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February 2, 2019

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Madigan under the microscope: Did cautious speaker finally slip on trip wire? – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: What if you had “secretly recorded” those who had succeeded in harming you the most? Because they view me as being litigious, those who have succeeded in harming me the most have been extremely careful to not put anything in writing that could be used against them.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-analysis-cautious-speaker-recording-trip-wire-solis/
— Bobby Rush’s endorsement could give Bill Daley a big boost – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: GAO works for Congress. I would not be surprised at all to learn that Bobby Rush directed my GAO superiors a) to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) to give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) to not assign me to audits of IRS, and e) to not promote me beyond GS-13.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bobby-rush-endorsement-bill-daley-boost-mayoral-race/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GOPUSA
— Democrats were fine with governor’s infanticide comments but erupt in fury over yearbook photo
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64455
— MSNBC host claims ‘almost no middle class’ left in America; citizens ‘living on the poverty line’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64401
— It’s the season of discarded politicians looking for work (DIERSEN: Have you been discarded because of politics? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” a) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) because I was Republican, White, male, and non-veteran, and I had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64452

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NBC NEWS
— Booker 2020 campaign: ‘Folks are feeling left out…left behind’ The 49-year-old Democratic senator from New Jersey is the second African-American to enter the contest to take on Trump. – Dartunorro Clark (DIERSEN: In the organizations that you are/were a member of and in the employers that you work/worked for, what are the demographics of those who are/were “left out…left behind?” From what I see, ever-increasingly, organizations and employers are dumping those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democratic-new-jersey-sen-cory-booker-announces-2020-presidential-campaign-n965601

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

February 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Meth deaths skyrocket as new drug cartel fueled threat hits Chicago area streets – Chuck Goudie and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/meth-deaths-skyrocket-as-new-drug-cartel-fueled-threat-hits-chicago-area-streets/5115025/

NBC5
— Illinois Business Groups Pitch Geography-Based Minimum Wage – John O’Connor (DIERSEN: The cost of living is very high in DuPage County.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-business-groups-pitch-geography-based-minimum-wage-505187761.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Pritzker orders stepped-up fight against HIV – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/pritzker-orders-stepped-up-fight-against-hiv

WGN RADIO
— Speaker Mike Madigan opponent Jason Gonzales on Madigan’s “sham candidates”
https://wgnradio.com/2019/02/01/speaker-mike-madigan-opponent-jason-gonzales-on-madigans-sham-candidates/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts expands Trump fundraising role – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/cubs-todd-ricketts-expands-trump-fundraising-role/
— Foxconn says it plans to proceed with Wisconsin plant after Trump intervention – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/foxconn-proceeds-with-wisconsin-plan-after-trump-intervenes/
— Support for ‘Medicare-for-all’ fluctuates as more details emerge: Poll – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/support-for-medicare-for-all-fluctuates-as-more-details-emerge-poll/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker orders stepped-up fight against HIV – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-pritzker-eliminate-hiv-20190201-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-opioid-marijuana-law-20190130-story.html
— Abortion maximalists stand on shaky moral ground – Jonah Goldberg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-abortion-late-term-virginia-law-goldberg-0204-20190201-story.html
— Taxpayers have already spent money on Foxconn – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-lns-foxconn-investment-fact-check-st-0202-20190201-story.html
— Foxconn again shifts Wisconsin plan, says it will proceed with LCD factory after Trump intervenes – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-foxconn-wisconsin-plant-20190201-story.html
— Chicago’s top cop: ‘We are making gains’ in investigation of reported attack on ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett – Rosemary Sobol
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-jussie-smollett-empire-statement-20190201-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Trump’s ‘America first’ mantra will be prominent in address – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190201/news/302019870/
— Women will surround Trump at State of the Union address – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190201/news/302019972/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker’s next steps on these issues will tell us plenty We will learn a lot about the future from how the new governor performs now. – RICH MILLER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/rich-miller-springfield/pritzkers-next-steps-these-issues-will-tell-us-plenty

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State Rep. David McSweeney pushes bill to end lawmaker pensions
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/01/31/state-rep-david-mcsweeney-pushes-bill-to-end-lawmaker-pensions/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Foxconn again shifts Wisconsin plan after Trump intervenes – AP
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/foxconn-again-shifts-wisconsin-plan-after-trump-intervenes/article_138b0cc8-cddb-5670-8e66-04b82962bff9.html

ALTON DAILY RECORD & KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=278799#.XFSSY1xKiM8
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/new-program-swaps-opioids-for-pot-to-ease-pain/article_442dcb06-2633-11e9-b0c9-bb495f6f2590.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Progressive push ahead for new governor, Legislature Both Democrats and Republicans stress working together – REBECCA ANZEL, PETER HANCOCK and JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/01/30/progressive-push-ahead-for-new-governor-legislature/ail1zl3/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Downsizing government – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats use downsizing to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of their employees who are Republican, and especially their Republican employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2019-02-01/editorial-downsizing-government.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Lara Trump joins State of the Union town hall special
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/lara-trump-joins-state-of-the-union-town-hall-special

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Free Narcan Training Classes Offered In DuPage County The free classes illustrate how Narcan to be used to save a life in the event of an overdose. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/free-narcan-training-classes-offered-dupage-county

DAVID MCSWEENEY
— Illinois has gone from one of the most prominent contributors to the U.S. economy to rapidly shrinking in population and job growth. We need to get our state back on track by cutting taxes, reigning in spending, and advancing pro-growth policies that help create jobs!
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1091370591695880193

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois lawmakers to try again on Tobacco 21 bill – Brett Rowland
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/illinois-lawmakers-to-try-again-on-tobacco-bill/article_3af6b638-2651-11e9-8310-7324dca95bb6.html
— Davis, Durbin both want to avoid another federal shutdown – Cole Lauterbach, Greg Bishop and Brett Rowland
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/davis-durbin-both-want-to-avoid-another-federal-shutdown/article_27794c96-2652-11e9-ac43-af5b9dc5585a.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TODD RICKETTS TO BE TRUMP VICTORY COMMITTEE’S FINANCE CHAIRMAN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/todd-ricketts-to-be-trump-victory-committees-finance-chairman.html
— HOMESCHOOLING PRODUCES BETTER-EDUCATED, MORE-TOLERANT KIDS. POLITICIANS HATE THAT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/homeschooling-produces-better-educated-more-tolerant-kids-politicians-hate-that.html
— ELIZABETH WARREN’S ‘WEALTH TAX’ IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/elizabeth-warrens-wealth-tax-is-unconstitutional.html
— UNDER TRUMP, US ECONOMIC FREEDOM RISES SIGNIFICANTLY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/under-trump-us-economic-freedom-rises-significantly.html
— THORNER & O’NEIL: HOW AND WHY DID AMERICA COME TO EMBRACE SOCIALISM?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/thorner-oneil-how-and-why-did-america-come-to-embrace-socialism-.html
— PRITZKER GUIDES STATE FUNDING TOWARDS FIGHTING ILLINOIS HIV EPIDEMIC
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/pritzker-guides-state-funding-towards-fighting-illinois-hiv-epidemic.html
— ILLINOIS NEXT TO EMBRACE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/illinois-next-to-embrace-universal-healthcare-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Todd Ricketts joins Trump Victory Committee
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/01/todd-ricketts-joins-trump-victory-committee/
— Pritzker signs EO to help end HIV epidemic
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/01/pritzker-signs-eo-to-help-end-hiv-epidemic/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chris Cuomo: MAGA hats may be analogous to ‘I hate black people’ apparel Don Lemon to Trump supporters: ‘It can’t just be about what you want it to be about’ – Douglas Ernst
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/1/chris-cuomo-maga-hats-may-be-analogous-to-i-hate-b/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Is it OK to wear a MAGA hat in public? Of course it is, you Lemon – Tom Rogan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/is-it-okay-to-wear-a-maga-hat-in-public-of-course-it-is-you-lemon

GOPUSA
— Planned Parenthood: The Auschwitz of America – Bobby Eberle
http://www.gopusa.com/planned-parenthood-the-auschwitz-of-america/
— Survey finds troubling attitude toward First Amendment on campus
http://www.gopusa.com/survey-finds-troubling-attitude-toward-first-amendment-on-campus/
— Howard Schultz criticized for selling ‘painfully white’ music in Starbucks
http://www.gopusa.com/howard-schultz-criticized-for-selling-painfully-white-music-in-starbucks/

FOX NEWS
— Restaurant owner who banned customers in MAGA hats takes back remarks, apologizes for ‘amplifying the anger’ – Michael Bartiromo
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/restaurant-owner-who-banned-customers-in-maga-hats-takes-back-remarks-apologizes-for-amplifying-the-anger
— Chef ‘Burned’ After Banning Guests Sporting Trump ‘MAGA’ Hats
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/02/01/chef-bans-maga-hats-california-restaurant-trump-supporters-media-respond

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Boundless Depravity Of Democrats – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29602

BREITBART
— Snopes Quits as Facebook’s Fact-Checker, Suggests Blacklisting Instead – Joshua Caplan (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that blacklist me and why they blacklist me? Most blacklist me a) because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders, b) because they blacklist all individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that they cannot manipulate/dominate, c) because they reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, d) because they reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, e) because they were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or f) because they are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/02/01/snopes-quits-as-facebooks-fact-checker-suggests-blacklisting-instead/

— CNN’s Chris Cuomo Likens MAGA Hat to ‘I Hate Black People’ T-Shirts – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/02/01/cnns-chris-cuomo-likens-maga-hat-to-i-hate-black-people-t-shirts/

BLAZE
— California restaurant owner changes his mind about not serving customers in MAGA hats – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/restaurant-owner-changes-mind-about-not-serving-customers-in-maga-hats-after-realizing-thats-discrimination

TOWNHALL
— Fraud Elizabeth Warren Attempts to Rescue Her Presidential Run, Apologizes for DNA Stunt – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/02/01/liz-warren-sorry-i-took-that-dna-test-n2540670

DAILY SIGNAL
— After Republican Objects, Democrats Keep ‘So Help Me God’ in Committee Oath – Tony Perkins
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/31/after-republican-objects-democrats-keep-so-help-me-god-in-committee-oath/

HOT AIR
— Sen. Rick Scott: Democrat’s Irrational Hate Is Standing In The Way Of An Immigration Compromise – JOHN SEXTON
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/02/01/sen-rick-scott-democratic-hate-standing-way-immigration-compromise/

CNS NEWS
— Tony Perkins: Removing God from Gov’t Has Increasingly Become Focus of the Left – Tony Perkins
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/tony-perkins/tony-perkins-removing-god-govt-has-increasingly-become-focus-left

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Got Hope? – Dr. Robert R. Owens
https://canadafreepress.com/article/got-hope

THE HILL
— Trump: ‘Good chance’ I will declare emergency to build wall – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/428064-trump-good-chance-i-will-declare-emergency-to-build-wall
— Dems warn against deporting former Trump golf course workers – RAFAEL BERNAL
https://thehill.com/latino/427965-dems-warn-against-deporting-former-trump-golf-course-workers
— Virginia GOP calls for Northam to resign if he’s in photo in blackface or KKK – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/428139-virginia-gop-calls-for-northam-to-resign-if-hes-in-photo-in-blackface-or

CNN
— State of the Union will kick off an epic fight between Trump and Pelosi – Julian E. Zelizer
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/31/opinions/state-of-the-union-trump-pelosi-zelizer/index.html
— Virginia governor’s yearbook page shows 2 people in blackface, KKK garb – Caroline Kelly
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/politics/northam-blackface-photo/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Restaurant owner bans “Make America Great Again” hats, then apologizes – KATHRYN WATSON
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/restaurant-owner-bans-make-america-great-again-hats-then-apologizes/

YAHOO NEWS
— Laura Ingraham encourages people to wear MAGA hats to show what ‘tolerance’ looks like – Kyle Moss
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/laura-ingraham-encourages-people-wear-maga-hats-show-tolerance-looks-like-190236539.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting rich voters to hate Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/opinion/republicans-democrats-2018-economy-prosperity.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Restaurant owner apologizes for MAGA hat comment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/restaurant-owner-apologizes-for-maga-hat-comment/2019/02/01/94ea0abe-2057-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html
— Gov. Ralph Northam ‘deeply sorry’ after photo emerges from his 1984 yearbook showing blackface, KKK hood – Laura Vozzella, Jim Morrison and Gregory S. Schneider
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/va-gov-northams-medical-school-yearbook-page-shows-men-in-blackface-kkk-robe/2019/02/01/517a43ee-265f-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Foxconn Says It Will Move Forward With Wisconsin Plant After Conversation with Trump Foxconn statement comes after company said it was reassessing the Wisconsin display factory
https://www.wsj.com/articles/foxconn-says-it-will-move-forward-with-wisconsin-plant-after-conversation-with-trump-11549047068

— During Shutdown, Federal Employees Considered Leaving Government Work Budget fight and resulting worker furloughs touched off wave of searches on job websites – Sharon Nunn (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonstrated the most hatred of past, present, and future federal employees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/during-shutdown-federal-employees-considered-leaving-government-work-11549038667

BLOOMBERG
— Facebook and Twitter Take Down a Wave of Political Manipulation – Sarah Frier and Selina Wang
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-31/facebook-takes-down-iranian-accounts-trying-to-manipulate-users

FORBES
— Imagine, If Your Social Media “Score” Affected Whether You Got A Loan: In China It Could Happen – Jim Henry
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimhenry/2019/01/31/imagine-if-your-social-media-score-affected-whether-you-got-a-loan-in-china-it-could-happen/#84d4233665f1

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
— Is working for the federal government a good job? – Phillip Molnar (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities 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.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/economy/sd-fi-federal-workers-20190201-htmlstory.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Town Lets Homeowner Keep ‘Impeach Trump’ Sign, for Now A Massachusetts man will get to keep a large banner reading “Impeach Trump” on his home.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts/articles/2019-02-01/town-lets-homeowner-keep-impeach-trump-sign-for-now

YALE DAILY NEWS
— Yalies support affirmative action, survey finds – SKAKEL MCCOOEY (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and “up-or-out” to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/02/01/yalies-support-affirmative-action-survey-finds/

February 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump enters the 2020 election cycle with a massive fundraising lead over Democrats – Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Anu Narayanswamy
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-reelection-campaign-fundraising-20190131-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump calls Jussie Smollett attack ‘horrible,’ family calls it ‘domestic terrorism’ – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/empire-actor-jussie-smollett-racist-homophobic-attack-police-trump-pelosi/
— Madigan deposition: The speaker speaks — on Burke, Rauner, politics and church – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-deposition-speaker-offers-answers-and-digs-to-rivals-questions/

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Jil Tracy gets seven Illinois Senate committee assignments
https://www.whig.com/20190131/tracy-gets-seven-illinois-senate-committee-assignments#

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Democrats for border security? No – STEPHEN MOORE
https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/democrats-for-border-security-no/article_d1d2a59a-4287-5a61-9380-ecfea0ff4f32.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190131/opioid-alternative-program-begins-processing-medical-marijuana-applications

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump says Pelosi is ‘playing games’ on wall funds – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-says-pelosi-is-playing-games-on-wall-funds

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/marijuana-opioid-alternative-program-begins-accepting-patients-illinois#stream/0

DAILY LINE
— Bill Daley: ‘Progressive’ is just because Democrats didn’t want to call themselves liberals anymore’ – A.D. Quig
http://thedailyline.net/chicago/02/01/2019/bill-daley-progressive-is-just-because-democrats-didnt-want-to-call-themselves-liberals-anymore/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— State Senator Tony McCombie pushes back as gun control measures gain traction in Springfield – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/state-senator-pushes-back-as-gun-control-measures-gain-traction/article_025a559e-259f-11e9-a386-0bf5d62af94e.html

NEWS BUSTERS
— Cuomo Argues in Favor of Allowing the Banning of MAGA Hat Wearers from Businesses – Nicholas Fondacaro
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2019/02/01/cuomo-argues-favor-allowing-banning-maga-hat-wearers

FOX NEWS
— Dishonest Democrats won’t work with Trump on immigration because they’re scared to death of radical leftists – David N. Bossie
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dishonest-democrats-wont-work-with-trump-on-immigration-because-theyre-scared-to-death-of-radical-leftists

WASHINGTON TIMES
— California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for $25 million emergency fund to aid asylum seekers – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, California moves toward leaving the United States and joining up with Mexico and with other foreign countries.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/31/gavin-newsom-calls-25-million-emergency-fund-aid-a/

NEW AMERICAN
— Trump Says Border Security Talks With Dems a Waste of Time – Selwyn Duke
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31354-straight-talk-trump-says-border-security-talks-with-dems-a-waste-of-time

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— AOC Shows Why a Libertarian-Progressive Alliance Will Fail – Edward Ring
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/31/aoc-shows-why-a-libertarian-progressive-alliance-will-fail/

NEWSMAX
— Reformer Krupa, 19, Could Make History in Chicago Feb. 26 – John Gizzi
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/chicago-david-krupa-teenager-history/2019/01/31/id/900737/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— WORLD-WIDE THREAT ASSESSMENT MAKES POWERFUL CASE FOR BORDER SECURITY Senate hears from leaders of the intelligence community. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272739/world-wide-threat-assessment-makes-powerful-case-michael-cutler

TOWNHALL
— MAGA and the March: Why Pro-Lifers Are Right to Support Trump – Frank Cannon
https://townhall.com/columnists/frankcannon/2019/02/01/maga-and-the-march-why-prolifers-are-right-to-support-trump-n2540613

DAILY CALLER
— BAY AREA RESTAURANT BANS MAGA HATS – Hillary Silverman
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/31/san-francisco-restaurant-bans-maga-hats/
— IT’S NOW CONSIDERED ‘OFFENSIVE’ TO TELL LAID-OFF JOURNALISTS ‘LEARN TO CODE’—IT WASN’T FOR COAL MINERS – Stephanie Hamill
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/31/twitter-restricts-learn-to-code-hashtag/

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Cuomo Argues in Favor of Allowing the Banning of MAGA Hat Wearers – Nicholas Fondaca
https://www.mrctv.org/index.php/videos/cuomo-argues-favor-allowing-banning-maga-hat-wearers

PJ MEDIA
— Silicon Valley Restaurant Chef Says Patrons Wearing MAGA Hats Won’t Get Served – DEBRA HEINE
https://pjmedia.com/trending/silicon-valley-restaurant-chef-says-patrons-wearing-maga-hats-wont-get-served/

BREITBART
— San Francisco Eatery Bans MAGA Hat-Wearing Customers – Katherine Rodriguez
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/31/san-francisco-eatery-bans-maga-hat-wearing-customers/
— Congressional Research Service: President Can Build Border Wall Without National Emergency or Additional Action by Congress – Michael Patrick Leahy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/31/congressional-research-service-president-can-build-border-wall-without-national-emergency-or-additional-action-by-congress/
— Democrats’ 2019 DHS Spending Bill Opens the Border to Migrants – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/01/democrats-2019-dhs-bill-opens-the-border-to-migrants/

LIFEZETTE
— San Francisco Restaurant Bans ‘Make America Great Again’ Hats Chef J. Kenji Lopez-Alt compared the pro-Trump attire to the KKK’s white hoods – Zachary Leeman
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/01/san-francisco-restaurant-bans-make-america-great-again-hats/
— Pro-Abortion Democrats: Are They Now the Deathocrats? Extreme move to the Left by those who say it’s a ‘woman’s right to choose’ has many people outraged, including this opinion writer – Nina May
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/01/pro-abortion-democrats-are-they-now-the-deathocrats/

WORLD NET DAILY
— DEMS CLAIM MORAL SUPERIORITY WHILE HIGH-FIVING INFANTICIDE David Kupelian on real reason left continually attacks GOP, Trump, supporters as ‘immoral’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/dems-claim-moral-superiority-while-high-fiving-infanticide/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrats’ Leftward March – Adriana Cohen
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/02/01/democrats_leftward_march_139336.html

RENEW AMERICA
— Can a Christian vote for a Democrat? – Bryan Fischer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/fischer/190130

ROLL CALL
— Border wall debate ignores biggest source of illegal immigration: visa overstays But stopping travelers from overstaying their visas isn’t a simple fix – Dean DeChiaro
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/border-illegal-immigration-visa-overstays

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Endorsing Trump isn’t the easiest decision for some Republicans.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/427973-endorsing-trump-isnt-the-easiest-decision-for-some-republicans?userid=3526

HUFFINGTON POST
— Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Wants To Turn MAGA Hats Into A Symbol Of Kindness The Fox News host wants people to continue wearing their MAGA hats, even though it’s now “basically considered a hate crime.” – Lee Moran
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fox-news-laura-ingraham-maga-hat_us_5c541a37e4b0bdf0e7da19b1
— Trump Mulls ‘Emergency’ After Mexico, GOP And Now Pelosi Won’t Pay For His Wall But funding a border wall wasn’t even the president’s priority until just before the midterm elections. – S.V. Date
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-wall-national-emergency_us_5c53660be4b01d3c1f11c320
Seth Meyers: ‘What Does Trump Have Against Dogs?’
— The president repeatedly refers to dogs when he’s attacking people. – Carla Baranauckas (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes worship dogs. They a) own dogs, b) spend lots of time and money on dogs, c) crow that they love dogs, d) crow that dogs love them, and e) hint/imply/argue/shout that you are scum like me who should be gotten rid of if you do not own a dog, if you do not love dogs, and if dogs do not love you. They hint/imply/argue/shout that all that you have to do to get into heaven is a) own a dog, b) spend lots on time and money on dogs, and c) destroy those like me who do own a dog.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/seth-meyers-trump-dogs_us_5c53e21fe4b0bdf0e7d9cbcb

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “Here’s why Republicans don’t want an Election Day holiday.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/31/politics/election-day-holiday-republicans/

NEW YORK TIMES
— He Says ‘Wall,’ They Say ‘Border Security’: A Glossary of the Border Debate – Glenn Thrush
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/politics/border-wall-types.html
— This Is Your Brain Off Facebook – Benedict Carey (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/health/facebook-psychology-health.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/02/01/this-black-history-month-dont-pretend-racism-has-disappeared-church/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Gov. Gavin Newsom touts proposed $25 million in California aid to asylum seekers – TARYN LUNA and CHARLES CLARK (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, California moves toward leaving the United States and joining up with Mexico and with other foreign countries.)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-gavin-newsom-immigration-funds-20190131-story.html

USA TODAY
— Trump says lawmakers are ‘wasting their time’ on border security talks. – Ledyard King and William Cummings
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/01/border-security-trump-says-talks-wasting-time-what-does-history-say/2703506002/
— ‘Like white hoods except stupider’: California chef says he won’t serve diners wearing ‘MAGA’ hats – Ryan W. Miller
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/31/j-kenji-lopez-alt-says-he-wont-serve-maga-hat-wearers-san-mateo-restaurant/2738187002/

BOSTON HERALD
— Trump should call Dems’ bluff on border security – MARC A. THIESSEN
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/02/01/trump-should-call-dems-bluff-on-border-security/

FOX CLEVELAND
— California restaurant owner says he won’t serve anyone wearing MAGA hats – NATASHA ANDERSON
https://fox8.com/2019/01/31/california-restaurant-owner-says-he-wont-serve-anyone-wearing-maga-hats/

NEWS ONE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are a member of a church, who attend church services, and/or who give money to a church who use the aforesaid a) to glorify and praise themselves, b) to give themselves standing to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn those like me who are not a member of a church, who do not attend church services, and/or do not give money to a church, c) to give themselves license to sin, d) to give themselves standing to be arrogant, judgmental, nasty, rude, condescending, and even worse things, and e) to give themselves standing to NOT oppose the promotion of welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they are operatives or dupes for GOD and that GOD hates those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://newsone.com/3845090/trumps-former-pastor/

DAILY MAIL
— California restaurant owner bans customers wearing MAGA hats and compares them to a ‘swastika or white hood’ J. Kenji López-Alt said he would refuse to serve patrons wearing MAGA hats In a tweet he compared the hats to ‘a swastika, white hood’ or other hate symbol The popular chef said since posting the tweet he has received hate mail but he has refused to back down, even though he deleted the comments Since Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, red ‘MAGA’ caps have become a divisive symbol in the United States – LEAH MCDONALD
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6656265/California-restaurant-owner-bans-customers-wearing-MAGA-hats.html
— Thousands of Central American migrants resume northern trek to the border as Trump announces plans to send 2,350 troops to stop the caravan A group of 2,400 migrants left Mexico City on Thursday to journey northwards Around 11,500 migrants have made the journey through Mexico since last year Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to send thousands of troops to the border – GEORGE MARTIN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6656661/Thousands-Central-American-migrants-resume-northern-trek-border.html

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/01/forget-trumps-border-distraction-the-real-threat-is-inside-the-house

MEXICO NEWS DAILY
— Migrants’ caravan leaves Mexico City, bound for northern border Nearly 2,400 left a temporary shelter, looking for rides to Querétaro
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/migrants-caravan-leaves-mexico-city/

January 31 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Laughing matter: Rauner amazed anyone surprised by Madigan ‘news’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/laughing-rauner-overdue-madigan-recording-solis-burke/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters are full of hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters a) promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters and b) blame Trump for hate crimes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/empire-actors-tale-beating-puts-spotlight-rise-hate-crime-gun-crime-chicago/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Power outage in subzero cold changes one’s perspective – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-chicago-cold-weather-kass-20190130-story.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois lawmakers plan $15 minimum wage bill – Doug Finke
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190130/illinois-lawmakers-plan-15-minimum-wage-bill

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— National Democrats look again to unseat Rep. Rodney Davis – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What are the officers of your township, ward, and county Republican organizations, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, the IRP National Committeeman, the Illinois House Republican Leader, the Illinois Senate Republican Leader, NRCC, NRSC, and the RNC doing to recruit candidates to unseat Democrats on the November 6, 2020 ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190130/bernard-schoenburg-national-democrats-look-again-to-unseat-rep-rodney-davis

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Who signs bill? Legislative maneuver raises question – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-01-31/jim-dey-who-signs-bill-legislative-maneuver-raises-question.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Democrats for border security? – Stephen Moore
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/stephen-moore-democrats-for-border-security/article_3590e61c-23d8-11e9-9315-0b87e001dd02.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Jury Awards Sen. Rand Paul More Than $580,000 In Damages In Attack By Neighbor – RICHARD GONZALES
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/jury-awards-sen-rand-paul-more-580000-damages-attack-neighbor#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS
— Clock ticking toward another government shutdown – SCOTT THUMAN
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/clock-ticking-toward-another-government-shutdown

FOX ST. LOUIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://fox2now.com/2019/01/30/starting-thursday-illinois-will-allow-some-patients-to-substitute-medical-marijuana-for-opioid-prescriptions/

EFFINGHAM NEWS LEADER
— Plummer Says Proposed Legislation Regarding Owning Firearms an “Overreach”
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/37657-plummer-says-proposed-legislation-regarding-owning-firearms-an-overreach

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— EVENT: “Queer Clout Happy Hour,” an event for LGBTQ folks who work in government/politics, is tonight at 5:30 p.m. at Vice District in the South Loop. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/31/wage-hike-gets-a-nod-chicago-united-solis-campaign-funds-rauner-feeling-smug-384464

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Gov. Pritzker’s new climate strategy is all pain, no gain – Jay Lehr, Ph.D and Tom Harris
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511750205-editorial-gov-pritzker-s-new-climate-strategy-is-all-pain-no-gain

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Picking up the pieces The future of Republicans in Illinois – Lindsey Salvatelli
https://illinoistimes.com/article-20876-picking-up-the-pieces.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS TOLLWAY CHAIR RESIGNS FOLLOWING PATRONAGE SCANDAL – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-tollway-chair-resigns-following-patronage-scandal/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Marijuana Meeting – Feb. 16th in Mt. Prospect
https://illinoisfamily.org/event/marijuana-meeting-feb-16th-in-mt-prospect/

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner on Madigan’s “Mafia empire”
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/31/rauner-on-madigans-mafia-empire/

GOPUSA
— How the Republican-controlled Congress failed President Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/how-the-republican-controlled-congress-failed-president-trump/
— Democrat election reform: Restore voting rights to felons and restrict campaign speech
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64286
— Mark Steyn: 2020 Dem hopefuls all imitate Bernie Sanders, repackage ‘full horror’ of socialism
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64289

FEDERALIST
— New York Is So Liberal, People Are Leaving In Droves Tax hikes, expansive and morally abominable new abortion laws, plus potential restrictions on gun rights make New York a worse and worse place to live. – Elad Hakim
http://thefederalist.com/2019/01/31/new-york-liberal-people-leaving-droves/

FOX NEWS
— Rep. Kinzinger: Trump Shouldn’t Air ‘Dirty Laundry’ With His Intel Brass on Twitter
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/30/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-should-not-post-division-intelligence-officials-twitter
— Federal workers linked to sexual misconduct deserve same pay raise as others, House Dems agree, rejecting GOP proposal – Lukas Mikelionis (DIERSEN: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government never charged me with sexual misconduct, but they constructively charged me with a) opposing patronage b) opposing political affiliation discrimination, c) opposing reverse discrimination, d) opposing age discrimination, and e) opposing retaliation.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-dems-block-gop-proposal-to-exempt-sexual-harassers-from-receiving-federal-workers-pay-rise

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Much Has Changed for the Better Since 2016—Not That Trump Will Get Credit – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/30/much-has-changed-for-the-better-since-2016-not-that-trump-will-get-credit/
— The Argument Against Illegal Immigration No One Wants to Make – Annine Madok
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/30/the-argument-against-illegal-immigration-no-one-wants-to-make/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell This is the same sentiment shared by 90 percent of the well-heeled, white, liberal Democrats in my suburban Southern California community, as well as the few remaining well-heeled Republicans. Illegals are here, and we can afford to employ them because they are a source of cheap, domestic labor. Our nannies, gardeners and housekeepers could all be here illegally. We don’t ask and don’t care. Because they are trapped. Same goes for the dishwashers, busboys, car wash employees and day laborers we hire without batting an eye. We don’t ask and they don’t tell. We give them a job, without a green card, and pay them less—often significantly less—than what we would have to pay someone here legally. We also trap them into an employment cycle from which there is no upward mobility and no escape. It didn’t start out this way. This underclass showed up at our southern border, slipped through a dilapidated piece of chain mail, and sighed a happy sigh. They were in the land of milk and honey! Sorry folks, not so fast.)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pennsylvania admits to 11,000 noncitizens registered to vote – Rowan Scarborough and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/30/pennsylvania-11000-non-citizens-registered-vote/
— Dems’ border security proposal would release illegal immigrants into U.S. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/30/dems-border-security-proposal-releases-illegals/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 29 Republicans vote with Democrats to boost federal salaries 2.6 percent – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/29-republicans-vote-with-democrats-to-boost-federal-salaries-2-6-percent
— Democrats pitch ‘cutting edge technology,’ but no border wall money – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/democrats-pitch-cutting-edge-technology-but-no-border-wall-money
— Democrats push for expanded asylum capacity in border talks – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democrats-push-for-expanded-asylum-capacity-in-border-talks
— Maxine Waters: Trump is ’emboldening’ people such as those behind ‘Empire’ star attack – Naomi Lim (DIERSEN: Trump-haters are full of hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters a) promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters and b) blame Trump for hate crimes.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/maxine-waters-trump-is-emboldening-people-such-as-those-behind-empire-star-attack

BREITBART
— Senior DOD Official: Three Migrant Caravans Headed to U.S., One with 12,000 – Kristina Wong
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/30/senior-dod-official-three-migrant-caravans-headed-to-u-s-one-with-12000/
— Illegal Alien Fired from Trump Golf Club to Attend SOTU Address – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/30/illegal-alien-fired-from-trump-golf-club-to-attend-sotu-address/
— House Gives Victims of Illegal Alien Crime Bipartisan Standing Ovation on Chamber Floor – Matthew Boyle
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/30/house-gives-victims-of-illegal-alien-crime-bipartisan-standing-ovation-on-chamber-floor/
— Previously Deported Felon Attempts Illegal Re-Entry as Family Unit – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/01/30/previously-deported-felon-attempts-illegal-re-entry-as-family-unit/
— Over 95% of GOP Voters Support Trump Using ‘Emergency Powers’ to Build Wall – Mark Meckler
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/01/30/mark-meckler-over-95-of-gop-voters-support-trump-using-emergency-powers-to-build-wall/
— Kevin McCarthy from House Floor Names 50 Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens – Michelle Moons
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/30/kevin-mccarthy-from-house-floor-names-50-americans-killed-by-illegal-aliens/
— Mo Brooks: Trump ‘Ought to Declare a National Emergency,’ Build the Wall, Save American Lives – Sean Moran
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/30/exclusive-mo-brooks-trump-ought-to-declare-a-national-emergency-build-the-wall-save-american-lives/

DAILY CALLER
— LINDSEY GRAHAM: ‘WE’RE GOING TO BUILD THE WALL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER’ – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/30/lindsey-graham-border-wall/
— ACTIVISTS JUMP CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S MANSION WALL IN SOMBREROS, PONCHOS — GET ARRESTED – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/30/activists-jump-ca-governors-mansion-wall/

NEWSMAX
— Civil Libertarians, Democrats Silent About Roger Stone Raid
https://www.newsmax.com/clarencevmckee/civil-liberties-roger-stone-raid/2019/01/30/id/900538/

CNS NEWS
— Pelosi: If Asylum-Seekers Illegally Cross Border into US, ‘That’s Okay Too’ – Patrick Goodenough
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/pelosi-if-asylum-seekers-illegally-cross-border-us-thats-okay-too

WORLD NET DAILY
— EU HYPOCRITES SLAM TRUMP WALL BUT BUILD THEIR OWN Hanne Nabintu Herland hits media for silence about barrier keeping out refugees
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/eu-hypocrites-slam-trump-wall-but-build-their-own/
— WILL SPIKE LEE WIN AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OSCAR? Jack Cashill takes Variety to task for prioritizing ‘diversity’ in film industry
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/will-spike-lee-win-an-affirmative-action-oscar/
— DEFEAT SOCIALISTS NOW — BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE Erik Rush says ultimate target of D.C. ‘Deep-Staters’ is every Trump supporter
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/defeat-socialists-now-before-its-too-late/
— HOW TRUMP UNMASKED THE LEFT Joseph Farah notes president got Democrats to admit ‘they hate America’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/how-trump-unmasked-the-left/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— On Assimilation – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/on-assimilation/

CHRISTIAN HEADLINES
— An Indictment against Hollywood and Washington: We Are Not Progressing – Shane Idleman
https://www.christianheadlines.com/columnists/shane-idleman/an-indictment-against-hollywood-and-washington-we-are-not-progressing.html

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Notre Dame willing to cover up Christopher Columbus mural but not graphic porn
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/notre-dame-willing-to-cover-christopher-columbus-mural-but-not-graphic-porn

POLITICO
— White House preps emergency wall plan while Congress negotiates Congress has until Feb. 15 to discuss a border security deal, but the White House is already finalizing its plan B — declaring a national emergency. – NANCY COOK
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/30/trump-border-national-emergency-immigration-1138308

ABC NEWS
— Democrat meets with undocumented immigrants who were fired from Trump’s golf club – MARIAM KHAN
https://abc11.com/democrat-meets-with-undocumented-immigrants-who-were-fired-from-trumps-golf-club/5113745/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Undocumented Immigrant Who Worked at a Trump Golf Club Will Attend State of the Union – Matt Stevens
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/us/politics/Victorina-Morales-trump-golf-club.html
— Does Facebook Really Know How Many Fake Accounts It Has? The social network has disclosed an estimate for years, but a closer look raises lots of questions. – Jack Nicas
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/technology/facebook-fake-accounts.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s loyal commentators are beginning to make their break – Ed Rogers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2019/01/30/trumps-loyal-commentators-are-beginning-to-make-their-break/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Medicare for All’ Will Terrify Voters It sounds good until people realize it means losing their existing plans. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/medicare-for-all-will-terrify-voters-11548890737
— Democrats Ask if Trump Administration Misspent Funds During Shutdown White House kept parts of government open by interpreting rules to use money Congress didn’t appropriate – Kate Davidson and Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-ask-if-trump-administration-misspent-funds-during-shutdown-11548936001

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Plan to give civilian federal employees pay raise gets more Congressional support – Eric White
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2019/01/plan-to-give-civilian-federal-employees-pay-raise-gets-more-congressional-support/

NEWSWEEK
— MITCH MCCONNELL RIDICULES HOUSE BILL THAT WOULD MAKE ELECTION DAY A FEDERAL HOLIDAY – CHRISTINA ZHAO
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-ridicules-house-bill-election-day-federal-holiday-1312034

NEW YORKER
— Wisconsin’s Foxconn Debacle Keeps Getting Worse – Eric Lach
https://www.newyorker.com/news/current/wisconsins-foxconn-debacle-keeps-getting-worse

DAILY MAIL
— Rep. Maxine Waters blames Trump for ‘MAGA hate attack’ on her Empire star friend Jussie Smollett in Chicago, claiming the President is ’emboldening’ racists – JESSICA GREEN (DIERSEN: Trump-haters are full of hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters a) promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters and b) blame Trump for hate crimes.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6652645/Rep-Maxine-Waters-blames-President-Trump-hate-attack-Empire-star-Jussie-Smollett.html

GLOBE AND MAIL
— Don’t go, baby boomers. The economy still needs you – Editorial (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” If I did not take their “offer,” I would not be eligible to retire until I was 55 in 2003. Why didn’t I reject their “offer?” They had made it very clear that if I did not take their “offer,” they would completely destroy me. They had given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, they had not promoted me beyond GS-13, they gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, they had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and they had forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They and I knew that because of the pro-patronage position that Republican elected officials in Illinois had in Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois, Republican elected officials in Illinois would not come to my defense.)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-globe-editorial-dont-go-baby-boomers-the-economy-still-needs-you/

January 30 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Operation Illinois Politics’: The FBI is on the prowl – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-burke-corruption-fbi-illinois-chicago-solis-election-20190129-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Marie Newman exploring rematch against Rep. Dan Lipinski – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/marie-newman-exploring-rematch-against-rep-dan-lipinski/

DAILY HERALD
— ABC 7 newsroom has family ties to three politicians – Robert Feder
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190129/feder-abc-7-newsroom-has-family-ties-to-three-politicians
— ‘Empire’ cast member alleges homophobic attack in Chicago – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190129/news/301299921/
— Fair graduated income tax would be good for Illinois – Ralph Martire
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190130/fair-graduated-income-tax-would-be-good-for-illinois
— State lawmakers, governor should ban teen tobacco sales – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190129/editorial-state-lawmakers-governor-should-ban-teen-tobacco-sales

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-legalized-pot-push-moving-forward-prohibition-plain-just-does-not-work/3e48df46-7423-4e7c-a988-1a4a0127ff33

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— State bill would revoke FOID cards for social-media posts – Phil Luciano
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190129/luciano-state-bill-would-revoke-foid-cards-for-social-media-posts

HERALD & REVIEW
— GOP lawmakers seek to stop ‘revolving door,’ pension payouts – GRANT MORGAN
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gop-lawmakers-seek-to-stop-revolving-door-pension-payouts/article_9ef2b19d-1671-568f-bc4a-4ac85ae122f0.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— HUD’s Carson awards $2 billion to help homeless – MICHELLE MACALUSO (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrats who send their homeless to DuPage County, to Milton Township, to Glen Ellyn, and to Wheaton and tell them to paint themselves as being home-grown products of failed religious, conservative, and/or Republican principles?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/huds-carson-awards-2-billion-to-help-homeless

WILL
— Lawsuit: Racial Harassment Is ‘Standard Operating Procedure’ At U Of I – LEE V. GAINES AND CHRISTINE HERMAN
https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/lawsuit-racial-harassment-is-standard-operating-procedure-at-u-of-i

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Lawmakers yesterday took part in sexual harassment training that was described as intense. It prompted chatter all day long about what’s appropriate in the comfy confines of the Capitol. It’s not OK, for example, to greet colleagues with a hug or kiss without their permission. The no-touching rule touched off a debate among lawmakers who see their colleagues as friends. For some, a hug and peck on the cheek are how you say hello. A woman legislator, though, said it really shouldn’t be so difficult to say “Do you mind if I hug you?” The discussion was moderated by an investigator for the Illinois Department of Human Rights, according to one attendee. Fresham Democratic Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, who has been a lightning rod on the issue, attended the training and took part in discussions. “It was worth it to be the voice in the room that said the things that needed to be said,” she told POLITICO. Stava-Murray previously said she was “forcibly kissed” by a lawmaker at a gathering for freshman legislators. Tuesday’s sexual harassment training was instituted after the #MeToo movement hit the statehouse. Among some incidents: Tim Mapes, former chief of staff to Mike Madigan, was fired after a state employee accused him of sexual harassment. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/30/presume-everyone-wears-a-wire-no-touching-rule-chuy-garcia-shocked-by-solis-revelations-383837

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity in the military.
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2019/01/who-can-and-cannot-fight-for-this-country-according-to-trump/

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Interview with Laurie Higgins on Transgender Agenda – Peter LaBarbera
https://americansfortruth.com/2019/01/29/episode-12-americans-for-truth-live-01-29-2019/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHY TRUMP WON
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/why-trump-won.html
— HUMANS HAVE MINIMAL IMPACT ON ATMOSPHERE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/global-warming-myth-debunked-humans-have-minimal-impact-on-atmospheres-carbon-dioxide-and-climate.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/30/prohibition-plain-just-does-not-work/

FOX NEWS
— Journalists now hate Twitter — because it exposes their excesses? – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/journalists-now-hate-twitter-because-it-exposes-their-excesses

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Ignore Base as They Move Further Left – Michael Dorstewitz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat, is to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/democratic-party-primaries-bernie-sanders/2019/01/29/id/900358/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— OBSTRUCTIONIST DEMOCRATS VOW LAWSUIT IF TRUMP DECLARES WALL EMERGENCY The Left runs out of excuses for not securing the southern border. – Matthew Vadum
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272712/obstructionist-democrats-vow-lawsuit-if-trump-matthew-vadum

TOWNHALL
— The Manure-Spreaders of Media Sensationalism – Michelle Malkin
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2019/01/30/the-manurespreaders-of-media-sensationalism-n2540472
— Demonizing White Men – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who are White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and those who claim to be Protestant, conservative, patriotic, and/or Republican who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, and/or Republican TO CURRY FAVOR WITH those who are anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, and/or anti-Republican?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2019/01/30/demonizing-white-men-n2540336

BREITBART
— Billionaire Kochs Unite Plutocrats for Amnesty, Vow Not to Back Trump in 2020 – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/29/billionaire-kochs-unite-plutocrats-for-amnesty-vow-not-to-back-trump-in-2020/

DAILY CALLER
— WALLS ACROSS AMERICA: CELEBRITY EDITION – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/29/walls-across-america-celebrity-edition/
— TUCKER CARLSON CALLS OUT CELEBRITY HYPOCRISY ON BORDER WALL – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/29/tucker-carlson-celebrity-hypocrisy-border-wall/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Stymied for Now, Trump Can Still Outflank the Democrats – Karl Spence
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/29/stymied-for-now-trump-can-still-outflank-the-democrats/
— Trump Offered Compromise, Pelosi Offered Nothing – Harlan Hill
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/29/trump-offered-compromise-pelosi-offered-nothing/

AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Illinois proposes ‘assault weapons’ ban, social media history review – LAURA WIDENER
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/01/il-proposes-assault-weapons-ban-social-media-history-review/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— When Only Leftist Blather-Heads Control Media Outlets, All You’ll Ever Hear Is Leftist Blather – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/when-only-leftist-blather-heads-control-media-outlets-all-youll-ever-hear-is-leftist-blather/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Assault on America, Day 28: SOTU postponed but Trump will enjoy last word in standoff – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29582-assault-america-day-28-sotu-postponed-trump-will-enjoy-last-word-standoff

CHRISTIAN HEADLINES
— 13 States that Have Ruled Unborn Babies Are Children – Kayla Koslosky
https://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/13-states-that-have-ruled-unborn-babies-are-children.html

FEDERALIST
— Federal Employees Should Plan For Shutdowns, Not Get Caught Penniless After One Delayed Paycheck In some cases, living paycheck-to-paycheck is unavoidable. In other cases, people need to wake up and take a long look at their foolish finance habits. – Christopher Jacobs (DIERSEN: From the beginning of time, government employees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being grossly overpaid, lazy, stupid, and even worse things.)
http://thefederalist.com/2019/01/30/federal-employees-plan-shutdowns-not-get-caught-penniless-one-delayed-paycheck/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— TRAGIC: Gone, baby, gone – Timothy P. Carney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/gone-baby-gone
(FROM THE ARTICLE: American women have averaged fewer and fewer babies every year this decade, and the latest numbers show the biggest drop yet. The total fertility rate in 2017 fell to 1.7655 babies per woman of childbearing age. The replacement level is 2.1. The number of babies born has been falling every year since 2007. Without immigration, America would be dying off. What’s the cause? Health writers at NBC News explained the drop and regional variations by pointing to “women with more education,” “the growth of sex education in the schools,” and “the passage of the Affordable Care Act,” which by expanding Medicaid “would have impacted access to family planning services.” In other words, NBC News sees the birth dearth as a story of progress and policy. In truth, however, it is a story of culture and decline. Women are having fewer babies largely because America is abandoning the institution of marriage, from which babies typically arise. Only half of all adults are married, down from 72 percent in 1960. Some of that is because college-educated people tend to delay marriage until they are older. But most of the slump is because working-class people either do not stay married or else don’t marry at all. Only half of working-class, 40-year-old women are married, compared to 85 percent in 1960. This isn’t making parenthood disappear. There are an increasing number of babies born to unmarried, working-class women. So much for the efficacy of “sex education in the schools.” Unmarried women without a college degree are disproportionately likely to have only one child. So the problem — it certainly is a problem, even though NBC News won’t tell you so — is that the culture which nurtures children is falling apart. Community strength is collapsing among the working class, as Charles Murray documented in his book, Coming Apart. If communities are not strong, getting married and having a family are less desirable and less achievable. It takes a village, after all, to raise a child. Utah, which is famously communal in its culture, is one of only two states where the birth rate is above replacement rate. Throw in falling wages for working-class men, interminable education among elites, and you get a country with less marriage, less sex, fewer families, and fewer babies. Hardly progress.)
— White suburbia the source of Trump’s Texas troubles – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/white-suburbia-the-source-of-trumps-texas-troubles
— Eric Trump: I want my father to declare an emergency at the border – Katelyn Caralle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/eric-trump-i-want-my-father-to-declare-an-emergency-at-the-border
— Nearly 900,000 immigration cases outstanding as 82,000 hearings canceled during shutdown – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nearly-900-000-immigration-cases-outstanding-as-82-000-hearings-canceled-during-shutdown

THE HILL
— Trump’s company to expand checks on employees’ legal status – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, E-Verify should be mandatory.)
https://thehill.com/regulation/business/427586-trumps-company-to-expand-checks-on-employees-legal-status
— No GOP appetite for a second shutdown – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/427574-no-gop-appetite-for-a-second-shutdown

HUFFINGTON POST
— Eric Trump Torches Democrats As ‘Almost Anti-American’ Radicals “They’ve become crazy,” he claimed during a Fox News appearance. – Amy Russo
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/eric-trump-hannity-democrats_us_5c51346ae4b00906b26e83f9

POLITICO
— Liz Cheney rises amid GOP rubble The hawkish House Republican with a famous last name is seen as a possible senator or even speaker of the House. – SARAH FERRIS
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/29/liz-cheney-republicans-1128132
— Is Trump really winning over Hispanics? – GABBY ORR (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout at Hispanics that Trump and his supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who Hispanics should help Democrats, help Libertarians, help Greens, and help RINOs get rid of once and for all.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/29/trump-hispanic-support-poll-2020-1136373

MERCURY NEWS
— Google urged U.S. to limit protection for activist workers Company pushed to reinstate ban on organizing via workplace emails – Josh Eidelson, Hassan Kanu and Mark Bergen
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/24/google-urged-u-s-to-limit-protection-for-activist-workers/

YAHOO NEWS
— Sean Hannity doubles down that Trump is in control of border wall negotiations
https://news.yahoo.com/sean-hannity-doubles-down-trump-222055649.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Organization to Use E-Verify to Prevent Hiring Undocumented Immigrants – Miriam Jordan (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, E-Verify should be mandatory.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/trump-organization-everify.html
— Trump Administration’s Asylum-Seeker Policy Takes Effect – Paulina Villegas and Kirk Semple (DIERSEN: Democrats want all the citizens of all the countries of all the world who promise to vote for Democrats to seek asylum in America. Those most likely to make that promise a) have severe financial problems, b) have severe health problems, c) have little or no education, d) have few if any job skills, e) have dependents, f) are minorities, g) are females, and/or h) are younger.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/world/americas/asylum-seekers.html
— The Many Ways to Leave the White House – Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/politics/white-house-firings-resign.html
— Howard Schultz knocks Ocasio-Cortez, Warren and Harris for ‘extreme,’ ‘punitive’ and ‘not American’ policies – John Wagner (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are an extremist? Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois hint/imply/argue/shout that I am an extremist because I oppose the promotion of welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/howard-schultz-calls-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-a-bit-misinformed-when-it-comes-to-taxing-the-wealthy/2019/01/29/b00db19e-23c5-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/border-wall-crossings.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Activists making ‘water drops’ for migrants near border say government intimidation is rising – Teresa Tomassoni (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the following should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law: a) anyone who encourages people to come to America illegally, b) anyone who encourages people to stay in America illegally, and c) anyone who encourages people to help people come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/activists-making-water-drops-for-migrants-near-southern-border-say-government-intimidation-is-rising/2019/01/29/1f832464-1f52-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html
— Trump’s company plans to expand check of employees’ legal status following report that it hired undocumented workers for years – Jonathan O’Connell, Elise Viebeck and Tracy Jan (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, E-Verify should be mandatory.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trumps-company-plans-to-check-the-legal-status-of-employees-following-report-that-it-hired-undocumented-workers-for-years/2019/01/29/88974678-23fe-11e9-81fd-b7b05d5bed90_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump’s company plans to institute E-Verify, a federal program that allows employers to check whether new hires are legally eligible to work in the United States, in every one of its golf clubs, hotels and resorts, following a Washington Post report that its club in Westchester County, N.Y., employed undocumented immigrants for years. “We are instituting E-Verify on all of our properties as soon as possible,” Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons and executive vice president of the Trump Organization, said Tuesday, acknowledging that the company currently uses the program only at some locations. “We’re starting with the golf properties, and we are going to be doing all of them.”)
— Loads of houses are up for sale — but middle-class buyers are still shut out – Taylor Telford (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. I had worked for IRS for 15 months, the last 9 months of which in IRS’s Harvey office. My GS-9 salary was $55,905/year in today’s dollars. I was working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. I was taking graduate business classes at Loyola. I owned a 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevy BelAir. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/24/loads-houses-are-up-sale-middle-class-buyers-are-still-shut-out/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are “are uneasy about using military money and active-duty troops at border.”
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-troops-border-20190129-story.html

USA TODAY
— ‘As soon as possible’: Trump Organization to increase checks after reports about undocumented employees – Christal Hayes (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, E-Verify should be mandatory.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/29/trump-organization-increase-checks-undocumented-employees/2716885002/
— FRONT PAGE: Pentagon to send thousands more troops to border in an operation that’s cost $235 million and counting – Tom Vanden Brook
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/29/increase-troops-pentagon-border-security-military-national-guard-house-armed-services-committee/2702965002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How a Billionaire Spends His Money Is His Own Business Progressives are more interested in scapegoating the wealthy than they are in relieving poverty. – Jason L. Riley (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you as being wealthy? I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 1966 to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being wealthy.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-billionaire-spends-his-money-is-his-own-business-11548807054

BLOOMBERG
— Oracle’s College-Recruiting Bias Case Highlights Risks (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? My demographics have always been terrible: White, male, old (born in 1948), 100% German nation origin, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, draft avoider, Republican, non-poor, gun owner, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, etc.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/oracles-college-recruiting-bias-case-highlights-risks
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Corporate recruiting and college campuses are such a natural combination, what could possibly go wrong? A number of workers—and the federal government—say some employers use it as a way to exclude minorities and older people. Oracle Corp. is being sued by the Labor Department’s contractor watchdog, which alleges that the tech giant discriminated against minorities when hiring recent college and university graduates. Hewlett Packard and PricewaterhouseCoopers face similar claims, related to possible age bias over their recruiting practices, brought by private parties. Recruiting on college campuses is perfectly legal, if done correctly, according to management and plaintiffs’ attorneys. But as these cases show, the displacement of certain groups is a legal problem, even if it’s only an unintended consequence of the recruiting. Meanwhile the Seventh Circuit has thrown a wrench into the issue—at least in the Midwest—by holding that only employees, not job applicants, are protected against the unintentional effects of neutral recruitment practices. Seemingly Neutral, but Problematic The complaint against Oracle alleges that the company “strongly preferred hiring Asian recent college graduates,” resulting in a refusal to hire “more than 100 qualified, non-Asian, applicants.”)

TIME
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://time.com/5514826/scotus-trans-troops-history/

KANSAS CITY STAR
— Kansas lawmaker sues The Star, contributing columnist Steve Rose for defamation – JONATHAN SHORMAN
https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article225208765.html

WINONA DAILY NEWS
— Redistribute the pain – Leonard Pitts Jr. (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.
https://www.winonadailynews.com/opinion/columnists/leonard-pitts-jr-redistribute-the-pain/article_7aa2de4e-ac0c-585f-91a2-f5f496596cf7.html

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Shutdown Stretched Services of Federal Employee Charity – Charles S. Clark (DIERSEN: From the beginning of time, government employees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being grossly overpaid, lazy, stupid, and even worse things.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/01/shutdown-stretched-services-federal-employee-charity/154494/

CROWNE REALTY
— FOR SALE: 609 Frazier Court, Wheaton – $499,000
http://www.crownerealty.com/real-estate/609-frazier-court-wheaton-il-60189/09881430/52605328
— FOR SALE: 204 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $499,900
http://www.crownerealty.com/real-estate/204-west-elm-street-wheaton-il-60187/10139144/62650899

January 29 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Lawmaker’s outrageous slur is no way to foster discussion of race – Editorial (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? Soon, Trump-haters will call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. What are you doing to prepare for that? Suggestions include always wearing a body camera when you leave your home and keeping it turned on. From what I see, Trump-haters are most likely to attack their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captain. If your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain was attacked by Trump-haters, how strongly would the following come to your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain’s defense: a) the officers of your Republican township, ward, and county party organizations, b) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, c) the IRP officers, d) the IRP National Committeeman, and e) the IRP National Committeewoman? I should write a book about the aforesaid in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who despise if not hate Trump and would NOT come to my defense if I was attacked by Trump-haters.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190128/editorial-lawmakers-outrageous-slur-is-no-way-to-foster-discussion-of-race
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: The unfortunate thing about state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray’s description of her hometown as “white supremacist” is less how wrong and irresponsible the characterization is than how destructive it is to a conversation that needs to continue. In an interview last week with the Daily Herald’s Marie Wilson, the Naperville Democrat doubled down on a Facebook post that attracted broad criticism, insisting that long-dead policies and practices in “the whole Chicago region” justify claiming that today we see “white supremacy in an unclad kind of way, without its hood on” in contemporary policies and attitudes. Her comments, let us state flatly, are patently offensive and outrageously exaggerated. Whatever racial inequities and prejudices exist in Naperville or any other Chicago suburb, they cannot remotely be compared to the openly hostile and vile actions and behaviors of a misguided subset of white Americans who espouse ignorant claims of racial superiority and urge separation from and subjugation of other races. That she does not recognize the insult in her remark and believes “starting a conversation” justifies it is a bitter reflection on the quality of her own judgment and a worrisome suggestion about her own ability to operate effectively as a leader in her community.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Democrat hints/implies/argues/shouts that those who support the Second Amendment are racists.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-guns-racism-20190128-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-transgender-prisoner-illinois-strawberry-hampton-20190124-story.html
— It’s National Plan for Vacation Day, and we’ve got some ideas about where to go – Lori Rackl (DIERSEN: Between 1978 and 1992, my wife and I went on many vacations. She worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/u-s-league-of-savings-institutions.asp) which had quarterly meetings at luxury destinations across America which she attended as its Corporate Secretary. I routinely accompanied her on those trips. Often, after the meetings were over, we visited nearby national parks. Needless-to-say, my envy-filled IRS and GAO Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious. Overwhelmingly, their spouses had little or no income. Further, I went on vacations with a coworker to Hawaii, Mexico, Bahamas, and Jamaica while I worked for IRS 1973-1976.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-trav-plan-for-vacation-day-ideas-0129-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: FBI secretly recorded Mike Madigan at his law office pitching firm’s services – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/michael-madigan-fbi-recording-law-firm-danny-solis-chinatown-hotel/
— Viagra, sex acts, use of a luxury farm: Feds detail investigation of Ald. Solis – Jon Seidel, Fran Spielman, Mark Brown and Tim Nova
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/danny-solis-fbi-investigation-alderman-city-council-wiretap/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: State legislators lay out plans for recreational marijuana proposal – Dean Olsen (DIERSEN: According to this article, “municipalities, employers and landlords would be able to prohibit possession and use.” If/when beyond disgustingly, beyond tragically, recreational marijuana becomes legal in Illinois, I urge you to join me in discouraging its use, including getting municipalities ASAP to prohibit selling and growing it.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190128/state-legislators-lay-out-plans-for-recreational-marijuana-proposal
— Pritzker: State employee step increases start April 1 – AP (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents were furious when I got step increases, COLAs, and promotions while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. They wanted those increases, COLAs, and promotions to be given to them, to Democrats, to minorities, to females, to those who were younger than me, and to veterans.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190128/pritzker-state-employee-step-increases-start-april-1

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Winnebago County’s not broken — the people running it are – Chuck Sweeny
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190128/chuck-sweeny-winnebago-countys-not-broken—people-running-it-are

HERALD & REVIEW AND CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER
— Progressive push ahead for new governor, legislature – Rebecca Anzel, Peter Hancock and Jerry Nowicki
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/progressive-push-ahead-for-new-governor-legislature/article_71dd4656-245b-580d-aa16-f20d7d9aaf56.html
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/progressive-push-ahead-for-pritzker-state-legislature/article_da5e1470-1af3-5b5a-8182-930a7e37e554.html

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Consolidation scheme will be disastrous – James H Kerr Sr., trustee, Rock Island Township; vice president, Rock Island County Township Association
https://qconline.com/opinion/letters/letter-consolidation-scheme-will-be-disastrous/article_9757bfe4-571d-5cae-89d6-9c00a284fd1f.html

WCIA

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/advocates-explain-details-in-plan-to-legalize-marijuana/1734448997

FOX ILLINOIS
— NIU looking to boost enrollment to 18,000 by fall 2023 – Andrea Bailey
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/niu-looking-to-boost-enrollment-to-18000-by-fall-2023

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pot Opposition: House GOP leader Jim Durkin has voiced concerns and so have some (but not all) fellow Republicans. The sticking points: societal impacts, addiction and short-term and long-term health effects. No word yet on which GOP lawmaker will lead the charge to oppose the measure. – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: If you do not oppose pot, you hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a Democrat or Democrat plant, a Libertarian or Libertarian plant, a Green or Green plant, or a RINO. Needless-to-day, the aforesaid should not be allowed to seek or hold any kind of government or political office in Illinois as a Republican.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/29/marijuana-bill-isnt-baked-sex-drugs-oprah-pop-up-in-solis-probe-cohen-hires-chicago-attorneys-383331

ILLINOIS HOUSE GOP
— Rep. David McSweeney Introduces Measure to Prohibit New Legislators from Participating in the Legislative Pension System
http://www.ilhousegop.org/member_news

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township attempts censoring Watchdogs – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/01/algonquin-township-attempts-censoring-watchdogs/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Wirepoints: Rauner’s exit no cause for celebration now that Pritzker is in – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511743969-wirepoints-rauner-s-exit-no-cause-for-celebration-now-that-pritzker-is-in

WASHINGTON TIMES
— What about Trump’s illegals? – JOHN BLOOM
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/28/letters-to-the-editor-what-about-trumps-illegals/
— Cave vs. wall – Cal Thomas
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/28/something-is-required-to-stem-the-tide-of-illegal-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Unauthorized immigrants and their employers should pay for border security – Mark Jason
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/unauthorized-immigrants-and-their-employers-should-pay-for-border-security
— Democrats counter Trump: How about a ‘pedestrian fence’? – Susan Ferrechio |
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/democrats-counter-trump-how-about-a-pedestrian-fence
— Bernie Sanders: Trump ‘a fraud, a pathological liar and a racist’ – Naomi Lim
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bernie-sanders-trump-a-fraud-a-pathological-liar-and-a-racist

AMERICAN THINKER
— Of Course a Wall Would Work – Andrew Syrios
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/of_course_a_wall_would_work.html
— Can the Republic Survive the Mainstream Media? – David Harris
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/can_the_republic_survive_the_mainstream_media_.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The End of the Trump Era – Angelo Codevilla
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/28/the-end-of-the-trump-era/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Pelosi, Schumer and Cuomo = Axis Of Evil – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/pelosi-schumer-and-cuomo-axis-of-evil/

WORLD NET DAILY
— EX-JUDGE: FEDS ‘MANIPULATE’ STATS ABOUT ILLEGALS Shows immigration office deliberately misleading Congress
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/ex-judge-feds-manipulate-stats-about-illegals/
— DEMOCRATS FOR BORDER SECURITY? RIGHT Stephen Moore: Party have been exposed as hopelessly soft on illegal immigration
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/democrats-for-border-security-right/
— IT’S WAR! ANN COULTER GOES NUCLEAR ON GINGRICH, TRUMP ‘Kissing the emperor’s a** violates no federal law’ – JOE KOVACS
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/its-war-ann-coulter-goes-nuclear-on-gingrich-trump/
— ‘STANDING WHILE CONSERVATIVE’ NOW A CRIME Rachel Alexander: Right-wing Americans are finally getting mad and fighting back – RACHEL ALEXANDER
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/standing-while-conservative-now-a-crime/

DAILY CALLER
— HANNITY SENDS MESSAGE TO ‘MY CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS THAT ARE MAD AT’ TRUMP OVER SHUTDOWN – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/28/hannity-trump-wall-conservatives/

TOWNHALL
— Dem Rep. Jeffries Doesn’t Regret Calling Trump by a KKK Title ‘Grand Wizard’ – Lauretta Brown (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? Soon, Trump-haters will call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. What are you doing to prepare for that? Suggestions include always wearing a body camera when you leave your home and keeping it turned on. From what I see, Trump-haters are most likely to attack their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captain. If your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain was attacked by Trump-haters, how strongly would the following come to your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain’s defense: a) the officers of your Republican township, ward, and county party organizations, b) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, c) the IRP officers, d) the IRP National Committeeman, and e) the IRP National Committeewoman? I should write a book about the aforesaid in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who despise if not hate Trump and would NOT come to my defense if I was attacked by Trump-haters.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2019/01/28/dem-rep-jeffries-doesnt-regret-calling-trump-by-a-kkk-title-grand-wizard-n2540350

BREITBART
— Ocasio-Cortez: 2020 Dems Should Embrace Identity Politics: ‘Women’s Rage’ ‘Very Potent’ – Tony Lee (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, how successful have Trump-haters been in promoting hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/29/ocasio-cortez-2020-dems-should-embrace-identity-politics-womens-rage-very-potent/
— Starbucks’ Howard Schultz: America Exists for Immigrants, Not Americans – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: The longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats want to get rid of you.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/01/28/starbucks-howard-schultz-america-exists-for-immigrants-not-americans/
— Blacklisters at Microsoft’s NewsGuard Label Proven Hoaxes ‘Credible’ – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/28/nolte-blacklisters-microsofts-newsguard-label-proven-hoaxes-credible/
— Latino Activists Rip Brokaw for ‘Xenophobic,’ ‘Disrespectful’ Remarks About Assimilation – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/28/latino-activists-rip-brokaw-for-xenophobic-disrespectful-remarks-about-assimilation/
— Michael Steele: Every Day Pelosi ‘Turns the Screw Just a Little Bit Tighter’ on Trump – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/01/28/michael-steele-every-day-pelosi-turns-the-screw-just-a-little-bit-tighter-on-trump/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Microsoft’s pre-installed ‘NewsGuard’ app labels proven ‘fake news’ as credible – Steve Jalsevac
https://www.lifesitenews.com/pulse/proven-hoaxes-are-labelled-credible-by-newsguard-app-now-pre-installed-in-m
— Leftist ‘fake news’ police are now coming after LifeSite because we oppose their agenda (DIERSEN: Who comes after you and Why? Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs come after me because I promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and in the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about those who come after me.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/why-lifesite-did-not-respond-to-newsguard-questions

HOT AIR
— A City That Opened Its Doors To Asylum Seekers Has Come To Regret It – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/28/city-opened-doors-asylum-seekers-come-regret/

EPOCH TIMES
— California Parents Protest Against Public Schools’ Sexual Education Curriculum – NATHAN SU
https://www.theepochtimes.com/california-parents-protest-against-public-schools-sexual-education-curriculum_2780500.html

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— Abortion Politics and the Progressive Left destruction of America – Jacquie Kubin
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/abortion-politics-and-the-progressive-left-destruction-of-america-112559/

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A reporter for the Huffington Post calls Representative Steve King a racist.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/racist-steve-king-martin-luther-king-jr_us_5c500b44e4b00906b26cc93e

POLITICO
— Republicans may block Trump from another shutdown The Senate GOP has no appetite for another political debacle and is pushing Trump away from closing the government again. – BURGESS EVERETT, JOHN BRESNAHAN and SARAH FERRIS
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/28/government-shutdown-republicans-trump-1133101

CNN
— Lawmakers skeptical that a broad immigration deal can be reached – Lauren Fox, Ted Barrett and Manu Raju
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/politics/immigration-negotiations-congress-deal-lawmakers/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pritzker places state employees on correct step pay plan (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents were furious when I got step increases, COLAs, and promotions while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. They wanted those increases, COLAs, and promotions to be given to them, to Democrats, to minorities, to females, to those who were younger than me, and to veterans.)
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article225218780.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Better Way to Tax the Rich Raise the capital gains tax and treat investment earnings like ordinary income. – Steven Rattner
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/opinion/aoc-wealth-tax.html

WASHINGTON POST
— 7 questions about Trump’s use of undocumented workers at his golf courses – David A. Fahrenthold and Joshua Partlow (DIERSEN: Trump-haters say illegals take the bad jobs that Americans will not take. During the summer of 1966, I cleaned golf shoes for the Flossmoor Country Club.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/7-questions-about-trumps-use-of-undocumented-workers-at-his-golf-courses/2019/01/28/47de03ba-22ff-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html
— Congress could make a ‘grand bargain’ at the border possible – Hugh Hewitt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/28/congress-could-make-grand-bargain-border-possible/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Almost everyone is getting what they wanted from Trump. But not Trump. There’s no wall. There’s still a swamp. Some dealmaker. Some deal.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/29/almost-everyone-is-getting-what-they-wanted-trump-not-trump/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats do NOT want immigrants to assimilate. Democrats want immigrants to serve as operatives or as dupes for Democrats. Democrats want immigrants to help Democrats get rid of Republicans once and for all. Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at Hispanic immigrants that if they help Democrats, Democrats will turn America into their Hispanic motherland. Democrats stress the success that they are having in making everyone in America speak Spanish, read Spanish, and write Spanish.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/28/tom-brokaw-credits-immigrants-resourcefulness-family-values/

USA TODAY
— Many women are afraid to tell the boss they’re pregnant. And they may have reason to worry – Charisse Jones
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/28/working-mothers-often-not-given-chance-lead-new-report-finds/2604334002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Opens New Fronts to Combat Political Interference Social-media giant is taking steps to guard against the spread of fake news and misinformation on its platform in coming elections world-wide – Sam Schechner and Kimberly Chin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, ads promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-vows-to-fight-election-interference-the-spread-of-fake-news-11548680757
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Shutdown Compounds Woes for Immigration System Courts and border agents—already strapped—look to dig out after funding is restored.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/shutdown-compounds-woes-for-immigration-system-11548702443
— Socialists of the World, Unite Sanders and AOC show their support for Venezuela’s dictator. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/socialists-of-the-world-unite-11548722544
— Reporter Trolls Christian Schools A writer gets more than he bargains for when he seeks an exposé on Twitter. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/reporter-trolls-christian-schools-11548723148

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “U.S. Perceived to Be More Corrupt Under Trump.”
http://fortune.com/2019/01/29/us-corruption-transparency-international-2018/

ALBANY TIMES UNION
— Meet the three women who married Donald Trump – Joe Avella (DIERSEN: Many of my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were not married, had marital problems, were divorced, and/or had spouses who had no income, savings, or job skills. They were furious when I got married in 1978. They had painted me as being some who no woman would marry. They were even more furious that my wife had income, savings, and a good job.)
https://www.timesunion.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Meet-the-three-women-who-married-Donald-Trump-12264931.php
— MAGA caps’ message is dismally clear – CYNTHIA TUCKER (DIERSEN: How soon will Democrats succeed in making it a federal crime to wear a MAGA cap?)
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Cynthia-Tucker-MAGA-caps-message-is-dismally-13568781.php

WATERBURY REPUBLICAN AMERICAN
— Age discrimination eyed Proposed bill would protect applicants from unfair vetting – AP (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. Those who hate past, present, and future federal employees and retirees use the federal government’s up-or-out policy to viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn past, present, and future federal employees and retirees who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 as being lazy, stupid, bad, and even worse things. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hate past, present, and future federal employees and retirees the most.)
https://www.rep-am.com/local/news-local/2019/01/28/age-discrimination-eyed/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic lawmakers are proposing to prohibit employers from inquiring about the dates of a job applicant’s birth and graduation. A group of 25 House Democrats is sponsoring the legislation with the stated aim of reducing age discrimination in job hiring. “This bill will make a real difference for seniors who are being unfairly vetted based on their age,” said Rep. Derek Slap, D-West Hartford, a lead sponsor. The Labor and Public Employees Committee is scheduled to vote this afternoon to set a hearing date for House Bill 6113 and five other bills. A state law enacted last year bars Connecticut employers from asking job applicants about how much previous jobs paid them without a job offer being made that includes wages. It took effect this month.)

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats do NOT want immigrants to assimilate. Democrats want immigrants to serve as operatives or as dupes for Democrats. Democrats want immigrants to help Democrats get rid of Republicans once and for all. Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at Hispanic immigrants that if they help Democrats, Democrats will turn America into their Hispanic motherland. Democrats stress the success that they are having in making everyone in America speak Spanish, read Spanish, and write Spanish.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/tom-brokaw-trumpets-his-ignorance-of-hispanic-assimilation.html

January 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— It is what you know, not who you know — these voters put expertise before clout – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aarp-voters-mayoral-race-poll-crime-taxes-corruption/amp/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Americans have become a big bunch of complainers – Patrick T. Reardon (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes complain about? Mine complain about everything that I have done and everything that I have not done as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, a Republican Precinct Committeeman, a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-complaining-americans-knee-jerk-reactions-0128-20190122-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois House Democrats ‘well-positioned’ in new Congress – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: QUESTION: When are people “well-positioned?” ANSWER: When the majority of those around them share their beliefs and defend/advance those beliefs. I have never been “well-positioned” in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), or the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) because the majority of their leaders and members are “moderates,” that is, they are RINOs, that is, they fail/refuse to defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or other planks in the IRP platform and in the Republican Party platform. Platform Republicans like me, that is, conservatives like me, are a minority in the MTRCC, DCRCC, and IRP. That motivates Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs a) to move into DuPage County, Milton Township, Glen Ellyn, and Wheaton and b) to get rid of platform Republicans and conservatives like me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-house-democrats-congress/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Anti-abortion supporters promote adoption as viable alternative – Steven Spearie
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190127/anti-abortion-supporters-promote-adoption-as-viable-alternative

FOX ILLINOIS
— Dozens gather in Springfield to ‘shout their adoption’ – Cymphanie Sherman
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/dozens-gather-to-shout-their-adoption

NPR ILLINOIS
— Pritzker Checking Boxes For Progressives – SEAN CRAWFORD, BRIAN MACKEY, DAISY CONTRERAS & CHARLES N. WHEELER III (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Pritzker and those who voted for him make it clear that they want to drive out of Illinois all individuals, all organizations, and all companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that you are, the bleaker that that your future looks in Illinois.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/state-week-pritzker-checking-boxes-progressives#stream/0

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The GOP romance is already on the skids. Republicans who thought Pritzker was a centrist say he’s just catering to his left-leaning base. “We’re two weeks in and there’s zero indication” of him hugging the middle, said one GOP lawmaker. “So what” that he had dinner with Republican leaders Jim Durkin and Bill Brady? Pritzker then went and signed an executive order to ensure HB40 was being properly enforced. The measure allows taxpayer funding of some abortions. Republicans saw it as “a slap in the face.” – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/28/pritzker-madigan-honeymoon-kelly-on-anti-violence-campaign-lincolns-deathbed-photo-382712

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSSI: THE ILLINOIS GOP NEEDS A STRATEGIC “REBOOT”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/rossi-the-illinois-gop-needs-a-strategic-reboot.html
— ONLY 7 PERCENT OF MILLENNIALS SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S POSITION ON ABORTION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/only-7-percent-of-millennials-support-democratic-partys-position-on-abortion.html
— RESTAURANT FINED $7,000 FOR TELLING BIOLOGICAL MALE NOT TO USE WOMEN’S RESTROOM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/restaurant-fined-7000-for-telling-biological-male-not-to-use-womens-restroom.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Democrats for border security?’- Stephen Moore (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs do not want any kind of border security. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/27/democrats-for-border-security/
— ‘Wake up and smell the napalm’ Today’s Democratic Party is not JFK’s Democratic Party. – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/27/how-tolerance-goes-out-the-window-when-the-left-ta/
— ‘We don’t want open borders’: Hispanic pastors back Trump on immigration – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/27/inside-the-beltway-hispanic-pastors-back-trump-on-/

DAILY CALLER
— TOM BROKAW ARGUES THAT HISPANICS SHOULD ‘WORK HARDER AT ASSIMILATION,’ PAYS A HEAVY PRICE ON TWITTER – Scott Morefield (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want immigrants and minorities to assimilate. Democrats want immigrants and minorities to help Democrats get rid Republicans once and for all.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/27/tom-brokaw-hispanics-assimilation-twitter/

FOX NEWS
— Trump doubts he’d accept any deal Congress strikes for border wall – Samuel Chamberlain
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-doubts-hed-accept-any-deal-congress-strikes-for-border-wall
— Loads of American workers are dropping out of unions – Now liberals have a new plan to save left’s cash cow – Aaron Withe, Ashley Varner
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/loads-of-american-workers-are-dropping-out-of-unions-now-liberals-have-a-new-plan-to-save-lefts-cash-cow

NEWSMAX
— Tom Brokaw Apologizes For Remarks on Failure of Hispanics to Assimilate – Brian Freeman (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want immigrants and minorities to assimilate. Democrats want immigrants and minorities to help Democrats get rid Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tom-brokaw-apology-hispanics/2019/01/27/id/900017/

— Mulvaney: Trump Will Shut Down Government Again If No Border Wall Funding – Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/mick-mulvaney-shutdown-secure-border/2019/01/27/id/899978/
— Manchin: Need ‘Pathway Forward’ for Illegals Who Come For ‘Right Reason’ – Cathy Burke (DIERSEN: To come to America illegally and/or to stay in America illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law, for America, and for the citizens of America.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/manchin-path-illegal-productive/2019/01/27/id/899987/
— NBC News’ Tom Brokaw blasted for comments on Hispanics, apology – Ryan Gaydos (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want immigrants and minorities to assimilate. Democrats want immigrants and minorities to help Democrats get rid Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/nbc-news-tom-brokaw-blasted-for-comments-on-hispanics-apology

TOWNHALL
— One Shutdown Is Over But Another One Is In The Near Future – Arthur Schaper
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2019/01/28/one-shutdown-is-over-but-another-one-is-in-the-near-future-n2540332
— Caravan 2.0: The Numbers Are Massive, Even By Mexico’s Count – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/01/27/caravan-20-the-numbers-are-massive-even-by-mexicos-count-n2540320

GOPUSA
— New York reveals its blood lust for baby killing
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64106

HOME » FRESH INK
‘Privilege test’ leading to affirmative action?
— ‘Privilege test’ leading to affirmative action? (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63972

HOT AIR
— President Trump Is Down, But Not Out – MICHAEL GOODWIN
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/01/president-trump-not/

WORLD NET DAILY
— DEMOCRATS AND THE DARK ART OF PROJECTION David Kupelian on why leftists accuse opponents of the very evil they commit
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/democrats-and-the-dark-art-of-projection/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Migrant Mob Swells to Over 12,000, Headed for U.S. Border – R. Mitchell
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/migrant-mob-swells-to-over-12000-headed-for-u-s-border/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Do not abandon Trump – Sam Younnokis
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/do_not_abandon_trump.html
— How Long Can We Really Expect a Respite from the Shutdown? – Peter Lemiska
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/how_long_can_we_really_expect_a_respite_from_the_shutdown.html

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Roll Call staff a) sides with foreign countries against America and b) sides with citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/border-emergency-not-national

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Companies navigate dementia conversations with older workers – ANDREW SOERGEL (DIERSEN: If you were charged with dementia, how would respond? I would stress the GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that I have sent out since 2000. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too.)
https://www.apnews.com/1212c588d2f44b199c16d12738d3b006

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want all the citizens of all the countries in all the world who are minority, female, young, and/or impoverished to demand amnesty in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/opinion/asylum-border-immigrants-trump-.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s Statistics About Undocumented Immigrants Are Questioned by Experts.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/27/us/trump-cost-illegal-immigration.html
— Trump and His Company Are No Aliens to Undocumented Workers – Chas Danner
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/trump-and-his-company-are-no-aliens-to-undocumented-workers.html
— The Fleecing of Millennials Their incomes are flat. Their wealth is down. And Washington is aggravating future threats. – David Leonhardt (DIERSEN: To curry favor with Millennials who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, RINO, minority, and/or female, will Democrat, Libertarian, Green, RINO, minority, and/or female legislators pass laws a) to officially take opportunities, income, and assets away from those who are Republican, White, male, and/or older and b) to officially give those opportunities, income, and assets to Millennials who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, RINO, minority, and/or female?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/27/opinion/buttigieg-2020-millennials.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: 2020 Looms, And News Faces Test Of Judgment. – Michael M. Grynbaum (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns your judgment? My critics/opponents have always viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned my judgment. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. They stress that unlike me, they have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they have used, are using, and will use their clout to destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments a) that they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) that do not glorify and praise them, c) that do not pander to them, and d)that do not give them money.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/business/media/2020-elections-media.html
— All Red or All Blue, State Legislatures Run to Partisan Sides – Timothy Williams
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/us/democrats-gun-control-healthcare.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: 12 White Faces Reflect Blind Spot in Big Law Elite Law Firm’s All-White Partner Class Stirs Debate on Diversity – Noam Scheiber and John Eligon (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demand that organizations, companies, and governments get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, and/or older and replace them with those who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/27/us/paul-weiss-partner-diversity-law-firm.html

NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise illegals.
https://nypost.com/2019/01/27/do-illegal-immigrants-have-high-crime-rates-and-other-commentary/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— President Trump declares there are 14 million more ‘illegal aliens’ in the country than previously reported – Brian Niemietz
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-politics-trump-illegal-immigrants-25772342-story.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Lasting damage remains from Trump’s shutdown folly “I no longer feel valued as a federal employee.” – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have worked the hardest to promote hatred against past, present, and future federal employees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/28/lasting-damage-remains-trumps-shutdown-folly/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Midway through first term, Trump is not meeting the public’s modest expectations for his job performance.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/midway-through-first-term-trump-is-not-meeting-the-publics-modest-expectations-for-his-job-performance-poll-finds/2019/01/27/09d95210-20dc-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html
— ‘It feels like we are still hostages’: Federal contractors who lost health insurance during shutdown remain in limbo – Aaron C. Davis and Neena Satija
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/it-feels-like-we-are-still-hostages-federal-contractors-who-lost-health-insurance-during-shutdown-remain-in-limbo/2019/01/27/9a1020a2-20c3-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html

BOSTON HERALD
— Not every liberal is a Trump-hater – LARRY ELDER
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/01/28/not-every-liberal-is-a-trump-hater/
— Voter fraud in Texas proves Trump right – ADRIANA COHEN
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/01/27/adriana-cohen-voter-fraud-in-texas-proves-trump-right/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Colleges Mine Data on Their Applicants To determine ‘demonstrated interest,’ some schools are tracking how quickly prospective students open email and whether they click links – Douglas Belkin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-data-colleges-collect-on-applicants-11548507602

FORBES
— Older Job Applicants Not Protected By Age Bias Law, Says US Appeals Court – Ruth Umoh (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthumoh/2019/01/27/older-job-applicants-not-protected-by-age-bias-law-says-us-appeals-court/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Nobody Believes A Wall Will Stop Illegal Immigration.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2019/01/28/nobody-believes-a-wall-will-stop-illegal-immigration/#7a76aa313b16

NEWSWEEK
— DONALD TRUMP SLAMMED BY BOTH CONSERVATIVE AND MODERATE REPUBLICANS AFTER SHUTDOWN – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-conservative-moderate-republicans-shutdown-1306677
— ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SAYS ABOLISHING ICE ‘ISN’T SO CRAZY AFTER ALL’ – SCOTT MCDONALD
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-says-abolishing-ice-isnt-so-crazy-after-all-1306928
— TOM BROKAW APOLOGIZES FOR COMMENTS ABOUT HISPANICS ON ‘MEET THE PRESS’ – SCOTT MCDONALD (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want immigrants and minorities to assimulate. Democrats want immigrants and minorities to help Democrats get rid Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.newsweek.com/tom-brokaw-withdraw-comments-hispanics-after-catching-heat-sunday-1306968

DAILY MAIL
— Trump casts doubt on seeing a budget deal that he’d accept – AP
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-6639025/Trump-casts-doubt-seeing-budget-deal-hed-accept.html

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Trump aide threatens “national emergency” decree on border wall – Patrick Martin
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/28/shut-j28.html

January 27 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CHICAGO NOW
— Why aren’t progressives more outspoken against age discrimination? (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. “Up-or-out” is code for age discrimination. If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, the federal government gets rid of you if you do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.chicagonow.com/windy-city-legal-geek/2019/01/why-arent-progressives-more-outspoken-against-age-discrimination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I can be forgiven if I’m a little pissed off right now. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided a few days ago that it’s okay for employers to discriminate against me. As I explained in my June 9 blog post, a man named Dale Kleber sued CareFusion Corp. for discriminatory hiring practices in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit found that CareFusion violated the Act when it published a job description seeking an in-house attorney “with no more than 7 years’ relevant legal experience.” Kleber claimed that was really code for younger candidates, in light of the fact the company hired a 29-year-old instead of him.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Caylor, Chirico answer wide range of questions in first Naperville mayoral candidate forum – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if recreational marijuana is legalized and municipalities can say NO to the selling and growing of marijuana within their boundaries, candidates for municipal offices should promise to vote NO on the selling and growing of marijuana in their municipalities.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-mayor-forum-chirico-rocky-st-0125-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recreational marijuana Chirico said he understands that cannabis has a medicinal value. “I have no question about that,” he said, but the question becomes how do officials make it safe. “Just broadly speaking, I think people getting arrested and incarcerated because they have pot is not a very smart policy,” Chirico said. “Alcohol has a far greater impact on society today than marijuana does.” “As a council and a community, we need to sit down and look at that and say what do we want,” Caylor said. “If we are going to do that, how do we manage that with a firm hand?”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville Township voters will be asked again to decide fate of road district office – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-township-road-merger-ballot-st-0125-story.html
— Hinsdale man loses appeal in age discrimination case that challenged experience caps in job ads – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: How much job experience do you have? I have almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year. I have almost 18 years experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325/year. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my work experience the most. They include a) Money Magazine, b) my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, c) past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. members, employees, and officers, and d) past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, and political consultants who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-age-discrimination-ruling-kleber-carefusion-20190124-story.html
— Tax season Q&A: Is my refund coming? Can I call IRS hotline? Are auditors working? – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-shutdown-irs-tax-season-20190124-story.html
— Chicago Ford plant workers to get $7,600 profit-sharing checks – Robert Channick (DIERSEN: Government employees do not get profit-sharing checks.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ford-chicago-workers-profit-sharing-20190124-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The MAGA hat is not a statement of policy. It’s an inflammatory declaration of identity.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-maga-hats-trump-make-america-great-again-identity-0125-20190124-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What America needs is a party of reality – Mona Charen (DIERSEN: What if America had three political parties – a liberal party, a moderate party, and a conservative party?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/democratic-party-shifts-left-elizabeth-warren-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Dems promote pot legalization plan during North Side town hall: ‘This is coming’ – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/democrats-promote-pot-legalization-marijuana-north-side-town-hall/

DAILY HERALD
— Longtime chairman of the DuPage Democratic Party resigns – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: In 1978, my wife and I, life-long Republicans, moved to DuPage County to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans had created there. Tragically, since then, far more Democrats than Republicans have moved to DuPage County to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there. When Democrats move in, prosperity and safety suffer.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190124/longtime-chairman-of-the-dupage-democratic-party-resigns
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage Democrats also enjoyed their most successful election in November in what traditionally has been a Republican stronghold. There are now seven Democrats on the 18-member county board; the county is represented by Democrats in Congress; and the majority of state officials are Democrats.)
— FRONT PAGE: Why Lake County’s new sheriff is taking a stand on shutdown, immigration – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190125/why-lake-countys-new-sheriff-is-taking-a-stand-on-shutdown-immigration
— DIERSEN: A Trump-hater says “True-Republican candidate must emerge now to challenge President Trump – Ed Murnane
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190125/true-republican-candidate-must-emerge-now-to-challenge-president-trump

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Flights halted into New York’s LaGuardia as shutdown hits air-traffic staffing A lack of workers at an air-traffic control facility in the Washington area prompted the FAA to order a ground stop at one of the nation’s busiest transportation hubs. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/flights-halted-new-yorks-laguardia-shutdown-hits-air-traffic-staffing
— How did home prices do last year where you live? This interactive map shows the growth (or lack of it) in the median price of homes sold in individual city neighborhoods and most suburbs in Cook, DuPage, Lake and Will counties during 2018. – DENNIS RODKIN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/how-did-home-prices-do-last-year-where-you-live

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://thesouthern.com/entertainment/movies/short-film-rejected-from-high-school-film-fest-for-lgbt/article_cb43ae95-a8f5-5e26-bfe4-34636188d980.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Shedd Aquarium offers free admission for federal employees
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/shedd-aquarium-offers-free-admission-for-federal-employees

WSIL TV
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Lawmakers introduce assault weapons ban – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39849715/lawmakers-introduce-assault-weapons-ban

DAILY ILLINI
— Food insecurity leads to federal investigations – OLIVIA WELSHANS (DIERSEN: Did you suffer food insecurity while you earned your bachelor’s degree? I did not thanks to my outstanding parents who provided me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. That enabled me to earn enough money working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office a) to pay for tuition and books at UIC and NIU, b) to pay for room and board at NIU 1969-1970, c) to pay for a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, d) to pay for a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and e) to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970.)
https://dailyillini.com/news/2019/01/24/food-insecurity-leads-to-federal-investigations/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— On Saturday, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (IL-06) will host a district swearing-in ceremony and reception at 3 p.m. at the DuPage County Auditorium JTK Administration Building. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will deliver the keynote address and U.S. Judge Thomas Durkin will administer the oath of office. The public is invited (doors open at 2:45 p.m.). – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/25/47th-ward-spotlight-pritzkers-big-jim-personality-foxx-on-expunging-drug-cases-382100
— There was chatter at last week’s inauguration that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s management and media style can be compared to another governor—Republican Jim Thompson. “Thompson would walk down in the press room and have a few beers with us and try to get to know us casually,” recalled Thom Serafin, a public affairs strategist who worked as a reporter back in the day. “He was good at dealing with people. A lot like Bill Clinton. He’d look you in the eye. You’d feel like he’s really interested in what you have to say. That’s a gift Jim Thompson had, and I see it in J.B.” Pritzker so far seems willing to keep an open line of communication with media. We’ll have to wait and see if he’s ready to have a beer with us. Big Jim Thompson, as he was known, attended Pritzker’s swearing in. He had a knack for giving people responsibility “and then letting them do their jobs,” said James Prescott, a public affairs consultant who worked for Thompson from 1981-88 as a press aide. He attended the inauguration gala and brought along a commemorative coin from Thompson’s 1977 inauguration—the first of four. – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the nastiest, rudest, and meanest politicians, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/25/47th-ward-spotlight-pritzkers-big-jim-personality-foxx-on-expunging-drug-cases-382100

SENATOR CHAPIN ROSE
— Rose Named Leadership Budget Negotiator for Senate Republicans
http://senchapinrose.com/News/1419/Rose-Named-Leadership-Budget-Negotiator-for-Senate-Republicans/news-detail/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
– Phone Activity of Bob Miller after GOP Primary Defeat by Andrew Gasser for Algonquin Township Road District
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/24/phone-activity-of-bob-miller-aftyer-gop-primary-defeat-by-andrew-gasser/
— Illinois Red Dawn
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/25/illinois-red-dawn/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THE “GREEN NEW DEAL” IS A FISCAL FANTASY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/the-green-new-deal-is-a-fiscal-fantasy.html
— GOOGLE MANIPULATED YOUTUBE SEARCH RESULTS FOR ABORTION, MAXINE WATERS, DAVID HOGG
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/google-manipulated-youtube-search-results-for-abortion-maxine-waters-david-hogg.html
— WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/what-it-takes-to-become-a-millionaire.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Steans, Cassidy lay out legalization plan at public forum
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/25/steans-cassidy-lay-out-legalization-plan-at-public-forum/

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— MAGA caps under fire as Trump-haters blame his supporters – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maga-caps-under-fire-as-trump-haters-blame-his-supporters

BREITBART
— Report Claims That Up to Fifty Percent of Facebook Users Could Be Fake – Lucas Nolan
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/24/report-claims-that-up-to-fifty-percent-of-facebook-users-could-be-fake/
— Microsoft Teams with Establishment ‘NewsGuard’ to Create News Blacklist – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/23/microsoft-teams-with-establishment-newsguard-to-create-news-blacklist/
— Poll: Vast Majority of Voters Want Crackdown on Illegal Alien Crime – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: To be in America illegally is to shout that you a) disrespect the rule of law, b) disrespect America, and c) disrespect Americans.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/24/poll-vast-majority-of-voters-want-crackdown-on-illegal-alien-crime/
— More Democrats Break with Pelosi on Border Wall as Shutdown Continues – Matthew Boyle
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/24/more-democrats-break-with-pelosi-on-border-wall-as-shutdown-continues/

GOPUSA
— Chicken Little: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the new Al Gore
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63955
— Service panel weighs requiring women to register for military draft
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64050
— Sean Spicer blames antics of ‘B-rate’ journalists for lack of White House press briefings (DIERSEN: If you asked my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes how they would rate me as a journalist, what grade would they give me and why?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64032

AMERICAN THINKER
— Propaganda: The Bread and Butter of the Progressive Left – Jeffrey Folks
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/propaganda_the_bread_and_butter_of_the_progressive_left.html
— Fake News and the Narrative – John Kinsellagh
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/fake_news_and_the_narrative.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— To Democrats, America is a Sinkhole of Racism – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/to-democrats-america-is-a-sinkhole-of-racism/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Limbaugh: Trump and his supporters are in this fight for the long haul – David Limbaugh
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/limbaugh-trump-and-his-supporters-are-in-this-fight-for-the-long-haul/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Assault on America, Day 23: Trump and GOPers know without the wall, America soon may fall – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29555

TOWNHALL
— Covington Kid: Hated For The Color Of His Skin – Ilana Mercer
https://townhall.com/columnists/ilanamercer/2019/01/25/covington-kid-hated-for-the-color-of-his-skin-n2540232
— Democrats Are Border Crisis Deniers – Wayne Allyn Root
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2019/01/25/democrats-are-border-crisis-deniers-n2540229

DAILY CALLER
— THE DC DEATH MATCH: SHOULD THE U.S. LET IN EVERY MIGRANT CARAVAN? – Stephanie Hamill
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/24/migrant-caravans-from-central-america/
— HERE ARE ALL OF THE SHUTDOWN DEALS DEMOCRATS HAVE REJECTED – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/24/democrats-reject-shutdown-deals-trump/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Deported killer breaks through outdated border fence – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/national-security/2019/01/24/deported-killer-breaks-through-outdated-border-fence

LIFEZETTE
— Media Attacks Against Religion Represent an ‘Ongoing Crisis,’ Says Dan Crenshaw Congressman lashes out at press for its “blunders” over Covington kids and Karen Pence — and their hostility toward faith – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/01/media-attacks-against-religion-represent-an-ongoing-crisis-says-dan-crenshaw/

POLITICO
— ‘Extraordinarily angry and very upset taxpayers’: IRS faces chaotic tax season amid shutdown There are already signs that some will be no-shows because they’re facing the prospect of working without pay. BRIAN FALER (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I was a 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $67,638/year) IRS Revenue Officer, IRS put me in charge of all its Chicago office employees who answered taxpayer questions by telephone. Because of my performance on that assignment, IRS promoted me to GS-12 (currently $81,071/year.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/24/irs-tax-returns-government-shutdown-1121839

CNBC
— How long will it take to build the border wall? Years longer than Trump claims, experts say – PUBLISHED THU
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/24/experts-say-trumps-border-wall-will-take-longer-than-he-claims.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes Pelosi
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters crow about their success in invading America’s southwestern states.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/border-wall-democrats-trump.html
— Roger Stone Arrested in Mueller Investigation Into Trump Campaign – Mark Mazzetti and Eileen Sullivan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/roger-stone-arrested.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater says “Who Needs a Paycheck Anyway? The shutdown reveals the administration’s callous elitism.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/shutdown-ross-kudlow-trump.html
— Your Loyalties Are Your Life – David Brooks (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) demand blind loyalty to them and to them only and b) destroy those who do not give them blind loyalty. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have worked the hardest to destroy me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/josiah-royce-loyalty.html
— Why Trump Will Lose in 2020 The president is running hard on a strategy of riling up his base. But by doing that, he riles up the Democratic base, too, and that one is bigger. – Rachel Bitecofer
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/trump-2020-election.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A anti-Trump says “Trump’s Wall of Shame It would stand as a lasting reminder of the white racial hostility surging through this moment in American history.” Anti-Trumps are also anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/trump-wall-shutdown.html
— U.S. to Begin Blocking Asylum Seekers From Entering Over Mexican Border – Glenn Thrush
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/us/politics/migrants-blocked-asylum-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, America-haters encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek asylum in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/10/world/americas/crossing-us-mexico-border.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: The $238 Million Penthouse, and the Hedge Fund Billionaire Griffin Who May Rarely Live There – Nikita Stewart and David Gelles
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/nyregion/238-million-penthouse-sale.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration to start sending asylum seekers to wait in Mexico – Andrew deGrandpre, Maria Sacchetti, Kevin Sieff and
David Nakamura
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-to-start-sending-asylum-seekers-back-to-mexico/2019/01/24/53961fb0-2022-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
— Out of touch? Trump aides struggle with shutdown empathy – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have demonstrated the most hatred against federal employees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 21 years. They include a) past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. members, employees, and officers and b) past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, and political consultants who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/commerce-chief-asks-why-furloughed-workers-using-food-banks/2019/01/24/20ad3470-1ff1-11e9-a759-2b8541bbbe20_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “What happens when someone says no to Trump?” and says “Bluster, bombast, backing down.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bluster-bombast-backing-down-what-happens-when-someone-says-no-to-trump/2019/01/24/359df148-1f66-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html
— Elizabeth Warren to propose new ‘wealth tax’ on very rich Americans, economist says – Jeff Stein and Christopher Ingraham (DIERSEN: Soon, any such wealth tax would be on Americans with $40 million in assets, than $30 million, than $20 million, than $10 million, than $5 million, than $1 million, than etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/24/elizabeth-warren-propose-new-wealth-tax-very-rich-americans-economist-says/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will propose a new annual “wealth tax” on Americans with more than $50 million in assets, according to an economist advising her on the plan, as Democratic leaders vie for increasingly aggressive solutions to the nation’s soaring wealth inequality. Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, two left-leaning economists at the University of California, Berkeley, have been advising Warren on a proposal to levy a 2 percent wealth tax on Americans with assets above $50 million, as well as a 3 percent wealth tax on those who have more than $1 billion, according to Saez.)

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH FIVE COLOR PICTURES: In corruption-plagued Chicago, high-level shakedown charges loom over mayoral race, candidates – Aamer Madhani
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/01/23/chicago-federal-political-corruption-scandal-mayor-election-alderman-ed-burke/2581411002/

— Patriotic or racist? Trump’s Make America Great Again hats have become a hot-button issue – KRISTEN JORDAN SHAMUS (DIERSEN: From what I see, as Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred of Trump supporters, a Chick-fil-A restaurant is one of few remaining places in the world where you can wear a MAGA hat and not worry about being harassed, insulted, threatened, beaten up, killed, etc. If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to harm you? Who would come to your defense – the officers of your township/ward/county Republican party organizations, your representative in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, etc.? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://amp.usatoday.com/story/2673398002
— Walmart hiring hundreds more truck drivers – and it’s paying nearly $90,000 – Ben Tobin (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $90,000 a year in today’s dollars (GS-12 Step 5)? I did in 1979 when I was 31 years old. By then, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/24/walmart-hiring-hundreds-more-truck-drivers-shortage-persists/2665704002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Law schools where too many graduates fail the bar exam may face tougher sanctions With tens of thousands of dollars in student debt, some law school grads are unable to pass the bar to become lawyers. Are their law schools to blame? – Anne Ryman and Jonathan Ellis and RJ Wolcott and Melanie Payne (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were the most furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old.)
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2019/01/24/law-schools-may-face-tougher-sanctions-if-too-many-graduates-fail-bar-exam/2665591002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Staffing Problems Halt Flights at LaGuardia, Other Airports Problems also reported at Newark Liberty International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport
https://www.wsj.com/articles/air-controller-staffing-problems-halt-flights-at-laguardia-other-airports-11548430671
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Weed Versus Greed on Wall Street As potential profits in cannabis grow, big banks and blue-chip investors will lose their reticence about the pot business – Carol Ryan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/weed-versus-greed-on-wall-street-11548412203
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting Black women to hate Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-women-voters-emerge-as-top-target-in-2020-democratic-race-11548338400
— The Facts About Facebook We need your information for operation and security, but you control whether we use it for advertising. – Mark Zuckerberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-facts-about-facebook-11548374613
— Catholics Against Columbus In covering a mural, Notre Dame gives in to the far left’s assault on Western history. – Alejandro Bermudez
https://www.wsj.com/articles/catholics-against-columbus-11548376196

BLOOMBERG
— Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax Would Cost Jeff Bezos $4.1 Billion in First Year – Devon Pendleton (DIERSEN: Real estate taxes are wealth taxes. The more of your wealth that you put into real estate, the more real estate tax that you pay. Needless-to-say, wealth taxes a) discourage everyone from earning income, b) discourage everyone from saving their income, and c) encourage everyone to spend their income on immediate pleasures.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-24/warren-wealth-tax-would-cost-bezos-4-1-billion-in-first-year

FORBES
— Baby Boomers: Six Resume Mistakes To Avoid – Robin Ryan (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my degrees and certifications the most. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my degrees and certifications are not job related, did not help me carry out my job duties, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and are stale. They stress that my IRS superiors argued that the graduate business courses that I took at Loyola 1972-1976 and the graduate accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1980 were not job-related, did not help me carry out my job duties, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and were a distraction. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my degrees and certifications are stale. They stress that I earned a) my bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) my master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) my professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) my professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinryan/2019/01/24/baby-boomers-six-resume-mistakes-to-avoid/#32034baa6179
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mistake # 3 Left The College Graduation Year Off Or Fudged It Some job hunters removed the graduation date thinking employers can figure out their age. Omitting your year of college graduation was a concern for Lizzie Rahm, HR Senior Manager and Recruiter, Clark Nuber PS who noted that employers may wonder if you had ever finished your degree if they saw no graduation date. Another worry is that a third of all job applicants lie about their education (see the Career Builder study), and when I mention this to Ms. Rahm, she quickly stated that her organization does a background check on every single person they make a job offer to. So if you are lying about the year you earned a degree to appear younger, it will come out. And if you claimed to have a degree that you don’t, that will be in the background report too. The result of lying to this employer is they will terminate your job offer. “There are so many background check companies out there now,” cautions Rahm “that many employers are doing thorough background checks on new hires, so job hunters definitely need to use integrity in creating their resume.”)

JD SUPRA
— Courts Issue Conflicting Work Product Doctrine Opinions (DIERSEN: What “work products” do you produce? Since 2000, I have produced GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Since 2004, those 6,253 emails have included links to 324,002 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/courts-issue-conflicting-work-product-63873/

FEDERAL TIMES
— Inside feds’ struggles to make ends meet – AP (DIERSEN: From the beginning of time, government employees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being overpaid by those who would never seek or take government jobs because government jobs do not pay enough. I should write a book about this. I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. Those who have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being overpaid include a) Money Magazine, b) my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, and c) my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2019/01/24/inside-feds-struggles-to-make-ends-meet/

NEWSWEEK
— DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE ‘LOVES AND RESPECTS’ FURLOUGHED GOVERNMENT WORKERS: THEY ARE ‘TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF WHAT WE’RE DOING’ – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-he-loves-and-respects-furloughed-government-workers-they-1304755

DAILY BEAST
— Mexico Just Made It Easier for New Migrant Caravan to Reach the U.S. Trump won’t be happy, but the country’s new government is giving migrants permits to stay, work, and travel—and many want to go to the United States. – Maya Averbuch
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mexico-just-made-it-easier-for-new-migrant-caravan-to-reach-the-us

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, sooner or later, all the citizens of all the countries in all the world will seek asylum in the United States. Those who want to take over the United States, and if not that, destroy the United States, want all those asylum seekers to get United States citizenship.
https://www.cato.org/blog/fences-made-crossings-deadlier-asylum-made-them-much-less-so

DAILY MAIL
— Trump target Jim Acosta of CNN gets a book deal with a multimillion dollar reward in the cards for his hate-hate relationship with the president – GEOFF EARLE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6629859/Trump-target-Jim-Acosta-CNN-gets-book-deal-multimillion-dollar-reward-cards.html

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 820 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $799,999
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448303_zpid/

January 24 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If a high-profile Trump-hater said that Trump supporters in your precinct were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things, how would your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain respond, b) if a high-profile Trump-hater said that Trump supporters in your township, ward, and/or county were the aforesaid, how would the officers of your township, ward, and/or county Republican party organizations respond, c) if a high-profile Trump-hater said that Trump supporters in your congressional district were the aforesaid, how would your Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member respond, and d) if a high-profile Trump-hater said that Trump supporters in Illinois were the aforesaid, how would the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, and the IRP National Committeewoman respond? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO
— Who Speaks for Native Hawaiians? – KU`UWEHI HIRAISHI (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who speaks for, defends, and promotes the Trump supporters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? ANSWER: It should be your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, the officers of your township, ward, and/or county Republican party organizations, your Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, and the IRP National Committeewoman.)
http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/post/who-speaks-native-hawaiians

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Missouri gym owner asks customer not to wear Trump shirt, sparking online outrage – Kayla Epstein (DIERSEN: If a Republican was asked to not wear a Trump hat a) in your precinct, how would your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain respond, b) in your township, ward, and/or county, how would the officers of your township, ward, and/or county Republican party organizations respond, c) in your congressional district, how would your Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member respond, and d) in Illinois, how would the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, and the IRP National Committeewoman respond?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-missouri-gym-trump-t-shirt-20190123-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters focus on making African-American women 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.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-women-african-american-black-voters-2020-deciders-0124-20190123-story.html

CBS2
— Chief Judge Reuben Castillo Speaks Out For Federal Workers During The Government Shutdown – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/22/chicago-government-shutdown-chief-judge-reuben-castillo/

DAILY HERALD
— Cook County Board controversy is symptom of greater problems in property assessment – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190121/editorial-board-controversy-is-symptom-of-greater-problems-in-property-assessment
— Cook County Board of Review should rethink where it is putting new hires – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190122/editorial-board-of-review-should-rethink-where-it-is-putting-new-hires

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Commit now to drawing fair legislative maps – Editorial
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190123/our-view-commit-now-to-drawing-fair-legislative-maps
— State works with banks to offer low-cost loans to federal workers – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190123/state-works-with-banks-to-offer-low-cost-loans-to-federal-workers
— State works with banks to offer low-cost loans to federal workers – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190123/state-works-with-banks-to-offer-low-cost-loans-to-federal-workers
— New bureau at Statehouse to serve hundreds of newspapers – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190123/bernard-schoenburg-new-bureau-at-statehouse-to-serve-hundreds-of-papers

TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ottawa medical marijuana dispensary expects to double patients – Brent Bader (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, everyone in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world will be stoners?)
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2019/01/23/ottawa-medical-marijuana-dispensary-expects-to-double-patients/akd5tje/

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans use “migrant children’ to destroy America.
https://qctimes.com/opinion/columnists/americans-should-focus-on-helping-migrant-children/article_b3fb6233-e2ea-55ad-8981-4700ec86f82e.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Gun measure ‘purely symbolic’ – David Giuliani
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/gun-measure-purely-symbolic/article_fe951326-1e8d-11e9-af23-e3303b3923c3.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Provoked By Trump, The Religious Left Is Finding Its Voice – TOM GJELTEN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who crow the loudest that they are a member of a church, that they attend church services, and that they give money to a church and b) who work the hardest to destroy me. They do little or nothing to oppose the promotion of 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, or retaliation. They talk and act like they are Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, or RINOs.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/provoked-trump-religious-left-finding-its-voice#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/pilot-program-for-medical-marijuana-to-launch-by-end-of-january
— Furloughed workers do whatever it takes to make ends meet – Cymphanie Sherman (DIERSEN: During the first 18 months that I worked for IRS 1971-1972, I worked part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. If I had been furloughed then, I would have asked to work more hours at Firestone and I would have taken more graduate business courses at Loyola.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/furloughed-workers-do-whatever-it-takes-to-make-ends-meet

WREX
— Illinois to start accepting tax returns on Monday
https://wrex.com/category/2019/01/23/illinois-to-start-accepting-tax-returns-on-monday/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Would-be doctors who want kill babies celebrate the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
https://www.wifr.com/content/news/Medical-students-host-celebration-of-the-46th-anniversary-of-the-Roe-v-Wade-Supreme-Court-Ruling–504782531.html

NORTHERN STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://northernstar.info/opinion/residents-should-remain-receptive-to-gun-laws/article_d8c778d4-1f5d-11e9-90f7-eb1c06e7572c.html

CHICAGO READER
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Is Chicago’s legacy of segregation causing a reverse Great Migration? Black Chicagoans are leaving the city, and an unexamined history of racial discrimination may be to blame. – Pete Saunders
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicagos-black-exodus/Content

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Examining Maine Township Surpluses
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/24/examining-maine-townshp-surpluse
— Pam Althoff Destined to Be in Headlines on Marijuana Issues
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/24/pam-althoff-destined-to-be-in-headlines-on-marijuana-issues/
— Steve Reicks Reports
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/23/steve-reicks-reports/
— Skillicorn Sponsors School Choice Forum
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/23/skillicorn-sponsors-school-choice-forum/

ILLINOIS POLICY JOURNAL
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: ILLINOIS RANKS 46 OUT OF 50 STATES IN PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS GROWTH – Orphe Civounguy and Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-ranks-46-out-of-50-states-in-private-sector-jobs-growth/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Governor Pritzker All In for Taxpayer-Funding of Abortion and Planned Parenthood – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/illinois-governor-pritzker-all-in-for-taxpayer-funding-of-abortion-and-planned-parenthood/

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE PARTY OF LINE BREAKERS AND GATE CRASHERS Jane Chastain hits Dems for rejecting ‘key element Border Patrol says is needed’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/the-party-of-line-breakers-and-gate-crashers/
— WHY THE BORDER IS EVERYTHING Joseph Farah sees high stakes in Trump battle with ‘new’ Democratic Party
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/why-the-border-is-everything/

DAILY CALLER
— SARAH SANDERS HITS PELOSI FOR STATE OF THE UNION ‘POLITICAL GAMES’ – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/23/sarah-sanders-pelosi-state-of-the-union/

NEWS BUSTERS
— NYT’s Blow Compares Trump to David Duke, Says His Campaign Was ‘Blue Print’ For Present GOP – Ryan Foley
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/ryan-foley/2019/01/23/nyts-blow-compares-trump-david-duke-says-his-political-campaign-was
— NYT Magazine: Is McConnell Like Nazi Appeasers to Hitler? – Scott Whitlock
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2019/01/23/nyt-magazine-mcconnell-nazi-appeasers-hitler

TOWNHALL
— The Soft Bigotry Of Liberal Preconceptions – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2019/01/24/the-soft-bigotry-of-liberal-preconceptions-n2539959
— Journalism Isn’t Dead; It’s Undead – Laura Hollis
https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2019/01/24/journalism-isnt-dead-its-undead-n2539984

AMERICAN THINKER
— When did patriotism become racism? – Bob Weir
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/when_did_patriotism_become_racism.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Can the New Tabloid Media Ever Be Redeemed? No evidence, a transparently false narrative—it’s not the National Enquirer; it’s the past week in journalism. – PETER VAN BUREN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/can-the-political-media-be-redeemed-from-tabloidization/

HOT AIR
— There Was A Lot Of Ugly Racism At The Lincoln Memorial Last Friday, But The Media Missed It – JOHN SEXTON
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/23/lot-racism-happening-lincoln-memorial-friday-media-just-didnt-identify-culprits/
— As The Covington Brouhaha Reminds Us, The Media Have Precast The Meaning Of Every Story
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/01/covington-brouhaha-reminds-us-media-precast-meaning-every-story/

FOX NEWS
— Army vet’s Trump T-shirt made fellow gym patrons feel ‘uncomfortable,’ report says – Amy Lieu
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gym-owner-told-veteran-not-to-wear-trump-t-shirt-calling-it-racist-inappropriate-report
— Covington isn’t about facts, but about identity politics. Nick Sandmann committed ‘facecrime’ – Tucker Carlson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-covington-isnt-about-facts-but-about-identity-politics-nick-sandmann-committed-facecrime

CBN NEWS
— The Age of Anti-Christian Rage: How Lady Gaga-Style Leftists Are Trying to Recreate the Christian Faith in Their Own Image – Benjamin Gill (DIERSEN: How successful have the Democrats been in infiltrating and taking over your church? How soon, if not already, will they succeed in getting your church to officially demonize, denigrate, condemn, and expel individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? How soon, if not already, will they get your church to officially proclaim that Jesus was an illegal Democrat female minority LGBTQer who drank lots booze, gambled lots of money, smoked lots of pot, hated America, and wanted everyone give up their guns and to be on welfare?)
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2019/january/christianity-under-fire-how-lady-gaga-style-leftists-are-trying-to-recreate-the-christian-faith-in-their-own-image

GOPUSA
— Hate is the message from the left to MAGA fans
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63877
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez poll: 74% of Dems, left-leaning voters open to future White House run (DIERSEN: Who do the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois want to run in 2020 and defeat Trump?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63952

EPOCH TIMES
— The Heart of the Matter: Families and Fatherhood – JEFF MINICK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-heart-of-the-matter-families-and-fatherhood_2768308.html

BREITBART
— Green Cards for DACA Illegal Aliens Could Trigger Chain Migration of 4M Foreign Nationals – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/23/green-cards-for-daca-illegal-aliens-could-trigger-chain-migration-of-4m-foreign-nationals/
— Poll: 8-in-10 Americans Want ‘Tough’ Restrictions on Legal Immigration from Dangerous Countries – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/23/poll-8-in-10-americans-want-tough-restrictions-on-legal-immigration-from-dangerous-countries/

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Post, NYT Publish Stories Saying Trump is Sacrificing Presidency in Pursuit of the Wall – Brian McNicoll
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/post-nyt-publish-stories-saying-trump-is-sacrificing-presidency-in-pursuit-of-the-wall/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Two episodes break the story on mounting media bias – Matt Mackowiak
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/23/two-episodes-break-the-story-on-mounting-media-bia/
— The deadly game the Democrats play – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/23/editorial-blocking-national-security-invites-perma/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Does the media deserve to be respected and believed? – Michael Barone
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/does-the-media-deserve-to-be-respected-and-believed
— Declare an emergency and build the wall – Rep. Tom McClintock |
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/rep-tom-mcclintock-declare-an-emergency-and-build-the-wall

WORLD NET DAILY
— CHICK-FIL-A SLAMMED AS ‘WHITE SUPREMACIST’ ‘CAPITALIST CULT’ Leftist group demands expulsion from University of Georgia campus
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/chick-fil-a-slammed-as-white-supremacist-capitalist-cult/

NEW AMERICAN
— “Migrant Caravan” Now 5,600 Strong; Criminals Along for the March North – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31275-report-migrant-caravan-now-5-600-strong-criminals-along-for-the-march-north

ONE NEWS NOW
— Hey, Church! Don’t put up with attacks on religious expression – Charlie Butts (DIERSEN: How strongly does your church speak out against 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, etc.? From what I see, ever-increasingly, churches talk and act like they are arms of the anti-religious Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.)
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2019/01/24/hey-church-dont-put-up-with-attacks-on-religious-expression

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Take the Right Approach – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: What approach do your critics/opponents take? Mine demonize, denigrate, and condemn those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. If my critics/opponents do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn you, they are manipulating/dominating you. My critics/opponents are potential major donors 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. The tell activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and political consultants that they will not give them any money until they get rid of me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and who they manipulate/dominate.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/01/24/take-the-right-approach/

THE HILL
— Kinzinger compares Ocasio-Cortez to Trump – SCOTT WONG (DIERSEN: Roskam compared Casten to Trump.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/426699-gop-compares-ocasio-cortez-to-trump

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said he, too, sees obvious parallels between DJT and AOC. “Whether it’s President Trump or AOC, it’s all based on ginning up anger and fear and it’s unfortunate,” said Kinzinger, a frequent cable-news presence who has a relatively paltry 46,500 Twitter followers compared to Ocasio-Cortez’s 2.6 million, told The Hill. “And I think it’s that kind of stuff that’s killing our ability to get done things like solve the government shutdown. … If you look at Twitter, not everyone is on Twitter, but all the loudest voices are,” he said.)
— Democrats increase calls of racism against Trump – AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs officially declare war on Republicans? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/426700-dem-increase-calls-of-racism-against-trump
— Trump: I will deliver State of the Union ‘when the shutdown is over’ – MARY TYLER MARCH
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/426717-trump-i-will-do-state-of-the-union-when-the-shutdown-is-over
— Immigration divide widens with latest GOP proposal – RAFAEL BERNAL
https://thehill.com/latino/426698-immigration-divide-widens-with-latest-gop-proposal

YAHOO NEWS
— Chicago bar faces backlash after house rules list ‘No Trump supporters’ – Kerry Justich
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/chicago-bar-faces-backlash-house-rules-list-no-trump-supporters-001719788.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters crow about their success in turning American citizens into anti-Americans, if not agents for foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/calexico-border-wall.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs crow about their success in moving young people to the left.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/gop-liberal-america-millennials.html
— Trump Says He’ll Delay Speech Until After Shutdown, as Democrats Draft Border Security Plan – Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/politics/government-shutdown-democrats-deal-trump.html
— Trump Looks for New Venue for Speech, as Democrats Draft Border Security Plan – Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/politics/government-shutdown-democrats-deal-trump.html
— Dream Act Is Approved in N.Y. to Aid Undocumented Students, in Rebuke to Trump – Christina Goldbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/nyregion/dream-act-bill-passed.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Americans across the country are helping feed federal workers as the shutdown enters its second month – Tim Carman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2019/01/23/americans-across-the-country-are-helping-feed-federal-workers-as-the-shutdown-enters-its-second-month/
— Kinzinger’s case for a border wall: At my house, they keep ‘critters out’ – Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/23/gop-lawmakers-case-border-wall-my-house-they-keep-critters-out/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Central American immigrants inundate southern Mexico seeking new humanitarian visas – PATRICK MCDONNELL (DIERSEN: The more illegals that invade Mexico, the more illegals that will invade America.)
https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-visa-20190123-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Pope promotes anti-Americanism. Ever-increasingly, America-haters take that as a call to invade America and to destroy America, and especially to destroy American individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-brings-pro-migrant-message-to-central-america-11548331200
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Three years ago as a presidential candidate, Mr. Trump shot back at Pope Francis after the pontiff said a person who only thinks of building walls and not bridges “is not Christian.” On the flight to Panama on Wednesday, the pope—the Argentine son of an Italian immigrant—told reporters that fear of migration is “making us crazy.”)
— How Wealthy Americans Like Jack Benny Avoided Paying a 70% Tax Rate ‘When top tax rates were high, there was always a large gap between the stated rates and what the highest earners actually paid as a percentage of their income’ – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-wealthy-americans-like-jack-benny-avoided-paying-a-70-tax-rate-11547807401
— Migrant Tally Surges at Guatemala-Mexico Border Mexico says 10,300 people seek entry, almost twice as many as day before, as word spreads of country’s more lenient polices – Juan Montes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/migrant-tally-surges-at-guatemala-mexico-border-11548277094
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout at immigrants, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters count on immigrants to help them get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beyond-maga-hats-11548288238
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want felons to vote. Felons vote for Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/push-to-give-felons-the-vote-shifts-to-iowa-and-kentucky-11548259251

BLOOMBERG
— This Is What Happens When You Try to Sue Your Boss Millions of American workers sign away legal rights without knowing what they’re in for: Arbitration Hell. – Max Abelson (DIERSEN: In 1998, I sued the Democrats who ran GAO for political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write a book about those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who sided with the Democrats who run GAO against me. They a) promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and/or b) pander to those who promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2019-arbitration-hell/

FIDELITY
— Chicago’s police fund makes pension intercept claim – Yvette Shields
https://fixedincome.fidelity.com/ftgw/fi/FINewsArticle?id=201901231900SM______BNDBUYER_00000168-7c0c-d752-ad6b-fc6c05a90000_110.1

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats are rejecting Trump’s immigration deal for 3 glaring reasons, and it shows just how far apart the 2 sides still are – Michelle Mark, Bob Bryan
https://www.businessinsider.my/government-shutdown-why-democrats-reject-trump-immigration-funding-deal-2019-1/

WBKO
— National Corvette Museum offering free admission to federal employees during shutdown – Kelly Dean (DIERSEN: I have owned my 1972 Corvette since I was 23 years old in 1971. I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. I should write a book about my IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hated Corvettes the most and hated Corvette owners like me the most.)
https://www.wbko.com/content/news/National-Corvette-Museum-offering-free-admission-to-federal-employees-during-shutdown-504765081.html

MILITARY TIMES
— Women in the military draft, or dump the system altogether? New report looks at radical options – Leo Shane III (DIERSEN: How has the draft impacted you? In 1966, when I was 18 years old, notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease), I was classified 1-A for the draft. I obtained my first student draft deferment in 1966 when I was 18 years old, and ever since then, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a draft dodger. In 1970, when I was 21 years old and had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, employers were extremely reluctant to hire me because they fully expected that I would be drafted. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be granted, but it was granted, and then, because of my draft lottery number, I was no longer subject to the draft. 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 veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/01/23/commission-eyes-adding-women-to-the-military-draft-or-dumping-the-system-altogether/

FED SMITH
— Average Federal Employee Pay and the Shutdown – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/01/23/average-federal-employee-pay-shutdown/

GOVERNING
— Illinois Residential Segregation Data (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, the fewer minorities that live in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in your state, and in your country, the more evidence that your neighborhood, precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, state, and country is full of Republicans who are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse thing who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
http://www.governing.com/gov-data/illinois-residential-segregation-data-trends-for-metro-areas.html#historical
— How Housing Policies Keep White Neighborhoods So White (and Black Neighborhoods So Black)
http://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/gov-segregation-housing.html

PROGRESSIVE
— Our Dangerous Impulse to Demonize the Other Side – Ruth Conniff (DIERSEN: Which Trump-haters take the lead in demonizing “the other side” in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://progressive.org/dispatches/our-dangerous-impulse-to-demonize-conniff-190124/