July 22 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— How Rauner’s focus on messaging played into staff shakeup – Kim Geiger, Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-messaging-illinois-policy-institute-met-20170721-story.html
— Durbin, Graham file Dream Act, hoping to ward off legal challenge to DACA – Maria Sacchetti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-durbin-graham-dream-act-immigration-20170720-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Madigan tactics result in income tax hike – Mike Formento, Glen Ellyn  (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, Formento appointed me webmaster for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee while he was its chairman 2008-2010.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170722/madigan-tactics-result-in-income-tax-hike
— Bernie Sanders to speak Aug. 30 in Aurora about teen-focused book – Marie Wilson  (DIERSEN: What does Sanders think of you and think of what you did when you were young?  From what I see, Sanders would demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being selfish and undeservedly rich because I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, a new Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 and I paid for all my college expenses and graduated debt-free in 1970 with money that I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170721/bernie-sanders-to-speak-aug-30-in-aurora-about-teen-focused-book
— Kudos to Kellogg’s – Editorial (DIERSEN: I lived in Crete 1948-1972.  If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that during those years, Crete was full of rich racists, rich sexists, rich bigots, and rich even worse things. They would stress that during those years, very few depended on government, on charity, or on welfare and that Crete was overwhelmingly White, German-American, Lutheran, conservative, and Republican.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170722/the-soapbox-daily-herald-editors-offer-brief-thoughts-on-suburban-topics-in-the-news
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Each week the Northern Illinois Food Bank feeds more than 71,500 people in 13 counties. It relies on hundreds of people, including volunteers. This week about 250 people from Kellogg’s pitched in to pack food. Kellogg’s also donated $10,000 toward hunger relief programs. Yet another ray of sunshine keeps the food bank thriving. I should write a book about the leading Crete-haters in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn.)
— Republicans embrace tax hike targeting Democratic states – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170722/news/307229984/
— Trump tweets that Spicer’s future is ‘bright’ – AP (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What would my Democrat GAO superiors say about my future?  ANSWER: They would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170722/news/307229993/

 

WBEZ
— A Closer Look At The Illinois Policy Institute, The Group That Could Inform Rauner’s Agenda – Tony Arnold  (DIERSEN: What does the Illinois Policy Institute think of you, think of what you have done with your life, and think of what you are doing now?  Has the Illinois Policy Institute ever sought your input on anything?)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/a-closer-look-at-the-group-that-could-inform-rauners-agenda/f8758701-cb4e-49cc-b988-d9b2f1f7c629

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEW GAZETTE
— UI trustee nominee Dr. Stuart King often gives to GOP candidates – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-22/ui-trustee-nominee-often-gives-gop-candidates.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— End the legislative extortion: Send the school bill to governor now – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article162967943.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Election Authority to Answer Trump Questions – Greg Bishop  (DIERSEN: How well does your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain know your precinct, that is, how prepared is he/she to deter and detect voter fraud?  How well do the election judges for your precinct know your precinct, that is, how prepared are they to deter and detect voter fraud?)
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=248809#.WXMo6hFSRZI

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Spicer: The President did not want me to go – MIRANDA GREEN  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always wanted me to go.  They always wanted to give my job to a Democrat, and especially to a Democrat who was minority, female, and/or younger than me.  It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/spicer-the-president-did-not-want-me-to-go/771631212

 

EFFINGHAM RADIO
— Governor Rauner: Put Kids Ahead Of Politics  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government put Democrats ahead of Republicans, minorities ahead of Whites, women ahead of men, younger employees ahead of older employees, and veterans ahead of non-veterans. It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and the Veterans Preference. The Veterans Preference is an earned preference.)
http://www.effinghamradio.com/2017/07/21/governor-rauner-put-kids-ahead-of-politics/

 

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR EVELYN SANGUINETTI
— Sign the Petition to send SB1 to the Governor
https://www.illinois.gov/ltg/pages/sb1petition.aspx

 

NAVISTAR
— Welcome to Navistar Careers (FROM THE POSTING: Navistar Uses E-Verify: Navistar, Inc. participates in E-Verify, a federal pilot program that enables employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility for all persons hired to work in the United States by providing the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. For more information on E-Verify, please contact DHS at (888) 464-4218.)
https://salary-navistar.icims.com/jobs/intro?hashed=124489256

 

GOPUSA
— McDonald’s drive-thru: ‘I ain’t servin’ no police!’  (DIERSEN: What do McDonald’s executives, shareholders, customers, suppliers, etc. have to say about that?  What percent of McDonald’s executives, shareholders, customers, suppliers, etc. are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27520
— Denver Moves To Cut Off Communication With ICE  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Colorado shouts that it is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27551
— Boston fears Islamophobia, blankets city bus stops with ‘building the safe space’ guides (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Massachusetts shouts that it is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27421
— Without reform, is universal healthcare inevitable? (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want Republicans to pay for Democrats’ health care.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27474

 

DAILY CALLER
— Report: Senate Bill Would Legalize 1.8 Million ‘Dreamers’ – Will Racke  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who will work the hardest to defeat Republicans in 2018 and to defeat Trump and all Republicans 2020?  ANSWER: The 1.8 million Dreamers.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/21/report-senate-bill-would-legalize-1-8-million-dreamers/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Media’s Use of ‘Hate Group’ Label Puts Conservatives’ Safety at Risk – Katrina Trinko
http://dailysignal.com/2017/07/13/the-medias-use-of-this-hate-group-label-puts-conservatives-safety-at-risk/
— JULY 26, 2016 FLASHBACK: As a Teen Cashier Seeing Food Stamp Use, I Changed My Mind About the Democrat Party – J.D. Vance  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what I saw when I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://dailysignal.com/2016/07/26/as-a-teen-cashier-seeing-food-stamp-use-i-changed-my-mind-about-the-democrat-party/
— The Key Facts About Slavery That the Left Conveniently Ignores – Walter E. Williams
http://dailysignal.com/2017/07/19/key-facts-slavery-left-conveniently-ignores/

 

NEWSMAX
— CBO: GOP Health Bill’s $13,000 Deductibles Would Be Illegal (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial and/or health problems. They are furious that my wife and I have Medicare and that the federal government subsidizes $17,288 a year of our health, dental, and vision insurance because I am a federal retiree.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Economy/gop-health-bill-deductible/2017/07/21/id/802982/

 

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Lindsey Graham hints/implies/argues/shouts that Dreamers will take jobs that U.S. citizens do not want. From what I see, Dreamers would never stoop to take the bad jobs that did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/21/lindsey-graham-vote-oppose-amnesty-outsourcing/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump State Dept Unsure Why Palestinian Terrorists Kill Israelis  Stands by report blaming Israel for terror, downplaying Palestinian incitement – Adam Kredo
http://freebeacon.com/politics/trump-state-dept-unsure-palestinian-terrorists-kill-israelis/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Proclaiming God’s promise – not ‘pride’ – Steve Jordahl
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2017/07/21/proclaiming-gods-promise-not-pride

 

OPPOSING VIEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 20 Attorneys General encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.  Of course, anti-Trumps will use illegals to defeat Trump in 2020.)
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/20-attorneys-general-urge-trump-maintain-protections-dreamers

 

THE HILL
— Priebus on Spicer resignation: ‘It’s good to start fresh’ – BRANDON CARTER (DIERSEN: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois started fresh in 2012, the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce started fresh in 2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee started fresh in 2010 and in 2004, the Illinois Center Right Coalition started fresh in 2007, the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter started fresh in 2004, GAO started fresh in 1997, IRS started fresh in 1980, and the Post Office started fresh in 1969.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343260-priebus-after-spicer-resignation-its-good-to-start-fresh
— White House: Scaramucci will report directly to Trump – JOHN BOWDEN  (DIERSEN: Who was the highest paid boss that you reported directly to? During my last 4 years at GAO 1993-1997, I reported directly to a GS-15 Step 10 (currently $161,900). Most, if not virtually all of my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates DID NOT want to work for her or work with her because she was very demanding, female, younger, Jewish, and wealthy. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago and had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. To turn her against me, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed to her that I was conservative (she was liberal), Republican (she was Democrat), I was 100% German national origin (she was 100% Russian national origin), I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (she was Jewish), and that my ancestors had been in America since the 1840s (her ancestors were recent immigrants).)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343253-white-house-scaramucci-will-report-directly-to-trump

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Working in White House, Still Making Millions – RACHEL ABRAMS and JESSE DRUCKER  (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that during the first 18 months that I worked for IRS 1971-1972, I also worked (with official permission) part-time pumping gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. That part-time income helped me a) help support my mother and brother, b) pay for tuition and books for graduate business classes at Loyola, c) pay off my 1972 Corvette car loan, and d) have a down payment to buy a new town home in University Park in September of 1972.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/business/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-ethics-filing.html
— After Election, More New Yorkers Tell Volunteer Groups, ‘I Can Help’ – JAMES BARRON  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps always glorify and praise other anti-Trumps. If anti-Trumps are glorified and praised in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America, then your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, and America are run by anti-Trumps. From what I see, overwhelmingly, those who are glorified and praised in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America are anti-Trumps. Because I am a Trump supporter, anti-Trumps in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn what I do.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/nyregion/new-york-city-volunteer-groups.html
— The Ethics of Adjusting Your Assets to Qualify for Medicaid – RON LIEBER  (DIERSEN: Are your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are filled with envy. Mine are. They are beyond furious that I have a $50,856/year Civil Service Retirement System pension for life, that my wife and subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance for life (currently, the federal government pays $17,288/year), and we both are on Medicare.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/your-money/estate-planning/the-ethics-of-adjusting-your-assets-to-qualify-for-medicaid.html

 

POLITICO
— House Republicans try to revive ban on Pentagon transgender surgeries – RACHAEL BADE
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/20/house-republicans-try-to-revive-ban-on-transgender-pentagon-surgeries-240770

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Meet Your New Landlord: Wall Street  Big investors transform suburban neighborhoods by buying up single-family homes and renting them out  Four big companies have bought nearly 700 single-family homes in Spring Hill, Tenn. – Ryan Dezember and Laura Kusisto  (DIERSEN: How many rental homes are there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  For what I see, if you are a renter, sadly, most commonly, it is because you have financial problems, and you vote for Democrats who promise to use government to take money away from Republicans and to give that money to you.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-your-new-landlord-wall-street-1500647417
— 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon: A Drag-Racing Beast, Unleashed  Dan Neil rockets down Indianapolis’s Lucas Oil Raceway in a 2018 Dodge SRT Challenger Demon, the quickest production car in existence – Dan Neil  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate this car.  Of course, that motivates me to want to buy it.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/2018-dodge-demon-a-drag-racing-beast-unleashed-1500572281

 

NEWSWEEK
— DOES TRUMP HATE THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA AS MUCH AS HE CLAIMS? – TOM PORTER  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who glorify and praise the Democrat news media in Illinois and b) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-media-fake-news-640672

 

COSMOPLITAN
— Who Is Anthony Scaramucci? 8 Things to Know About the New White House Communications Director. – Rebecca Nelson  (DIERSEN: What “negatives” do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want everyone to know about you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want everyone to know that I am a Trump supporter, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), non-poor, a gun owner, a draft avoider, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, a federal employee for almost 30 years, a union member for 12 years, never promoted beyond GS-13, forced to take early retirement, a federal retiree for almost 20 years, childless, pet-less, American-nameplate car owner, and no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.)
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a10342532/anthony-scaramucci-white-house-communication-director/

 

GUARDIAN
— The Democrats’ performance as an opposition party? Pathetic – Steven W Thrasher
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/22/donald-trump-stands-democrats-who-knows

 

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity blast McCain.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/07/john-mccain-may-cancer-doesnt-make-hero/

July 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Preckwinkle calls Rauner ‘evil’ – Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, Democrats will describe you as being “evil” and even worse things if you do not promote dependency on government, dependency of charity, LBGTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-toni-preckwinkle-20170721-story.html
— With 2 proposed Will County industrial parks, ‘good timing’ for $1M freight study, officials say – Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-economic-development-st-0719-20170720-story.html
— Sessions learns loyalty can be a one-way street with Trump – Abby Phillip  (DIERSEN: Who are those who work against you loyal to? Those who work against me are loyal to those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid and/or those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-sessions-trump-analysis-20170720-story.html
— Two years in, happy hour in Illinois stirs mixed results – Greg Trotter and Jennifer Smith Richards  (DIERSEN: Conservatives do not promote drinking booze.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-happy-hour-two-years-later-0721-biz-20250101-story.html
— Detroit at crossroads 50 years after riots devastated city – AP  (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1967?  I was a full-time student at UIC and I worked part-time the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete.  I sold my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint and bought a 1968 Oldsmobile 442. I saved money for new cars and college expenses.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-detroit-riots-anniversary-20170716-story.html
— Dennis Hastert is out of prison, but he will never be free – Denise Crosby
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-hastert-st-0721-20170720-column.html
— The bill for treating a gunshot wound: $21,000 for the first 35 minutes – Jennifer Smith Richards, Annie Sweeney and Jason Meisner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-gun-violence-medical-costs-met-20170720-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sean Spicer resigns as White House press secretary
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sean-spicer-resigns-as-white-house-press-secretary-report/
— Do you have a right to follow Trump on Twitter? – Jacob Sullum  (DIERSEN: I give everyone, including those who want to kill me figuratively, if not literally, the right to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails free of charge and without any advertising.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/sullum-do-you-have-a-right-to-follow-trump-on-twitter/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups hope that McCain’s health problems will make the DREAM Act a reality: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/could-dream-act-become-a-reality-in-light-of-mccains-health/
— State Rep. Robert Martwick, D-Chicago, didn’t list source of income because form was hard to understand – DAN MIHALOPOULOS
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-state-rep-robert-martwick-didnt-list-source-of-income-because-form-was-hard-to-understand-the-watchdogs/

 

DAILY HERALD
— GOP reps Steve Andersson and Mike Fortner should resign or retire – Chris Lauzen, Kane County Board Chairman
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170721/gop-reps-should-resign-or-retire
— Honorably discharged veterans will soon get to shop tax-free – AP (DIERSEN: Constructively, by their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors gave me a dishonorable discharge. Other adverse actions that they took against me included always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, 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 $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government against me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170720/news/307209903/
— Hints that lifestyle changes might guard against dementia – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170720/hints-that-lifestyle-changes-might-guard-against-dementia
— Report recommends no sanctions for College of DuPage – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170721/report-recommends-no-sanctions-for-college-of-dupage

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How city power players diverted $55 million in blight-fighting TIF cash to Navy Pier – John Chase and Danny Ecker  (DIERSEN: How much blight is there in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?  Who/what caused that blight?  Who/what is fighting that blight?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170721/ISSUE01/170729970
— What the Sun-Times’ new owners need most – JOE CAHILL  (DIERSEN: Will the new owners do even more to dive out of Chicago, out of Cook County, and out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170721/ISSUE10/170729997

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Judge dismisses lawsuit that would have forced the state to pay social service agencies – KARA BERG
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article162821073.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Christie Clinic doctor raised in Champaign to be newest UI trustee – Jeff D’Alessio (DIERSEN: Where were you raised and when? I was raised in Crete during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. They stress that back then, Crete was overwhelmingly White, non-poor, German-American, conservative, Lutheran, and Republican. They paint those like me who were raised there back then as being rich, racist, sexist, bigoted, and even worse things.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-21/christie-clinic-doctor-raised-champaign-be-newest-ui-trustee.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner sets deadline for SB1, says he’ll call special session
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170721/rauner-sets-deadline-for-sb1-says-hell-call-special-session

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— During ‘Made in America’ week, Mar-a-Lago seeks foreign workers  Jobs supposedly can’t be filled by US workers – CNN  (DIERSEN: What bad jobs did you take that Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and/or veterans shunned?  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. Other bad jobs that I had that Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and/or veterans shunned were: doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; and pumping gasoline 1971-1972.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/during-made-in-america-week-maralago-seeks-foreign-workers/770795253
— Trump legal team trying to undercut Mueller (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the undercutters in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, in the Illinois Republican Party, in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, in the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, in the Illinois Center Right Coalition, in the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, in the etc.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/wapo-nyt-trump-legal-team-trying-to-undercut-mueller/770662902
— Nobody seems to know what the heck is happening on health care – MJ LEE AND LAUREN FOX  (DIERSEN: Democrats want the federal government, that is, those who pay federal taxes, to give free health care to all those who earn less than say $50,000/year.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/nobody-seems-to-know-whats-happening-on-health-care/770453025

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner declares Americans with Disabilities Act Day, Urbana organization reflect on law’s impact 27 years later – Senait Gebregiorgis  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because of my good health, I have always had an unfair advantage in life. They stress that in 1966, when I was 18, I passed physical examinations to be drafted and to work for the Post Office. While I worked for GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors assigned me to supervise all the offices’s disabled employees.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-declares-ada-day-urbana-organization-reflect-on-laws-impact-27-years-later

 

WSIL TV
— Trump legal team looking to investigate Mueller aides – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who successfully got a) the Post Office to officially investigate (that is, to disallow) my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969, b) IRS to officially investigate (that is, to disallow) my partial day per diem requests in 1974 (SEE:
http://www.gao.gov/products/463866), and c) IRS to officially investigate (that is, to disallow) my education deductions in 1978. My Democrat GAO superiors always had me under unofficial investigations to justify their forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, their always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, their not promoting me beyond GS-13, their keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and their forcing me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35937147/trump-legal-team-looking-to-investigate-mueller-aides

 

DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— Downers Grove Food And Beverage Tax Approved  Downers Grove approved a 1% food and beverage tax in a 5-1 vote Tuesday. The tax will go into effect January 2018. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/downers-grove-food-beverage-tax-approved

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— Does GOP in Illinois of Rauner era not take candidate recruitment seriously? – Gregory Tejeda  (DIERSEN: The Illinois Democrat Party wants the Illinois Republican Party to recruit candidates who will lose to Democrats, that is, candidates who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2017/07/does-gop-in-illinois-of-rauner-era-not.html

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Pro-life leader: ‘fabricated outrage’ unfair to women, Rauner
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511151165-pro-life-leader-fabricated-outrage-unfair-to-women-rauner

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Chicago Dems Attempt To Raid Suburban School Districts
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/chicago-dems-attempt-to-raid-suburban-school-districts

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “How Rauner profits: Illinois Policy Institute appointee doubled Illinois’ private equity investment.”
https://realgopillinois.com/2017/07/21/rauner-profits-illinois-policy-institute-appointee/

 

CITIZEN KELLY
— VIDEO: Watch Citizen Kelly’s epic takedown of #NeverTrump Gov. Rauner (DIERSEN: Who has run against you?  If you run against a candidate, you are anti that candidate, so, because William J. Kelly is running against Rauner, Kelly is anti-Rauner.  I should write a book about those in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. who officially or unofficially ran against me.  Many of the aforesaid continue to be hell-bent on destroying me.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCUODWUgxpQ

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Suburban property taxpayers would be on hook for CPS’ $17B in debt if schools bill becomes state law
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511150653-suburban-property-taxpayers-would-be-on-hook-for-cps-17b-in-debt-if-schools-bill-becomes-state-law

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Controversial conservative Brittany Clingen Carl joins Rauner team – Ruth de Jauregui  (DIERSEN: Are/were you controversial?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always called me controversial.  Only those who serve as operatives or as dupes for whoever has the most clout are not controversial.)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511150654-controversial-conservative-joins-rauner-team

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner professes ignorance, shifts blame for one-day body man to staff
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/21/rauner-professes-ignorance-shifts-blame-for-one-day-body-man-to-staff/
— Rauner sets Monday noon deadline, says he’ll call special session if SB 1 not sent to his desk
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/21/rauner-sets-monday-noon-deadline-says-hell-call-special-session-if-sb-1-not-sent-to-his-desk/
— “Nazi” abortion story to kick back up
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/21/nazi-abortion-story-to-kick-back-up/
— Kennedy campaign says story was “irresponsibly reported”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/21/kennedy-campaign-says-story-was-irresponsibly-reported/

 

GOPUSA
— 30 states willing to comply with President Trump’s election integrity commission  (DIERSEN: One could conclude that the other 20 states are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/30-states-willing-to-comply-with-president-trumps-election-integrity-commission/
— Michele Bachmann warns about ‘radical Islam’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27436
— TRAGIC: More U.S. households renting than at any point since 1965
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27500

 

THE BLAZE
— We can’t save the public school system. We can only save our children from it. – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-we-cant-save-the-public-school-system-we-can-only-save-our-children-from-it/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Be Very Worried About the Future of Free Expression – DAVID HARSANY  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes do not want me to freely express anything.  They want to manipulate/dominate everyone and everything.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449722/left-free-speech-new-danger
— The Looming Republican Disgrace – RICH LOWRY
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449720/republican-health-care-bill-looming-disgrace

 

DAILY CALLER
— US Postal Service Breaks Election Laws To Support Hillary, Media Silent – WILL RICCIARDELLA (DIERSEN: I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/20/us-postal-service-breaks-election-laws-to-support-hillary-media-silent/
— What Happens When The Races Are Reversed In A Police Shooting – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/21/what-happens-when-the-races-are-reversed-in-a-police-shooting/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Who is ‘wicked’? Billionaire’s got it backwards – Charlie Butts
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2017/07/20/who-is-wicked-billionaires-got-it-backwards

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— THE LIBERTARIAN HYPOCRISY TEST – Kent Kellar  (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian Party platform and the Republican Party platform.  I should write a book about Libertarian plants in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, in the Illinois Republican Party, in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, in the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, in the Illinois Center Right Coalition, in the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, in the etc. who work against me.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/07/20/the-libertarian-hypocrisy-test/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Stop Diverting Our Defense Dollars To Sex Change Surgery
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/26102

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Huge Free-Speech Win in Illinois: Court Stops State From Forcing Pro-Lifers to Promote Abortions – JAY HOBBS
http://www.christianpost.com/news/huge-free-speech-win-in-illinois-court-stops-state-from-forcing-pro-lifers-to-promote-abortions-192715/

 

THE HILL
— Republicans rally around Sessions after Trump criticism – KATIE BO WILLIAMS AND SCOTT WONG  (DIERSEN: Who rallies around you?  Very few rally around me because my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and they have made it very clear that they will use their operatives and their dupes to viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, any government, and any country that might rally around me. They stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/342964-republicans-rally-around-sessions-after-trump-criticism
— Trump attack puts Sessions in a bind – REBECCA SAVRANSKY AND JORDAN FABIAN  (DIERSEN: The following attacks by my Democrat superiors in the federal government put me in a bind. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343018-trump-attack-puts-sessions-in-bind

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary – GLENN THRUSH
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/us/politics/sean-spicer-resigns-as-white-house-press-secretary.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump’s Fury Erodes His Relationship With Sessions, an Early Ally – GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/us/politics/trump-jeff-sessions-attorney-general.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “President Trump’s Contempt for the Rule of Law.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/opinion/donald-trump-sessions-interview-law.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: These Americans Hated the Health Law. Until the Idea of Repeal Sank In. – KATE ZERNIKE and ABBY GOODNOUGH (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial and/or health problems. They are furious that my wife and I have Medicare and that the federal government subsidizes $17,288 a year of our health, dental, and vision insurance because I am a federal retiree.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/health/affordable-care-act-repeal-popularity-doylestown-pennsylvania.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democratic state attorneys general encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/democratic-state-ags-urge-trump-to-keep-daca-say-it-has-boosted-the-economy/2017/07/20/2b13f43c-6da8-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html
— Hits on federal retirement advance as bill is introduced to fire feds for ‘no cause at all’ – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/07/21/hits-on-federal-retirement-advance-as-bill-is-introduced-to-fire-feds-for-no-cause-at-all/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Future federal employees could lose their jobs much more easily under legislation introduced by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-Ind.). He wants all new feds to be considered at-will employees, meaning they “may be removed/suspended without notice or right to appeal for good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all,” according to a summary of the legislation. This represents no understanding that civil service protections are designed to protect not just staffers, but also the public from a government bureaucracy riven with political favoritism, as was the case under the spoils system. Even members of Congress eager to fire feds faster must know that this drastic proposal runs afoul of a basic and long-standing principle that says government staffers should be protected from willy-nilly punishment by political operatives. While Rokita’s plan demonstrates the extremes to which the fire-feds-faster crowd will go, presumably, but perhaps not assuredly, there are enough people in Congress who know better. I doubt his legislation will fly. . .Not all Republicans want to punish feds. Nine GOP House members signed a letter in June opposing Trump’s proposal, because it would renege on the retirement promised to feds when they joined the government. “Congress and the administration cannot balance the federal budget on the backs of our federal workers,” said one of the letter signers, Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), after the House plan was released Tuesday. “Many of our federal employees work at the CIA, Pentagon, FBI, law enforcement, homeland security and intelligence agencies.  They and our federal workforce are dedicated hard-working professionals who work day and night to protect our homeland and national security, cure diseases, and provide services that help the American people.”)

 

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
— Senators unveil draft of a new ‘DREAM Act’ that Trump is already rejecting
http://www.sfexaminer.com/senators-unveil-draft-new-dream-act-trump-already-rejecting/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Neutrality’ for Thee, but Not for Google, Facebook and Amazon  The internet giants driving net neutrality are happy to skew your web experience to goose their profits. – Ev Ehrlich  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to drive you only to websites that they manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/neutrality-for-thee-but-not-for-google-facebook-and-amazon-1500591612

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump doesn’t spare loyalists – Susan Page
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170721/281496456342728
— Conservatives are increasingly hostile to higher ed. Who can blame them? – Noah Rothman
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/20/conservatives-hostile-higher-education-good-reasons-noah-rothman-column/478906001/
— Review: Dodge Demon is a 840-horsepower slice of muscle-car heaven – Mark Phelan  (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate such cars.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/07/20/review-840-horsepower-dodge-demon-slice-muscle-car-heaven/493748001/

 

GAO
— GAO Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion Month through Storytelling  (DIERSEN: GAO should tell its story of how it does not hire, wastes the careers of, and/or gets rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran to promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USGAO/2017/07/21/file_attachments/850526/MN4421.pdf

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups want Trump to “take a ‘moral’ stand on immigrants:” anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/20/trump-undocumented-immigrants-dream-act-congress

July 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— CPS principals get budget, schools slated to open on time – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/education/cps-principals-get-budget-schools-slated-to-open-on-time/2237692/

 

NBC5
— Chicago Public Schools Receive 2017-18 Budget – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-public-schools-unveil-budget-insist-theyll-open-on-time-435721683.html
— Confusion Over Whether Rauner Will Sign Automatic Voter Registration: Sources  The bill allows voters to automatically be registered to vote through an electronic process when applying for a driver’s license or state ID, unless they opt out. – Mary Ann Ahern  (DIERSEN: From what I see, overwhelmingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that want Rauner to sign the bill are anti-Rauner, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/rauner-automatic-voter-registration-bill-sources-435655573.html

 

WLS
— Preckwinkle describes Rauner as “evil” – Bill Cameron  (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, Democrats will describe you a being “evil” if you do not promote dependency on government, dependency of charity, LBGTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, etc.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/07/20/preckwinkle-describes-rauner-as-evil/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chris Kennedy: Health insurance key to ‘American dream’ — but not for his staffers – Tina Sfondeles  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they a) want Republicans to pay for health insurance for Democrats and b) want those who have more money to pay for health insurance for those who have less money.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kennedy-health-insurance-key-to-american-dream-but-not-for-staffers/
— CPS expects 8,000 fewer students; per-pupil spending to increase $200 – Lauren FitzPatrick and Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/cps-per-pupil-funding-to-increase-slightly-for-2017-18-school-year/
— Illinois avoids credit ‘junk’ heap — for now – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-avoids-credit-junk-heap-for-now/
— Alderman Roberto Maldonado (26th) says cops were rude — they say he was trying to use clout – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/alderman-says-cops-were-rude-they-say-he-was-trying-to-use-clout/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote abortion.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/neil-steinberg-abortion-rights-holocaust/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE:  A “Jewish, pro-choice woman who represents a large LGBTQ constituency” (Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago ) says of Rauner “I am insulted by you from all sides.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/letters-rauner-hoodwinked-moderates/
— Preckwinkle dubs Rauner ‘profoundly inept … mean-spirited’ — and ‘evil’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/preckwinkle-dubs-rauner-profoundly-inept-mean-spirted-and-evil/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The flaws of Rauner and Madigan: Fatal or fixable? – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-rauner-madigan-flaws-mcqueary-perspec-0721-jm-20170720-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools principals to see a slight rise in per-pupil spending – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-school-budget-plans-met-20170720-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “How three Republican state representatives saved Rauner from himself.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-how-three-republican-state-representatives-saved-rauner-from-himself-20170720-story.html
— Why black homeownership rates lag even as the housing market recovers – Gail MarksJarvis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-black-homeownership-plunges-0723-biz-20170720-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump pulls Obamacare help in Chicago, 17 other cities – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170720/NEWS03/170729973/trump-pulls-obamacare-help-in-chicago-17-other-cities
— Chicago schools will open and stay open this fall, Claypool vows – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170720/BLOGS02/170729976/chicago-public-schools-will-open-this-fall-claypool-vows
— Slow housing recovery hurting Gen Xers – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: In 1978, after owning it for less than 2 years, I sold my one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago for about $10,000 more than I had paid for it.  At the time, my GS-12 Step 4 IRS salary was $24,070.  GS-12 Step 4 salary today is $87,520.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170720/CRED0701/170729981/slow-housing-recovery-hurting-gen-xers

 

DAILY HERALD
— Judge considering dismissing Geneva election complaint case – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170720/judge-considering-dismissing-geneva-election-complaint-case

 

CHICAGO NOW
— The other Madigan–Shirley–whose time should be up – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2017/07/the-other-madigan-shirley-whose-time-should-be-up/

 

WIRE POINTS
— Rauner’s New Staff, Extremism and the Stockholm Syndrome – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/rauners-new-staff-extremism-and-the-stockholm-syndrome-wirepoints-original/

 

SAGAMON SUN
— Hairdressers up to task of identifying abuse, offering aid – Jireh Gibson (DIERSEN: What about barbers?)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511115684-hairdressers-up-to-task-of-identifying-abuse-offering-aid

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner blasts critics playing politics around response to historic flooding – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-blasts-critics-playing-politics-around-response-to-historic-flooding/article_165287dc-6d69-11e7-881c-eb9bbc4023e3.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Rauner’s New Staffer Denounced by Leftists – Laurie Higgins  (DIERSEN: Who denounces you? Members of the following groups denounce me: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/07/rauners-new-staffer-denounced-by-leftists/
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/podcast-rauners-new-staffer-denounced-by-leftists/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Bad to the Brain: Marijuana’s Effects on Adolescents – Monte Larrick
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/bad-brain-marijuanas-effects-adolescents/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL HOUSE DEMS FLAUNT THOSE MISGUIDED GOP BUDGET VOTES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/il-house-dems-flaunt-those-misguided-gop-budget-votes.html
— TIME TO FIRE MRS. MADIGAN, WHO GIFTS SELECT TV STATIONS WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/time-to-fire-mrs-madigan-who-gifts-select-tv-stations-with-taxpayer-dollars.html
— PREGNANCY CENTERS WIN SECOND INJUNCTION AGAINST ILLINOIS ABORTION REFERRAL MANDATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/pregnancy-centers-win-second-injunction-against-illinois-abortion-referral-mandate.html
— COOK COUNTY CLERK BLASTS FELLOW DEM COUNTY ASSESSOR: THERE IS A PROPERTY TAX CRISIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/cook-county-clerk-blasts-county-assessor-there-is-a-crisis-in-property-.html

 

REAL GOP ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners ask “Why isn’t AFP targeting Rauner’s “pet” GOP legislators on tax hike veto?”
https://realgopillinois.com/2017/07/20/afp-skips-gov-rauners-pet-republican-legislators-voted-tax-override/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “ILGOP claims Madigan holding schoolchildren hostage for CPS bailout.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/ilgop-claims-madigan-holding-schoolchildren-hostage-for-cps-bailout/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Rauner claims SDems are shameful for using procedural quirk to hold SB 1 hostage.”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/rauner-claims-sdems-are-shameful-for-using-procedural-quirk-to-hold-sb-1-hostage/
— A quick look at campaign spending
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/a-quick-look-at-campaign-spending/
— “Pay Now Illinois” lawsuit dismissed
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/pay-now-illinois-lawsuit-dismissed/
— Kennedy claims new DCFS report is proof Rauner wants to “sabotage government”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/kennedy-claims-new-dcfs-report-is-proof-rauner-wants-to-sabotage-government/

 

GOPUSA
— Minneapolis police union silent after Justine Damond shooting
http://www.gopusa.com/minneapolis-police-union-silent-after-justine-damond-shooting/
— DNC vows to combat Donald Trump’s election integrity commission  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries combat Donald Trump’s election integrity commission? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27463
— Rosie has her ‘kill Trump’ game — Trump has the White House
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27390

 

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Enforcement First’: White House Unlikely To Support Senate Bill For ‘Dreamers’ – Will Racke
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/20/enforcement-first-white-house-unlikely-to-support-senate-bill-for-dreamers/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Black Minister Jesse Lee Peterson’s Mic Cut Off After Accusing CA Democrats of Hating Black People – JEFFREY CAWOOD
http://www.dailywire.com/news/18789/watch-black-ministers-mic-cut-after-accusing-ca-jeffrey-cawood#

 

CNS NEWS
— Senators Re-Introduce Controversial Young Immigrant Amnesty Bill – Annabel Scott
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/annabel-scott/senators-re-introduce-controversial-young-immigrant-amnesty-bill

 

BREITBART
— Major Increase in Palestinian Authority Payments to Terrorists
http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/07/20/watchdog-major-increase-palestinian-authority-payments-terrorists/
— Teens on African Robotics Team Disappear from D.C., Two Spotted Crossing into Canada – Katherine Rodriguez
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/20/teens-african-robotics-team-disappear-d-c-two-spotted-crossing-canada/
— RNC Breaks Another Fundraising Record, Raises Record $13.4 Million in June – BEN KEW
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/20/rnc-breaks-another-fundraising-record-raises-record-13-4-million-in-june/

 

CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH
— Casino Bus Tours Linked to Risk of Problem Gambling for Older Adults
http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/casino-bus-tours-linked-to-risk-of-problem-gambling-for-older-adults-635572263.html

 

ROLL CALL
— Democrats Want Probe of Interior Scientists’ Reassignments – Elvina Nawaguna  (DIERSEN: Republicans should want a probe of how GAO treated its employees during the 1980s and 1990s who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/cantwell-to-ask-interior-oig-to-probe-scientists-reassignments

 

MSNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “House Republican Mike Simpson dismisses Trump as a distraction.”
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/house-republican-dismisses-trump-distraction

 

CNN
— Trump’s blast of Sessions has ‘chilling’ effect inside West Wing – Jeff Zeleny and Dan Merica  (DIERSEN: The following had a chilling effect on my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who shared my demographics: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/politics/trump-loyalty-sessions-white-house/index.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s Sessions remarks show penchant for shaming – AP (DIERSEN: Who shames you? One could say that a) my Democrat GAO superiors shamed me when they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors shamed me when they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors shamed me when they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  One could say that my critics/opponents shamed me when they ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, ended my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/analysis-trump-sessions-comments-show-penchant-for-shaming/2017/07/20/293c42f0-6d8e-11e7-abbc-a53480672286_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Fed up with California, some conservatives look to Texas – Jenny Jarvie
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-texas-california-conservatives-2017-story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Finally, a college cracks down on the left’s snowflake fascists – Editorial
http://nypost.com/2017/07/19/finally-a-college-cracks-down-on-the-lefts-snowflake-fascists/

 

DAILY REPUBLIC
— Minneapolis police chief: Damond ‘didn’t have to die’ – Reuters
http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/4300582-minneapolis-police-chief-damond-didnt-have-die

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Jeff Sessions Says He Plans to Continue as Attorney General  Says he is ‘wholeheartedly’ pursuing the president’s agenda – Aruna Viswanatha  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: While I worked for the federal government, what if I had ‘wholeheartedly’ pursued the Democrat Party’s agenda? ANSWER: The federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jeff-sessions-says-he-to-plans-on-continuing-as-attorney-general-1500562008
http://www.wsj.com/video/sessions-plans-to-remain-in-post-after-trump-rebuke/982CE73C-1C6E-44AE-9BA8-3C8BCEF052ED.html

July 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Brain cancer afflicting McCain killed Gene Siskel, Tim Weigel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brain-cancer-afflicting-mccain-also-killed-gene-siskel-tim-weigel/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Why Trump gets away with ‘Made in America’ hypocrisy.” (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout that the engine in my 2013 Dodge Charger R/T was made in Mexico, that the transmission was made in Germany, and that the car was assembled in Canada.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/cupp/
— Trump: Wouldn’t have picked Sessions if he knew of recusal plans – AP  (DIERSEN: If they knew that I was never going to become a Democrat, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-sessions-never-should-have-recused-self-from-russian-probe/
— Naperville teen deserved better from his school and police – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-naperville-teen-deserved-better-from-his-school-and-police/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue against “buy American.”  Anti-Trumps promote anything and everything that is made in foreign countries. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps pride themselves in being anti-American.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-made-in-usa-products-20170719-story.html
— VERY SAD: Harley-Davidson on a bumpy ride with motorcycle-adverse millennials – Robert Reed  (DIERSEN: Do/did you own a motorcycle?  While I have never owned a motorcycle, I own a 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang.  I have owned a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-motorcycles-millennials-sales-decline-robert-reed-0720-biz-20170718-column.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Why video gambling needs more local control – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.  Government should not promote vice.  What percent of those who video gamble in Illinois are on welfare or will be on welfare – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170719/editorial-why-video-gambling-needs-more-local-control
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: We’ve never been thrilled about video gambling, and its expansion beyond the initial locales written into the law — bars, restaurants, fraternal organizations, veterans groups and truck stops — troubles us a bit. Putting gambling machines where kids pass them on the way to the breakfast cereal aisle seems like a new frontier. “That’s what they have in Las Vegas,” said longtime gambling opponent Anita Bedell, executive director of the Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems. We’re not arguing any longer to do away with video gambling, and even if we were, we recognizue the challenge it would be to replace that revenue source. Illinois took in $27.6 million and towns got $5.5 million in May alone. But we can back a change to state law proposed by the Antioch Village Board, where at least one trustee intended for the Piggly Wiggly to get the liquor license but not video gambling. The village board, in a resolution, points out a fault in the gambling licensure process — once local authorities give a license to serve liquor, they have no control over whether that business also gets a gambling license. That’s handled by the Illinois Gaming Board. If towns don’t like it, their only choice is to opt out of video gambling altogether. In issuing the liquor license, “I would have preferred to add a clause that prevented gaming, but … that was not an option,” Antioch Mayor Larry Hanson said of the Piggly Wiggly. situation. Why not make it an option? It’s reasonable to let local authorities set limits within the boundaries of the existing law. Antioch’s example provides a persuasive argument for making the change.)
— Lake County sheriff to electronically monitor Hastert
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170719/lake-county-sheriff-to-electronically-monitor-hastert
— Summer school becoming more the norm – David F. Larson  (DIERSEN: Did you attend summer school while you earned your high school diploma and your bachelor’s degree?  I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; washed dishes during the summer of 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of in 1966; and delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. I attended summer school at NIU during 1970 so that I could graduate in August of 1970.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170719/summer-school-becoming-more-the-norm

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— U of C to house undergrads at pricey off-campus building – STEVEN R. STRAHLER  (DIERSEN: Where did you live while you earned your bachelor’s degree?  I lived in the “pricey” University Plaza Dormitory (
https://www.uplaza.com/) in DeKalb for three semesters 1969-1970 and in “pricey” Lincolnshire West Apartments (http://www.lincolnshirewest-apts.com/) in DeKalb during the summer of 1970. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to paint me as having always been filthy rich.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170720/NEWS13/170729991
— Obamacare repeal plan bad for Illinois kids, schools – DANIEL J. MONTGOMERY, President, Illinois Federation of Teachers.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170720/OPINION/170729988/obamacare-repeal-plan-bad-for-illinois-schools

 

WTTW
— William J. Kelly Running as Republican Alternative to Rauner – Alexandra Silets
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/07/19/william-j-kelly-running-republican-alternative-rauner

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rasmussen was registered lobbyist before becoming Rauner staffer – Doug Finke  (DIERSEN: Can I register as a lobbyist for the Republican Party platform, for the Illinois Republican Party platform, and for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170719/rasmussen-was-registered-lobbyist-before-becoming-rauner-staffer

 

PEKIN TIMES
— Lawmakers take positive step with modest tax hike – Bill Knight  (DIERSEN: Democrats what individuals, organizations, and companies that are members of the following groups to pay more taxes: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20170720/knight-lawmakers-take-positive-step-with-modest-tax-hike

 

RIVER BENDER
— Dozens rally to support evidence-based school funding – Cory Davenport  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want to use government a) to take more and more and more money away from Republicans and to give that money to Democrats and b) to take more and more and more money away from those who have more money and to give that money to those who have less money.)
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/dozens-rally-to-support-evidencebased-school-funding-22158.cfm

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Demand our leaders choose children over politics – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Anti-Republicans always claim that they are “for the children.”)
http://www.qconline.com/editorials/editorial-demand-our-leaders-choose-children-over-politics/article_b82ae87b-8a28-5843-b854-79b94755e3a5.html

 

TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jim Nowlan blasts the Illinois Policy Institute.
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/state-affairs-someone-needs-to-call-out-the-ipi/article_a84e2d15-78bf-5221-bd43-76cf27962e17.html

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Dying for better health care  Protest aims to put pressure on Rauner – Scott Faingold  (DIERSEN: What has helped you afford health care insurance? For me, it was my being a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, and for my wife and I, since 1997 and for the rest of our lives, it will continue to be my being a federal retiree. The federal government pays 75% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums.  In addition, we are both covered by Medicare. Of course, the aforesaid aggravates the hatred that my critics, their operatives, and their dupes have against me.)
http://illinoistimes.com/article-18921-dying-for-better-health-care.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Is Illinois In Need Of A Constitutional Convention? – SEAN CRAWFORD  (DIERSEN: Because individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors DOMINATE ILLINOIS, ANY CHANGES TO THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION WOULD SCREW INDIVIDUALS, SCREW ORGANIZATIONS, SCREW COMPANIES, SCREW GOVERNMENTS, AND SCREW COUNTRIES THAT ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-need-constitutional-convention#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Kasich talks and acts like he is not only anti-Trump, but like he is anti-Republican.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/kasich-people-breathing-a-sigh-of-relief-after-health-care-bill-folds/768737956

 

WEST SUBURBAN JOURNAL
—  State Rep. Chris Welch: Budget ‘a huge deal’ for state, 7th District – MIKE SANDROLINI
https://westsuburbanjournal.com/welch-budget-a-huge-deal-for-state-7th-district/

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Rauner applauds efforts to combat Lake County flooding – Kacie Whaley  (DIERSEN: I would hope that Rauner would applaud my many efforts since 1984 to combat storm water and lot drainage problems at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.  Those efforts would not have been necessary if Wheaton had not approved a woefully inadequate lot drainage plan for the subdivision and if Wheaton had not allowed building and construction codes to be violated.)
http://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511150345-rauner-applauds-efforts-to-combat-lake-county-flooding

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— LaHood: Federal budget cuts are a must, just not Peoria USDA lab – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/agriculture/lahood-federal-budget-cuts-are-a-must-just-not-peoria/article_4b03c698-6cc0-11e7-b4dd-83205657ad87.html

 

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
— Americans for Prosperity-Illinois Announces Accountability Effort on Veto Override Support  Organization targets 16 state representatives for supporting permanent income tax increase
https://americansforprosperity.org/americans-prosperity-illinois-announces-accountability-effort-veto-override-support/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Conservative Gets Under Thin Skins of Petulant Progressive News Anchors – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: Whose thin skins do you get under?  With my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, I get under the thin skins of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/conservative-gets-thin-skins-petulant-progressive-news-anchors/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner once declared he’d never hire lobbyists as senior staff, then he did   (DIERSEN: Can I register as a lobbyist for the Republican Party platform, for the Illinois Republican Party platform, and for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling?)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/rauner-once-declared-hed-never-hire-lobbyists-as-senior-staff-then-he-did/
— New AFP-IL mailers target some who voted to override Rauner’s tax hike veto
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/20/new-afp-il-mailers-target-some-who-voted-to-override-rauners-tax-hike-veto/

 

GOPUSA
— Limbaugh: Establishment unifying to get rid of Donald Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27425
— Trump regrets choosing Jeff Sessions as AG  (DIERSEN: The Democrats who ran the federal government in 1966, 1971, and 1980 regret hiring me.  If they knew that I was never going to become a Democrat, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27432

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— SLAVERY – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/slavery/

 

THE BLAZE
— North Korea carries out public executions for watching South Korean media – Kate Scanlon  (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes execute you for reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, please let me know immediately.  Just kidding, but not completely.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/19/report-north-korea-carries-out-public-executions-for-watching-south-korean-media/

 

BREITBART
— L.A. Sees 60% Jump in Deportation Cases Under Trump – AWR HAWKINS
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/07/19/la-deportation-cases-jump-60-percent-president-trump/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Media Straight-Up Ignore A Scandal – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: The media ignore that which it cannot spin to promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and/or the Green Party platform.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/19/media-ignore-womens-marchs-support-for-a-terrorist-three-days-in-a-row/
— Tax-Funded Anti-Poverty Groups Pay Their CEOs Huge Salaries – ETHAN BARTON AND JENNIFER DUPLESSIE
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/19/tax-funded-anti-poverty-groups-pay-their-ceos-huge-salaries/
— Apparently Memorials Now Foster ‘White Heterosexual Male Supremacy’ – Rob Shimshock
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/19/apparently-memorials-now-foster-white-heterosexual-male-supremacy/

 

NEWSMAX
— FreedomWorks Has Traitor Awards for Senators Against Repeal – Solange Reyner
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/freedomworks-giving-traitor-awards/2017/07/19/id/802676/

 

DAILY WIRE
— INSANITY: Purdue Hands Out ‘Privilege Scorecards’ To Students – SAUL TEETER  (DIERSEN: From what I see, a) you lose privilege points if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider (except Bill Clinton), and/or and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) you gain privilege points if you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailywire.com/news/18735/insanity-purdue-hands-out-privilege-scorecards-daily-wire
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Did you think Brooklyn’s “Check Your Privilege” cards were amazing? Then you’ll love this: Mike Allison at Turning Point News is reporting that students in a Purdue University class were given “Privilege Scorecards,” which is somehow stupider than it sounds. The questionnaire takes eleven totally arbitrary categories and awards points based on your answers. Because that is how equality works. There is much of the usual nonsense present: White and Asian people earn 25 and 10 points, respectively, while Latino and Black people are deducted points; Women lose 50 points, but gain back 20 points if they are cisgender women. Gay people lose 100 points, which I find deeply insulting as a gay man who would love nothing more than to just be counted the same as everybody else. Not to worry though, since the goal seems to be to get as far in the negatives as possible. A gay, intersex, trans, black, Middle-Eastern, Muslim, homeless, blind, short, ugly scientist who cannot add and is filling the form out on a Friday night would have -2570 points, which is of course a big win for that population. For some reason, Jews (against whom the majority of religiously-motivated hate crimes are committed) are awarded 25 points, while Christians are awarded 5 and Muslims lose 50. Jewish exclusion is not a surprise, since this comes from the same branch of leftism as the Chicago Dyke March (of “Zio” fame). This scorecard is a logical endgame of the emphasis that leftists have been putting on victimhood and the Oppression Olympics, championing those who have perceived disadvantages as inherently more virtuous. The obvious logical flaw here is that separating groups of people by physical characteristics and then assigning them virtue is the dictionary definition of racism. Purdue, by the way, is a publicly-funded university.)

 

FEDERALIST
— Ultra-Rich Gay Activist On Targeting Christians: It’s Time To ‘Punish The Wicked’ – Bre Payton
http://thefederalist.com/2017/07/19/ultra-rich-gay-activist-targeting-christians-time-punish-wicked/

 

THE HILL
— Graham, Durbin revive bill to help ‘Dreamers’ – RAFAEL BERNAL  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups put DREAMers ahead of Americans: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/342785-graham-durbin-revive-bill-to-help-dreamers
— Trump tries to bend Congress to his will – NIALL STANAGE  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents focus on bending everyone and everything to their will.  They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy everyone and everything that they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/342837-trump-tries-to-bend-congress-to-his-will

 

ROLL CALL
— Conservatives Plot Payback for Obamacare Repeal Failure  Outside groups warn that Republicans could lose control of Congress
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/conservatives-obamacare-payback-lawmakers

 

POLITICO
— New hires create minefield for Illinois governor – NATASHA KORECKI  (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986.  My Democrats IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/19/new-hires-create-minefield-illinois-governor-rauner-240737
— Senate Republicans still at impasse after late-night health care meeting  GOP senators engaged in talks late Wednesday night to try to revive their bill to repeal and replace Obamacare after Trump told senators they shouldn’t leave town without action. – BURGESS EVERETT, SEUNG MIN KIM and JENNIFER HABERKORN
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/19/trump-congress-no-recess-health-care-240718

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Tax Dollars Become Weapon on a New Front in the Culture Wars  States try to limit official travel to places they deem discriminatory. (DIERSEN: Illinois Democrats and RINOs would love to ban travel to any state, any county, any township/ward, any municipality, and any precinct that voted for Trump.  Illinois Democrats and RINOs want to get rid of any state, any county, any township/ward, any municipality, and any precinct that voted for Trump.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/public-employee-travel.html

 

MIAMI HERALD
— DREAMers’ hope for amnesty is in danger – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps use DREAMers to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump supporters as being racists and even worse things.)
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article162594638.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: CBO: Senate Republican Obamacare repeal plan would increase uninsured by 32 million in 2026 – Maureen Groppe (DIERSEN: What has helped you afford health care insurance?  For me, it was my being a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, and for my wife and I, since 1997 and for the rest of our lives, it will continue to be my being a federal retiree. The federal government pays 75% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums.  In addition, we are both covered by Medicare.  Of course, the aforesaid aggravates the hatred that my critics, their operatives, and their dupes have against me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/19/cbo-senate-republican-obamacare-repeal/493791001/
— Americans are not naming their babies ‘Donald.’ Trump may have something to do with that – Waseem Abbasi  (DIERSEN: Under the table, to promote hatred against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes link me to David Duke.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/19/americans-name-child-donald/472230001/
— Teachers union boss skewers Betsy DeVos on vouchers, likening them to ‘cousins’ of segregation – Greg Toppo  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents for sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/20/union-leader-school-vouchers-polite-cousins-segregation/493617001/

 

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
— Public editors disappear as media distrust grows – Jackie Spinner (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes urge everyone to distrust me and to distrust my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
https://www.cjr.org/special_report/public-editors-disappearing.php

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Latest ‘Hate’ Smear Target Is a Civil-Rights Group  The media again parrots the Southern Poverty Law Center’s scurrilous claims. – Edwin Meese III  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who calls who a hater? ANSWER: Members of Group A call members of Group B haters.  Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-latest-hate-smear-target-is-a-civil-rights-group-1500500854
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The headlines were both inflammatory and untrue: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions Criticized for Speaking to ‘Hate Group,’ ” reported NBC. Reports from ABC and other major news outlets used similar language. Readers might be surprised to learn that the group in question is the Alliance Defending Freedom, a respected civil-rights law firm. So where did this scurrilous charge originate? With the Southern Poverty Law Center, which labels the ADF a “hate group.” The designation had nothing to do with the law firm’s policies or behavior. It’s just that the SPLC objects to its traditional views on the Constitution, the First Amendment and the meaning of marriage. No responsible media outlet should parrot the SPLC’s hate list without seeking to understand not only its motives but also the consequences of spreading false charges. I have personally known the ADF’s founder, Alan Sears, and its president, Mike Farris, for decades. Each has committed his life to fighting for justice, the rule of law, and a better future for all Americans. When I was attorney general in the 1980s, Alan worked for the Commission on Pornography, fighting for stronger laws against obscenity while protecting the First Amendment. Mike is a pastor, the founder of Patrick Henry College, and an extraordinary litigator. Together they have led the ADF to numerous victories at the Supreme Court, including this year’s 7-2 win in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer, a landmark case on church-state relations. I also know Mr. Sessions as a colleague and friend. His distinguished service to the nation over three decades, now as part of the Trump administration, has been rewarded with vicious attacks by the media and political opponents.)

 

FORBES
— Replace Shirley Madigan on the Illinois Arts Council – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2017/07/19/replace-shirley-madigan-on-the-illinois-arts-council/#2883b74b61a4
— Why Universal Basic Income Is ‘Immoral’, Says This Indian Journalist – Kenneth Rapoza
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2017/07/20/why-universal-basic-income-is-immoral-says-this-indian-journalist/#1a9442b917da

 

THINK PROGRESS
— Whistleblower protections are on shaky ground under Trump – Lauren C. Williams  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, I blew the whistle on patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government.)
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-intel-nominations-1161ce312912

July 18 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner quickly hires new lead political operative as staff shuffle continues – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-new-adviser-20170718-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites use Chicago water department employees to blame all the problems that minorities have on Whites.  Who hired and supervised the Chicago Water department employees?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-water-department-emails-dahleen-glanton-20170717-column.html
— It’s getting harder for kids to move up the economic ladder. He’s got ideas how to fix that. – Kate MacArthur  (DIERSEN: If you earn/earned more money than your parents, what are the main reasons for that? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, he fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, he died suddenly from heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21, and he never earned more than about $40,000 a year in today’s dollars. My mother never attended high school and did not get a job until after my father died. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I earned more money than my parents because I was born a healthy White male, I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, I have always been privileged, I avoided the draft, and the federal government grossly overpaid me.  In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-bsi-cmap-lazaro-lopez-20170713-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The percentage of Americans earning more than their parents did at the same age has plunged over the past 50 years, especially in Illinois and other Midwestern states. For Chicago-area residents to improve their ability to move up the economic ladder, we must change our education and employment systems, says Lazaro Lopez, chair of the Illinois Community College Board. He will be a panelist on the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s July 19 forum on the future of economic opportunity. It’s part of an effort to engage community members as the agency prepares to develop its 2050 regional plan.)
— Dennis Hastert returns to Illinois to complete sentence after ‘fall from grace’ – Christy Gutowski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dennis-hastert-released-chicago-20170718-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner tops all gov candidates in cash; Pritzker has most among Dems – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-tops-all-gov-candidates-in-cash-pritzker-has-most-among-dems/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner reported $20,639,341.82 in contributions, with the bulk coming from Illinois’ richest man, Ken Griffin, who dumped $20 million into Rauner’s campaign fund in May. That individual contribution was second in size in state history only to the one that Rauner gave himself last December — $50 million. The incumbent’s campaign spent $3,398,395.34 — including a $1.5 million contribution to the Illinois Republican party — and it’s on the hook for $39,625 in other debts and obligations. Rauner also reported $68,221.41 in in-kind contributions. With $67,633,577.05 cash on hand, his war chest dwarfs his Democratic challengers.)
— Dennis Hastert out of Minnesota prison – Jon Seidel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dennis-hastert-out-of-minnesota-prison-bop-records-show/
–DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, Democrats shout that the only reason why government should exist is a) to take money away from those who have more money and b) to give that money to those who have less money.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/jackson-trumps-cold-hearted-agenda-is-immoral/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Encourage good media – Lee Hamilton  (DIERSEN: Who manipulates/dominates you?  My critics/opponents focus on having their operatives and their dupes destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that they cannot manipulate/dominate. They want to destroy me because they cannot manipulate/dominate me.  So far, their tremendous efforts to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out has been unsuccessful.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170718/encourage-good-media

 

ABC7
— Dennis Hastert released from federal prison in Minnesota – AP  (DIERSEN: GAO works for Congress. All during the time (2000-2005) that Diersen v. GAO (
https://gopillinois.com/documents/) was pending in the federal courts in Chicago, Dennis Hastert was the Speaker of the House, Peter Fitzgerald was my U.S. Senator, and Henry Hyde was my U.S. Representative.  One could conclude a) that because Fitzgerald appointed both the district court judge in the case and the attorney who represented GAO, b) that because GAO never offered to settle, c) that because the district court denied my 7th Amendment rights and granted GAO summary judgment, and d) that because the appellate court upheld that decision, that Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde sided with the Democrats who ran GAO, that is, that Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.  Hyde may have tried to help me because in 1989, he intervened for me, and if he had not done that, the Democrats who ran GAO back then might have succeeded in getting rid of me.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always sided with the Democrats who ran/run GAO.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/dennis-hastert-released-from-federal-prison-in-minnesota/2229162/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Caterpillar honored at White House Made in America event
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/caterpillar-honored-at-white-house-made-in-america-event-07-18-2017

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner demands school funding bill so he can cut Chicago money – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170717/rauner-demands-school-funding-bill-so-he-can-cut-chicago-money

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Big dogs fight, again … with schools at risk – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-18/jim-dey-big-dogs-fight-again-schools-risk.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Caterpillar ‘ready to pull out all the stops’ for tax reform – Matt Buedel
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170717/caterpillar-ready-to-pull-out-all-stops-for-tax-reform

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— No red carpet for Trump, says London Mayor Khan  Opposes president on immigration – SAMUEL BURKE AND HILARY CLARKE
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/no-red-carpet-for-trump-says-london-mayor-khan/767528406

 

CHIAGOIST
— The Mass, Post-Budget Exodus From Rauner’s Office Keeps Rolling On
http://chicagoist.com/2017/07/18/mass_exodus_from_rauners_office_con.php

 

CHICAGO NOW
— A 10th CD contested Republican Primary: Berkowitz w/Doug Bennett
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/07/a-10th-cd-contested-republican-primary-berkowitz-wdoug-bennett-cableweb/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois congressmen: Republican voters should be angry if Obamacare repeal fails – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/illinois-congressmen-republican-voters-should-be-angry-if-obamacare-repeal/article_e288f054-6a9c-11e7-8d39-8b1d2125ed36.html

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Employment Opportunity: Election Warehouse Laborer
http://www.dupageco.org/HR/Jobs/55340/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Urge Governor Rauner: Please Veto These Two Terrible Bills (HB 1785 and HB 40) – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/urge-governor-rauner-please-veto-two-terrible-bills/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Poll: Rauner disapproval at 49 percent  (DIERSEN: Who focuses on driving up your disapproval rating?  What do you say to “Republicans” who hint/imply/argue/shout that I drive up their disapproval ratings a) by my including links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that they disapprove of and b) by my complaining when they fail/refuse to defend/advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and/or the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling?)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/18/poll-rauner-disapproval-at-49-percent/
— The one-day body man (DIERSEN: It seems to be increasingly obvious that there are too many anti-Rauners in the Rauner administration who leak information to Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media to harm Rauner.  These anti-Rauners do not want anyone to first learn of anything by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/18/the-one-day-body-man/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I had been saving this little tidbit for subscribers tomorrow, but I’m sure there will be plenty of other stuff to tell them. Rauner did, indeed, personally interview Tracy according to my own sources…)

 

GOPUSA
— Bloody Chicago: 56 wounded, 11 fatally, in weekend shootings
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27296
— Years of Dishonesty Cost the GOP
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27283

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— ORGANIZING FOR ANARCHY  His party may be falling apart, but Obama’s community organizing group is going strong. – Matthew Vadum
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267308/organizing-anarchy-matthew-vadum

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: Unity-challenged GOP has come a long way since last year’s convention – Jeffrey A. Rendall  (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponents paint you as being a political outsider or as a being political insider?)
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/26073-outsiders-vs-insiders-unity-challenged-gop-has-come-long-way-last-year%E2%80%99s-convention

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— JUNE 20, 2017 FLASHBACK: Denny Hastert and the D.C. Swamp – Lee Cary  (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political position.)
http://canadafreepress.com/article/denny-hastert-and-the-d.c.-swamp

 

POLITICO
— RAUNER hiring imbroglio – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: Who considers you to be “dispensable?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the following consider me to be dispensable: Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes consider virtually everyone and everything to be dispensable.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/07/18/politico-illinois-playbook-rauner-hiring-imbroglio-biss-leads-kennedy-pawar-in-fundraising-its-governor-vs-cps-again-221373
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Takeaway 1: It’s Proft and Illinois Policy Institute’s John Tillman who are key Rauner influencers right now. That’s driven out staffers who resigned in protest of the direction they believe Rauner is headed. Takeaway 2: Rauner has a major political problem on his hands because of how he’s handled his office shift. As evidenced by the former staffer quote above and numerous interviews of our own and reported elsewhere, the governor has obliterated any loyalty and potential confidences once held by many of the people who were the closest to his office and campaign for the last three years. More than one has commented that they feel the governor believes those close to him are “dispensable.” These are people who know where the bodies are buried. That means the drip, drip, drip of tidbits, tips and dirt, involving Rauner will be amped up just as he heads into reelection mode.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Old Truth Trips Up G.O.P. on Health Law: A Benefit Is Hard to Retract – JENNIFER STEINHAUER  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats want government to take more money from those who have more money and to give that money to those who have less money, that is, ever-increasingly, Democrats want government to take more money from Republicans and to give that money to Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/politics/republican-party-health-care-law-obamacare.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Trends suggest high school seniors’ GPAs are inflated – Greg Toppo  (DIERSEN: If you seek a government office or a political office, sooner or later, your critics/opponents will post all the grades that you got in grade school, middle school, high school, and college unless they were all As.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/17/easy-a-nearly-half-hs-seniors-graduate-average/485787001/

 

CHARLESTON POST AND COURIER
— Civil service needs reform – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/civil-service-needs-reform/article_9fae11f0-6818-11e7-a6a4-7ba99e1ee44c.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-cars promote electric cars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/opinion/a-brighter-future-for-electric-cars-and-the-planet.html
— Getting Radical About Inequality – David Brooks  (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight income inequality?  My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, that they disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and that they disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/opinion/inequality-pierre-bourdieu.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Who will be the next Trump staffer to go? – Post Opinions Staff  (DIERSEN: Who will be the next Rauner staffer to go?  Will Illinois Republicans again learn of that from the Democrat news media?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/07/18/who-will-be-the-next-trump-staffer-to-go/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America’s Summer Labor Shortage  Trump’s 15,000 extra guest-worker visas aren’t nearly enough. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Would your critics/opponents have taken the summer jobs that I did when you were in high school and in college?  Few if any of my critics/opponents would have stooped to take the jobs that I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; I washed dishes during the summer of 1965; I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966; and I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-summer-labor-shortage-1500332657
— Banking Regulator Urges CFPB to Delay Rule Barring Mandatory Arbitration  Comptroller asks to vet data before consumer bureau proceeds with rule – Rachel Witkowski
https://www.wsj.com/articles/banking-regulator-urges-cfpb-to-delay-rule-barring-mandatory-arbitration-1500313048

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Chicago Cardinal Says ‘We Get the Leaders We Deserve’ – AP  (DIERSEN: Democrats vote for candidates who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-07-17/chicago-cardinal-says-we-get-the-leaders-we-deserve

July 15 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Are you an elected official?  What is your position on redistricting, that is, what is your position on changes being made to the borders of the political jurisdiction in which you were elected?  Do you want to be notified in a timely manner of any proposed changes to those borders? To you want the opportunity to be able to object to proposed changes in a timely manner?

 

In DuPage County, elected Precinct Committeemen do not have that opportunity. The DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC) did not post maps of its many proposed changes to many precincts until July 12, 2017 and it will vote on accepting those proposed changes at its July 26, 2017 meeting.  My understanding is that the proposed changes affect about 100,000 voters, an unknown number of polling places, 276 precincts including 101 in Downers Grove Township and 27 in Milton Township, and 60 new precincts would be created including 12 in Downer Grove Township and 6 in Milton Township.

 

I have asked the DCEC for, but I have not been provided with a) a list of the 276 affected precincts broken out by the 9 townships, b) indication of which of those 276 precincts have elected Precinct Committeemen, and c) their contact information. Each of the elected Precinct Committeemen in those 276 affected precincts should have long since have been provided with a detailed map that precisely shows proposed changes to their precinct down to individual addresses.

 

Outrageously, most, if not virtually all of the elected Precinct Committeemen affected by the proposed changes have not been individually notified that DCEC has proposed changes to their precinct borders.

 

I have asked the DCEC to immediately and individually notify by regular mail and by email each and every elected Precinct Committeeman in precincts affected by DCEC’s proposed changes.  Please join me in this request by emailing and/or by phoning the following: Cathy Terrill – Chairperson at cterrill@dupageco.org and 630-407-5697; James S. Lowe – Vice Chair at jlowe@dupageco.org and 630-407-5699; John J. Boske – Secretary at john.boske@dupageco.org and 630-407-5698; and Joseph H. Sobecki – Executive Director at joseph.sobecki@dupageco.org and 630-407-5614. Sadly, there is no indication that what I have asked for will be done.

 

To get a rough indication of DCEC’s numerous proposed changes, visit: http://www.dupageco.org/Election/Election_Commission_News/2017/55317/.

 

I found DCEC’s 2015 “Policy for Precinct Modifications” on DCEC’s website , but I have not yet found DCEC’s 2017 “Policy for Precinct Modifications” on DCEC’s website. 

 

According to several Republican DuPage County Township Party Chairman, the DCEC does not want to deal with individual elected Precinct Committeemen, and therefore, it will only deal with county party chairmen and with township party chairmen concerning proposed changes. Needless-to-say, that is outrageous.  Two years ago, I was not notified in a timely manner of dramatic changes to my Milton Township Precinct 9. Further, it appears that as Democrats flood DuPage County, many changes to many precincts will have to be made every 2 years from now on.

 

While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors did everything that they could to delay if not to stop me from getting information that I could have used to avoid the adverse employment actions that they took against me.

 

In my roles as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have done everything that they can to delay if not to stop me from getting information that I could use to avoid adverse actions against me.

 

In my roles as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, as a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2000-2004, as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes did everything that they could to delay if not to stop me from getting information that I could have used to avoid adverse actions against me.


If you are an elected Precinct Committeeman like I have been since 2000, you understand my concerns about this. Again, please join me in asking the DCEC to immediately and individually notify by regular mail and by email each and every elected Precinct Committeeman in precincts affected by DCEC’s proposed changes.  Thanks. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Illinois’ credit rating – BGA
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-illinois-credit-rating/2217418/   

 

CBS2
— Governor Rauner Seems To Be Sticking With Plan Of Vetoing School Funding Bill – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/07/14/governor-rauner-veto-school-funding-bill/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-find-the-heart-president-trump-to-protect-dreamers/
— Gang member, 12, who shot at cop, spends allowance on pot: prosecutors – Stefano Esposito  (DIERSEN: What did you do with your money when you were young?  I saved as much as I could to buy cars and to pay for college expenses. I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964 when I was 16, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17, 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19, 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20, 1962 Chevy BelAir when I was 22, a 1972 Chevy Corvette when I was 23, 1974 Dodge Dart when I was 25, 1978 Chevy Chevette when I was 29, and 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale when I was 29.  I paid for my college expenses at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, and DePaul 1976-1980.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gang-member-12-who-shot-at-cop-spends-allowance-on-pot-prosecutors/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Photo of Barrington students labeled ‘KKK’ sparks protest, claims of racism – John Keilman and Todd Shields
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-kkk-barrington-high-school-met-20170714-story.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Gov. Rauner’s staff shakeup continues – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/268048143-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats glorify and praise those who vote for tax increases.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-sellout-gop-springfield-swanson-zorn-perspec-0716-md-20170714-column.html
— Some politicians who pander to the base risk becoming pariahs – Ted Slowik  (DIERSEN: Democrat politicians pander to their base.  The Democrat Party base is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-political-courage-st-0716-20170714-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Common ground plentiful at Democratic governor candidates forum – Sam Charles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/common-ground-plentiful-at-democratic-candidate-forum/

 

WTTW
— The Week in Review: Rauner Cleans House After Budget Veto
http://video.wttw.com/video/3002775557/

 

PEKIN TIMES
— Moody’s questions Illinois’ ability to pay bills – AP
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20170714/moodys-questions-illinois-ability-to-pay-bills

 

WSIL TV
— When will Illinois’ higher income tax affect you? – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35890260/when-will-illinois-higher-income-tax-affect-you

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Catholic journal criticizes Trump ‘value voters’  Promote an ‘ecumenism of conflict’ – DELIA GALLAGHER
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/catholic-journal-criticizes-trump-value-voters/765711583
— What DC drama? Dow hits 25th record of 2017  Dow notches its third-straight record close – MATT EGAN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/what-dc-drama-dow-hits-25th-record-of-2017/765745276

 

NADIG NEWSPAPERS
— ‘Madigan’s tax increase’ boosts Rauner for 2018 – Russ Stewart
http://nadignewspapers.com/2017/07/15/madigans-tax-increase-boosts-rauner-for-2018/

 

WHEATON PATCH
— Teens Nabbing Cars In Early Morning Hours: DuPage County Sheriff’s Office  Undersheriff Frank Bibbiano said a group of teens and young adults is seeking out unlocked cars with keys inside and then stealing the car. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/teens-nabbing-cars-early-morning-hours-dupage-county-sheriffs-office

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Madigan Blames Rauner For Budget Woes
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/madigan-blames-rauner-for-budget-woes

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Madigan, Moylan need to go if Illinois is to grow, GOP opponent says – Karen Kidd
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511147874-madigan-moylan-need-to-go-if-illinois-is-to-grow-gop-opponent-says

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Silencing the Silencers – Robert Knight (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if your group does not promote the Democrat Party platform, Democrats will call it a hate group.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/silencing-the-silencers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Frustrated by its inability to win elections, the left is attempting to silence opponents through intimidation, either in the streets or in the courts. The latest example is the hijacking of Guidestar USA by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Guidestar is a database of more than 2 million nonprofit and non-governmental (NGO) organizations. It’s considered the foremost authority on nonprofits, and had a self-avowed reputation for “remaining neutral.”)

 

GOPUSA
— London sees answer to acid attacks in ban of corrosive substances
http://www.gopusa.com/london-sees-answer-to-acid-attacks-in-ban-of-corrosive-substances/

 

BREITBART
— Obama Sets Sights on Post-2020 Redistricting Efforts at D.C. Fundraiser – ADELLE NAZARIAN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/14/obama-sets-sights-on-post-2020-redistricting-efforts-at-d-c-fundraiser/

 

NEWSMAX
— Consumer Sentiment Falls to Lowest of Trump Presidency
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/consumer-sentiment-Donald-Trump-outlook/2017/07/14/id/801660/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— All conservatives must support President Trump… the stakes couldn’t be higher – Cardinal Burke
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/support-for-trump-urgently-needed-to-head-off-threats-to-us-democracy

 

POLITICO
— Governors steer clear of Trump  At the annual NGA summer meeting, the president barely gets a mention. – GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI and MEGAN CASSELLA
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/15/governors-steer-clear-trump-at-nga-240586

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— If Workers Are Scarce, Is It the Work or the Wages? – PATRICIA COHEN  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes make it very clear that they would never have stooped to take the bad jobs that I took. 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. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/business/economy/labor-market-wages.html
— How the Medicaid Debate Affects Long-Term Care Insurance Decisions – RON LIEBER  (DIERSEN: My 86-year-old aunt is spending $230 a day out of her life savings to live in an assisted living facility.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/your-money/how-the-medicaid-debate-affects-long-term-care-insurance-decisions.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— An A for Activism on Campus  The latest trend in college grade inflation. – Editorial  (DIERSEN: One would expect that the more of the following that students are, the higher the grades that Democrat teachers will give them: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-a-for-activism-on-campus-1500070766
— Jamie Dimon Goes Off  The J.P. Morgan CEO savages Washington’s anti-growth culture. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jamie-dimon-goes-off-1500070817
— First-Time Home Buyers Show More Interest in Market – Laura Kusisto  (DIERSEN: How old were you when you first bought real estate?  I bought a new town home when I was 24. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, who has always been privileged, and who would never had been able to do that if he had not avoided the draft and if he had not been an overpaid federal employee.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/first-time-home-buyers-show-more-interest-in-market-1500033602

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Judges in Md. redistricting case decry politically motivated electoral map – Ann E. Marimow and Josh Hicks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/judges-in-md-redistricting-case-decry-politically-motivated-electoral-map/2017/07/14/33b44fc2-6814-11e7-9928-22d00a47778f_story.html

 

FREDERICK NEWS POST
— Judges consider delay, injunction in Maryland gerrymandering case – Danielle E. Gaines
https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/judges-consider-delay-injunction-in-maryland-gerrymandering-case/article_665bdea8-9422-5562-978c-8261eb510570.html

 

HERALD BULLETIN
— Rally aims to renew focus on redistricting – Scott L. Miley
http://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/state_news/rally-aims-to-renew-focus-on-redistricting/article_722f2b46-66e1-512e-9436-f0b64e8a946e.html

 

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— On day 5 of redistricting trial, Texas rebuts claim that current political maps discriminate  As lawyers for Texas defended the state’s political maps against charges of intentional discrimination, a lawmaker at the center of the case invoked “legislative privilege” Friday to avoid answering some questions. – JIM MALEWITZ
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/07/14/redistricting-trial-texas-refutes-discrimination-claims-while-blocking/

 

DALLAS NEWS
— State’s argument in redistricting trial takes hit because of lawmaker’s silence – James Barragán
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2017/07/14/states-argument-redistricting-trial-takes-hit-lawmakers-silence

July 13 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Gas tax hike hidden in Illinois budget – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/gas-tax-hike-hidden-in-illinois-budget-/2210298/

 

NBC5
— Governor Rauner Has Yet to Visit Flood-Affected Areas in Illinois – Mary Ann Ahern  (DIERSEN: When disasters occur in a county, should county officials visit?  When disasters occur in a township/ward, should township/ward officials visit?  When disasters occur in a municipality, should municipal officials visit? When disasters occur in a precinct, should precinct committeemen/captains visit?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/governor-bruce-rauner-yet-to-issue-statement-visit-flooded-areas-in-illinois-434362013.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois’ strategy for digging out of debt: taking on more – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/267761318-story

 

CHGICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois’ strategy for digging out of debt: Borrowing more money – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-strategy-for-digging-out-of-debt-taking-on-more/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blast Trump’s supporters.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/steinberg-trump-isnt-the-problem-the-problem-is-people-support-him/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you do anything other than promote Islam, anti-Trumps blast you.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-a-palos-township-trustees-shameful-facebook-posts/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that the poor have.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-close-the-huge-school-funding-gap-that-holds-back-poor-kids/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Is nothing about your life private? – Cory Franklin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-big-data-privacy-google-perspec-0713-jm-20171012-story.html
— Homeland Security chief has doubts about legality of DACA immigration program – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-legal-immigration-program-20170712-story.html
— Illinois income tax hike: 6 tips to manage or minimize how much you’ll pay – Gail MarksJarvis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-illinois-income-tax-hike-marksjarvis-column-0716-biz-20170713-column.html
— A few candid thoughts for Illinois’ radical governor – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-bruce-rauner-radical-zorn-perspec-0714-md-20170713-column.html
— Will Illinois schools open this fall? Stop stalling, lawmakers – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-schools-illinois-rauner-legislature-edit-jm-20170713-story.html
— Shoplifting at Chicago grocers drops after change in food stamp program – Sahil Chinoy
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicago-shoplifting-snap-change-20170713-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— How do politicians collect opposition research? – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170713/news/307139981/
— OUTRAGEOUS: House rejects transgender ban measure for troops – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170713/news/307139836/

 

CRAINS’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago newspapers keep their left-right balance – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune reject many planks in the Republican Party platform and in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170713/BLOGS02/170719921/chicago-tribune-sun-times-maintain-political-divide
— Surprise hit to local agencies tucked into the budget – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170713/BLOGS02/170719919/surprise-hit-to-local-agencies-tucked-into-the-budget

 

SANGAMON SUN
— GOP ad series takes aim at Madigan’s reign, IIlinois’ troubles – Matt Smith
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511147239-gop-ad-series-takes-aim-at-madigan-s-reign-iilinois-troubles

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Standoff Continues In Funding Formula For Public Schools – DUSTY RHODES
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/standoff-continues-funding-formula-public-schools

 

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Some say IDOT layoffs suspicious – Emilee Fannon  (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974.  My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the employees who GAO got rid of were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/capitol-news/some-say-idot-layoffs-suspicious/764842384

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner staff hirings prompt new “Trumpcare” questions
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/13/rauner-staff-hirings-prompt-new-trumpcare-questions/
— Pritzker campaign mocks Rauner over new hires  (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974.  My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/13/pritzker-campaign-mocks-rauner-over-new-hires/
— Where’s Rauner during unprecedented Lake County flooding?  (DIERSEN: When disasters occur in a county, should county officials visit?  When disasters occur in a township/ward, should township/ward officials visit?  When disasters occur in a municipality, should municipal officials visit? When disasters occur in a precinct, should precinct committeemen/captains visit?)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/13/wheres-rauner-during-unprecedented-lake-county-flooding/
— Leader Brady wants to use coming school funding crisis as “leverage” on “reforms”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/13/leader-brady-wants-to-use-coming-school-funding-crisis-as-leverage-on-reforms/
— More firing/hiring fallout for Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/13/more-firinghiring-fallout-for-rauner/

 

GOPUSA
— Elected Democrat threatens Trump in Facebook rant
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27083
— Another voting red flag
http://www.gopusa.com/another-voting-red-flag/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Shortage Of Foreign Labor Forces Maine Businesses To Hire Local Workers – Will Racke (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/13/shortage-of-foreign-labor-forces-maine-businesses-to-hire-local-workers/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— A HORRIFYING EXAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS AND PERVERSE INCENTIVES – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/07/13/a-horrifying-example-of-government-handouts-and-perverse-incentives/

 

POLITICO
— House to vote on controversial study of Islam – RACHAEL BADE and JOHN BRESNAHAN (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.  There are many tremendous conflicts between Islam and the Constitution.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/13/house-vote-study-of-islam-240537

 

WASHINGTON POST
— AP-NORC Poll: Three-quarters in US say they lack political influence – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ap-norc-poll-three-quarters-in-us-say-they-lack-influence/2017/07/13/07c39c4c-67a1-11e7-94ab-5b1f0ff459df_story.html

 

USA TODAY
FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND GRAPHIC: In Trump country, Russia scandal doesn’t resonate, Dave Boucher
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/13/trump-country-russia-scandal/474789001/

 

BOSTON HERALD
— FBI nominee Wray asserts loyalty to Constitution, not president – Kimberly Atkins  (DIERSEN: I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/kimberly_atkins/2017/07/atkins_fbi_nominee_wray_asserts_loyalty_to_constitution_not

 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— John Cox wants to govern a California with 12k legislators – Joe Garofoli
http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/John-Cox-wants-to-be-govern-a-California-with-12k-11286678.php

 

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Flood insurance plan would shift burden to riskiest properties – Dylan Baddour  (DIERSEN: How susceptible is your property to flooding?)
http://www.chron.com/business/article/Flood-insurance-plan-would-shift-burden-to-11287636.php

 

NEWSDAY
— What will it take for Trump backers to pull their support? – Lane Filler
http://www.newsday.com/opinion/columnists/lane-filler/what-will-it-take-for-trump-backers-to-pull-their-support-1.13794927

 

INSURANCE JOURNAL
— More Senior Citizens Working Past Retirement Age – Ben Steverman
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/07/11/457194.htm

 

FCW
— Workforce antidiscrimination bill sails through House – Chase Gunter (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were required to promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, they were required to discriminate against, that is, to punish federal employees like me who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://fcw.com/articles/2017/07/13/workforce-discrimination-bill.aspx

 

FED SMITH
— $22 Million Dollar Retired Federal Employee – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/07/13/successful-federal-employee-stock-investor/

July 13 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The DuPage County Election Commission (DCEC) has been asked by your GOPUSA Illinois Editor to immediately and individually notify by regular mail and by email each and every elected Precinct Committeeman in precincts affected by DCEC’s proposed precinct line changes.  Please join me in this request by emailing and/or by phoning the following: Cathy Terrill – Chairperson at
cterrill@dupageco.org and 630-407-5697; James S. Lowe – Vice Chair at jlowe@dupageco.org and 630-407-5699; John J. Boske – Secretary at john.boske@dupageco.org and 630-407-5698; and Joseph H. Sobecki – Executive Director at joseph.sobecki@dupageco.org and 630-407-5614.  To see the numerous proposed changes, visit: http://www.dupageco.org/Election/Election_Commission_News/2017/55317/.  My understanding is that the DCEC is scheduled to vote on these numerous proposed changes at its July 26, 2017 meeting. My understanding is a) that about 100 precincts in Downers Grove Township would be affected by the proposed changes and about 12 new precincts would be added and b) that about 27 precincts in Milton Township would be affected and about 6 new precincts would be added. If you are an elected Precinct Committeeman like I have been since 2000, you understand my concerns about this. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com    

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Shock, fears and tears as heads roll in Rauner administration – Michael Sneed (DIERSEN: What if someone concluded that Rauner is striking a more Libertarian tone instead of a more conservative tone?  Conservatives like me do NOT promote dependency on government or charity, redistribution of wealth, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, Islam, race or gender based preference giving, age discrimination, diminishment of the First or Second Amendments, etc.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/govs-house-cleaning-leaves-staff-in-shock-and-it-may-not-be-over/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It was a massacre.  It wasn’t pretty. There was no forewarning; it happened quickly and abruptly. And Sneed hears there is more to come. To wit: While Gov. Bruce Rauner’s press and policy troops were busting their butts during budget negotiations, plans were already afoot to make a hard right politically — clean house and bring in a new team. First up! On Monday morning, Rauner personally ousted his Chief of Staff Richard Goldberg, who was described by his troops as fiercely loyal to the governor and his mission. It would be the only one the governor would personally fire. “Everyone was in shock,” said a Rauner staffer who asked to remain anonymous. “I mean everyone came to work Monday morning. But when we were told Richard [Goldberg] was out, we had a feeling if he could do that to him — who was a leader and fiercely loyal — who wouldn’t they do that to? “Over the next 24 hours everyone was a wreck,” the source added. “Staff fear was at its height. Doors were shut. People were crying. We then watched one person’s head roll after another. When you see a friend you respect who has worked so hard get dismissed just like that, it’s very difficult.”  On Tuesday morning, Rauner’s communications director, Brad Hahn, was fired by Rauner’s new Chief of Staff Kristina Rasmussen — who had served as president of the Illinois Policy Institute, a conservative-leaning think tank. The buckshot: Hahn was calmly told his services were no longer required and was asked to clean out his office before being escorted out of the building. Laurel Patrick, who worked for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, is now head of communications. On Tuesday evening, Catherine Kelly, deputy director of communications for Rauner’s administration, was also abruptly fired by Rasmussen. Kelly, however, who was also asked to clean out her office before being escorted out, was in the process of delaying an anticipated move to Texas in August, where her husband had been offered a job with a law firm. Did he see the handwriting on the wall? Lance Trover, the gov’s prickly deputy chief of staff for communications, had given his notice last month. The big question: Will Mike Mahoney, the governor’s policy chief, be told to leave? “Mike was the guy who kept the troops together, but the expectation is that there is a lot more to come in the cleaning house department,” a Rauner source said. “It’s been tough. The morale is bad. People are afraid. It has been a coup d’etat type of environment. The conservative Illinois Policy Institute has taken charge.” Sneed hears Rauner and his wife, Diana, were planning on making these changes earlier — especially in the communications department — but surprised some of their advisers on how quickly they moved to do so. “I knew a few heads would roll, but am told there’s more to come.”)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOE PHOTO OF RAUNER: Rauner-CPS feud could hold up school money for rest of state – Hal Dardick and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cps-state-funding-rauner-met-20170712-story.html
— Democratic leaders could fill open Cook County Board spot Thursday – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cook-county-board-steele-20170713-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Former Daily Herald paperboy now state elections chief – Kerry Lester (DIERSEN: What did you do formerly?  I am a former yard worker and paperboy 1962-1964; dish washer 1964-1966; golf shoe cleaner, slag chipper, and gasoline pumper in 1966; mailman 1966-1969; automobile assemble line worker and security guard in 1970; tire, automotive service, and major appliance salesman 1970-1971; gasoline pumper 1971-1972; delinquent tax collector 1971-1980; and federal agency auditor 1980-1997.  I am a former TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170713/lester-former-daily-herald-paperboy-now-state-elections-chief

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Michael Madigan blasts Rauner
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170713/OPINION/170719940/rauner-to-blame-for-illinois-budget-crisis-speaker-madigan

 

CBS2
— Emanuel Laments Rauner’s ‘Radical, Reactionary’ Staff Shakeup – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/07/13/rahm-emanuel-bruce-rauner-staff-shakeup-radical-reactionary/

 

NBC5
— Governor Bruce Rauner Prepares for New Fight Over School Funding – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/governor-bruce-rauner-prepares-for-new-fight-over-school-funding-434158353.html
— Four Illinois Colleges Rank Among Nation’s ‘Best For Your Money’ – James Neveau
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/four-illinois-colleges-rank-among-nations-best-schools-for-your-money-434092473.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Some new hires, like Rauner, challenge public unions – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: Are/were you a member of a public union? I was 1966-1969 while I worked for the Post Office and 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170712/bernard-schoenburg-some-new-hires-like-rauner-challenge-public-unions
— Rauner administration lays off 8 at IDOT – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974.  My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986.  Are/were you a member of a public union? I was 1966-1969 while I worked for the Post Office and 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170712/rauner-administration-lays-off-8-at-idot
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The administration of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner issued layoff notices to eight employees of the Illinois Department of Transportation Wednesday, saying there was a “lack of work” for them to do, but also saying the action is part of “cleaning up past hiring mistakes and personnel practices.” Don Craven, a lawyer representing the members of Teamsters Local 916, said the union would “take all appropriate actions to defend the rights” of the members.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— New hands on deck – Editorial (DIERSEN: What if someone concluded that Rauner is striking a more Libertarian tone instead of a more conservative tone?  Conservatives like me do NOT promote dependency on government or charity, redistribution of wealth, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, Islam, race or gender based preference giving, age discrimination, diminishment of the First or Second Amendments, etc.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-07-13/new-hands-deck.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— State Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet: Madigan ‘holds schools hostage’ in new budget – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/rose-madigan-holds-schools-hostage-in-new-budget/article_e0e8c015-9123-552d-95f1-fed65c905c7f.html

 

WJBD RADIO
— White House: Introduction of impeachment article ‘ridiculous’
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2017/07/13/white-house-introduction-of-impeachment-article-ridiculous

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— FBI director nominee vows independence: No ‘pulling punches’  Chris Wray appears before Senate committee – TOM LOBIANCO AND DAVID SHORTELL  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors and Democrat supervisors in the federal government never painted themselves as being “independent.” They painted themselves as being blindly loyal operatives or dupes for Democrat politicians and for the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/fbi-director-nominee-vows-independence-no-pulling-punches/763598665
— Trump threatens anger if health care fails  President says he’s waiting to sign bill – DAN MERICA  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the threats that have been made against me a) because of what I have done or have refused to do as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and b) because of what I did or refused to do as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, a GAO employee 1980-1997, an IRS employee 1971-1980, etc.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-threatens-anger-if-health-care-fails/763894210

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Issues: The Battle Over Transparency And Privacy In The Digital Age – DAISY CONTRERAS
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-battle-over-transparency-and-privacy-digital-age#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— The next big Illinois tax increase is waiting in the wings – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2017/07/the-next-big-illinois-tax-increase-is-waiting-in-the-wings/

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Pritzker offers ‘laughable’ rationale for property tax cut, GOP says – Caitlin Nordahl
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511123167-pritzker-offers-laughable-rationale-for-property-tax-cut-gop-says
— Rauner strikes conservative tone in staff shakeup – Hoang Tran (DIERSEN: What if someone concluded that Rauner is striking a more Libertarian tone instead of a more conservative tone?  Conservatives like me do NOT promote dependency on government or charity, redistribution of wealth, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, Islam, race or gender based preference giving, age discrimination, diminishment of the First or Second Amendments, etc.)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511147367-rauner-strikes-conservative-tone-in-staff-shakeup

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Loser: Property owners – Dan McCaleb (DIERSEN: How much property tax have you paid?  I paid property tax on a new town home in University Park 1972-1984, on a studio condo in downtown Chicago 1974-1976, and on a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago 1976-1978.  My wife and I paid property tax on 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton 1978-1984 and we have paid property tax on 915 Cove Court in Wheaton since 1984.)
https://www.ilnews.org/loser-property-owners/article_ed3322f6-6752-11e7-b9c0-037bc8996efe.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The “Trans” Ideology Damages Children – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/trans-ideology-damages-children/
— Trump Admin Pressures Schools to Reinforce Transgenderism
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/trump-admin-pressures-schools-reinforce-transgenderism/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— AND WHAT ABOUT THAT NEW 5 CENTS PER GALLON GAS TAX HIKE?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/and-what-about-that-new-5-cent-per-gallon-gas-tax-hike.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— More firing/hiring fallout for Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/13/more-firinghiring-fallout-for-rauner/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— U.S. archbishop: Active gays must repent and change lifestyle before receiving Communion – Pete Baklinski
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/oregon-archbishop-active-gays-must-confess-sins-and-change-lifestyle-before

 

FOX BUSINESS
— Illinois narrowly avoids downgrade to junk after breaking budget impasse – Karen Pierog
http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/07/12/illinois-narrowly-avoids-downgrade-to-junk-after-breaking-budget-impasse.html

 

THE BLAZE
— New study names the 10 most post-Christian cities in the U.S. – Tré Goins-Phillips  (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes disapprove of if not despise if not hate Missouri Synod Lutherans and/or promote dependency on government and charity, redistribution of wealth, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, Islam, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, diminishment of the First or Second Amendments, etc.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/12/new-study-names-the-10-most-post-christian-cities-in-the-us/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To qualify as “post-Christian,” respondents in the cities had to meet at least nine of the 16 identifying factors in Barna’s list, which included such categories as “Do not believe in God,” “Disagree the Bible is accurate,” “Identify as atheist or agnostic,” “Have never made a commitment to Jesus,” and “Disagree that faith is important in their lives.”)

 

DAILY CALLER
— Media Holds Up Seemingly Normal Police Stop As Example Of Racial Profiling – Amber Randall  (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/12/media-holds-up-seemingly-normal-police-stop-as-example-of-racial-profiling-video/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Get your amnesty card: Shocking summer spike in illegal aliens – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/get-your-amnesty-card-shocking-summer-spike-in-illegal-aliens

 

THE HILL
— Trump should stand up to liberals, Republicans alike to win on immigration – FORMER REP. TOM TANCREDO
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/341792-trump-should-stand-up-to-liberals-republicans-alike-to-win-on

 

POLITICO
— Illinois braces for most expensive election in U.S. history  Party officials on both sides expect a governor’s race that could cost more $300 million. That’s right, $300 million. – NATASHA KORECKI and ALEX ISENSTADT (DIERSEN: How much of that $300 million will be spent a) trying to manipulate/dominate Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) trying to stop Dave Diersen from putting those emails together and sending them out, and c) trying to stop everyone from reading those emails?  Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments support the First Amendment and will come to Diersen’s defense?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/13/illinois-governor-race-rauner-240480
— Illinois governor cleans house after budget showdown  Republican Bruce Rauner, the most politically vulnerable governor in the nation, fires top staffers in office shake-up. – NATASHA KORECKI
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/12/bruce-rauner-fires-top-staffers-240460
— Trump crafting plan to slash legal immigration  Senior aide Stephen Miller has been working with conservative senators to make good on Trump’s campaign promise. – ELIANA JOHNSON and JOSH DAWSEY (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps do everything that they can to make immigrants anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/12/trump-legal-immigration-cuts-240478
— Senate Republicans release new Obamacare repeal bill  Republicans meet Thursday to see if they can ever find the votes to repeal Obamacare. – BURGESS EVERETT, JENNIFER HABERKORN and SARAH KARLIN-SMITH
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/13/senate-republicans-health-care-bill-cruz-lee-240498

 

REUTERS
— U.S. appeals court upholds Wisconsin ‘right-to-work’ law – Timothy Mclaughlin
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wisconsin-labor-idUSKBN19X34T

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Campaign Opposition Research Is Standard. But Not ‘Oppo’ From Hostile Nations. – JONATHAN MARTIN  (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, what “dirt” would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes throw at you?  They would throw the following “dirt” at me: I am a Trump supporter; baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran; conservative; Republican; American; White; male; old (68); rich; gun owner; 100% German-American; draft avoider; my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s; childless; pet-less; American-nameplate car owner; former union member; former federal employee; federal retiree for almost 20 years; Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999; GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000; TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012; Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011; Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010; Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007; American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-opposition-research-foreign-power.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many campaign accusations and revelatory news stories about a candidate or elected official are the fruits of what is euphemistically called the research division of campaigns and political parties, where low-profile aides search for dirt.)
— What We Lose When the World Moves On From Email – Farhad Manjoo  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have avoided putting into writing things that incriminate them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/technology/what-we-lose-when-the-world-moves-on-from-email.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Though its political implications are yet unclear, the publication of an email chain in which Donald Trump Jr. arranged a June 2016 meeting with a lawyer peddling the Russian government’s help for his father’s presidential campaign ought to inspire some pretty obvious tech advice: Step away from the inbox, stupid! That’s not a partisan slight. I said pretty much the same thing last year about the emails of John D. Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, whose inbox emptied across the internet after he clicked on a link he shouldn’t have.)
— Why Millennials Should Lead the Next Labor Movement – KASHANA CAULEY  (DIERSEN: Are/were you a member of a union? I was 1966-1969 while I worked for the Post Office and 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/opinion/millennial-labor-movement.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Shoplifting in Chicago dropped after a change in the food stamp program – Sahil Chinoy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/07/13/shoplifting-in-chicago-dropped-after-a-change-in-the-food-stamps-program/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Racial Division, Made Possible by Viewers Like You  The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is pushing identity politics—except at pledge time. – Howard Husock
https://www.wsj.com/articles/racial-division-made-possible-by-viewers-like-you-1499898974
— Trump Teaches Western Civilization  It was a speech about values and traditions that neither Hillary Clinton nor any Democrat would give anymore. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-teaches-western-civ-1499898949
— In Good Company  GM’s Alfred Sloan once argued that industry should ‘lend a helping hand’ to workers and protect them ‘against the vicissitudes of life.’ Bryan Burrough reviews ‘The End of Loyalty’ by Rick Wartzman. – Bryan Burrough  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, companies promote dependency on government and on charity, redistribution of wealth, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, Islam, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, diminishment of the First or Second Amendments, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-good-company-1499899125

 

USA TODAY
— Illinois pension problem: Coming to a state near you – Editorial
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/12/illinois-pension-problems-budgets-bruce-rauner-editorialsnd-debates/459746001/
— States should stick to pension promise – Crosby Smith, President, AFSCME Local 2645
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/12/states-should-stick-pension-promise/473727001/
— Online harassment is on the rise. Americans want tech co.’s to stop it. – Rachel Sandler (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are discouraged from putting their insults, their harassment, and their threats against me in writing because they know that I will put their insults, their harassment, and their threats against me at the top of the next GOPUSA ILLINOIS email.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/07/12/online-harassment-rise-americans-want-tech-co-s-stop-it/469122001/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House-Backed Bill Would Ramp Up Punishment for Federal Employees Who Discriminate – Eric Katz  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were required to promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, they were required to discriminate against, that is, to punish federal employees like me who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2017/07/house-backed-bill-would-ramp-punishment-feds-who-discriminate/139391/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters See Anti-Semitism As a Serious Problem In U.S. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage anti-Semites to come to America.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/israel_the_middle_east/voters_see_anti_semitism_as_a_serious_problem_in_u_s

July 12 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Congressmen file impeachment article against President Trump
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/congressmen-file-impeachment-article-against-president-trump/2210021/

 

NBC5
— High-Ranking Teamsters Union Official Charged in Chicago
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/high-ranking-teamsters-union-official-charged-chicago-434121483.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— California Democrat launches longshot bid to impeach Trump – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/267476228-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— S&P moves Illinois’ credit away from junk status with tax hike, budget in place – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-illinois-credit-rating-met-0713-20170712-story.html
— Freebie freeze in Park Ridge: Board members end their perks. Hooray! – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-park-ridge-perks-free-edit-0713-jm-20170712-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Who’s in and who’s not in Rauner’s administration – Mitch Dudek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/whos-in-and-whos-not-in-rauners-administration/
— Illinois still is kicking pension crisis down the road – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-illinois-still-is-kicking-pension-crisis-down-the-road/
— Cash balance better, pension crisis worse, city audit shows – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/cash-balance-better-pension-crisis-worse-city-audit-shows/
— Rainbow PUSH unveils ‘Stay Safe App’ at Chicago Tech expo – Mary Mitchell
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-rainbow-push-unveils-stay-safe-app-at-chicago-tech-expo/
— Preckwinkle joins activists in denouncing trustee’s anti-Muslim posts – Sam Charles  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats denounce you if you do not promote Islam.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/preckwinkle-joins-activists-in-denouncing-trustees-anti-muslim-posts/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Sun-Times sold to unions, wealthy investors – LYNNE MAREK
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170712/NEWS06/170719935/sun-times-sold-to-unions-wealthy-investors
— S&P removes junk from Illinois’ future – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170712/BLOGS02/170719948/sp-removes-junk-from-illinois-future
— Chris Kennedy slams property tax system. He also used it to get a big break. – CHUCK NEUBAUER and SANDY BERGO  (DIERSEN: What big tax breaks have you been accused of improperly taking?  I deducted graduate business courses that I took at Loyola 1972-1976, graduate accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1980, and graduate finance courses that I took at IIT 1992-1997.  My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.  To keep their jobs and to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170712/NEWS02/170719946/chris-kennedy-slams-property-tax-system-he-also-used-it-to-get-a-big
— Co-living startup plunges into Chicago – ALBY GALLUN  (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS and for GAO, I never had to “find roommates.” IRS paid me enough that I could buy a new town home when I was 24, a studio condo when I was 25, and a one bedroom condo when I was 27. IRS paid me enough that my wife and I could buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton when I was 29. GAO paid me enough that my wife and I could have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton when I was 35.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20170712/CRED03/170719954/co-living-startup-plunges-into-chicago
(FROM THE ARTICLE” New York firm Common is one of several companies catering to young professionals who want to save on rent and don’t like the hassle of finding roommates.)

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Rauner Sending A Message With Staff Shakeup – SEAN CRAWFORD  (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used their hiring, retention, and promotion policies to send a message, namely, that if you are not a Democrat, a minority, a female, or young, do not seek a federal job or try to hold on to a federal job.  It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/rauner-sending-message-staff-shakeup#stream/0

 

  1. LOUIS TODAY
    — Illinois tax hike’s wake sets tone for 2018 elections – Pat Gauen
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gauen-illinois-tax-hike-s-wake-sets-tone-for-elections/article_0285d1a5-c0f2-590c-8846-0c84d744a163.html

 

CHICAGOIST
— Gov. Rauner Moves Further Right With Latest Staff Shakeup  (DIERSEN: Those on the right like me do NOT promote dependency on government or charity, redistribution of wealth, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, Islam, race or gender based preference giving, age discrimination, diminishment of the First or Second Amendments, etc.)
http://chicagoist.com/2017/07/12/rauner_moves_further_right.php

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Naperville Chamber Hosts Republican Leader Durkin  (DIERSEN: I was a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Government Affairs Committee (GAC) 2003-2011.  In 2011, to get rid of me, anti-Republican WCC members abolished the GAC.)
https://www.nctv17.com/naperville-chamber-hosts-republican-leader-durkin/

 

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— 2017 Precinct Modification Maps – Proposed
http://www.dupageco.org/Election/Election_Commission_News/2017/55317/

 

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners side with anti-Rauners.
https://theillinoischronicle.com/rauner-declares-war-on-moderate-republicans-gop-lawmakers-stripped-of-positions-threatened/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Time for IL Lawmakers to Face the Truth About Abortion – Monte Larrick
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/time-il-lawmakers-face-truth-abortion/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Double Standards in the War between White House and Media – Michael Medved
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/07/double-standards-in-the-war-between-white-house-and-media/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Family PAC urges “sellout” phone calls
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/12/family-pac-urges-sellout-phone-calls/
— “Smoothing” sounds nice, but it’s another way of saying “We’re shorting the pension funds”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/11/smoothing-sounds-nice-but-its-another-way-of-saying-were-shorting-the-pension-funds/
— Tillman claims his group has “unblemished” record of “decency, civility, and candor”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/12/tillman-claims-his-group-has-unblemished-record-of-decency-civility-and-candor/

 

GOPUSA
— GOP includes $1.6 billion for a border wall in next year’s budget
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26999
— Chelsea Clinton mocks Donald Trump over Ivanka’s G20 role  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are sexists.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27023
— Seattle City Council approves income tax on the rich, but quick legal challenge likely  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps would love to impose privilege taxes on those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=27034
— Lawsuit: Man feels ‘deep sense of unease’ over being blocked by Trump on Twitter (DIERSEN: I should write a book about communications and events that I have been blocked from since 2000 by my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.gopusa.com/lawsuit-man-feels-deep-sense-of-unease-over-being-blocked-by-trump-on-twitter/

 

BREITBART
— Advocates sue Trump for blocking Twitter users  (DIERSEN: If I blocked people from getting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they might sue me claiming a) that the emails are “an important source of news and information about the government” and politics in Illinois and b) that by default, I have become the chief communicator for the Illinois Republican Party, for the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, and for Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois.  I am for Republicans in Illinois what Rich Miller is for Democrats and for RINOs in Illinois.)
http://www.breitbart.com/news/advocates-sue-trump-for-blocking-twitter-users/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “President Trump’s Twitter account has become an important source of news and information about the government, and an important public forum for speech by, to, and about the president,” the lawsuit reads. “In an effort to suppress dissent in this forum, defendants have excluded — blocked — Twitter users who have criticized the president or his policies. This practice is unconstitutional, and this suit seeks to end it.”)

 

THE BLAZE
— The left wants to turn your child into a sexual deviant. Don’t let them. – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-the-left-wants-to-turn-your-child-into-a-sexual-deviant-dont-let-them/
— Rep. Steve King wants to use Planned Parenthood, food stamp funds to pay for border wall – Tre Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/12/rep-steve-king-wants-to-use-planned-parenthood-food-stamp-funds-to-pay-for-border-wall/

 

DAILY CALLER
— ICE Director Says There Could Be More Than 12 Million Illegals In U.S. – Alex Pfeiffer (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps treasonously put each and every one of those illegals ahead of each and every citizens of America.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/12/exclusive-ice-director-says-there-could-be-more-than-12-million-illegals-in-us/
— San Francisco Transit Withholds Surveillance Tapes To Avoid Creating Racial ‘Stereotypes’ – IAN MILES CHEONG
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/12/san-francisco-transit-withholds-surveillance-tapes-to-avoid-creating-racial-stereotypes/

 

TMN
— DeSantis introduces bill to provide greater transparency over govt. pensions – Bryan Renbaum  (DIERSEN: Andrzejewski wants to know for federal retires like me: “Who is retired, where they worked, who they are, how much they got, how long they worked, how much they paid into the system.” Since 1966, when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for collecting a $50,856 CSRS pension in today’s dollars.  While I worked part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969, for IRS 1971-1980, and for GAO 1980-1997, I paid into the CSRS $70,932 in yesterday’s dollars (7% of my salary). In today’s dollars, my ending GAO salary was $122,991. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1,008,644 (238 months X $4,238). Andrzejewski should acknowledge that if my Democrat GAO superiors had not been allowed/encouraged to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997, I might still be working for GAO, still paying 7% of my salary into the CSRS, and CSRS would not have paid me anything. I should write a book about those who allowed/encouraged my Democrats GAO superiors to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997.  They certainly did not side with me in Diersen v. GAO.)
http://www.talkmedianews.com/featured/2017/07/12/desantis-introduces-bill-provide-greater-transparency-govt-pensions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) told TMN Wednesday that today he will formally introduce legislation aimed at providing greater transparency over government-funded pensions. “Let’s open the books on the federal pension data. Taxpayers have a right to know how their money is being spent and let’s just put that information out there for public consumption,” DeSantis said. “It’s very difficult, I think, to be opposed to that concept and so I think we’ll probably get pretty strong support,” he added. The Taxpayer-Funded Pension Disclosure Act of 2017 will be reviewed by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Adam Andrzejewski, founder and CEO of the Illinois-based nonprofit taxpayer watchdog group Open the Books, spoke alongside DeSantis and said his organization worked with the congressman’s office for three months to help craft the legislation. Andrzejewski said passage of the measure would constitute a landmark victory for transparency advocates. “For the first time it would make subject to the Freedom of Information Act the release of: Who is retired, where they worked, who they are, how much they got, how long they worked, how much they paid into the system – so we can finally bring hard data to the issues of pensions,” he explained. Andrzejewski said research by Moodys suggests that taxpayers on average foot the bill for about $150 billion per year in federal pension funds and that the number increases to about $3.5 trillion when unfunded liabilities are considered. “The amount of money that goes out in terms of retirement annuities each year dwarfs the budget of the state of Texas or dwarfs the budget in the state of Florida each year,” he explained.)

 

THE HILL
— House Democrat files article of impeachment against Trump – CRISTINA MARCOS
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/341677-house-dem-files-article-of-impeachment-against-trump?rnd=1499882038

 

ABC NEWS
— Illinois GOP governor tacks right after major budget defeat – AP  (DIERSEN: Those on the right like me do NOT promote dependency on government or charity, redistribution of wealth, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, Islam, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, race or gender based preference giving, age discrimination, diminishment of the First or Second Amendments, etc.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/illinois-governor-signals-move-budget-defeat-48599003

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Illinois Governor Signals Move to Right After Budget Defeat (DIERSEN: Those on the right like me do NOT promote dependency on government or charity, redistribution of wealth, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices including booze, gambling, and pot, Islam, patronage, political affiliation Discrimination, race or gender based preference giving, age discrimination, diminishment of the First or Second Amendments, etc.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-07-12/illinois-governor-signals-move-to-right-after-budget-defeat

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Electric Cars Are the Future? Not So Fast  Though they’re no longer ugly, impossibly expensive and impractical, electric vehicles need to out-innovate fossil fuels if they are ever to displace the internal combustion engine –  Greg Ip   (DIERSEN: Those who hate “gas and diesel” cars promote “electric” cars. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) hate cars, and especially cars made by General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, b) hate those who own/owned cars made by General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler, and c) hate unions and past, present, and future union members.  I was a union member for almost 12 years. I worked for Chrysler for a short time in 1970.  I own a 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang.  I have owned a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/electric-cars-are-the-future-not-so-fast-1499873064

July 12 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Another Key Aide, Lance Trover, Leaves Governor’s Office Amid Shake-Up – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Another-Key-Aide-Resigns-From-Governors-Office-Amid-Shake-Up-434052583.html
— Another Democrat Looks to Unseat Congressman Peter Roskam – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/carole-cheney-roskam-sixth-district-race-433952553.html

 

ABC7
— Cook County to cut 1,100 jobs due to soda tax delay – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/food/cook-county-to-cut-1100-jobs-due-to-soda-tax-delay/2206657/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New Illinois tax rates take effect, state says (DIERSEN: How much more Illinois income tax will be withheld from your paycheck?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted me to pay more taxes.  They decry the fact that my Civil Service Retirement System pension and my Social Security are not subject to Illinois income tax.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-tax-increases-20170712-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: From dog treats to massage oils, hemp sales soar, and medical pot industry wants in – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-marijiuana-industry-hemp-cbd-illinois-met-20170702-story.html
— As hemp product sales grow, so do questions  Key plant substance, unlike medical pot,is largely unregulated – Robert McCoppin
http://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=f0787823-864f-4f28-bb22-94e3964f6487
— Study: Automation will hurt jobs in rural communities worse than urban centers – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-automation-county-job-loss-0712-biz-20170711-story.html
— Illinois taxpayers foot the bill for legislators — even after they retire – Roger Kempa, Darien  (DIERSEN: In my defense, my $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only 41% of my ending GS-13 Step 10 salary of $122,991 in today’s dollars. The federal government subsidizes $17,288 (75%) of my and my wife’s health, dental, and vision insurance, but we have to pay $5,763 (25%). My Social Security is only $2,028 because I get a CSRS pension. Federal COLAs are far less than inflation.  My CSRS pension has been, is, and will forever be dramatically reduced because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement offer in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-illinois-taxpayers-legislators-retire-pension-radogno-20170711-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: This is in response to a Monday letter to the editor “Farewell, Sen. Radogno.” Former state Sen. Christine Radogno will be with the taxpayers of Illinois for many decades to come. She can expect to receive pension payments totaling more than $2.3 million during her retirement. Her final salary of more than $95,000 results in an estimated first-year pension of more than $81,000. That payment increases by 3 percent annually, thanks to the ill-conceived General Assembly Retirement System. Dozens of Illinois legislators have said “no” to their pensions. Radogno said “yes,” as if it were an entitlement. Folks retiring on their Social Security pension are much less fortunate. Someone retiring at age 65 would receive only around $35,340 per year, or 37.2 percent of a $95,000 salary (if he or she is married) or otherwise $23,621 per year, which is 24.9 percent of a $95,000 salary. Meanwhile, Radogno’s first-year estimated pension represents 85.3 percent of her salary. Retired Illinois legislators with four or more years of service have their insurance for health care, prescriptions and vision care subsidized. Generous Illinois taxpayers foot the bill for those benefits and their annual pensions! And none of those pensions are subject to Illinois taxation. Illinois taxpayers will be watching Radogno’s replacement. He or she should start by setting a good example: refusing a taxpayer-paid GARS pension and insurance for health care, prescriptions and vision care. Since all folks receiving a pension in Illinois are not subject to Illinois income tax, an income cap needs to be established, say $60,000 as an example. Anything above that cap would be taxed. It is a matter of fairness, and equity, toward paying the $5 billion, 32 percent income tax increase. How about it Illinois state legislators?)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s voter fraud panel: A solution looking for a problem.”  Ever-increasingly, Democrats talk and act like they promote voter fraud to win elections.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-trump-voter-fraud–perspec-0712-20170711-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Chicago drivers pay more for on-street parking than any other city: study – Mary Wisniewski (DIERSEN: I got work and/or school in downtown Chicago a) by using public transportation during 1971, 1973, 1974, and 1978-1997 and b) by walking from the Outer Drive East building 1974-1978.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-parking-study-0712-20170711-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— More turnover in Rauner’s office as deputy chief of staff Lance Trover steps down – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/more-turnover-in-rauners-office-as-deputy-chief-of-staff-steps-down/
— Immigrant sues Chicago Police alleging gang database error – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/immigrant-sues-chicago-police-alleging-gang-database-error/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Township regime angling to restore perks – Kurt Dorr, Naperville
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170712/township-regime-angling-to-restore-perks
(FROM THE LETTER: I am very disappointed in the article by Marie Wilson alleging the Township Road District merger between Naperville Township and Lisle Township is proving difficult. As a former candidate for Township Trustee I am pretty familiar with the course of events leading up to the referendum. What Marie fails to mention (and it is critically important) is that the initial proposal by the Township and City of Naperville was to have Naperville’s street department take over the Township roads. That would have been the optimum deal and saved the most money. However, the vested interest (Republicans, no less) rose up to stop the loss of their generous pay and benefits. It was only after the Township Supervisor, at that time, cut their budget and forced the road district to strike a deal with Lisle Township. For the new regime at the Naperville Township Road District to cry it’s too difficult to effect the merger is disingenuous at best. They are simply angling to restore their overly generous pay and benefits; and the article by Marie Wilson plays right into their hands.)

 

WTTW
— In Illinois, Marijuana Laws Struggle to Keep Up With Times
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/07/11/illinois-marijuana-laws-struggle-keep-times

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner’s deputy staff chief Lance Trover makes planned exit – Bernard Schoenburg  (DIERSEN: What if I had claimed that my taking GAO’s early retirement offer in 1997 when I was 49 years old was a “planned exit?”  My critics/opponents would stress that I lost 59% of my income (a $50,856 pension instead of a $122,991 salary in today’s dollars, that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, that they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, that they did not promote me beyond GS-13, that they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and that they forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170712/rauners-deputy-staff-chief-lance-trover-makes-planned-exit

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois’ economy still faltering – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants focus on driving out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Who takes the lead in driving the aforesaid out of your precinct, out of your municipality, out of your township/ward, out of your county, and out of Illinois? I should write a book about those who take the lead in driving the aforesaid out of my precinct, out of Wheaton, out of Milton Township, out of DuPage County, and out of Illinois.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-07-11/illinois-economy-still-faltering.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Woman who started gambling-recovery group wants businesses to adopt self-reporting model – STEPHANIE ESTERS
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/communities/murphysboro/woman-who-started-gambling-recovery-group-wants-businesses-to-adopt/article_22426c11-923e-55e0-9e71-b0126267174a.html

 

WSIL TV
— MSNBC’s Scarborough says he’s leaving GOP – AP  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat and Democrat plant, Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Green and Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who work the hardest to drive me and other Republicans out of the Republican Party.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35862673/msnbcs-scarborough-says-hes-leaving-gop

 

MADISON RECORD
— St. Clair County GOP head, running for 113th House District, calls tax hikes ‘misguided’ – Glenn Minnis
http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511147181-st-clair-county-gop-head-running-for-113th-house-district-calls-tax-hikes-misguided

 

MADISON CAPITAL TIMES
— Illinois tax hikes will result in a $51 million hit to Wisconsin’s budget – JESSIE OPOIEN
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-matters/illinois-tax-hikes-will-result-in-a-million-hit-to/article_1496ec61-baa5-55ae-b1bb-616ca5b6f7fb.html

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “How Governor Rauner is weaponizing the Illinois tax hike” and “He’s emerged from the budget crisis with a convenient cudgel in the run-up to the 2018 election.”
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/governor-bruce-rauner-illinois-tax-hike-budget-crisis/Content?oid=27736480
— The ACLU wants the mayor and the City Council to amend the ‘Welcoming City’ ordinance for immigrants – Kate Shepherd
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/07/11/the-aclu-wants-the-mayor-and-the-city-council-to-amend-the-welcoming-city-ordinance-for-immigrants-and-other-chicago-news

 

SAGAMON SUN
— Rauner: Bad government only thing keeping Illinois down – Brent Zell
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511146920-rauner-bad-government-only-thing-keeping-illinois-down

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Fighting Marijuana Legalization – Benjamin Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/07/spotlight-fighting-marijuana/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MILLENNIALS COULD BE KEY TO ILLINOIS’ HOUSING RECOVERY – BUT THEY ARE FLEEING THE STATE  Illinois loses more millennial taxpayers and dependents to other states than any state except New York; this means Illinois’ distressed housing market is losing a big contingent of first-time homebuyers. – Madelyn Harwood
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/millennials-could-be-key-to-illinois-housing-recovery-but-they-are-fleeing-the-state/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Life, Liberty, and Healthcare? – David E. Smith  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) promote dependency on government, b) promote redistribution of wealth, socialism, if not communism, and c) hint/imply/argue/shout that if you have less money than others, it is never your fault and that government can/should/will take money from those who have more money and give that money to those who have less money.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that government should a) take more money away from me and b) give that money to those who have less money.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/life-liberty-healthcare/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: SCHLAFLY’S MOST POWERFUL OFFICE IN THE WORLD (PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN)  (DIERSEN: If you want to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform, please become a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain. I have been the Republican Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 since 1999.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/thorner-schlaflys-most-powerful-office-in-the-world.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump is the most powerful man in the world, so technically, the U.S. Presidency is the “Most Powerful Office in the World.”  But what if you were told of another public office that (ultimately) chooses who will be President and virtually every other elected official in the U. S.?  If that were true, wouldn’t that office (ultimately) be the “Most Powerful Office in the World”? Conservatives take pride in their knowledge of the Constitution and the outward forms of American Government. Many can quote the Founding Fathers, such as, “The least governed are the best governed” (Jefferson) and “Government is like fire, a useful servant but a deadly master” (George Washington), etc., but the bottom line is, many conservatives know next to nothing about the real system of American government, which isn’t the fairy tale that has been taught in school and colleges over the past few decades. If you are tired of seeing things continue to go down the drain, it is essential that you understand how liberals dominate our government.  Madigan’s budget deal was the straw that broke camel’s back for many conservatives. What might be done to salvage Illinois after ten Republicans joined Madigan and 60 other Democrats in voting for a permanent, 32 percent income tax increase and 33 percent corporate tax hike, when Illinois residents already shoulder the heaviest local and state tax burden in the country? Irresponsible is that a three-fifths majority of state lawmakers, including Republicans, sold out their constituencies to reward the special interest groups (public employee unions, trial lawyers and other political insiders) that have been paying to keep them in office for decades. Understanding the seven laws of American government, set forth in an essay by Phyllis Schlafly in the early 90’s — The Most Powerful Office in The World Is NOT The President of the United States! — is essential to change Illinois from a failed state to one that will live up to its potential, where people feel proud to live and work and where businesses can grow and prosper.  The lack of good people at the grass roots is why we get so many bad apples that call themselves “Republicans”. E-mail Andy Schlafly to order copies of Phyllis Schlafly’s article. Phyllis Schlafly (August 15, 1924 – September 5, 2016) was a founding member of the modern conservative movement. She was described by the New York Times as the “one of the most relentless and accomplished platform debaters of any gender to be found on any side of any issue.”  Following are excerpts from Phyllis’ article, which is as powerful today as it was back in the early 90’s: . . . Therefore, Precinct Committeeman is the most powerful office in the world because Precinct Committeemen determine who gets the chance to be elected to office at every level of government. Remember, if your candidate is not on the ballot, he will not be elected.)
— NEW BUDGET THREATENS TO DEEPEN PENSION DEBT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/07/new-budget-threatens-to-deepen-pension-debt.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats respond to Rauner’s new hires  (DIERSEN: How did/would Democrats respond to you being hired?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote Republican and/or Democrat patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, and/or a poor veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/12/democrats-respond-to-rauners-new-hires/
— 46 legislators declined special session per diem checks
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/12/46-legislators-declined-special-session-per-diem-checks/
— Or not *** Jim Clark out
https://capitolfax.com/2017/07/12/clark-out/

 

GOPUSA
— Zuckerberg for President? Not on his Platform
http://www.gopusa.com/zuckerberg-for-president-not-on-his-platform/
— Female genital mutilation now a 15-year felony in Michigan
http://www.gopusa.com/female-genital-mutilation-now-a-15-year-felony-in-michigan/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THE PROMISE OF APPRENTICESHIPS  (DIERSEN: All of the first 6 months that I worked for IRS as a GS-7 Revenue Officer (currently $44,853/year) in the Loop in 1971 was classroom and on-the-job training.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/education/the-promise-of-apprenticeships/

 

NEWSMAX
— ‘Morning Joe’ Host Leaving GOP to Become Independent – Cathy Burke  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat and Democrat plant, Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Green and Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who work the hardest to drive me and other Republicans out of the Republican Party.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/independent-party-host-Joe-Scarborough/2017/07/11/id/801113/
— 3 Family Members Urging Priebus Ouster – Todd Beamon (DIERSEN: Who urges/urged your ouster?  I should write a book about those a) who urge my ouster as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and GOPUSA Illinois Editor and b) who urged my ouster as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.  The aforesaid blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/email-meeting-collusion-Reince-Priebus/2017/07/11/id/801121/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Guest Compares Tucker Carlson To Nazi Apologist – NICK GIVAS  (DIERSEN: Those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Russia glorify and praise Mexico. Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America by illegally sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, by illegally keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and by illegally sending mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/11/guest-compares-tucker-carlson-to-nazi-apologist-video/
–Finally! Mizzou May Be Firing Administrator Who Bullied Student Photographer During Mob Protest – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/08/finally-mizzou-may-be-firing-administrator-who-bullied-student-photographer-during-mob-protest/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Yes, There Is Such a Thing as ‘Too Dumb for Government Work’ – JIM GERAGHTY
http://www.nationalreview.com/morning-jolt/449396/donald-trump-jr-russia-meeting-david-brooks-sandwich-class-column

 

THE BLAZE
— Trump aide lays into CNN host: ‘We’d actually like you to do your job.’ – Brandon Morse (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the news media acts as an arm of the Democrat Party.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/11/trump-aide-lays-into-cnn-host-wed-actually-like-you-to-do-your-job/
— Journalist writes about Jews ejected from Pride march — then gets moved to newspaper’s sales desk – Dave Urbanski (DIERSEN: What if a journalist had written the following article about Wheaton’s 2017 Independence Day parade: The video of Wheaton’s outstanding 2017 Independence Day Parade is at http://wheaton-il.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=2782. The nearly 100 entries included the outstanding Lakeside Lutheran High School Marching Band. Republicans who participated in the parade were: DuPage State’s Attorney Bob Berlin; DuPage County District 4 officials Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, and Tim Whelan; James Mendrick for DuPage Sheriff; Frank Bibbianno for DuPage Sheriff; Karen Wilson for DuPage Judge; and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC).  Republicans who walked with entries included Ron Almiron, Lori Carlson, Joseph Caruso, Flo Dangelo, Sal Falbo, Chris Heidorn, Pat Hinchey, Marty Keller, Larry LaVanway, Antonio Lollino, Paula McGowen, Ron Menna, David Norck, Thommen Poozhikunnel, Mary Rash, Pat Ryan, and Janet Shaw. Gary Muehlfelt drove the truck that pulled the outstanding MTRCC float. Peter Breen, Mike Connelly, and Jeanne Ives could not participate in the parade because of the Democrats. Peter Roskam participated in a different parade. This year, for the 12th year in a row, “DuPage Republicans” helped sponsor the parade and fireworks. “DuPage Republicans” was one of the two $2,500 “Star” sponsors and again sponsored the Wheaton high school bands and the Tunes of Glory Pipes and Drums parade entries. Because of a last minute shortage of banner carriers, I had the honor of helping carry the “Sponsored by DuPage Republicans” banner ahead of the Tunes of Glory Pipes and Drums. Outstandingly, again this year Tim Whelan coordinated Republican use of the “DuPage Republicans” booth at the fireworks. This year again, I delivered flyers to the residences and businesses on the parade route. The flyers listed the Republican entries in the parade and the Republicans who helped sponsor entries. Outstandingly, the flyers were printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics. This year, outstandingly, Roger Claar is a $500 contributor, Chris Nybo is a $250 contributor, Phil Suess is a $150 contributor, and Bob Berlin, Peter Breen, Mike Connelly, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Jeanne Ives, Marty Keller, Deanne Mazzochi, Paula McGowen, James Mendrick, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, and Tim Whelan are $100 contributors. Please thank them for helping sponsor the parade and fireworks. This year was the 10th anniversary of an elephant walking behind Roskam in the parade.  For that 2007 parade, I had the honor of raising $2,000 on short notice from DuPage Republicans to sponsor that elephant.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/11/journalist-writes-about-jews-ejected-from-pride-march-then-gets-moved-to-newspapers-sales-desk/

 

ROLL CALL
— Former Foster Staffer Fifth Democrat to Challenge Roskam  Carole Cheney says incumbent takes same ‘extreme positions’ as Donald Trump – Griffin Connolly
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/former-foster-staffer-fifth-democrat-to-challenge-roskam

 

CNN
— Trump sued by blocked Twitter users – Selena Larson  (DIERSEN: Diersen has never and will never block anyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) want to block me from sending the emails out and b) want to block everyone from reading them. But failing that, they want to block as many people as they can from reading the emails.)
http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/11/technology/trump-twitter-user-lawsuit/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Silicon Valley’s sexism problem: Could the tide be turning? – BARBARA ORTUTAY
http://www.wisconsingazette.com/lifestyle/tech/silicon-valley-s-sexism-problem-could-the-tide-be-turning/article_7a1f7a50-657f-11e7-ae7f-2389df88a30b.html
— HOUSE PANEL UNVEILS $1.6B PLAN FOR BUILDING US-MEXICO WALL
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CONGRESS_MEXICO_WALL?SITE=AP&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-07-11-18-26-14

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Not Right Now’: Republicans and the Art of Not Talking About Trump – MATT FLEGENHEIMER and EMMARIE HUETTEMAN
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/us/politics/trump-congress-republicans.html
– Real Men Might Get Made Fun Of  It isn’t fun to be the one who speaks up.- Lindy West  (DIERSEN: West asks ““Do you ever stick up for me?” Very few “stick up for me” because my critics/opponents have made it very clear that they will have their operatives and their dupes viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that might “stick up for me.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/opinion/real-men-might-get-made-fun-of.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Does Trump Mean by ‘the West’?  In Warsaw, he talked of culture, history and faith. But he barely mentioned democracy. – William A. Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-does-trump-mean-by-the-west-1499812381

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Enjoy your dream vacation without busting the budget – Adam Shell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/07/12/how-enjoy-dream-vacation-without-busting-budget/468898001/

 

KANSAS CITY STAR
— Why every Republican should care about Russian incursions – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Russia glorify and praise Mexico. Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America by illegally sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, by illegally keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and by illegally sending mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article160820569.html

 

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— CORRECTION: The story, which began on the Front Page, incorrectly listed Republican John Cox’s political experience. While a resident of Illinois, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2000, for U.S. Senate in 2002 and for Cook County recorder of deeds in 2004. He also ran for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Corrections-July-11-11281754.php

 

AL DIA NEWS
— Countdown for Illinois to become Sanctuary State
http://aldianews.com/articles/politics/countdown-illinois-become-sanctuary-state/49075

 

ROCHESTER CITY NEWSPAPER
— Health care is a right. Why is that debatable? – Mary Anna Towler (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) promote dependency on government, b) promote redistribution of wealth, socialism, if not communism, and c) hint/imply/argue/shout that if you have less money than others, it is never your fault and that government can/should/will take money from those who have more money and give that money to those who have less money.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that government should a) take more money away from me and b) give that money to those who have less money.)
https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/health-care-is-a-right-why-is-that-debatable/Content?oid=3830516

 

NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY OF HEALTH
— Gambling related community harm exceeds that of drug use
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1707/S00018/gambling-related-community-harm-exceeds-that-of-drug-use.htm

 

DNA INDIA
— Disturbed with White House leaks, Trump’s family urges him to oust Priebus  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Illinois Republican Party (IRP), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), etc. HAVE ALWAYS BLAMED ME FOR “LEAKS.”  They do NOT want me a) to know about MTRCC, DCRCC, IRP, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, AAPC, etc. events or other activities, b) to promote MTRCC, DCRCC, IRP, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, AAPC, etc. events or other activities, c) to attend MTRCC, DCRCC, IRP, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, AAPC, etc. events or other activities, or d) to report on MTRCC, DCRCC, IRP, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, AAPC, etc. events or other activities.)
http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-disturbed-with-white-house-leaks-trump-s-family-urges-him-to-oust-priebus-2499827

 

MARKET WATCH
— Two-thirds of jobs in Las Vegas could be automated by 2035 – Editorial
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/two-thirds-of-jobs-in-this-city-could-be-automated-by-2035-2017-07-05

 

WBUR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, when Democrats lose, they blame “voter suppression.”
http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2017/07/12/millennials-vote-2018-miles-howard

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Targets Local Tax Write-Off, But May Hit House Republicans – John McCormick
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-trump-targeting-tax-write-off-may-hurt-republicans/
— Weather gets weird as record rainfall follows record drought – Brian K. Sullivan  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad weather.)
https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/environment/weather-gets-weird-as-record-rainfall-follows-record-drought/article_356eb2a0-6992-587b-ae9d-036b6c66fafd.html

 

GUARDIAN
— How social media saved socialism – Ben Tarnoff  (DIERSEN: What percent of Facebook users in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America promote redistribution of wealth, socialism, and/or communism, that is, what percent of Facebook users are Democrats?)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jul/12/social-media-socialism-jeremy-corbyn-bernie-sanders