June 13 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Deerfield Ban On Assault Rifles On Pause Following Court Ruling – Jeremy Ross
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/12/deerfield-ban-on-assault-rifles-on-pause-following-court-ruling/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel says talk of Madigan’s future misses the point of #MeToo movement – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-says-talk-of-madigans-future-misses-the-point-of-metoo-movement/
— U.S. charitable giving tops $400 billion for first time – AP (DIERSEN: How much of this $400+ billion was used to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, etc.?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/charitable-giving-usa-philanthropy-billionaires-foundations/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gender, social media help Dems win Anti-Trump activism propelling women in midterm primaries – Mary Jordan
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180613/281706910388174
— Emanuel offers to pay for Jeff Sessions to visit Ellis Island – John Byrne (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Emanuel officially banish from Chicago individuals, organizations, and companies 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? Ever-increasingly, Emanuel promotes hatred against members of the aforesaid groups.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-jeff-sessions-20180612-story.html
— Crete-Monee teacher pushed student out of classroom for wearing sandals, lawsuit claims – Alicia Fabbre (DIERSEN: What reputation did your high school have when you graduated? What reputation does it have now? Have you done better or worse financially than those who you graduated with?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-crete-monee-suit-st-0613-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Foreign countries and their citizens that want to destroy America illegally send illegal drugs into America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-mail-order-fentanyl-20180524-story.html
— OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: There’s a growing trend of Naperville-area students being caught vaping, sometimes with THC – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-204-discipline-st-0613-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to bring their children to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-met-caravan-immigration-asylum-chicago-20180607-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR GRAPHIC: Suburban school districts pay penalties for giving raises over 6 percent – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180613/suburban-school-districts-pay-penalties-for-giving-raises-over-6-percent-
— Pulte developers honor legacy of nuns at former Wheaton convent – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180612/pulte-developers-honor-legacy-of-nuns-at-former-wheaton-convent-
— After weekend floods, Mount Prospect planning up to $8 million in sewer upgrades – Steve Zalusky
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180612/after-weekend-floods-mount-prospect-planning-up-to-8-million-in-sewer-upgrades

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— And now some good news about Chicago – JOE CAHILL (DIERSEN: For those who run Chicago, good news is progress in driving out of Chicago individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180613/BLOGS10/180619970
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Chicago marijuana grower GTI begins trading in Canada – JOHN PLETZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180613/NEWS03/180619956
— Higher property assessments mean more work for lawyers – CLAIRE BUSHEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180608/ISSUE01/180609898

 

WLS AM
— GOP candidate Seth Grossman says diversity is ‘bunch of crap’ (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/06/12/gop-candidate-says-diversity-is-bunch-of-crap/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Activists ask board to make Sangamon ‘gun sanctuary’ county – John Reynolds
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180612/activists-ask-board-to-make-sangamon-gun-sanctuary-county
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Tonight, I ask you to please consider protecting your constituents and the voters and the taxpayers of Sangamon County,” said Springfield resident Rosanna Pulido. “Please pass a resolution to make Sangamon County a sanctuary for gun owners.” Other Illinois counties, including nearby Christian County, have adopted gun sanctuary resolutions. The terminology comes from so-called sanctuary cities, such as Chicago, that don’t cooperate with aspects of federal immigration enforcement. Speaking before the meeting, Sangamon County Administrator Brian McFadden said the county has an informal policy that it does not weigh in on symbolic measures that are outside its regulatory authority. Even if the county were to pass a gun sanctuary resolution, it would not affect the enforcement of federal, state or local gun laws. . .“This is not a symbolic resolution. It is a defense of the Constitutional principle. It is incumbent on our local elected officials to make sure their constituents’ voices are heard by the state in regards to protecting the Constitution. You took an oath of office to that effect,” Pulido said. Pulido, as well as Springfield residents Tom Shafer and Lynn Wilson, spoke at the end of the county board meeting. Board members did not comment or ask them any questions.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Best route for Illinois may be state bankruptcy – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-13/jim-dey-best-route-state-may-be-bankruptcy.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Tazewell auditor criticizes County Board funding (DIERSEN: I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that taking and passing the CIA examination was a waste of time and money. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the review courses that I took for the examination a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180612/tazewell-auditor-criticizes-county-board-funding

 

PEKIN TIMES
— Hranka: Tazewell board not funding auditor office properly – Sharon Woods Harris
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20180612/hranka-tazewell-board-not-funding-auditor-office-properly
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Harris said the auditor’s position by statute can be filled by anybody off the street, and the county wants more experience. “I’m not saying we’ve got bad people, but we want more stability in the job,” said Harris. “We want to know that we have an accounting professional in the job. “We know some of our audits haven’t been completed. The main job is compliance, and some audits just haven’t been completed over the years. It’s not against the person that’s on the job, it’s the knowledge to do the audit. We can’t guarantee consistent qualifications in the job through the process that we have. We would like to bring in talent that can do it, can see it. Anybody can come on the job and learn it, but we want our auditor to have a CIA, Certified Internal Auditor.” The county is not seeking professionals in other elected posts. Hranka said under statute, the sheriff, coroner and others are not required to have experience in the field pertaining to the position they are running for. She said the board allows her only $2,000 for continuing education even though she is required to do 20 hours per year.)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Protesters visit Rauner’s house to demand $15 minimum wage – MAXIMILIAN KWIATKOWSKI (DIERSEN: Did you work for less than $15/hour in today’s dollars? I worked for far less than $15/hour in today’s dollars when I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; and cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/herald-review/news/state-and-regional/protesters-visit-rauner-s-house-to-demand-minimum-wage/article_399e3bc3-8ea1-5e77-bd2f-4de57be4ddfc.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Speaker Madigan seeks officer to combat sexual harassment – AP (DIERSEN: What about combating patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote the aforesaid.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/speaker-madigan-seeks-officer-to-combat-sexual-harassment/article_e88b65d1-5e75-578f-bfb4-1ab4bab7ebf8.amp.html

 

TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Social media altering street-gang culture, fueling violence – AP
http://www.telegraphherald.com/ap/national/article_2a180d26-6abd-5e63-801b-595d374b1ec0.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lamanta Reese lived much of his gang life in virtual reality, posting videos on YouTube of him and others taunting rivals. He died at age 19 in the real world, bleeding from his head onto a porch on Chicago’s South Side after one of those gang rivals, prosecutors say, shot him 11 times. Another possible factor in his slaying: A smiley-face emoji Reese posted that the suspected gunman may have interpreted as a slight about his mom. Gangs’ embrace of social media to goad foes or conceal drug dealing in emoji-laden text is the biggest change in how gangs operate compared with 10 years ago, according to new law enforcement data provided exclusively to The Associated Press ahead of its release Tuesday by the Chicago Crime Commission. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other sites have radically altered gang culture in Chicago. They are having a similar influence on gangs nationwide. These days, there is nearly always a link between an outbreak of gang violence and something online, said Rodney Phillips, a gang-conflict mediator working in the low-income Englewood neighborhood where Reese lived and died. When he learns simmering tensions have spilled into violence, he no longer goes first to the streets. “I Google it,” Phillips said. “I look on YouTube and Facebook. Today, that’s how you follow the trail of a conflict.”)

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Starbucks’ actions promote liberal agenda – Alan Webber
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/starbucks-actions-promote-liberal-agenda/article_13dc4c9c-6d9d-11e8-bb0f-eb3310de0fff.html

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Lieutenant governor: Communities should be envious of DeKalb opioid collaboration Treatment strategies were discussed during forum – DREW ZIMMERMAN
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/06/12/lieutenant-governor-communities-should-be-envious-of-dekalb-opioid-collaboration/abdwi6h/

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— What’s fairest tax for Illinois? You decide – JOHN DONALD O’SHEA (DIERSEN: What taxes do your critics/opponents want increased? Because virtually all my and my wife’s income is retirement income, my critics/opponents want retirement income to be taxed. Further, they oppose raising the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/what-s-fairest-tax-for-illinois-you-decide/article_c3915140-d211-5e58-913f-ba8f3b6b38f4.amp.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/voices-act-could-protect-undocumented-immigrants-who-are-sexual-assault-survivors#stream/0

 

WSIU
— Gov. Rauner Talks with State Workers About FY-19 Budget – STEPH WHITESIDE
http://news.wsiu.org/post/gov-rauner-talks-state-workers-about-fy-19-budget#stream/0

 

WIFR
— DeKalb County leaders discuss growing opioid overdoses with Lt. Governor – Kourtney Adams
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/DeKalb-County-leaders-discuss-growing-opioid-overdoses-with-Lt-Governor-485289161.html

 

WJBC
— Rep. Brady cautiously backs Rauner’s plan for massive infrastructure bill – Howard Packowitz
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/06/12/rep-brady-cautiously-backs-rauners-plan-for-massive-infrastructure-bill/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Public Housing Crisis Threatens Cairo’s Existence – Kirk Siegler
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/12/619109573/public-housing-crisis-threatens-illinois-river-towns-existence

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— IL STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Rauner Signs Budget Minus Reforms
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511454569-il-state-chamber-of-commerce-rauner-signs-budget-minus-reforms

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Rave Reviews for President Trump’s Innovative Diplomacy
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14509

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— RAUNER’s baby step toward TRUMP – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: It certainly seems like Rauner’s advisors want him to dump individuals, dump organizations, dump companies, dump governments, and dump 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. Who are Rauner’s advisors?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/13/rauners-baby-step-toward-trump-gop-superpac-invests-heavily-in-il-12-ig-takes-over-cps-abuse-cases-279929
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Pritzker campaign wasted no time hanging President Donald Trump around Gov. Bruce Rauner’s neck on Tuesday, just hours after the governor made a rare positive statement about the Trump White House. He did it, of course, without saying the president’s name. “I am very proud of what’s been going on in the federal government, Congress, and the White House,” Rauner said at a Downstate stop. Rauner is well aware that if he hopes to have any chance in November, he needs to reach out to the Republican base in southern Illinois, which is solid Trump country. Look no further than Rep. Mark Sanford’s loss last night, after Trump tweeted support for Sanford’s opponent, state Rep. Katie Arrington, as evidence of what can happen to Republicans who dump on Trump.)
— “Across the great divide: Sen. Dick Durbin shames politicians and media that sow divisions in Illinois” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats “sow divisions in Illinois.” They do everything that they can to make members of Group A hate members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/13/rauners-baby-step-toward-trump-gop-superpac-invests-heavily-in-il-12-ig-takes-over-cps-abuse-cases-279929

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: State lawmakers still eyeing gambling expansions, marijuana legalization – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/state-lawmakers-still-eyeing-gambling-expansions-marijuana-legalization/article_282e6922-6d99-11e8-af06-2f1bb959ee86.html
— Labor board: Taxpayers owe union workers $412 million in unpaid step increases – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Step increases recognize the work experience that you gain. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have little or no professional work experience. Have you gotten pay increases? While I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, because of COLAs, step increases, and promotions, my pay increased every year except 1980 when I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/labor-board-taxpayers-owe-union-workers-million-in-unpaid-step/article_3a20f3b6-6ec5-11e8-9b43-e3ebe9179cb2.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Mayor Emanuel rejects the “Madigan question” (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that when they blamed me for all of the problems that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. had, VERY FEW CAME TO MY DEFENSE.  In my defense, I stress that my critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and they have made it very clear that they will viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, or any government that might come to my defense.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/13/mayor-emanuel-rejects-the-madigan-question/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION HARM – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/diversity-and-inclusion-harm/
— WHY CAN’T WE FIX SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE? – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/why-cant-we-fix-social-security-and-medicare/

 

GOPUSA
— Hogg claims net neutrality repeal part of conspiracy to suppress vote; marches in pride parade (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of those who are anti-Second Amendment are also 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 dodgers, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47893
— Anti-Trump incumbent loses primary in South Carolina (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? Do anti-Trumps dominate a) your Republican township/ward party organization, b) your Republican county party organization, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and d) the IRP?)
http://www.gopusa.com/anti-trump-incumbent-loses-primary-in-south-carolina/
— Princeton pressing psych chats to turn men into little girls (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of those who are anti-men are also anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft dodgers, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47809

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP House nominee Seth Grossman doubles down on anti-diversity comments: ‘Diversity is not a virtue’ – Jessica Chasmar (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/12/seth-grossman-gop-house-nominee-doubles-down-diver/

 

CNS NEWS
— Putting America First Has Made USA No. 1 – Stephen Moore
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/stephen-moore/putting-america-first-has-made-usa-no-1

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: NOW HARMING THE SCIENCES Walter Williams flays lowered standards in STEM subjects (DIERSEN: Passing the CPA examination used to be required to advance at IRS and at GAO. But because few minorities and few females took CPA examination, let alone pass it, IRS and GAO dropped that requirement. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old. Very few of them had taken the examination, let alone passed it.)
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/diversity-and-inclusion-now-harming-the-sciences/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Executive Orders Are Surprisingly Popular With Federal Employees – John York (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Assessing job performance is extremely subjective. The Democrats who run the federal government use that subjectivity to get rid of federal employee who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/12/trump-executive-orders-are-surprisingly-popular-with-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When President Donald Trump recently issued three executive orders that made it easier to fire poorly performing government employees, the backlash from public-sector unions was fierce. Union leaders did not like it—one called it an “assault on federal employees.” But a recent poll shows a slight majority of government workers—51 percent—supports the administration’s efforts. Moreover, only 24 percent of federal employees oppose the recent executive orders and another quarter are unsure. The level of support among federal workers for executive orders that will make it easier to fire them is surprising, but only at first glance. In fact, Trump’s executive orders represent modest reforms that will not affect the vast majority of employees and, in fact, likely will improve their working conditions. For instance, one of the new executive orders imposes a 30-day limit on the time an agency can give an employee to improve his poor performance before being fired. When a federal manager determines that an employee is not up to the job, he must present that employee with a performance improvement plan as a last-ditch effort to turn his performance around. Prior to the president’s executive order, agencies set the length of this grace period, which stretched to 120 days in some cases. The new executive order also gives managers more freedom to decide how to punish misconduct. Prior to Trump’s executive orders, managers were ordinarily bound to progress through lesser disciplinary steps from verbal warning and written notices to suspensions, demotions, and removal from the civil service. Now, managers are free to choose a punishment that fits the crime. Some federal employees no doubt take advantage of their insulation from accountability, but most civil servants are hard-working and dedicated—a fact attested to by the 70 percent customer satisfaction rate among those who receive some federal service. These diligent workers must pick up the slack for those who do not do their share, then are sometimes denied opportunities for advancement by the dead weight above them. And, as anyone who has worked in an office environment knows, unmotivated and unruly co-workers can take a heavy toll on morale. So, although a few bad apples may prefer to keep the status quo, it is not surprising most federal employees welcome these provisions of the president’s executive orders.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— NEW USCIS OFFICE INVESTIGATING THOUSANDS WHO GOT U.S. CITIZENSHIP THROUGH IDENTITY FRAUD – Will Racke
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/12/aliens-used-fake-identities/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— Think Way Outside the Box to Clean Up Illinois’ Fiscal Mess A state this broke has nothing to lose. – GERALD D. SKONING (DIERSEN: Those who run Illinois focus on driving out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://spectator.org/think-way-outside-the-box-to-clean-up-illinois-fiscal-mess/

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Louisiana gov reverses course, signs campus free speech bill – Nikita Vladimirov (DIERSEN: If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended high school or college, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11011

 

THE HILL
— Equal pay for women elusive 55 years after landmark law – NIV ELIS (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees who had less work experience than I had, no professional certifications, and/or no professional licenses higher salaries than GAO paid me. I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/391965-equal-pay-for-women-elusive-55-years-after-landmark-law

 

ABC NEWS
— Trumpism again dominates Republican Party – RICK KLEIN and MARYALICE PARKS (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? Do anti-Trumps dominate a) your Republican township/ward party organization, b) your Republican county party organization, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and d) the IRP?)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-trumpism-dominates-republican-party/story?id=55849587

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Talking to Trump: A How-To Guide Insights from more than 50 people the president met with in his first year in office – Peter Nicholas and Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/talking-to-trump-a-how-to-guide-1516303402

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries to bring their children to America illegally.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/10/immigrants-zero-tolerance-mcallen-separate-families-trump/687348002/
— Retirement cut proposals threaten millions of federal workers – Dan Caplinger (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican paint themselves as being a) pro-employer and b) anti-employee. They side with GAO in Diersen v. GAO.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2018/06/12/these-retirement-cuts-threaten-millions-of-workers/35914843/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There’s a lot of debate about the differences in working conditions that public-sector and private-sector workers face. Some private-sector workers who have seen many of their employee benefits deteriorate or disappear entirely over the years believe their public-sector counterparts get benefit packages that are too expensive for taxpayers to maintain. Public-sector employees can point to base salaries that have historically often been lower than what they could make in the private sector as a justification for additional benefits to make up the difference.)

 

MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY JOURNAL
— 3 Surprises To Watch Out For When Paying For Long-Term Care – Chris Orestis (DIERSEN: Will you, or someone who you are responsible for, be one more than 70 percent of Americans over the age of 65 who will need long-term health care services? My father’s sister, my mother’s sister, and my wife’s sister are all paying more than $200/day out of their life’s savings for long-term health care.)
https://communityjournal.net/3-surprises-to-watch-out-for-when-paying-for-long-term-care/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 70 percent of Americans over the age of 65 will need long-term health care services, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Yet, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, only 13 percent of those who received professional home health care had long-term insurance policies, which can protect seniors from high out-of-pocket costs. “There is a wide gap of people without long-term care insurance (LTCI), and some of the alternatives carry little-known laws and legal liabilities that can pose a problem to the care recipient and their family, says CHRIS ORESTIS, Executive Vice President of GWG Life (www.gwglife.com ) and author of the books Help on the Way and A Survival Guide to Aging. “The growing long-term care funding crisis has brought lawsuits and mandated claw-back actions against families in attempts to recover monies spent on long-term care,” Orestis says. “There is a growing need for consumers to consider all their available financial options to fund long-term care, and that can include selling a life insurance policy.” “Often the weight for long-term care falls on the family, and they need to avoid a financial surprise that can come late in life for their loved ones.”)

 

MARSHALL TOWN TIMES REPUBLICAN
— Diversity and inclusion harm – Walter Williams (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.timesrepublican.com/opinion/columnists/2018/06/diversity-and-inclusion-harm/

 

ATLANTA VOICE
— GOP congressional candidate Seth Grossman: “Diversity is ‘a bunch of crap and un-American” – Sophie Tatum (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.theatlantavoice.com/articles/gop-congressional-candidate-diversity-is-a-bunch-of-crap-and-un-american/

 

FED WEEK
— Disciplinary Actions Accelerate at VA Since Change in Law (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat superiors took the following disciplinary actions against me. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government against me: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/disciplinary-actions-accelerate-at-va-since-change-in-law/

 

WHO WHAT WHY
— TRUMP SETS STAGE FOR FEDERAL WORKER PURGES – CELIA WEXLER (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors were always purging federal employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran 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.)
https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/06/13/trump-sets-stage-for-federal-worker-purges/

June 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic women will lead ‘in this time of trial for all of us,’ Durbin says
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-tuesday-20180611-story.html
— Shocked by Trump aggression against reporters and sources? The blueprint was made by Obama – Margaret Sullivan (DIERSEN: I have been a reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. Should I write a book about those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who have worked the most aggressively against me?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-media-trump-reporters-sources-obama-0611-20180608-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Make Chicago its own state? Suburban lawmakers say it won’t happen – Lauren Rohr (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago make it clear that they want to drive out of Chicago individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180611/make-chicago-its-own-state-suburban-lawmakers-say-it-wont-happen

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The $190,000 question: Who will raise salaries for junior lawyers? – CLAIRE BUSHEY (DIERSEN: What salary did you start at and what was your salary eight years into your career? In today’s dollars, I started at IRS at $45,703 and eight years later, my salary was $91,880. My critics/opponents have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180612/NEWS04/180619985
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Winston & Strawn plans to boost first-year lawyer salaries by $10,000, making it the first Chicago firm to pay $190,000. The move invites the question of whether others will follow. Winston is following the lead of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCoy. The New York firm bumped salaries for its junior lawyers on June 4, setting a new pay scale starting at $190,000 and going to $330,000 for lawyers eight years into their careers. Several others besides Winston have raised salaries too.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Protesters visit Rauner’s house to demand $15 minimum wage – Maximilian Kwiatkowski (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. Because I could do the aforesaid, anybody could do the aforesaid, or more, because according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am lazy, I am stupid, and I am even worse things.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180611/protesters-visit-rauners-house-to-demand-15-minimum-wage

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Small step toward transparency – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-06-12/editorial-small-step-toward-transparency.html
— Population drop is complicated – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who run Illinois focus on a) attracting to Illinois members of Group A and b) driving out of Illinois members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-06-11/editorial-population-drop-complicated.html

 

WAND
— Poor People’s Campaign advocates march in Springfield – Tristan Hardy (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. Because I could do the aforesaid, anybody could do the aforesaid, or more, because according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am lazy, I am stupid, and I am even worse things.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38400691/poor-peoples-campaign-advocates-march-in-springfield

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— How Much Is A School Teacher Worth? – DUSTY RHODES
http://nprillinois.org/post/how-much-school-teacher-worth#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— It could get easier for older job applicants to prove age discrimination
http://www.chicagonow.com/windy-city-legal-geek/2018/06/it-could-get-easier-for-older-job-applicants-to-prove-age-discrimination/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Roskam champions bill to limit IRS asset seizures – Robert Hadley
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511453195-roskam-champions-bill-to-limit-irs-asset-seizures

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Professional complaints filed against Cullerton, Madigan and others – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors treated me like many complaints had been filed against me by my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, disabled, and/or veteran, but none ever were. Virtually all of the employees who my Democrat superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, disabled, veteran, and/or employees who they wanted to get rid of.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/professional-complaints-filed-against-cullerton-madigan-and-others/article_5188bf24-6dae-11e8-8edb-eb12f10093aa.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A victims’ rights activist who was the first to publicly name a state legislator for alleged abuse of power has now filed a complaint against a slew of other state lawmakers who are also lawyers, claiming misconduct, malfeasance and other violations of professional standards. Denise Rotheimer said Monday she filed a complaint with Illinois’ Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission against several high-ranking lawmakers, including state Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, and House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago. Rotheimer also filed complaints against lawmakers who are attorneys on the Legislative Ethics Commission and against the special legislative inspector general. The ARDC was established by the Illinois Supreme Court to “promote and protect the integrity of the legal profession.” The Illinois Supreme Court has the authority to disbar attorneys. The complaints stem from the nearly three year vacancy for the legislative inspector general position. The inspector general is responsible for investigating allegations of lawmaker wrongdoing. While the post was vacant, complaints forwarded to the office sat untouched.)

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— MSNBC Actually Asks if Trump’s Old Age Versus Kim Jong Un’s Young Age Gives U.S. a Disadvantage – TRE GOINS-PHILLIPS (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination.)
https://ijr.com/2018/06/1102159-msnbc-journalist-trump-age-north-korea/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP forced to act on Dreamer legislation – Susan Ferrechio (DIERSEN: Of course, this will result in many millions more Dreamers being brought into America illegally. Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers hint/imply/argue/shout that they can/will/do give tremendous preference to Dreamers over citizens of America.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/gop-forced-to-act-on-dreamer-legislation

 

BREITBART
— ‘Moderates’ Reject Amnesty Compromise, Deny Border Upgrades – Neil Monro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/11/moderates-block-amnesty-compromise-deny-border-upgrades/

 

BLAZE
— Robert De Niro says ‘F*** Trump’ at Tonys; Parkland drama students give surprise performance – Dave Urbanski
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/11/robert-de-niro-says-f-trump-at-tonys-parkland-drama-students-give-surprise-performance

 

CHRISTIAN NEWS
— CrossFit Researcher Fired for Tweeting ‘Celebrating Pride Is a Sin’ – Heather Clark
https://christiannews.net/2018/06/11/crossfit-researcher-fired-for-tweeting-celebrating-pride-is-a-sin/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Dozens of layoffs at DePaul given ‘Lifetime Censorship Award’ as enrollment plunges – GREG PIPER (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will DePaul officially declare war against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/45753/
— Public university hides results of hate-crime investigation, including suspects’ race – GRACE CURTIS
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/45549/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A public university in Maryland is refusing to provide any information about two students investigated for allegedly harassing and assaulting Jewish fraternity members, claiming it would violate federal law. The fraternity itself refuses to say anything about the alleged assailants, suggesting that they do not fit the stereotype of white nationalists or neo-Nazis.)

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats test liberal messages in midterm House elections – BILL BARROW and THOMAS BEAUMONT (DIERSEN: From what I see, the Democrat message is and will increasingly be: “To punish Trump, Vote for Democrats.”
https://apnews.com/8fbd51f595f44fca81e94ec2b97be3f8/Democrats-test-liberal-messages-in-midterm-House-elections

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Even a Whiff of Disloyalty to Trump Can Imperil a G.O.P. Incumbent – Alan Blinder and Jonathan Martin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/us/alabama-republican-roby-trump.html
— Trump Administration Challenges University of Michigan Anti-Bullying Rules – Anemona Hartocollis
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/us/speech-lawsuit-trump-administration-michigan.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/opinion/trump-border-migrants-separation.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— John Cox says Trump will campaign for him in California governor’s race – SEEMA MEHTA
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-may-2018-john-cox-says-president-trump-will-stump-1528781633-htmlstory.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Supreme Court Backs Ohio Voter Purge Decision by conservative justices could open the door for more states to adopt such rules – Jess Bravin (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is there on the voter rolls in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-upholds-ohio-rules-for-canceling-voter-registration-1528728340
— Sessions Rules Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence Can’t Always Win Asylum Decision represents attorney general’s latest effort to curtail loopholes in immigration law – Alicia A. Caldwell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sessions-rules-immigrant-victims-of-domestic-violence-cant-always-seek-asylum-1528754063
— The Words That Can Signal You’re Depressed People who are experiencing depression use different words than people who are not – Elizabeth Bernstein (DIERSEN: Members of Group A focus making members of Group B feel depressed. I should write a book about members of Group A. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-words-that-can-signal-youre-depressed-1528724000

 

USA TODAY
— Voting decision is a victory for ballot integrity – Pete Hutchison
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/11/supreme-court-voting-decision-victory-ohio-editorials-debates/35940941/

 

HERALD AND NEWS
— News fatigue: Many Americans feel worn out, but interesting trends show – JENNIFER RUBIN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you read ONLY what they put out or bless. Some are so extreme that they do not want me drive traffic to their websites.)
https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/wire_commentary/news-fatigue-many-americans-feel-worn-out-but-interesting-trends/article_e08d8cbe-e195-5112-9c9f-296b6fef3c99.html

 

WTVA
— REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS INCREASINGLY REALLY DO OCCUPY DIFFERENT WORLDS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and Republicans are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wtva.com/content/national/485221391.html

 

HR DRIVE
— Does an ‘experience range’ read as age discrimination? – Riia O’Donnell (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)

https://www.hrdive.com/news/does-an-experience-range-read-as-age-discrimination/524956/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An employee can continue with his claim that an upper limit on work experience may amount to age discrimination, a federal district court judge determined, denying a motion for summary judgment filed by STMicroelectronics, Inc. Charles Owen worked for STM as a temp in 2008 for about one year, filling in for an employee who was on assignment in China. In 2013, he was asked to return to STM to fill a second vacancy. Upon his return, he learned the position he had filled in 2008 was now vacant and applied for the job. The job posting specified that the company desired about 10 years of experience. Owen met all the criteria for the opening but was told by the person to whom he was reporting at the time that they didn’t want “someone with so much experience that they would be inflexible.” Owen was in his 60s, and the job ultimately went to a 36-year-old candidate. Owen sued, and the judge refused to dismiss his claim, saying that “a reasonable juror could find [the supervisor’s] comment about experience and inflexibility to be indicative of age discrimination.”)

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs oppose anything that discourages illegal immigration. Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat or to be a RINO is to be anti-American and to be anti-White.
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2018/06/11/the-census-bureaus-very-costly-question-choice/

June 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Republicans challenge Democrats to call for Michael Madigan’s resignation over MeToo fallout.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/republicans-challenge-democrats-to-call-for-madigans-resignation-over-metoo-fallout/3590991/
— Illinois Republicans urge Trump not to grant Blagojevich clemency
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-republicans-urge-trump-not-to-grant-blagojevich-clemency/3591013/

 

CBS2
— Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO, Blasted For Patronizing Chick-Fil-A
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/11/twitter-chick-fil-a-jack-dorsey-gay-same-sex-marriage/
— Illinois Republican Lawmakers Call For Democrats To Turn On House Speaker Mike Madigan – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/11/lawmakers-call-democrats-to-turn-backs-on-mike-madigan/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ Republican Washington delegation asks Trump to leave Blago’s sentence intact – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-gop-congressional-delegation-trump-blago-20180611-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Woman who uncovered Madigan’s #metoo mess Alaina Hampton wants to run state Democratic Party – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/woman-who-uncovered-madigans-metoo-mess-wants-to-run-state-democratic-party/
— Blagojevich clemency: The 7 Illinois GOP Congress members tell Trump to say no – Lynn Sweet and Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/blagojevich-clemency-the-7-illinois-gop-congress-members-tell-trump-to-say-no/
— U.S. launches bid to find citizenship cheaters – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/us-launches-bid-to-find-citizenship-cheaters/
— Demand independence, transparency if you want government you can trust – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/demand-independence-transparency-if-you-want-government-you-can-trust/
— Protesters block Loop traffic demanding rent control, elected school board – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/protesters-block-loop-traffic-rent-control-elected-school-board-cps-rahm-emanuel/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “President’s belligerence may have a cost for suburbs, Illinois.” In my precinct, because I am a Trump supporter, anti-Trump voters take their anger against Trump out on me. What do you say to Trump supporters who say that a) I do not do enough to help Trump and b) I do not do the right things to help Trump? They use against me the fact that 211 voted for Clinton in my precinct while only 137 voted for Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180611/editorial-presidents-belligerence-may-have-a-cost-for-suburbs-illinois

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they want to use citizens of Mexico and citizens of other foreign countries to get rid of Republicans once and for all. What if Republicans brought in citizens of foreign countries to get rid of Democrats once and for all?
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180611/BLOGS02/180619988/durbin-rips-immigration-policy-as-possible-daca-vote-nears

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Bost, Davis, Shimkus urge Trump to not pardon Blagojevich – Chuck Raasch
    https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bost-davis-shimkus-urge-trump-to-not-pardon-blagojevich/article_7e3d6c33-6eae-5ffe-8345-387eeaba4f15.html

 

WTAX
— Because Gov. Rauner said no to a $15-an-hour minimum wage in Illinois, protesters outside his house in Springfield Monday said they would say no to Rauner come Election Day.
http://wtax.com/news/101101-mansion-protest/

 

WQLZ
— Ives Among Others Call for Democrats to Force Mike Madigan to Step Down
http://www.wqlz.com/2018/06/11/ives-among-others-call-for-democrats-to-force-mike-madigan-to-step-down/

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— Bears Or IL Lawmakers: Who Do You Side With On NFL Anthem Policy? The team publicly supported the rule change last week. But 4 U.S. representatives sharply criticized the league for silencing players. – Joe Vince
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/bears-or-il-lawmakers-who-do-you-side-nfl-anthem-policy

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Leaks Dips into Lakewood Poliltics
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/10/illinois-leaks-dips-lakewood-poliltics/
— Looking at Algonquin Township Road District Vacation Pay
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/11/117697/
— McHenry Citizen Says Annual Town Meeting Had No Authority to Order Township Board to Conduct a Cost-Benefit Study on Elimination of an Independent Road District
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/11/mchenry-citien-says-annual-town-meeting-no-authority-order-township-board-conduct-cost-benefit-study-elimination-independent-road-district/
— Looking at Reception of Joe Tirio’s County Clerk Campaign Slogan “I Won’t Hire My Wife” at Milk Day Parade
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/11/looking-reception-joe-tirios-campaign-slogan-wont-hire-wife-milk-day-parade/
— Sen. Dan McConchie Town Hall Meeting at Cary Village Hall Tuesday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/11/sen-dan-mcconchie-town-hall-meeting-cary-village-hall-tuesday/

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Righter and House GOP members question Firearms Restraining Order Act – Angela Underwood
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511453163-righter-and-house-gop-members-question-firearms-restraining-order-act

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives says that colleagues are ‘denying reality’ by telling public that new state budget is ‘balanced’- Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511454002-ives-says-that-colleagues-are-denying-reality-by-telling-public-that-new-state-budget-is-balanced

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES-LED GROUP OF GOP LAWMAKERS AND CANDIDATES CALL FOR MADIGAN TO RESIGN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) either promote reverse discrimination or have not been adversely affected by it and b) stress that I support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/ives-led-group-of-gop-lawmakers-and-candidates-call-for-madigan-to-resign.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERS PUSH FOR MORE VIDEO GAMBLING IN COOK COUNTY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-republican-party-leaders-push-for-more-video-gambling-in-cook-county.html
— CONGRESSMAN LAHOOD LEADS OPPOSITION TO BLAGOJEVICH PARDON
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/lahood-leads-opposition-to-blagojevich-pardon.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives uses #MeToo presser to showcase some of Proft’s candidates (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) either promote reverse discrimination or have not been adversely affected by it and b) stress that I support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/11/ives-uses-metoo-presser-to-showcase-some-of-profts-candidates/
— Durbin takes credit for all-female DPI panel to find Mapes replacement (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I orchestrated the end of the following, but maybe someday, they will come forward and take credit: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship (2012), Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership (2011), Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster (2010 and 2004), Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership (2007), American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership (2004), GAO employee (1997), etc.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/11/durbin-takes-credit-for-all-female-dpi-panel-to-find-mapes-replacement/
— Illinois Republican congressmen ask Trump to oppose clemency for Blagojevich
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/11/illinois-republican-congressmen-ask-trump-to-oppose-clemency-for-blagojevich/

— Moody’s: Pension buyout plan is credit positive, poses “modest budget risk” (DIERSEN: If I was still working for GAO, since 1997, when I was 49 years old and my Democrat superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” I would have paid $182,035 into the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) instead of the CSRS paying me $1,076,178 in today’s dollars.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/11/moodys-pension-buyout-plan-is-credit-positive-poses-modest-budget-risk/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— It’s Not Bigotry to Believe Homosexuality Is a Sin – DAVID FRENCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/its-not-bigotry-to-believe-homosexuality-is-a-sin/
— The Equal Rights Amendment Is a Feminist Ruse – ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/equal-rights-amendment-unnecessary-feminist-project/

 

GOPUSA
— Supreme Court rules that Ohio, other states can purge voting rolls (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is there on the voting rolls in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47764
— ICE raid worries landscapers who say they can’t find legal workers (DIERSEN: If there were as many legal and illegal immigrants when I was young as there are now, employers would have hired them instead of me. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47696
— Melania Trump’s sophistication annoys vicious media
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47725

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Twitter CEO apologizes for eating at Chick-fil-A, says he forgot its Christian ‘background’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/twitter-ceo-apologizes-for-eating-at-chick-fil-a-says-he-forgot-its-christi

 

NEWSMAX
— OUTSTANDING: Attorney General Sessions to Tighten Asylum Rules – Joe Crowe
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/jeff-sessions-asylum-rules-immigration-courts/2018/06/11/id/865439/

 

BREITBART
— GOP Gap Spikes in Generic Poll as GOP Donors, Ryan Push Amnesty – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: Cheap labor Democrat plants, cheap labor Libertarian plants, cheap labor Green plants, and cheap labor RINOs in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants have always worked very hard against me.)
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/10/generic-poll-gap-widens-as-gop-donors-ryan-push-amnesty/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The GOP’s deficit in the generic-ballot poll score has spiked from just 3.2 points to 7.6 points in the last week as business donors and House Speaker Paul Ryan push for a wage-cutting amnesty. The new polls show all of the GOP’s gradual gains since mid-March were suddenly wiped out starting June 1, when the Democrats held a mere 3.2 point advantage in the generic ballot, which records voters’ partisan preference. One week late, on June 8, the gap had jumped to 7.6 percent as the establishment media extensively and favorably covered the discharge-petition push and Ryan’s June 6 public support for an amnesty.)

 

BLAZE
— OUTRAGEOUS: President Trump tells reporters he would likely support bill ending federal ban on pot – Jana J. Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/11/president-trump-tells-reporters-he-would-likely-support-bill-ending-federal-ban-on-pot

 

DAILY CALLER
— HOLLYWOOD HATES YOU – Derek Hunter
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/11/daily-daily-caller-podcast-hollywood-hates-you/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The G-7’s socialist-leaning communique – Tom Rogan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-g-7s-socialist-leaning-communique
— Real racism isn’t in Trump’s Twitter feed, it’s in America’s elite universities – Ying Ma
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/real-racism-isnt-in-trumps-twitter-feed-its-in-americas-elite-universities

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN: HEADLINE: Those who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform “face decision day on Dreamer petition.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/391736-gop-centrists-face-decision-day-on-dreamer-petition?userid=3526
— GOP House nominee Seth Grossman calls diversity a ‘bunch of crap’ and ‘un-American’ – JUSTIN WISE (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire Republicans and to get rid of Republicans.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/391687-nj-gop-house-candidate-calls-diversity-a-bunch-of-crap
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the video, Grossman calls diversity an “un-American” concept, implies that the country was better off before affirmative action and says black Americans would benefit from stronger immigration enforcement. “The whole idea of diversity is a bunch of crap and un-American,” Grossman says. Diversity, he says, is “an excuse by Democrats, communists and socialists, basically, to say that we’re not all created equal, that if some people or somebody is less qualified, they will get a job anyway or they’ll get into college anyway because of what group or what box they fit into.” “Once we say that Republicans want these traditional ways that made America great for all these years, then maybe African-Americans will realize if we enforce our immigration laws, they’ll be more opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds,” he adds. “When we talk about women saying ‘Well we need special care for child care, we need this credit and that credit.’ I say, wait a minute, when America was great, one parent alone earned more than enough money to comfortably support a family.” On Monday, Grossman, a noted supporter of President Trump, told Philly.com that he stands by his comments. He also contended that American Bridge PAC is trying to brand Trump-aligned Republicans as “radical and unacceptable.”)

 

POLITICO
— Illinois Republicans buck Trump over Blagojevich – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/11/illinois-republicans-blagojevich-commutation-trump-636881

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Sessions Says Domestic Violence Is Not Grounds for Asylum – Katie Benner
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/us/politics/sessions-domestic-violence-asylum.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What to Do When the Labor Market Stops Working for Workers – Alan S. Blinder (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are pro-employer and anti-worker. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I was a lowly failed worker. They stress that I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-to-do-when-the-labor-market-stops-working-for-workers-1528756950

 

JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
— Attracting women to construction still requires much groundwork – Keri Salvisburg Miller (DIERSEN: Because all the jobs that I had are viewed by society as being “bad” jobs that are held by “losers,” my superiors were frustrated in attracting and retaining qualified minorities and qualified females. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/associations/2018/06/attracting-women-construction-still-requires-much-groundwork-pca

 

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
— DGA Calls on Rauner to Reveal Whether He Supports Trump Pardoning Himself (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but when will the DGA call on Rauner to reveal whether he supports Diersen’s call for him to sign a pledge that he will not take any actions against the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://democraticgovernors.org/news/dga-calls-on-rauner-to-reveal-whether-he-supports-trump-pardoning-himself/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— The Victory Fund, the only national Political Action Committee dedicated to electing LGBTQ people to all levels of government announced their endorsement of Democratic nominee for Cook County Commissioner Kevin B. Morrison, who is running against the chair of the Illinois Republican Party 15th District Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider. (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who will tell Schneider that to get reelected, he will have to a) dump all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) dump all 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?)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/LGBTQ-Victory-Fund-backs-gay-Dem-for-Cook-County-Commissioner-/63153.html

June 11 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DEADLINE FOR HAVING AN ENTRY IN WHEATON’S INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JUNE 20: So far, Republican entries are Peter Roskam, Peter Breen/Amy Grant, Paul Hinds, James Mendrick, Grant Eckhoff/Tim Elloitt/Chris Zaruba, Jeff Mckay, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6, 2018 ballots in Wheaton a) to have an entry in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and b) to help sponsor the parade. Those candidates include Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, Gwen Henry, Kevin Wiley, Jim Zay, Al Murphy, Joseph Cantore, and Karen Wilson. The deadline for parade entries has been extended to June 20, 2018 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 This year again, for the 13th year in a row, DuPage Republicans will help sponsor the parade and the fireworks the evening before. So far, outstandingly, Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has contributed $500, Judge Jeff Mackay has contribute $250, and DuPage County Clerk Paul Hinds has contributed $100 toward the $2,500 sponsorship pledge. Bob Berlin, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Dave Molitor, and Peter Roskam have made $100 pledges. DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands. DuPage Republicans will again have a booth at the fireworks the evening before the parade. I will again hand deliver a flyer to all the residences and businesses on the parade route that lists the sponsors and the amount that they contributed. Please urge the candidates to phone me at 630-653-0462 about sponsorship and mail a check made out to the Wheaton Park District for $100 or more to me ASAP at 915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326. Thanks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CBS2
— Viral G7 Photo Released By Germany
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/10/viral-g7-photo-released-by-germany/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to abolish the Second Amendment state what they want.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-all-31-ways-you-can-fight-gun-violence/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A group of Illinois House Republicans, including Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton, candidates and whistleblowers will hold a news conference in Chicago to discuss a plan to address harassment and abuse. (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want me to know about this news conference, promote this news conference, attend this news conference, or report on this news conference because I support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-susana-mendoza-metoo-20180608-story.html
— Anti-harassment panel will look for ways to promote more women in politics, Mendoza says – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Have you been charged with sexual harassment? I have not. But my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that those who like me who support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-susana-mendoza-metoo-20180608-story.html
— The Web as you know it may soon be altered as Obama-era net neutrality rules end – Tony Romm (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want internet service providers (ISP) to prioritize them over me. Of course, my critics/opponents who have lots of money can/would/do give ISPs, Google, Facebook, etc. lots of money to prioritize them over me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-net-neutrality-end-20180610-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The two events in Washington could lead to further consolidation of wireless, cable and content giants, public-interest advocates say. And they fear that behemoths like AT&T might someday prioritize their own TV shows and other content over rivals’. Internet service providers, or ISPs, deny that they would engage in such a practice — yet consumer watchdogs worry that consumers would have little legal recourse if they did. “I think this could be a one-two punch to consumers and online competition,” said Gene Kimmelman, the president of Public Knowledge, a Washington, D.C.-based public interest group. “The combination of no net neutrality and video consolidation creates new bottlenecks that empower the traditional media industry to raise prices and limit online competition.”)
— Former Miss America contestant: Girls like me don’t belong anymore – Lea Schiazza
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-beauty-miss-america-swimsuit-evening-gown-20180611-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Company finds its office space, culture are key to retaining employees – David Semerad (DIERSEN: The federal government’s top priority is hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. Therefore, the federal government does everything that it can to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have absolutely no problem with the aforesaid.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/businesscollective/tca-money-is-great-but-a-positive-space-may-be-more-vital-20180601-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame gun violence on Republicans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-met-grossman-guns-divided-america-20180605-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Nod toward pension crisis is a start, but we need much more – Editorial (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) want cheap labor, b) are pro-employer and pro-business, are c) are anti-employee and anti-consumer. They side with all the defendants in all the lawsuits that I have filed.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180610/editorial-nod-toward-pension-crisis-is-a-start-but-we-need-much-more
— Poll shows deep divisions between Israelis and American Jews – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180610/news/306109988/
— Fox News host sorry for calling Trump, Kim ‘two dictators’ – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180610/news/306109930/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans discourage immigrants from speaking English, from reading English, and from writing English.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180611/many-work-hard-to-learn-english
— Why you can’t fix retirement without fixing wages – Christopher Ingraham (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) want cheap labor, b) are pro-employer and pro-business, are c) are anti-employee and anti-consumer. They side with all the defendants in all the lawsuits that I have filed.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180611/why-you-cant-fix-retirement-without-fixing-wages
— In eye of storm, scant news of Trump summit in North Korea – AP (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If you are a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, how often do you receive emails a) from the chairman of your township/ward party organization, b) from the chairman of your county party organization, c) from your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and d) from the IRP? Do the aforesaid encourage you to subscribe to and to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? Since 2004, I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Those emails have included links to more than 303,800 articles and information on many upcoming events. Those emails are free of charge and contain no advertising. Those emails promote the IRP platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180610/news/306109964/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps “chant for immigration reform during Friday rally in DeKalb.”
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/09/dozens-chant-for-immigration-reform-during-friday-rally-in-dekalb/arfdlof/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Work remains to put Illinois on strong fiscal footing – Sen. Bill Brady
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180610/sen-bill-brady-work-remains-to-put-illinois-on-strong-fiscal-footing
— City wants to put competing ballot question about absorbing Capital Township – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: What do you say to past and present township officials and employees who talk and/or act like they want me to be anti-township?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180610/city-wants-to-put-competing-ballot-question-about-absorbing-capital-township
— Former Springfield Ald. Bartolomucci fined for political texts – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180608/former-springfield-ald-bartolomucci-fined-for-political-texts

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— State Sen. Toi Hutchinson (D-Olympia Fields), pays herself with campaign cash – David Giuliani
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/lawmaker-pays-herself-with-campaign-cash/article_4fa00dee-3ccf-11e8-8103-f7670dbcc440.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois becomes 30th state to adopt Uniform Bar Exam – AP (DIERSEN: What professional examinations have you passed? In 1979, when I was 30 years old, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. In 1981, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always dismissed, belittled, badmouthed, demonized, denigrated, and condemned the aforesaid.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article212935619.html

 

CHICAGO READER
— Could Democrats survive without Michael Madigan at the top? – Ben Joravsky
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/11/could-dems-survive-without-michael-madigan-at-the-top

 

ROBERT FEDER
— Sun-Times has ‘60 percent’ chance of survival, CEO Eisendrath says (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are worthless a) because GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are free, b) copies of the emails are posted at www.gopillinois.com and are not behind any kind of paywall, c) the emails contain no pictures or advertising, and d) my critics/opponents who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout demonize, denigrate, and condemn the emails.)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2018/06/08/sun-times-60-percent-chance-survival-ceo-eisendrath-says/#more-18295
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Despite its appeal for support among union households, the Sun-Times has not experienced a groundswell of subscribers under the new ownership, Eisendrath said. With a redesign of the paper’s website and its move to a subscription paywall model, there will be a renewed effort to attract new customers.)

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Is Madigan Now In Survival Mode?
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/is-madigan-now-in-survival-mode

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Accepting Including Embracing and Sharing Deviance – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, a) who takes the lead in promoting deviance and b) who takes the lead in fighting deviance?)
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/accepting-including-embracing-and-sharing-deviance/
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-accepting-including-embracing-and-sharing-deviance/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— OUTRAGEOUS: RAUNER ALLY JOHN ROWE JOINS UP WITH CHICAGO MAYOR EMANUEL IN PROMOTING NEW IMMIGRATION EFFORT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/rauner-ally-john-rowe-joins-up-with-chicago-mayor-emanuel-in-promoting-new-immigration-effort.html
— CHICAGO SUBURBAN BURBANK PAYS HISPANIC CHURCH $459,000 FOR ANTI-RELIGIOUS BIAS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/burbank-pays-church-459000-for-discrimination-.html
— THORNER/INGOLD: PELOSI SCORNS MAY’S INCREDIBLE JOBS REPORT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/thorneringold-pelosi-scorns-mays-incredible-jobs-report.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— OUTSTANDING: Administration rallies for mandatory E-Verify to stop illegal employment – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/administration-rallies-for-mandatory-e-verify-to-stop-illegal-employment-1

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Willie Brown warns Dems they may be in for a surprise with Cox – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/06/willie_brown_warns_democrats_they_may_be_in_for_a_surprise_with_cox.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Krishnamoorthi to Trudeau: Stop ‘feuding’ with Trump over trade – Gregg Re
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/10/democratic-congressman-to-trudeau-stop-feuding-with-trump-over-trade.html

 

BREITBART
— OUTRAGEOUS: Democrats Push Licensing, Registration of Semi-Automatic Handguns, Rifles – Awr Hawkins
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/11/democrats-push-firearm-licensing-registration-in-house-senate/

 

NEWSMAX
— Republicans Furious Over Possible Freedom for Blagojevich – John Gizzi
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/blago-blagojevich-obama-darin-lahood/2018/06/11/id/865322/
— Twitter Lights Up Over Trudeau’s Eyebrow – Solange Reyner
https://www.newsmax.com/thewire/justin-trudeau-canada-g7-summit-eyebrow/2018/06/10/id/865286/

 

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Congress Can Cut Billions in Wasteful Spending – Romina Boccia and Dody Eid (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who rail against wasteful government spending, but side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who wasted me and wasted my career?)
https://www.heritage.org/budget-and-spending/commentary/congress-can-cut-billions-wasteful-spending-following-blueprint

 

DAILY CALLER
— Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Sunday expressed regret over eating at Chick-fil-A, because of the chicken company’s CEO’s personal views on gay marriage.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/10/twitter-ceo-chick-fil-a-gay-marriage/

 

ANDY MARTIN
— New Hampshire carpetbagger candidate “Moneybags Maura” Sullivan heads to Chicago, USA’s capital of corruption New Hampshire congressional candidate Andy Martin exposes how local fake news media in that state are being used to promote a corrupt, arrogant carpetbagger candidate, Maura Sullivan
http://andymartinforcongress.blogspot.com/2018/06/new-hampshire-carpetbagger-candidate.html
https://andymartinforcongress.wordpress.com/2018/06/11/new-hampshire-carpetbagger-candidate-moneybags-maura-sullivan-heads-to-chicago-usas-capital-of-corruption/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— NRA’s Loesch: School ‘protected’ confessed Parkland shooter with lax discipline regimen Gun control comes under criticism at Western Conservative Summit – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/10/dana-loesch-parkland-protected-nikolas-cruz-lax-di/

 

REUTERS
— College pay-off seems elusive for many U.S. young people – Gail MarksJarvis (DIERSEN: If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 when I was 21 years old, Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 and Oldsmobile and IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971. If I had not earned a job-related master’s degree in 1976 and a job-related professional certification in 1979, GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980. If I had not earned job-related master’s degrees in 1980 and 1997 and job-related professional certifications in 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and a job-related professional license in 1981, the Democrats who ran GAO would have gotten rid of me much sooner than they did.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-world-work-college/college-pay-off-seems-elusive-for-many-u-s-young-people-idUSKCN1J30ZM

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— TRAGIC: Alabama’s Longtime Hostility to Gambling Shows Signs of Fading – Alan Blinder
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/10/us/alabama-sports-betting-evangelicals.html
— ‘Drama, Action, Emotional Power’: As Exhausted Aides Eye the Exits, Trump Is Re-energized – Maggie Haberman and Katie Rogers (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what it was like for those who shared my demographics (Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, etc.) to work for GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969. I should write a book about what it is/was like for those who share my demographics (conservative, old) to be a member of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/10/us/politics/trump-turnover.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mr. Trump, a former reality television star, may soon be working with a thinned-out cast in the middle of Season 2, well before the midterm elections. Several high-profile aides, including John F. Kelly, the president’s chief of staff, and Joe Hagin, a deputy of Mr. Kelly’s, are said to be thinking about how much longer they can stay. Last week, Mr. Kelly told visiting senators that the White House was “a miserable place to work,” according to a person with direct knowledge of the comment. The turnover, which is expected to become an exodus after the November elections, does not worry the president, several people close to him said. He has grown comfortable with removing any barriers that might challenge him — including, in some cases, people who have the wrong chemistry or too frequently say no to him.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What to Consider Before You Change Your Residence Because of the New Tax Law Limits on deductions for state and local taxes have created a greater incentive for taxpayers living in high-tax states – Tom Herman (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-to-consider-before-you-change-your-residence-because-of-the-new-tax-law-1528682701
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For some people, saving taxes under the new law could be a moving experience. Among the biggest changes is a provision limiting deductions for state and local taxes to $10,000 a year ($5,000 for a married person filing a separate return), starting this year and scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. Also, the standard deduction amounts rose sharply. These changes have created a greater incentive for many taxpayers living in high-tax areas, including New York City, California, New Jersey and Connecticut, to consider becoming tax refugees. This includes upper-income taxpayers who have more than one home and want to claim a home in a lower-tax area as the one that counts for tax purposes. It also includes some taxpayers who are considering fleeing entirely from a high-tax area.)
— It’s Time to A/B Test Your Financial Life People often don’t know their true preferences. Trying them out could save you a lot of money. – Shlomo Benartzi
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-time-to-a-b-test-your-financial-life-1528682940
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Buying basic vs. luxury goods. . .2. Monitoring your portfolio more vs. less frequently. . .3. Retiring now vs. later. . .4. Spending more vs. less in retirement. . . .5. Spending on the usual vs. new experiences)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-legal-weed-let-states-tend-their-own-gardens-1528652158

June 10 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— White House takes up fight against ‘back-stabbing’ Trudeau – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-g7-statement-justin-trudeau/
— Sex abuse scandal is latest CPS fiasco under Rahm Emanuel’s watch – Fran Spielman and Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sex-abuse-scandal-cps-dirty-schools-strike-teachers-rahm-emanuel/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups promote LGBTQ activity: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-pride-2018-guide-celebrations-events-things-to-do/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sooner or later, Democrats blame all gun violence on Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-all-31-ways-you-can-fight-gun-violence/
— Chicago’s potty-mouthed mayor was once a preschool teacher – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-preschool-teacher-fact-check/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— European leaders are indignant and defiant over Trump’s G-7 statement, but they’re not surprised – Griff Witte and James McAuley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-g7-summit-reaction-20180610-story.html
— Fox News host calls President Trump a dictator, then apologizes – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-fox-news-trump-dictator-20180610-story.html
— Waukegan partners with Lake County Coalition for Homeless in wake of PADS Lake County complaints – Emily K. Coleman (DIERSEN: Democrats blame homelessness on Republicans. In your municipality, which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries take the lead in attracting homeless people to your municipality? Democrats blame homelessness on Republicans.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-waukegan-pads-st-0611-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Seven shot at child’s birthday party in Aurora
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180610/seven-shot-at-childs-birthday-party-in-aurora

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jim Day picks Pat Brady and Jim Thacker to talk about John Cox. Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced candidates for U.S. Senate (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren. We can forever ask ourselves, “What if Trump had endorsed Ives?”)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-10/jim-dey-perennial-illinois-office-seeker-finds-more-success-out-west.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Those who recall Cox’s political activities in Illinois have watched with amazement as he’s made his run in California. “He was one of those guys who was always kind of out there running,” said Chicago lawyer and former state GOP Chairman Pat Brady. Rockford political consultant Jim Thacker, who worked both for and against Cox, described him as a “self-made guy” who “always had the credentials and the smarts” to be a credible candidate. “The circumstances were never right for him,” Thacker said. “I didn’t know he had even moved to California. But he’s sure getting his 15 minutes of fame now.” Cox’s endless runs for public office here created an image as that of a political gadfly, someone not to be taken seriously by the news media or the political establishment.)

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Expanded use of HIV prevention faces stigma, lack of awareness – Dean Olsen
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180609/expanded-use-of-hiv-prevention-faces-stigma-lack-of-awareness

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Trump Campaign Launches Brilliant New Tool – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14494

 

EVERGREEN PARK PATCH
— New D124 Principal Banned From Contact With Staff At Old Job A letter from an attorney for NSSD-112 also asked on-leave “principal on special assignment” Matt Eriksen to stay off district property. – Jonah Meadows
https://patch.com/illinois/evergreenpark/new-d124-principal-banned-contact-staff-old-job

 

BREITBART
— May 2018 the Third Consecutive Month of Record Background Checks – Awr Hawkins
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/10/may-2018-the-third-consecutive-month-of-record-background-checks/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There were 19 consecutive months of record background checks under Barack Obama. Those began in May 2015 and lasted through November 2016. They were driven by a non-stop assault on the Second Amendment, characterized by attempts to secure all-out bans on certain types of weapons and “high capacity” magazines, as well as efforts to implement universal background checks and other controls. Such fears largely vanished under the Trump administration and record levels of background checks faded. Then came the February 14, 2018, Parkland school shooting, which was immediately followed by leftist celebrities, student gun control activists, and the establishment media relentlessly pushing for all-out bans on certain types of weapons and “high capacity” magazines, as well as efforts to implement universal background checks and other controls. Now background checks for gun sales are surging, NRA membership is up to 6 million, and donations to gun rights’ groups are increasing.)

 

BLAZE
— Mayors across nation form coalition to support transgender anti-discrimination law – Teri Webster
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/10/mayors-across-nation-form-coalition-to-support-transgender-anti-discrimination-law

 

PJ MEDIA
— Illinois Counties Declare Themselves ‘Gun Sanctuaries’; Oregon Voters Could be Next – ROD KACKLEY
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/illinois-counties-declare-themselves-gun-sanctuaries-oregon-voters-could-be-next/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump vs. the Media – Timothy Philen
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/06/trump_vs_the_media.html

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Will Stormy Daniels, Russia Collusion Claims Lower Evangelical Turnout in Midterms? Ralph Reed Answers – Samuel Smith
https://www.christianpost.com/news/will-stormy-daniels-russia-collusion-claims-lower-evangelical-turnout-midterms-ralph-reed-224803/

 

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Best Buy and EEOC Reach Agreement to Resolve Discrimination Charge (DIERSEN: How has EEOC impacted you? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/best-buy-and-eeoc-reach-agreement-to-resolve-discrimination-charge

 

NEWSWEEK
— KRISHNAMOORTHI SIDES WITH DONALD TRUMP IN FEUD WITH JUSTIN TRUDEAU – WILLIAM MANSELL
http://www.newsweek.com/raja-krishnamoorthi-justin-trudeau-sides-donald-trump-trade-negotiation-968715

 

FED SMITH
— Pay Parity and a 2019 Pay Raise for Federal Employees – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/06/10/pay-parity-2019-pay-raise-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The other potential factor is politics. Federal employee unions are often the public face and out in front on articulating arguments on behalf of federal employees. The unions are often supporting one political party (Democrats) over the other (Republicans). While Republicans are often thought of as the strong supporters for higher military spending, etc., there are no unions in front of the public spending time and money on behalf of one political party. That may be a conundrum for federal employees and their representatives. It can work out well, particularly for unions as an institution, when Democrats occupy the White House and one or both Houses of Congress. At other times, it can be a disadvantage if the federal workforce is perceived as a political force instead of a politically neutral, professional cadre of people supporting the current administration in power. We do not know, of course, what the final pay raise will be for military or civilian employees in 2019. If I were betting on the outcome, I would feel secure in assuming that whatever the percentage, it will be higher for military than for civilians.)

 

NEW STRAITS TIMES
— Can our retirement funds sustain our golden years? – Rajen Devadason (DIERSEN: Have you slashed your lifestyle expectations? Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, my income, and therefore, my lifestyle has been dramatically slashed. Since 1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension has been only 41% of what my salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars, that is, only $51,864 instead of $125,325.)
https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/sunday-vibes/2018/06/378452/can-our-retirement-funds-sustain-our-golden-years

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Aspiring to improve Most of us, however, don’t wish to maintain our lifestyle. We aspire to improve it year by year! This desired escalation in lifestyle tacks on a few percentage points to the appropriate inflation rate for our lives every year. So by way of illustration, if our long run national inflation rate is 3.6 per cent a year, and your specific desired escalation of lifestyle is 2.4 per cent a year, then your annual personal inflation rate = 3.6 per cent + 2.4 per cent = 6 per cent. Then, using the Rule of 72, we find that you’ll need twice as much money in 12 years (= 72 / 6) to live the life you want in 2030. So, if you’re 25 years old and spending RM2,500 a month in 2018, it is straightforward to work out, using our Rule of 72, that in 12 years (age 37 in 2030), you’ll need RM5,000 a month. What is staggering to comprehend though is 12 years after that in 2042, you won’t be able to comfortably get by on RM5,000 + RM2,500 = RM7,500. No. You’ll need twice your needed amount at age 37 at age 49, which is RM5,000 x 2 = RM10,000 a month! Then at 61, you’ll want RM20,000, and so on. The longer you live, the more money you’ll need unless you choose (or more likely are forced) to slash your lifestyle expectations.)

June 8 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Sexual harassment scandals cost Madigan some control of state Democratic party – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/sexual-harassment-scandals-cost-madigan-some-control-of-state-democratic-party-/3579419/
— Will County judge David Carlson carjacked in Greektown
http://abc7chicago.com/will-county-judge-carjacked-in-greektown/3579644/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Harassment allegations put Speaker Madigan on defensive after long history of being in control – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-michael-madigan-illinois-sexual-harassment-20180607-story.html
— Rauner signs ethics overhaul amid harassment allegations at the Capitol – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-sexual-harassment-legislation-20180608-story.html
— CPS sex abuse scandal prompts Durbin and Duckworth to call for reforms – David Jackson, Gary Marx, Jennifer Smith Richards and Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-schools-sex-abuse-durbin-duckworth-20180608-story.html
— Rauner’s clumsy patronage play – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-rauner-dunkin-patronage-mwrd-20180608-story.html
— Will County judge David Carlson is victim of carjacking in Chicago’s Greektown, officials say – Alicia Fabbre, Hannah Leone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-abn-greektown-carjacking-20180608-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-marijuana-ban-20180608-story.html
— CPS fails to tell parents about alleged misconduct by renowned choir director – David Jackson, Jennifer Smith Richards, Gary Marx and Juan Perez Jr.
http://graphics.chicagotribune.com/chicago-public-schools-sexual-abuse/weaver
— Cook County judicial picks net 1 black judge for 17 bench openings – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-cook-county-african-american-judges-20180608-story.html
— CPS scandal and the mayor’s race – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-cps-abuse-mayor-scandal-20180607-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Madigan’s chief of staff is gone, but that won’t fix culture of harassment – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/madigans-chief-of-staff-is-gone-but-that-wont-fix-culture-of-harassment/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/legislation-to-ease-us-ban-on-pot-will-likely-get-trump-support/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Madigan loosens his hold—slightly—on state Democratic Party – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: What does Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Executive Director Andrew Collins think of you? What does he think of those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the IRP platform?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180608/BLOGS02/180609865/madigan-loosens-his-hold-slightly-8212-on-state-democratic-party
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the first sign that Springfield’s #MeToo scandal may be forcing Mike Madigan to loosen his grip on power—a little bit—the Illinois House speaker and state Democratic Party chairman today announced a panel headed by five women will select the next executive director of the state party, replacing the ousted Tim Mapes. The five “will conduct a thorough search and select a candidate who reflects our commitment to a strong statewide party and a better future for all,” Madigan said in a statement. “I appreciate the work they are preparing to undertake.” The actual vote will be of the 18 state central committeewoman, each of whom has been elected by Democratic voters in the state’s 18 congressional districts. Madigan himself selected the five, and some, such as Cook County Recorder of Deeds Karen Yarbrough, are considered Madigan allies. But two others—two Chicagoans, Sen. Iris Martinez and former Sen. Carol Ronen—are not. Ronen, for instance, served as informal floor leader for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who had a bitter relationship with Madigan. Another appointee, state Rep. Juliana Stratton, D-Chicago, is the lieutenant governor running mate of Democratic gubernatorial nominee J.B. Pritzker, suggesting he had some role in today’s developments. The fifth co-chair, Jayne Mazzotti, is a longtime fixture in Downstate Democratic Party activities.)
— Higher property assessments mean more work for lawyers – CLAIRE BUSHEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180608/ISSUE01/180609898/property-tax-assessments-in-cook-county-increase-work-for-lawyers

 

WLS AM
— Rauner signs bill in response to ethics complaints – Nick Gale
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/06/08/rauner-signs-bill-in-response-to-ethics-complaints/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— ‘No way in hell,’ says O’Fallon school board member facing calls to resign over comments – ROBYN L. KIRSCH
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/ofallon-progress/article212203179.html

 

STATELINE
— Gov. Rauner signs law to protect employees who claim sexual harassment (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee, you should NOT count on any protection if you claim political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, or age discrimination. The federal government exists to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/gov-rauner-signs-law-to-protect-employees-who-claim-sexual-harassment/1226750142

 

NEWS TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.newstrib.com/lifestyle/illinois-legislature-looks-to-medical-cannabis-to-fight-opioids/article_cac53e60-6b5d-11e8-8cc6-7bfc7181a9fe.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Gov. Rauner signs law to improve Illinois legislative ethics complaint processes
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/gov-rauner-signs-law-to-improve-illinois-legislative-ethics-complaint-processes

 

WIRE POINTS
— Cullerton Renews Infamous ‘No Pension Crisis’ Claim In Interview Crammed With Dishonesty – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/cullerton-renews-infamous-no-pension-crisis-claim-in-interview-crammed-with-dishonesty-wirepoints-original/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Search committee selected to pick Mapes DPI replacement (DIERSEN: What does Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Executive Director Andrew Collins think of you? What does he think of those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the IRP platform?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/08/search-committee-selected-to-pick-mapes-replacement/

 

TOWNHALL
— Paul Ryan Is Trying to Lose in November – John Dempsey
https://townhall.com/columnists/johndempsey/2018/06/08/paul-ryan-is-trying-to-lose-in-november-n2488704

 

GOPUSA
— IL congressional Democrats ask Chicago Bears not to go along with NFL anthem policy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47502
— Illegal alien children on border quadrupled in May (DIERSEN: Of course, illegals are encouraged by anti-Trumps to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47530
— CrossFit, the latest example of raging, rabid leftist intolerance
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47604
— Flip Flop: Romney realizes which way the wind blows
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47645
— Nancy Pelosi rips Trump-era economy’s ‘consumer confidence,’ which is at 18-year high
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47647

 

THE HILL
— Preparing for poverty: America will face a retirement funding crisis – JOHN M. DEMAGGIO (DIERSEN: How much have you saved for your retirement? I began earning credits toward my Civil Service Retirement System pension in 1966 when I was 18 years old. I should write a book about those who have been the most furious about the money that my wife and I have saved for our retirement. They stress that I avoided the draft and that my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. They shout that the federal government grossly overpaid me.)
http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/391388-preparing-for-poverty-america-will-face-a-retirement-funding-crisis

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Madigan names all-woman Democratic party panel amid scandal – John O’connor
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Rauner-signs-law-expanding-independence-of-ethics-12978995.php

 

CNN
— Illinois GOP warns Trump: ‘Stupid’ to free Blagojevich – Manu Raju and Ashley Killough
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/08/politics/illinois-gop-blagojevich/index.html
— Trump says prosecutors ‘caught a leaker’ after former Senate staffer charged with lying to investigators – Clare Foran and Laura Jarrett (DIERSEN: Since 2000 when I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a leaker who no one should communicate with. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/08/politics/trump-leakers-senate-intel/index.html
— President Trump says he wants to meet with NFL players and other athletes who kneel during the National Anthem so they can recommend people they think should be pardoned due to unfair treatment by the justice system. (DIERSEN: If you believe that you have been treated unfairly by the justice system, who disagrees with you? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who side with GAO in Diersen v. GAO. GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/06/08/trump-nfl-players-kneeling-pardon-suggestions-sot-ath.cnn

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— ANTI-AMERICAN: Chicago Continues Rollout of New Municipal ID Card
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-06-08/chicago-continues-rollout-of-new-municipal-id-card

 

AMERICA MAGAZINE
— Speaker Paul Ryan promises compromise to protect Dreamers – J.D. Long-García (DIERSEN: “Protection” from who? Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that want “protection” for Dreamers are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/06/08/speaker-paul-ryan-promises-compromise-protect-dreamers

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Survey: Half of Feds Support White House Attempts to Ease Firing Process – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: What percent of federal employees are a) Democrat, b) minority, c) female, and/or d) younger and what percent of the aforesaid want the federal government to get rid of its employees who are a) Republican, b) White, c) male, and/or d) older?)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/06/survey-half-feds-support-trump-efforts-firing/148818/

June 8 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— Gov. Rauner talks budget cuts, Blagojevich commute and IL residents moving out
http://wgntv.com/2018/06/07/gov-rauner-talks-budget-blagojevich-and-il-residents-moving-out/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner in D.C. on Friday will tout $132M federal grant already announced – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-in-d-c-on-friday-will-tout-132m-federal-grant-already-announced/
— The Donald and The Alderman break up; Burke no longer doing tax work for Trump – Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/the-donald-and-the-alderman-break-up-burke-no-longer-doing-tax-work-for-trump/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mercy for Blagojevich? His successor says no – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-friday-edition-20180607-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: In hopes of stopping bloodshed, a multimillion-dollar effort is providing jobs, therapy to city’s most violent – Annie Sweeney (DIERSEN: If offered to them, would/will violent people take the bad jobs that I had? I doubt it. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-violence-heartland-alliance-20180522-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans urge citizens of foreign countries to come to America and to claim asylum.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-asylum-seekers-border-20180607-story.html
— Harvey cuts deal for $1.3M in withheld taxes, escapes financial crisis for now — but city still owes millions – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-20180607-story.html
— Donald Trump says he may pardon late boxing champion Muhammad Ali – John Wagner (DIERSEN: Should I ask Trump to pardon me for seeking and getting four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971? Should I write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government and others who talked and acted like they were punishing me for seeking and getting those deferments?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-spt-muhammad-ali-donald-trump-pardon-20180608-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump said Friday that he may pardon the late boxer Muhammad Ali. Ali was convicted in 1967 for refusing to report for induction into the United States military during the Vietnam War. His local draft board rejected his application for conscientious objector classification. “He was, look, he was not very popular then, certainly his memory is popular now,” Trump told reporters as he prepared to leave the White House on Friday en route to a Group of Seven economic summit in Canada. “I’m thinking about that very seriously, and some others, and some folks that have some sentences that aren’t fair.”)
— In Springfield, personal politics trump public needs – Roger W. Peck, Long Grove
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-letters-corruption-springfield-bruce-rauner-history-20180607-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Three dogs euthanized after attacking Gurnee couple in Elgin – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180608/three-dogs-euthanized-after-attacking-gurnee-couple-in-elgin

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— UIC, John Marshall Law School on track to merge – LYNNE MAREK
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180608/ISSUE01/180609880
— HUD plan would hike rents 21 percent for poor, study finds – ALBY GALLUN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180607/CRED03/180609876

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Plenty of sleight of hand in this ‘balanced’ budget – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-08/jim-dey-plenty-sleight-hand-balanced-budget.html

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Blago, another tool for Trump – Editorial
https://qctimes.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-blago-another-tool-for-trump/article_c61e66fd-07c8-5707-8f53-71306d9b0c78.html

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— Spending plan a start, but not a budget – Editorial
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/amp/Editorial-Spending-plan-a-start-but-not-a-budget-12971362.php

 

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— Village board approves ordinance banning sweepstakes machines in Flossmoor – Tom Houlihan
https://www.hfchronicle.com/article/2018/jun/07/village-board-approves-ordinance-banning-sweepstakes-machines-flossmoor

 

WSIL TV
— Illinois Governor’s race on pace to shatter spending record – Andrew Feather (DIERSEN: As November 6 approaches, I expect that voters will increasingly take their anger against negative ads out on their precinct committeeman/captain. Voters will tell their precinct committeeman/captain to take their candidates’ negative ads and go to HELL.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38377512/illinois-governors-race-on-pace-to-shatter-spending-record
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And with the increased funds come increased ad buys. Though campaigns typically wait until about September to advertise heavily for the general election, both Rauner and Pritzker placed multimillion dollar ad campaigns across the state this week, spending Jackson says won’t let up through election day. “By September and October most people are going to be tired of the negative ads and be wishing that November 6 would come soon,” Jackson said.)

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Can Congressional Republicans Find Common Ground On Immigration? (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants the Republican Party to dump the immigration plank in its platform and dump all those who support it? ANSWER: Those who will never vote for Republicans and who want to destroy the Republican Party, that is, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.)
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/07/618012688/can-congressional-republicans-find-common-ground-on-immigration
— Republicans Exploring Options To Block Trump Administration’s Tariffs
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/07/618012752/republicans-exploring-options-to-block-trump-administrations-tariffs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our next guest is Republican Congressman Peter Roskam, who represents an Illinois district near Chicago. Welcome to the program. PETER ROSKAM: Thank you for having me on. SHAPIRO: You’ve supported targeted measures on some steel imports like those from China. What makes these different? ROSKAM: What makes these different is these are going after our allies with whom we really have no conflict. And I think that this will have an adverse impact on small manufacturers in my constituency that I’ve heard directly from – and not just the manufacturers but obviously their employees and clearly American consumers. I think the smarter move is for us to focus our time and energy on China, which – there’s all kinds of trade infractions. And this is not well-placed resources in a fight that we really shouldn’t be having right now. SHAPIRO: President Trump doesn’t appear to be backing down. Do you think it’s now the role of Congress to stop him through legislation? ROSKAM: So the challenge with stopping the president through legislation obviously is the president would have to sign the bill. So said another way, these original trade structures were put in place to give presidents authorities to ease up on trade tariffs and to make it easier for commerce to pass between countries. It was not necessarily contemplated that you’d have a president that was tougher on a country than Congress was. So I think we’re very much in the persuasion mode. I had a meeting today along with some others with Secretary Ross. I’m heading into a meeting with Ambassador Lighthizer, giving voice to these concerns. And I think when push comes to shove, one of the voices that’s going to have a disproportionately significant impact is American agriculture because they’re ashen-faced at the idea of getting into a trade war.)

 

REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Illinois Is Better Off Bankrupt – John Merrifield & Barry Poulson
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2018/06/07/illinois_is_better_off_bankrupt_110660.html

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Despite GOP concerns, graduate research assistants one step closer to being able to unionize – Angela Underwood
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511446550-despite-gop-concerns-graduate-research-assistants-one-step-closer-to-being-able-to-unionize

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois’ pension buyout plan savings depend on volunteers – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: If Illinois is like GAO, sooner or later, it will force its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who are eligible for a buyout to take the buyout.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-pension-buyout-plan-savings-depend-on-volunteers/article_2031b556-6a8f-11e8-9d51-6f6bcbeba289.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— “We believed Ken Dunkin would continue his commitment to public service” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are a man and if a woman accuses you of something, your career is over and you will be gotten rid of. Of course, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that because GAO, IRS, Post Office, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. took so many adverse actions against me, I must have been accused by minorities, by females, by younger people, by veterans, by etc. of doing terrible things.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/08/we-believed-ken-dunkin-would-continue-his-commitment-to-public-service/
— Amid feeding frenzy, media repeats old news as fresh
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/08/amid-feeding-frenzy-media-repeats-old-news-as-fresh/

 

GOPUSA
— U.S. Navy finds systemic deficiencies in seamanship skills of junior officers (DIERSEN: One could ask what percent of IRS and GAO employees at the GS-13 (currently $96,403), GS-14 (currently $113,920), GS-15 (currently $134,000), and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) levels have job-related master’s degrees, job related professional certifications, and job-related professional licenses. I earned a) three job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 in 1976, 31, and 48, b) six job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47592

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Revamped Lawsuit Vows to Expose ‘Discrimination’ in Obama FAA’s Diversity Hiring – Michael Bastasch (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, constructively, GAO argued that it did what Congress wanted it to, that is, a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran 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.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/07/revamped-lawsuit-vows-to-expose-discrimination-in-obama-faas-diversity-hiring/

 

FOX NEWS
— The red wave is growing – Newt Gingrich (DIERSEN: Because I was always one of an extremely few Republican employees in the office, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates in the federal government always took their hatred of Republicans out on me. That all came to a head during the mid-1990s when Republican Newt Gingrich dramatically cut GAO’s budget. By forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, they sent a very clear message to Newt Gingrich and to everyone else that if Republican politicians cut budgets, Republican employees will suffer.)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/06/07/newt-gingrich-red-wave-is-growing.html

 

FOX BUSINESS
— There’s hope for Republicans, even in the bluest of states – Stuart Varney (DIERSEN: How blue is Illinois, your county, your township/ward, your municipality, and your precinct? The bluer that it is, the more dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, gun restrictions, and other bad things that you will find there.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/theres-hope-for-republicans-even-in-the-bluest-of-states-varney

 

DAILY CALLER
— TOP CLINTON ALLY: MATT DRUDGE IS ‘EVIL INCARNATE’ – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am “evil incarnate.” They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/07/neera-tanden-matt-drudge/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use children as cannon fodder.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/us/children-immigration-borders-family-separation.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP’s Biggest Task in Midterms: Firing Up Party Loyalists – Aaron Zitner (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What cuts your energy to help elect Republican candidates? ANSWER: For me, it is their failure/refusal to defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gops-biggest-task-in-midterms-firing-up-party-loyalists-1528450202
— Americans’ Wealth Surpasses $100 Trillion Household net worth rose by 1% in the first quarter – Harriet Torry (DIERSEN: How much is your “disposable personal income.” My $51,864 Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of my $125,325 1997 GAO salary in today’s dollars.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-net-worth-surpasses-100-trillion-1528387386
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Households’ net worth was close to seven times their disposable personal income in the first quarter, at 683%. That was a slight cooling from the fourth quarter of 2017, when it hit 685%, but remains well above the earlier prerecession peak of about 650% in 2006.)

 

USA TODAY
— You’ll be shocked at how much health insurance costs for a family of four – Guy Boulton
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/06/06/health-care-costs-price-family-four/676046002/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Ryan promises compromise ‘dreamers’ immigration bill despite GOP’s split – Mike DeBonis (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants the Republican Party to dump the immigration plank in its platform and dump all those who support it? ANSWER: Those who will never vote for Republicans and who want to destroy the Republican Party, that is, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/06/07/ryan-promises-compromise-dreamers-immigration-bill-despite-gop-split/XodO2WnbsF6uDLv6Z6S4LO/story.html

 

WTHR
— Iowa GOP zero in on wealth of Democratic governor candidate – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who worked the hardest to paint me as someone a) who was undeservedly filthy rich and b) who had so much money that he did not need a job, let alone promotions. They stressed the new cars, real estate, vacations, collector cars, etc. that I bought. They stressed the money that I spent on tuition and books to earn job-related master’s degrees and job-related professional certifications. They painted themselves as being hardworking employees who had financial problems and who needed promotions.)
https://www.wthr.com/article/iowa-gop-zero-in-on-wealth-of-democratic-governor-candidate

(FROM THE ARTICLE: For a Republican Party that celebrates capitalism and the American dream of building wealth, the GOP’s initial line of attack against the new Iowa Democratic nominee for governor appears a bit out of character. Fred Hubbell, a former life insurance executive whose family wealth dates back to the mid-1800s, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday and will face Gov. Kim Reynolds in November. Almost immediately, Reynolds and party leaders questioned how voters could trust a candidate who was born rich and later served in leadership roles at several companies. Hubbell’s family businesses in Des Moines include ties to real estate and insurance. “The issue isn’t that Fred Hubbell has been rich his entire life, it’s that he has no idea what it’s like not to be,” said Reynolds during her election night speech. “He has no idea what it’s like to balance a family checkbook or to make the tough decisions most of us make each and every day when we’re trying to make ends meet.” Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann has chimed in by repeatedly referring to Hubbell, 67, as “Prince Frederick.” On election night, the party posted a photo-shopped image of Hubbell on its Facebook page as the Monopoly board game mascot, with a top hat, monocle and bags of money surrounding him. Never mind that Reynolds and Iowa GOP party leaders are big supporters of President Donald Trump, a rich businessman who surrounds himself with conspicuous wealth at his lavish properties such as Mar-a-Lago. In the Iowa governor’s race between a woman of modest means and a man who donated nearly $3 million of his own money toward his primary race, the GOP so far is zeroing in on personal wealth. It’s a strategy tried before as more rich candidates run for office from both parties, many of them also funneling millions of dollars to fund their own campaigns. In neighboring Illinois, for example, Democrat J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire member of the family that founded Hyatt hotels, has put more than $100 million of his own money into his bid to unseat Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, a wealthy former private equity investor. When he won in 2014, Rauner was accused of trying to buy the election.)

June 7 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Quinn calls on Madigan to resign as party chairman over sexual harassment scandal – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/quinn-calls-on-madigan-to-resign-as-party-chairman-over-sexual-harassment-scandal/3574805/

 

NBC5
— Ex-Wife of Former Madigan Aide Says Mapes Covered Up Her Abuse Claims Allegations against the speaker’s longtime right-hand man shed new light on previous complaints of harassment and abuse – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/sarah-mckay-tim-mapes-kevin-quinn-abuse-claims-484874511.html

 

CBS2
— Dunkin Won’t Leave Board, Despite Governor Rauner’s Request – Derrick Blakley (DIERSEN: If someone accused you of something and you denied it, who would Rauner believe, you or your accuser?)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/07/dunkin-wont-leave-board-despite-rauners-request/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The reason? An accusation on Wednesday from Sherri Garrett, a longtime aide to Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan. “In spring of 2013, former (Illinois) State Representative Ken Dunkin approached the house well and said to me and another woman ‘I want to take both of you home and see which one will be the naughtiest,’” said Garrett. Dunkin’s response? “Those are 100 per cent baseless accusations.” But Governor Rauner apparently didn’t think so. After appointing Dunkin to the board just last month, Rauner asked Dunkin to step aside.)

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Lawmakers seek independent probe of House Speaker Madigan’s office – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/lawmakers-seek-independent-probe-of-house-speaker-madigan-s-office

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— J.B. Pritzker has answers for all the easy questions, but when it comes to fixing Illinois, he’s ‘gotta go’ – Randy Blaser (DIERSEN: What organizations are/were you a member of? Do/did those organizations have problems? Do/did your critics/opponents blame you for those problems? My critics/opponents did. I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, or Post Office employee.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-ahp-column-blaser-tl-0614-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “In one sentence,” the interviewer asks, “why are you running for governor?” J.B. doesn’t hesitate: “Because everything that I care about, and I think everything we care about, is under siege by Bruce Rauner and Donald Trump.” And then he quickly adds: “I gotta go.” I thing the “I gotta go” is my favorite part of the whole ad. J.B. has time to answer questions about concerts, TV shows and favorite seasons, but when it comes to running the state of Illinois, he’s gotta go. Nothing about the pension crisis, the budget crisis, the tax crisis, the education crisis, the innocent people getting shot every day in Chicago crisis (including kids sitting on their front stoop), people leaving in Illinois in droves crisis or the what kind of sandwich does Michael Madigan want crisis, and he’s gotta go.)
— Rauner ally accused of inappropriate comments won’t resign from water board – Kim Geiger (DIERSEN: If employees are expected to resign because they are “accused of inappropriate comments,” my critics/opponents would hint/imply/argue/shout that I must have done that or done other hateful, racist, sexist, or bigoted things to justify my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinos-house-sexual-harassment-dunkin-20180607-story.html
— Bill to raise smoking age would hurt convenience stores, vape shops, retailers say – Hailey Mensik (DIERSEN: Are/were you a smoker? I never was one but many of my Democrat supervisors in the federal government were.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-tobacco-vape-21-story.html
— The Khan of Madiganistan keeps his head by severing another’s – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-michael-madigan-kass-20180607-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner runs on Dunkin — but embattled appointee says he’s not going anywhere – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-runs-on-dunkin-but-embattled-appointee-says-hes-not-going-anywhere/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/illinois-legislature-alternative-opioids-cannabis-pot-marijuana/
— ICE to send 1,600 immigration violators to federal prisons
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/ice-to-send-1600-immigration-violators-to-federal-prisons/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Comedy Central show pokes fun at Libertarian governor candidate Kash Jackson – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180607/comedy-central-show-pokes-fun-at-libertarian-governor-candidate-kash-jackson
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Klepper poked fun at Jackson during a May 30 segment called “Fringewatch: 2018.” In the segment, Klepper ribbed Jackson for changing his name from Benjamin Winderweedle in 2017, accusations made by the ex-wife regarding the way Jackson punished his children, and the size of Jackson’s belt buckle. . .On May 31, Lake County Judge Joseph Salvi ruled Jackson is in contempt of court for not paying money he owes his ex-wife for child support, education, and other related expenses. Jackson has until Aug. 6 to pay his ex-wife more than $3,000 or face incarceration for up to six months, court records show. Jackson has repeatedly said he’s a victim of a rigged legal system that forces him to pay excessive amounts to see his children. He has said he is unemployed and living exclusively on disability and pension payments from serving 20 years in the Navy. He’s said in court he takes home about $4,500 a month from those benefits. Payments for his children total about $2,500 per month, an amount Jackson said in court that he can’t afford. Parental rights is a key campaign issue for Jackson, who was named the Libertarian gubernatorial candidate in March.)
— Getting a Chick-Fil-A franchise is harder than getting into Harvard – Rachel Siegel
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180607/getting-a-chick-fil-a-franchise-is-harder-than-getting-into-harvard
— A Chick-fil-A is paying $18 an hour to retain fast-food workers – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 part-time while I attended college full-time, in today’s dollars, I earned only $15.85/hour the first year, only $16.38/hour the second year, and only $16.91/hour the third year.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180603/a-chick-fil-a-is-paying-18-an-hour-to-retain-fast-food-workers
— TRAGIC: Wheeling approves first video gambling cafe since lifting moratorium – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180607/wheeling-approves-first-video-gambling-cafe-since-lifting-moratorium

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
– Can jobs plus therapy for at-risk men cut gun violence? – EDDIE BOCANEGRA AND ROSEANNA ANDER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180607/OPINION/180609912/can-jobs-plus-therapy-for-at-risk-men-cut-gun-violence
— Dreaming of a second home? Here are 5. – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: Any dreams that my wife and I had of buying a second home ended in 1997 when I was 49 years old when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180607/CRED0701/180609910/dreaming-of-a-second-home-here-are-5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want cheap labor.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180607/NEWS02/180609900/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-pleads-with-gop-to-approve-daca-legislation

 

WGN RADIO
— Today in politics: Bridget Gainer, Jim Durkin and Pat Brady – MARY SANDBERG BOYLE (DIERSEN: If you are you a conservative, who decides who speaks for you?)
http://wgnradio.com/2018/06/07/today-in-politics-bridget-gainer-jim-durkin-and-pat-brady/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois’ population is falling, but it’s not all due to taxes – BGA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, Illinois is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180607/illinois-population-is-falling-but-its-not-all-due-to-taxes

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage people to come to the 16th Congressional District illegally, to stay in the district illegally, and to bring others to the district illegally.
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/06/06/16th-congressional-district-candidate-to-lead-immigration-rally-in-dekalb/azg5rmh/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Immigration Debate Shines Spotlight On Divided House GOP – SUSAN DAVIS (DIERSEN: The more that you reject a plank in the Republican Party platform, the more that anti-Republicans glorify you and praise you.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/immigration-debate-shines-spotlight-divided-gop#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Will Pritzker’s progressive income tax & other taxes play in Peoria? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/06/will-pritzkers-progressive-income-tax-other-taxes-play-in-peoria-watch-berkowitz-wkolbercableweb/

 

JEANNE IVES
— Dominoes Continue to Fall, Lack of Accountability Persists in Illinois’ Culture of Sexual Harassment
http://www.jeanneives.org/2018/06/dominoes-continue-to-fall-lack-of.html

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Sen. McConnaughay drops out of November’s re-election bid, likely to resign, published reports say – Karen Kidd
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511449114-sen-mcconnaughay-drops-out-of-november-s-re-election-bid-likely-to-resign-published-reports-say

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Skillicorn calls for Democrats to move against Madigan over widening sexual harassment scandal – Karen Kidd
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511446733-skillicorn-calls-for-democrats-to-move-against-madigan-over-widening-sexual-harassment-scandal

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Out-of-state residents at Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy rejected by GOP – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511446591-out-of-state-residents-at-imsa-rejected-by-gop

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Fired DuPage Township employee gets job back in settlement – W.J. Kennedy
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511449914-fired-dupage-township-employee-gets-job-back-in-settlement

 

CHAMBAANA SUN
— If governor gives nod, teachers’ salaries will rise $8,000 in 4 years – Angela Underwood (DIERSEN: What salary did you start at? In 1971, after I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 and had worked for Firestone Stores as a Retail Sales Manager, I started at IRS as a GS-7 (currently $45,703/year) Revenue Officer. Very few accept job offers from IRS because IRS employees are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned. Factors that encouraged me to accept IRS’s offer included a) I was unemployed because Firestone had fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, but Oldsmobile had withdrawn that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint, b) I had been granted a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother, and c) I would start with almost 3 years of federal seniority and lots of sick leave because I had worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and had used virtually none of the sick leave that I had earned.)
https://chambanasun.com/stories/511446615-if-governor-gives-nod-teachers-salaries-will-rise-8-000-in-4-years

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/lawmakers-approve-medical-marijuana-expansion-plan/1224371402

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois business advocate: We had no say in state budget – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/illinois-business-advocate-we-had-no-say-in-state-budget/article_89db5a72-69ca-11e8-b694-b3d7566dbe73.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Uihlein gives thumbs up to Proft, Tillman (DIERSEN: I wonder what people say to Uihlein about GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/07/uihlein-gives-thumbs-up-to-proft-tillman/
— Is the end near for Madigan?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/07/is-the-end-near-for-madigan/

 

BREITBART
— Ryan Puts Cheap-Labor Amnesty Bill on Fast Track to Floor Vote – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/07/ryan-puts-amnesty-cheap-labor-bill-fast-track-floor-vote/

 

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— House GOP Makes Tentative Immigration Agreement, According To Rep. Jeff Denham
http://www.oann.com/house-gop-makes-tentative-immigration-agreement-according-to-rep-jeff-denham/

 

THE HILL
— GOP staves off immigration revolt — for now – MIKE LILLIS, JULIEGRACE BRUFKE AND RAFAEL BERNAL
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/391191-gop-staves-off-immigration-revolt-for-now
— Rogue House Republicans are preparing to grant amnesty to 3.2 million illegal aliens – IRA MEHLMAN
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/391044-rogue-house-republicans-are-preparing-to-grant-amnesty-to-32-million

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Finally Has An LGBTQ Judicial Nominee Mary Rowland is a lesbian nominee to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. It’s quite a contrast to all the anti-LGBTQ judges he’s pushing. – Jennifer Bendery
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-lesbian-judicial-nominee-mary-rowland_us_5b19b351e4b09d7a3d708461

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Liz and Dick Uihlein: The Most Powerful Conservative Couple You’ve Never Heard Of – Stephanie Saul and Danny Hakim
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/us/politics/liz-dick-uihlein-republican-donors.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— House Republicans Hold Off on Immigration Showdown GOP centrists agree to wait until next week before pushing a vote – Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-republicans-hold-off-on-immigration-showdown-1528412551

 

BLOOMBERG
— Consensus Evades House Republicans in Push for Immigration Bill – Erik Wasson, Anna Edgerton, and Sahil Kapur (DIERSEN: The more that you reject a plank in the Republican Party platform, the more that anti-Republicans glorify you and praise you.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-07/chamber-of-commerce-pleads-with-gop-to-approve-daca-legislation

 

FORBES
— Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Tying Executives’ Bonuses To Diversity Initiatives – Eric Bachman (DIERSEN: To increase diversity is a) to not hire, b) to not promote, and c) to get rid of those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. So why not give executives bonuses a) for not hiring, b) for not promoting, and c) for getting rid of those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericbachman/2018/06/07/put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is-tying-executives-bonuses-to-diversity-initiatives/#566e9d2a731f

 

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— Seeking a pardon from Trump? Cable TV is becoming a popular place to make an appeal – John Wagner (DIERSEN: Should I ask Trump to “wipe clean” the a) adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me and b) the adverse actions that my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants critics/opponents took against me? Just kidding.)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Seeking-a-pardon-from-Trump-Cable-TV-is-becoming-12975323.php

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under President Donald Trump, cable television is rapidly becoming the government’s new pardons office. On Thursday, former CIA officer John Kiriakou became the latest person to take to the talk-show circuit, making a direct appeal to the president to wipe clean his conviction for leaking the identity of a fellow CIA officer. “I would be forever indebted to him for a pardon,” Kiriakou said during an interview on “Fox & Friends” on Fox News, a program that Trump often watches as part of his morning routine. Kiriakou was charged in 2012 with leaking classified information about the CIA waterboarding of an al-Qaida suspect at a secret site in Thailand. He argued Thursday that he was unfairly targeted by former CIA director John Brennan, who has since become a vocal critic of Trump’s actions related to the Russian investigation and other matters.)

June 7 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— George P. Bush and Bruce Rauner spoke at an outstanding DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) Lincoln Day Dinner Wednesday evening, June 6, 2018 at the Marriott Hotel in Oak Brook. DCRCC Chairman Brian Krajewski served as Master of Ceremonies. Jay Kinzler led the Pledge of Allegiance. Robyn Vitson sang the National Anthem. Tonia Khouri gave the Invocation. Dan Goodwin introduced George P. Bush. James Mendrick recognized the sponsors and the elected officials in the audience. The 500+ attendees included state party leaders Claar, Grogan, Higgins, Schneider, and Shaw; past and present Illinois candidates and officials Bellock, B. Brady, Connelly, Curran, Dillard, Durkin, Helland, Holan, Ives, Lewis, Olsen, Robeletti, and Senger; past and present DuPage County candidates and officials Anderson, Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Eckhoff, Elloitt, Gavanes, Gustin, Hanselin, Hart, Henry, Hinds, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, McGowen, A. Murphy, Nero, Painter, Puchalski, Ruscitti, Schultz, Tully, Wiley, and C. Zaruba; past and present township candidates and officials Boltz, Cuzzone, Czernek, Dabrowski, Donner, Falbo, Ferguson, Grimsby, Hundhausen, Keller, Kelly, LeVan, Leventis, Monino, Moretti, Morrissey, Musson, Nathwani, Nowak, Prater, Santucci, Schroeder, Trowbridge, Valle, and Wilkins; past and present party leaders Carlyle, Fisher, A. LeVan, Marchese, Minor, B. Murphy, Pacilli, Ruhl, and Veenstra; judges Brennan, Burke, Chapman, Guerin, Hayes, Jacobs, Jorgensen, Kleeman, Mackay, Rome, Russo, Walsh, and Wilson; and many others including Caruso, Furstenau, Hogan, Kmiecik, Kubinski, Lofgren, McNeily, and Wagner. Event sponsors included the Republican township party organizations, DuPage County Assessors, Berlin, Claar, Durkin, Grogan, Henry, Hinds, Inland Real Estate Group, Kachiroubas, Krajewski, Larsen, Mackay, McMahon, Mendrick, Nero, Olsen, Romano, and Roskam. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— WHEATON INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE AND FIREWORKS: So far, Republican entries are Peter Roskam, Peter Breen, Paul Hinds, James Mendrick, Grant Eckhoff/Tim Elloitt/Chris Zaruba, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Please help me encourage Republican candidates on November 6, 2018 ballots in Wheaton a) to have an entry in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and b) to help sponsor the parade. Those candidates include Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Amy Grant, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, Gwen Henry, Kevin Wiley, Jim Zay, Al Murphy, Joseph Cantore, Karen Wilson, and Jeff Mackay. The deadline for parade entries is June 11, 2018 and the cost is $180. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2018-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-43661232923?aff=es2 This year again, for the 13th year in a row, DuPage Republicans will help sponsor the parade and the fireworks the evening before. So far, outstandingly, Illinois Republican Party leader and Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has contributed $500 and DuPage County Clerk Paul Hinds has contributed $100 toward the $2,500 sponsorship pledge. DuPage County Republicans will get credit for sponsoring the Tunes of Glory bagpipers and the Wheaton North and South High School bands. DuPage Republicans will again have a booth at the fireworks the evening before the parade. I will again hand deliver a flyer to all the residences and businesses on the parade route that lists the sponsors and the amount that they contributed. Please urge the candidates to phone me at 630-653-0462 about sponsorship and mail a check made out to the Wheaton Park District for $100 or more to me ASAP at 915 Cove Court, Wheaton, Illinois 60189-6326. Thanks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ousted Madigan aide (Tim Mapes, age 63) eligible for hefty (more than $135,000/year) pension – Ray Long (DIERSEN: Are you in line to get a hefty pension or are you getting a hefty pension now? When is a pension hefty? When my Democrat GAO superiors ousted me in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my pension was only $51,864/year in today’s dollars. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my Democrat GAO superiors ousted me because I was a bad employee like Mapes and a) NOT because since 1988 I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; b) NOT because I had always complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; c) NOT because they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who shared my demographics (Republican, White, male, old, non-veteran); and d) NOT because Newt Gingrich had dramatically cut GAO’s budget and GAO had promised its employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran that they would not suffer because of those dramatic budget cuts.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-thursday-edition-20180606-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children as cannon fodder.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-daca-immigration-discharge-illinois-20180606-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-daca-immigration-speaker-paul-ryan-dream-act-0608-story.html
— SIU trustees unexpectedly move to replace president without his prior knowledge – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-southern-illinois-university-president-leave-20180606-story.html
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Cook County allows video gambling in unincorporated areas – Gregory Pratt (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote vice. Ever-increasingly, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) shouts that it is anti-conservative, pro-Democrat, pro-Libertarian, and pro-Green. How soon, if not already, will the IRP officially banish conservatives, that is, how soon, if not already, will the IRP officially banish its base?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-cook-county-video-gambling-20180606-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “This is an opportunity for us to bring in revenue from people who want to pay the revenue, not by forcing something on somebody,” Commissioner Tim Schneider, a Bartlett Republican, said during a meeting Tuesday where officials discussed the plan. When video gambling machines went live in Illinois during fall 2012, Cook County prohibited them from unincorporated areas. Under state law, each establishment authorized to operate video gambling is allowed up to five machines. Schneider, who proposed the expansion plan in unincorporated Cook County said the measure would allow businesses with a liquor license to apply for video gambling. There are approximately 60 businesses with liquor licenses in unincorporated Cook, Schneider said. Ninety out of 132 municipalities in the county have allowed video gambling, Schneider said, arguing that the expansion will allow business in unincorporated Cook County to compete with them and “level the playing field.” Currently, electronic gambling devices in Cook County are taxed $1,000 per machine and $200 per year per terminal, according to Edward Nelson, a spokesman for the county’s finance bureau. Gambling revenue from incorporated areas of Cook County is expected to bring in $2.1 million this fiscal year, which is an increase from the year before, Nelson said in an email. There was little debate over the measure inside the county building Wednesday, though commissioner Bridget Gainer, D-Chicago, voted no, saying gambling can “create an undue burden on families.” Schneider said video gambling is “carefully regulated.” Officials from municipalities that have adopted video gambling reported “limited or no problems,” he said. Commissioners voted 9-1 in favor of the plan, with three voting present. Anita Bedell, executive director of the Illinois Church Action on Alcohol and Addiction Problems, called the expansion a “very bad idea.” “More people will gamble,” Bedell said, and it will lead to increased social costs, including addiction and divorce. “The money comes from residents that lose the money,” Bedell said. Sean Morrison, R-Palos Park, echoed Schneider’s points about creating a “level playing field” for business. He said this will generate new revenue without being a “mandated tax.” “You gamble if you choose or you don’t,” he said.)
— The #MeToo hypocrites of Springfield – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-mapes-harassment-metoo-20180606-story.html
— Google turns its back on America’s security – Michael R. Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-google-artificial-intelligence-national-security-project-maven-america-0607-story.html
— Through it all, Casino Cruz kept his job at CPS – David Jackson (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would use Cruz to hint/imply/argue/shout that I must have been an extremely bad Post Office, IRS, and GAO employee.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180607/281535111684270

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Elgin woman downsizes her ‘Impeach Trump’ sign – Elena Ferrarin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180606/elgin-woman-downsizes-her-impeach-trump-sign
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DuPage County inmates to get tablets for communication, entertainment – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180606/dupage-county-inmates-to-get-tablets-for-communication-entertainment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Harris said the tablets are being provided at no cost from the vendor, GTL, which specializes in inmate telephone systems, visitation management solutions, jail management systems and inmate education programs. “Inmates are charged fees when they make purchases, which is what finances the tablets for GTL,” Harris said. “GTL bears the cost of all upfront implementation and continuing support. Inmates pay a fee for streaming music and movies, secure messaging and games during daytime hours.” Sheriff’s officials say the tablets have been proven to reduce inmate violence and staff assaults in other facilities. Direct internet access and social media sites will be restricted. Inmates also will have the ability to set up a direct message portal with family and friends on the outside.)
— Anyone can wave a flag, but true patriotism demands more – Burt Constable (DIERSEN: What would your critics/opponents use to paint you as being a patriotic hypocrite and even worse things? My critics/opponents would stress that I sought and obtained four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180607/constable-anyone-can-wave-a-flag-but-true-patriotism-demands-more
— GOP midterm strategist asks: what does it mean to ‘approve’ of Trump? – Byron York
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180607/gop-midterm-strategist-asks-what-does-it-mean-to-approve-of-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180606/editorial-parkland-students-should-be-welcome-in-naperville
— Striking Kane County workers challenge Lauzen to end walkout – Jim Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180606/striking-kane-county-workers-challenge-lauzen-to-end-walkout

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want individuals, organizations, and companies to leave Illinois that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180607/NEWS02/180609913

 

WBEZ
— Fired Madigan Aide Timothy Mapes In For 6-Figure Public Pension – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/fired-madigan-aide-in-for-6figure-public-pension/2096e08e-bf46-41be-8b79-35d401084ba6

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— California candidate Cox a long way from Illinois races – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180606/bernard-schoenburg-california-candidate-cox-long-way-from-illinois-races
— Acting Springfield battalion chief Chad Bates, 44, center of criminal, legal complaints – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my Democrat GAO superiors ousted me in 1997 when I was 49 years old because I was a bad employee like Bates and a) NOT because since 1988 I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; b) NOT because I had always complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation; c) NOT because they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who shared my demographics (Republican, White, male, old, non-veteran); and d) NOT because Newt Gingrich had dramatically cut GAO’s budget and GAO had promised its employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran that they would not suffer because of those dramatic budget cuts.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180606/acting-springfield-battalion-chief-center-of-criminal-legal-complaints

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois pension buyout programs will take time to start – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Are you a non-veteran White male? Is/was your employer like the federal government? The federal government wants to get rid of its non-veteran White male employees that it does not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, including me, a $25,000 buyout.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180606/illinois-pension-buyout-programs-will-take-time-to-start

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Unlimited spending How much is enough? Gubernatorial candidates are afraid to try to find out. – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-06-07/editorial-unlimited-spending.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Rauner abandons reform, signs budget – SCOTT REEDER
http://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/rauner-abandons-reform-signs-budget/article_36fadd8e-2252-51fa-b7f9-92e846b07661.html

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Rauner talks budget, medical pot at Batavia campaign stop – TONY SCOTT
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/06/06/breaking-rauner-talks-budget-medical-pot-at-batavia-campaign-stop/akicygg/

 

SOUTHERN
— SIU trustees to discuss putting Dunn on administrative leave, appointing acting president – K. JANIS ESCH
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu/siu-trustees-to-discuss-putting-dunn-on-administrative-leave-appointing/article_24eafc2e-ba3d-5ce0-bbc7-c3b5d07a1d54.html

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Blagojevich commutation would upend law enforcers’ judgment – Pat Gauen
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/gauen-blagojevich-commutation-would-upend-law-enforcers-judgment/article_2f0e3669-9ced-5d9f-b2f1-445c10e13e1c.html

 

WBEZ
— Fired Madigan Aide In For 6-Figure Public Pension – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/fired-madigan-aide-in-for-sixfigure-public-pension/2096e08e-bf46-41be-8b79-35d401084ba6

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Money Machines: How Big Donors Dominate Campaign Funding In Illinois – MARY HANSEN (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and political organizations should be prohibited from seeking or accepting money to go against their party’s platform.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/money-machines-how-big-donors-dominate-campaign-funding-illinois#stream/0

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Hold Rahm accountable for CPS sexual abuse scandal
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-hold-rahm-accountable-for-cps-sexual-abuse-scandal

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Kinzler says Springfield ‘failed us again’ with passage of new budget – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511445716-kinzler-says-springfield-failed-us-again-with-passage-of-new-budget
— Breen says new budget doesn’t do enough to prevent people and jobs from ‘fleeing’ Illinois – Carrie Bradon
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511445859-breen-says-new-budget-doesn-t-do-enough-to-prevent-people-and-jobs-from-fleeing-illinois

 

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Rauner talks budget, medical pot at Batavia campaign stop – TONY SCOTT
http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2018/06/06/breaking-rauner-talks-budget-medical-pot-at-batavia-campaign-stop/akicygg/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Senator Karen McConnaughay Withdrawing from Re-Election Race
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/06/senator-karen-mcconnaughay-withdrawing-re-election-race/

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— Funded by $5 billion in tax increases, Rauner signs $38 billion budget
https://realgopillinois.com/2018/06/06/5-billion-in-tax-increases-rauner-signs-38-billion-budget/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Mapes’ accusers say fixing harassment culture under capitol dome requires more than just one resignation – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/mapes-accusers-say-fixing-harassment-culture-under-capitol-dome-requires/article_b359e968-69e3-11e8-a80e-f35f7fe97619.html
— Rauner mum on ‘cannabis for opioids’ bill awaiting signature – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-mum-on-cannabis-for-opioids-bill-awaiting-signature/article_74ddd6a4-68e4-11e8-989d-434292fc1f31.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— FACEBOOK, AMAZON, GOOGLE AND TWITTER ALL WORK WITH LEFT-WING SPLC – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if an individual, organization, company, government, or country does not promote LGBTQ activity, SPLC hints/implies/argues/shouts that individual, organization, company, government, or country is White supremacist, Nazi, KKK, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/06/splc-partner-google-facebook-amazon/

 

BREITBART
— Steve King Sounds Alarm: Estb. Is Stampeding GOP Towards Amnesty Cliff – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/07/rep-king-paul-ryan-is-stampeding-gop-towards-amnesty-cliff/

 

FOX NEWS
— John Cox: Won’t let Newsom turn California into Venezuela – Julia Limitone
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/john-cox-wont-let-newsom-turn-california-into-venezuela

 

BLAZE
— Religious teacher won’t call transgender kids by preferred name — and says he was forced to resign – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/06/religious-teacher-wont-call-transgender-kids-by-preferred-name-and-says-he-was-forced-to-resign

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— John Cox Victory Speech: It Wasn’t Trump Who Made California Highest Taxed State, It Was Gavin Newsom – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/06/05/john_cox_victory_speech_it_wasnt_trump_who_made_california_highest_taxed_state_it_was_gavin_newsom.html

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Amnesty talk, aided by GOP, keeps border busy The passage of liberal “Dream Act” legislation in the future will create a new wave of illegal aliens demanding legal rights, the country’s top immigration enforcement officer is warning. – Chad Groening
https://www.onenewsnow.com/national-security/2018/06/07/amnesty-talk-aided-by-gop-keeps-border-busy

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Southwest Border Arrests Rise for Third Month in a Row – Ron Nixon
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/us/politics/southwest-border-arrests-rise-trump-.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New Tax Laws Have Home Buyers Checking New Places The new cap on deductions for taxes, including on property, have people looking for deals outside high-tax states; Florida and Nevada more popular after GOP overhaul – Robyn A. Friedman (DIERSEN: The $10,000 SALT cap discourages people from getting married and buying homes in the 6th Congressional District. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-tax-laws-have-home-buyers-checking-new-places-1528295467
— IRS to Spend Nearly $300 Million on IT in Tax Overhaul Money will help update 140 computer systems to help the agency implement the new tax law – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-to-spend-nearly-300-million-on-it-in-tax-overhaul-1527871564
— Democrats’ Interest in Midterm Elections Running Ahead of Republicans’ President Donald Trump gets more credit for economy’s strength, new poll finds – Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-interest-in-midterm-elections-running-ahead-of-republicans-1528365600
— Good Morning! Your Starbucks Coffee Just Got More Expensive The price of a brewed coffee has increased by between 10 cents and 20 cents in most U.S. stores – Julie Jargon (DIERSEN: Of course, Starbucks will use that additional revenue a) to defend and advance the Democrat Party, Libertarian Party, and Green Party platforms and b) to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/good-morning-your-starbucks-coffee-just-got-more-expensive-1528365603

 

USA TODAY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Canada poised to approve legal marijuana sales; pot shops could be open by late summer – Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/06/canada-and-marijuana-nation-set-approve-legal-pot-sales/674912002/

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1237 Golf Circle, Wheaton – $480,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447939_zpid/

June 6 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Mike Madigan’s chief of staff Tim Mapes resigns after harassment allegations
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/madigans-chief-of-staff-resigns-after-harassment-allegations/3569888/
— Group pushes for state of Illinois to secede from Chicago
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/group-pushes-for-state-of-illinois-to-secede-from-chicago/3566099

 

WGN TV
— Elgin woman fighting to keep ‘Impeach Trump’ sign up after city says it must come down
http://wgntv.com/2018/06/05/elgin-woman-fighting-to-keep-impeach-trump-sign-up-after-city-says-it-must-come-down/

 

WLS AM
— Durkin to Trump: Don’t commute Blago sentence – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/06/06/illinois-republican-leader-to-trump-dont-commute-blago-sentence/
— Jim Durkin: “Blagojevich pardon would undermine the integrity of our criminal justice system.” – Kimberly Kaczmarek
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/06/06/jim-durkin-blagojevich-pardon-would-undermine-the-integrity-of-our-criminal-justice-system/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Speaker Madigan’s top aide Tim Mapes resigns hours after aide accused him of repeated sexually inappropriate comments – Kim Geiger and Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-house-sexual-harassment-20180606-story.html
— Rahm Emanuel owns Chicago’s school sexual abuse scandal – John Kass (DIERSEN: In 2012, because I had served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shouted that I owned TAPROOT’s problems and that anyone could/would be a better chairman. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that virtually no one came to my defense.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-chicago-public-schools-sex-abuse-rahm-politics-kass-20180605-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Since the Civil War, ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-ent-father-home-wars-review-0606-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using high school students as their operatives and their dupes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-parkland-naperville-st-0606-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “We the people must vote to stop Trump’s abuses.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-robinson-column-st-0606-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— To participate in government, learn the language – Sue Tiedeman, Elgin
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180606/to-participate-in-government-learn-the-language
— Casten wrong for 6th District – Carol J. Wright, Glen Ellyn
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180606/wrong-for-6th-district

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Top Madigan aide Tim Mapes resigns amid harassment accusations – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180606/BLOGS02/180609920/top-madigan-aide-resigns-amid-harassment-accusations
— Promoting women? It’s all about merit, Zell says. But then… – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180606/CRED03/180609915/promoting-women-its-all-about-merit-zell-says-but-then

 

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Foss-Eggemann Steps Down From Gov-Appointed Job – Todd Wessell
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/foss-eggemann-steps-down-from-gov-appointed-job/

 

TIMES
— Democrats will not run candidate against sheriff
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/06/05/democrats-will-not-run-candidate-against-sheriff/a22pdjk/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Monday was the filing deadline to enter county races as a Democrat or Republican. Independents may file from Monday, June 18, to Monday, June 25, according to the clerk’s office.)

 

WJBC
— S&P rates Illinois bonds among lowest in the nation
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/06/06/sp-rates-illinois-bonds-among-lowest-in-the-nation/

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Group is looking to secede the state of Illinois from Chicago – Amanda Henderson
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/group-is-looking-to-secede-the-state-of-illinois-from-chicago

 

TONIA KHOURI
— Response To Recently Passed Illinois Budget
https://toniakhouri.com/response-to-recently-passed-illinois-budget/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Racist Strategy Behind Advancing the Top Two from Primary Elections – The John Cox Situation
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/06/racist-strategy-behind-advancing-top-two-primary-elections/
— Independent McHenry Township Road District Abolitionists Suit Up
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/06/independent-mchenry-township-road-district-abolitionists-suit/
— Mike Madigan’s Top Aide Sacked on Sexual Harassment Charges
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/06/117591/
— Peter Roskam Mocks New York Times, Criticizes Democratic Opponent
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/06/peter-roskam-mocks-new-york-times-criticizes-democratic-opponent/

 

WIREPOINTS
— Administrators over kids: Seven ways Illinois’ education bureaucracy siphons money from classrooms – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/administrators-over-kids-seven-ways-illinois-education-bureaucracy-siphons-money-from-classrooms-wirepoints-special-report/

 

JEANNE IVES
— Ives Calls For Mapes, Madigan To Step Down Over Sexual Harassment Allegations
https://mailchi.mp/90da3b140738/ives-calls-for-mapes-madigan-to-step-down-over-sexual-harassment-allegations

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Politicizing tax assessment is questionable for some GOP lawmakers – Angela Underwood
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511444914-politicizing-tax-assessment-is-questionable-for-some-gop-lawmakers

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Former Candidate for State Rep, Randy Peterson, pleads guilty to Battery in Edgar County – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/06/former-candidate-for-state-rep-randy-peterson-pleads-guilty-to-battery-in-edgar-county/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Downstate secessionist rails against “northern liberal oppression”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/06/downstate-secessionist-rails-against-northern-liberal-oppression/
— Turnabout is fair play (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have taken many adverse actions against me. Therefore, of course, it would be “fair play” for me to take adverse actions against them. Their adverse actions include ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, etc.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/06/turnabout-is-fair-play/
— Rauner calls on Dunkin to resign from MWRD
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/06/rauner-calls-on-dunkin-to-resign-from-mwrd/
— Madigan: Mapes resigned “at my direction”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/06/madigan-mapes-resigned-at-my-direction/
— Mapes coverage roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/06/mapes-coverage-roundup/
— Sen. McConnaughay won’t seek reelection
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/06/sen-mcconnaughay-wont-seek-reelection/

 

FOX NEWS
— Who is John Cox? 3 things to know about the California governor hopeful – Kaitlyn Schallhorn
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/06/who-is-john-cox-3-things-to-know-about-california-governor-hopeful.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He’s got Trump’s support. . .He’s a wealthy businessman. . .He’s run for office before — and debated Obama)

 

GOPUSA
— Philladelphia mayor stands for national anthem because ‘I’m a privileged white male’ (DIERSEN: What do you say to White males who pander to those who are anti-White and/or anti-male?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47473
— Supreme Court: Be Polite When You Violate Others’ Rights
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47420
— Under Grandma Grundy there could be burkas and bag ladies at the pageant
http://www.gopusa.com/under-grandma-grundy-there-could-be-burkas-and-bag-ladies-at-the-pageant/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ activity promoters, that is, Democrats, make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/gay-rights-constitutional-amendment-oppressing-religious-dissent/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote “Illinois woman fighting to keep ‘Impeach President Trump Now!’ lawn sign.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/390929-illinois-woman-fighting-to-keep-impeach-president-trump-now

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/05/daca-dreamers-republican-donors-627698

 

CNBC
— Qatar Airways boss apologizes for comment that a woman couldn’t do his job Akbar Al Baker, reportedly stunned reporters when asked about poor representation of women in Middle East aviation, saying of his own role as Qatar Airways CEO: “Of course, it has to be led by a man, because it is a very challenging position.” In a statement, the CEO said he would like to offer “heartfelt apologies for any offence caused by my comment yesterday.” – Everett Rosenfeld and David Reid (DIERSEN: Because all the jobs that I had were always viewed by everyone as being “bad” jobs that were held by “bad” people, it was always extremely difficult for my superiors to hire and to retain minorities and females.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/qatar-airways-boss-apologizes-for-comment-that-a-woman-couldnt-do-his-job.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Are You Sure You Want a Right to Trump’s Twitter Account? – Noah Feldman (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, the Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee can and should have total control of me and of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/opinion/first-amendment-trump-twitter.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘I can understand about 50 percent of the things you say’: How Congress is struggling to get smart on tech – Tony Romm (DIERSEN: GAO is just a shell of what it was when I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/06/06/i-can-understand-about-50-percent-of-the-things-you-say-how-congress-is-struggling-to-get-smart-on-tech/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To be sure, Congress has its share of tech-literate members. They can hire their own staff or seek advice from other organizations, like the Government Accountability Office, where a team of about 50 tech experts study everything from broadband access to gene editing. But limited resources often threaten to slow down work at GAO while forcing members of Congress to make troubling compromises.)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump congratulates GOP gubernatorial candidate John Cox (DIERSEN: Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced candidates for U.S. Senate (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren. We can forever ask ourselves, “What if Trump had endorsed Ives?”)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-primary-june-live-trump-congratulates-gop-gubernatorial-1528293101-htmlstory.html

 

USA TODAY
— Google employee activism on diversity, Pentagon contract is shaking up Internet giant – Jessica Guynn (DIERSEN: Google should bring in Charles Bowsher. Bowsher had great success at GAO during the 1980s and 1990s a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) making way for them by getting rid of the agency’s non-veteran White male employees who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/05/google-employee-activism-diversity-pentagon-shakes-up-internet-giant/665423002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At Wednesday’s shareholder meeting, a Google employee will step up to the microphone to argue that executive compensation should be tied to diversity goals.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ promoters blame discrimination for the financial problems that LGBTQers have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/06/06/lgbtq-millennials-financial-survey/659754002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND GRAPHIC: Gambling promoters promote gambling. Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote vice.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2018/06/06/sports-betting-what-u-s-can-learn-legalization-u-k/664382002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Airport Control Tower Is No Place for Racial Redress The Obama FAA grounded qualified candidates in the name of justice. Why isn’t Trump moving to reverse? – Jason L. Riley (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, the federal government’s top priority has been to a) hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) make way for them by getting rid of its non-veteran White male employees 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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-airport-control-tower-is-no-place-for-racial-redress-1528240025
— One Surprising Reason Why Companies Struggle to Fill Jobs The churn rate in the jobs market is less than you’d think with unemployment at multi-decade lows, and one reason is an aging workforce. – Justin Lahart (DIERSEN: If you are a non-veteran White male federal employee, the federal government wants you to churn, that is, leave 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. But if you do not make the aforesaid promotions, you are written off by everyone as being a lazy stupid loser, and even worse things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-surprising-reason-why-companies-struggle-to-fill-jobs-1528217816

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs badmouth E-verify.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/immigration-hard-line-backfiring-with-some-employers

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want members of Group A to officially declare war on members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-second-american-civil-war-opinion-958450

 

ILLINOIS BUSINESS IMMIGRATION COALITION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want cheap labor.
https://mailchi.mp/illinoisbic/vvnms20cdi-811529?e=1d387c0f46