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May 7 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES, MCSWEENEY ENDORSE SHAW FOR ILGOP CHAIRMAN (DIERSEN: Carl Segvich submitted a comment on this article Sunday, May 06, 2018 at 10:51 PM and Mark Weyermuller submitted a comment on this article Monday, May 07, 2018 at 08:14 AM)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/ives-mcsweeney-endorse-shaw-for-ilgop-chairman.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Circular firing squad: Rauner, Ives endorse competing state party chairman candidates (DIERSEN: Nine comments as of Monday, May 7, 18 @ 10:09 am)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/07/circular-firing-squad-rauner-ives-endorse-competing-state-party-chairman-candidates/

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, Democrats focus on destroying traditional marriage and destroying traditional families.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/06/international-family-equality-day/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Chicago Children’s Museum at Navy Pier took part in the worldwide celebration by showing their support for LGBTQ families. Story time with drag queens helped kick off two months of the museum’s playful programming dedicated to celebrating Chicago’s LGBTQ community. Children also participated in a rainbow scavenger hunt and made bracelets. The celebration goes through the end of June. Visitors can write their ideas about what makes family on the museum’s huge chalkboard.)

 

NBC5
— Illinois Companies Reveal Pay Differences Between CEO, Median Employees (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-companies-reveal-pay-differences-between-ceo-median-employees-481880211.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Big demand for Chicago’s new municipal IDs surprises officials – Elvia Malagon (DIERSEN: What percent of those who live and/or work in Chicago are illegals?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-first-week-chicago-municipal-id-cards-20180507-story.html
— Equal Rights Amendment not ready yet – Bill Lukitsch (DIERSEN: To support the ERA is to join the Democrats in shouting that Republicans continue to deny women equal rights. Democrats have always shouted at women that Republicans have caused all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have. Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage/insist/demand that women hate Republicans.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ra-joy-chicago-mayor-20180504-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lang said some on the Republican side “haven’t committed one way or the other” and attributed that to “people on the far right,” referring to some opposing groups that contend the Equal Rights Amendment would enshrine abortion in the U.S. Constitution and undermine religious freedoms. “It has nothing whatsoever to do with abortion, it has nothing whatsoever to do with gay rights or bathrooms or football scholarships or the draft or anything else that those folks are peddling,” Lang said. “It has to do with giving women equal rights under the United States Constitution. That’s all it’s about.”)
— GOP Rep. Wehrli wants a constitutional convention (DIERSEN: Illinois Democrats have made it extremely clear that if there was a constitutional convention, they would use it to get rid of individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ra-joy-chicago-mayor-20180504-story.html
— Why people leave their job – Bryan Adams (DIERSEN: In 1971, while I was working for Firestone Stores in Chicago Heights, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile because that job would have given me far greater opportunities to use what I had learned earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-why-people-leave-their-job-20180502-story.html
— Why you should get a raise – Anya Kamenetz (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? 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://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201804251003–tms–savingsgctnzy-a20180425-20180425-story.html
— Ben Carson, where will l live? – Jeliner Jordan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demand that employers pay a “living wage” for jobs that require little or no work experience, education, job skills, etc. What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? 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://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-hud-ben-carson-increase-rent-work-requirements-0507-story.html
— Cultural-appropriation outrage shows people are desperate to be offended – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-goldberg-cultural-appropriation-offended-rules-0507-20180504-story.html
— Trump’s medical deceptions should be a scandal – Paul Waldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-medical-trump-doctor-bornstein-documents-0504-20180503-story.html
— Tronc recognizes Chicago Tribune newsroom union – Robert Channick (DIERSEN: If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-tribune-newsroom-union-tronc-20180506-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Tronc to recognize Chicago Tribune Guild – Evan F. Moore (DIERSEN: If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/tronc-to-recognize-chicago-tribune-guild/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Estimated tax savings appears to be inflated – Tom Teune, Wheaton (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. What is your household income? The Diersen’s household income is far less than $135,000. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864 and my Social Security is only $2,064. My critics/opponents who have more income than I do use that to paint me as being a financial failure. My critics/opponents who have less income than I do use that to paint me as being a undeservedly filthy rich.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180507/estimated-tax-savings-appears-to-be-inflated
(FROM THE LETTER: In the Daily Herald’s March 22 issue, Peter Roskam is quoted saying that the median income of a family of four in the 6th congressional district is $135,000. And it stands to save $4,000 in 2018 federal income taxes. My senses told me that Rep. Roskam’s numbers were inflated, so I searched a number of sources and selected the highest 6th District family income given by the federal government’s Census Bureau. The Census Bureau reports the district’s median family income is $98,000. I also calculated the income taxes at both levels and found that a family owning a home with a mortgage would save only $2,000 at Roskam’s suggested median income and only a few hundred dollars at the Census Bureau’s reported median income.)
— Women make up just 11% of the highest paid jobs in corporate America – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a woman in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a woman in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a woman in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180506/study-women-make-up-just-11-of-the-highest-paid-jobs-in-corporate-america

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Lawmakers Vote Down Plan to Limit School Administrative Costs – Benjamin Yount
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=264654#.Wu8YFJch02w

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Larry Enz: Keep townships as is – David Giuliani
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/official-keep-townships-as-is/article_5f941830-4e1d-11e8-b85b-3304d08b221f.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Under Pressure, Tronc Recognizes ‘Chicago Tribune’ Union – David Folkenflik (DIERSEN: If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/06/608903044/under-pressure-tronc-recognizes-chicago-tribune-union

 

WGIL
— RAUNER CALLS FOR INCOME TAX CUTS INSTEAD OF PROGRESSIVE TAX PLAN (DIERSEN: Democrats know full-well that many millions of voters in Illinois pay little or no state income tax.)
http://www.wgil.com/2018/05/07/rauner-calls-for-income-tax-cuts-instead-of-progressive-tax-plan/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrat Mendoza and Democrat Duckworth.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/mendoza-slams-senger-over-veterans-home-email/1160370634

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What percent of criminals vote for Democrats – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/05/07/youre-innocent-until-proven-guilty-but-that-doesnt-mean-you-can-vote

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Natasha Korecki will be moving on from Illinois Playbook to take on a new role for POLITICO as a national correspondent. (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but should I apply for her job? If Politico came anywhere close to considering my application, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would come out of their closets and viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me as being a White supremacist, a Nazi, a KKK member, a hater, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things. Who would come to my defense? My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and they crow that they can a) destroy any individual, b) destroy any organization, c) destroy any company, and d) destroy any government in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois that they want to.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/05/07/tribune-guild-we-did-it-we-have-a-union-hamilton-the-exhibition-coming-to-chicago-268203
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s truly bittersweet for me. As I told media columnist Robert Feder in his kind writeup, helping launch Illinois Playbook and connecting with readers from across the state has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. Not only do we have the best local politics around, our readers are savvy and incredibly engaged, which has made all of this a complete joy. I am also thrilled for the next chapter and the opportunity to work more closely with a tremendous group of reporters and editors at POLITICO. Don’t worry! Illinois Playbook isn’t going away, we are actively seeking a new author. We’ll have updates here when they happen.)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Torching Marriage – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: Those who want to destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have always worked the hardest against me. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a hypocritical fraud because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/torching-marriage/

 

GOPUSA
— Bank of America didn’t hire a DACA recipient. Now it’s being sued for discrimination. (DIERSEN: Of course, in Illinois, Democrat employers would rather hire citizens of foreign countries than citizens of America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45294

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Cook County sheriff accidentally releases man who promised terror attack – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/05/cook_county_sheriff_accidentally_releases_man_who_promised_terror_attack.html

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Shame Based Thinking – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who shame others? I should write a book about those who shame those who are not a member of a church, who do not attend church services, who do not give money to a church, who do give money to charities, who do not donate time to charities, who do not have children, who do not have dogs, who do not drink booze, who do not gamble, who do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Who are the biggest shamers in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2018/05/06/shame-based-thinking-part-1/
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2018/05/07/shame-based-thinking-part-2/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Equal Benefits for all Employees – Jennifer Hyman (DIERSEN: To get their votes, Democrats have always demanded that employers to give preferential treatment to their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, veterans, non-Protestant, non-German American, have less money than others, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/opinion/workers-benefits-inequality-rent-the-runway.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Which Anti-Depressant is Right for You? Your DNA Can Shed Some Light – Lucette Lagnado (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on making members of the following groups feel depressed: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/which-anti-depressant-is-right-for-you-your-dna-can-shed-some-light-1525622524
— Good News in the Labor Market The black and Hispanic jobless rates are at record lows. – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/good-news-in-the-labor-market-1525640801

 

USA TODAY
— Facebook pledges to investigate charges it’s biased against conservatives – Jessica Guynn (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have no problem with anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/05/03/facebook-pledges-investigate-charges-bias-against-conservatives/574505002/
— How Facebook fired workers who blocked ‘fake news’ — ‘After the Fact’ book excerpt – Nathan Bomey
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/05/06/after-fact-erosion-truth-donald-trump-book/541341002/
— Millennials bypass smaller starter homes for dream houses – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24, a studio condo in downtown Chicago when I was 25, and a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago when I was 27. My wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton when I was 29 and we had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton when I was 35.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/05/07/millennials-buying-first-home-skip-starter-house-buy-dream/582309002/

 

VALLEY REPORTER
— Profiting from cheap labor – Jake Sallerson (DIERSEN: Those who want cheap labor have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.valleyreporter.com/menu-opinion/letters/12561-profiting-from-cheap-labor

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Newspapers are Fighting Harder Than Ever Against the Spread of Misinformation – Jennifer Swift (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, everything is misinformation except for the information that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/feature/newspapers-are-fighting-harder-than-ever-against-the-spread-of-misinformation/

May 6 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Roskam meets in closed-door session with students on gun issues – Scott C. Morgan (DIERSEN: If you were one of Roskam’s constituents and you had a closed-door session with him, what would you urge him to do? I would urge him to introduce, advance, and pass legislation that would promote:

 

– individual responsibility,
– traditional marriage and traditional family,
– homeownership,
– right to life,
– compliance with America’s immigration laws,

– public safety,
– First and Second Amendment rights,
– equal opportunity (no race, gender, or age based preference giving),
– avoidance of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and

– all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)

http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180505/roskam-meets-in-closed-door-session-with-students-on-gun-issues
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among the issues discussed were universal background checks, whether teachers should be armed in classrooms and mental health issues. Since media were not invited, some of the six students who originally requested the meeting with Roskam held a media conference call afterward. “What we were looking for from Mr. Roskam was to basically get an insight of whether he had taken any action on school safety and common sense gun reform,” said Jeromel Lara, a junior at Glenbard North. “It wasn’t very politically divisive,” said Caleb Laschinski, a Carol Stream senior at Wheaton Academy who found out about the Saturday meeting from a friend who was a former Roskam intern. “We all saw that there definitely should be reform and laws passed and we need to see some action on the part of lawmakers — whatever those actions should be is where we differed.” Contacted by phone after the meeting, Laschinski said he was surprised by Roskam’s reluctance to support arming teachers — though Roskam did clarify that he wanted individual school districts to make the call on that issue. “I hope the students left the meeting knowing that we found common ground and feeling like the meeting was as productive as I believe it was,” Roskam said in a prepared statement. “I encourage these students to stay engaged and informed on issues that they are passionate about like gun safety and am pleased that we were able to connect on such an important subject.” While many of the students were glad that Roskam agreed to the Saturday meeting, they still wished he would have done so in a more public forum. “It’s an issue that affects the whole community,” Lara said. “Not just students going to school, but all of us.”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARD COPY ARTICLE TITLE: Trump at play in 4 states Tuesday primaries focus on forces for and against – AP (DIERSEN: To help them win the November 6, 2018 election, will Republicans Rauner, Sanguinetti, Helland, Harold, Senger, Dodge, Shimkus, Roskam, Hultgren, Kinzinger, Davis, Bost, LaHood, Brady, Durkin, etc. ask Republican Trump to campaign for them?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180505/news/305059967/
— TRAGIC: Mormon support for gay marriage gradually grows – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180504/news/305049886/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The hunt for Pancho Villa in Mexico — and the massive deployment of National Guard troops – Ron Grossman (DIERSEN: What do today’s citizens of Mexico, many millions of whom are in America legally or illegally, say about Pancho Villa and America’s response to Pancho Villa?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-flash-pancho-villa-mexico-border-troops-0506-20180430-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But each of those actions was small potatoes compared with what happened in 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson mobilized more than 100,000 National Guard members for duty on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande — plus 14,000 more regular U.S. Army troops ready to serve as a mobile strike force in Mexico. The Mexican Revolution, which had begun in 1910, had lapped over to U.S. soil, and on March 9, 1916, Gen. Francisco “Pancho” Villa attacked Columbus, N.M., burning the town and killing 19 Americans. The Tribune reported that, after the battle, a copy of a letter was found that Villa had sent to a rival revolutionary leader. “I shall not expend another shell on brother Mexicans,” Villa wrote in the letter, “but will prepare and organize to attack Americans on their own soil and let them know that Mexico is a land of the free and the tomb of thorn less crowns and traitors.” The incident and the letter put enormous pressure on Wilson. The president had been tiptoeing through the tangled web of Mexican politics, but the press demanded action. The New York Times thundered: “We cannot afford to make this latest Mexican outrage a matter for extended parley and negotiation.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch seconded the motion: “Hesitation in this crisis would be fatal.” The Philadelphia Inquirer crowed: “President Wilson’s pet bandit is not at all grateful.” In fact, Wilson had momentarily backed Villa during the incessant power struggles of the Mexican revolutionary leaders. “Why has never been explained adequately,” the Tribune noted, adding its own theory. Wilson’s secretary of state, William Jennings Bryan, being an evangelical Christian, favored Villa “after being informed, though incorrectly, that the bandit neither smoked or drank.” In the face of the public outcry, Wilson authorized “a punitive expedition” to pursue Villa, who had crossed back into Mexico. In the deployment that followed, the Illinois National Guard was the first to reach the border. Its mobilization mirrored the social order of the day. A North Shore artillery unit was known as “the millionaire battery,” having been formed by members of the swank University Club. Noting its initial encampment en route to the border, a Tribune headline read: “University Men Members of National Guard Will Take Cannon Through Evanston To Golf Club.” Robert McCormick, the Tribune’s publisher, was a major in a National Guard cavalry unit and wrote to a U.S. senator from Illinois pleading for better pay for the soldiers, many of whom he said were “working for the government for criminally small compensation.” “Isn’t it about time to bring up in congress the question of adequately paying our soldiers?” he wrote. Rich or poor, Illinois citizen-soldiers arrived in Texas inadequately equipped, as one guardsman wrote in a letter passed on to the Tribune. “The tentage was not complete,” he noted. “Some tents were unserviceable. The poles did not fit.”)
— HARD COPY ARTICLE TITLE: Pesky fact-checkers are ruining Trump’s greatest talent: Lying – Rex Huppke (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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-trump-giuliani-stormy-huppke-20180503-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Chicago falling short in attracting black officers Push for 1,000 new cops draws applicants, but many don’t take the test – Dan Hinkel and Jennifer Smith Richards (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who make it clear that they believe a) that all government employees are lazy, stupid, and even worse things, b) that minorities and females are inferior and therefore need preferential treatment, c) that government is the “employer of last resort,” and therefore, d) that all government employees should be minorities and/or females.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-police-hiring-20180503-story.html
— As a grad student and a mom, I can’t find affordable child care – Lakrista Cummings, student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (DIERSEN: Raising children is tremendously time-consuming and expensive. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have had a tremendous unfair advantage in life because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. According to them, if my wife and I had gotten married sooner than we did and if we had children, I never would have been able to earn 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. We never would have been able to buy new cars, buy real estate, go on vacations, buy collector cars, save for retirement, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-childcare-graduate-school-uiuc-work-requirement-20180504-story.html

 

WBBM NEWS RADIO
— Revelers Pack Columbus Drive For Polish Constitution Day; Rauner Teases Business Potential In Poland
https://wbbmnews.radio.com/articles/news/revelers-pack-columbus-drive-polish-constitution-dayrauner-teases-business-potential

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State senator Sam McCann’s lawsuit alleges facts that are in serious dispute – Jim Dey (DIERSEN: Undisputed facts in Diersen v. GAO included a) I charged that my Democrat GAO superiors threatened to take serious adverse action against me if did not take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) I charged that my Democrat GAO superiors gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) they did not promote me beyond GS-13, e) they got rid of my mentor in 1987, d) they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) they forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-05-06/jim-dey-state-senators-lawsuit-alleges-facts-are-serious-dispute.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For instance, Statehouse officials say that McCann only forfeited services available to GOP caucus members, like assistance with communications and photography and staff analysis of pending legislation. They say he retains office funding and other legislator rights, including voting, representing constituents and seeking assistance from offices that write bills and perform research. That led to the following exchange this week between McCann and a TV reporter. Reporter: “You still have the right to vote. You still have the right to debate on the (Senate) floor. You still have the Legislative Reference Bureau. How is your power as a legislator in any way void from what it was two weeks ago?” McCann: “I think the way you phrased that question shows me you are not an honest arbiter in this process. Obviously, you’re with the other folks in this process.”)
— Davis must be willing to listen – JOHN MURPHY (DIERSEN: “Listening to” is code for “surrendering to.”)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2018-05-06/guest-commentary-davis-must-be-willing-listen.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Your past predicts your future. I you came to America illegally, if you stay in America illegally, and/or if you have brought others to America illegally, you have demonstrated gross disrespect for America, for its citizens, and for the rule of law.
http://qctimes.com/opinion/columnists/cepeda-immigrants-don-t-drive-crime/article_e7d23c44-4161-566d-adc9-69aff7535073.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Sen. Anderson says pay raises are immoral for lawmakers – SARAH HAYDEN (DIERSEN: Have you gotten pay raises? While I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, because of COLAs, step increases, and promotions, my pay increased every year except 1980 when I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://qconline.com/news/local/sen-anderson-says-pay-raises-are-immoral-for-lawmakers/article_2b6e41a6-fe16-596e-9296-bc05097e607f.html

 

BREITBART
— Republican Gubernatorial Showdown Reveals Popularity of Opposing CA Sanctuary State Laws – MICHELLE MOONS
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/05/05/republican-gubernatorial-showdown-reveals-popularity-of-opposing-ca-sanctuary-state-laws/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican candidates battling it out in the race to become California’s next governor may have provided insight at their spring convention into the enthusiasm among California Republicans for opposing “sanctuary” laws. Opposition to California laws that protect illegal aliens. “Sanctuary” laws, brought out vibrant energy from the crowds as Republican gubernatorial candidates John Cox and Travis Allen both espoused support for ending the new law. Cox went so far as to say it was the issue he would make a priority on his first day in office.)

 

HOT AIR
— Why Are Attempted Border Crossings Spiking Again? – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/05/05/attempted-border-crossings-spiking/

 

NBC NEWS
— McCain doesn’t want Trump at funeral, friends tell White House McCain, who has been battling brain cancer, and Trump have had a turbulent relationship. The senator wants Vice President Mike Pence to attend instead. – Rebecca Shabad
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mccain-doesn-t-want-trump-funeral-friends-tell-white-house-n871641

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans promote promiscuity, abortion, and LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/opinion/sunday/the-new-era-of-abstinence.html
— The Upside of Envy – Gordon Marino (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government promoted envy big time. They stressed to my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates a) who were veterans that I had avoided the draft; b) who had not been promoted to GS-9, GS-11, GS-12, or GS-13 that I had been promoted to GS-9 in 1972 when I was 23 years old, to GS-11 in 1973, to GS-12 in 1974, and to GS-13 in 1986; c) who had less Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) credit than I had that I already had almost 3 years of CSRS credit in 1969 and that I had almost 30 years of CSRS credit in 1997; d) who had not bought new cars that I had bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, etc.; e) who had not bought real estate that I had bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984; f) who were not married that I got married in 1978; g) who had spouses who did not have income that my wife did; h) who did not have good health that I did; i) who were saving little or nothing for their retirement that my wife and I were saving a lot for our retirement; j) who had children who were causing them problems that my wife and I did not have children; k) who stated that they could not afford to buy computers that I had bought many computers; l) who did not have the option to retire until they were 55, if not 62, that I had the option to take early retirement in 1993 when I was 45; m) who did not have the option to take many vacations with their spouse in conjunction with their business trips to luxury resorts that I did 1978-1992; n) who did not have job-related master’s degrees that I had earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; o) who did not have any job-related professional certifications that I had earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; p) who did not have any job-related professional licenses that I had earned one in 1981; q) etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/opinion/upside-envy.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE OF MCCAIN & BIDEN: At His Ranch, John McCain Shares Memories and Regrets With Friends – Jonathan Martin  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all things that my critics/opponents want me to regret.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/us/politics/john-mccain-arizona.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— ‘Dreamer’ sues Bank of America after he was denied a wealth advisory job – KARTIKAY MEHROTRA (DIERSEN: What factors have discouraged employers from hiring, retaining, and/or promoting you? For me they include a) my being draft bait until I was 22 1/2 years old in 1971; b) my not being a Democrat or a RINO; c) my not being a minority; d) my not being a female; e) my not being a veteran; f) my not painting myself as being a yes-man; g) my complaining about political affiliation discrimination; h) my complaining about reverse discrimination; i) my complaining about age discrimination; j) my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988 when I was 40 years old; k) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” 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; l) 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 m) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-daca-dreamer-discrimination-20180503-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Daniel Marques had hoped to parlay his “Dreamer” work permit into a job with Bank of America Corp. Instead, he’s suing the firm for discrimination. Marques, who is from Brazil, claims his application to work in the bank’s wealth management department in New Jersey was denied after he told a vice president who interviewed him in 2016 that he’d be required to renew his work authorization under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Bill Halldin, a spokesman for Bank of America, said the company would be reviewing Marques’ claims as the bank “does not have any prohibition on hiring individuals with DACA status.” The complaint was filed Thursday as a class action by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), which said it seeks to represent other immigrants nationwide with renewable work permits rejected for jobs with the second-largest U.S. bank. Marques has a similar complaint against Allied Wealth Partners, which also declined to hire him while he was hunting for a job in the spring of 2016. MALDEF separately sued Procter & Gamble Co. on behalf of another so-called Dreamer. A company’s refusal to hire a candidate because their work authorization papers will ultimately expire “may constitute illegal discrimination,” according to the Department of Homeland Security.)

 

POST AND COURIER
— Consultant: Look for dual-income, college-educated homeowners as a fast-growing group – Jim Parker
https://www.postandcourier.com/business/real_estate/jim-parker/consultant-look-for-dual-income-college-educated-homeowners-as-a/article_dc018e00-4ccb-11e8-ba4b-3f7d01667d35.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to the six-year-old NAR survey, 65 percent of all buyers are married couples. That was up from 58 percent for married buyers. Meanwhile, Brookings last year noted income and graduation rates in an article on the “new face of American homeownership.” The writer Jenny Schuetz says new homeowners outstripped renters in educational attainment and income. New homeowners’ $69,000 median income was close to double that of renters and slightly higher than established owners. Also, nearly 40 percent of owners have a college degree, compared with 26 percent for tenants. “These differences are not surprising, given that households with higher, more stable incomes and more assets can more easily accumulate down payments and qualify for mortgages,” she says.)

 

METRO WEST DAILY NEWS
— Are you worried about DNA privacy? – Erika D. Smith (DIERSEN: What is your national origin? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/opinion/20180506/smith-are-you-worried-about-dna-privacy

 

QUATZ
— Does it make financial sense to get married? – Preeti Varathan (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://qz.com/1262993/does-it-make-financial-sense-to-get-married/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Should you marry when you’re young or old? Keep your marriage open or closed? Change your name, or not? Should you marry at all? (Oprah doesn’t think so.) These are questions many couples grapple with, but marriage also comes with financial consequences. It can significantly alter your taxes, student loans, and chances of getting a mortgage, among other things. So don’t wait to think about “for richer, for poorer” until it’s time to take the vows. Here are three key financial factors to consider when you’re deciding whether to tie the knot. Taxes There’s a widely held belief that marriage comes with tax perks: namely, that a married couple’s combined tax bill will fall. But it’s also possible that you and your partner could face a marriage penalty, paying more in taxes on your combined income than if you both stayed single.)

 

CHEAT SHEET
— The Vast Differences Between Donald Trump and Barack Obama’s Marriage Reveals More Than You Think – Meg Dowell
https://www.cheatsheet.com/health-fitness/the-vast-differences-between-donald-trump-and-barack-obamas-marriage-reveals-more-than-you-think.html/

 

TORONTO STAR
— Too many men: Examining the gender imbalances of India and China Decades of selective births have left the two countries with a delicate issue: What to do with 70 million lonely men? – SIMON DENYER and ANNIE GOWEN
https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/05/05/too-many-men-examining-the-gender-imbalances-of-india-and-china.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Stagnant lives: Village life and mental health. Among men, loneliness and depression are widespread. Villages are emptying out. Men are learning to cook and perform other chores long relegated to women. The desperate effort to land a bride: Housing prices and savings rates. Bachelors are furiously building houses in China to attract wives, and prices are soaring. But otherwise they are not spending, and that in turn fuels China’s huge trade surplus. In India, there is the opposite effect: Because brides are scarce, families are under less pressure to save for expensive dowries. Importing a bride: Human trafficking. Trafficking of brides is on the rise. Foreign women are being recruited and lured to China, effectively creating similar imbalances in China’s neighbors. Taking a stand over harassment: Public safety. With the increase in men has come a surge in sexual crime in India and concerns about a rise in other crimes in both countries. Harassment of schoolgirls in India has in some towns sparked an effort to push back — but at a cost of restricting them to more protected lives.)

May 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— JUNE 1, 2013 FLASHBACK: Lobbyist Jack Dorgan is new Illinois GOP party chairman – Monique Garcia (DIERSEN: I was there while “Each candidate had five minutes to sell themselves to members of the Republican State Central Committee before the group conducted closed door interviews.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-illinois-republican-gop-chairman-jack-dorgan-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican leaders on Saturday choose a lobbyist and Rosemont trustee to serve as state party chairman following several hours of closed door talks. Jack Dorgan’s selection follows the resignation of former chair Pat Brady, who came under fire for bucking the Republican platform when he announced his support for gay marriage. “We’ve had some growing pains right now, and we’re ready, we’re united, were going to move forward and show people there’s a two-party system (in Illinois),” said Dorgan, who was the favorite entering deliberations. Dorgan has long been involved in Republican politics, beginning as an aide to the late Rep. Roger McAuliffe, who long held the designation as the only Republican legislator from Chicago. Dorgan also served as deputy chief of staff to former House Speaker Lee Daniels and as an aide to Gov. Jim Thompson and director of the Liquor Control Commission under Gov. Jim Edgar. But Dorgan also has close ties to Illinois’ ruling Democrats. He founded a lobbying practice with James McPike, a former majority leader for House Speaker Michael Madigan, who doubles as Illinois Democratic Party chairman. The firm’s clients include Ameren, AT&T, Fairmount Park race track, the Illinois Hospital Association and the Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association, a group formerly headed by Bill Cellini, who is now serving prison time after being convicted of federal corruption charges. Other finalists for the position included Hinsdale businessman Jim Nalepa; Angel Garcia, head of the Chicago Young Republicans; Lake Forest attorney Mark Shaw; Springfield lawyer Don Tracy; Chicago attorney Lori Yokoyama and former congressman and tea party activist Joe Walsh. Each candidate had five minutes to sell themselves to members of the Republican State Central Committee before the group conducted closed door interviews. Deliberations were not open to the public, but officials said Dorgan won after the first round of balloting.)
— Cook County clerk on how, when and where people voted — or didn’t vote — in March primary – Ted Slowik (DIERSEN: In your precinct, what do you think the main reasons are why a) registered Republican voters cast or did not cast Republican ballots, b) registered Democrat voters cast or did not cast Democrat ballots, c) unaffiliated voters cast or did not cast Republican or Democrat ballots, d) registered Republican voters changed their party affiliation by casting Democrat ballots, and e) registered Democrat voters changed their party affiliation by casting Republican ballots? Why do voters who cast Republican ballots vote for candidates in contested races, but not for candidates in uncontested races?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-slowik-post-election-report-st-0506-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Before the March gubernatorial primary fades into memory and voters focus on November, let’s take a moment to review a few details about the most recent election. This analysis comes courtesy of the office of distinguished public servant and retiring Cook County Clerk David Orr. His office on Wednesday released its post-election report for the March primary. Orr’s office is one of a handful of county clerks that provides the detailed post-mortem statistical analysis. The clerk’s website has post-election reports dating back to 2008. “We send it to a few friends,” Orr told me Friday. “If we get a good idea from somewhere else we adapt it. Every year we build on it.” The 110-page report is full of data about voter behavior, trends and historical analysis. For some, this dense study might seem like a cure for insomnia. But political geeks can discover compelling nuggets about when, how and where people voted — or didn’t vote. The March primary saw record-breaking or near-record setting marks in the number of registered voters, voters who took part in the election, the percentage of voters who participated in early voting and the overall turnout rate, the report said. “There are some fascinating findings,” Orr told me. “One result was the amazing percentage of Democratic ballots versus Republican ballots.” In March, 76 percent of suburban Cook County voters pulled Democratic ballots. That ties with the February 2008 primary for the highest percentage in the past 24 years. The lowest rate of Democratic ballots pulled since 1994 was in March 2014, at just 45 percent. “I don’t think it’s a case of Republicans not voting so much as it is greater numbers of Democrats turning out,” Orr said. “You had hot races for governor in both parties and several other hot contests.” Statewide, incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner eked out a narrow win over challenger Jeanne Ives in the Republican primary. Rauner won with about 52 percent of the vote — an unexpectedly close margin of about 20,000 votes. Rauner carried suburban Cook County by about 10,000 votes, though Ives, a state representative from Wheaton, won in Bremen, Lemont, Thornton and Worth townships. Orr’s post-election report is a deep dive that might give voters in some south suburbs and their party leaders a chance to brag about the success of their ability to get out the vote.)
— No wonder Illinois is struggling — lawmakers are calling in their votes – Patrick McDaniel, Decatur
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-illinois-general-assembly-voting-congress-20180504-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. How much money is the Chicago Sun-Times taking from pot pushers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/pot-topics-businesses-relax-policies-on-pot-trudeau-vows-to-legalize/
— Chicago Police drones at rallies smack of Red Squad snooping
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/police-drones-surveillance-red-squad-illinois-law/

 

DAILY HERALD
— MAY 13, 2014 FLASHBACK: Illinois GOP leader Dorgan says he won’t seek another term – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140512/news/140519516/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Party Chairman Jack Dorgan of Rosemont won’t run for another term and will back Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider of Bartlett to replace him, he announced Monday. Dorgan, a Rosemont village trustee and Springfield lobbyist, said he’s joining Republican Bruce Rauner’s campaign for governor to co-chair the Winnetka businessman’s finance committee. The Republican State Central Committee is set to pick a new chairman Saturday in Springfield. Dorgan sits on that committee representing the 5th Congressional District. Blair Garber of Evanston, who sits on the committee from the 9th Congressional District, is the only other candidate. But Schneider’s backing from both Rauner and Dorgan gives him a clear advantage going into Saturday’s vote. “It has been my great honor to lead the Illinois Republican Party as chairman over the last year, helping position our candidates across Illinois for an incredible victory this November,” Dorgan said in a statement. Dorgan was first elected to the post a year ago following the resignation of Pat Brady of St. Charles, who was nearly ousted from the job after lobbying state lawmakers to vote for same-sex marriage. Dorgan released his statement jointly with Rauner, whose success or failure at the top of the ticket against Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn is likely to be linked to the party’s fate statewide in November. The party’s chairman is tasked with raising money and trying to help its candidates win in November, a big task for a volunteer job in a state that’s leaned Democratic statewide in recent years. The GOP in Illinois has targeted the governor’s race as its top priority.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— MAY 13, 2014 FLASHBACK: Rauner’s revealing move to replace Illinois GOP chairman
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140513/BLOGS02/140519950/rauners-revealing-move-to-replace-illinois-gop-chairman
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bruce Rauner has played his cards incredibly close to the vest since winning the GOP gubernatorial nomination, disclosing almost nothing about who will be on his team, how he’d balance the budget and what his governance style would be. But we may have learned a few things from his decision to oust Jack Dorgan as Illinois GOP chairman and replace him with Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider. The first thing we learned is that, for a zillionaire used to getting his way, Mr. Rauner sometimes can act with a minimum of fingerprints. Though Crain’s (via an AP story) and other outlets reported this morning that Mr. Dorgan had chosen not to seek a new term as chairman and instead would become co-chair of Mr. Rauner’s finance team, the truth is that he was pushed. Multiple party sources report that Team Rauner was concerned that it didn’t look very good that the state party was headed by a registered lobbyist with an A-list of clients — or that, at a time when incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn is under fire for alleged patronage abuses, Mr. Dorgan had held top political jobs with former Govs. Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar. So squeaky-clean was in and the political warhorse was out. Good for Mr. Dorgan for getting the message and not putting up a fight. But we certainly learned that Mr. Rauner is capable of decisive actions that pull the plug. I think we also discovered that Mr. Rauner is loyal — particularly to people who emulate his mode of politics of being socially moderate and fiscally conservative. BIG EARLY BACKER Mr. Schneider didn’t return my call today. But he was an early, big backer of the Rauner candidacy, and he’s really tight — he once tried to block creation of a county film office as frivolous spending — without having developed a reputation as a social-issues crusader. It also doesn’t hurt a bit that he cuts a nice figure on TV, a crucial skill in this media-driven age. Meanwhile, in statements, Mr. Rauner is praising Mr. Dorgan as “an extraordinary chairman,” and Mr. Dorgan said the party is “firing on all cylinders and ready to deliver a new direction to the people of Illinois.” Mr. Schneider does have one opponent in the vote set for May 17: Blair Garber, the committeeman from the North Side/north suburban 9th District. But I’d be surprised if there was much of a fight. Gubernatorial nominees by tradition get to remake their party. And if this nominee becomes governor, we may have learned a couple of things about how he’d remake Illinois.)

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-bill-would-use-medical-marijuana-to-fight-opioids/article_ed476ac8-045a-5220-80d6-b0198e7d590f.html

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Youth riot at Illinois Youth Center-St. Charles caused serious injury – BRENDA SCHORY
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/05/04/youth-riot-at-illinois-youth-center-st-charles-caused-serious-injury/de297mv/

 

TIMES
— Senate bill strikes a heavy blow against local control – Editorial (DIERSEN: To encourage people to drink booze, to gamble, to smoke pot, and/or to engage in other destructive activities is to encourage people to harm themselves and to become wards of the state.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/05/04/our-view-senate-bill-strikes-a-heavy-blow-against-local-control/amfpfq1/

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who says “Most (ILLEGAL) immigrants abide by laws?” ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20180504/esther-cepeda-most-immigrants-abide-by-laws

 

CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO
— VIDEO: The Open-Government Movement – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/video/1291/the-open-government-movement

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois residents still struggling with poverty – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: What do you say to those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that a) work the hardest to blame poverty on Republicans, b) work the hardest to bring poverty-stricken people to Illinois, to your county, to your township/ward, to your municipality, and to your precinct, and c) work the hardest to keep poverty-stricken people in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/illinois-residents-still-struggling-with-poverty/article_77529a04-4e32-11e8-b9ff-0b88b5bd0253.html

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, booze pushers push booze.
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/illinois-gives-alcohol-a-trial-run/1160528170

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— LGBTQ Roots in Legal Weed Campaign Run Deep – Pat Hickey
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/lgbtq-roots-in-legal-weed-campaign-run-deep/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MAY 12, 2014 FLASHBACK: DORGAN OUT AS ILGOP CHAIR. ENDORSES TIM SCHNEIDER FOR POSITION.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2014/05/il-gop-chairman-dorgan-not-to-seek-re-election.html

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Fence-Climbing Illegal Aliens Cut in Line as Legal Immigrants Wait in Obscurity – DEROY MURDOCK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/legal-immigrants-vs-illegal-immigrants-cutting-line/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Broken promise: Trump admin surrenders to caravan and drug cartels – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/broken-promise-trump-admin-surrenders-caravan-drug-cartels/

 

BREITBART
— DHS Promises ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Illegal Migrants – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/05/04/dhs-promises-zero-tolerance-for-migrants/
— Paul Gosar: Prosecute Attorneys ‘Aiding’ Caravan at Border – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/04/exclusive-paul-gosar-prosecute-attorneys-aiding-caravan-at-border/

 

BLAZE
— Neil Cavuto stuns Fox News viewers with scathing rebuke – here’s what he said – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/04/neil-cavuto-stuns-fox-news-viewers-with-scathing-rebuke-heres-what-he-said
— University warns ‘non-Mexican’ students against ‘cultural appropriation’ on Cinco de Mayo – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/04/university-warns-non-mexican-students-against-cultural-appropriation-on-cinco-de-mayo

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Black America, Face the Facts on Illegal Immigration – Aubrey Shines (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want Blacks to see immigrants as part of a massive coalition to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/04/black_america_face_the_facts_on_illegal_immigration_136979.html

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Vocal group reported to PC police for mariachi-themed flyer – Nikita Vladimirov
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10864

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Public Servants Do Get Student Loan Forgiveness. Meet One of the First. – Ron Lieber (DIERSEN: Did you take out student loans? I did not. What if I had taken out student loans INSTEAD OF paying for my education expenses with money that I earned when I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997? I spent lots of money that I earned and saved doing the aforesaid jobs to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, and c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/your-money/student-loan-forgiveness.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: n theory, millions of borrowers are eligible to have their debts forgiven after a decade of public-service work. In practice, the program has produced a litany of frustrations. . .The forgiveness program seemed simple at first glance: Work 10 years as a public servant and the federal government will forgive your loans. But deep, repeated, near-Talmudic parsing of the words revealed the following: Borrowers need to be in exactly the right kind of federal student loan. They need to be in the right kind of repayment plan. They need to pay on time in exactly the right way. And their full-time work has to qualify as proper public service.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Politics in the Pews: Anti-Trump Activism Is Reviving Protestant Churches—at a Cost A push toward activism among liberal Christian denominations is reshaping traditional worship and splitting congregations – Ian Lovett (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will all “religious leaders” in America officially promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and other terrible things? How soon, if not already, will all religions officially become arms of the Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and/or Muslim parties? How soon, if not already, will “religious leaders” call for America to get rid of all its citizens, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-in-the-pews-politics-is-convulsing-mainline-churches-1525445467

 

BIZPAC REVIEW
— Rick Perry lets Congress know GAO’s new definition of office ‘furnishings’ is absurd, reviews Obama’s list
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/05/05/rick-perry-lets-congress-know-gaos-new-definition-of-office-furnishings-is-absurd-reviews-obamas-list-631489

 

WFTV
— TRAGIC: Mormon support for gay marriage gradually grows – AP
https://www.wftv.com/news/mormon-support-for-gay-marriage-gradually-grows/743964250

 

YAHOO NEWS
— Jay Leno drives the new Corvette ZR1 over 200 mph – George Back
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jay-leno-drives-new-corvette-zr1-200-mph-063014426.html

May 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aurora Election Commission could end by mid-May – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-commission-st-0502-story.html
— Brewskis with Bruce – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-paul-vallas-chicago-mayor-announcement-20180503-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Rauner says he doesn’t rest or sleep much but likes to skate and ride his motorcycle with veterans and “union guys,” according to his re-election campaign’s latest social strategy, a series of videos called “Brewskis with Bruce.” Sitting with seven people over beers, one of them tells Rauner in the one-minute video: “Your presence at the motorcycle shows and at the different events they have throughout the local area here is awesome.” Rauner, who rode his Harley-Davidson in a kickoff video for his re-election campaign, responds by touting his motorcycle rides with “union guys” — despite his frequent clashes with organized labor. He also promotes how much he likes to ride with veterans, as his administration faces sharp criticism over its handling of continued Legionnaire’s disease outbreaks at the state-run veterans home in Downstate Quincy, where a 2015 outbreak killed 13 people. “I love riding with veterans. I love riding with police officers. I love riding for Toys for Tots to fundraise. I’ve been a motorcycle rider since I was 14. I got my first dirt bike. I saved up. I raked leaves and mowed grass and saved up. I saved up and bought a little dirt bike,” Rauner says in the video. “Since I became governor I’ve joined, um, I was invited to join and I was honored to do it, a group called the Canaryville Veterans Riders Association,” Rauner said. He had a dust-up with the group in 2015. “They’re based on the South Side of Chicago. It’s a lot of union guys. It’s police officers, firefighters, carpenters, electricians, plumbers and they support veterans. And I love to ride with veterans.”)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As campaign begins, Vallas pokes Rahm: People ‘don’t like you. You’re a bully’ – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/vallas-formally-declares-run-for-mayor-slams-pay-to-play-culture-at-city-hall/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to destroy veterans encourage them to drink booze, gamble, and smoke pot.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180503/proposal-would-give-veterans-groups-a-way-around-gambling-bans
— Library apologized for the wrong thing – Stan Zegel, Winfield
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180503/library-apologized-for-the-wrong-thing
— A stand against public-paid golden parachutes – Editorial (DIERSEN: Were you ever “sent packing.” My Democrat GAO superiors sent me packing in 1997 when I was 49 years old. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, “what led to the departure” a) was NOT my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) was NOT because I had complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and c) was NOT because my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger than me talked and acted like they would quit if GAO did not get rid of me. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, “what led to the departure” was me being AN EXTREMELY BAD EMPLOYEE. But wait, none of my performance appraisals indicated that. So far, my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in sending me packing has cost the Civil Service Retirement System $1,071,856 in today’s dollars.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180502/a-stand-against-public-paid-golden-parachutes
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: What happens when a top government administrator gets sent packing? Often, lawyers for the employer and employee negotiate, a severance package is worked out, all agree never to say a word about what led to the departure — and the taxpayers are kept in the dark with their wallets open, sometimes paying a six-figure bill for the administrator to go away. It happens all the time.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: More and more and more people need/demand welfare. Soon, everyone in Illinois, in Cook County, and in Chicago will be either be a) handing out welfare or b) getting welfare.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180503/OPINION/180509978
— Home prices haven’t recovered in most area ZIP codes – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180503/CRED0701/180509934

 

ABC7
— US surgeon general talks about opioid epidemic in Kane County – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/health/us-surgeon-general-talks-about-opioid-epidemic-in-kane-county-/3420693/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Roskam makes 6th Congressional District campaign stop in Marengo Incumbent defends Trump’s $1.5T tax cut plan; Casten attacks his standing with president – ED KOMENDA (DIERSEN: Those who want Roskam to lose on November 6, 2018 want him to pander to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Those who want Roskam to lose on November 6, 2018 want Roskam to dump those who share my demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (I am 69), non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, ancestors have been in America for a long time, former union member, retiree, homeowner, married, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, etc. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want Roskam to lose on November 6, 2018. They focus on demonizing me, denigrating me, and condemning me. They blame me for their problems. They blame me for Roskam’s problems. They blame me for your problems. They blame me for my problems. They blame me for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/05/02/rep-peter-roskam-makes-6th-congressional-district-campaign-stop-in-marengo/a4bk47s/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Citizens United money-in-politics case an issue in 13th House race – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180502/schoenburg-citizens-united-money-in-politics-case-issue-in-13th-house-race
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-men and anti-boys claim progress.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180502/with-girls-joining-ranks-boy-scouts-plan-name-change

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Where’s The Budget? – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=264516#.WurXB1py-M8

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois debt rises, so does electioneering – Editorial
http://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-illinois-debt-rises-so-does-electioneering/article_44f16cfa-e66f-50b6-b181-0e6ea493a543.html

 

WBUR
— Debt Plagues Too Many College Graduates. Public Universities Should Be Free – Rich Barlow (DIERSEN: If you were graduating this year instead of the year that you did, would you be debt-free? I graduated debt-free from NIU 38 years ago and owing a 18-month-old Dodge Charger SE. Almost all the money for my college expenses came from my part-time job delivering mail for the Post Office. In today’s dollars, my pay increased from $15.85/hour in 1966 to $16.91/hour in 1969. Because my parents provided me with room and board while attended UIC 1966-1968, I could afford to a) pay all my tuition and book expenses, b) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, c) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and d) pay for my room and board at NIU 1969-1970.)
http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2018/05/03/the-case-for-free-college-rich-barlow
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Seventy percent of college students graduate owing significant student loans; the average exceeds $37,000, a burdensome headwind discouraging attendance. In particular, low-income students, plagued by poor K-through-12 schools and, well, low incomes, lag their wealthier peers in college enrollment.)

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— IL Senate Says ‘No More’ To Hefty Severance Payouts For Dismissed Public Employees – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: Should I sue those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am guilty of “misconduct” and that is why the federal government took adverse actions against me?)
http://nprillinois.org/post/il-senate-says-no-more-hefty-severance-payouts-dismissed-public-employees#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Illinois public officials are dismissed for misconduct, they are sometimes awarded large severance packages – which are paid for by taxpayers. A new proposal approved by the Senate would stop the practice. Under the plan, golden parachutes – as these payouts are called – would be eliminated in cases where someone is fired under circumstances of misconduct. These range from criminal assault, abuse or neglect in the workplace. When dismissal is not for misconduct, packages would be capped at 5 months. If the plan becomes law, any future public employee contract would follow this limit.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Public employee tally: Bottom 25 counties in Illinois (DIERSEN: The number of DuPage County employees per capita will increase significantly a) because Democrats and RINOs are bringing into the county more and more and more people who need massive government assistance and b) because the cost of living in the county is very high.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511369206-public-employee-tally-bottom-25-counties-in-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage is among the Illinois counties that employ the fewest government workers per capita, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports. State law requires local governments to self-report financial records each year, including the number of employees whose paychecks come from taxpayers. Employees per capita is calculated to compare staffs across cities and villages.)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— More Dumb Stuff From Springfield Swampsters – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/more-dumb-stuff-from-springfield-swampsters/

 

BREITBART
— More than 6-in-10 Hispanics Support Trump Plan to Cut Legal Immigration – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: All my ancestors were German-American. None of them have ever sided with Germany. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/02/more-than-6-in-10-hispanics-support-trump-plan-to-cut-legal-immigration/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— The Wheaton Meeting, Political Dealmaking and the Crisis of Evangelicalism – Mark Labberton (DIERSEN: What do religious people think of you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes have had tremendous success in turning religious people against me. They shout at religious people that I am not a member of any church, that I do not attend church services, and that I do not give money to a church. They have had great success in convincing religious people that because of the aforesaid, I am anti-religious and THAT I SHOULD BE SENT STRAIGHT TO HELL. They have had great success in convincing religious people that they should focus on destroying people like me who are not a member of any church, who do not attend church services, and who do not give money to a church.)
https://www.christianpost.com/voice/wheaton-meeting-political-dealmaking-crisis-evangelicalism-mark-labberton.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s How Gutless Bureaucrats Are HELPING Antifa Mobs Censor Speech With Threats Of Violence – Jeffrey S. Podoshen and Lindsay Shepherd
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/02/bureaucrats-help-antifa-censor-speech-with-threats-of-violence/

 

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Democrats are taking minorities for granted – Michael Barone (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Which politicians take those who share your demographics for granted? I should write a book about politicians who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who not only take their constituents who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican for granted, they throw the aforesaid under their bus, they flush the aforesaid down their toilet.)
http://www.aei.org/publication/democrats-are-taking-minorities-for-granted/

 

THE HILL
— Giuliani: Trump reimbursed Cohen for $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels – JACQUELINE THOMSEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385965-giuliani-trump-reimbursed-cohen-for-payment-to-stormy-daniels

 

CBS NEWS
— Jeff Sessions says DOJ will move more prosecutors, judges to border
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-sessions-makes-remarks-at-doj-live-updates/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some U.S. School Districts That They’re Recruiting Overseas – Dana Goldstein (DIERSEN: If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the minimum wage if you do not have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the Post Office for $15.85/hour if you have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for IRS as a Revenue Officer for $45,703/year if you have a job-related bachelor’s degree?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/us/arizona-teachers-philippines.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites want to destroy England.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/opinion/sajid-javid-home-office-hostile-environment.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans want America to give asylum to anyone who wants it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/opinion/trump-asylum-immigration-caravans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/us/what-it-takes-to-get-asylum-us.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New York Found a Fix for Some Hit by Tax Law. – Richard Rubin and Mike Vilensky (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-skeptical-of-new-yorks-creative-workaround-for-tax-deduction-caps-1525253401?mod=djemwhatsnews
— U.S. Government Struggles to Track Some of Its Own Social Media Accounts National registry of official accounts in some cases lists handles snapped up by others, with little indication of the change – Samarth Bansal and Rob Barry
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-government-struggles-to-track-some-of-its-own-social-media-accounts-1525339800
— ‘Hi, It’s Amazon Calling. Here’s What We Don’t Like in Your City.’ After the retail giant told cities why they didn’t become finalists for its second headquarters, some started making changes – Shayndi Raice and Laura Stevens (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps do not like cities that have residents, organizations, or companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hi-its-amazon-calling-heres-what-we-dont-like-in-your-city-1525253400
— The Problem With a Federal Jobs Guarantee (Hint: It’s Not the Price Tag) Proposed legislation guaranteeing a job to anyone who wants one, at $15 an hour plus benefits, aims to eradicate underemployment – Greg Ip (DIERSEN: If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the minimum wage if you do not have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the Post Office for $15.85/hour if you have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for IRS as a Revenue Officer for $45,703/year if you have a job-related bachelor’s degree?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-problem-with-a-federal-jobs-guarantee-hint-its-not-the-price-tag-1525267192

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND GRAPHIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot big time. If you push pot, you push destruction.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/27/medical-marijuana-used-pots-emotional-connection-spread-nationally/520864002/

 

TIMES ONLINE
— Please don’t confuse White House correspondents with real journalists – JD Mullane
http://www.timesonline.com/news/20180501/mullane-please-dont-confuse-white-house-correspondents-with-real-journalists

May 2 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois Senate votes to teach LGBT history in school (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-senate-votes-to-teach-lgbt-history-in-school-1

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republicans blast Democratic income tax resolution as election-year politics – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-graduated-income-tax-hearing-20180502-story.html
— Vaping may lead to pot smoking among teens, new study shows – Dennis Thompson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-hlth-teen-vaping-pot-use-0425-story.html
— Facebook wants me to rat out my friends? No thanks. – Lara Weber (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be accused by a Democrat of posting hate speech is like being accused of being a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-facebook-hate-speech-china-social-credit-0502-20180501-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some Facebook users were alarmed Tuesday to see a new feature in their news feeds. Under many posts, Facebook had added this question: “Does this post contain hate speech?” along with two buttons, “Yes” and “No.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups what America to give asylum to anyone and everyone who asks for it: 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, members of the aforesaid groups make it clear that they want to destroy America.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-robinson-column-st-0502-story.html
— How porn is affecting kids – Darcel Rockett
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/parenting/sc-fam-porn-addiction-in-youth-0417-story.html
— In the era of legalization, how do you discuss marijuana with your kids? – Nara Schoenberg (DIERSEN: To promote pot is to promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-life-marijuana-talk-legalization-03202018-story.html
— Trump escalates GOP’s clash with Justice Department – Devlin Barrett and Robert Costa
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-clash-justice-department-20180502-story.html
— Northwestern University trustees to consider rescinding Bill Cosby’s honorary degree – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-bill-cosby-northwestern-honorary-degree-20180502-story.html
— Kanye’s ignorant comments are just the latest to diminish slavery’s atrocities – Dahleen Glanton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-slavery-kanye-west-20180502-story.html
— Illinois Senate approves plan that would allow police to monitor large crowds with drones – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-drones-20180502-story.html
— Trump hires lawyer who represented Clinton in impeachment – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-white-house-lawyer-ty-cobb-retiring-20180502-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin, Duckworth: Rauner’s ideas on Quincy vets home ‘not new or revolutionary’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/durbin-duckworth-rauners-ideas-on-quincy-vets-home-not-new-or-revolutionary/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/aunt-jemima-welcomes-us-into-an-1893-worlds-fair-thats-not-so-fun-to-recall/
— Illinois Senate votes to teach LGBT history in school – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/illinois-senate-votes-to-teach-lgbt-history-in-school/
— Voters stuck in middle as Dems, GOP spar over ‘fair’ (or ‘terrible’?) tax shift – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/voters-stuck-in-middle-as-dems-gop-spar-over-fair-or-terrible-tax-shift/
— First lady Melania Trump’s parents appear with immigration attorney – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/first-lady-melania-trump-parents-viktor-amalija-knavs-immigration-attorney-citizenship-permanent-residents/
— Give Trump the credit he deserves for progress in Korea – Georgie Anne Geyer
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/give-trump-the-credit-he-deserves-for-progress-in-korea/
— A big factory gets to pollute, and you get to wheeze – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/foxconn-wisconsin-factory-pollute-lake-michigan/

 

DAILY HERALD
— GOP nominee Dino Gavanes tapped to fill DuPage board vacancy – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180502/gop-nominee-tapped-to-fill-dupage-board-vacancy
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180502/business/305029876/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— LGBT history requirement for public schools passes Illinois Senate – Maximilian Kwiatkowski (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180502/lgbt-history-requirement-for-public-schools-passes-illinois-senate

 

CHAMPAIGN URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Davis: No need to meet with politically opposed – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time always want Republicans to meet with them and to listen to them.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-05-02/davis-no-need-meet-with-politically-opposed.html

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Madigan return as party chief make Rauner re-election more important, Ugaste says – Glenn Minnis
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511402059-madigan-return-as-party-chief-make-rauner-re-election-more-important-ugaste-says

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “TAX CUTS WORK!” HOLDS RALLY IN WAUCONDA, AFTER CANCELING IN WEST CHICAGO
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/tax-cuts-work-hold-rally-in-wauconda-after-canceling-in-west-chicago.html
— FEDERAL PRO-LIFE LAWMAKERS WORK TO END TAXPAYER FUNDING OF ABORTIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/federal-pro-life-lawmakers-work-to-end-taxpayer-funding-of-abortions.html
— ATTENTION IL GOP HOUSE MEMBERS: IF YOU SUPPORT ERA, THE PRICE WILL BE PRO-LIFE GROUP ENDORSEMENTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/attention-il-gop-house-members-if-you-support-era-the-price-will-be-pro-life-group-endorsements.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— A look at Sam McCann’s federal lawsuit
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/02/a-look-at-sam-mccanns-federal-lawsuit/
— Rauner admin contradicted on revenue estimate claim
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/02/rauner-admin-contradicted-on-revenue-estimate-claim/

 

GOPUSA
— ACLU steps into bra policy in schools
http://www.gopusa.com/aclu-steps-into-bra-policy-in-schools/
— DC ‘unity’ rally featured speaker who called Jews ‘termites’
http://www.gopusa.com/dc-unity-rally-featured-speaker-who-called-jews-termites/
— How one 7-Eleven is combating panhandlers, loitering kids
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45061

 

LIFESITE NEWS
— Boy Scouts to drop ‘boy’ from program name, launches new ‘inclusiveness’ campaign – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/boy-scouts-to-drop-boy-from-its-name-launches-new-inclusiveness-campaign

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Creepy or Not? Your Privacy Concerns Probably Reflect Your Politics A new study on surveillance finds that Republicans tend to feel pleased about tracking, both online and in real life, while Democrats often feel bad about it. – Natasha Singer (DIERSEN: The more skeletons that you have in your closet, the more that you want privacy. Those who have ever done anything that subjects them to blackmail or to prosecution should not seek of hold any kind of government or political job or office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/technology/privacy-concerns-politics.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Bad Is It for House Republicans? It’s not great. But the Democrats’ frequently touted fundraising edge is overstated. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-bad-is-it-for-house-republicans-1525302958
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The real trend in fundraising strength for these campaigns won’t be revealed until the quarter after each state’s primary. If races like Rep. Peter Roskam’s in the Sixth District of Illinois are any example, the advantage for GOP incumbents seems likely to grow. Mr. Roskam has more than $2.4 million in cash after the March 20 primary, while the winning Democrat was forced by the primary to spend down his funds to just $192,000.)

 

USA TODAY
— In midterm elections, Republicans are running against … Hillary Clinton. Still. – Chrissie Thompson and Deirdre Shesgreen
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/01/midterm-elections-republicans-hillary-clinton-political-ads-congress-ohio-governor/565800002/

 

POLITICAL INSIDER
— Actual Descendant of Pocahontas Challenges Elizabeth Warren to Take DNA Test  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed to Jewish people a) that I am 100% German national origin and that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. In my defense, I stress a) that all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany a long time ago, during the 1840s and 1850s, b) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, c) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, d) that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F, and e) that according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-pocahontas-descendant-challenges/

 

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Millennial Money: Gambling via apps drains my friends’ finances More than one-fifth of 18 to 24-year-olds confessed to gambling at work last year – KATE BEIOLEY
https://www.ft.com/content/d4842ac4-325f-11e8-ac48-10c6fdc22f03

 

CHICAGO PRIDE
— Illinois Senate passes LGBTQ inclusive curriculum bill (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/93908596/illinois-senate-passes-lgbtq-inclusive-curriculum-bill-

May 2 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “RAUNER PARTY” LEADERSHIP CALLS ON STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT TIM SCHNEIDER FOR PARTY CHAIRMAN (DIERSEN: What does this say to those who voted for Ives?)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/rauner-party-leadership-calls-on-state-central-committee-to-re-elect-tim-schneider-for-party-chairma.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an email sent out Tuesday evening to members of the State Central Committee from IL GOP elected officials and statewide candidates calls for “Rauner Party” Chairman Tim Schneider to be re-elected. The appeal boasts how the Republican organizations work better together than ever before under Schneider’s leadership at the IL GOP, but does not mention that the IL GOP has lost any meaningful financial support from grassroots and Illinois rank and file under Schneider’s leadership. The IL GOP’s latest filings show reports less than 10 individual contributions in the past six months. As a result, the Illinois Republican Party is owned and directed by its biggest donor, Governor Rauner. Chairman Schneider appears to be fine with that. And evidently, all the statewide IL GOP candidates and every Republican member of Illinois’ congressional caucus agrees with Rauner’s funding and political strategy because they all signed onto the plea to support Schneider’s re-election. The IL GOP is divided between Rauner loyalists and the conservative base after a heated primary challenge by State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) – and the letter does not reflect respect or appeal to those Republicans that are opposed to the governor’s IL GOP platform-rejecting political philosophy. The letter from the leadership of the now-dubbed “Rauner Party” urging support for Schneider as distributed:)

 

WGN TV
— May Day protests focus on Trump’s migrant record, elections – AP
http://wgntv.com/2018/05/01/may-day-protests-focus-on-trumps-migrant-record-elections/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner discloses investments in 106 firms – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-discloses-investments-in-106-firms/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: On first day, Chicago issues 500 municipal ID cards, officials say – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-residents-lineup-new-city-identification-cards-20180501-story.html
— McCann sues Brady – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-joe-berrios-campaign-contributions-fine-20180502-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A state senator from central Illinois who is running for governor as a third party candidate filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Republican leadership, alleging taxpayer funded services are being withheld from him. Sen. Sam McCann’s suit against Senate Republican leader Bill Brady says he was “expelled” from the GOP caucus after announcing his bid. McCann says he no longer has access to legislative staff and other support he previously received. McCann contends that withholding those services violates his right to free speech and creates two classes of voters: those who have full representation in the legislature and his constituents, who now have a senator that “is only allowed to participate to a severely limited degree.” A Brady spokesman late Tuesday said he hadn’t been notified of the lawsuit. McCann is running for governor under the Conservative Party banner, contending Republican Gov. Rauner has abandoned conservative voters by expanding taxpayer funding of abortion and supporting legislation to protect immigrants in the country illegally.)
— Next steps for caravan will unfold mostly out of public view – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-migrant-caravan-20180501-story.html
— EPA chief Pruitt overrules agency staff, gives Wisconsin’s Walker, Foxconn big break on smog – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-smog-pruitt-foxconn-20180501-story.html
— He needed to make amends for bullying. What about the rest of us? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-amends-bullying-rys-smit-20180501-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Maybe there are instances in life where a person who feels responsible for a wrong exaggerates or imagines the hurt, and with an apology all bad feeling is swept away. Oh that? I never even noticed. Such was not the case with the Rys sisters, who — for unexplained reasons — were treated as pariahs their entire school careers in Monee. Their isolation and anguish were all-encompassing. No one ever intervened. In grammar school no one would eat lunch with the girls, or play with them or sit with them on the bus. Smit remembers in sixth grade being part of the gang giggling at lonely Kathleen. The torments continued at Crete-Monee High School. “When we climbed the stairs to go to our other classes, if someone bumped into us, they’d run to the washroom to wash their hands,” Lorraine said. “We only had each other,” Kathleen said.)
— Berrios faces $127,000 more in fines over campaign contributions – Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-joe-berrios-campaign-contributions-fine-20180502-story.html
— Five female paramedics sue, alleging pervasive sexual harassment at Chicago Fire Department – Annie Sweeney and Jason Meisner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-sex-harassment-lawsuit-chicago-fire-department-20180501-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who make money selling opioids and naloxone are overjoyed that U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams “has suggested that more people carry naloxone.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-joe-berrios-campaign-contributions-fine-20180502-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Third-party gubernatorial candidate Sam McCann sues GOP Senate leader Bill Brady – Doug T. Graham
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180501/third-party-gubernatorial-candidate-sues-gop-senate-leader

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Stop treating our homes and income as if they were sins – HILARY GOWINS (DIERSEN: According to this article, “If you want less of something, tax it.” What do you say to those who oppose increasing taxes on a) booze, gambling, and other vices and b) fancy restaurant meals, entertainment, vacations, and other immediate pleasures? Beyond overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have spent lots of their time and money on the aforesaid. Consequently, many, if not most of them have health and/or financial problems.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180502/OPINION/180509979
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you want less of something, tax it. That holds true for things targeted with sin taxes—Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s main argument in favor of her soft-drink tax was that it would limit consumption and improve public health. It also holds true for things much more consequential than soda, like jobs. Illinois ranked fifth in the Midwest and 14th nationally in private-sector job creation from January 2010 to January 2011, the first 12 months of the recession recovery. But that changed when state politicians enacted a “temporary” income tax hike in January 2011. Since then, 82,000 people have dropped out of Illinois’ workforce, a decline of 1.2 percent. The rest of the country’s labor force has grown by over 8.7 million people, a 6 percent increase. After the 2011 tax hike, what seemed like an economic recovery in Illinois ground to a halt. Jobs growth rebounded slightly after the 2011 income tax expired in January 2015, but the damage was done, and the 2017 income tax hike didn’t help. Illinois ranked 42nd in employment growth last year. “Tax more, get less” also applies to Illinois’ housing market. Illinois homeowners’ real property tax burden—the percentage of household income paid in property taxes—grew six times faster than incomes grew from 2008 to 2015. An hour outside of Chicago, Phil and Laura Valdez say, for instance, that their property tax bill in Sandwich (population 7,400) accounts for 12 percent of their income. That chunk keeps growing, even though their home value has dropped by $90,000 since 1999.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legislative pensions generous to point of insolvency – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-05-02/jim-dey-legislative-pensions-generous-point-insolvency.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner dismisses small pharmacies’ concerns amid Medicaid reboot – Dean Olsen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180501/rauner-dismisses-small-pharmacies-concerns-amid-medicaid-reboot

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Doctor: Trump Dictated Letter Attesting To His ‘Extraordinary’ Health – SCOTT NEUMAN (DIERSEN: What indicates that you do not abuse your body with booze, with pot, or with anything else and that you have good health? For me, it is my putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email a) each and every morning since 2004 and b) each and every evening since 2015. It takes about 5 hours of intense concentration to put together and send out each email.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/doctor-trump-dictated-letter-attesting-his-extraordinary-health#stream/0
— Comic Michelle Wolf Responds To Backlash: ‘I’m Glad I Stuck To My Guns’ – TERRY GROSS (DIERSEN: Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky and his call for ridicule.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/comic-michelle-wolf-responds-backlash-im-glad-i-stuck-my-guns#stream/0

 

WAND TV
— Scalise, Davis reflect on shooting, re-election campaign – Deron Molen
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38090306/scalise-davis-reflect-on-shooting-re-election-campaign

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— NEW WEB PAGE LETS YOU SEE YOUR PROPERTY-TAX INFO, PAY TAXES ONLINE (DIERSEN: According to your assessor, what is your home worth, how much is your 2017 property tax bill, and what does your property tax money go to? According to my assessor, my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton is worth $474,200. According to Zillow, my home is worth $474,533. My 2017 property tax bill is $10,913 (approximately 2.3% of market value) with a $6,000 residential exemption and a $5,000 senior exemption. The property tax goes as follows:

 

— $7,177 (66%) School District 200
— $1,416 (13%) City of Wheaton
— $1,046 (10%) Wheaton Park District
— $358 (3%) College of DuPage
— $177 (2%) DuPage Forest Preserve
— $163 (1%) School District 200 Pension Fund
— $155 (1%) County of DuPage
— $104 (1%) Milton Township Roads
— $82 (1%) Wheaton Park District Pension Fund
— $66 (1%) Milton Township
— $169 (2%) 7 other taxing bodies

 

I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that 915 Cove Court in Wheaton is worth far more than what it is assessed at and b) that I should be paying much higher property taxes; they want to curry favor with the home’s builder and with the aforesaid taxing bodies. My wife and I have paid property taxes in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and DuPage County since 1978. However, we have never attended any schools in DuPage County, we have never sent any children to schools in DuPage County, and our use of Wheaton Park District facilities has always been very limited.)
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/05/new-web-page-lets-you-see-your-property-pay-taxes-online/

 

EVANSTON NOW
— We’re in the top 10 — for property taxes – Bill Smith
http://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/2018-05-01/79744/were-in-the-top-10-for-property-taxes#comment-46631

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— Six more months of retaliatory Rauner bashing by organized labor interests – Gregory Tejeda (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are filled with hatred against unions, against former union members like me, against current union members, and against future union members. They stress to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to major donors, to political consultants, to etc. who state that they are conservative and/or Republican a) that I was a lowly wage earner 1964-1997 and b) that I was a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980.)
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2018/05/six-more-months-of-retaliatory-rauner.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township – Road District funds for political newsletter subscription – KIRK ALLEN (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What are main the differences between Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and Rich Miller and his Capitol Fax emails? ANSWER: a) Diersen sends his emails out free of charge, but Miller charges $500/year for his emails; b) Diersen’s emails go out each and every morning and each and every evening, but Miller’s emails go out sporadically; c) Diersen’s website www.gopillinois.com does not contain any advertising, but Miller’s website www.capitolfax.com does contain advertising; d) Diersen donates all the time and money necessary to send his emails out and maintain his website, but Miller does not, his subscribers, his advertisers, his etc. pay him; e) Diersen is and proudly states that he is a Republican, but Miller denies that he is a Democrat; d) Diersen’s emails and website promote the Republican Party platform, but Miller’s emails and website promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms; f) Diersen’s emails and website stress the source of articles, the title of articles, and the author of articles, but Miller’s website does not; g) Diersen’s emails are demonized, denigrated, and condemned by Democrats and Democrat plants, by Libertarians and Libertarian plants, by Greens and Green plants, and by RINOs, but the aforesaid glorify and praise Miller’s emails, h) Diersen is treated by his critics/opponents as being a member of the press or as NOT being a member of the press to suit the needs of his critics/opponents, but Miller is always glorified and praised and pandered to by Diersen’s critics/opponents, i) etc. What if Diersen a) started charging $1,000/year for his emails, b) arranged for hundreds if not thousands employees of government entities to take out subscriptions, and c) arranged for those government entities to reimburse those employees using TAX DOLLARS? What if Diersen hinted/implied/argued/shouted that he would serve as an operative for whoever gave him the most money?)
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/05/algonquin-township-road-district-funds-for-political-newsletter-subscription/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When we started the Edgar County Watchdogs our Board of Directors made it very clear that our agenda must be focused on compliance with the law and exposing those who violate it, regardless of political party. We also agreed to never accept funding from people who they themselves had a political agenda and wished to use us as the means to get their message out. Our goal was simple. Help those who ask for help with fixing known problems within their local government. At the time we had no idea this would become a full-time venture. Illinois is a target rich environment when it comes to public corruption so rest assured there is no shortage of things to investigate and expose. However, there is a shortage of State’s Attorney’s that have the courage to step up and take on the corruption within their own county. While reviewing bills paid by the Algonquin Township Road District, one bill, ok hundreds, but for this article, one bill, in particular, jumped out at us as we have written about this issue before on other public bodies. In a time when most mainstream media is no longer trusted, we see more and more people turning to social media and other independent sources to get their news. We have seen our viewer numbers almost doubling each year so we too understand people’s frustration with the media. Former Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller turned to “Ahead of our Time Publishing” by Rich Miller and his online blog newsletter, “Capital Fax”. What public purpose does a private political publication provide to the taxpayers of Illinois? What statutory authority does a Road District have to spend your hard earned tax dollars on a private political blogger publication? (Note there are a lot of other subscriptions to talk about that Miller had that also have no public purpose or statutory authority) Now I don’t fault Rich Miller for making money and creating a business with his Capital Fax publication, but how on earth can the Algonquin Township Road District justify spending Road District money on a political blogger subscription? I wonder if the local McHenry County Blogger Cal Skinner could get away with charging his local public bodies for his news reporting? And just about now all the naysayers are going to justify tax dollars for the local newspaper. Guess what folks, it is not the taxpayers obligation to have their money spent on any publication, subscription, and/or memberships in associations that does not have statutory authority. In a future article we will expose the illegal spending on memberships to organizations by this same public body. You can view the $500.00 bill below or download it here.)

 

WIRE POINTS
— The $21 billion debt most Illinoisans know nothing about – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/the-21-billion-debt-most-illinoisans-know-nothing-about-wirepoints-original/
— How about requiring a pension to discriminate against minorities in hiring? Pending legislation would do that. – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: The Republican Party platform promotes equal opportunity, that is, no race, no gender, no ethnicity, no etc. based preference giving.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/how-about-requiring-a-pension-to-discriminate-against-minorities-in-hiring-pending-legislation-would-do-that-quicktake/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I’m trying hard to swear less here. I figure I should be more statesmanlike, but, man, it’s hard. Get a load of House Bill 4412 for SURS, the Illinois university pension. It’s a bill that would require the pension board to make best efforts to “ensure that the racial and ethnic makeup of [SURS’] senior administrative staff represents the racial and ethnic makeup of the System’s membership.” Prairie State Wire’s article on this is linked here. In other words, look at the race of people in the pension and discriminate when you hire against people who don’t match up. What possible sense does that make? Has it occurred to sponsors that members of the pension fund generally were hired years and years ago when things were, to put it nicely, less inclusive? It’s the new arrivals and groups historically discriminated against who will be hurt. The discrimination that would result if the bill becomes law would be particularly hard on minorities that arrived in large numbers in recent years, particularly Hispanics and Asians. Most perplexing is that the main sponsors ought to know better. They are Carol Ammons (D-Chicago), who is African American; Luis Arroyo (D-Chicago), who is Puerto Rican; and Elgie Sims (D-Chicago), who is African American. Then there’s David McSweeney, also a sponsor, and a conservative Republican from Arlington Heights. Baffling. Extend the logic of this bill to other pensions and consider the absurdity. Many, if not most, of the 671 pensions around Illinois undoubtedly are made up predominately of ethnic groups that historically were common in their area or that dominated particular professions for whatever reason. Should they discriminate in hiring against those who don’t match up? Consider the Chicago firefighters’ pension. Based on personal research, it’s comprised of about 6.4 billion Southside Irish, 96.4% of whom are my relatives. Should the pension’s hiring goal be to match that? If so, good luck, you Padillas, Dabrowskis, Lombardis, Kapoors, Weinsteins, Kims, Wangs, Browns and all the rest.)

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois House passes bill to require race and ethnicity-based quotas at state universities pension system (DIERSEN: The Republican Party platform promotes equal opportunity, that is, no race, no gender, no ethnicity, no etc. based preference giving.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511399963-illinois-house-passes-bill-to-require-race-and-ethnicity-based-quotas-at-state-universities-pension-system
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinoisans of Italian, Mexican, French and Eastern European descent could be in line for top management jobs with one of the state’s largest public pension systems if a bill becomes law. House Bill 4412, sponsored by State Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Champaign) and State Rep. Luis Arroyo (D-Chicago), would require the Illinois’ State Universities Retirement System (SURS) board to institute race and ethnicity-based hiring quotas for senior staff. It passed the Illinois House last week by a vote of 70-26. Ammons and Arroyo’s bill would “ensure that the racial and ethnic makeup of the System’s senior administrative staff represents the racial and ethnic makeup of the System’s membership.” “Senior administrative staff” would include the board’s Executive Director, Chief Investment Officer, General Counsel, Freedom of Information Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Director of Member Services, Director of Outreach, Director of Human Resources, Director of Internal Audit, Director of Operations, the Director of Application Development and Research. A review of SURS nine current senior staff members shows two-thirds are likely of English or Irish descent. SURS Chief Investment Officer Doug Wesley, General Counsel/FOIA Officer Bianca T. Green, CTO Jefferey Saiger, Chief Benefits Officer Suzanne Mayer, Human Resources Director Brenda Dunn and Director of Internal Audit Steven L. Hayward all have surnames of English or Irish heritage. Martin Noven of Chicago, SURS’ current Executive Director, is likely of Nordic/Scandinavian or English/Irish descent. Director of Members Services Angie Lieb is likely of German decent. SURS’ CFO Phyllis L. Walker is African-American. Ammons husband, Aaron, is a member of the SURS Board. He’s a community activist turned Urbana alderman who is now running for Champaign County Clerk. In 2015, Gov. Pat Quinn expunged Ammons’ criminal record on his last day in office, two days before his wife was sworn in to the Illinois House. She formerly held his seat on the Urbana City Council. The Illinois’ Department of Insurance’s Biennial Report on public pensions reported that SURS is effectively insolvent, with $23.2 billion in debt. In 2016, it received $1.6 billion from Illinois taxpayers, earned $79 million on its investments and paid out $2.4 billion in benefits and expenses to retired employees from Illinois’ public colleges and universities. Only English-Irish need apply? Six of nine senior staff at the State Universities Retirement System are of English or Irish descent, according to an analysis by Prairie State Wire.)

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Do Illinoisans support a progressive tax? It depends on how you ask – Cole Lauterbach and Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/do-illinoisans-support-a-progressive-tax-it-depends-on-how/article_9e1ef848-4cb2-11e8-a76b-734271630d2d.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Springfield Swampsters Fear ONLY Private-Schooling Parents – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/springfield-swampsters-fear-only-private-schooling-parents/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Facebook Plans To ‘Dial Up’ Suppression Of Certain News Outlets – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 to suppress me and to suppress my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? They include activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. Better yet, should I sue them?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/01/facebook-newsfeed-trusted-sources-dial-up/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We put [that data] into the system, and it is acting as a boost or a suppression, and we’re going to dial up the intensity of that over time,” Zuckerberg said. “We feel like we have a responsibility to further [break] down polarization and find common ground.” In January, Zuckerberg announced two key algorithm changes to Facebook’s newsfeed feature that have boosted a minority of news outlets while harming their competitors. First, Facebook slashed news articles’ share of the newsfeed from five percent to four percent in the coming months. Second, Facebook began boosting certain “trusted” news outlets and suppressing other, ostensibly less trustworthy sources. Conservative and right-wing publishers “were hit the hardest” by the algorithm change, tech website The Outline concluded in a lengthy report published March 5. At the same time, “the engagement numbers of most predominantly liberal publishers remained unaffected,” the report found. Facebook has no plans of making public its list of “trusted” news sources, a Facebook spokesperson previously told TheDCNF.)

 

BLAZE
— Facebook will now start ranking news organizations by their ‘trustworthiness’ – Beck Dumas (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news organizations that are trustworthy are those that they manipulate/dominate. Because they cannot manipulate/dominate Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they do everything that they can to destroy Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/01/facebook-will-now-start-ranking-news-organizations-by-their-trustworthiness
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, announced on Tuesday that the company is rolling out a program rating the trustworthiness of news organizations based on user feedback. Content will be ranked and either promoted or suppressed depending on their performance according to surveys filled out by Facebook members. Zuckerberg says the new initiative is part of an effort to help users find “common ground” following criticism that his company’s platform has damaged democracy. He said, “It’s not useful if someone’s just kind of repeating the same thing and attempting to polarize or drive people to extremes.” Tens of thousands of Facebook employees will begin to monitor posts to minimize fake news and reduce propaganda, and artificial intelligence will also be utilized in the effort. The company has vowed to spend billions on the sweeping change. . .This comes among rising complaints from conservative outlets who claim their traffic has been suppressed by the social media giant. In March, Fox News host Tucker Carlson said, “Facebook is not a neutral host; it has a political agenda. It’s an act of ideological warfare, and it’s far more worrying than anything that Cambridge Analytica has done, or is accused of doing.” But a Yale psychologist, David Rand, conducted an experiment with a colleague which tested the impact on news sites following the initial implementation of Facebook’s new user poll. The results found that sources like Fox News were found to be trustworthy sources, while propaganda sites like left-leaning Daily Kos and right-leaning Breitbart were rated as untrustworthy by the researchers’ poll.)

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— COLLEGES: ANTI-DIVERSITY AND PRO-EXCLUSION – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/colleges-anti-diversity-and-pro-exclusion/

 

GOPUSA
— Teachers demand more, produce less as test scores decline (DIERSEN: How much are parents responsible for their children’s declining test scores?)
http://www.gopusa.com/teachers-demand-more-produce-less-as-test-scores-decline/
— There is nothing funny about abortion
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44904

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— RICH VENEZUELAN SOCIALISTS LIVE THE HIGH LIFE IN FLORIDA While their compatriots starve back home. – David Paulin
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270049/rich-venezuelan-socialists-live-high-life-florida-david-paulin

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Sixty Percent Of Likely Voters Want Immigration Cut
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/27886-sixty-percent-likely-voters-want-immigration-cut

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Kanye Offers Message About Elite Motivation for the Welfare State: ‘Not Really About Welfare of The Masses’ – SAM DORMAN
https://ijr.com/2018/05/1090824-kanye-welfare-state/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Rank News Outlets By Trustworthiness The social media titan says the rankings will determine placement in its News Feed feature. – Lydia Polgreen (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news outlets that are trustworthy are those that they manipulate/dominate. Because they cannot manipulate/dominate Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they do everything that they can to destroy Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-media-trust_us_5ae90e25e4b00f70f0ed0725
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a meeting Tuesday with media executives that the company has begun implementing a system of ranking news organizations by trust, relying on user surveys to determine which news sources are “broadly trusted.” News organizations that scored higher on the ranking would be promoted in Facebook’s News Feed, while those with lower trust scores would be suppressed, Zuckerberg said. The effort is part of Facebook’s pledge to “take a broader view of our responsibilities,” he said after a bruising year in which the platform has been criticized for being used to undermine elections, foment division and spread hate speech. . .Zuckerberg said that Facebook has a responsibility to help reduce polarization and help people find “common ground” and that a shared set of facts and a common understanding of truth is essential for democracy. “It’s not useful if someone’s just kind of repeating the same thing and attempting to polarize or drive people to the extremes,” Zuckerberg said. He said he hoped Facebook could help find sustainable business models for journalism and acknowledged the company’s responsibility to “support the institution of journalism.” The rise of mammoth technology platforms like Facebook and Google has obliterated the balance sheets of news organizations across the globe as they suck up the vast majority of digital advertising dollars. But Facebook has no plans to begin paying news companies for the journalism the media publish on Facebook. “I’m not sure that makes sense,” Zuckerberg said. Cable companies pay news organizations like CNN, MSNBC and Fox News lucrative carriage fees in exchange for their content, and news executives like Rupert Murdoch and Jonah Peretti of BuzzFeed have begun agitating for Facebook to begin paying them as well. And while Facebook has made it easier for news organizations to sell subscriptions on its platforms, it has offered little to news outlets that rely on digital advertising to provide their news reports free to readers. He said Facebook plans to spend “billions and billions of dollars” to combat fake news, misinformation and hate speech. “We’re going to have tens of thousands of people doing content review,” Zuckerberg said. Facebook is developing artificial intelligence tools to combat these problems on its platforms, but Zuckerberg acknowledged that it would take “five to 10 years” for that technology to be effective.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Seven States, Led by Texas, Sue to End DACA Program – Maggie Astor
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/us/daca-lawsuit-texas.html
— Trump’s Onetime Physician Says Trump Aides Raided His Office, Describing a Year of ‘Torture’ – Katie Rogers and Lawrence K. Altman, M.D.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/us/politics/trump-doctor-harold-bornstein.html
— Roy Moore Sues 4 Women, Claiming Defamation and Conspiracy – Maggie Astor
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/politics/roy-moore-lawsuit.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— President Trump’s repeated claim that Comey ‘leaked classified information’ – Glenn Kessler (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who claim that leak information. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/02/president-trumps-repeated-claim-that-comey-leaked-classified-information/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— May Day protesters march through downtown L.A. amid gloomy skies and drizzle – MELISSA ETEHAD, ANGEL JENNINGS and HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-may-day-protests-20180501-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Trump Unites Divides the REPUBLICANS President Trump wins high approval ratings from Republicans and has unified Democrats in opposition. But the reactions to Mr. Trump are masking important divisions within each party. Wall Street Journal/NBC News polling reveals the voters and policies that have divided the Republican Party into two wings, and the debates that will shape the party’s future. – Aaron Zitner and Gabriel Gianordoli
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/how-trump-unites-and-divides-republicans/
— How Liberals Unite Divide the DEMOCRATS President Trump has unified Democrats in opposition to his policies and rallied Republicans in support. But the reactions to Mr. Trump are masking important divisions within each party. Wall Street Journal/NBC News polling shows how the Democratic Party has become more liberal, and the policy tensions that will shape its future. – Aaron Zitner and Gabriel Gianordoli
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/divisions-among-the-democrats/
— FRONT PAGE: Google vs. Google: How Nonstop Political Arguments Rule Its Workplace The tech giant, trying to navigate an age of heightened political disagreement, struggles to tame a workplace culture of nonstop debate – Kirsten Grind and Douglas MacMillan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the times that my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates asked me questions to get information to use, confirm, and/or stress against me. For example, that I oppose patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid; that I am a Republican; that I am conservative; that I am 100% German America; that my ancestors have been in America since 1844; that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran; that I avoided the draft; that my wife and I gave up trying to have children; that we did not adopt; that we did not become foster parents; that we had paid off our mortgage; that we have no debts; that we saved as much as we could for our retirement; that we frequently took vacations in conjunction with my wife’s business trips to luxury resorts; that we had a new home built in Wheaton; that I bought a 1962 Chevy Impala SS collector car; that I bought a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car; that I own guns and support the Second Amendment; and that I oppose promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-vs-google-how-nonstop-political-arguments-rule-its-workplace-1525190574

 

FORBES
— It’s Too Easy To Delay Paying Your Student Loans – Preston Cooper (DIERSEN: Not having any student loans to pay off when I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970 enabled me a) to help support my mother and brother in Crete because my father had died suddenly in 1969, b) to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, and c) to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/prestoncooper2/2018/05/02/its-too-easy-to-delay-paying-your-student-loans/#538ddfbf1935
— How Inflation Can Ruin Your Retirement – Robert Laura
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlaura/2018/04/30/how-inflation-can-ruin-your-retirement/#5f0253954bde

 

FOX BUSINESS
— 40% of Adults Think They’ll Work Until Age 70 or Older
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/40-of-adults-think-theyll-work-until-age-70-or-older

 

BUZZFEED NEWS
— Facebook Has Begun To Rank News Organizations By Trust, Zuckerberg Says A responsibility “to find common ground.” – Ben Smith and Mat Honan (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news organizations that are trustworthy are those that they manipulate/dominate. Because they cannot manipulate/dominate Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they do everything that they can to destroy Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/facebook-has-begun-to-rank-news-organizations-by-trust
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the company has already begun to implement a system that ranks news organizations based on trustworthiness, and promotes or suppresses its content based on that metric. Zuckerberg said the company has gathered data on how consumers perceive news brands by asking them to identify whether they have heard of various publications and if they trust them. “We put [that data] into the system, and it is acting as a boost or a suppression, and we’re going to dial up the intensity of that over time,” he said. “We feel like we have a responsibility to further [break] down polarization and find common ground.”)

 

NOLA
— Steve Scalise assassination try blamed for some Republicans leaving Congress
http://www.nola.com/national_politics/2018/05/assassination_house_republican.html

 

DAILY BEAST
— Facebook Brings in Adviser for Anti-Conservative Bias
https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-brings-in-advisor-for-anti-conservative-bias

 

FED WEEK
— Population Growth Outpacing Federal Workforce
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/population-growth-outpacing-federal-workforce/
— GOP Lawmakers Propose Familiar Benefits Cuts Ahead of Budget
http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/familiar-benefit-cutting-other-proposals-stir-in-house/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Can you afford to retire, ever? – Mike Causey
https://federalnewsradio.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2018/05/can-you-afford-to-retire-ever-2/

May 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Doctors trying to save leg of Woodlawn dog attack victim – Ravi Baichwal
http://abc7chicago.com/doctors-trying-to-save-leg-of-woodlawn-dog-attack-victim/3415556/
— 5 of Michelle Wolf’s most controversial jokes at White House correspondents’ dinner – MEGHAN KENEALLY
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/5-of-michelle-wolfs-most-controversial-jokes-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner/3410081/

 

NBC5
— Long Lines for CityKey as Mayor Faces Critics Who Say It’s Part of Re-Election Campaign The first 100,000 applicants were set to receive the card for free
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Large-Crowds-Line-Up-for-New-CityKey-ID-481370171.html

 

CBS2
— Feds Start Processing Central American Asylum-Seekers In ‘Caravan’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/01/mexico-central-america-caravan-border-asylum/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Kanye West says 400 years of slavery was a choice for African-Americans
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dont-miss/kanye-west-says-400-years-of-slavery-was-a-choice-for-african-americans

 

WGN RADIO
— Pritzker: “When a teacher takes a job, they’re not being overpaid”
http://wgnradio.com/2018/05/01/gubernatorial-candidate-j-b-pritzker-when-a-teacher-takes-a-job-theyre-not-being-overpaid/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cinco de Mayo parade canceled amid dispute between alderman, community group – Lauren Chval
http://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/culture/ct-redeye-cinco-de-mayo-parade-canceled-20180501-story.html
— Schools win more funding, but state budget makes losers of municipalities – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-sales-tax-collections-st-0502-story.html
— U.S. protesters target Trump, immigration, midterms in May Day demonstrations – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-may-day-protests-20180501-story.html
— Violence, arrests punctuate defiant May Day rallies across the globe – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-global-may-day-protests-20180501-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims so far.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/factcheck/ct-analysis-trump-false-claims-20180501-story.html
— Conservatives may be misreading Kanye West and his pro-Trump tweets – Dahleen Glanton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-kanye-west-trump-20180430-story.html
— Rebuild veterans home plagued by Legionnaires’ disease, Rauner task force says – Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-quincy-veterans-home-report-20180501-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner task force urges rebuilding Quincy vet home, email suggests blame shift – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauner-task-force-urges-rebuilding-quincy-vet-home-email-suggests-blame-shift/
— May Day rally at Haymarket Monument promotes rights for workers, immigrants – Matthew Hendrickson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/may-day-rally-at-haymarket-monument-promotes-rights-for-workers-immigrants/
— Organizer blames alderman for cancellation of Cinco de Mayo parade – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/organizer-blames-alderman-for-cancelation-of-cinco-de-mayo-parade/
— Sin taxes? Illinois wouldn’t know what to do without them – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/sin-taxes-illinois-wouldnt-know-what-to-do-without-them/
— ACLU sounds the alarm about bill allowing use of drones to monitor protesters – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Are/were you a protestor? What have you protested? I have protested patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I have filed administrative complaints, arbitration demands, and lawsuits that have charged the aforesaid as well as fraud and breach of contract. I have protested the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and other terrible things.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/aclu-sounds-the-alarm-about-bill-allowing-use-of-drones-to-monitor-protesters/
— White House defends seizure of Trump’s medical records – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump-medical-records-seized-harold-bornstein-office-raid/

 

DAILY HERALD
— If you preach about the poor, you don’t have a prayer in Washington – Dana Milbank (DIERSEN: What do you do for the poor? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes harass me and everyone else to do more the poor. They paint themselves as being Robin Hood.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180501/if-you-preach-about-the-poor-you-dont-have-a-prayer-in-washington

— Facebook accidentally asked its users if posts contained hate speech – Abby Ohlheiser (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, anything that promotes the Republican Party platform is hate speech.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180501/facebook-accidentally-asked-its-users-if-posts-contained-hate-speech
— Wheaton Park District wants to build disc golf course on forest land – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180501/wheaton-park-district-wants-to-build-disc-golf-course-on-forest-land
— Palatine Township supervisor, highway boss spar over appointments – Bob Susnjara
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180501/palatine-township-supervisor-highway-boss-spar-over-appointments
— Lisle High student charged with threatening classmates
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180501/lisle-high-student-charged-with-threatening-classmates
— Rising pension costs play role in teacher protests across US – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180501/news/305019994/
— Metra’s new shop will crank out more refurbished railcars for riders – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180501/metras-new-shop-will-crank-out-more-refurbished-railcars-for-riders

 

WBEZ
— Top Rauner Aide Darlene Senger Suggested Blaming Duckworth For Legionnaires’ Deaths – Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold (DIERSEN: Democrats stress that Duckworth is a female, a minority, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who was severely injured in combat, a disabled person, a mother of two, and a U.S. Senator.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/email-top-rauner-aide-suggested-blaming-duckworth-for-legionnaires-deaths/eaf888ea-b04c-447d-b5c2-6fcaebdced88
— Rauner Urges $245M Fix To Troubled Quincy Vets’ Home – Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/rauner-urges-245m-fix-to-troubled-quincy-vets-home/775a4b95-8bcc-4490-a4e7-18f3e56ff29d

 

THE X RADIO
— Righter Helps Sponsor Bill to Prohibit Lawmaker Pay Raises
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/33591-righter-helps-sponsor-bill-to-prohibit-lawmaker-pay-raises

 

CHICAGO READER
— Rich dudes rejoice: The ‘Fair Tax’ is all but dead in Illinois – Ben Joravsky (DIERSEN: Who wants you to pay more taxes? I should write a book about those who want me to pay more taxes. They have always hinted/implied/argued that the federal government grossly overpaid me, that my federal employee benefits were much too generous, and that my federal pension and federal health, dental, and vision insurance benefits are much too generous. They stress that I avoided the draft, that I married someone who has always had income, and that we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/05/01/rich-dudes-rejoice-the-fair-tax-is-all-but-dead-in-illinois

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— BetterGov- Rauner and his VW package sets off lawmakers
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511402620-bettergov-rauner-and-his-vw-package-sets-off-lawmakers

 

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— One year ago, Tiffany Thrasher was murdered by an illegal immigrant
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/one-year-ago-tiffany-thrasher-was-murdered-by-an-illegal-immigrant

 

GOPUSA
— Kathy Griffin emboldened to rescind apology for severed head photo (DIERSEN: What are the anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois emboldened to do?)
http://www.gopusa.com/kathy-griffin-emboldened-to-rescind-apology-for-severed-head-photo/

 

BREITBART
— DOJ Files Charges Against 11 Alleged ‘Caravan Migrants’ for Illegal Entry to U.S. – BOB PRICE
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/04/30/doj-files-charges-11-alleged-caravan-migrants-illegal-entry-u-s/
— Pope Francis Calls On Nations to ‘Ban All Weapons’ – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D. (DIERSEN: Those who want to kill people do not want them to have weapons to defend themselves with.)
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/05/01/francis-calls-nations-ban-weapons/

 

TOWNHALL
— DOJ Cracks Down on Illegal Caravan With Federal Charges – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/05/01/doj-starts-charging-caravan-with-federal-crimes-n2476331

 

DAILY CALLER
— Meghan McCain — Many People Think The Media Hates ‘The People In The Middle Of The Country’ – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/01/meghan-mccain-media-hate/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— SURPRISE! UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS GO TO BAT FOR CONSERVATIVES Argue Constitution doesn’t allow excess fees for speaking about 1 political perspective – BOB UNRUH
http://www.wnd.com/2018/05/surprise-university-professors-go-to-bat-for-conservatives/

 

NEWSMAX
— Politicizing Courts Imperils Judiciary – Richard A. Arenberg (DIERSEN: Anyone who reads all the documents in Diersen v. GAO will conclude that Amy J. St. Eve, Patrick Fitzgerald, and GAO have no problem with, if not favor, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. Anyone who reads all the documents in the lawsuit will conclude that the aforesaid have no problem with, if not favor, “up or out” for federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, that is, to waste the careers of the aforesaid and to get rid of them if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.newsmax.com/richardarenberg/alexander-johnson-kennedy-reid/2018/05/01/id/857726/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— What Republicans’ Food-Stamp Bill and Democrats’ Job-Guarantee Plan Have in Common – ROBERT VERBRUGGEN (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the federal government is the “employer of last resort.” So therefore, by definition, all federal employees and all federal retirees are stupid, lazy, and even worse things. In my defense, I became a federal employee in 1971 because Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/bernie-sanders-job-guarantee-gop-food-stamp-reform-have-in-common/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The most striking difference is the level of compensation they would provide. Under the House GOP plan, someone without a job would need to spend 20–25 hours a week in a training program to get food stamps, which are worth maybe $200 a month — meaning people could be putting in time at $2 an hour, math that even some conservatives blanch at. (That had better be some really valuable job training.) By contrast, as Adam Ozimek notes at Forbes, liberals want a job guarantee that doesn’t just make the government the employer of last resort, but also exerts a tremendous amount of pressure on private-sector companies — which would be forced to compete with “guaranteed” employment. Some plans would pay $15 an hour or so; 41 million people across the country, about a quarter of the labor force, currently work for less than that.)

 

FOX NEWS
— Ingraham: Comedian Michelle Wolf’s Rant Proves Press Is ‘Brimming With Hatred’ for Trump
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/04/30/laura-ingraham-angle-michelle-wolf-white-house-correspondents-dinner-brimming-trump-hate

 

THE HILL
— White House Correspondents Association dinner will turn Americans tired of the hate to Trump’s side – MATT SCHLAPP
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/385742-matt-schlapp-whca-dinner-will-turn-americans-tired-of-the-hate-to-trumps

 

CNN
— Bornstein claims Trump dictated the glowing health letter – Alex Marquardt and Lawrence Crook III
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/01/politics/harold-bornstein-trump-letter/index.html
— May Day protesters demand better rights for workers – Sheena McKenzie and Sarah Tilotta
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/01/world/may-day-rallies-around-the-world-intl/index.html

 

FORTUNE
— Why International Workers’ Day Isn’t a Big Deal in the U.S. – CHRIS MORRIS
http://fortune.com/2018/05/01/international-workers-day-us-celebration-labor-day/

May 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Durbin says federal money is available for Quincy home, as Rauner report could come soon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-dick-durbin-bruce-rauner-quincy-20180501-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Chicago Sun-Times focuses on driving out of Chicago, out of Cook County, and out of Illinois those individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/the-sun-times-represents-freedom-and-hope-supportsuntimes/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Police: Guns, ammo taken from Vernon Hills teen who wore white supremacist shirt at college – Christopher Hacker
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180430/police-guns-ammo-taken-from-vernon-hills-teen-who-wore-white-supremacist-shirt-at-college

 

WTTW
— New Report Recommends Graduated Income Tax for Illinois – Paris Schutz
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/04/30/new-report-recommends-graduated-income-tax-illinois

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Republicans getting even – Editorial (DIERSEN: From this editorial: “One of the rules of politics is that double-crossers shouldn’t expect favors from those they double-cross.” I should write a book about those who have taken major adverse actions against me since 2000. They include activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consults, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-05-01/editorial-republicans-getting-even.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: One of the rules of politics is that double-crossers shouldn’t expect favors from those they double-cross. A couple weeks ago, Republican state Sen. Sam McCann announced his third-party candidacy in the gubernatorial campaign, joining incumbent Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrat J.B. Pritzker. McCann, a nominal Republican who’s long feuded with Rauner and his fellow Republican legislators, has no chance to win the race. But running as the candidate of what he calls the Conservative Party, McCann has a great chance of drawing votes at the expense of Rauner and to the benefit of Pritzker. To say that Republicans were chagrined by McCann’s decision is to put it mildly. If Democrats take back the governor’s office in November — current polling indicates they will — the GOP will look back to McCann’s announcement of candidacy and label it one more nail in Rauner’s political coffin. Further, to say that Democrats were pleased with McCann’s decision also is to put it mildly. In fact, they were delighted. Pritzker immediately welcomed McCann to the race. The multi-billionaire Chicago businessman is clearly operating under the maxim that the “enemy (McCann) of my enemy (Rauner) is my friend,” to the point that he was positively glowing from this exercise in self-interest. That political circumstance — and the hard feelings it generated — have now led to another controversy. McCann’s unhappy colleagues decided to take him at, if not his word, his action that he’s abandoned them. So they’ve abandoned him. State Sen. Bill Brady contends that McCann resigned from the GOP Senate caucus. Consequently, the GOP is no longer providing services to McCann that it provides to members of the GOP caucus. That includes assistance in writing legislation, communications with constituents, keeping track of bills as they wind their ways through the legislative process and providing photographers to take pictures of visitors to the legislator’s office. McCann is now complaining about this act of retaliation, noting that there was no staff photographer to record his recent visit with “a group of Girl Scouts.” McCann asserts that denying him, among other things, pictures with his Girl Scout visitors is “totally unconstitutional.” “I think the taxpayers need to know that … currently, in the 50th District, you are enduring taxation without representation,” he said. McCann not only is complaining about his treatment, he’s threatening to file a lawsuit over it. His legal theory — interesting, but not necessarily persuasive — is that even though he’s a self-described candidate for governor representing the Conservative Party, he’s also a Republican member of the Illinois Senate legally entitled to support services both parties typically provide to members.)

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Durbin “disappointed” with handling of Legionnaires’ disease outbreak – Gabe Pishghadamian
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/durbin-disappointed-with-handling-of-legionnaires-disease-outbreak/1152164518

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— WHERE DOES PROPERTY TAX MONEY GO? THIS YEAR, 68.6% GOES TO SCHOOLS (DIERSEN: According to your assessor, what is your home worth, how much is your 2017 property tax bill, and what does your property tax money go to? According to my assessor, my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton is worth $474,200. According to Zillow, my home is worth $474,533. My 2017 property tax bill is $10,913 (approximately 2.3% of market value) with a $6,000 residential exemption and a $5,000 senior exemption. The property tax goes as follows:

 

— $7,177 (66%) School District 200
— $1,416 (13%) City of Wheaton
— $1,046 (10%) Wheaton Park District
— $358 (3%) College of DuPage
— $177 (2%) DuPage Forest Preserve
— $163 (1%) School District 200 Pension Fund
— $155 (1%) County of DuPage
— $104 (1%) Milton Township Roads
— $82 (1%) Wheaton Park District Pension Fund
— $66 (1%) Milton Township
— $169 (2%) 7 other taxing bodies

 

I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that 915 Cove Court in Wheaton is worth far more than what it is assessed at and b) that I should be paying much higher property taxes; they want to curry favor with the home’s builder and the aforesaid taxing bodies. My wife and I have paid property taxes in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and DuPage County since 1978. However, we have never attended any schools in DuPage County, we have never sent any children to schools in DuPage County, and our use of Wheaton Park District facilities has always been very limited.)

 

http://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/04/where-does-property-tax-money-go-this-year-about-68-6-goes-to-schools/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County creates task force to combat drug crisis
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/04/08/dupage-county-creates-task-force-to-combat-drug-crisis/ambv11i/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— BGA’s David Greising and Berkowitz model ten Rauner-Pritzker Gubernatorial Race discussions
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/04/watch-bgas-david-greising-and-berkowitz-model-ten-rauner-pritzker-gubernatorial-race-discussions-cable-web/

 

CHICAGO READER
— Stormy’s Chicago show to feature Rahm on stage—kinda – Ben Joravsky
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/04/30/stormys-chicago-show-to-feature-rahm-on-stage-kinda

 

CHICAGO MAROON
— Undocumented Residents Eligible for New Chicago City ID (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats or for RINOs is to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/5/1/chicago-launches-city-id-undocumented-people-eligi/

 

CHAMBANA SUN
— Madigan re-election as state Democratic leader should serve as wake-up call, Caulkins says – Glenn Minnis
https://chambanasun.com/stories/511401586-madigan-re-election-as-state-democratic-leader-should-serve-as-wake-up-call-caulkins-says

 

CAPITOL FAX
— State Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Smithton, signed on as chief co-sponsor to House Resolution 891 on April 27. The resolution was filed in March by state Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, and states that Illinois should not scrap its constitutionally protected flat income tax.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/01/dem-rep-signs-on-as-chief-co-of-anti-prog-tax-rez/
— Don’t get mad, get even (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always known that my policy has been to “forgive those who trespass against me” instead of “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” or the “Chicago way.”)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/01/dont-get-mad-get-even/

 

GOPUSA
— First Central American caravan members admitted at San Ysidro Port of Entry (DIERSEN: Will Democrats shout at asylum seekers, like they shout at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, even worse things who should be gotten rid of. How successful will Democrats be in getting asylum seekers to help Democrats to get rid of Republicans once and for all?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44914
— Turning the tables? CNN calls conservatives ‘snowflakes’ for their outrage over ‘comedy’ routine
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44932
— Blood, syringes, feces: Caltrans workers seek protections for clearing homeless camps (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for homelessness.)
http://www.gopusa.com/blood-syringes-feces-caltrans-workers-seek-protections-for-clearing-homeless-camps/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump: No apology for travel ban Muslim comments – S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want you to apologize for? My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They want me to apologize for a) causing all of their problems, b) causing all of your problems, c) causing all of my problems, and d) causing all of everyone’s problems. They especially want me to apologize for causing all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois since 2000.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/30/trump-no-apology-travel-ban-muslim-comments/

 

DAILY CALLER
— The Migrant Caravan Is An Attempted Invasion — Here’s What You Need To Know About It – STEPHANIE HAMILL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with those who want to invade America and those who are invading America. Ever-increasing, Democrats make it clear that if/when there is an armed invasion of America, they will help/join the invaders.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/30/migrant-caravan-invasion/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are taking minorities for granted – Michael Barone (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities and at everyone else that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities and everyone else has had, are having, and will have. Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities and at everyone else that they should hate, demonize, denigrate, condemn, and get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/michael-barone-democrats-are-taking-minorities-for-granted

 

FOX BUSINESS
— ICE Director Homan: Migrant Caravan Is an ‘Attack on the Sovereignty of This Nation’
Says many do not have legitimate asylum claim.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/05/01/ice-director-tom-homan-migrant-caravan-asylum-seekers-president-trump
— Rubio ‘100% wrong’ to suggest GOP tax law doesn’t help American workers, experts say – Brittany De Lea (DIERSEN: Are/were you a worker? I was a lowly worker 1962-1997. I should write a book about my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who belittle, badmouth, despise, demonize, denigrate, condemn, if not hate lowly workers like I was 1962-1997.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/rubio-100-wrong-to-suggest-gop-tax-law-doesnt-help-american-workers-experts-say

 

THE HILL
— Trump allies want to turn midterms into ‘impeachment referendum’ – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois want Trump to be impeached? Only 137 in my precinct voted for Trump while 211 voted for Clinton.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385578-the-memo-trump-allies-want-to-turn-midterms-into-impeachment?userid=3526

 

CBS NEWS
— Who’s to blame for Michelle Wolf? – MICHAEL GRAHAM (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents blame me for all the adverse actions that they have taken against me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-whos-to-blame-for-michelle-wolf/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘There’s No Reason to Apologize’ for Muslim Ban Remarks, Trump Says – Adam Liptak (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want you to apologize for? My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They want me to apologize for a) causing all of their problems, b) causing all of your problems, c) causing all of my problems, and d) causing all of everyone’s problems. They especially want me to apologize for causing all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois since 2000.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-muslim-ban.html
— How’s That Tax Cut Working Out? Workers won’t see significant gains, soon, if ever – Paul Krugman (DIERSEN: Are/were you a worker? I was a lowly worker 1962-1997. I should write a book about my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who belittle, badmouth, despise, demonize, denigrate, condemn, if not hate lowly workers like I was 1962-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/opinion/republican-tax-cut-workers.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Comparing federal, private-sector benefits – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes WHO HAVE NEVER SOUGHT A FEDERAL JOB AND NEVER WOULD SEEK A FEDERAL JOB a) because federal pay and benefits are terrible, b) because advancement opportunities in the federal government are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/05/01/qa-for-federal-workers-comparing-federal-private-sector-benefits/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Pence arrives in California to tour border barrier while, just 100 miles west, migrants seek asylum – ANDREA CASTILLO and HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-border-scene-20180430-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Bad Is the Labor Shortage? Cities Will Pay You to Move There Towns with unfilled jobs are handing out money, student-debt relief and home-purchase assistance to lure potential employees–one by one – David Harrison and Shayndi Raice
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-bad-is-the-labor-shortage-cities-will-pay-you-to-move-there-1525102030
— ‘Americans and the Holocaust’ Review: What We Could Have Done A nuanced look at America’s efforts to stop the Holocaust—or lack thereof—shows why little about this subject is simple. – Edward Rothstein (DIERSEN: In my defense, my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) paint Trump as being Hitler, b) Republicans as being Nazis, and c) illegals as being Jews.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-and-the-holocaust-review-what-we-could-have-done-1525122440

 

FORBES
— Job Guarantee: A Liberal Idea That Conservatives May Embrace – Jeffrey Dorfman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who belittle, badmouth, despise, demonize, denigrate, condemn, hate, and focus on destroying past, present, and future federal employees. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if you were, are, or might become a federal employee, you are lazy, stupid, and far worse things.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2018/05/01/job-guarantee-a-liberal-idea-that-conservatives-may-embrace/#39a93d876fd8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Forget universal health care; that universal basic income, small potatoes. The progressive wing of the Democrat Party is suddenly going all in on a federal job guarantee. Leading a parade of presidential hopefuls, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Bernie Sanders (S-VT) are eagerly pushing a new federal entitlement program: jobs for anyone. These jobs would offer perhaps $30,000 per year in pay ($15 per hour) and come with full benefits (hello, (near) universal health care). Yet, while the idea starts from the far left, conservatives may soon back this idea because liberals haven’t thought it all the way through. A job guarantee program is really the ultimate work requirement for welfare recipients. The idea of a job guarantee is simple. If you would like a job, the federal government will stand ready to offer you one, with reasonable pay (about double the federal minimum wage) and benefits. Details of whether the job would be near where you live, how skills would be matched between job and worker, and whether the output of these jobs would be needed or have any value at all are still to be decided. However, lack of specifics might not stop this idea, once conservatives see it in the right light.)

 

USA TODAY
— Lower wages, student loan debt: Here’s why it’s harder for Millennials to build wealth – Susan Tompor (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, how much were you earning when you were young? In today’s dollars, I earned $45,703 when I was 22, $55,905 when I was 23, $67,638 when I was 24, $81,071 when I was 25, $83,773 when I was 26, $86,476 when I was 27, $89,178 when I was 28 and 29, and $91,880 when I was 30. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, a job-related master’s degree when I was 27, and a job-related professional certification when I was 30.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/tompor/2018/04/26/why-its-harder-millennials-build-wealth/550920002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do anti-Whites use to blame lynchings on you, on your parents, on your grandparents, on your great grandparents, and on the rest of your ancestors? They stress a) that I am White, b) that I am a male, c) that I am 100% German American, d) that I am 69 years old, e) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, f) that my ancestors have been in America since 1844, g) that I am conservative, h) that I am Republican, i) that am not poor, and j) that I am a gun owner.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20180501/281801399581287

 

MONTEREY HERALD
— Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein and Reince Priebus talk about American dream at Leon Panetta Lecture Series – James Herrera (DIERSEN: Are you doing better now financially than your father was doing at your age? I am. What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attribute that to? Mine hint/imply/argue/shout that I am doing better now a) because I was born a White male, b) because I have benefited tremendously from my parents’, grandparents’, great grandparents’, and the rest of my ancestors’’ discrimination against minorities and against females, c) because my parents were filthy rich, d) because I have always had good health, e) because I avoided the draft, f) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, g) because I married someone who has income, h) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, i) because my Civil Service Retirement System pension and federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies are much too generous, j) because etc.)
http://www.montereyherald.com/article/NF/20180430/NEWS/180439991
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the topic of the American dream and its availability to U.S. citizens, Priebus believes that “in regards to the economy, opportunities and international relations — things people are concerned with — I think that things are better today than a year and a half ago, but it’s still too early.” Panetta said the jury is still out because much depends on the policies currently being put in place and what their impacts will be, including the tax bill and if in fact it will trickle down to be able to help workers by providing jobs. The Panetta Institute has been polling CSU Monterey Bay students since the Barack Obama administration and has found young people are increasingly concerned they will not be able to enjoy the American dream or have the same type of life their parents had. Much of the concern is centered around the economy, education and job market — a lot of issues that concern many young adults today. “The fundamental question is will this president or future ones be able to provide the opportunities needed in order to succeed?” said Panetta.)

 

CALIFORNIAN
— Journalists who brought down Nixon speak in Monterey – Joe Szydlowski (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on a) BRINGING DOWN those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) BRINGING DOWN those who have sued them, c) BRINGING DOWN those who have demographics that they disapprove of including Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and d) BRINGING DOWN those who fail/refuse to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and other terrible things.)
https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2018/04/30/journalists-who-brought-down-nixon-speak-monterey/567157002/

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Newsrooms are Forming Unions to Create Better Pay, Better Benefits and Better Journalism – Sharon Knolle (DIERSEN: I was a union member for almost 12 years. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) want cheap labor and b) hate unions, hate former union members, hate current union members, and hate future members.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/feature/newsrooms-are-forming-unions-to-create-better-pay-better-benefits-and-better-journalism/

April 30 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Matt Dietrich with the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE), the ISBE will not take any action in response to Robert Winchester’s April 26, 2018 (https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000163-04de-d374-a77b-04df3b5c0000) letter concerning the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee election for the 15th Congressional District and that the ISBE will be notifying Winchester of that decision shortly. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

BRUCE RAUNER
— 1998: What the World Looked Like When Madigan Took Over the Democratic Party of Illinois (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Illinois Republican Party Chairmen since 1999: Richard S. Williamson 1999–2002, Lee A. Daniels 2002, Dallas Ingemunson 2002, Gary MacDougal 2002, Judy Baar Topinka 2002–2005, Andrew McKenna 2005–2009, Pat Brady 2009–2013, Jack Dorgan 2013–2014, and Tim Schneider 2014–present. The book would also cover a) their elections, b) those who backed their elections, c) major events during their terms in office, d) those who unsuccessfully sought the positions, and e) those who backed the unsuccessful candidates. I could title the book “History of the Illinois Republican Party 1999-2018.)
https://www.brucerauner.com/news/madigan-monday-one-week-away-illinois-democratic-party-elections-pritzker-still-silent-madigan-2/

 

POLITICO
— New Illinois news site designed to counter Breitbart, IPI – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the emails and all the websites that have come and gone since 2000 that were designed to counter GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and www.gopillinois.com.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/30/one-illinois-news-site-559765

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— PAWAR launches answer to Illinois Policy Institute – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the emails and all the websites that have come and gone since 2000 that were designed to counter GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and www.gopillinois.com.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinoisplaybook

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bridget Gainer says big mayoral field won’t deter her as she considers bid – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bridget-gainer-chicago-mayor-20180430-story.html
— Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will have a downtown event to announce an internship program. (DIERSEN: Were you an intern? GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates vehemently opposed my transferring from IRS to GAO. Instead my taking a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10), they wanted me to transfer in as an intern and take a $58,902/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-4 Step 1). To justify that, they viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned a) the knowledge of IRS that I had gained by working 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; b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979; c) my having almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul; d) my having earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976; and e) the fact that much of what GAO Analysts do is similar to what IRS Revenue Officers do. To turn everyone at GAO against me, they stressed to GAO employees a) who were Democrats, that I was a Republican, b) who were liberal or moderate, that I was conservative, c) who were non-Protestant, that I was a Missouri Synod Lutheran, d) who had less money than my wife and I had, that my wife and I had more money than they did, e) who were non-German American, that I was 100% German American, f) who had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, that my ancestors had been in America since 1844, and g) who were veterans, that I was a draft avoider. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bridget-gainer-chicago-mayor-20180430-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-men shout at women that men are sexists and even worse things. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified woman, Democrat, minority, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified woman, Democrat, minority, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified woman, Democrat, minority, or veteran who would take the job.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-women-don-t-believe-being-average-is-just-fine-20180425-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Medical costs for seniors march upward – Terry Savage
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/terrysavage/tca-getting-ahead-of-rising-medical-costs-20180420-story.html
— The Constitution doesn’t guarantee you can protest with a mask – Stephen L. Carter (DIERSEN: If you protest something, you should expect that those who are responsible for want you protest will do everything that they can to destroy you. I protested political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government, and my Democrat superiors, their operatives, and their dupes continue to do everything that they can to destroy me. I filed lawsuits during the 1980s and 1990s and the defendants, their operatives, and their dupes continue to do everything that they can to destroy me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-carter-georgia-masks-anonymity-protests-0430-20180427-story.html
— Pre-empting the carnage: Illinois needs a ‘red flag law’ – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-travis-reinking-red-flag-laws-20180426-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that everyone involved in law enforcement is racist.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–calling-911-race-20180426-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner, lawmakers in showdown over how — and how fast — to spend VW settlement – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-lawmakers-in-showdown-over-how-and-how-fast-to-spend-vw-settlement/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with photos of Casten and Roskam unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote Casten.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180430/how-phantom-voters-could-decide-6th-district-race
— Outsider Democrats stalk 6th District – Mary Plunkett, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180430/outsider-democrats-stalk-6th-district
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Greg Reasor of Westmont wants Roskam to meet with, to listen to, and to represent, that is, to do the bidding of, those in the 6th Congressional District who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180430/congressman-should-meet-serve-entire-district

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Who wins, who loses with graduated Illinois tax? Study spells it out – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180430/BLOGS02/180439999#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccb-morning10&utm_campaign=ccb-morning10-20180430

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Nunda Township supervisor: Consolidation efforts overshadowing property tax problem
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/04/27/nunda-township-supervisor-consolidation-efforts-overshadowing-property-tax-problem/a9tr3lq/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Time expires on Fair Map proposal – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-04-29/jim-dey-time-expires-fair-map-proposal.html
— Illinois poverty is severe and may worsen – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-04-27/jim-dey-states-poverty-problems-severe-could-get-worse.html
— Budget policy and politics – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-04-30/editorial-budget-policy-and-politics.html

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Meet the little-known Illinois ‘big fish’ megadonor setting the tone for GOP primary races Richard Uihlein, a wealthy shipping-supplies magnate from Illinois who shuns the spotlight – Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Michael Scherer
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/04/30/meet-the-little-known-illinois-big-fish-megadonor-setting-the-tone-for-gop-primary-races/a5iu0ri/

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— WHICH TOWNSHIPS HAVE THE HIGHEST, LOWEST AVERAGE PROPERTY TAX BILLS?
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/04/which-townships-have-the-highest-lowest-average-property-tax-bills/

 

NORTHERN STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats at NIU.
http://northernstar.info/news/niu-hosts-democratic-kickoff/article_90abeaea-4c2b-11e8-ba90-336126a15977.html

 

SHIA KAPOS
— Pritzker’s got a pot connection (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://shiakapos.com/pritzkers-got-a-pot-connection-plus-news-on-rogers-trott/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GRESZLER: UNDERFUNDED PENSIONS FORCE CHOICE: LAY OFF WORKERS OR KEEP PROMISES TO RETIREES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/04/underfunded-pensions-force-choice-lay-off-workers-or-keep-promises-to-retirees.html

 

GOPUSA
— Kasich rips GOP: I can bring that party back (DIERSEN: Kasich hints/implies/argues/shouts that to win over individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, he would get rid of those that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/kasich-rips-gop-i-can-bring-that-party-back/
— Alien caravan reaches U.S. border, demands asylum
http://www.gopusa.com/alien-caravan-reaches-u-s-border-demands-asylum/
— Smut ‘Comedian’ Entertains White House Press with Attacks on Trump Team
http://www.gopusa.com/smut-comedian-entertains-white-house-press-with-attacks-on-trump-team/
— GOP senator joins Elizabeth Warren in effort to legalize marijuana nationwide
http://www.gopusa.com/gop-senator-joins-elizabeth-warren-in-effort-to-legalize-marijuana-nationwide/
— What if your teacher called you ‘the next Hitler’ for defending your rights?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44799

 

DAILY CALLER
— Migrants From Central American Caravan Caught Scaling The Border Fences – RYAN PICKRELL
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/29/migrant-caravan-border-wall/
— Reporters Slam White House Correspondents’ Dinner As ‘Embarrassment’ And ‘Gift’ To Trump Admin – Kerry Picket
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/29/reporters-slam-white-house-correspondents-dinner/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— White House Spokeswoman Called ‘Uncle Tom’ At Correspondents’ Dinner Sarah Huckabee Sanders has passionately defended Trump in the face of sexual assault allegations from numerous women. – Nigel Roberts (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use minorities and women to do their dirty work. Since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I ask bad questions, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should a) stop me from learning about their events and other activities, b) stop me from promoting their events and other activities, c) stop me from attending their events, and d) stop me from reporting on their events and other activities.)
https://newsone.com/3795827/sarah-huckabee-sanders-uncle-tom-white-house-correspondents-dinner/

 

BLAZE
— Trump threatens federal government shutdown in September if Congress doesn’t fund Mexico border wall – Teri Webster
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/29/trump-threatens-federal-government-shutdown-in-september-if-congress-doesnt-fund-mexico-border-wall
— Salem Academy and College issues formal apology for owning slaves in the 1800s – Teri Webster (DIERSEN: What do the Democrats want you to apologize for? The Democrats would want me to apologize for my ancestors coming to America during the 1840s and 1850s when slavery was legal. In their defense, they always stayed in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/29/salem-academy-and-college-issues-formal-apology-for-owning-slaves-in-the-1800

 

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— How Obama and State Officials Swelled Food Stamp Rolls The House Republican farm bill seeks to reverse the trend through stronger work requirement and tighter eligibility rules – Brendan Kirby (DIERSEN: How successful have the Democrats and RINOs been in swelling the food stamp rolls in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/how-obama-and-state-officials-swelled-food-stamp-rolls/

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— After Failing Parkland, Broward County Leads State in Gun Seizures – Jack Davis
https://www.westernjournal.com/after-failing-parkland-broward-county-leads-state-in-gun-seizures/
— Tasteless Comedian Makes Fun of Sarah Sanders, Causes Walkout – Jack Davis (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use minorities and women to do their dirty work.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/tasteless-comedian-makes-fun-of-sarah-sanders-causes-walkout/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Comedian’s Vulgar Riff Gives a ‘Blue’ Cast to Annual Correspondents’ Dinner – AP
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/04/29/comedians_vulgar_riff_gives_a_blue_cast_to_annual_correspondents_dinner_136935.html

 

POLITICO
— Being mean isn’t funny. It’s mean. – JAKE SHERMAN (DIERSEN: Who are the meanest people in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois. I should write a book about the meanest people in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2018/04/29/being-mean-isnt-funny-its-mean-266565

 

CNN
— The 57 most outlandish, outrageous and offensive lines from Trump’s Michigan rally – Chris Cillizza
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/30/politics/donald-trump-michigan-speech-annotation/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Kim Says He’ll Give Up Weapons if US Promises Not to Invade – CHOE SANG-HUN (DIERSEN: For many decades, Mexico and other foreign countries have been invading America. They have illegally sent many millions of their citizens into America illegally. They are illegally keeping many millions of their citizens in America illegally. They continue to illegally send many mountains of illegal drugs into America to destroy America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/world/asia/north-korea-trump-nuclear.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Meet the little-known ‘big fish’ megadonor Richard Uihlein setting the tone for GOP primary races – Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Michael Scherer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/meet-the-little-known-big-fish-megadonor-setting-the-tone-for-gop-primary-races/2018/04/29/2e784d76-3215-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This spring, Uihlein was the primary backer of the gubernatorial campaign of Jeanne Ives, who ran an ad that cast actors as a transgender woman, a pro-immigration anarchist protester, a pink-hat-wearing feminist and a black Chicago teacher — all thanking the incumbent governor for fulfilling their priorities. “Thank you, for signing legislation that lets me use the girls’ bathroom,” said the deep-voiced actor wearing a dress and holding a purse. “Thank you, for having all Illinois families pay for my abortion,” said the woman in the pink hat. Uihlein gave her $2.5 million, state campaign finance filings show.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Teens Worry About Getting Summer Restaurant Jobs. Parents Worry About Sexual Harassment Before the start of the first summer in the #MeToo era, families are having frank discussions about the pitfalls of the nation’s largest employer of teenagers – Julie Jargon (DIERSEN: What did you do during the summer between your junior and senior high school years? I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. My understanding is a) that I am the only White male who held that job and b) that I held it longer than anyone else: November of 1964 through May of 1966. I earned and saved enough money doing that to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/teens-worry-about-getting-summer-restaurant-jobs-parents-worry-about-sexual-harassment-1524830401
— How to Keep Online Speech Free Authoritarian regimes aren’t the only threat. European nations have restrictions too. – Mark Epstein (DIERSEN: Who wants to abolish the First Amendment? My critics/opponents want to abolish the First Amendment. They want to destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-keep-online-speech-free-1525034806
— Starbucks Is Not the Next Selma Today’s protests are a useful diversion for those who reap the profits of the race-grievance industry. – Robert L. Woodson Sr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbucks-is-not-the-next-selma-1525034581

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Pot pushers push pot big time. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/25/pot-taxes-across-u-s-shore-up-school-budgets-drug-prevention-efforts/531983002/
— Migrant caravan: No room for asylum seekers at border crossing, U.S. says – Daniel González and Rebecca Plevin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about asylum seekers in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County. They are Democrats who have fled the poverty and crime in Chicago, in Cook County, and in other Democrat-controlled areas.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/30/migrant-caravan-border-asylum-seekers/563851002/
— 3 steps to avoiding running out of retirement money – Ken Fisher (DIERSEN: To avoid “running out of retirement money,” my wife and have dramatically cut back our standard of living. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of what my 1997 salary was in today’s dollars.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2018/04/29/401-k-avoiding-running-out-retirement-money/558356002/
— Second Amendment Foundation: Don’t penalize law-abiding gun owners – Alan Gottlieb
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/04/27/second-amendment-foundation-scrutinize-gun-confiscation-editorials-debates/34307357/

 

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— What’s in a name? For Greg Pence, the VP’s brother, it could be a seat in Congress – Kaitlin Lange
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/30/vice-president-mike-pence-brother-greg-pence-could-become-indiana-6th-district-congressman/544003002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most of Pence’s campaign ads center on his business experience, his devotion to President Donald Trump’s agenda and his time as a Marine. He’s been heavily involved in business since he received his MBA from Loyola University of Chicago in 1985. (He also has a bachelor’s degree in theology and philosophy from Loyola.) Following in his late father’s footsteps, Greg Pence in 2000 started his four-year stint as president of the Kiel Brothers Oil Company, a chain of over 200 convenience stores throughout Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. The company’s profits started to fall as gasoline prices fluctuated and cigarette taxes increased, and in 2004, the chain announced it was filing for bankruptcy. Pence resigned that same day.)

 

BARRONS
— Why Pensions and Politics Don’t Mix
http://www.cetusnews.com/business/Why-Pensions-and-Politics-Don%E2%80%99t-Mix-.HykUlFWpf.html#new_tab

 

GOVERNING
— However bad you think government might be, it’s worse.
http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/gov-quotes-bruce-rauner-illinois.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaking to a crowd of call center workers in Moline, Ill. Rauner has reason to make such a statement: nearly everyone is in agreement that Illinois government is broken, though opinions differ as to why. In our May cover story, reporter Dan Vock tries to answer that question.)

 

NATIONAL MEMO
— At White House Correspondents Association Dinner, Michelle Wolf Infuriates Thin-Skinned Trumpists (DIERSEN: (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use minorities and women to do their dirty work. Since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I ask bad questions, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should a) stop me from learning about their events and other activities, b) stop me from promoting their events and other activities, c) stop me from attending their events, and d) stop me from reporting on their events and other activities.)
https://www.nationalmemo.com/whca-dinner-michelle-wolf-kills-infuriates-trumpists/

 

ATLANTIC
— The Slow, Awkward Death of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Michelle Wolf’s biting mockery of it was only the latest reminder: The annual event’s contradictions have become too heavy to bear. – MEGAN GARBER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use minorities and women to do their dirty work.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/04/what-happened-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/559232/

 

DARTMOUTH
— Rauner to hire fellows to study history of marginalized groups at Dartmouth – Jennie Rhodes (DIERSEN: What groups are you a member of? Who marginalizes members of those groups? I should write a book about old White men in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who marginalize members of Group B to curry favor with members of Group A. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, 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, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2018/04/rauner-to-hire-fellows-to-study-history-of-marginalized-groups-at-dartmouth

April 29 Morning Edition

WGN RADIO
— Walter Jacobson talks about the crucial vote of making Mike Madigan Chairman for the 6th time in a row. Walter explains that Madigan knows the voters and can relate to the voters and why this might be the end to Bruce Rauner’s run as the Governor of Illinois. (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Illinois Republican Party Chairmen since 1999: Richard S. Williamson 1999–2002, Lee A. Daniels 2002, Dallas Ingemunson 2002, Gary MacDougal 2002, Judy Baar Topinka 2002–2005, Andrew McKenna 2005–2009, Pat Brady 2009–2013, Jack Dorgan 2013–2014, and Tim Schneider 2014–present. The book would also cover a) their elections, b) those who backed their elections, c) major events during their terms in office, d) those who unsuccessfully sought the positions, and e) those who backed the unsuccessful candidates. I could title the book “History of the Illinois Republican Party 1999-2018.)
http://wgnradio.com/2018/04/29/walter-jacobsons-perspective-04-29-18-madigan-the-chairman/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrats crow about their success in making high school students their operatives and their dupes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-students-speak-up-gun-summit-st-0429-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Counties need human help to combat cyber attacks on elections – David Orr and Noah Praetz
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180429/counties-need-human-help-to-combat-cyber-attacks-on-elections-
— Looking for a bigger salary? These are the companies with the highest median pay – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? 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://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180429/looking-for-a-bigger-salary-these-are-the-companies-with-the-highest-median-pay
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The industries that dominate the top of such a list include biotech and health care firms, technology, finance and real estate, and energy and utilities. Facebook had the highest-paid median employee of technology firms that had filed as of Monday, at $240,430, according to Proxy Insight. The median employee at Valero Energy made $192,837 in 2017. At the real estate investment trust Host Hotels & Resorts, one of the largest owners of luxury and upscale hotels, the median salary is $179,574. The highest median pay in the financial industry, according to Proxy Insight’s data, was at a reinsurance firm rather than a big Wall Street bank. In addition to publishing the CEO pay ratio, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s rule requires companies to disclose the pay of the median employee used in the calculation — determined by statistical sampling or by listing the compensation in the middle after ranking all workers from highest to lowest paid (excluding the CEO) — but they can’t leave out part-timers, the majority of foreign workers or those who only have seasonal jobs. It’s important to note that the companies at the top of the list don’t necessarily have the highest paid employees on average — just who pays the highest at the median. As a result, the numbers don’t tell most people looking to negotiate offers or compare potential jobs much at all. For one, you’d have to be vying for a job in that category — if the job in question is identifiable at all. McDonald’s, for instance, listed the median worker who made $7,017 in 2017 as “a part-time restaurant crew employee located in Poland,” but whoever made $183,304 at Netflix in 2017 is only identified as the “median employee.”)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Bull’s-eye on AR-15: Popular rifle at center of debate over gun reform Public safety intersects with right to own firearms – EDITH BRADY-LUNNY (DIERSEN: One reason why countries are discouraged from having their citizens carry firearms when they invade America “is that an estimated 300 million guns, including as many as 5 million semi-automatic rifles (are) in the hands of Americans.” That is why (so far) countries like Mexico have not had their citizens carry firearms when they invade America.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/bull-s-eye-on-ar–popular-rifle-at-center/article_611eb1ee-0101-5e8c-8a2f-fe341d6aa23b.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But the removal of one weapon from the market is not the answer, said Stephen Stewart, owner of the Bloomington gun store and indoor shooting range. “Banning this gun isn’t going to do a darned thing,” Stewart said recently, during a demonstration for The Pantagraph that included an hour on the range with a reporter on the operation of one model of the AR-15. Often misidentified as a “machine gun,” the AR-15 is purchased for target shooting, hunting and home defense, said Stewart. The AR-15 was banned for 10 years under former President Bill Clinton’s 1993 assault weapons ban and became a big seller in 2004 when the sales moratorium was not renewed. Stewart said his store could not keep the guns on the shelves, with many buyers picking up the weapons because they feared another ban. Americans, more than residents of any other developed country in the world, are in love with guns — an affection some argue has gone too far. With an estimated 300 million guns, including as many as 5 million semi-automatic rifles in the hands of Americans, serious questions exist as to how any practical proposal to seriously reduce the number of guns can be implemented.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Poll predicts tight race for Congress in Illinois’ 13th District – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180428/bernard-schoenburg-poll-predicts-tight-race-for-congress-in-illinois-13th-district
— Act now to settle back pay, step increases – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180428/our-view-act-now-to-settle-back-pay-step-increases
— Meet the 2018 Top Teen Award finalists (DIERSEN: What did you do and what did you not do while you were in high school? If you seek a government office or a political office, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will paint what you did and what you did not do while you were in high school as negatively as they can. If few or none of your classmates were minorities, they will paint you as being a racist.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180428/meet-2018-top-teen-award-finalists

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— States, counties look for more election judges – Doug Wilson
http://www.whig.com/20180428/states-counties-look-for-more-election-judges#//
— Election judges are vital to democracy and in short supply – Editorial
http://www.whig.com/20180429/election-judges-are-vital-to-democracy-and-in-short-supply#//

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— First quarter campaign report shows Pritzker raised and spent the most money – SARAH HAYDEN
http://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/first-quarter-campaign-report-shows-pritzker-raised-and-spent-the/article_4736fd38-536c-5191-ba0d-c577fc55b429.html

 

MADISON STATE JOURNAL
— H-1B visas keep American wages down – Dave Gorak (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to keep American wages down. They continue to be beyond furious that in 1997, GAO paid me $125,325/year in today’s dollars. To justify their fury, they demonize, denigrate, and condemn the fact that I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, that I had three job-related master’s degrees, that I had six job-related professional certifications, and that I had a job-related professional license.)
http://host.madison.com/wsj/opinion/letters/h–b-visas-keep-american-wages-down–/article_59ddb240-1f9b-59ac-8b10-11ad669b1421.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Caravan’ asylum-seekers to test Trump immigration rhetoric at San Diego border crossing – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/29/caravan-asylum-seekers-test-trump-immigration-rhet/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— California Considers Bill That Would Make Traditional Views on Sexuality Illegal – Monica Burke (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to promote LGBTQ activity, if not to impose LGBTQ activity on others.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/04/23/anti-first-amendment-bill-poses-imminent-threat-in-california/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Comedian Michelle Wolf’s jokes fall flat, or offend, at DC dinner – Bradford Betz and Paulina Dedaj (DIERSEN: Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky. Alinsky promotes ridicule.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/29/comedian-michelle-wolfs-jokes-fall-flat-or-offend-at-dc-dinner.html

 

BLAZE
— Volunteer US attorneys went across Mexico border to counsel caravan travelers seeking asylum – Teri Webster (FROM THE ARTICLE: Were they coached on what to say?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/04/28/volunteer-us-attorneys-went-across-mexico-border-to-counsel-caravan-travelers-seeking-asylum
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Were they coached on what to say? An estimated 300 migrants were counseled in workshops held in a civic group office at Tijuana’s largest migrant shelter and at an art gallery that once housed a cross-border tunnel used to run drugs into San Diego. Journalists were not allowed to sit-in on the sessions. Lawyers reportedly offered information about the U.S. asylum process while children of the migrants played in the background. Migrants were also warned that they could be separated from their children and face detention if they are allowed to stay in the U.S., according to the report. Reportedly, attorneys met one-on-one with some of the migrants, but did not coach them on what to say, Alex Mensing, an organizer of the effort with the Pueblos Sin Fronteras group, told the Associated Press. “We always emphasize you have to tell the truth,” Mensing said. Central American migrants often cite gang violence as the reason they are seeking asylum.)

 

BREITBART
— White House Correspondents’ Dinner Comedian Michelle Wolf Trashes Sarah Sanders Appearance; Mocks Kellyanne and Ivanka – CHARLIE SPIERING (DIERSEN: Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky. Alinsky promotes ridicule.)

THE HILL
— 7 targets Michelle Wolf took aim at during the White House correspondents’ dinner – MAX GREENWOOD, BROOKE SEIPEL, and MARY TYLER MARCH
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/385377-7-targets-michelle-wolf-took-aim-at-during-the-white-house-correspondents
— Tech relishes role as Trump antagonist – ALI BRELAND (DIERSEN: Who relishes their role as your antagonist? I should write a book about my antagonists. They talk and/or act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a news car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and lots more if they succeed in getting me to stop putting GOPUSA Illinois emails together and sending them out.)
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/385288-tech-relishes-role-as-trump-antagonist

 

CNN
— Biting comedy, inspirational moments define annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner – Caroline Kelly and Kate Sullivan (DIERSEN: Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky. Alinsky promotes ridicule.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/28/politics/white-house-correspondents-dinner-trump/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Asylum-seekers in Mexico snub warnings of stern US response
https://www.apnews.com/2de5ea7d50704017ba6f01562af5f060/Central-American-asylum-seekers-get-legal-aid-near-US-border
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The lawyers who went to Tijuana denied coaching any of the roughly 400 people in the caravan who recently arrived in Tijuana, camping out in shelters near some of the city’s seedier bars and bordellos. Some migrants received one-on-one counseling to assess the merits of their cases and groups of the migrants with their children playing nearby were told how asylum works in the U.S.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— In a Very Different Washington, Trump Unloads on a Litany of Adversaries – Emily Cochrane
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/us/politics/trump-rally-washington-township.html
— I Want to Be Rich and I’m Not Sorry – Jessica Knoll (DIERSEN: What shows that your motivation “to be rich” is limited? For me, it is a) my refusal to become a Democrat, b) my refusal to paint myself as being a yes-man, c) my becoming a union member and filing grievances, d) my refusal to help my Democrat superiors in the federal government get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, non-veteran and 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, e) my complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, f) my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, g) my filing lawsuits, and h) my refusal to glorify and praise, pander to, serve as an operative for, serve as a dupe for, or give money to those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/opinion/sunday/women-want-to-be-rich.html
— White House Says Records Don’t Match Accusation Against Jackson – Michael D. Shear (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. What accusations have been made against you, who made them, and why were they made? I should write a book about all the accusations that have been made against me, who made them, and why they were made. I could break them out into the following time periods: a) since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, b) since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, c) while I was a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, d) while I was a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, e) while I was a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, f) while I was an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, g) while I was an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, h) while I was a GAO employee 1980-1997, i) while I was an IRS employee 1971-1980, and j) while I was a Post Office employee 1966-1969.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/us/politics/ronny-jackson-white-house.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “How do you brief a president who isn’t interested in facts?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-intelligence.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Half of Republicans say the news media should be described as the enemy of the American people – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs say that Republicans in Illinois, in DuPage County, and in Milton Township should describe me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being the enemy of a) the Illinois Republican Party, b) the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and c) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/04/26/half-of-republicans-say-the-news-media-should-be-described-as-the-enemy-of-the-american-people/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— #MeToo feminists may not realize it, but their other target is sex and drugs and rock ‘n’ roll – KAY S. HYMOWITZ
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hymowitz-metoo-counterrevolution-20180429-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Central American ‘Caravan’ Migrants to Seek Asylum at U.S.-Mexico Border While many seek legal entry to U.S., some have already illegally crossed border – Alicia A. Caldwell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/central-american-caravan-migrants-to-seek-asylum-at-u-s-mexico-border-1524999600

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Court Bars Winner of 2017 Mayoral Election From Office An Illinois appeals court has ruled the winner of a suburban Chicago mayoral election isn’t eligible to hold the position because of a felony conviction. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-04-24/court-bars-winner-of-2017-mayoral-election-from-office

 

JOYCE MEYER
— December 21, 2009 FLASHBACK: What Does Your Future Hold? (DIERSEN: From what I see, unless things change dramatically, every year more and more and more people, organizations, and companies will move into DuPage County, into Milton Township, into Wheaton, and into my precinct that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Of course, the aforesaid will bring down DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct. Poverty and crime will increase. To slow down if not stop this disaster in the making, the voters in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct should vote for Republican candidates who defend and advance the Illinois Republican platform rather than “listening to” and “representing” those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.amazon.com/Joyce-Meyer-What-Does-Future/dp/B0031KO6TW
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/28/whcd-comedian-michelle-wolf-trashes-sarah-sanders-appearance-mocks-kellyanne-and-ivanka/

 

JERUSALEM POST
— GOP CANDIDATE CONTINUES TO COMPARE ABORTION TO NAZIS, DESPITE PLEAS FROM RABBIS Fitzgerald has also compared Planned Parenthood to a concentration camp. (DIERSEN: What about anti-Trumps a) who compare Trump to Hitler, b) who compare Republicans to Nazis, and c) who compare illegals to Jews?)
https://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/GOP-candidate-continues-to-compare-abortion-to-Nazis-despite-pleas-from-rabbis-552988

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— New RINOs Could Spell Trouble for the GOP – Fran Coombs (DIERSEN: Who are the RINOs in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality? Which planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform do they fail/refuse to defend/advance?)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/commentary_by_fran_coombs/new_rinos_could_spell_trouble_for_the_gop
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Are a lot more GOP voters Republicans In Name Only (RINOs) these days? RINOs has long been a name of contempt on the American political right for those who run for office as conservative Republicans and then “grow and mature” in Washington, D.C. by moving to the left. They play to the voters at home in flyover land and then play a different song to The Washington Post when they’re inside the Beltway. However, polling suggests that a new breed of RINOs is emerging, and it has nothing to do with its namesakes of old. These are longtime Republican voters who are identifying less and less with the party’s traditional leadership. Over 60% of Likely Republican Voters have complained in Rasmussen Reports surveys for years that most GOP representatives in Washington are out of touch with the party base. Yes, they’ve been reelected, but in part that’s the power of incumbency. It also reflects the old adage that all politics is local, and these candidates have done a good job assuring the folks back home that they’re one of us.)