Tag: discrimination

July 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— 3 POLICE OFFICERS KILLED, AT LEAST 3 OTHERS INJURED IN BATON ROUGE; 1 SUSPECT DEAD
http://abc7chicago.com/news/3-police-officers-killed-3-others-injured-in-baton-rouge/1430394/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Trumpocalypse’ descends on Cleveland – LAURA WASHINGTON
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/laura-washington-trumpocalypse-cleveland/
— The circus is in town, and that town is Cleveland – Neil Steinberg
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-the-circus-is-in-town-and-that-town-is-cleveland/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republicans release list of convention speakers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-republicans-convention-speakers-20160717-story.html
— Convention to show GOP’s love-hate for Trump – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–campaign-2016-convention-things-to-watch-20160717-story.html
— ‘You can’t be neutral’: Demonstrators march against discrimination – Lee V. Gaines  (DIERSEN: In 1978, when we got married, my wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton.  My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that everyone in Wheaton was a racist.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/news/ct-oak-march-to-madison-tl-0721-20160716-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Speaking to a group of more than 100 demonstrators Saturday night, a 71-year-old Oak Park resident, who said she marched in the Civil Rights movement decades ago, said it’s “absolutely ridiculous” that individuals must continue to take a stand against racism and discrimination in their communities. . .The march, which began at Oak Park River Forest High School and ended on Madison Street outside the Forest Park Music Fest, was led by OPRF teacher Anthony Clark. Clark said he organized the demonstration to raise awareness of racism and discrimination in Chicago’s suburban communities.)
— Baton Rouge police shooting updates: Gunman identified, described as ‘black separatist’
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-baton-rouge-police-killed-live-updates-htmlstory.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Divided Republicans ponder their after-Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-hunt-4a3a09fe-4c30-11e6-bf27-405106836f96-20160717-story.html
— For “blue-collar billionaire” Donald Trump, money’s an asset – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–campaign-2016-trump-wealth-20160717-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A handful of vacation homes. A car elevator for his four-car garage. A wife whose hobbies included show horses. When Mitt Romney ran for president four years ago, his estimated $250 million fortune was quickly turned into a liability by Democrats, who painted the former Bain Capital chief as out of touch with Americans still struggling to recover from the Great Recession. Four years later, Donald Trump’s much-bigger pile of money is a central character of his campaign. And far from seeing it as a liability, the candidate flaunts it. “I’m the most successful person ever to run for president,” the billionaire businessman has bragged, noting that he’s “really rich.” On the stump, he vows to “make our country rich again.”)
— Woman egged at Trump’s San Jose rally is hailed at GOP convention – Seema Mehta  (DIERSEN: If/when an anti-Trump hits you with an egg, how will you react?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-woman-egged-at-trump-s-san-jose-rally-1468771578-htmlstory.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner still needs Trump, despite differences  This even though governor is skipping Cleveland convention – Bruce Rauner
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160717/news/160719205/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP convention aims to make Trump likable.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160717/news/160719214/
— Divided America: To some, Trump is a desperate survival bid – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160717/news/307179946/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Cleveland, a fractured city, an apt place for GOP convention.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160717/news/307179979/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago biz tired of the Chicago Way – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160716/ISSUE07/307169998/chicago-biz-tired-of-the-chicago-way

 

WSIL TV
— Louisiana police shootings add new convention concerns – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32463161/louisiana-police-shootings-add-new-convention-concerns

 

QUAD CITY ONLINE
— Depression hit hard in many areas of Illinois, including Q-C – Tom Emery
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/depression-hit-hard-in-many-areas-of-illinois-including-q/article_a66f4f75-b24e-55b3-9bb5-cc15ecd339ee.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Survey: Public-university administrator pay up 4.3% in fiscal 2015 – Julie Wurth
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-07-17/survey-public-university-adminstrator-pay-43-fiscal-2015.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— State’s new court for tax protests has Chicago office but none downstate — in violation of law – CASEY BISCHEL
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article90138567.html
— Top Illinois Republicans are no-shows in Cleveland – AP  (DIERSEN: In my opinion, the higher the office in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) that you hold, the greater your obligation is every 4 years to become a delegate and to attend the Republican Party’s national convention.  As a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I hold the lowest office. Those above me are a) members of Republican township/ward/county party organization committees, b) chairmen of Republican township/ward/county party organization committees, c) officers of Republican township/ward/county party organization committees, d) State Central Committee Members, e) the IRP officers, f) the IRP National Committeeman, and g) the IRP National Committeewoman.  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want me to hold a higher office.  They stress that even though I have been an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000 in Milton Township, I do not hold a higher office.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article90157287.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When the Republican Party launches its quadrennial celebration in Cleveland this week to anoint its nominee for president, some prominent party faithful from Illinois won’t be there. First-term U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is out-front with his reason — he doesn’t like the presumptive nominee, businessman Donald Trump, calling him “too bigoted and racist” for the job. But other top leaders, including Gov. Bruce Rauner, are joining Republicans from around the country in ditching the convention without saying why. Many face tough re-election races in November and are trying to distance themselves from the contentious name at the top of the ticket. “I will be traveling the state of Illinois, meeting with community leaders, business leaders and some legislators and signing some of the most important legislation that got passed this spring,” Rauner said last week after declining to answer reporters’ questions about the convention or the presidential race, in general. Trump has been criticized for disparaging remarks about immigrants, Muslims, women, and critics in and out of his party. Trump supporters have been critical of those who have ducked out on Cleveland. “It’s a sign of weakness,” Linda Lucchese, a Trump delegate from Park Ridge, said of them. “They’re not very strong, not many politicians are. Trump does think, he does make decisions, he has been successful. … He has a strong personality and they fear that.” Among the other prominent Republican no-shows from Illinois will be Comptroller Leslie Munger, who indicated more than a month ago that her focus would be on the state’s financial crisis as the end of one fiscal year without a budget agreement was nearing and a second about to begin. But lawmakers and Rauner have since approved a partial-year spending plan to stave off the budget bickering between Democrats and Republicans in the Statehouse at least until after the November election. The Land of Lincoln will be well-represented by well-known GOP faces, however. State Party Chairman Tim Schneider will attend as a national committee member. Two former party chairmen are delegates, along with sitting state legislators who are delegates or alternates. Many who won’t make the trip clearly have their eyes on November. Kirk, who faces a popular Democratic congresswoman, Tammy Duckworth, announced last month that he wouldn’t support Trump, saying he doesn’t have the proper presidential temperament. Munger, who was appointed to the post by Rauner after the death of Judy Baar Topinka, is up against Democratic Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza. Rauner isn’t on this year’s ballot, but his never-ending fight with the Democrats who control the Legislature has gotten so big it has implications for the 2018 election for governor. Another prominent Republican who won’t be attending the convention is Regional Transportation Authority Chairman Kirk Dillard, a former state senator and two-time gubernatorial candidate, most recently in 2014 when he finished runner-up in the primary to Rauner. He declined to say why he’s not going. U.S. Rep. Robert Dold, from Chicago’s suburbs, is staying in his district to campaign; he has said he will not endorse Trump. While some might question the backbone of a politician who ditches the convention and won’t say why, Nick Kachiroubas, a political scientist at DePaul University, said the no-shows are making a “major statement” by not attending while trying to “be respectful” of the process. “If you truly feel you can’t support a candidate, your non-attendance says a lot more, maybe, than verbally not supporting him,” Kachiroubas said. “But does it speak to party unity? Absolutely not.”)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Local delegates, ISU group headed to Republican convention – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/local-delegates-isu-group-headed-to-republican-convention/article_a4031770-bb6a-527c-8855-ad16c545f15f.html

 

RIVER CITY READER
— Fairy Tales Will Obscure Grim Reality of Stopgap Budget – Rich Miller
http://www.rcreader.com/205-home-page-test/44764-fairy-tales-obscure-budget-reality-2

 

NCTV17
— DuPage Unity in Diversity Memorial
http://www.nctv17.com/dupage-unity-in-diversity-memorial/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— La Harpe Councilman: Unpatriotic and Un-American to want torn flag replaced – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/la-harpe-councilman-unpatriotic-and-un-american-to-want-torn-flag-replaced/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mike Pence bucked Republican establishment on rise to conservative stardom – Stephen Dinan  (DIERSEN: Who are the conservative stars in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality?)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/17/mike-pence-bucked-republican-establishment-on-rise/

 

NEWSMAX
— Three Police Officers Killed by Multiple Attackers in Baton Rouge
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/police-officers-shot-in/2016/07/17/id/739054/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TOP 8 SIMILARITIES BETWEEN TRUMP AND REAGAN – Chuck Norris sees striking parallels between The Donald and The Gipper
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/top-8-similarities-between-trump-and-reagan/

 

BREITBART
— Nice Terror Attack Cut Short by Civilian Who Jumped into Truck – AWR HAWKINS
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2016/07/15/nice-terror-attack-cut-short-citizen-jumped-cab-semi-truck/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump on Baton Rouge shooting: ‘We demand law and order’ – SARAH WESTWOOD
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-on-baton-rouge-shooting-we-demand-law-and-order/article/2596732

 

POLITICO
— Vulnerable Senate Republicans outpolling Trump  But Democrats note that it’s still early, and they expect Trump to drag down the GOP — and their candidates to start pulling ahead — in September. – Burgess Everett and Kevin Robillard  (FROM THE ARTICLE: In Democratic strategists’ view, every Republican — except for Trump-opposing Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois — now owns Trump’s policies and all of his rhetorical baggage.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/senate-republicans-trump-225637

 

THE HILL
— Trump fires back at Warren: She ‘must prove she is not a fraud’ – Rebecca Savransky
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288050-trump-recommends-warren-as-clinton-vp
— Comparing Trump to Hitler says a lot more about the accuser than the accused – Bill Ozanick  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the anti-Trumps in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct say that you are Hitler if you do not join them in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump and Trump’s supporters?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/presidential-campaign/287993-comparing-trump-to-hitler-says-a-lot-more-about-the
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After my article entitled, “Likening Trump to Hitler: a dangerous comparison” was published two weeks ago, I was astounded by the amount of readers who felt I’d failed to demonstrate exactly why Donald Trump is not Adolf Hitler. I believe this alleged failure to prove a negative was the corollary of a limited word count and imagination; I never imagined so many people would need to be convinced that Trump is not Hitler. For starters, Hitler announced his 25-point Program in 1920 which promulgated that only those with German blood could be citizens, not Jews. Nearly three years later, and a decade before he even became Chancellor of Germany, Hitler began dictating Mein Kampf from his prison cell. He was in prison for staging a failed takeover of the government in Bavaria – known as the Beer Hall Putsch – where four police officers and sixteen Nazis were killed. Murder and armed revolution do not appear to be Trump’s modus operandi. But back to Mein Kampf, where Hitler outlined his racial theories and rambled on ad nauseam about the Jews being categorically evil and the need for them to be exterminated. So much for the claim that “no one knew Hitler was Hitler until he became Hitler!” As historian Eberhard Jäckl rightly stated, “Perhaps never in history did a ruler write down before he came to power what he was to do afterwards as precisely as Adolf Hitler.” Hitler’s ‘Final Solution’ (1941-1945) was not unpredictable. Some may agree that Trump isn’t Hitler, but still whine that the resemblances are frightening; this is nonsense. While Trump’s proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the U.S. is absolutely un-American and deserving of censure, trying to prevent ISIS operatives from entering the U.S. (who are trying to pose as refugees) cannot be compared to Hitler’s ideas and decrees. There is not a modicum of evidence to suggest Trump would immediately call for a boycott of all Muslim businesses and bar Muslims from holding civil service, university, and state positions (like Hitler did with the Jews) if he were to be elected. The mere existence of the “Jewish race” was what acutely troubled Hitler, while Trump has never even hinted at having a problem with those of a “Muslim race”. While I disagree with the rhetoric Trump uses when discussing immigration, he is plainly distressed with the large numbers of Hispanics and Latinos who have entered the U.S. illegally (as was President Clinton); he has never implied that he has a problem with the mere existence of their race. If he did, one in four Hispanic registered voters would probably not support Trump. However, I do realize that facts often don’t matter to the social justice warriors who desperately want to feel that they are just as valiant as those who stood up to the real Hitler. It’s axiomatic that the ultimate goal of those who compare Trump to Hitler (even if they know it to be untrue) is to frighten and cajole others into not voting for Trump, yet this tactic almost always has the opposite effect. I’ve personally witnessed a friend who was doing rather well in attempting to persuade another to not vote for Trump, hitting on all the right points (his capriciousness, ignorance of geopolitics, etc.), but the moment she made the Hitler comparison, the discussion was abruptly derailed. This charge reliably destroys any meaningful discussions that may have otherwise occurred. Considering there is plenty to criticize when it comes to Trump, as there is with Clinton (both scored historic unfavorable ratings earlier this year), it is baffling why so many still feel the need to make the Hitler comparison. Trump is unquestionably unpresidential (this is the man who mocked a disabled reporter), but he’s nothing like Hitler. I encourage everyone to challenge and condemn the immoral and unfeasible ideas that Trump has, such as the proposal to deport 11 million undocumented migrants, but comparing Trump to Hitler is not only inaccurate, ineffective, dishonest, and dangerous, it also trivializes the tragedy of the Holocaust in the name of scoring political points. Indeed, comparing Trump to Hitler says a lot more about the accuser than the accused. If you truly want to convince someone else to not vote for Trump, while maintaining your intellectual honesty and ostensible acumen, you really need to stop comparing Trump to Hitler.)

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP lawmakers skip Cleveland for fly-fishing, farming and haircuts  Other members of Congress are attending out of a sense of duty to the party rather than affection for Trump.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/congress-republican-convention-cleveland-225630

 

ABC NEWS
— In First Joint Interview, Mike Pence Aims to Be Trump-Interpreter – CANDACE SMITH
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/joint-interview-mike-pence-aims-trump-interpreter/story?id=40654283

 

NBC NEWS
— Donald Trump Shifts on Muslim Ban, Calls for ‘Extreme Vetting’ – ALI VITALI
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-shifts-muslim-ban-calls-extreme-vetting-n611276

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— G.O.P. Convention Will Test Limits of Trump’s Media Blacklist – SYDNEY EMBER  (DIERSEN: Who blacklists you? I am proud to say that the following blacklist me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  Sadly, if not tragically, far too many of the aforesaid live in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  Those who blacklist me blacklist many millions of people.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/business/media/gop-convention-will-test-limits-of-trumps-media-blacklist.html
— Ignoring Donald Trump, Republican Senators Orbit Their Own Worlds – TRIP GABRIEL
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/us/politics/senate-race-rnc-trump.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Priebus: Trump to launch Hispanic engagement tour after convention – Elise Viebeck
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/17/priebus-trump-to-launch-hispanic-engagement-tour-after-convention/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republican Convention to Kick Off With Many Party Stalwarts Absent  Excuses range from entertaining to predictable, just as Donald Trump looks to cast himself as a unifier – JULIAN ROUTH and  MICHELLE HACKMAN
http://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-convention-to-kick-off-with-many-party-stalwarts-absent-1468782407

 

FED SMITH
— Legislation Introduced to Facilitate the Removal Process of Federal Employees – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents agree with all the adverse actions a) that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me including forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, not promoting me beyond GS-13, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) that my Democrat IRS superiors took against me including not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims, and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors toke against me including forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/07/17/legislation-introduced-to-facilitate-the-removal-process-of-federal-employees/

July 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— After controversy, Joe Walsh expands his radio platform – Robert Feder
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20160717/282187945363112
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “For Donald Trump to become president, the difficult road begins at the Republican convention.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-na-pol-trump-victory-20160717-snap-story.html
— Security evident as Cleveland gets ready for Republican National Convention
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-cleveland-prepares-gop-convention-20160716-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: It’s midsummer, interns, Time for self-appraisal – Rex Huppke  (DIERSEN: Were you an intern?  I was not.  I worked full-time for the Park Forest Post Office during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-huppke-work-advice-summer-internships-0717-biz-20160715-column.html
— Some financial firms tackle diversity gap head-on, say they can’t afford not to – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: In 1971, Oldsmobile tackled its diversity gap head-on.  In 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But then, Oldsmobile withdrew its offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-diversity-financial-services-0717-biz-20160714-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Natasha Granholm was a student at Robert Morris College when she got an unlikely foot in the door at PricewaterhouseCoopers.  The accounting giant, which didn’t typically recruit at Robert Morris, had asked the school for help finding candidates to fill copy room positions, and Granholm, a top accounting student, was encouraged to apply. She told the interviewer she’d prefer a job that used her accounting skills. Her moxie paid off. When she returned home to Aurora that evening, she found a package, delivered by a courier, with an offer for a full-time client internship at PwC.)
— Trump: ‘Pence was my first choice’ – Melanie Mason  (DIERSEN: I was not GAO’s first choice, IRS’s first choice, or the Post Office’s first choice.  GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-pence-pick-1468682226-htmlstory.html
— Black Republican Sen. Tim Scott tackles police ‘trust gap’ – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-tim-scott-police-race-page-perspec-0717-jm-20160715-column.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF ANTHONY ANDERSON, BOB BEDNAR, MARK FRATELLA, AND TIM SCHEIDER: ANTI-TRUMP HARDCOPY HEADLINE: Hardly a united front  State delegates head to Cleveland divided on Trump as nominee  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, if you got elected or appointed to a government office or a political office as a Republican, and you are not going to help elect Trump/Pence, you should immediately resign.  Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.  Trump and Pence have stated that they can and that they will defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160717/news/160719218/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some Illinois Trump delegates, for example, don’t think the state party is doing enough to help and promote the nominee. Ideological divisions showed themselves at the state convention in Peoria earlier this year, when an attempt to change the party’s platform regarding same-sex marriage was soundly defeated. Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider of Bartlett says he’s working to promote unity. The public rebukes of Trump by, in particular, former state party chairman Pat Brady of St. Charles have irked delegates like Bednar who think Brady has been working against the will of Republican primary voters. Since before the primary, Schneider has said the party would back Trump if he won Illinois. Now, as the GOP’s premier event is about to begin, Schneider says he hopes some of the Trump delegates who are first-timers to a convention and politics will help bolster a state party that gained serious momentum last election with Gov. Bruce Rauner’s victory. “We can add them to our ranks,” he said. Schneider wants the convention to be a “launchpad” toward a big effort to re-elect Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Highland Park and gain seats in the Illinois General Assembly in a state that has trended toward Democrats in presidential years. . .Trump’s delegates are largely unknown to most Illinois voters and the convention could give them a stage and a voice, if they want it. Not all are going, though. One of the most vocal Trump delegates in a group that hasn’t talked much to reporters is Anthony Anderson, who won a spot from the west and south suburban 11th Congressional District. He said late last week he’s decided not to go, upset by what he perceives to be a lack of focus on Trump by party stalwarts in Illinois. “They’re doing everything they can to basically undermine the whole process,” Anderson said. Like Bednar, Anderson’s ire largely focused on Brady, a Kasich delegate involved in the ultimately doomed effort to try to remove Trump at the convention.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF RIOPELL: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow: “Illinois out of the limelight for GOP convention speakers.”  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160717/news/160719219/
— DuPage forest commissioners act like slumlords – Ken Kosirog, Glen Ellyn
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160717/discuss/160719420/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Local GOP delegates say Trump is in, protesters could be trouble – BOB OKON  (DIERSEN: As everyone knows, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Jack McInerney.  McInerney and his supporters have an extremely low opinion of me.  They blame me for the problems that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois had and they are overjoyed a) that I am no longer the TAPROOT chairman and b) that TAPROOT is dead.)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/07/15/local-gop-delegates-say-trump-is-in-protesters-could-be-trouble/ad4rqwi/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I think the support for Trump is growing,” said Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar, an at-large delegate who supports Trump. The convention runs Monday through Thursday in Cleveland. Claar said he can’t imagine any other candidate getting the unanimous support that would be needed to replace Trump after his wins in the primary elections. “I think Trump’s going to get in on the first ballot,” Claar said. “I hope it’s exciting, but I don’t want to see a floor fight.” Jack McInerney, a Trump delegate from Will County, said he expects to see more trouble outside the convention hall than inside. Noting news reports that the New Black Panther Party plans to conduct armed protests in Cleveland, McInerney said, “As long as I make it into the convention alive, I should be OK.” McInerney also said he believes Republican support for Trump is surging. “There will be a few outliers screaming from the sidelines,” he said. “But I think 95 percent of the party will come out of that convention united, and that will grow.”)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Some GOP state lawmakers skipping convention – Dan Petrella  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who do not attend the convention: Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/national/government-and-politics/elections/some-gop-state-lawmakers-skipping-convention/article_beceb048-4e98-50ca-88a1-5d5c2fa35b5a.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Lowdown on campaign funds for local races – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-07-17/tom-kacich-lowdown-campaign-funds-local-races.html
— State must expand economy – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats run Illinois. Democrats focus on driving individuals, organizations, and companies out of Illinois that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2016-07-17/state-must-expand-economy.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Republicans vary on convention trip – DAN PETRELLA
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/elections/republicans-vary-on-convention-trip/article_8805d87d-2a0d-54b7-8ccf-762975fcd7ab.html
— Panel needs to ace this school test – Editorial
http://herald-review.com/news/opinion/our-views-panel-needs-to-ace-this-school-test/article_74c4ecc6-557d-5cb5-9688-4302a906fb6b.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Trump campaign names staffers to help Pence – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160716/latest-trump-campaign-names-staffers-to-help-pence
— It’s a little premature to dismiss tax hikes as unacceptable – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160716/statehouse-insider-its-little-premature-to-dismiss-tax-hikes-as-unacceptable

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Rauner: America ‘at war with Islamic terrorists’ – Dan Petrella
http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/rauner-america-at-war-with-islamic-terrorists/article_e4c5dd46-1fa3-57d0-9648-b69469984e0f.html

 

MORRIS HERALD NEWS
— Local GOP delegates say Trump is in, protesters could be trouble – BOB OKON
http://www.morrisherald-news.com/2016/07/15/local-gop-delegates-say-trump-is-in-protesters-could-be-trouble/ad4rqwi/

 

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Ginsburg steps in it over Trump comments – Editorial  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.  They know full-well that if they slander me, I will sue them.  Because of that, they have their operatives and their dupes slander me.  Their operatives and their dupes have permission, if not encouragement, to slander me in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall.)
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/07/17/thistle-ginsburg-steps-over-trump-comments/87134702/

 

JOURNAL TIMES
— Racine County delegates prepared to back Trump – MARK SCHAAF
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/racine-county-delegates-prepared-to-back-trump/article_31758a52-f535-5d43-a852-8e98f4d5ddb1.html

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— At first official event, Pence, Trump set sights on Clinton, vow to restore prosperity, safety to America  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who are filled with hatred of Republicans, but who hypocritically move to and/or stay in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, and DuPage County to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans have created there?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/16/trump-says-pence-will-help-return-us-to-safe-and-prosperous-society-in-first-official-appearance-as-running-mates.html

 

BREITBART
— Reeling from Falling Polls, Paul Ryan Floods District with Mailers on Border Security After Funding Every Obama Open Borders Initiative – JULIA HAHN1
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/07/16/ryan_floods_district_with_deceptive_anti-amnesty_mailer/

 

THE HILL
— Dozens of GOP lawmakers staying away from Trump’s convention – Cristina Marcos  (DIERSEN: The following love GOP lawmakers who stay away from Trump’s convention: those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/house/287830-anywhere-but-cleveland
— Anti-Trump delegates plot convention havoc – Evelyn Rupert  (DIERSEN: What havoc do the anti-Trumps plan in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/288046-anti-trump-delegates-plot-convention-havoc-report
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps predict ‘riotous conditions’ at convention.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/288042-former-gop-senator-predicts-riotous-conditions-at-convention

 

POLITICO
— Trump panic drives progressives toward Clinton  At Netroots Nation, there was little love for Hillary but plenty of concern about the need to defeat the presumptive GOP nominee. – Benjamin Oreskes
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-panic-drives-progressives-toward-clinton-225667
— The Executive Mr. Trump  The surprising truth about Trump as a boss—from the people he’s hired, fired and micromanaged. – Michael Kruse
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/2016-donald-trump-boss-employer-company-hired-fired-employees-workers-management-business-214020
— Donald Trump’s One Unbreakable Policy: Skip the Details  In a head-to-head matchup with the ultimate wonk, Trump is betting voters will prefer his bravado to Clinton’s position papers. – Michael Grunwald
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/donald-trump-policy-2016-hillary-clinton-214058

 

NBC NEWS
— Clinton Beats Trump Among Latinos 76 Percent to 14 Percent – CARRIE DANN  (DIERSEN: What percent of Latinos who support Clinton are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/clinton-beats-trump-among-latinos-76-percent-14-percent-n611121
— Poll: Clinton Keeps 5-Point Lead Over Trump Heading Into Conventions – MARK MURRAY
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-conventions/poll-clinton-keeps-5-point-lead-over-trump-heading-conventions-n610966

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Three Police Officers Killed and Several Wounded in Baton Rouge Shooting – MIKE McPHATE
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/us/baton-rouge-police-respond-to-reports-of-officer-shooting.html
— FRONT PAGE: How Mike Pence Became a Conservative Hero: Unwavering Opposition to Abortion – MONICA DAVEY and MICHAEL BARBARO
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/us/politics/mike-pence-conservative-abortion.html
— We’re Helping Deport Kids to Die – Nicholas Kristof  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs encourage foreign countries to bring kids to America illegally.  Democrats and RINOs encourage kids to come to America illegally.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/opinion/sunday/were-helping-deport-kids-to-die.html
— Don’t Vote for Me, I’m Not Worthy  That’s what George Washington said. Imagine a modern presidential candidate saying that. – JULIE MILLER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/opinion/sunday/dont-vote-for-me-im-not-worthy.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote Sariah law are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-female, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/opinion/sunday/a-lesson-for-newt-gingrich-what-shariah-is-and-isnt.html
— Professors, Stop Opining About Trump – STANLEY FISH
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/opinion/sunday/professors-stop-opining-about-trump.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Slave Trader’s Portrait – SUSAN FALES-HILL  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women and b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.  All my ancestors immigrated to American during the 1840s and 1850s.  In my defense, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois, my father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/opinion/sunday/i-named-my-mixed-race-daughter-for-a-slave-trading-town.html
— Attack in France Fuels Anti-Immigrant Parties on Europe’s Right – ALISON SMALE and STEPHEN CASTLE
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/world/europe/attack-in-france-fuels-anti-immigrant-parties-on-europes-right.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps see “Ominous Signs as Republicans Gather to Chart Their Future.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/us/politics/ominous-signs-as-republicans-gather-to-chart-their-future.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Mike Pence integrates longtime advisers with Trump campaign – Philip Rucker and Matea Gold
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/16/mike-pence-integrates-longtime-advisers-with-trump-campaign/
— Anti-Trump delegates consider several attempts to upend convention – Ed O’Keefe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/16/anti-trump-delegates-mulling-several-attempts-to-upend-convention/
— Outsiders in politics: not the greatest success rate – Gillian Brockell (DIERSEN: If you are not a political insider, do you want to be one?  Are you willing to pay the price?  I am not.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/outsiders-in-politics-not-the-greatest-success-rate/2016/07/14/521d4dd6-4535-11e6-88d0-6adee48be8bc_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— In a time of tumult, Trump and Clinton compete to be seen as the better leader – Cathleen Decker
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-nominating-conventions-terrorism-20160716-snap-story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Vandal throws rock through pro-Trump family’s window – Melkorka Licea  (DIERSEN: What hate crimes do the anti-Trumps plan to commit in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://nypost.com/2016/07/17/vandal-throws-rock-through-pro-trump-familys-window/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A vandal launched a 6-inch rock through a Brooklyn family’s front door for posting pro-Trump signs in the window, the family says. “The glass was piled up so high that when I tried to open the door it wouldn’t budge,” Joshua Ramos, 45, of the June 25 attack at his Gowanus home. A Trump sign he had taped behind the unlocked glass door was on the ground, ripped in half. The door will cost $2,400 to replace, he said. “I feel violated and like I don’t live in a free country anymore,” the father of two told The Post. He said he called police. “I said I wanted to report a hate crime, but they told me, ‘It’s not a hate crime. It’s vandalism,'” he recalled. But the Republican is sure it had to do with his support for Trump. “I feel like some guy in the neighborhood got drunk, got upset and just did it,” he said. Ramos, who has two other Trump signs in his living-room windows, said he now feels unwelcome in his mostly liberal ‘hood. “I keep to myself and don’t talk to anyone around here,” he said. “I can’t say ‘Merry Christmas,’ and my kids can’t say the Pledge of Allegiance. The political correctness is just too much. I don’t feel safe anymore, certainly not after this.”)

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump taps populist fervor to secure GOP presidential nomination over traditional Republicans: ‘The people have spoken — the bastards’ – Cameron Joseph  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who despise if not hate conservatives like me, that is, who despise if not hate the base of the Republican Party. They talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs. They focus on destroying the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Illinois Republican Party, and the Republican Party.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election/trump-taps-populist-fervor-secure-gop-presidential-nomination-article-1.2714192

 

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP figures who rallied around Trump will face a harsh reckoning.”
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/trump-722642-party-clinton.html

 

SEATTLE TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP fights over party message ahead of Cleveland convention.”
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/gop-fights-over-party-message-ahead-of-cleveland-convention/

 

LOCKPORT UNION SUN
— As Trump won, media coverage turned sharply negative – Byron York
http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/as-trump-won-media-coverage-turned-sharply-negative/article_73105082-d966-5639-a5e2-bf53e39d3b25.html

 

FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE
— Diversity training called ineffective  Hiring of some groups actually declines, says study of 830 US firms – JENA MCGREGOR  (DIERSEN: How many diversity training classes have you attended?  I attended many such classes because while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, the Democrats who ran those agencies required all their employees to attend.  According to diversity training, the more of the following that are true about you, the more racist that you are: Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, German or British national origin, male, older, rich, gun owner, and/or your ancestors have been in America for a long time.  Of course, needless-to-say, those who promote diversity training, that is, those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-German and British national origin, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, want to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, German or British national origin, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or your those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.journalgazette.net/business/Diversity-training-called-ineffective-13907782
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Companies have tried everything to boost the stubbornly anemic numbers of women and minorities in management roles or in certain industries, such as tech or finance. They’re making candidates’ resumes blind to race and gender. Setting up partnerships with historically black colleges. Releasing demographic data in an exercise of public accountability – and humility. But perhaps the most common and seemingly elementary tactic – compulsory diversity training aimed at helping people’s biases or preventing discriminatory behavior – appears to actually do more harm than good. In the cover story of the latest issue of the Harvard Business Review, sociologists from Harvard and Tel Aviv universities explore the counterintuitive idea that some of the most common tools for improving diversity – one of which is mandatory training – are not just ineffective. They could be detrimental to improving the number of women and minorities in the managerial ranks. Making people attend diversity training may seem to make sense, said one of the study’s co-authors, Alexandra Kalev, in an interview: “But it doesn’t work. For decades, diversity management programs flourished with no evidence whatsoever about their effects and their success.” The article is based on a series of research papers by Kalev and Harvard’s Frank Dobbin that studied nearly 830 U.S. companies. It describes how, five years after implementing compulsory diversity training for managers, companies actually saw declines in the numbers of some demographic groups – African-American women and Asian-American men and women – and no improvement among white women and other minorities. “If someone is supposed to sit there, psychologically they will be grumpy,” she said. “They will not want to engage. This is what we do as human beings – we resist control.” The authors point to a range of past social science studies that have shown that efforts to reduce prejudice can backfire. The pair also say that when diversity training is just focused on a certain group – like managers or one where there’s been a bias problem – it can also have worse results. “When diversity training focuses only on managers it has this legalistic undertone,” Kalev said. “You are the decision makers, therefore you have to go through driving school.” The researchers also found that other tactics often aimed at helping with diversity, such as skill tests to help prevent bias in the hiring process or grievance systems where employees can log complaints, also led to declines in the number of women and minorities in the companies’ workforces over time. Managers don’t like being told whom they want to hire, so they often distribute tests selectively, while grievance systems can make managers feel threatened and retaliate, Kalev said. “We understand why they need to be there,” Kalev said of such tools. “But we think companies need to be way more reflective about what these (practices) do for their workforce.” The researchers used a statistical analysis to examine the effect that a range of diversity efforts had on each company’s makeup over time, examining both detailed surveys and data on the demographics of their workforce. By isolating factors such as broader industry diversity figures, organizational culture, or the presence of a union or an affirmative action plan, they believe their research shows that some diversity tools actually hurt or help the number of women and minorities in the ranks, rather than merely being linked with each other. Of course, diversity training programs can vary widely – from being forced to watch outdated 1980s VHS tapes about sexual harassment to attending sophisticated new “unconscious bias” training programs. And Kalev said their research has shown that training programs that focus on multiculturalism and the business case for diversity – rather than the legalistic reasons behind why it’s being offered – have a less negative effect. Still, she says, “even the most fascinating diversity training will be way more efficient if the crowd is sitting there voluntarily.”)

 

ATLANTIC
— The Republicans Who Are Staying Home From Trump’s Convention  Excuses include “I’ve got to mow my lawn” and “I’ve got to really do my hair that week.” – MICHELLE COTTLE (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican, not an anti-Trump, and you are not attending the convention, what are your excuses?  My excuses include a) time: my self-commitment to spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) cost: increasingly, because of my federal Democrat superiors’ success in wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically reduced, and therefore, my wife and I are increasingly using our non-retirement savings to pay our bills.  My critics/opponents side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government.)
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/republicans-skipping-republican-convention/489743/

 

DAILY MAIL
— ‘We’re different people. I understand that:’ Donald Trump says he hasn’t asked Mike Pence to say ‘Crooked Hillary’ during the duo’s awkward first television interview – LIAM QUINN
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3694036/Donald-Trump-says-hasn-t-asked-Mike-Pence-negative.html

July 16 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Constructively, this is an anti-Trump press release issued jointly by the Naperville Township Democrat Party, the DuPage County Democrat Party, the Illinois Democrat Party, and the Democrat Party.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-republican-convention-st-0717-20160716-story.html
(FROM THE CONSTRUCTIVE PRESS RELEASE: Republicans from Naperville will be focusing on local elections rather than participating in their party’s national convention in Cleveland this week. None of the elected delegates for presumptive presidential candidate Donald Trump hail from Naperville nor do any of Illinois’ at-large delegates. And Trump is not high on many Republicans’ list for a leader. Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico, a Republican who welcomed Gov. Bruce Rauner to Exchange Club of Naperville’s Ribfest earlier this month, said he will not vote for Trump. “I am not a Trump supporter. I don’t know what I’m going to do. I just can’t vote for him,” Chirico said. “I think he’s too divisive. He’s not, in my view, the kind of leader I want for this country. I want someone to bring our country together.” With the ongoing racial tension in the U.S., as well as pressure against LGBT groups and other minorities, Chirico said Trump is not the man to lead. “Some of that (divisiveness), in part, is created by strong rhetoric,” Chirico said. “Having someone who is calmer can help diffuse those things.” Rather than attend the convention, many of the Republican Party faithful plan to shore up the ranks back home. Naperville Township Republican Chairman Carl Schultz said he “mostly is concentrating local races” through grassroots efforts. A few committeeman vacancies still need to be filled in the upcoming weeks so Republicans can begin work campaigning after the convention. “I think it’s important. There is an expectation that thousands of more people will be voting in November,” Schultz said. “We had a pretty good turnout in the primaries.” He said reaching voters with one-on-one contact works far better than mailings, which can’t answer voter questions. “I certainly think people look at (fliers)… some read through it or save it for later, and some recycle it so it has no chance to be read,” he said. Schultz said the goal is to get voters to consider all the races on the ballot, not just the one for president. “Most people are going to vote on the top. We are hoping they might go all the way down the ballot,” he said. Another fear is that a dislike of both candidates might keep voters away. Naperville Township Supervisor Rachel Ossyra said it is important that voters not stay home for November’s election, even if they don’t agree with the candidates at the top of the ticket. Votes still need to be cast in local races. “Skip it and move on to the next one,” Ossyra said. “There are 20 other elections on the ballot that are important.” “Your local quality of life is on the ballot,” she said. Ossyra, who was on the primary ballot as a delegate for Republican candidate Marco Rubio, said she is not supporting Trump for president. “I’m not going to be out campaigning for him, no,” Ossyra said. “It doesn’t fit my core values on many levels, in terms of diversity and policy toward people.” DuPage County Republican Chairman Brian Krajewski said don’t expect the presidential candidates to view Illinois as much of a battle ground compared to nearby states such as Iowa and Ohio. On the other hand, he anticipates both parties will throw a great deal of money at the U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Mark Kirk and Democratic rival Tammy Duckworth. “That will be an important race in Illinois. It has ramifications on who has control of the (U.S.) Senate,” Krajewski said. As far as the top of the ticket, “I am definitely supporting our presidential candidate,” he said. Krajewski, who likely won’t attend the convention because of prior commitments, said Trump is getting a support from an unlikely group — union workers, who traditionally vote Democratic. He said they philosophically side with Trump on the need for tighter U.S. security and they believe his business background will be better at turning the economy around. “For blue collar workers, he’s the candidate,” Krajewski said. He said also stressed the importance of grassroots efforts, especially reaching the voters who have no party affiliation. “People in the middle are who decides the races. It’s the independents,” he said. The independent voters, he said, helped Barack Obama to carry DuPage County in the last two elections. “Democrats won the national level, Republicans on the local level,” he said. Krajewski said also it shows voters are happy with Republicans at the local level. “And that has much more impact on your everyday life,” he said.)
— Unorthodox Illinois Republican delegation heads to Trump convention without Rauner, Kirk – Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-republican-convention-cleveland-met-0717-20160716-story.html
— Trump, Pence don’t agree on key social, economic policies – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–campaign-2016-trump-vs-pence-20160715-story.html
— Political outsider Trump introducing insider Mike Pence – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–campaign-2016-20160716-story.html
— How Democratic operatives exploit Trump’s defects in other Illinois races – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-trump-illinois-republicans-kirk-duckworth-edit-0717-md-20160715-story.html
— Delay in Thompson Center battle could save it from becoming teardown – Blair Kamin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-thompson-center-kamin-met-0717-20160715-column.html
— Islamic State group claims Nice attacker as a ‘soldier’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-eu–france-truck-attack-20160716-story.html
— The story behind Naperville man’s viral Facebook post – Mary Schmich
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-naperville-brian-crooks-mary-schmich-0717-20160715-column.html
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Restaurant loses video gambling privilege  The village has refunded video gaming machine vendor LZ Entertainment LLC $4,500 in video gaming fees the company paid for five gambling machines for Sabor Ixtapa Mexican Restaurant. The restaurant, at 7052 W. Forest Preserve Drive, had video gaming machines set up for about a month, according to Norridge Mayor James Chmura, but a stipulation in its lease with Norridge Commons shopping center, which bans gaming, forced the owner to remove the machines.  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  Those who promote vice are nasty.  Of course, needless-to-say, those who promote video gambling, their operatives, and their dupes focus on destroying me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/norridge/news/ct-nhh-norridge-briefs-tl-0721-20160715-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republicans head toward unconventional convention – Lynn Sweet and Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/with-many-absent-gop-heads-toward-unconventional-convention/
— Man convicted of threatening state rep gets only probation
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/man-convicted-of-threatening-state-rep-gets-only-probation/

 

WLS AM
— Trump Picks Pence; Roskam Says “Smart Move” – Nick Gale
http://www.wlsam.com/2016/07/15/trump-picks-pence-roskam-sayssmart-move/

 

NBC5
— Suburban Man’s Facebook Post on Being Black Goes Viral –
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-mans-facebook-post-on-being-black-goes-viral-387051661.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— In tight race, Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk steps away from GOP
http://www.wthr.com/story/32460038/in-tight-race-illinois-sen-mark-kirk-steps-away-from-gop
http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/In-tight-race-Illinois-Sen-Mark-Kirk-steps-away-8381896.php

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Area Republicans say they’re pleased with Pence – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160715/area-republicans-say-theyre-pleased-with-pence

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump finance group’s first report offers names of biggest backers  ‘Trump Victory’ raises $25.7 million – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-finance-groups-first-report-offers-names-of-biggest-backers
— Pence now says he backs Trump on Muslim ban  VP choice first said proposal was ‘offensive’ – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/pence-now-says-he-backs-trump-on-muslim-ban
— Bush trashes Trump on eve of GOP convention  Trump blocking out ‘sober discourse,’ Bush says – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/bush-trashes-trump-on-eve-of-gop-convention

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Illinois lawmakers spurn GOP convention – Dan Petrella  (DIERSEN: I am proud to say that the following spurn me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/illinois-lawmakers-spurn-gop-convention/article_ee892b99-2e4d-5afe-854f-ba91a359bc76.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner says war against terrorism will take ‘decades’ – DAN PETRELLA
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/rauenr-says-war-against-terrorism-will-take-decades/article_5617a7a3-e845-5872-abe2-158276b58df7.html

 

STATELINE
— Rauner Wants Budget Deal Before November  (DIERSEN: Republicans want spending cuts.  Democrats want tax increases.)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/rauner-wants-budget-deal-before-november

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois Politicians Divided on Attending National GOP Convention
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-politicians-divided-on-attending-national-gop-convention
— Local Lawmaker Rodney Davis Prepares For RNC – ESTHER KWON
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/local-lawmaker-prepares-for-rnc

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Blunt, other Republicans praise Trump veep choice Pence, but some doubts remain – Chuck Raasch
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/blunt-other-republicans-praise-trump-veep-choice-pence/article_d591dc4d-bdbf-5330-badf-a515995505f0.html

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Reince Priebus not to blame for GOP woes – Christian Schneider
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/reince-priebus-not-to-blame-for-gop-woes-b99762370z1-387005071.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IR READERS’ FAVORITES FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF JULY 2016  (DIERSEN: I included a link to the Brady article at the top of my Thursday July 14 Morning Edition GOPUSA ILLINOIS email and it was also the 31th link in the Wednesday July 13 GOPUSA ILLINOIS Evening Edition email.  In the Thursday July 14 link, I drew attention to what Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider wrote about Brady and Trump.  The Demonte article was the 29th link in the July 15 evening edition email.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/ir-readers-favorites-for-the-second-week-of-july-2016.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What do Illinois Review readers like to read, share and want more of? We want you to know our readers’ opinions matter. Your informed comments add to discussions and help us all to know that there are lots of like-minded conservatives in Illinois. So what did you like best during the second week of July 2016? Illinois Review readers’ favorites this week centered around former IL GOP Party Chairman Pat Brady and his scathing comments about Donald Trump, followed by RNC Committeewoman Demetra DeMonte’s response to Brady and Senator Mark Kirk’s revelation of who he intends to vote for in November: Based on the number of reads, likes and shares, here’s this week’s top five that you don’t want to miss: 740 LIKES: FORMER IL REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR PAT BRADY SAYS TRUMP CAN’T WIN, HILLARY BETTER ALTERNATIVE)

 

GOPUSA
— Hillary vows to double down on Obama’s executive actions on immigration
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12552

 

NEWSMAX
— Consumer Prices Maintain Gains on Rising Housing, Healthcare Costs
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Economy/consumer-prices-cpi-costs/2016/07/15/id/738813/

 

THE BLAZE
— Methodists Elect 1st Openly Gay Bishop in Defiance of Ban  Carly Hoilman  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will those who promote LGBTQ activity take over your church and get rid of its members who do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/16/methodists-elect-1st-openly-gay-bishop-in-defiance-of-ban/
— Liberal Columnist Blasts Rudy Giuliani, Claims ‘White Americans Couldn’t Handle What Black Americans Go Through’ – Carly Hoilman  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that were it not for White privilege, a) I never would have graduated from Hope Lutheran Grade School in 1962, from Crete-Monee High School on 1966, from NIU in 1970, from Loyola in 1976, from DePaul in 1980, or from IIT in 1997, b) I never would have passed the CPA examination in 1979 or the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, c) I never would have become a licensed CPA in 1982, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) the Post office would never have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores would never have hired me in 1970, Oldsmobile would never had offered me a job in 1971, IRS would never have offered me a job in 1971, and GAO would never have offered me a job in 1980.  GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/16/liberal-columnist-blasts-rudy-giuliani-claims-white-americans-couldnt-handle-what-black-americans-go-through/

 

TOWNHALL
— 20 Examples of What It Would Look Like if White Privilege Really Existed – John Hawkins  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that were it not for White privilege, a) I never would have graduated from Hope Lutheran Grade School in 1962, from Crete-Monee High School on 1966, from NIU in 1970, from Loyola in 1976, from DePaul in 1980, or from IIT in 1997, b) I never would have passed the CPA examination in 1979 or the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, c) I never would have become a licensed CPA in 1982, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) the Post office would never have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores would never have hired me in 1970, Oldsmobile would never had offered me a job in 1971, IRS would never have offered me a job in 1971, and GAO would never have offered me a job in 1980.  GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2016/07/16/20-examples-of-what-it-would-look-like-if-white-privilege-really-existed-n2193361

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Trump placates donors, establishment with Pence – Chris Stirewalt
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/15/trump-placates-donors-establishment-with-pence.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— Islam at war with a delusional, suicidal West – MATT BARBER
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/islam-at-war-with-a-delusional-suicidal-west/#!

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Pence Pick Boosts GOP Leaders’ Trust in Trump – Rebecca Berg & James Arkin
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/07/16/pence_pick_boosts_gop_leaders_trust_in_trump.html

 

NSIC
— Principles of Economics and Freedom – Bob McEwen
http://nsic.org/video-mcewen.html

 

THE HILL
— Trump introduces Pence as a unifier – Jessie Hellmann
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288023-trump-pence-as-vp-will-unify-republican-party

— Trump’s secret weapon is Ivanka – Ben Kamisar
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287789-right-hand-woman

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Will Trump use the convention to broadcast a more moderate image? – Nathaniel Swigger  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want Trump to not only dump, but to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-conversation-us/will-trump-use-the-conven_b_11031352.html

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Pence unlikely to open donor floodgates to Trump.”
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/15/politics/mike-pence-donors-fundraising/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and anti-Pences say “Donald Trump and Mike Pence, Republicans as Different as Night and Day.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/us/politics/republican-trump-pence.html
— ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attack in Nice, France – ALISSA J. RUBIN and ANDREW HIGGINS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/world/europe/isis-nice-france-attack.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Justice Ginsburg’s damage to the Supreme Court – Ruth Marcus  (DIERSEN: One could argue that Pat Brady and his supporters have done far more damage to the Illinois Republican Party and to all Republicans than Ginsburg has done to the Supreme Court.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-damage-justice-ginsburg-did-to-the-supreme-court/2016/07/15/7c80f054-4ab8-11e6-90a8-fb84201e0645_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Paul Ryan and the Trump Party  A GOP schism isn’t as inevitable as it appears. The House speaker wants his ‘A Better Way’ plan to succeed, and Trump might need to put it into action. – Joseph Rago
http://www.wsj.com/articles/paul-ryan-and-the-trump-party-1468623843
— The GOP’s Trump Power Play  Squelching dissent won’t build loyalty for the fall campaign. – Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-gops-trump-power-play-1468623655
— The Marvel of Electricity  Although the grid’s vulnerability to cyberattack and sabotage gets the headlines, the No. 1 cause of power outages is foliage. Almost as problematic are squirrels. – R. TYLER PRIEST  (DIERSEN: For 15 years (1984-1999), frequent and lengthy power outages during and after storms discouraged the Diersens from having their basement finished at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-marvel-of-electricity-1468616241
— The Perils of Cosigning that Student Loan  Cosigners sometimes don’t realize they are responsible for paying the loan if the student doesn’t – VERONICA DAGHER  (DIERSEN: What factors discouraged lending you money to get a college degree?  For me, they were a) my being draft bait, b) my only just barely making it into the top 20% of my high school class, c) my ACT score being only 24, d) my father having type 1 diabetes, not having a college degree, and not earning that much, and e) my washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights for the minimum wage instead of demonstrating leadership potential.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-perils-of-cosigning-that-student-loan-1468575002
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 90% of private student loans made to undergraduates require a creditworthy cosigner, Mr. Kantrowitz says. Lenders typically require cosigners to have an income above a certain threshold. Because of their likely scant credit history, most students won’t qualify for a private student loan without a cosigner.)
— Boomers, Gen Xers and Millennials: Catchall Groupings  Why marketers and academics like pigeonholing generations into defined cohorts –  JO CRAVEN MCGINTY  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates focused on turning members of all the generations against Republicans, and especially Republicans who were conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, and/or non-veteran like me.)
http://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/boomers-gen-xers-and-millennials-catchall-groupings-2212/
— Analysis of the Generations Isn’t an Exact Science  Groupings like baby boomer and millennial appeal to those measuring social change, but cutoffs are fuzzy – JO CRAVEN MCGINTY
http://www.wsj.com/articles/analysis-of-the-generations-isnt-an-exact-science-1468575000

 

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Why Republicans Should Actually Vote for Hillary Clinton.”
http://fortune.com/2016/07/16/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-republicans/

 

FORBES
— If Top Tech Leaders Think Donald Trump Is Anti-Innovation They Should Ponder What Hillary Will Do – Tim Worstall  (DIERSEN: Hillary promotes those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2016/07/16/if-top-tech-leaders-think-donald-trump-is-anti-innovation-they-should-ponder-what-hillary-will-do/#782deeb84fe3

 

USA TODAY
— GOP to Welcome Openly Gay Speaker to Convention  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2016/07/15/87156032/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Mike Pence is the perfect complement to Donald Trump – Editorial
http://nypost.com/2016/07/15/mike-pence-is-the-perfect-complement-to-donald-trump/

 

HERALD DISPATCH
— Even U.S. senator has been target of racial profiling  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs profile Republicans as being racists.  They especially profile Republicans as being racists who are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinion/even-u-s-senator-has-been-target-of-racial-profiling/article_a8201d41-4979-53c8-b4c6-ee8e679097cd.html

 

DAILY BEAST
— Bill Maher Compares Trump’s Children to ‘Nazis’ – Marlow Stern  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Are you a Republican?  Soon, if not already, if you do not join the Democrats in calling Trump and his supporters Nazis and even worse things, Democrats will call you a Nazi and threaten to do even more to slander you.  Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky.  In anticipation of the aforesaid, should the Republican elected officials and Republican party leaders a) obtain restraining orders against Democrats and/or b) file lawsuits against Democrats?)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/15/bill-maher-compares-trump-s-children-to-nazis.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— PENCE ADVOCATED IMMIGRATION COMPROMISE IN CONGRESS – EMILY CADEI
http://www.newsweek.com/pence-trump-immigration-480983?rx=us

 

PBS
— Mike Pence’s political journey, from Cruz backer to Trump’s No. 2
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/mike-pences-political-journey-cruz-backer-trumps-no-2/

 

THE NATION
— It Takes Jamie Dimon 3 Hours to Earn What Some of His Employees Do All Year  So much for the JPMorgan Chase CEO’s being a working-class hero. — Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen
https://www.thenation.com/article/is-jamie-dimon-a-working-class-hero/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Conservative Lawmakers Push for Expedited Firings Across Government – Eric Katz  (DIERSEN: These “conservative lawmakers” should be pushing against political affiliation discrimination, against reverse discrimination, against age discrimination, and against retaliation for blowing the whistle on the aforesaid.  But they don’t because if they did, Democrats and RINOs would get rid of them.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2016/07/conservative-lawmakers-push-expedited-firings-across-government/129955/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group of conservative lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday to expedite the disciplinary process throughout the federal government, saying the measure would boost accountability. The bill, introduced by Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., and cosponsored by Reps. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas; Steve King, R-Iowa; and Randy Weber, R-Texas, would limit the time federal employees have to appeal a negative personnel action and restrict the number of appeals they could file to just one. Agencies would suspend employees without pay throughout the appeal process. Employees would have seven days to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board a firing, suspension or other action. MSPB would then have 45 days to issue a ruling on the appeal. If the board did not act in that timeframe, then the agency’s decision would stand.)

 

SALON
— Mike Pence is even worse than you think: Trump’s VP pick has a long, disastrous record of opposing LGBT rights  The “religious liberty” governor earns a 0 from the Human Rights Campaign and voted against hate crimes prevention – NICO LANG  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that promote LGBT activity run America, run Illinois, run Cook County, and run Chicago.  Of course, needless-to-say, the aforesaid will use their tremendous power to destroy Pence.)
http://www.salon.com/2016/07/16/mike_pence_is_even_worse_than_you_think_trumps_vp_pick_has_a_long_disastrous_record_of_opposing_lgbt_rights/

July 14 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Tim Schneider, the current Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, responded to Brady’s comments, writing: “Former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady’s comments do not reflect the views or opinions of the current leadership of the Illinois Republican Party. Through the results of the March Primary, Illinois Republicans made their voices heard and believe that Donald Trump is best suited to take on Hillary Clinton and her decades of corruption, deceit, and liberal politics. The Illinois Republican Party is fully committed to supporting the Republican nominee, Donald Trump.”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/former-illinois-republican-party-chair-says-tump-cant-win-the-election.html

 

ABC7
— GOP CONVENTION FIGHT BREWING AS DELEGATES MULL GOING ROGUE – RYAN STRUYK
http://abc7chicago.com/news/gop-convention-fight-brewing-as-delegates-mull-going-rogue/1425611/

 

NBC5
— Clinton Ahead or Even in Midwest Battlegrounds  The two candidates are tied at 39 percent each in Ohio
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Polls-Clinton-Ahead-Or-Even-In-Midwest-Battlegrounds-Trump-386663131.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WANT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM TO PROMOTE LGBTQ ACTIVITY, ABORTION, MASS/ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, POT, GAMBLING, RACE AND GENDER BASED PREFERENCE GIVING, ABOLITION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AND OTHER TERRIBLE THINGS, AND IF NOT THAT, SAY NOTHING ABOUT THE AFORESAID.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-why-the-republican-and-democratic-1468495623-htmlstory.html
— Hillary Clinton calls on Americans to reject ‘divisive’ Trump candidacy – Michael A. Memoli (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on dividing those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-na-pol-clinton-springfield-20160713-snap-story.html
— Duckworth ad rips Kirk for embellishing military record – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-tammy-duckworth-mark-kirk-attack-ad-story.html
— State: No unemployment benefits without posting resume – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: What are the top reasons why employers would not offer you a job?  For me, they are a) the adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me including forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, not promoting me beyond GS-13, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) the adverse actions that my Democrat IRS superiors took against me including not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims, and c) the adverse actions that my Democrat Post Office superiors took against me including forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests.  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois side with my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors against me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-jobseekers-register-employment-service-0714-biz-20160713-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO, ON COOK COUNTY, ON ILLINOIS, AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Segregation still haunts CPS – Natalie Y. Moore, reporter for WBEZ and author of “The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-cps-segregation/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Daily Herald promotes Reboot Illinois and Politifact.  What if the Daily Herald promoted GOPUSA ILLINOIS?  Ever-increasingly, those who try to compete with GOPUSA ILLINOIS spend more and more and more money and/or force those who visit their websites and/or read their emails to look at more and more and more nasty advertising.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160713/news/160719551/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Dail Herald shows that it exists to promote LGBTQ activity and the rest of the Democrat Party platform.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160714/discuss/160719566/

 

WGN RADIO
— Political analyst Chris Robling on Black Lives Matter protests: “All they are interested in is racial division” – PETER ZIMMERMAN
http://wgnradio.com/2016/07/12/political-analyst-chris-robling-on-black-lives-matter-protests-all-they-are-interested-in-is-racial-division/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats like tone of Clinton’s address – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: AP reports that Clinton said that Trump is dangerous, divisive, and fear-mongering. Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20160713/bernard-schoenburg-democrats-like-tone-of-clintons-address
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use “Nuns on the Bus” to promote Clinton and the Democrat Party platform.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160713/nuns-on-bus-call-for-mending-gaps

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— “Pay Now Illinois” Coalition Files Lawsuit
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/pay-now-illinois-coalition-files-lawsuit

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Clinton slams Trump in Springfield
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32440139/hillary-clinton-makes-campaign-stop-in-springfield
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Clinton slammed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for sending what she calls an ugly message to America, referring to Trump’s promises to ban Muslims and deport eleven million illegal immigrants. “Imagine if he did not just have Twitter or cable news to go after his critics and opponents, but also the IRS or the military for that matter,” Clinton said. Clinton’s comments come as new polling data from Quinnipiac University shows Trump with the lead in key swing states, gaining ground thanks to voters who increasingly view Clinton as untrustworthy.)

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Per-mile road tax crashes in Illinois; but moves ahead in California – Dennis Byrne  (DIERSEN: Would a per-mile road tax benefit you?  I own six cars (1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang), but I drive them extremely few miles because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2016/07/per-mile-road-tax-crashes-in-illinois-but-moves-ahead-in-california/

 

WILL COUNTY NEWS
— Tell Gov. Rauner to ‘VETO’ the Muslim American Advisory Council – Steve Balich
http://willcountynews.com/2016/07/13/tell-gov-rauner-to-veto-the-muslim-american-advisory-council/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— RNC speaker list includes Donald Trump’s wife and children, Benghazi survivors – David Sherfinski
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/14/rnc-speaker-list-includes-donald-trump-wife-and-ch/
— House votes to expand ‘conscience’ protections for those opposed to abortion – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: What to you say to “Republican” party leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, their operatives, and their dupes who focus on destroying those like me who support the right-to-life plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform and in the Republican Party platform?  Should I write a book about the aforesaid?)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/13/abortion-conscience-protections-approved-in-house/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Ebony Magazine Editor: Hate Crimes Can’t Be Committed Against White People, Cops – Steve Guest
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/13/ebony-magazine-editor-hate-crimes-cant-be-committed-against-white-people-cops-video/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CHRISTIAN YOUTH CHOIR LIKENED TO NAZIS, ISIS  ‘This church ticks every box on the Ugly Religious Fundamentalism checklist’ – BOB UNRUH  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois are fully aware that the more of the following that apply to you, the easier it is for them to liken you to Nazis: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, German national origin, Lutheran, rich, gun owner, and ancestors in America for a long time.  If you were me, how would you react to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who liken me to Nazis?)
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/christian-youth-choir-likened-to-nazis-isis/#!

 

THE HILL
— Trump’s ‘law-and-order’ gamble – Mike Lillis  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that they will have minorities riot and destroy America if Trump is elected.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287635-trumps-law-and-order-gamble

 

CNN
— Conservatives split on Trump’s running mate – Mark Preston  (DIERSEN: Who leads the conservatives in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality?  I should write a book about those who lead the anti-conservatives in Illinois, in Congressional District 6, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. By definition, leaders have religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/13/politics/donald-trump-vice-president-search-conservatives/

 

ABC NEWS
— Center Stage at GOP Convention: Dump Trump Vs Party Leaders – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/center-stage-gop-convention-dump-trump-party-leaders-40567189

 

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump may spell doom for vulnerable GOP senators.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/susceptible-republican-senators-up-for-election-continue-to-dodge-donald-trump/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Republican Officials Brace for Chaos at Convention – JEREMY W. PETERS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/us/politics/republican-convention-issues.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Hillary Clinton, at Site of Lincoln Speech, Laments G.O.P.’s Turn to Donald Trump – MATT FLEGENHEIMER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/us/politics/hillary-clinton-race-speech.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/opinion/a-history-of-white-delusion.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/opinion/blood-on-your-hands-too.html
— How Excessive Executive Pay Hurts Shareholders – Editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/opinion/how-excessive-executive-pay-hurts-shareholders.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— RNC members still don’t know what Donald Trump has planned for the convention – Rebecca Sinderbrand
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/paloma/the-daily-trail/2016/07/13/the-daily-trail-rnc-members-still-don-t-know-what-donald-trump-has-planned-for-the-convention/5786c289cd96926bdf400f4a/
— Why highways have become the center of civil rights protest – Emily Badger
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/13/why-highways-have-become-the-center-of-civil-rights-protest/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Group Promotes a Platform That Avoids Hot-Button Issues  Group aims to replace 60-page document with a statement of principles that leaves out Donald Trump’s position on trade, gay marriage issue – REID J. EPSTEIN  (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs WANT EVERYTHING TO BE LEFT OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM.  Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs WANT TO DESTROY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-dissidents-to-challenge-platform-as-anti-gay-on-convention-floor-1468449084
— Trump Calls on Ginsburg to Resign From Supreme Court  Presumptive GOP presidential nominee says ‘her mind is shot,’ after she criticized his candidacy – BRENT KENDALL
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-calls-on-ginsburg-to-resign-from-supreme-court-1468444857
— Settlement of Syrian Refugees in the U.S. Accelerates  After a slow start, Obama administration’s annual goal of 10,000 arrivals is within reach – MIRIAM JORDAN
http://www.wsj.com/articles/settlement-of-syrian-refugees-in-the-u-s-accelerates-1468402205
— LOW INTEREST RATES: Sorry, You’re Just Going To Have to Save More Money – JASON ZWEIG
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2016/07/13/sorry-youre-just-going-to-have-to-save-more-money%e2%80%8b/
— In Advanced Economies, Two-Thirds of Population Have Seen Incomes Stagnate, Study Shows  Report underscores damage done by financial crisis to economic advancement for half a billion people – JOSH ZUMBRUN
http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-advanced-economies-two-thirds-of-population-have-seen-incomes-stagnate-study-shows-1468450861

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: By her words, Clinton calls for anti-Whites to protest against Trump.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/13/hillary-clinton-race-springfield-trump/87030572/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: With days to go, GOP convention struggles with $6 million shortfall – Fredreka Schouten
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2016/07/13/republican-convention-6-million-shortfall/87034814/
— Trump, Clinton both threaten Freedom of the Press – Carol E. Lee and Jeff Mason  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents do?  My critics/opponents focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails. My critics/opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/14/trump-clinton-both-threaten-freedom-press-reporters-first-amendment-questions-white-house-correspondents-column/87027090/
— HARDCOPY EDITORIAL TITLE: Ginsburg’s bus league remarks hurt court credibility – Editorial
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/13/ginsburg-supreme-court-trump-ethics-editorials-debates/87050488/
— Police brace for days of protests in Cleveland – Trevor Hughes
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/13/cleveland-protests-trump-police-republican-convention/86996112/

 

NEWS TRIBUNE
— GAO report criticizes Energy Department’s handling of whistleblower complaints – LINDSAY WISE AND SAMMY FRETWELL (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government retaliated against me for blowing the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government.)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nation-world/national/article89476512.html

 

NPR
— Some Trump RNC Delegates Surprised About Paying Their Own Way To Cleveland – LAUREN CHOOLJIAN
http://www.npr.org/2016/07/14/485911005/some-trump-rnc-delegates-surprised-about-paying-their-own-way-to-cleveland

 

FED SMITH
— Federal Retirees Need To Tighten Belts While Current Employees Expect To See Pay Increases – Michael Wald  (DIERSEN: As time goes on, the negative impact of my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old INCREASES.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/07/13/federal-retirees-need-to-tighten-belts-while-current-employees-expect-to-see-pay-increases/

July 13 Evening Edition

ABC7
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO, ON COOK COUNTY, ON ILLINOIS, AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: TRUMP CLAIMS 5,000 MURDERS IN CHICAGO DURING OBAMA PRESIDENCY – Diane Pathieu, Charles Thomas, and Ben Bradley  (DIERSEN: Because of underreporting, is it much more than 5,000?)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/donald-trump-in-chicago-indiana;-protesters-gather-outside-trump-tower/1423315/

 

NBC5
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO, ON COOK COUNTY, ON ILLINOIS, AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Chicago Corruption at Center of New Walking Tour in the City  Blago and George Ryan, Rosty and Mel, and rogues like Hinky Dink Kenna and Bathhouse John Coughlin– they’re all there – Phil Rogers
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-corruption-walking-tour-takes-center-stage-386706471.html

 

CBS2
— White Woman Walks In Black Neighborhood: I’m Sorry Black America – Audrina Bigos
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/12/white-woman-walks-in-black-neighborhood-im-sorry-black-america/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump turning ‘Party of Lincoln’ into ‘Party of Trump’ – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-hillary-clinton-springfield-speech-met-0714-20160713-story.html
— Donald Trump polling stronger with evangelicals than Mitt Romney four years ago; Trump seeks $10 million from former aide in disclosure case; Trump huddles with top VP candidates in Indiana; Hillary Clinton: The party of Lincoln is becoming the ‘party of Trump;’ Clinton attacks Trump for making shooting deaths ‘all about him’
http://www.chicagotribune.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-07132016-htmlstory.html
— Another school funding task force? Gov. Rauner, waste of time. – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-rauner-school-funding-mcqueary-perspec-0714-jm-20160713-column.html
— House Republicans want auditor general removed, but Rauner mum – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-auditor-general-republicans-rauner-met-0714-20160713-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republicans file request for state auditor general’s removal – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/republicans-file-state-auditor-general-removal/
— Trump puts Chicago lunch guests on the spot – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-trump-puts-chicago-lunch-guests-on-the-spot/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner Signs Order Requiring Illinois To Give preference to Businesses Owned by Minorities, Women, and Disabled (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.  Rauner ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican. If you get elected as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.  The Republican Party platform calls for equal opportunity, that is, it opposes race and gender based preference giving.  Rauner should prosecute individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that discriminate based on race, gender, etc.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-looks-to-strengthen-minority-disadvantaged-businesses/
— Chicago urges protected status for Ecuadorean immigrants – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/chicago-urges-protected-status-for-ecuadorean-immigrants/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Clinton in Springfield: Trump is ‘dangerous,’ ‘divisive,’ ‘fear-mongering’ – AP  (DIERSEN: With Clinton saying this today, what will she and her spokespersons say about Trump as November 8 approaches?  Should Trump and his supporters start preparing now for anti-Trumps to harm them?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160713/NEWS02/160719911/clinton-in-springfield-trump-is-dangerous-divisive-fear-mongering
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Let’s do this now and reduce Chicago’s homeless population – MARK ANGELINI
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160713/OPINION/160709872/lets-do-this-now-and-reduce-chicagos-homeless-population

 

DAILY HERALD
— Challenge to Lake County coroner’s candidacy upheld by electoral board – Mick Zawislak
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160713/news/160719547/
— Carpentersville man on probation for marijuana conviction faces new marijuana trafficking charges – Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160713/news/160719608/

 

WTTW
— Trump Delegates Sound Off on Republican Convention – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/07/13/trump-delegates-sound-republican-convention

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois GOP reaffirms support for Trump – TONY ARNOLD
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/illinois-gop-reaffirms-support-trump#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party seems to be changing its tone about Donald Trump’s candidacy – at least a little bit. When the Illinois Republican Party appointed delegates to the national convention – they picked some people who have been vocal in opposing Donald Trump’s candidacy. Governor Bruce Rauner won’t talk about Trump – or the presidential campaign. And other top Illinois Republicans are skipping the convention – and have said they won’t support Trump. These actions led some Trump delegates like Anthony Anderson to say they’re also skipping the conventions, out of protest. ANDERSON: I realize Illinois is a blue state, but for Pete’s sake, they’re not even lifting a finger. In response – the state Republican Party released an unusually direct statement (LINK?) supporting Donald Trump…and highlighting the party’s connections to the Trump campaign.)

 

WMAY
— Rauner Signs Order To Boost Minority, Female Businesses (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.  Rauner ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican. If you get elected as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.  The Republican Party platform calls for equal opportunity, that is, it opposes race and gender based preference giving. Rauner should prosecute individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that discriminate based on race, gender, etc.)
http://www.wmay.com/2016/07/13/rauner-signs-order-to-boost-minority-female-businesses/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Minority- and female-owned businesses could have an easier time getting state contracts under an executive order signed by Governor Bruce Rauner. The initiative could include the creation of more “sheltered markets,” where certain state requests for bids are set aside for businesses owned by women, minorities or persons with disabilities. Rauner says those groups often have less opportunity to fully participate in the state economy.)

 

WSIL TV
— Ginsburg’s public Trump critique raises ethical quandaries – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32438291/ginsburgs-public-trump-critique-raises-ethical-quandaries

 

MADISON RECORD
— GOP lawmakers file resolution to remove Mautino amidst state, federal investigations – John Breslin
http://madisonrecord.com/stories/510958584-gop-lawmakers-file-resolution-to-remove-mautino-amidst-state-federal-investigations

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Would Ruth Bader Ginsburg have to recuse herself if Donald Trump wins?  Comments cause political firestorm – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/would-ruth-bader-ginsburg-have-to-recuse-herself-if-donald-trump-wins

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Legislators call for auditor general’s resignation at Chicago gathering  15 lawmakers sponsor resolution for Mautino’s removal – RACHEL RODGERS
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/07/13/legislators-call-for-auditor-generals-resignation-at-chicago-gathering/a8xj2gv/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County board, sheriff begin FY2017 budget talks 1 year after public fight – NATHAN LURZ
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/07/12/dupage-county-board-sheriff-begin-fy2017-budget-talks-1-year-after-public-fight/ai6m9ea/

 

DEPAULIA
— Democrats, allies rally against Trump in Loop – Brenden Moore
http://depauliaonline.com/2016/07/12/dems-allies-rally-trump-loop/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Unlikely alliances form in opposing Hillary Clinton in Springfield
http://ilnews.org/8688/unlikely-alliances-form-in-opposing-hillary-clinton-in-springfield/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— General Assembly – Adults are in the room – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/general-assembly-adults-are-in-the-room/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This morning, several legislators held a press conference in Chicago calling for the removal of the Illinois Auditor General.  They filed a House Joint Resolution to initiate the process. “Auditor General Mautino is not able to perform his duties with the trust and confidence that Illinoisans deserve,” Rep. Kay said. “If he will not do the right thing on his own and step aside, we have a responsibility as the people’s elected representatives to hold him accountable,” Add Rep. Ives  The people of Illinois are witnessing first-hand what Benjamin Franklin’s answer to that famous question of  “what kind of government did you give us”, really means.  “A republic if you can keep it.”  This, ladies and gentlemen, is how you keep it!  Action by responsible people elected and entrusted to take action based on the best interest of the state, not themselves. We thank each and every one of them for doing the right thing!)
— Auditor General Frank Mautino facing House Joint Resolution for his removal. – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/auditor-general-frank-mautino-facing-house-joint-resolution-for-his-removal/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: ILLINOIS IS LOSING PRIME WORKING-AGE ADULTS  BLS data show that Illinois had a net loss of 354,000 adults over the last decade from its prime working-age adult population (ages 25 to 54), with 290,000 of that loss attributable to migration rather than mortality. This is a troubling sign that indicates a weak economy – and the loss of adult taxpayers and their children. – Michael Lucci (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Illinois focus on driving Republicans out of Illinois, and especially those who are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time because they are more likely to stay Republican.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-is-losing-prime-working-age-adults/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rauner Acts to Give Preferences to Minority, Women & Disabled-Owned Businesses – Cal Skinner  (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.  Rauner ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican. If you get elected as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.  The Republican Party platform calls for equal opportunity, that is, it opposes race and gender based preference giving.  Rauner should prosecute individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that discriminate based on race, gender, etc.)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2016/07/13/rauner-acts-to-give-preferences-to-minority-women-disabled-owned-businesses/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HULTGREN: “NO ONE SHOULD BE FORCED TO PARTICIPATE IN ABORTION”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/hultgren-no-one-should-be-forced-to-participate-in-abortion-video.html
— TREASON: FORMER IL REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR SAYS TRUMP CAN’T WIN, HILLARY BETTER ALTERNATIVE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/former-illinois-republican-party-chair-says-tump-cant-win-the-election.html
— STATE REP. KAY FILES RESOLUTION TO REMOVE MAUTINO FROM OFFICE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/state-rep-kay-files-resolution-to-remove-mautino-from-office.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— TREASON: Former state GOP chairman Pat Brady: Trump can’t win, Hillary better alternative
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/13/former-state-gop-chairman-trump-cant-win-hillary-better-alternative/

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Chicago Muslims Outraged by Anti-ISIS Cartoon in Local Paper – Jim Hoft
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/07/chicago-muslims-outraged-anti-isis-cartoon-local-paper/

 

FREEDOM OUTPOST AND PATRIOTS 1776
— Sharia: Illinois To Create Official State Government Muslim Council  (DIERSEN: From the West Suburban Patriots: VETO Illinois – SB574 (Muslim Advisory Council)  FOLKS, YOU HAVE TO CALL Governor Bruce Rauner’s office: (217) 782-0244  or (312) 814-2121 and give your opinion on this bill  You can also email him at: gov.goca@illinois.gov  Here’s a letter one of our patriots wrote to the Governor: Please Veto SB 574  Article One, Section three of the Illinois constitution contains a clause that says NO PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN BY LAW TO ANY RELIGION. I would argue all day long the creation of a muslim advisory council gives preference to Islam and therefore violates the Illinois constitution; since one can only be a muslim if he/she is an practitioner of Islam.  The muslim advisory council could easily be called Islamic American advisory council, because the religion of Islam is where muslim guidance will come from, Islamic doctrine and shariah  ARTICLE 1, SECTION 3. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM  The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination, shall forever be guaranteed, and no person shall be denied any civil or political right, privilege or capacity, on account of his religious opinions; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be construed to dispense with oaths or affirmations, excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the State. No person shall be required to attend or support any ministry or place of worship against his consent, nor shall any preference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship. ~ (Source: Illinois Constitution.)  If the state proposed advisory council was called the Christian American advisory council Act, the screams from the left would be deafening. Gov Rauner, there is a very sound reason why no other state has such a muslim advisory council, it’s because such a law violates every “separation of church and state” type clauses contained in every state constitution…. just as it will be contrary to the one enshrined within the Illinois constitution.  Respecting the Illinois constitution isn’t optional…  Mr Governor, it’s your duty to VETO SB 574, the “muslim American Advisory council Act ”, you must uphold the rule of law!)
http://www.patriots1776.com/index.php/politics1/sharia-illinois-to-create-official-state-government-muslim-council
http://freedomoutpost.com/sharia-illinois-to-create-official-state-government-muslim-council/

 

GOPUSA
— Dallas Police Chief Tells Politicians ‘Step Up’  (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican?  Too what extend do Republican officials in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct “step up” for the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and the other planks in Illinois Republican Party platform?  Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12411
— Will Hillary Ditch Black Lives Matter? – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12396
— Ryan’s request to cut off Clinton intel briefings denied
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12424
— ‘Never Trump’ continues to wage delegate battle
http://www.gopusa.com/never-trump-continues-to-wage-delegate-battle/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Anti-Trumpers Turn Their Lonely Eyes to John Kasich
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/07/13/anti_trumpers_turn_their_lonely_eyes_to_john_kasich
— Hillary’s Race Speech Ripped to Shreds
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/07/13/hillary_s_race_speech_ripped_to_shreds

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— HANNITY SMACKS GRETCHEN CARLSON IN FOX NEWS SEX CASE ‘So why did you stay after such ‘harassment’ asking for more airtime?’  (DIERSEN: Hannity sides with Fox News against Carlson.  My critics/opponents side with my critics/opponents against me.)
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/hannity-smacks-gretchen-carlson-in-fox-news-sex-case/#!

 

DAILY CALLER
— Obama Mentions Himself 45 Times During Memorial Speech For Dallas Officers – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/12/obama-mentions-himself-45-times-during-memorial-speech-for-dallas-officers/

 

BREITBART
— Black Lives Matter Mob Threatens Fox News Reporter – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/07/11/black-lives-matter-mob-threatens-fox-news-reporter/
— Anniversary of Sandra Bland’s Death Raises Tension Amid War on Cops – LANA SHADWICK
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/07/13/anniversary-sandra-blands-death-raises-tension-amid-war-cops/

 

TOWNHALL
— Hume: To Obama, Racism in America ‘Has a White Face, Never a Black Face’ – Leah Barkoukis  (DIERSEN: Anti-Whites love Hume.)
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2016/07/13/hume-to-obama-racism-always-has-a-white-face-never-a-black-face-n2192198
— The Future for the Real American Dreamers – Allen West
http://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2016/07/13/the-future-for-the-real-american-dreamers-n2192298

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Hillary Clinton Warns: Trump Could Use Military, IRS To Punish Critics and Opponents – Ian Schwartz  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  I should write a book about how the Democrats who run the federal government use the federal government “to punish critics and opponents.”)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/07/13/hillary_clinton_warns_trump_could_use_military_irs_to_punish_critics_and_opponents.html

 

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Cultural Marxists Employ Terror Tactics, Violence to Intimidate Trump Supporters  (DIERSEN: Who are the cultural marxists in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://americanfreepress.net/cultural-marxists-employ-terror-tactics-violence-to-intimidate-trump-supporters/

 

TPM
— RNC Chair: Trump’s White, Male VP Frontrunners Are Diverse! – KRISTIN SALAKY  (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics?  My demographics are terrible.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes take every opportunity that they can to remind those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors that I am Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (67), rich, a gun owner, that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, that I am 100% German national origin, that I was baptized, raised and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that I am a retired federal employee, that I avoided the draft, that etc.)
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/reince-diversity-of-experience
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With Donald Trump’s reported vice presidential prospects all white men, RNC chair Reince Priebus wants people to focus on another type of diversity: the diversity of experience. In an interview Wednesday, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer questioned Priebus about previous comments he made hoping Trump’s veep hopefuls would be “diverse.” When Blitzer asked him if he was disappointed that no people of color or women made the cut, Priebus said that is not what diversity means to Trump. “Well, I know that all of those things are on the table and I think it also comes down to who he thinks is most compatible, and who would be best for our country,” Priebus said. “There is also diversity of experience, and sometimes something that would be beneficial that I think he is also looking at. He has been pretty clear that having experience in matters in both governing in Washington and your state as an executive, he talked about foreign policy experience as another issue to be thought about and discussed. So diversity from Donald Trump as an outsider, a successful businessman, is these choices that he is looking at.” Blitzer followed up to see if this was the type of diversity Priebus had in mind when he made his comments and Priebus doubled down on the comments. “Look, for each presidential candidate, the diversity that you seek in the spot that you’re, you know, the vice presidential spot can be a lot of things,” he said. “It can be all of the above, experience, gender, race, that is an important ingredient.” Trump’s veep finalists reportedly include New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R). Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), one of the only women discussed, took herself out of the running earlier this month.)

 

POLITICO
— RNC races to stamp out anti-Trump rebellion  Reince Priebus loyalists try to stop delegates who want to rip nomination away on national TV. – Alex Isenstadt, Kyle Cheney and Shane Goldmacher
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/republican-national-convention-minority-report-225511
— Clinton on Trump: Even ‘the killing of people is somehow all about him’ – Nolan D. McCaskill
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/clinton-trump-illinois-speech-225485

 

THE HILL
— Clinton goes back on the attack against Trump – Rebecca Savransky
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287566-clinton-hits-on-trump-we-need-a-president-who-can-help
— Black Lives Matter needs some tough love from Obama – Gregory J. Wallance
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/287598-black-lives-matter-needs-some-tough-love-from-obama

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats say that non-Democrats are haters.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-b-keegan/far-right-co-opts-tragedy_b_10970158.html

 

MCCLATCHY NEWS DC
— Lawmakers move to block flights to Cuba – FRANCO ORDONEZ
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article89315807.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Most Americans Hold Grim View of Race Relations, Poll Finds – GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/us/most-americans-hold-grim-view-of-race-relations-poll-finds.html
— For Whites Sensing Decline, Donald Trump Unleashes Words of Resistance – NICHOLAS CONFESSORE  (DIERSEN: Because minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, Democrats focus on getting rid of Whites.  If you want to get rid of Whites, that is, if you are a racist, vote for Democrats.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/us/politics/donald-trump-white-identity.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Clinton lambastes Trump as unfit to lead a country dealing with race, violence – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-lambastes-trump-as-unfit-to-lead-a-country-dealing-with-race-violence/2016/07/13/acb877c0-48ff-11e6-bdb9-701687974517_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republican Dissidents to Challenge Platform as Anti-Gay on Convention Floor  Group aims to replace 60-page document with a short statement of principles that also leaves out Donald Trump’s position on trade – REID J. EPSTEIN  ((DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs always want to destroy the Republican Party by making its platform more like the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and the Green Party platform.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-dissidents-to-challenge-platform-as-anti-gay-on-convention-floor-1468449084
— Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Locked in Tight Race in Ohio and Iowa, Polls Find  Democratic candidate holds 9-point lead in Pennsylvania – LAURA MECKLER
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-are-neck-and-neck-in-ohio-and-iowa-polls-find-1468429268

 

BLOOMBERG
— Republican Party Chairman Calls for Unity Behind Donald Trump  “Let’s not lose sight of the stakes of this election,” he told the RNC’s 168 members. – John McCormick and Mark Niquette
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-13/republican-party-chairman-calls-for-unity-behind-donald-trump

 

MARKET WATCH
— How saving too much can make your retirement less satisfying  Being overly frugal and having no fun dulls the Golden Years – Chuck Jaffe
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-saving-too-much-can-make-your-retirement-less-satisfying-2016-07-13

 

ATLANTIC JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— RNC counsel: Without rule change, pledged GOP delegates must vote for Donald Trump – Jim Galloway
http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/07/13/rnc-counsel-without-rule-change-pledged-gop-delegates-must-vote-for-donald-trump/

 

TIME MAGAZINE
— As a Gay Republican, I Cannot Defend the GOP Platform – James Richardson  (DIERSEN: Promoting LGBTQ activity is the top priority for LGBTQ individuals, LGBTQ organizations, LGBTQ companies, LGBTQ governments, and LGBTQ countries.)
http://time.com/4405018/gop-platform-lgbt-issues/

 

COSMOPOLITAN
— What 3 Women Leading the RNC Think About Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton  The thirtysomething women explain why they stand behind Donald Trump. – Prachi Gupta
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a61119/women-rnc-leaders-2016-election/

 

GUARDIAN
— Unity at the Republican convention? Forget about it – Jamie Weinstein
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/13/republican-convention-cleveland-donald-trump-unity

 

DAILY MAIL
— Official Republican platform will include Trump’s border wall with Mexico – GEOFF EARLE
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3688381/Official-Republican-platform-include-Trump-s-border-wall-Mexico.html

 

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Group Plans to Audit the IRS – MICHAEL COHN  (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/tax-practice/group-plans-to-audit-the-irs-78661-1.html

 

GRANT THORNTON
— Grant Thornton hires GAO veteran Linda Miller to strengthen Public Sector Fraud Risk Assessment team  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 level (currently $92,632-$120,427).  I became a CPA in 1979, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, a licensed CPA in 1982, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160713005256/en/Grant-Thornton-hires-GAO-veteran-Linda-Miller
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: Linda S. Miller has joined Grant Thornton LLP as a director in its Public Sector Fraud Risk Assessment practice. Miller, a veteran of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), will serve public-sector clients seeking to assess and reduce the risk of fraud. “We’re pleased to welcome Linda to Grant Thornton’s Fraud Risk Assessment team,” said Carlos Otal, national managing partner of Grant Thornton’s Public Sector. “Linda’s GAO experience and thorough understanding of strategies for preventing, detecting and responding to fraud will be a tremendous asset to our government clients.” Miller was assistant director of Forensic Audits and Investigative Service at the GAO for the past 10 years. She led the development of A Framework for Managing Fraud Risks in Federal Programs, the first-ever guidance for federal program managers to help them proactively manage fraud risk and prevent the occurrence of fraud. Miller’s efforts led to the recent passage of the Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015, which requires federal agencies to take steps to reduce fraud and establish better internal controls. In addition to her tenure at the GAO, Miller has served as adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration since 2013. She was a member of the U.S. Olympic Women’s Rowing Team from 1996 to 2000, competing in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Miller received a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University and a master’s degree in public policy from the university’s Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration.)

July 12 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps threaten violence against Trump and against his supporters.  What should the following do in response to those threats of violence:
– You,
– Your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain,
– The officers of your Republican township/ward/municipal/county party organizations,
– Your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee,
– The IRP officers,
– The IRP National Committeeman, and
– The IRP National Committeewoman?
https://gopillinois.com  

 

DNA INFO
— Trump Tower Rally To Protest Big-Money Donald Trump Fundraiser – David Matthews  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, this a rally to promote hatred if not to promote violence against Trump and against his supporters. One could argue that if you are a Trump supporter, you should get a concealed carry permit to protect yourself from anti-Trumps.  Anti-Trumps are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Anti-Trumps are disciples of Saul Alinsky.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160711/downtown/trump-tower-rally-protest-big-money-donald-trump-fundraiser
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump will be in town for a big-ticket fundraiser Tuesday. So will protesters. U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-9th) sent an email to constituents calling for a “Chicago Trumps Hate” rally starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday near Trump’s namesake tower at Wabash Avenue and Wacker Drive. The rally is in response to Trump’s fundraiser here that same day, in which guests will pay from $10,000 to $100,000 to fete the presumptive Republican nominee for president. “In light of everything that’s been happening, our country needs unity more than ever,” Ben Head, Schakowsky’s political director, said Monday afternoon. “Donald Trump is the exact opposite, he’s tearing us apart.” Tuesday will mark Trump’s first appearance here since a political rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago was canceled out of “safety” reasons in March. Thousands of protesters swarmed the venue and outside, prompting Trump to cancel the event then. Other Chicagoans have since stepped up less organized forms of protest, ranging from flipping off the Trump International Hotel & Tower, 401 N. Wabash Ave., to making satirical videos, piñatas and toilets lampooning the controversial presidential candidate. Trump, who’s stepped up his campaign fundraising in recent weeks, will charge from $10,000 to $100,000 for his Tuesday fundraiser, whose location is only being disclosed to donors, according to the Sun-Times. Trump is expected to receive the Republican Party’s nomination for president at the party’s convention next week. A Trump spokeswoman did not immediately return a message seeking comment.)
— Protesters Shut Down Both Directions Of Michigan Avenue Downtown – Andrea V. Watson
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160711/downtown/teens-stage-anti-police-brutality-sit-in-millennium-park
— Aldermen Call on State, Congress To Ban Assault Weapons – Ted Cox  (DIERSEN: Why not call for a ban on those who use weapons to commit crimes?)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160711/downtown/aldermen-call-on-state-congress-ban-assault-weapons

 

NBC5
— Donald Trump Tweets About ‘Out of Control’ Chicago Crime  “This election is a choice between law, over & safety – or chaos, crime & violence,” Trump tweeted. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/donald-trump-tweets-chicago-crime-out-of-control-386473431.html

 

CBS2
— Trump Calls Chicago Crime ‘Out Of Control’ Ahead Of Fundraiser
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/12/trump-in-chicago-tuesday-for-fundraising-luncheon/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump tweets about Chicago crime, hours before fundraiser here – Leonor Vivanco
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-trump-chicago-tweet-met-0712-20160712-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday morning about Chicago’s crime problem hours before he was scheduled to attend a private fundraiser in the city — one that may draw protests. “Crime is out of control, and rapidly getting worse. Look what is going on in Chicago and our inner cities. Not good!” he tweeted. He later followed up that tweet with another: “This election is a choice between law, order & safety – or chaos, crime & violence. I will make America safe again for everyone. #ImWithYou”  So far this year, more than 2,100 people have been shot compared to more than 2,900 people for the entire year of 2015, according to Tribune data. The homicide tally is at 342 people for the first half of the year, a pace not seen since the late 1990s. New York and Los Angeles combined have fewer shooting and homicide victims than Chicago this year so far. A year ago, Trump told the Tribune Editorial Board that crime is damaging the city’s reputation. “You’ve got to stop it. You’re not going to stop it by being nice. You’re going to stop it by being one tough son of a bitch,” Trump said at the time. During the June 2015 appearance before the editorial board, Trump acknowledged there have been cases of police brutality but said he believed police today are not as tough as when he was growing up in the mid-1960s. “You need tough cookies. These are tough kids. These are not babies. These are tough, tough kids,” he said at the time. “If they saw you walking down the street, they wouldn’t give a damn about you,” he said then. “You can’t be so gentle with these people.” “I’m a big fan of the police, but I think the police now are afraid to act. They’re afraid to be tough.” Tuesday’s fundraiser in Chicago marks Trump’s first campaign-related visit to Chicago since the canceled rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where supporters and protesters converged in March. Tickets are $10,000 to attend, $25,000 to get a photo with a candidate and $100,000 to be part of a VIP Roundtable that includes photos and two lunch tickets, according to an invitation for the event. A protest is planned for 10 a.m. Tuesday morning outside downtown’s Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago organized by a number of community leaders calling on Trump to end his divisive rhetoric. Among the scheduled speakers are Illinois National Organization for Women president Susan Straus, SEIU Healthcare Illinois executive vice president Greg Kelley and Inner-City Muslim Action Network executive director Rami Nashashibi, according to news releases issued about the planned protest. U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D – IL) is in Washington, D.C. but helped spread word of the event by emailing her constituents. “She feels strongly Trump’s message is overly divisive at a time when our nation needs unity,” said Ben Head, the congresswoman’s political director.)
— Another prominent Illinois Republican, Kirk Dillard, to skip Trump convention – John Byrne  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries glorify and praise anti-Trumps?  ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-kirk-dillard-donald-trump-convention-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Add former governor hopeful Kirk Dillard to the list of prominent Republicans who won’t be heading to the GOP convention for the formal nomination of polarizing presidential candidate Donald Trump — and to the list of those who don’t want to talk about why they won’t be there. Dillard, who chairs the Regional Transportation Authority after losing the 2014 Republican primary for governor to eventual winner Bruce Rauner, said he might attend a reception in Cleveland for transit officials. But he won’t be going to the convention itself, which runs from July 18-21. Asked Monday why he won’t go to the convention to support Trump, Dillard paused, smiled at a group of reporters and said, “You know, I’ll get to you later on that,” before walking away. Dillard ran in the March 15 primary as a delegate for Jeb Bush, who had long folded his tent by then (the delegate filing deadline is well before the primaries start and candidates drop out along the way). Dillard joins Rauner, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk and U.S. Rep. Robert Dold, who faces a tough re-election effort in the North Shore 10th District, on the list of Illinois Republicans staying away from the convention.)
— IRS asked to probe Donald Trump’s purchase of helmet with money meant for charity – David A. Fahrenthold  (DIERSEN: For the last 11 years, I have raised money from Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades.  What do you say to those who oppose that?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-charity-20160712-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Watchdog group with ties to Democrats has asked the IRS to investigate Donald Trump’s charitable foundation over a report that Trump used money meant for charity to buy a football helmet signed by former NFL star Tim Tebow. “What’s unambiguous is that Mr. Trump … manager and fiduciary of the Foundation’s charitable assets, used Foundation dollars to purchase football memorabilia that he personally coveted,” wrote Brad Woodhouse of the American Democracy Legal Fund, in a letter to the IRS. Woodhouse is a longtime Democratic operative.  The liberal watchdog said that Trump appeared to have violated rules against “self-dealing,” which are designed to keep charity leaders from using their nonprofits to help themselves. It asked that the IRS open an investigation, which could lead to tax penalties for Trump, the foundation’s president.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ex-U.S. attorney Dan Webb, a Republican, urges vote for Hillary – Lynn Sweet and Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, if you urge people to vote for a Democrat, you are not a Republican.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dan-webb-republican-urges-vote-for-hillary-clinton/
— Cop in ‘antlers photo’ shouldn’t get job back, appeals court says – Frank Main
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cop-in-antlers-photo-shouldnt-get-job-back-appeals-court-says/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Independent state political map needed – Frank Goetz, Wheaton  (DIERSEN: Far too many Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens falsely claim to be Independent.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160712/discuss/160719876/
— Aside from guns, there’s plenty to ban – Tom Stanfa, Batavia  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WANT TO BAN individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160712/discuss/160719875/
— Another tense summer, but it’s not Summer of Rage – Burt Constable  (DIERSEN: What did you do during the summers of 1967 and 1968?  I worked full-time for the Park Forest Post Office, lived with my parents and brother in Crete, and saved money for college expenses and new cars.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160712/news/160719787/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— ‘Play to pay’ politics is bad, but it works: business survey – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. In Illinois, if you seek or accept anything of value from any individual, organization, or company to anything against the Illinois Republican Party platform, you should not seek or hold any kind of government office or political office as a Republican.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160711/BLOGS02/160719976/chicagos-pay-to-play-politics-works-say-business-execs-in-new-survey
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago area business leaders strongly believe that donating to a local politician or hiring a high-powered lobbyist adds to the city’s already serious corruption problems. But, according to a new survey, they overwhelmingly also believe that paying to play works. The survey also finds that business leaders by an 8-to-1 margin say that “things in Chicago are . . . off on the wrong track,” with 79 percent negative and just 10 percent positive. The online survey of 428 Chicago-area decision-makers was conducted by Crain’s Custom Media in May for the Committee of Economic Development of the Conference Board, a nonpartisan, business-led policy group. Those polled by email indicated that their companies had at least $1 million in revenue last year and that they either hold a top management slot or serve on the firm’s board. The results “are indicative of the constant sort of low-level scandals that seem to happen on a regular basis in Chicago,” said committee senior advisor Cindy Canary, a well known local reformer. “I don’t think we’re going to see corporate leaders unilaterally disarming,” she added. “But I do think people can come to the table to discuss reform.” Overall, these business execs have a low opinion of Chicago government. For instance, 92 percent say that the influence of money in Chicago politics is “bad,” with a majority of 53 percent indicating things are getting worse. Similarly, 88 percent say the “ethical behavior” of Chicago officials over the past five years is at least a “somewhat serious issue,” 92 percent say big campaign donors add to Chicago corruption, 93 percent say that lobbying city officials impacts the level of city corruption, and 92 percent agree that the city suffers from “crony capitalism . . . favoritism in the form of tax breaks, government grants and other incentives.” Asked whether officials listen more to voters or lobbyists, 81 percent answer lobbyists.)

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Durbin: Budget impasse contributes to violence – NATHAN IRWIN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats threaten violence if Republicans do not give Democrats more money.)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/durbin-budget-impasse-contributes-violence#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump warns violence might be ‘just the beginning’ – CNN  (DIERSEN: One could argue that if you are a Trump supporter, you should get a concealed carry permit to protect yourself from anti-Trumps.  Anti-Trumps are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Anti-Trumps are disciples of Saul Alinsky.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-warns-violence-might-be-just-the-beginning

 

E NEWS PARK FOREST
— IL House Republican Leader Jim Durkin Welcomes State Rep. David Welter – Gary Kopycinski
https://enewspf.com/2016/07/11/jim-durkin-welcomes-state-rep-david-welter/

 

LOYOLA NEWS
— Loyola named one of nation’s best value colleges by Money Magazine – Nick Alexopulos  (DIERSEN: In its February 1978 edition, Money Magazine reported that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
http://www.loyola.edu/news/2016/0712-money-best-value-colleges

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Ambush In Dallas Shakes The Movement For Police Reform – MARTIN KASTE
http://nprillinois.org/post/what-dallas-means-police-reform#stream/0

 

CITIZEN KELLY
— Texas Police Group to Obama: Don’t turn Dallas Memorial into Gun Control Rally
http://www.citizenkelly.com/tx-police-group-to-obama-dont-turn-dallas-memorial-into-gun-control-rally/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CAN THE GOP SENATE MAJORITY SURVIVE DONALD TRUMP?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/can-the-gop-senate-majority-survive-donald-trump.html
— CHICAGO ACTIVIST CALLS FOR POLICE TO BE ABOLISHED AND DISARMED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/chicago-activist-calls-for-police-to-be-abolished-and-disarmed.html
— FIVE REASONS SANDERS SUPPORTERS WILL NEVER BE EXCITED ABOUT HILLARY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/five-reasons-sanders-supporters-will-never-be-excited-about-hillary.html

 

GOPUSA
— Nation on brink of race wars – so now isn’t the time to mince words  (DIERSEN: Democrats want everyone, but especially minorities, to hate Republicans.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12373
— Black Lives Matter: ‘No good cops in a racist system, No more protests, just revolution’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12364
— Dallas police chief ‘would use any tool at my disposal to save an officer’s life’
http://www.gopusa.com/dallas-police-chief-would-use-any-tool-at-my-disposal-to-save-an-officers-life/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Democrats Assigned Conservative Groups to Attack on Senate Floor – Lachlan Markay  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who successfully attacked TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.  The attackers include Democrats, Democrat plants, Libertarians, Libertarian plants, RINOs, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/dems-assigned-groups-to-attack-on-senate-floor/
— Boeing Received $16.6 Billion in Federal Contracts Last Year  Major beneficiary of U.S. tax dollars trying to sell airliners to Iran for billions – Morgan Chalfant
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/boeing-received-16-bil-in-federal-contracts-2015/
— NASA Spends $73,500 on ‘Unconscious Bias’ Training  ‘Creating a culture of positive influencers who are empowered to use their privilege wisely’ – Elizabeth Harrington  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Whites who serve as operatives or as dupes for anti-Whites.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not help them get rid of Whites.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/nasa-spends-73500-unconscious-bias-training/

 

THE BLAZE
— Fox News Political Analyst: Obama ‘Sees Through the Eyes of an Aggrieved Black Activist’ – Tre Goins-Phillips  (DIERSEN: What does Obama think of you?  From what I see, the more of the following are true about you, the more that Obama and his supporters hate you: Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, and/or your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/11/fox-news-political-analyst-obama-sees-through-the-eyes-of-an-aggrieved-black-activist/
— Popular Pastor Leaves School Board Over Policy Teaching Students Safe Homosexual Sex, Abortion – Carly Hoilman  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to commit LGBTQ acts and to have abortions.)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/11/popular-pastor-leaves-school-board-over-policy-teaching-students-safe-homosexual-sex-abortion/
— ‘The Way Is Clear’: Kasich Ally Former New Hampshire Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R) Urges Former 2016 Hopeful to Challenge Trump at RNC – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/11/the-way-is-clear-kasich-ally-urges-former-2016-hopeful-to-challenge-trump-at-rnc/
— First Draft of GOP Platform Adopts Trump’s Rhetoric on Trade, Makes Significant Change on Marriage – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/11/first-draft-of-gop-platform-adopts-trumps-rhetoric-on-trade-makes-significant-change-on-marriage/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats’ platform at convention backs abortion funds  Seeks repeal of Hyde Amendment – Bradford Richardson  (DIERSEN: Promoting abortion is one of the Democrat Party’s top priorities.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/11/democrats-platform-at-convention-backs-abortion-fu/

 

POLITICO
— Democrats unveil diversity public school bill – MICHAEL STRATFORD  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Democrats run the public schools in America.  How soon, if not already, will they prohibit Republicans and the children of Republicans from attending public schools?)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-education/2016/07/democrats-unveil-diversity-bill-215282
— Lawmakers, activists pounce on companies flirting with Iran  In letters obtained by POLITICO, dozens of firms express reticence and eagerness to jump into the Iranian market a year after the nuclear agreement. – Nahal Toosi  (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are involved in government and/or politics to make more money for themselves. I should write a book about them.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/iran-nuclear-companies-225343

 

NBC NEWS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Majority of Americans Think Racial Discrimination Is a Serious Problem – HANNAH HARTIG, JOHN LAPINSKI and STEPHANIE PSYLLOS  (DIERSEN: Because Democrats run America, Democrats are the discriminators.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/majority-americans-think-racial-discrimination-serious-problem-poll-n607381
— NAACP: Trump Hasn’t Responded to Our Invitation to Speak – JANE C. TIMM  (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at Blacks that Trump’s supporters a) have caused all the problems that Blacks have, b) are causing all the problems that Blacks have, and c) will forever cause all the problems that Blacks will have.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/naacp-trump-hasn-t-responded-our-invitation-speak-n607246

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that “After Outbreaks of Violence, Donald Trump Strains to Project Leadership” and that he is “A figure so volatile that speaking in public can be a risk.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/us/politics/donald-trump-reaction.html?login=email
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Giuliani.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/opinion/rudy-giulianis-racial-myths.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Can the G.O.P. Senate Majority Survive Donald Trump?”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/magazine/can-the-gop-senate-majority-survive-donald-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Surprising New Evidence Shows Bias in Police Use of Force but Not in Shootings – QUOCTRUNG BUI and AMANDA COX
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/upshot/surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.html
— Why We’re Giving Our Employees a Raise – JAMIE DIMON  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was overpaid.  From what I see, Dimon would agree with them.  In my defense, I earned six job-related professional certifications, a job-related professional license, three job-related master’s degrees, and a job-related bachelor’s degree.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/opinion/jamie-dimon-why-were-giving-our-employees-a-raise.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Real-world Pressures Blunt Effect of Bias Training for Police, Experts Say – BENEDICT CAREY and ERICA GOODE  (DIERSEN: I ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes this question:  What bias training have you had?  I had lots of bias training while I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and while I worked for GAO for almost 18 years. While I worked for IRS and for GAO, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats, minorities, females, and/or veterans.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/science/bias-reduction-programs.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Dubious constitutional effort to cut due process for top civil servants spreads across government – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: Who does not want you to have due process?  The following do not want me to have due process: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/07/12/dubious-constitutional-effort-to-cut-due-process-for-top-civil-servants-spreads-across-government/
— The 5 most importantly odd debates that came up during the GOP’s platform debate – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, gambling, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, dependency on government, and other anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/12/the-5-most-importantly-odd-debates-that-came-up-during-the-gops-platform-debate/

 

MCCLATCHY NEWS
— Little sympathy for gay issues from GOP platform-writers – DAVID LIGHTMAN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, gambling, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, dependency on government, and other anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American things.)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article89010987.html

 

USA TODAY
— One month after Pulse, fear not deterring LGBT community – Ryan W. Miller  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBT activity made it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBT activity.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/07/12/one-month-after-pulse-fear-not-deterring-lgbt-community/86719774/
— Voices: In Chicago, gun violence defies comprehension – Aamer Madhani
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2016/07/10/voices-chicago-gun-violence-defies-comprehension/86804570/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The ‘I’ll sue you’ effect  Donald Trump rarely follows through on his libel claims, but threats can be chilling – Nick Penzenstadler  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are discouraged from libeling me and from slandering me because of all the lawsuits that I have filed.  That is why my critics/opponents are only able to recruit operatives and dupes who are judgment proof, that is, they have little or no income or net worth.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2016/07/11/trump-bill-maher-and-miss-pennsylvania-ll-sue-you-effect/85877342/

 

CBS MIAMI
— Protesters Arrested At Rubio Office (DIERSEN: Are you Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, a gun owner, and/or have your ancestors been in America for a long time?  How soon, if not already, will the following protest at your home: those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/07/11/nightclub-shooting-protesters-arrested-at-rubio-office/

 

OPPOSING VIEWS
— Religious Right Wants Anti-Gay, Pro-Bible GOP Platform – Michael Allen  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, gambling, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, dependency on government, and other anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American things.)
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/religious-right-wants-anti-gay-pro-bible-gop-platform

 

THE BEAST
— Donald Trump’s Platform Committee: Gay Sex Deadlier Than Smoking  The Republican platform committee is peppered with individuals with questionable credibility when it comes to LGBT issues and tax policy: One compared the gay rights movement to the Holocaust, while another said being gay kills at a higher rate than smoking. One even suggested that God is preventing a cure for HIV/AIDS from being found. – Tim Mak  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, gambling, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, dependency on government, and other anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American things.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/12/donald-trump-s-platform-committee-gay-sex-deadlier-than-smoking.html

 

BLOOMBERG
— OUTSTANDING: Openness to Same-Sex Marriage Rejected in Republican Platform – Mark Niquette  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, gambling, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, dependency on government, and other anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American things.)
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-12/openness-to-same-sex-marriage-rejected-in-republican-platform
— Painkiller Abuse Epidemic Awaits a Place on U.S. Party Platforms – Angela Greiling Keane  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, gambling, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, dependency on government, and other anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American things.)
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-12/painkiller-abuse-epidemic-awaits-a-place-on-u-s-party-platforms

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Donald Trump Said Hillary Clinton Would ‘Make a Good President’ in 2008  Kind words for presumptive presidential rival came in a previously unreported clip from ‘Trumped!,’ a syndicated radio feature that aired from 2004 to 2008 – MICHAEL ROTHFELD and  MARK MAREMONT
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-said-hillary-clinton-would-make-a-good-president-in-2008-1468281714
— Hispanics Register to Vote in Record Numbers in Key States  Republican Donald Trump likely faces higher hurdle in some traditional battleground states and even in Arizona – BETH REINHARD  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at Hispanics a) that Republicans have caused all the problems that Hispanics have had, b) that Republicans are causing all the problems that Hispanics are having, and c) that Republicans will forever cause all the problems that Hispanics have.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hispanics-register-to-vote-in-record-numbers-in-key-states-1468269306
— Ruth Ginsburg’s Victory Lap  The Justice dances on the conservative Court’s political grave. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors DESPISE IF NOT HATE THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/ruth-ginsburgs-victory-lap-1468279234
— Trump and the Delegates  A court ruling gives an impetus to unbinding GOP convention-goers. – Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-the-delegates-1468279087
— Healing After Dallas, Without Obama  When the president repeatedly assumes the worst about police, he sends a dangerous message. – JASON L. RILEY
http://www.wsj.com/articles/healing-after-dallas-without-obama-1468278417
— Obama and Race Relations  A qualified defense of the president. – JAMES TARANTO  (DIERSEN: Under Obama, America has become dramatically more anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-and-race-relations-1468259312
— Hillary Clinton Is Drawing in the Left’s Last Holdouts  Event with Bernie Sanders comes as more progressive groups back the Democratic candidate – COLLEEN MCCAIN NELSON and PETER NICHOLAS  (DIERSEN: Clinton has made it clear that if elected, she will focus on doing what those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors want her to do.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-is-drawing-in-the-lefts-last-holdouts-1468315800
— Dallas Shooter Purchased Guns Legally, Official Says  Investigation finds purchases were made at gun show or online – DAN FROSCH and  BEN KESLING
http://www.wsj.com/articles/dallas-shooter-purchased-guns-legally-official-says-1468269720

 

THE WEEK
— How white people should think about Black Lives Matter after Dallas – Ryan Cooper  (DIERSEN: Ever increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, if you want to be popular in America, you have to be anti-White.)
http://theweek.com/articles/634787/how-white-people-should-think-about-black-lives-matter-after-dallas

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— No Matter Who’s Paying the Bill, College Is More Expensive Than You Think – Kaitlin Mulhere  (DIERSEN: Because my outstanding parents provided me with room and board in the home in Crete while I attended UIC 1966-1969, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969, I was able to earn/save enough working for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 to pay for a) all my tuition, books, fees, etc., b) a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, c) a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, d) room and board for three semesters and a summer session at NIU, and to graduate from NIU debt-free in August of 1970.)
http://time.com/money/4383712/college-costs-more-expensive-survey/

 

PROGRESS ILLINOIS
— Chicagoans Return To The Streets For Protests Against Police Brutality – Ellyn Fortino (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) blame police for all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have and b) promote hatred against police.)
http://www.progressillinois.com/posts/content/2016/07/11/chicagoans-return-streets-protests-against-police-brutality-video

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— GOP Convention Preview: Trump vs. The Establishment – Lisa Keen  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity want politicians, their operatives, and their dupes to get rid of individuals (like me), organizations (like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois), companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.  Those who destroyed TAPROOT talked and acted like they were operatives or dupes for those who promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/GOP-Convention-Preview-Trump-vs-The-Establishment/55811.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Blacks, Whites Disagree Over Whether There’s A War on Police
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/july_2016/blacks_whites_disagree_over_whether_there_s_a_war_on_police

July 11 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Trump to Host Big-Ticket Fundraiser Tuesday in Chicago  Donald Trump last visited Chicago in the lead-up to the March 15 primary when he canceled a rally at the UIC Pavilion – Tom Schuba  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, anti-Trumps claim victory because the event is being held at an “undisclosed location” to avoid violence by anti-Trumps.  Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, how soon, if not already, will your township/ward/county party organization meetings be held in undisclosed locations to avoid violence by Democrats?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Donald-Trump-Fundraiser-Chicago–386332871.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will host a big-ticket fundraiser Tuesday in Chicago, his first campaign trip to the Windy City since his canceled rally at the UIC Pavilion in March erupted in protests and fights. Tickets for the event range from $10,000 to $100,000, according to Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times. The lunch fundraiser will be held at an undisclosed location. Donors making a $10,000 donation to Trump’s campaign will receive a ticket for Tuesday’s lunch, while a $25,000 donation yields two tickets and a photo opportunity. The biggest ticket, $100,000, gets donors access to a VIP roundtable, photo opportunity and two tickets to the lunch. Trump last visited Chicago in the lead-up to the March 15 primary. The divisive billionaire cancelled a rally at the last minute after protesters and supporters clashed at the UIC Pavilion, where the event was scheduled to take place. Nevertheless, Trump won the state’s Republican primary with nearly 39 percent of the vote. Trump’s campaign was short on details about Tuesday’s event, only noting that it was “closed to the press.” The event is being hosted by Trump Victory Illinois finance chairman Ron Gidwitz, a powerful GOP fundraiser in Illinois. Trump’s opponent, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, will host her own big-ticket fundraiser Wednesday in Wilmette. The fundraiser will be hosted by Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts and her wife, Brooke.)
— Hillary Clinton to Host High-Priced Fundraiser in Wilmette Wednesday  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will attend a high-priced fundraiser in Wilmette Wednesday – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/hillary-clinton-fundraiser-chicago-wilmette-springfield-wednesday-386342791.html

 

ABC7
— HUNDREDS GATHER IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO FOR 3RD DAY OF POLICE SHOOTING PROTESTS – Liz Nagy
http://abc7chicago.com/news/hundreds-gather-for-3rd-day-of-police-shooting-protests/1422446/
— RACE, VIOLENCE KEY ISSUES ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/race-violence-key-issues-on-campaign-trail–/1422533/

 

CBS2
— Latest Round Of Police-Brutality Protests Underway In Downtown Chicago
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/11/latest-round-of-police-brutality-protests-underway-in-downtown-chicago/
— Half-Naked Man Steals Truck, Crashes On LSD, Jumps in Lake
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/11/half-naked-man-steals-truck-crashes-on-lake-shore-drive-jumps-in-lake/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— After (Democrat violence) caused March rally to be canceled, Trump will return to Chicago on Tuesday
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/173025666-story
— Decatur: Man armed with BB gun shot by Illinois police – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/172781520-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump expected to collect $1 million at Chicago campaign fundraiser – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-donald-trump-chicago-fundraiser-met-0712-20160711-story.html
— Shouts of ‘black lives don’t matter’ as high bail set for protester – Steve Schmadeke and Peter Nickeas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-activist-charged-with-hitting-trying-to-disarm-chicago-cop-during-protest-20160711-story.html
— Downtown sit-in marks fifth consecutive day of protesting – Patrick M. O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-police-protests-0712-20160711-story.html
— Justice Ginsburg’s plunge into politics – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-ginsburg-scalia-trump-clinton-judicial-ethics-0712-jm-20160711-story.html
— Some Americans want a race war. Dallas won’t deliver. – Francis Wilkinson  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities that a) Republicans have caused all the problems that minorities have had, b) Republicans are causing all the problems that minorities have, and c) Republicans will forever cause all the problems that minorities will have.  Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-dallas-shooting-race-war-20160711-story.html
— Emanuel: ‘Not a binary choice’ between police, protesters – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-protesters-police-met-20160711-story.html
— Donald Trump favors Christie, Pence and Gingrich as he closes in on VP pick – Robert Costa, Philip Rucker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-vice-president-20160711-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel urges Chicagoans not to retreat into corners after Dallas – Fran Spielman and Jacob Wittich (DIERSEN: By his words and by his actions, Emanuel increasingly makes it clear that he wants Republicans to leave Chicago, and especially Republicans who are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/emanuel-urges-chicagoans-not-to-retreat-into-corners-after-dallas/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mary Mitchell demonizes, denigrates, and condemns those who do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/mitchell-will-real-america-stand-up-at-gop-convention/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Hillary Clinton to visit Springfield Wednesday – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160711/hillary-clinton-to-visit-springfield-wednesday
WSIL TV
— Sanders to back Clinton. Will supporters follow? – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32419460/sanders-to-back-clinton-will-supporters-follow

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The unknowable Donald Trump  Sen. Graham: ‘His core principle is self-promotion’ – CNN  (DIERSEN: What is your core principle?  My core principle is helping elect Republican candidates who can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/the-unknowable-donald-trump

 

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Rep. Randy Hultgren to attend GOP national convention next week
http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2016/07/11/rep-randy-hultgren-to-attend-gop-national-convention-next-week/a9r47tl/

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Wheaton Ranked Among the Best Suburbs in the State to Live  Niche.com recently released its 2016 Best Suburbs in Illinois list and Wheaton was ranked at No. 14 on the list. – Amie Schaenzer
http://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/wheaton-ranked-among-best-suburbs-state-live

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Donald Trump Is Making The GOP The Party Of Lincoln Again – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14151

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— BLIND PARTY LOYALTY HAS NO PLACE IN THIS YEAR’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION – SCOTT REEDER
http://www.rebootillinois.com/2016/07/11/editors-picks/scott-reeder/scott-reeder-trump-or-clinton-how-about-neither/61368/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Auditor General Frank Mautino shall be fined, imprisoned, or both – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/auditor-general-frank-mautino-shall-be-fined-imprisoned-or-both/
— AG claims they lack authority under Open Meetings Act – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/ag-claims-they-lack-authority-under-open-meetings-act/
— Lincoln Way D210- Nancy’s Day Care riddled with violations – Tingley must go! – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/lincoln-way-d210-nancys-day-care-riddled-with-violations-tingley-must-go/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HULTGREN TO ATTEND REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CLEVELAND
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/hultgren-to-attend-republican-national-convention-in-cleveland.html
— SURVEY OF 12,000 SMALL BUSINESSES GIVES ILLINOIS AN “F”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/survey-of-12000-small-businesses-gives-illinois-an-f.html
— REPORT: ILLINOIS COURT FEES AND FINES SKYROCKET TO PAY FOR OTHER PROGRAMS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/report-illinois-court-fees-and-fines-skyrocket-to-pay-for-other-programs.html
— VIDEO OF AL SHARPTON RELEASED SCREAMING “OFF THE PIGS”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/video-of-al-sharpton-released-screaming-off-the-pigs.html
— MEET THE POLITICIANS WHO STAND TO GET RICH OFF CHICAGO’S MASSIVE PROPERTY-TAX HIKE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/meet-the-politicians-who-stand-to-get-rich-of-chicagos-massive-property-tax-hike.html
— KIRK AGAIN TRAILS DUCKWORTH IN FUNDRAISING FOR US SENATE BID
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/kirk-again-trails-duckworth-in-fundraising-for-us-senate-bid.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Where do they stand on Trump?
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/11/where-do-they-stand-on-trump/
— New “toy soldiers and tanks” ad
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/11/rate-the-new-toy-soldiers-and-tanks-ad/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Black Lives Matter: Radicals Using Moderates to Help Tear America Apart – DAVID FRENCH
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437677/black-lives-matter-radical-divisive
— What’s Next for the Never Trump Camp? – John Fund
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437648/never-trump-delegates-not-bound-convention

 

DAILY CALLER
— White House Petition To Recognize BLM As Terrorist Org. Gains 100,000 Signatures – CHRISTIAN DATOC
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/11/white-house-petition-to-recognize-blm-as-terrorist-org-gains-100000-signatures/
— Are Black People Targeted By Police? Here’s What The Data Says – ALEX PFEIFFER
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/11/are-black-people-targeted-by-police-heres-what-the-data-says/
— First Black Miss Alabama: Dallas Shooter Is A ‘Martyr’ – Blake Neff
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/11/first-black-miss-alabama-dallas-shooter-is-a-martyr-video/
— Black Lives Matter Protester Justifies Violence Against Police In MSNBC Interview – Steve Guest
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/11/black-lives-matter-protester-justifies-violence-against-police-in-msnbc-interview/
— Feds Stumped By 158 Tax Expenditures Worth $1.2 Trillion – Juliegrace Brufke  (DIERSEN: For federal agencies, their top goal has always been hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/11/feds-stumped-by-158-tax-expenditures-worth-1-2-trillion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal agencies can’t identify 158 tax expenditures worth a whopping $1.20 trillion in forgone revenue for Fiscal Year 2015, according to a recent report released by the Government Accountability Office. The findings show the Office of Management and Budget nor the federal agencies have made significant strides to show how the expenditures’ are being utilized toward agency goals.)

 

NEWSMAX
— Kasich Blames Priebus for Trump – Theodore Bunker  (DIERSEN: Who do the anti-Trumps blame for Trump in your precinct (your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain?), in your municipality (the officers of your Republican municipality party organization?), in your township/ward (the officers of your Republican township/ward party organization?), in your county (the officers of your Republican county party organization?), in your congressional district (your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee?), and in Illinois (the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, and the IRP National Committeewoman?)?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Kasich-Blames-Priebus-Trump/2016/07/11/id/738052/
— Politico: Trump Has Religious Conservatives Divided – Jason Devaney
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/donald-trump-religious-conservatives/2016/07/11/id/738176/
— Trump in 2008: Hillary Would ‘Make Good President’ – Greg Richter
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-make-good-president/2016/07/11/id/738175/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— THE CLINTONS: NOT JUST CORRUPT BUT LOW CLASS – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/07/11/the-clintons-not-just-corrupt-but-low-class/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Obama Administration Illegally Funded Obamacare With $7 Billion Taxpayer Dollars – MICAIAH BILGER
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/07/11/report-says-obama-administration-illegally-funded-obamacare-with-7-billion-taxpayer-dollars/

 

THE HILL
— Gingrich: Trump VP decision likely Thursday or Friday – Lisa Hagen
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287323-gingrich-trump-vp-decision-coming-thursday-or-friday

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trups say “Republicans Left Wondering If Donald Trump Will Kill The Party Or Just Maim It  The party of Lincoln contemplates how to take the reins from the party of Trump.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-gop-control_us_5782d526e4b0c590f7e9ec0d
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican fail in their efforts to make the Republican Party platform promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gop-cleveland-platform-lgbt-stance_us_5783ec0ce4b0344d515068ab
— GOP Platform Identifies Pornography As A National Public Health Crisis  As opposed to, say, guns. – Jason Linkins  (DIERSEN: Democrats blame gun crime on guns, “as opposed to, say,” those who use guns to commit crime.  What percent of those who use guns to commit crimes are Democrats?)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/porn-bad-guns-good_us_5783eeeae4b0c590f7ea7a31

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— Al Sharpton: NRA Believes 2nd Amendment Is Only for White People
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/07/11/al-sharpton-nra-second-amendment-only-white-people

 

GOPUSA
— BLM supporter throws concrete planter through officer’s window, gets shot and killed
http://www.gopusa.com/blm-supporter-throws-concrete-planter-through-officers-window-gets-shot-and-killed/
— Marchers shut down I-40 bridge at Memphis during Black Lives Matter rally  (DIERSEN: How soon will Democrat marchers shut down a road that you use?)
http://www.gopusa.com/marchers-shut-down-i-40-bridge-at-memphis-during-black-lives-matter-rally/

 

THE HILL
— Trump blasts Clinton: ‘I am the law and order candidate’ – Jesse Byrnes
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287237-trump-i-am-the-law-and-order-candidate
— GOP platform fight gets heated over LGBT rights – Jonathan Easley
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287271-gop-platform-fight-gets-heated-over-lgbt-rights
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans crafting a party platform on Monday argued over religious liberty, gay marriage and LGBT rights, highlighting divisions in the party over social issues. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman of the Platform Committee, floated in and out of conference rooms at the cavernous Huntington Convention Center to oversee the skirmishes that broke out among delegates over the party’s planks. The most heated exchanges took place in a subcommittee responsible for laying out the GOP platform on social issues. The majority of the panel was made up of hard-line social conservatives such as Family Research Council President Tony Perkins. Perkins and other social conservatives on the panel had a strong enough majority to push through the bulk of the measures they sought. But the Perkins wing was met with vocal opposition from Annie Dickerson, an adviser to billionaire GOP donor Paul Singer, who is a proponent of gay marriage and other issues championed by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Dickerson fumed as her socially liberal proposals went down and the socially conservative measures she opposed sailed through the subcommittee. At one point, Dickerson, who has adopted children, accused others on the committee of “blatant discrimination” over an amendment that would keep publicly funded adoption agencies from giving custody of children to gay couples. “We need children to be adopted, so hooray to the gay community for trying to raise children in a happy and stable home,” Dickerson said. “I object to allowing patent discrimination against gays over the right to adopt. … This is blatant discrimination and should not be in our platform.”  Dickerson lost that battle and essentially every other battle she waged. At times she stared down Perkins and expressed exasperation after votes went against her. “Unbelievable,” she said after the adoption measure passed. The 16-member subcommittee, made up of 13 women and three men, rejected Dickerson’s request to remove language in the platform that “salutes” states like North Carolina for passing controversial bathroom laws that critics say discriminate against transgender people. She protested language that said the party supports “traditional marriage and the families a husband and wife create,” arguing instead for a provision that said children should be “raised in a loving and stable home.”  And she argued against having language in the platform that opposes the Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. “They’re not going to change the ruling,” Dickerson said. “I know it’s hard, but that’s the law of the land.” But Dickerson was overpowered every step of the way, winning only occasional support from a handful of other women on the panel. One delegate cited the Ten Commandments to argue against Dickerson’s proposal to remove language from the platform about how a “mother and father” provide the best environment in which to raise children. “The social code of justice for the last 5,000 years is based on the Ten Commandments, which says ‘mother and father,’ ” the delegate said. “I just don’t think you can dispute that.” Discussions about social issues also sprang up in the subcommittee tasked with developing the party’s economic plank. Ohio delegate David Johnson, who owns a small business in the state, criticized what he characterized as federal government overreach in responding to transgender bathroom laws. “I hope we’re not getting this politically correct crap about transgender bathrooms,” he said during a debate about how to word a business nondiscrimination clause. “Any press person who comes to me and says, do you support that? My answer is no. If we’re telling employers to make provisions for 16 different people—“ “You’d have 16 different bathrooms,” another delegate said. “However, we do support nondiscrimination,” responded Andy Puzder, the chairman of the subcommittee and CEO of CKE Restaurants, which owns the Carl’s Jr. and Hardees brands. Republican Party leaders are working to hammer out a platform that stays true to core conservative principles while also fitting the mold of their unconventional presumptive presidential nominee and the nation’s rapidly changing culture.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Indiana bombshell: Democrats up their chance to take the Senate majority – Jennifer Rubin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/07/11/indiana-bombshell-dems-up-their-chance-to-take-the-senate-majority/
— Aren’t more white people than black people killed by police? Yes, but no. – Wesley Lowery
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/07/11/arent-more-white-people-than-black-people-killed-by-police-yes-but-no/

 

USA TODAY
— Republicans open platform hearings, as party prepares to nominate Trump – David Jackson  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs want to destroy the Republican Party. They want the Republican Party platform to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, gambling, etc.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/11/donald-trump-republican-party-platform-hearings/86937194/

 

WPTZ
— How the GOP is courting John Kasich – CNN
http://www.wptz.com/politics/how-the-gop-is-courting-john-kasich/40458994

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Protests Over Police Shootings Escalate Across U.S.
http://www.wsj.com/video/protests-over-police-shootings-escalate-across-us/F3DE35F1-7EC9-4AC3-BA16-65EC5BE3BB73.html

 

TIME MAGAZINE
— What the GOP Platform Means – Zeke J Miller
http://time.com/4400715/what-the-gop-platform-means/
— Can Donald Trump Really Win These Blue States? – Julissa Higgins
http://time.com/4400216/donald-trump-blue-states/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois  Claim: “I put so many states in play: Michigan being one. Illinois.” — Trump, speaking in late May, a claim he made again last week. Evidence: Illinois hasn’t backed a Republican presidential candidate since 1988. Clinton led Trump by 25 percentage points in a poll in early March. Trump’s own political director is not focusing on the state, and the Republican National Committee has not sent any paid staffers. Advantage: Clinton. The poll is more out-of-date than in some other states, but there’s little evidence things have changed since then.)

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Question Clinton’s Qualifications, Now Rate Trump Equal
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/voters_question_clinton_s_qualifications_now_rate_trump_equal

 

WASHINGTON BLADE
— Draft GOP platform seeks to overturn same-sex marriage ruling – Chris Johnson
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/07/11/gop-platform-rejects-supreme-court-decision-sex-marriage/

July 10 Evening Edition

ABC7
— 19 ARRESTED AFTER DOWNTOWN PROTESTS OF POLICE SHOOTINGS – Will Jones
http://abc7chicago.com/news/19-arrested-after-downtown-protests-of-police-shootings/1421139/

 

NBC5
— Protesters March Through Downtown Chicago  Sunday’s protest began with a rally at Daley Plaza, just one day after activists marched through the Taste of Chicago and Chicago’s Loop for hours
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Activists-Rally-at-the-Daley-Center-in-Chicago-386211611.html

 

CBS2
— Anti-Brutality Protesters March Downtown Again – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/10/anti-brutality-protesters-march-downtown-again/

 

WGN RADIO
— Illinois stopgap budget: A bridge to nowhere – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2016/07/10/illinois-stopgap-budget-a-bridge-to-nowhere/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Protesters march in the Loop – Mitch Dudek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/protesters-marching-in-the-loop/
— After tax bills hit Chicago mailboxes, some taxpayers hit roof – Andy Grimm
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/tax-bills-hit-chicago-mailboxes-taxpayers-hit-roof/
— Safe Passage program expanded to protect kids in summer programs – Angie Stewart
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/safe-passage-program-expanded-to-protect-kids-in-summer-programs/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Activists continue small but vocal protest against police violence – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-police-protest-0711-20160710-story.html
— In platform draft, Democrats adopt many Sanders demands
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-democratic-platform-draft-sanders-20160710-story.html
— Metra tries a ‘Ride Nice’ campaign for seat hogs, other clueless commuters – Mary Wisniewski (DIERSEN: I rode Metra 1978-1997.  My wife rode Metra 1978-2012 and 2014-present.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-metra-etiquette-getting-around-20160710-story.html
— Women more likely than men to face poverty during retirement
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-retirement-poverty-for-women-20160710-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— The triumph of cynicism in American politics – Michael Gerson  (DIERSEN: The following promote “cynicism in American politics:” those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  They blame all problems on those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160710/discuss/160719965/
— Suburban libraries embrace new role as community centers – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160710/news/160719942/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— How anti-Trump groups hope to upend RNC  Several options available for anti-Trump organizers – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/how-antitrump-groups-hope-to-upend-rnc

 

NEWS GAZETTE
— Hays borrows from campaign in absence of paycheck – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-07-10/tom-kacich-hays-borrows-campaign-absence-paycheck.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage County: Letter On Compensation of Elected Officials (Part 2) – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/dupage-county-letter-on-compensation-of-elected-officials-part-2/
— Report from our June 18th Watchdog Training – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/report-from-our-june-18th-watchdog-training/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pence has ‘95 percent’ chance of being Trump’s VP pick – Ralph Z. Hallow
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/10/donald-trump-likely-choose-indiana-gov-mike-pence-/
— Jesse Jackson says Trump helped ‘seed’ the clouds of recent violence, notes change in rhetoric – Ben Wolfgang
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/10/jesse-jackson-donald-trump-helped-seed-the-clouds-/

 

NEWSMAX
— Rudy Giuliani: Black Lives Matter Is ‘Inherently Racist’ – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/rudy-giuliani-black-lives-matter-racist/2016/07/10/id/737959/

 

BREITBART
— Trump VP Flynn Candidate Corrects ABC’s Raddatz: It’s ‘Illegal,’ ‘If They’re Here Illegally,’ Not Undocumented – Pam Key
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/07/10/trump-vp-flynn-candidate-corrects-abcs-raddatz-its-illegal-if-theyre-here-illegally-not-undocumented/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Michael Eric Dyson: Donald Trump Is Setting Himself Up As A Defender Of Whiteness In America – Tim Hains (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, you are demonized, denigrated, and condemned if you do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/07/10/michael_eric_dyson_donald_trump_is_setting_himself_up_as_a_defender_of_whiteness_in_america.html

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— New York Times star columnist Maureen Dowd trashes Hillary – Thomas Lifson
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/07/new_york_times_star_columnist_maureen_dowd_trashes_hillary.html

 

TPM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Increasingly, anti-Trumps say that “GOP donors increasingly concerned about Trump.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287165-republican-donors-increasingly-concerned-about-trump
— College-Educated White People Put Hole In Trump Coalition – BILL BARROWP
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/college-educated-white-people-trump

 

DAILY CALLER
— Political Scientist: 8 Years Of Obama’s Apologizing Left America Worse Off – GINNI THOMAS  (DIERSEN: Who wants you yo apologize?  The following want me to apologize for causing all of their problems, for causing all of your problems, for causing all of my problems, and for cause all of everyone’s problems: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/09/political-scientist-8-years-of-obamas-apologizing-left-america-worse-off/
— DHS Secretary: ‘It’s Still Relatively Early’ To Call Dallas Attack A Hate Crime – Christian Datoc
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/10/dhs-secretary-its-still-early-to-call-dallas-attack-a-hate-crime-video/
— Black Lives Matter Leader: Dallas Cop Ambush Is A Conspiracy To Make Black Lives Matter LOOK BAD – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/08/black-lives-matter-leader-dallas-cop-ambush-is-a-conspiracy-to-make-black-lives-matter-look-bad/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— 11 New York Times that Trump was a ‘racist’ – EDDIE SCARRY  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats say that you are a racist if you do not glorify and praise Democrats.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/11-times-the-new-york-times-said-trump-was-racist/article/2596017

 

THE HILL
— Five things to watch for in GOP platform, rules meetings – Jonathan Easley
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287178-five-things-to-watch-for-in-gop-platform-rules-meetings?
— Trump: ‘We are a divided nation’ – Rebecca Savransky  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs focus on dividing those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287141-trump-we-are-a-divided-nation
— Potential Trump VP: Clinton blamed white people for last week’s shootings – Potential Trump VP: Clinton blamed white people for last week’s shootings – Jessie Hellmann Jessie Hellmann
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287145-potential-trump-vp-clinton-blamed-white-people-for-this
— Trump speaks with Caitlyn Jenner ahead of GOP platform debate – Caitlin Yilek
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287168-trump-speaks-with-caitlyn-jenner-ahead-of-contentious-gop
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg: If Trump wins, time to move to New Zealand – Cyra Master  (DIERSEN: Is Ginsburg saying that people in New Zealans are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, that is, her kind of people?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287179-ruth-bader-ginsberg-if-trump-wins-time-to-move-to-new

 

HUFFINGTON POST & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Students From Donald Trump’s Alma Mater: ‘You Do Not Represent Us’  Some 1,400 students and alumni from the Wharton School condemned the GOP candidate’s “prejudice and intolerance.” – Tyler Kingkade  (DIERSEN: How many of these 1,400 are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-wharton-school_us_57826326e4b0c590f7e9c072
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/wharton-students-to-trump-you-do-not-represent-us

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg, No Fan of Donald Trump, Critiques Latest Term – ADAM LIPTAK
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/us/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-no-fan-of-donald-trump-critiques-latest-term.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Kasich lost GOP nomination, but now he’s finding a moment – Lois Romano
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kasich-lost-gop-nomination-but-now-hes-finding-a-moment/2016/07/10/b2372d94-454f-11e6-8856-f26de2537a9d_story.html
— People with money on the line still don’t think a Trump nomination is a sure bet – Aaron Blake
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/10/people-with-money-on-the-line-still-dont-think-a-trump-nomination-is-a-sure-bet/
— Trump is making a real mess of his campaign – Chris Cillizza
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-is-making-a-real-mess-of-his-campaign/2016/07/10/a3cf0d62-46ad-11e6-ae8d-93aef685158e_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Controversy won’t stop the parties at Donald Trump’s convention – Fredreka Schouten
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2016/07/10/parties-republican-convention-cleveland-trump/86823920/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— The 1960s all over again? History isn’t quite repeating, but our tumultuous time does rhyme with that one in some strange ways – Todd Gitlin  (DIERSEN: What were you doing during 1968? I was a full-time student at UIC and a part-time Park Forest Post Office employee; I lived with my parents and bother in Crete; I sold my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and bought a 1969 Dodge Charger SE; and I saved money for college expenses at NIU.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/todd-gitlin-1960s-article-1.2704848
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s what happened within four months in 1968: Eighty thousand North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops seized the initiative by attacking some 100 cities and towns in a war that the Pentagon kept insisting was all but won. An unrepentant racist declared his candidacy for President of the United States. Having been challenged by two sitting senators, one of them the brother of the murdered former President, President Lyndon Johnson took himself out of the running for a second term. One killer murdered Martin Luther King, Jr. Another one murdered Bobby Kennedy, who just won California’s Democratic primary. And after a wave of urban riots, or rebellions, or whatever you wanted to call them, Americans stockpiled guns. Lunatic fringes thrived in the heart of established institutions. What was the war in Vietnam in the first place, after all, if not a lunatic war? What was the casual police beating of black motorists? Moods followed events. Events that had taken place in the dark, backstage, were now onscreen in living rooms. Nothing felt normal. Americans woke up every morning thinking, My God, what next? Jefferson Airplane had already recorded the line: “Logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead.” Was it the end of times? The apocalypse? The revolution? The counterrevolution? From day to day, all that was predictable was that something unpredictable was on its way from hell.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump’s Comments Intensify Concerns Among Republican Donors  Republican Jewish Coalition board members gave at least $16.5 million to Mitt Romney’s campaign in 2012, and $5,400 to Trump through May – REBECCA BALLHAUS and BETH REINHARD
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-comments-intensify-concerns-among-republican-donors-1468155601

 

FORBES
— ‘Trump’ By Ted Rall: U. Penn Classmates Recall Donald As Magnetic, Aloof – Ted Rall
http://www.forbes.com/sites/cartoonoftheday/2016/07/10/trump-by-ted-rall-u-penn-classmates-recall-donald-as-magnetic-aloof/#da2a72e62862
— Trump Clearly Spinning Political Gold Into Lead – Stan Collender
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stancollender/2016/07/10/trump-clearing-spinning-political-gold-into-lead/#7c91af24408f

 

FORTUNE
— Silicon Valley’s Peter Pan Syndrome vs. the Aging of Aquarius – Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
http://fortune.com/2016/07/10/silicon-valley-google-age-bias-discrimination/

 

FED SMITH
— 2017 Pay Raise Silently Advances, But House Bill Would Block Some Bonuses – Ralph Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/07/10/2017-pay-raise-silently-advances-but-house-bill-would-block-some-bonuses/

July 9 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Protestors allowed into ‘Taste’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/09/chicago-protesters-will-try-to-shut-down-the-taste-of-chicago-today/

 

NBC5
— Protesters Attempt to ‘Shut Down’ the Taste of Chicago
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Protesters-Attempt-to-Shut-Down-the-Taste-of-Chicago-386144071.html

 

ABC7
— POLICE BRUTALITY PROTESTERS GATHER AT TASTE OF CHICAGO – Evelyn Holmes
http://abc7chicago.com/news/police-brutality-protesters-gather-at-taste-of-chicago/1420574/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Couple starts building Trump’s border wall, send bill to Mexican president
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/172262065-story

— Democratic party platform calls for $15 minimum wage in win for Sanders  (DIERSEN: When you first earned $15/hour in today’s dollars, what job requirements did you have to meet?  For me, they included a) passing an employment test, b) having a high school diploma, c) having a driver’s license, d) passing a background check, e) passing a truck driving test, f) passing a physical examination, g) being available to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and full-time during the summers, h) owning a vehicle to make deliveries from, i) having a good driving record, j) etc.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/172210851-story

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Why become a cop? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-dallas-police-kass-0710-20160708-column.html
— 6 more women come forward alleging sexual harassment by Fox News CEO Roger Ailes – Stephen Battaglio
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-sexual-harassment-fox-news-roger-ailes-20160709-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Obama asks Americans not to fear a return to a dark past – AP  (DIERSEN: Are you a White male Republican?  How old are you?  How long have your ancestors been in America?  Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a White male Republican, the older that you are and the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women, a) the more that you should pay the price of affirmative action, diversity, and inclusion, and c) the sooner that you should be gotten rid of.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/obama-this-has-been-a-tough-week-but-america-isnt-as-divided/
— Illinois state agency urges foster parents to take in LGBT youth  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, if you do not promote LGBT activity, Democrats and RINOs get rid of you.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/illinois-state-agency-urges-foster-parents-to-take-in-lgbt-youth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are an estimated 25,000 homeless youths in Illinois in any given year, according to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and the Illinois Department of Human Service. Nationally, as many as 40 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBT, according to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Researchers attribute the disproportionate figures to factors such as family rejection, employment discrimination and mental health problems caused by stigmatization and discrimination.)
— Casino owners jump on video-gambling bandwagon – Chris Fusco  (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote vice.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/the-watchdogs-casino-owners-jump-on-video-gambling-bandwagon/
— It’s time for us all to stand with the police – Mary Mitchell
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/mitchell-its-time-for-us-to-stand-with-the-police/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Apple, Microsoft, HP among companies shunning GOP convention – AP  (DIERSEN: Companies that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors shun Trump.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160709/business/307099983/
— Protesters nationwide denounce police shootings of blacks – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160709/news/307099989/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Daily Herald promotes gambling.  Gambling is a vice.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160709/discuss/160709155/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Thank you, Grand Victoria: The Grand Victoria Riverboat Casino sent $3.21 million to Kane County, of which $897,239 will be given to local groups, nonprofits and towns seeking assistance. All 59 applicants couldn’t be accommodated, but at least 40 could. We’re happy for all of them and for those they serve.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— For Chicago schools, the biggest test is ahead – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160709/ISSUE07/307099999/for-chicago-schools-the-biggest-test-is-ahead

 

HERALD NEWS
— Morris’ David Welter named state representative for 75th district  Welter chosen to take seat vacated by John Anthony – HEIDI LITCHFIELD
http://www.theherald-news.com/2016/07/09/morris-david-welter-named-state-representative-for-75th-district/a7pfx0m/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Gingrich ‘actively lobbying’ to be Trump’s VP, source says  ‘I would feel compelled to serve the country’ – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/gingrich-actively-lobbying-to-be-trumps-vp-source-says
— Jenner to attend LGBT event during GOP convention  Jenner has no plans to attend convention – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/jenner-to-attend-lgbt-event-during-gop-convention

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;’ Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’ –  Michael W. Chapman
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/johns-hopkins-psychiatrist-transgender-mental-disorder-sex-change-biologically-impossible/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Hillary: ‘All Of Us’ Are Racist – Christian Datoc  (DIERSEN: Hillary is in trouble with the Democrats because ever-increasingly, Democrats shout that only Republicans are racists.)
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/08/hillary-all-of-us-are-racist-video/

 

THE BLAZE
— Bill O’Reilly Calls Black Lives Matter a ‘Hate America Group’ – Carly Hoilman
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/09/bill-oreilly-calls-black-lives-matter-a-hate-america-group/
— Megyn Kelly Asks Dallas Reverend If He Regrets Shouting ‘God D**n White America!’ Ahead of Police Slayings – Carly Hoilman
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/09/megyn-kelly-asks-dallas-reverend-if-he-regrets-shouting-god-dn-white-america-ahead-of-police-slayings/
— Clinton Says Americans ‘Must Not Vilify Police Officers’ in Wake of Deadly Dallas Ambush – Tre Goins-Phillips  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors VILIFY those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/09/clinton-says-americans-must-not-vilify-police-officers-in-wake-of-deadly-dallas-ambush/

 

GOPUSA
— In wake of dead police officers, Black Lives Matter continues to agitate
http://www.gopusa.com/in-wake-of-dead-police-officers-black-lives-matter-continues-to-agitate/
— Dallas sniper followed black militant groups, sent home from Afghanistan
http://www.gopusa.com/dallas-sniper-followed-black-militant-groups-sent-home-from-afghanistan/
— Georgia man lures cop with 911 call, shoots him
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12307

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— COLLEGE GOES BERSERK OVER TRUMP SLOGAN ON WHITEBOARDS  ‘Make America Great Again’ messages called ‘racialized, targeted attacks’ – GARTH KANT
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/college-goes-berserk-over-trump-slogan-on-whiteboards/#!

 

BARBWIRE
— RACISM CAN COME IN ALL SKIN COLORS – BRYAN FISCHER  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, Democrat superiors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates in the federal government glorified and praised minorities and hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that only Whites can be racist and b) that if you disagreed with that, they would get rid of you.)
http://barbwire.com/2016/07/09/racism-can-come-skin-colors/#

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Pastor Says Iowa Law Threatens His Right to Teach the Bible in His Church – Leah Jessen
http://dailysignal.com/2016/07/06/pastor-says-state-law-threatens-his-right-to-teach-the-bible-in-his-church/

 

CHRISTIAN NEWS TODAY
— Donald Trump Calls Out Republican Detractors
http://christiannewstoday.com/mundo/donald-trump-calls-out-republican-detractors/17445

 

NEWSMAX
— Opinion Savvy/Newsmax Poll: Majority Want Gingrich as Trump VP – Sandy Fitzgerald
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Poll-Newt-Gingrich-VP-Trump/2016/07/09/id/737878/
— Huckabee: People Who Don’t Back Trump Should Stay off His Stage – Sandy Fitzgerald
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Huckabee-Trump-RNC-GOP/2016/07/09/id/737895/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Anti-Trump forces seek to pick VP nominee – JOEL GEHRKE
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/report-anti-trump-forces-seek-to-pick-vp-nominee/article/2596066

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that “GOP angst grows over Trump.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/287091-gop-angst-grows-over-trump
— Anti-Trump delegates maneuver to pick VP at convention – Jessie Hellmann
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287131-anti-trump-delegates-plot-vp-scheme

 

CNN
— Despite Trump pledge, Fallin won’t guarantee platform changes on abortion – Sophie Tatum
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/09/politics/donald-trump-mary-fallin-gop-platform-on-abortion/
— Obama says U.S. ‘not as divided as some have suggested’ – Kevin Liptak  (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors INCREASINGLY DOMINATE AMERICA AND FOCUS ON DIVIDING EVERYONE AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/09/politics/obama-says-u-s-not-as-divided-as-some-have-suggested/index.html

 

REUTERS
— U.S. labor market nearing full strength, but Fed seen wanting more – ANN SAPHIR  (DIERSEN: Because many millions of American citizens are unemployed, underemployed, or have given up looking for work, it is extremely insulting to say “U.S. labor market nearing full strength.”)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-employment-idUSKCN0ZO205

 

WASHINGTON BLADE
— Jenner headed to Cleveland for Republican National Convention – Chris Johnson
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/07/09/jenner-attend-republican-national-convention/

July 8 Morning Edition

HERALD & REVIEW
— Gov. Rauner calls Dallas police shootings ‘outrageous’ – AP
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/gov-rauner-calls-dallas-police-shootings-outrageous/article_4dbd83d6-0ca3-5e5d-aaf0-c529c2f16e4e.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hillary Clinton disqualifies herself – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-hillary-clinton-emails-comey-kass-0708-20160707-column.html
— Illinois lawmakers got paid this week — for April – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-munger-madigan-illinois-lawmaker-paychecks-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Zorn and other anti-Trumps argue that “Clinton’s email scandal is far, far, far from a voter deal-breaker.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-hillary-clinton-voter-loyalty-email-scandal-zorn-perspec-0708-md-20160707-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue that “Really, America. It’s OK to sit out this election.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-sit-out-this-election-clinton-trump-perspec-0708-20160708-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Monee mayor known for temper outbreaks – Erin Gallagher  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have worked the hardest to make me lose my temper. So far, they have failed.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-monee-mayor-met-20160707-story.html
— Don’t compare police shootings to black-on-black crime – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America. Nevertheless, sooner or later, Democrats blame all crime on Republicans.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-philando-castile-alton-sterling-police-shootings-black-men-20160707-story.html
— That MBA is totally worth it, according to a Facebook-employee-turned-comedian – Ally Marotti  (DIERSEN: I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-paul-ollinger-facebook-comedy-bsi-20160705-story.html
— Naperville Township roads lawsuit in court Friday – Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-township-lawsuit-update-st-0706-20160706-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: DuPage board allows candidacy, denies one – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Police: 5 officers dead, 6 hurt in Dallas protest shooting – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/shots-fired-dallas-protest-fatal-police-shootings/
— Kirk on Trump: ‘Eastern, privileged, wealthy bully’ – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/kirk-trump-is-a-privileged-bully/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Mistake for race to matter in college admissions  Positive quotas for one or more groups mean negative quotas for others. – Michael Barone  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-discrimination-by-race-will-continue-on-college-campuses/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Toking up while working out: Pair plan gym allowing pot use – AP  (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American promote pot.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160706/business/307069849/
— Wheaton event offers assistance to veterans in need – Jessica Cilella  (DIERSEN: My nastier Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I avoided the draft, someone less fortunate than me was drafted and then killed or severely injured in Vietnam.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160708/news/160709241/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Law firms try for smooth succession with age, term limits – CLAIRE BUSHEY  (DIERSEN: Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that except for 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 ($92,632) by age 25, GS-14 ($109,463) by age 30, GS-15 ($128,759) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($160,300) 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.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160707/NEWS04/160709889/chicago-law-firms-try-for-smooth-succession-with-age-term-limits
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At Levenfeld Pearlstein, a small Chicago law firm, birthday candles can signal a change in leadership. Last week the firm named David Solomon, 47, to head the corporate and securities practice, taking over from Mary Wasik, who at 60 had hit the firm’s age ceiling for holding a top management spot. At the same time, Laura Friedel, 43, stepped in to run Levenfeld’s labor and employment practice. The 60-lawyer firm with clients like Barrington and Bridgeview banks is one of handful in the Chicago market to lay out age restrictions and term limits for key leadership positions. Partners established the policy to make it easier for younger lawyers to take over management of the firm from their predecessors. Levenfeld Executive Director Angela Hickey said it is an issue many small and midsize law firms fail to address. “Most firms think of succession plans when the executive committee is 70,” she said.)
— Why Chicago needs a massive gun violence study now – KAREN C. TEITELBAUM
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160707/OPINION/160709909/why-chicago-needs-a-massive-gun-violence-study-now

 

DNA INFO
— ‘Black On Black’ Crime Narrative Is Racist, Ignorant, Chicago Activists Say – Evan F. Moore  (DIERSEN: What percent of crime is a) white on white, b) white on minority, c) minority on minority, and d) minority on white?)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160707/englewood/black-on-black-crime-narrative-is-racist-ignorant-chicago-activists-say

 

WBEZ
— How Chicago School Construction Furthers Race and Class Segregation – Sarah Karp, Becky Vevea
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/how-chicago-school-construction-furthers-race-and-class-segregation/92305e1d-2888-46e3-9e6c-de3a3a7f01de

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner sees no action on pensions till after election – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-07-07/updated-rauner-sees-no-action-pensions-till-after-election.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Gingrich: If asked, I would be Trump’s VP  Former Speaker is campaigning with Trump in Ohio – CNN  (DIERSEN: Were it not for Gingrich, I might still be a GAO employee.  During the 1990s, Gingrich successfully lead Republican efforts to dramatically cut GAO’s budget. Of course, needless-to-say, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in Chicago were beyond furious.  They took their anger out me, the last non-veteran Republican in the office who was eligible for early retirement.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/gingrich-if-asked-i-would-be-trumps-vp

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Donald Trump lashes out at GOP senators, including Mark Kirk of Illinois – Sean Sullivan and Philip Rucker
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20160707/donald-trump-lashes-out-at-gop-senators-including-mark-kirk-of-illinois

 

SAUK VALLEY
— TRAGIC: Sauk Valley’s first medical marijuana dispensary opens in Fulton
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/07/07/sauk-valleys-first-medical-marijuana-dispensary-opens-in-fulton/ay6okdf/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— NIU – Penny Wise, Pound Foolish? – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/niu-penny-wise-pound-foolish/

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— ILLINOIS UNIONS ACTIVE WITH $800,000 IN POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS THIS WEEK – ILLINOIS SUNSHINE (DIERSEN: What do those who are anti-union stress about you?  Those who are anti-union stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years and that I have only bought cars that were made by union members.)
http://www.rebootillinois.com/2016/07/07/editors-picks/illinois-sunshine/illinois-unions-active-with-800000-in-political-contributions-this-week/61200/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: ILLINOIS ONE OF FEW STATES STILL RECOVERING FROM THE GREAT RECESSION – MICHAEL LUCCI
http://www.rebootillinois.com/2016/07/06/featured-articles/michael-lucci/illinois-and-lost-jobs-still-recovering-from-the-great-recession/60980/
— TOP 10 ILLINOIS SUBURBS TO LIVE IN – NATALIE CRAWFORD  (DIERSEN: Wheaton did not make the top 10 list.  If you live in a suburb that did not make the top 10 list, what are the reasons?)
http://www.rebootillinois.com/2016/07/07/editors-picks/nataliecrawford/top-10-illinois-suburbs-to-live-in/60863/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Naperville Overall grade: A+  As the #1 suburb in Illinois, it was also voted as the second best place to live by Money magazine in 2006. It’s a midsized city with high home values, high rent costs, and average unemployment levels. Here are some of the grades Niche gave it, but to check out specific, click here. Cost of Living: C-  Public Schools: A+  Crime and Safety: B+  Family Amenities: A  Jobs: B+)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Iowa Civil Rights Commission Goes After Churches – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: Who works the hardest against you?  Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes work the hardest against me.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/iowa-civil-rights-commission-goes-churches/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The kind of draconian restrictions of speech and religious rights that corrupt Canadian governance are  arriving bit by corroded bit on America’s church steps sooner than many expected and in, of all places,  Iowa. Make no mistake though, this is coming to every state. Iowa, like many other states, has a law banning discrimination based on, among other conditions, “sexual orientation” and “gender identity,” in places of public accommodation. To be clear, the rhetorical contrivance “sexual orientation” really means “subjective homoerotic attraction and volitional homoerotic acts,”* and the rhetorical contrivance “gender identity” really means “the subjective desire to be the opposite sex or no sex,” both of which are ontological impossibilities. Iowa also has a Civil Rights Commission that has issued “guidance” on how the state law and corresponding city codes affect churches. It states that the anti-discrimination law—including its provisions regarding homoerotic feelings and sex-rejection—does, in fact, apply to churches. Fortunately, the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the Fort Des Moines Church of Christ to prevent the civil rights commission and Iowa attorney general “from forcing Fort Des Moines to use its facility in a way that violates its religious beliefs about human sexuality.” Here are some of the tricksy ways the Iowa Civil Rights Commission seeks to violate the civil rights of Christians.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TRUMP CALLS FOR HEALING FOLLOWING EXECUTION OF DALLAS POLICE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/trump-calls-for-healing-following-execution-of-dallas-police.html
— THORNER: KEEP CONCON OUT OF THE GOP PLATFORM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/thorner-keep-concon-out-of-the-gop-platform.html
— HIGGINS: IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION GOES AFTER CHURCHES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/higgins-iowa-civil-rights-commission-goes-after-churches.html

 

GOPUSA
— Obama lectures nation on racial disparities hours before assassination of Dallas police officers  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-police, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12232

 

GATEWAY
— RNC Chair Priebus: Folks Not Supporting Trump Are ‘SCREWING AROUND With The Next 40 Years’ – Jim Hoft
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/07/rnc-chair-priebus-folks-not-supporting-trump-screwing-around-next-40-years-video/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— SNIPERS KILL 5 COPS, WOUND 6 OTHERS IN DALLAS  Attacks took place at peaceful protest of recent fatal shootings by officers
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/2-cops-shot-after-protest-over-louisiana-minnesota-shootings/#!

 

THE BLAZE
— Philly Archbishop Says Gay Catholics Should Abstain From Sex to Receive Communion. Mayor Blasts Decree as ‘Not Christian.’ And That’s Just for Starters. – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/07/philly-archbishop-says-gay-catholics-should-abstain-from-sex-mayor-blasts-decree-as-not-christian-and-thats-just-for-starters/

 

BARBWIRE
— ALL LIVES MATTER! – DR. MICHAEL BROWN
http://barbwire.com/2016/07/08/all-lives-matter/

 

BREITBART
— RNC Chair: Folks Not Supporting Trump Are ‘Screwing Around With The Next 40 Years’ – Pam Key
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/07/07/priebus/
— MILO EXCOMMUNICATED: DePaul Bans Dangerous Faggot From Campus – CHARLIE NASH
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/07/07/depaul-university-bans-milo-from-returning/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Limited amount of ‘victimhood’ available to share  An interesting battle sprang up between two victim groups in Toronto over the last weekend. – Steve Jordahl
http://onenewsnow.com/culture/2016/07/07/limited-amount-of-victimhood-available-to-share

 

HOT AIR
— Pew poll: More young adults support Gary Johnson than support Trump  (DIERSEN: What percent of those who support Johnson smoke pot or want to smoke pot legally – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/07/07/pew-poll-more-young-adults-support-gary-johnson-than-support-trump/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Priebus to Anti-Trump Republicans: “We’re Going To Win With Or Without Them” – Ian Schwartz  (DIERSEN: Who are the leading anti-Trump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries?  From what I see, they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/07/07/priebus_to_anti-trump_republicans_were_going_to_win_with_or_without_them.html
— Trump’s Capitol Hill Visit Fails to Bring Party Unity – Caitlin Huey-Burns & James Arkin
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/07/07/trumps_capitol_hill_visit_fails_to_bring_party_unity.html

 

THE HILL
— Better refugee screening, bipartisan gun bill needed to protect homeland – Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-security/286750-better-refugee-screening-bipartisan-gun-bill-needed-to
— Kirk touts break from Trump – Jordain Carney  (DIERSEN: Political Parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/286831-gop-senator-touts-break-from-trump
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is highlighting his split from presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump as an example of his independence as he runs for reelection. “My independence is pretty clearly demonstrated when I de-endorsed Donald Trump,” the Illinois Republican told a local radio station. “I felt Donald Trump was too bigoted and racist for the land of Lincoln.” Kirk’s comments come as Senate Republicans meet with Trump at the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The Illinois Republican is one of a handful of vulnerable GOP senators who aren’t attending the closed-door sit-down. Kirk — widely considered one of this year’s most endangered GOP incumbents — was the first, and only, Republican senator to take back his endorsement of Trump from earlier this year. “I have concluded that Donald Trump has not demonstrated the temperament necessary to assume the greatest office in the world,” Kirk said in a statement in June. The Illinois Republican has repeatedly broken from his party as he runs for reelection on issues including Planned Parenthood and gun control. He also played up his decision to buck Trump in an ad last month. Kirk faces an uphill battle for reelection against Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) in a state widely expected to be carried by Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, in November. Republicans are defending 24 Senate seats. Democrat need to net five — or flip four and retain the White House — to win back the majority. While Kirk isn’t eager to tie himself to Trump, he also took a swing at Clinton over her use of a private email server while secretary of State. He added in the radio interview: “Democrats should really rebuke her, to leave their whole party to that level of risk.”)

 

MSNBC
— Police murders bring a ‘nightmare’ to life in Dallas – Steve Benen
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/police-murders-bring-nightmare-life-dallas

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— 5 Dallas Officers Killed at Protest Against Police Shootings – PATRICK McGEE, MANNY FERNANDEZ and JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/09/us/dallas-police-shooting.html
— All the Nominee’s Enablers  Cynicism, denial, and the coming of Trump. – Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/opinion/all-the-nominees-enablers.html
— Suicide Rate Among Veterans Has Risen Sharply Since 2001 – DAVE PHILIPPS  (DIERSEN: My nastier Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I avoided the draft, someone less fortunate than me was drafted and then killed or severely injured in Vietnam.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/us/suicide-rate-among-veterans-has-risen-sharply-since-2001.html
— When Will the Killing Stop? – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Nevertheless, sooner or later, Democrats blame all crime on Republicans.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/opinion/when-will-the-killing-stop.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH FOUR BIG COLOR PICTURES: After Philando Castile’s Killing, Obama Calls Police Shootings ‘an American Issue’  Obama Asks Nation to Confront Racial Biases in Law Enforcement System – MATT FURBER and RICHARD PEREZ-PENA  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America. Nevertheless, sooner or later, Democrats blame all crime on Republicans.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/us/philando-castile-falcon-heights-shooting.html?login=email

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Ten mistakes Reince Priebus made – Jennifer Rubin  (DIERSEN: Will Priebus respond to this?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I have made many mistakes. It would be great if they would get together ( I suggest at the Wheaton Bowl), publish “Diersen’s top ten mistakes,” and give me an opportunity to respond.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/07/08/ten-mistakes-reince-priebus-made/
— The true danger to democracy is cynicism, not anger – Michael Gerson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote cynicism and anger.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-triumph-of-cynicism/2016/07/07/232b5028-446c-11e6-8856-f26de2537a9d_story.html
— Snipers kill five police officers in Dallas, wound seven others during protest – Tim Madigan, Michael E. Miller, Travis M. Andrews and Mark Berman  (FROM THE ARTICLE: The Dallas police chief said an attacker told authorities “he was upset about the recent police shootings” and “wanted to kill white people, especially white officers.”)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/08/like-a-little-war-snipers-shoot-11-police-officers-during-dallas-protest-march-killing-five/
— Fatal shootings by police are up in the first six months of 2016, Post analysis finds – Kimberly Kindy, Wesley Lowery, Steven Rich, Julie Tate and Jennifer Jenkins
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fatal-shootings-by-police-surpass-2015s-rate/2016/07/07/81b708f2-3d42-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html
— Will federal employees in classified-material cases get treated as Clinton did? – Joe Davidson
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-washington-post/20160708/281960312079458
— In the 2016 campaign, Trump can’t stop talking about Trump – Jenna Johnson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-the-2016-campaign-trump-cant-stop-talking-about-trump/2016/07/07/dc978a74-4460-11e6-bc99-7d269f8719b1_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— As Dallas police hunt for snipers, politicians start to weigh in – Seema Mehta
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trailguide-updates-as-dallas-police-hunt-for-snipers-1467956803-htmlstory.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh threatens ‘war’ on Obama and Black Lives Matter protesters, blames them for deaths after Dallas attack – Jason Silverstein
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/joe-walsh-war-obama-black-lives-matter-dallas-article-1.2703883

 

DALLAS MORNING NEWS
— Meeting with GOP lawmakers, Trump promises outreach to women and minorities, more disciplined message – Katie Leslie and Tom Benning
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20160707-trump-promises-outreach-to-women-and-minorities-message-discipline-in-meeting-with-lawmakers.ece

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Donald Trump’s Tensions With Congressional Republicans Are Good for Him–and Them – JOHN FEEHERY
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/07/07/why-donald-trumps-tensions-with-congressional-republicans-are-good-for-him-and-them/
— Five Police Officers Dead, Several Hurt at Dallas Protest  Two snipers opened fire amid rally over police shootings of two black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile – DAN MOLINSKI, SAN FROSCH in Denver, and ALEJANDRO LAZO
http://www.wsj.com/articles/shots-fired-at-dallas-protest-over-police-shootings-in-baton-rouge-and-minnesota-1467947604

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— GOP Senator Jeff Flake dramatically confronts Donald Trump in tense Capitol Hill meeting – Allan Smith
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-goes-to-war-with-jeff-flake-2016-7

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and/or anti-American promote pot.
http://time.com/money/4396968/medical-marijuana-prescription-drug-costs/

 

THE BEAST
— Donald Trump to Republican Lawmakers: Hey, Losers, Vote for Me  The presumptive Republican presidential nominee made a trip to Capitol Hill on Thursday to unify his splintered party. He failed. – Betsy woodruff  (DIERSEN: You should be aware that my critics/opponents say that those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are losers.  What do you say to my critic/opponents?)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/07/donald-trump-to-hill-republicans-hey-losers-vote-for-me.html

 

THE WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “There is no good reason for any fence-sitting Republican to endorse Donald Trump.”
http://theweek.com/articles/634458/there-no-good-reason-fencesitting-republican-endorse-donald-trump

 

FED SMITH
— Senators Want to Take Away Hillary Clinton’s Security Clearance – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: One could argue that if cannot get/keep a security clearance, you should not seek or hold any kind of government position.  Many millions in America cannot get a security clearance.  If you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government position.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/07/07/senators-want-to-take-away-hillary-clintons-security-clearance/

 

THE GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate men hate Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/07/women-hate-donald-trump-no-time-to-fix-it

 

SALON
— Donald Trump lectures Congress on the greatness of Saddam – Mark Sumner
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/07/07/1546018/-Donald-Trump-lectures-Congress-on-how-great-Saddam-was

 

METRO WEEKLY
— Anti-gay activist: Gay rights an “anti-God movement” and a “sin movement”  Peter LaBarbera believes that gay rights are “a liberal cult” – Frank Carber
https://www.metroweekly.com/2016/07/anti-gay-activist-gay-rights-anti-god-movement-sin-movement/