that figure is 11 percent.)
— No, Not All Women Are Democrats – S.E. Cupp (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at women that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/opinion/sunday/no-not-all-women-are-democrats.html
— Asian-Americans Face Multiple Fronts in Battle Over Affirmative Action – John Eligon
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/us/affirmative-action-asian-americans.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Pregnancy Discrimination Is Rampant Inside America’s Biggest Companies Many pregnant women have been systematically sidelined in the workplace. They’re passed over for promotions and raises. They’re fired when they complain. – NATALIE KITROEFF and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG (DIERSEN: During the early 1990s, to help GAO a) hire, retain, and promote young women and b) to get rid of its employees who smoked (overwhelmingly old White men), GAO gutted the smoking room in its Chicago office and turned it into a lactation room.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/15/business/pregnancy-discrimination.html

 

VIRGINIAN PILOT
— Stop separating parents from their children (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder. Laura Ingraham says “Criminals are separated from their children all the time.”)
https://pilotonline.com/opinion/editorial/article_0747bcae-701e-11e8-9ae8-87456abe7abc.html

 

DAILY COMMERCIAL
— Democratic policies are ruining our cities – Russ Sloan
http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20180617/from-right-democratic-policies-are-ruining-our-cities

 

NEWSWEEK
— REPUBLICANS’ BLIND LOYALTY TO DONALD TRUMP IS A ‘CANCEROUS GROWTH’ IN THE GOP, MARK SANFORD SAYS – ALEXANDRA HUTZLER (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who a) expect everyone to be blindly loyal to them and b) focus on destroying those who are not blindly loyal to them.)
http://www.newsweek.com/republicans-trunmp-loyalty-mark-sanford-979656

 

ENTREPRENEUR
— Why Businesses Must Invest More in Human Capital – Dorothy Mitchell (DIERSEN: Both GAO and IRS invested a lot in me in terms of classroom and on-the-job training. But my Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I learned when they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, and kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. My IRS superiors wasted what I had learned by not promoting me beyond GS-12. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/315090

 

FOR SALE
— 629 Arbor Avenue, Wheaton – $479,900
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/629-Arbor-Ave-Wheaton-IL-60189/4447739_zpid/

June 15 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING SPONSOR WHEATON’S INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE AND FIREWORKS! So far, $1,950 has been pledged, but $550 more is needed. Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has pledged $500 and Judge Jeff MacKay has pledged $250. Bob Berlin, Dan Cronin, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Marty Keller, Dave Molitor, John Monino, Chris Nybo, Peter Roskam, and Darlene Ruscitti have each made $100 pledges. Of course, I have promised the Wheaton Park District, the organizer of the parade and fireworks, that I will cover any fundraising shortfall.

As a $2,500 Star sponsor, DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands in the parade. DuPage Republicans will again have a booth at the fireworks the evening before the parade. I will again hand deliver a flyer to all the residences and businesses on the parade route that lists the Republican entries in the parade, the Republican sponsors, and the amount that they contributed. The flyers will be printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics and I plan on delivering them on Thursday, June 21. Please phone me at 630-653-0462 about sponsorship and mail a check made out to the Wheaton Park District for $100 or more to me ASAP at 915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326.

So far, Republican entries in the parade are Peter Roskam, Peter Breen/Amy Grant, Paul Hinds, James Mendrick, Grant Eckhoff/Tim Elloitt/Chris Zaruba, Jeff McKay, Karen Wilson, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6 ballots in Wheaton a) to have an entry in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and b) to help sponsor the parade. Those candidates include Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, Gwen Henry, Kevin Wiley, Jim Zay, Al Murphy, and Joseph Cantore. The deadline for parade entries has been extended to June 20 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 Thanks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s legal team dealt setback in defamation suit – Mark Berman and Frances Stead Sellers (DIERSEN: According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation), “There are several things a person must prove to establish that libel has taken place. In the United States, a person must prove that 1) the statement was false, 2) caused harm, and 3) was made without adequate research into the truthfulness of the statement. These steps are for an ordinary citizen. For a celebrity or public official, a person must prove the first three steps, and that the statement was made with the intent to do harm or with reckless disregard for the truth, which is usually specifically referred to as “actual malice.”)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180615/281779924837124
— Almost nothing is known about dozens of concealed carry shootings in Illinois. Why? – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, Jennifer Smith Richards
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-concealed-carry-shootings-20180523-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: University of Chicago to stop requiring ACT and SAT scores for prospective undergraduates – Dawn Rhodes (DIERSEN: According to this article, students who are NOT low-income and NOT minority have an unfair advantage. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I have always had many unfair advantages. They a) decry my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) decry my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) decry my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, d) decry my passing the Post Office employment examination in 1966, and e) decry my passed all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-university-chicago-sat-act-20180614-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A growing number, including DePaul University, have opted to stop requiring the SAT and ACT in their admissions process, saying the tests place an unfair cost and burden on low-income and minority students, and ultimately hinder efforts to broaden diversity on campus. But the trend has escaped the nation’s most selective universities.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Aurora promotes LGBTQ activity. What does your municipality promote?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/lifestyles/ct-abn-ent-pride-aurora-0615-story.html
— CPS workers to undergo fresh background checks before start of next school year – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-school-background-check-changes-20180614-story.html
— After performance, Stormy Daniels seemingly storms out of Chicago strip club – Morgan Greene
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-stormy-daniels-chicago-20180615-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House GOP unveils bill for young immigrants, $25B for border – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/gop-leaders-sell-immigration-bills-with-trumps-blessing/
— After shooting fiancée, ex-cop was hired, promoted by medical examiner – Robert Herguth and Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cook-county-medical-examiner-anthony-finnelly-ex-cop-shot-fiancee/
— Cicero town president pulled into primary rival’s election suit against Madigan
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cicero-town-president-pulled-into-primary-rivals-election-suit-against-madigan/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Trump backer to sign thieves: Just pay up to avoid prosecution – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: How anti-Trump is your precinct? In the 2016 general election, only 137 voted for Trump in my precinct while 211 voted for Clinton. In the 2016 primary election, only 21 voted for Trump while 93 voted for Kasich. How long would a pro-Trump sign last in your front yard?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180615/trump-backer-to-sign-thieves-just-pay-up-to-avoid-prosecution
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Last week, with a high-stakes summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on the horizon and plenty of news coverage in the Daily Herald and elsewhere about an “Impeach Trump” yard sign in Elgin, Ernest Lasse decided that someone ought to show some support for the president. Lasse installed in front of his Mount Prospect home a roughly 15-square-foot plywood sign reading “TRUMP” in big red letters, surrounded by the words “Make America Great Again.” Not being naive, Lasse knew the sign wouldn’t be popular with everyone. He set up a camera in his front window to capture video of anyone who would do the sign harm. Sure enough, footage shows that a pair of young men came along about 9:30 p.m. Friday and stole the sign from the yard. Lasse found pieces of it the next morning on the bank of nearby Weller Creek. Police were called, reports were written and charges are possible. But before he pursues a formal complaint, Lasse has an offer he hopes the vandals can’t refuse.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting high school students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180614/naperville-church-preparing-for-parkland-gun-control-bus-tour

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Republicans attack Dems for sex harassment—even as they worship Trump.”
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/15/republicans-attack-dems-for-sex-harassment-even-as-they-worship-trump
— Stormy Daniels storms out of Chicago strip club amid dispute: ‘I got fired,’ she says as weekend shows appear canceled The porn star left her performance early Thursday during the first of five planned shows at the Admiral. The strip club plans to sue her. – Ryan Smith
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/15/stormy-daniels-storms-out-of-chicago-strip-club-amid-dispute-i-got-fired-she-says-as-weekend-shows-appear-canceled

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ROSKAM breaks from Trump on BORDER policy – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: How anti-Trump is your precinct? In the 2016 general election, only 137 voted for Trump in my precinct while 211 voted for Clinton. In the 2016 primary election, only 21 voted for Trump while 93 voted for Kasich. To get more votes in my precinct for Roskam in the 2018 general election, will anti-Trumps want me to stress to the voters in my precinct the ways in which Roskam breaks with Trump? Anti-Trumps stress to Roskam that in the 2018 primary, of the 504 registered voters in my precinct, a) only 90 (18%) voted for Roskam, b) only 112 (22%) cast Republican ballots, c) only 207 (41%) are registered Republicans, d) 23 (5%) changed their party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, and e) 21 (4%) changed from unaffiliated to Democrat. They stress that there is no elected or appointed Democrat Precinct Committeeman in my precinct. They hint/imply/argue/shout that Roskam has gotten far fewer votes in my precinct because of me, because of my GOPUSA Illinois emails, and because of my support for Trump.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/15/roskam-breaks-from-trump-on-border-policy-koch-group-targets-durbin-new-bill-targets-cps-abuse-280333
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) broke from the Trump administration on Thursday and called on the Department of Justice and Homeland Security to reverse a zero tolerance policy that separates children from their parents at the border. Roskam’s comments come amid a national debate that grew more acrimonious on Thursday after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the practice, citing the Bible: “I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained them for the purpose of order. If you cross the Southwest border unlawfully, then the Department of Homeland Security will arrest you and the Department of Justice will prosecute you. Having children does not give you immunity from arrest and prosecution.” At a contentious White House press briefing, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended that stance, saying: “I can say that it is very biblical to enforce the law. That is actually repeated a number of times throughout the Bible.” Roskam joins other Republicans, including Speaker Paul Ryan, to raise concerns with the policy. Roskam’s statement on Thursday called for a full reversal. “The events unfolding at our nation’s borders are heartbreaking. Being forcibly separated from a child is a parent’s worst nightmare and I cannot fathom the pain these families are enduring. Every day these children spend apart from their parents, confused, scared, and alone, inflicts additional and unnecessary trauma,” Roskam said in a statement. “While I believe we have a responsibility to secure our borders, I also believe that how we treat strangers reflects the moral values this country was founded on. Dragging children away from their parents ought not be a part of the solution.” Roskam has been under intense pressure by both constituents and donors to come up with a resolution on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Roskam’s suburban district has the largest DACA population of any Illinois member, according to the Illinois Business Immigration Commission. He’s faced regular protests in his district, including from advocates who have called for him to fix DACA.)

 

ROBERT FEDER
— Shia Kapos takes over Illinois Playbook (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents succeed in stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, who do they want to replace me with? Of course, most importantly, they want someone who they can manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2018/06/14/robservations-shia-kapos-takes-illinois-playbook/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Shia Kapos, the longtime and well-connected chronicler of Chicago’s movers and shakers, is replacing Natasha Korecki as writer of Politico’s Illinois Playbook. Korecki, who’s been writing the daily newsletter on politics and government since 2015, was promoted to national correspondent for Politico. “I’ll still be here for a couple of weeks before handing over the baton,” Korecki reported. Kapos, a former columnist for the Sun-Times and Crain’s Chicago Business, has been blogging — Taking Names at ShiaKapos.com — and covering corporate governance for Acuris. “I’ve loved writing about big shareholders for Acuris, but I really enjoy digging in to Chicago news,” Kapos said. “Writing the Illinois Playbook is a dream come true. I have big shoes to fill as Natasha has become the premiere political writer in Illinois — and soon the Midwest. I think together we’ll be kicking ass and taking names.”)

 

JOHN BIVER
— THE RACE FOR CHICAGO MAYOR: WINTER IS COMING
https://johnbiver.com/race-chicago-mayor-winter-coming/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— AN APOLOGY TO ILLINOIS REVIEW READERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/an-apology-to-illinois-review-readers-.html
— ILLINOIS HOME VALUE ARMAGEDDON Crime, pensions and taxes are driving down the value of your home.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-home-value-armageddon.html
— AMERICANS THINK THE NEWS INDUSTRY IS “HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/americans-think-the-news-industry-is-headed-in-the-wrong-direction.html

 

GOPUSA
— What will the media do if Trump isn’t the second coming of Hitler?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47959

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congressional Republicans break from Trump on zero-tolerance border policy – S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/14/trump-administrations-zero-tolerance-border-policy/

 

NEWSMAX
— GOP Responds to IG Report: ‘Not the FBI Our Country Needs’ – Todd Beamon
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/justice-department-trey-gowdy-house-oversight-committee-inspector-general/2018/06/14/id/866229/

 

DAILY CALLER
— IG REVELATIONS ON AGENT/JOURNO GIFT-GIVING COULD BE FEDERAL CRIMES – Kevin Daley
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/14/agent-journalist-gifts-could-be-federal-crimes/

 

DAILY TORCH
— Did an Obama Executive Order force the government to hire unqualified applicants? – Natalia Castro (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://dailytorch.com/2018/06/did-an-obama-executive-order-force-the-government-to-hire-unqualified-applicants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Employees should be hired based on their ability to complete the tasks they have been assigned and nothing else. Yet under the Obama administration, hiring practices for the federal government were moved away from merit to fulfill goals irrelevant to the positions. Policies intended to simplify the federal government application process had the consequence of increasing politicization in the federal workforce and overburdening human resource offices. In May 2010, former President Barack Obama issued a memorandum on Improving the Federal Recruitment and Hiring Process. This memorandum directed agencies to simplify their application process to “eliminate any requirement that applicants respond to essay-style questions” and allowed individuals to submit resumes and cover letters or complete “simple, plain language” instead. The result was a flood of new applications. According to Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning, the goal was not just to increase hiring in the federal government but to increase political hiring. Manning notes, “The 2010 memorandum was always intended to give Obama supporters an easier path to enter the civil service. By overwhelming human resource departments with applications, it accomplished just that.” This was the first of several presidential orders to reshape the federal workforce.)

 

BLAZE
— IG Report: Do you support Trump? Then you’re a lazy pieces of shit,” according to (at least one) FBI employee – Breck Dumas (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were always very careful to not put anything in writing that could get them in trouble.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/15/ig-report-do-you-support-trump-then-youre-a-lazy-pos-according-to-at-least-one-fbi-employee

 

POLITICO
— Trump Ordered Troops to the Border, But They’re Doing Busywork In this ramshackle town, National Guard soldiers are doing everything from shoveling manure to changing tires. What they’re not doing: Watching the border. – BRYAN BENDER (DIERSEN: Talk about waste. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 after having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. Outrageously wastefully, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/14/trump-ordered-troops-to-the-border-but-theyre-doing-busywork-218821

 

REUTERS
— Rocky road ahead for ‘Dreamer’ immigrants bill in U.S. House – Susan Cornwell, Amanda Becker
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-congress/rocky-road-ahead-for-dreamer-immigrants-bill-in-u-s-house-idUSKBN1JA27K

 

ABC NEWS
— RNC Chairwoman clarifies tweet viewed as threat to anti-Trump GOPers – JOHN VERHOVEK
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rnc-chairwoman-clarifies-tweet-viewed-threat-anti-trump/story?id=55896450

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “conservative religious leaders” to act as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/us/trump-immigration-religion.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps use children brought into America illegally to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/insider/brownsville-walmart-migrant-shelter.html
— How the I.R.S. Could Punish Trump and His Foundation – Jesse Drucker (DIERSEN: How has IRS punished you? My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/business/trump-foundation-irs-attorney-general.html
— Facebook’s New Political Algorithms Increase Tension With Publishers – Ben Sisario (DIERSEN: Beyond overwhelmingly, news is reported by people who want to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/business/media/mark-thompson-facebook-algorithm.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The most recent salvo came on Thursday, when Mark Thompson, the chief executive of The New York Times Company, accused Facebook of unintentionally “supporting the enemies of quality journalism” by using algorithms that can mischaracterize news as partisan political content. Mr. Thompson was speaking at a panel discussion in New York, which also included Campbell Brown, Facebook’s head of global news partnerships. Ms. Brown defended a policy Facebook recently introduced in response to criticism over how its ad network was able to be manipulated during elections. Ms. Brown cited the importance of safeguarding elections and said the problems with political ads were “something we are deeply concerned about. We hear you.”)
— In Name of Free Speech, States Crack Down on Campus Protests – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/us/politics/campus-speech-protests.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says he would oppose immigration bill cobbled together by House GOP, dealing a blow to leaders rallying support for it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/06/15/trump-says-he-would-oppose-immigration-bill-cobbled-together-by-house-gop-dealing-a-blow-to-leaders-rallying-support-for-it/
— Trump’s attacks on federal employee unions, pay and benefits draw bipartisan rebukes – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican a) are anti-federal employee and b) anti-federal retiree.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/06/15/trumps-attacks-on-federal-employee-unions-pay-and-benefits-draw-bipartisan-rebukes/

 

BALTIMORE POST
— Trump’s attacks on federal employee unions, pay and benefits draw bipartisan rebukes – JOE DAVIDSON
http://thebaltimorepost.com/trumps-attacks-on-federal-employee-unions-pay-and-benefits-draw-bipartisan-rebukes/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— This Is No Time to Go to Pot Legalizing marijuana encourages use of harder drugs and sets back the cause of social justice. – Patrick Kennedy and Kevin Sabet
https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-no-time-to-go-to-pot-1529018027
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-security-needs-immigrants-1529018058
— Insubordination and Bias at FBI The inspector general report is careful in its conclusions, but damning on the facts. – Kimberley A. Strassel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/insubordination-and-bias-at-fbi-1529018176
— In Harvard Affirmative Action Suit, Filings to Provide Rare Look at Admissions Process Lawsuit alleges Harvard intentionally discriminates against Asian-Americans – Melissa Korn and Nicole Hong
https://www.wsj.com/articles/court-filings-to-shine-light-on-how-harvard-employs-affirmative-action-in-admissions-1528905750
— University of Chicago Drops SAT, ACT Requirement for Admissions Prestigious university joins movement to de-emphasize test scores, saying it ‘levels the playing field’ – Tawnell D. Hobbs (DIERSEN: According to this article, “Some students are good testers, some students are not.” Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I have had an unfair advantage because I am a good tester. They a) decry my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) decry my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) decry my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, d) decry my passing the Post Office employment examination in 1966, and e) decry my passed all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/university-of-chicago-drops-sat-act-requirement-for-admissions-1529009194

 

ARIZONA DAILY SUN & TUCSON
— GOP brass wants rep out after immigration remark – Howard Fischer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, America is becoming anti-White and Democrats and RINOs are overjoyed about that.)
https://azdailysun.com/news/local/gop-brass-wants-rep-out-after-immigration-remark/article_20ac9769-12c2-5787-8617-23568e3d77ed.html
https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-gop-chair-calls-on-prescott-legislator-to-resign-over/article_e53cc5e9-cd22-55d0-88f0-4a239bae3d16.html

June 14 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Questions Raised Over Search for Democratic Party of Illinois’ Next Director Sources said a longtime employee of both Speaker Michael Madigan and Attorney General Lisa Madigan was quietly hired amid a committee search – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/questions-raised-over-search-for-democratic-party-of-illinois-next-director-485590891.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rep. Steve Scalise back on field at annual Congressional Baseball Game 1 year after shooting
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/remembering-the-congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-1-year-later

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois board moves forward with employee step increases – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-board-moves-forward-with-employee-step-increases/
— Zeppelins, monorails and, now, Rahm’s rich folks underground railroad – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/zeppelins-monorails-and-now-rahms-rich-folks-underground-railroad/
— Mayoral challengers, academics raise caution flags about Musk’s O’Hare Express – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mayoral-challengers-academics-raise-caution-flags-about-musks-ohare-express/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Elon Musk’s plans for O’Hare express draw skepticism – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-biz-elon-musk-boring-critics-20180614-story.html
— Why settling for a subpar job right out of college can hurt your career for years – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: After you earned your bachelor’s degree, did you take a job that did not require a bachelor’s degree? I did. In 1970, when I was 21 years old, after I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, I accepted the only job offer that I got – working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. I was draft bait. Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship would be granted. Further, employers were under tremendous pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. 7 months later, after my application had been approved, my Firestone boss fired me when I told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. IRS offered me the job because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take it.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-college-graduates-underemployment-0617-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But with student loan bills looming, Villagomez can sense how the need for a paycheck — any paycheck — could suck him into a job that doesn’t take advantage of his education. He has seen cousins and friends abandon ambitions and fall into the rut of low-wage work when life gets in the way. “I’m worried about not following through on my plans,” said Villagomez, 27, who spent five years in the Marine Corps before enrolling at University of Illinois at Chicago, where he majored in economics and minored in biology. “Sometimes it’s easier to get stuck in these other fields.”)
— Four siblings raised in poverty by a single mother ‘beat all the odds,’ earn master’s degrees – Jerry Davich (DIERSEN: What percent of those who you graduated high school with a) earned bachelor’s degrees, b) earned master’s degrees, c) earned professional certifications, and d) earned professional licenses?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-four-siblings-graduate-same-university-st-0615-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Metra pays the price for being frugal – BGA (DIERSEN: I remember riding in rail cars built in the 1920s when I commuted to my IRS job in the Loop from Crete in 1971.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180614/NEWS10/180619938/metra-pays-the-price-for-being-frugal
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With a sticker price of $3 million for a new commuter rail car, the cash-strapped Metra system is trying to upgrade its vintage rolling stock on the cheap with $700,000-a-car gut and rehab jobs at its 49th Street Car Shop on the South Side. There’s a lot to overhaul, because 40 percent of Metra’s existing fleet predates the system’s launch in the 1980s. Some cars still in use, inherited from private railroads that once ran suburban service, date back to the Eisenhower administration.)

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Budget moves Illinois toward fiscal responsibility – Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180614/my-view-budget-moves-illinois-toward-fiscal-responsibility

 

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— It Isn’t for Lack of U.S. Immigration Laws – Kathleen McCarthy
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/isnt-lack-us-immigration-laws

 

CHICAGO READER
— Chicago Corruption Walking Tours take sightseers through the seedy underbelly of the city’s politics – Matt Harvey
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/14/chicago-corruption-walking-tours-take-sightseers-through-the-seedy-underbelly-of-the-citys-politics

 

KANE COUNTY GOP
— GOP Chairmen in 33rd Senate District to fill Karen McConnaughay Vacancy (DIERSEN: Application deadline is 7:00 PM, Friday, June 15, 2018.)
http://kanegop.org/docs/2018/GOP_Chairmen_in_33rd_Senate_District_to_fill_Vacancy.pdf

 

JOHN BIVER
— REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO MISS THE TARGET IN A TARGET RICH ENVIRONMENT
https://johnbiver.com/republicans-continue-miss-target-target-rich-environment/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— STATE GOVERNMENT WATCHDOGS REMAIN FAR TOO TAME Illinoisans shouldn’t have to wait for yet another humiliating scandal to fix what’s wrong here: Politicians should have no place in policing their own oversight. – Austin Berg (DIERSEN: What watchdog credentials do you have? I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, I became a Forensic Accountant, Certified Financial Services Auditor, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Fraud Examiner, Licensed CPA, and Certified Internal Auditor, and I earned master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/state-government-watchdogs-remain-far-too-tame/

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Federal tax reform gives boost to Illinois companies, despite state’s bleak economic outlook – Bethany Blankley
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/federal-tax-reform-gives-boost-to-illinois-companies-despite-state/article_a913ef5a-65c7-11e8-ad1a-f35903c1aa18.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Mary Morrissey appointed Chief Operating Officer at Democratic Party of Illinois
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/14/mary-morrissey-appointed-chief-operating-officer-at-dpi/
— Rauner campaign responds; Top Madigan lawyer takes over for Mapes as treasurer for Dem fund and MJM fund
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/14/top-madigan-lawyer-takes-over-for-mapes-as-treasurer-for-dpi-and-mjm-fund/

 

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Roskam makes Obama’s hit list. Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Roskam that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Roskam has had, is having, and will have. They stress to Roskam that in the March 20, 2018 primary, of the 504 registered voters in my precinct, a) only 90 (18%) voted for Roskam, b) only 112 (22%) cast Republican ballots, c) only 207 (41%) are registered Republicans, d) 23 (5%) changed their party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, and e) 21 (4%) changed from unaffiliated to Democrat. They stress that there is no elected or appointed Democrat Precinct Committeeman in my precinct. They hint/imply/argue/shout that Roskam has gotten far fewer votes in my precinct because of me and because of my GOPUSA Illinois emails.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/14/obama-directing-midterms-hit-list-morphed-campaign-operation/
— DOJ Inspector General: FBI Leakers ‘Improperly Received Benefits from Reporters’ – Joshua Caplan
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/14/doj-inspector-general-journalists-treated-fbi-agents-to-sporting-events-meals/

 

DAILY CALLER
— IG REPORT: FBI AGENTS REGULARLY RECEIVED FREE HANDOUTS FROM JOURNALISTS – Joe Simonson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/14/ig-report-fbi-agents-bribed-journalists/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Department of Justice inspector general identified a number of instances where FBI employees regularly spoke with members of the media and received a number of free perks from journalists including meals and tickets to various events. On page XII in the report, the IG says the department “identified numerous FBI employees, at all levels of the organization and with no official reason to be in contact with the media, who were nevertheless in frequent contact with reporters.” The IG expressed “profound concerns about the volume and extent of unauthorized media contacts by FBI personnel that we have uncovered our review.” The contact between FBI agents and the media extended to receiving “improperly receiving benefits from reporters, including tickets to sporting events, golfing outings, drinks and meals, and admittance to nonpublic social events.”)

 

TOWNHALL
— Text Message From Leading FBI Agent: ‘We’ll Stop’ Donald Trump From Becoming President – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/06/14/senior-fbi-agents-text-well-stop-donald-trump-from-becoming-president-n2490745

 

GOPUSA
— Supreme Court strikes down Minnesota’s voter clothing law as too broad
http://www.gopusa.com/supreme-court-strikes-down-minnesotas-voter-clothing-law-as-too-broad/
— Students, survivors call for gun control with ‘die-in’ at Mar-a-Lago
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47889

 

FOX NEWS
— IG report on Clinton email probe faults Comey for being ‘insubordinate,’ agents for anti-Trump texts – Alex Pappas (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors viewed me as being an insubordinate who should be gotten rid of a) because I avoided the draft, b) because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, c) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, d) because I complained about reverse discrimination, e) because I complained about age discrimination, and f) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/14/justice-dept-ig-report-released-on-fbis-handling-clinton-email-case-comey-found-insubordinate.html
— Lawmakers accuse FBI of ‘destructive level of animus’ following release of IG report – Andrew O’Reilly
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/14/lawmakers-accuse-fbi-destructive-level-animus-following-release-ig-report.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/marijuana-policy-should-be-left-to-states/

 

THE HILL
— Members of Congress demand new federal gender pay audit – NIV ELIS (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees who had less job-related work experience than I had, less job-related education than I had, no professional certifications, and/or no professional licenses higher salaries than GAO paid me. I worked for GAO 1980-1997 and for IRS 1971-1980. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/392332-members-of-congress-demand-new-federal-gender-pay-audit

 

ROLL CALL
— Senate Democrats Oppose Federal Retirement Cutbacks Mark Warner leads a total of 26 senators in rebuke
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/senate-democrats-oppose-federal-retirement-cutbacks
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The report concludes that total compensation costs among workers with a professional degree or doctorate were actually 18 percent lower for federal employees than for similar private-sector employees,“ the senators wrote Wednesday. “To further increase this differential would hamper our ability to hire experts in mission-critical areas.” “Furthermore, CBO states that the scope of their analysis is limited to selected benefits, and does not include, for example, the stock options that some private-sector firms provide to their employees,” they said.)

 

NBC NEWS
— California initiative to split state into three makes November ballot
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/california-initiative-split-state-three-makes-november-ballot-n882936

 

CNBC
— House GOP immigration bill includes pathway to citizenship for ‘Dreamers’ – Jacob Pramuk (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they want to get rid of citizens of America who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and replace them with Dreamers.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/14/house-gop-releases-immigration-daca-compromise-bill.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— FBI agent texted ‘We’ll stop’ Trump from becoming president, a disclosure that’s included in a Justice report to be released today – Karoun Demirjian, Devlin Barrett and John Wagner (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were always very careful to not put anything in writing that might get them in trouble.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-receiving-briefing-ahead-of-public-release-of-report-expected-to-criticize-fbi/2018/06/14/c08c6a5a-6fdf-11e8-bf86-a2351b5ece99_story.html
— If you think your job is pointless, it probably is – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: The jobs that I had were viewed as being “bad,” but not “pointless.” I audited federal agencies 1980-1997; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; delivered mail 1966-1969; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; washed dishes 1964-1966; and did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2018/06/14/if-you-think-your-job-is-pointless-it-probably-is/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Over 25 senators urge OPM to drop proposed retirement changes, focus on recruitment challenges – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/your-money/2018/06/over-25-senators-urge-opm-to-drop-proposed-retirement-changes-focus-on-recruitment-challenges/slide/1/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Democratic Senators Demand OPM Reverse Course on Proposed Retirement Cuts – Erich Wagner
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/06/democratic-senators-demand-opm-reverse-course-retirement-cuts/149010/
— Government Already Has a Blueprint for Implementing Pay For Performance – Howard Risher (DIERSEN: Assessing job performance is extremely subjective. The Democrats who run the federal government use that subjectivity a) to promote Democrats, and especially those who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of Republicans, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. My Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the lower half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes.)
https://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2018/06/government-already-has-blueprint-implementing-pay-performance/149016/

 

BUZZFEED
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, America is becoming anti-White and anti-male, and Democrats and RINOs are overjoyed about that.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhernandez/an-arizona-politician-complained-there-arent-enough-white