Tag: discrimination

June 5 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with painkillers to push pot.
http://wgntv.com/2018/06/05/medical-pot-bill-reaches-rauners-desk/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner campaign gets back on the airwaves with ad about Prizker phone call with Blagojevich – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-tv-ads-20180604-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Spring break over: Rauner, Pritzker begin general election TV war – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-to-launch-air-war-tuesday-with-tv-ad-linking-pritzker-to-blagojevich/
— Miss America drops swimsuit competition and won’t judge on looks – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/miss-america-swimsuits-judge-appearance/
— 2 vehicles stolen on South Side: police – Taylor Hartz (DIERSEN: Have you had a car stolen from you in the south side of Chicago? In 1973, my 1962 Chevy BelAir was stolen from the parking lot while I was working in IRS’s office at 63rd and Halsted.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2-vehicles-stolen-on-south-side-police/
— Manafort accused of several tries to tamper with witnesses – (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always made it extremely clear to my supervisors, to my coworkers, and to my subordinates that they would get rid of them if they came to my defense. 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 to everyone that they will get rid of them if they come to my defense.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/manafort-accused-of-several-tries-to-tamper-with-witnesses/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making students anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180604/parkland-students-to-hold-town-hall-in-naperville

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In Illinois, the more planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform that you reject, the more that the Democrat news media in Illinois promotes you.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-06-05/late-political-pioneers-son-shares-memories-mom-with-teachers-champaign.html
— Another one bites the dust? – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have failed in their efforts to get a) a minority to publically call me a racist or a White supremacist or a KKK member, b) anyone to publically call me a Nazi, c) a woman to publicly call me a sexist or a sexual harasser, d) anyone to publically call me an ageist, and d) anyone to publicly call me a bigot. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes know that I would immediately sue them.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-06-05/editorial-another-one-bites-the-dust.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Darin LaHood honors candidates accepted by U.S. service academies – Andy Kravetz (DIERSEN: Would a U.S. service academy have accepted you? None would have accepted me. I just barely made into the top 20% of my high school class. My ACT was only 24. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). I had washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights a) four weekday evenings a week and Saturdays while I was a junior and senior at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 and b) full time during the summer of 1965.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180604/darin-lahood-honors-candidates-accepted-by-us-service-academies

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to the Democrats, the ERA is needed because Republican men discriminate against women.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/Commentary-Denying-equal-rights-not-12967912.php

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— More Illinois high school grads are leaving, for better and for good – Editorial
https://www.bnd.com

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Some Sangamon County gun owners pushing for gun sanctuary resolution – Ana Espinosa
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/some-sangamon-county-gun-owners-pushing-for-gun-sanctuary-resolution
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But in the changing climate, some Sangamon County taxpayers want the board members to know how they feel about their Second Amendment rights. “That’s what this resolution is,” resident Rosanna Pulido said. “It’s a pushback in a sense it may not have teeth as some people say but it’s drawing a line in the sand and that’s what needs to happen.” The Sangamon County administrator says they received many requests to take symbolic action on the number of issues. “Our policy really is to avoid that and say no unless it is something that directly impacts county government,” McFadden said. Some residents say they will be attending the county board meeting on June 12 at 7 PM to express themselves. “Be at the county board meeting, sign up to speak, and let your voice be heard,” Pulido said.)

 

CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: City Club of Chicago promotes LGBTQ activity big time. How soon, if not already, will City Club of Chicago allow only those who promote LGBTQ activity to speak at or to attend its events?
https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/2306/taking-pride-in-our-story-chicago-and-its-lgbtq-community

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Someone who is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time blasts Ives.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/05/with-friends-like-republican-jeanne-ives-illinois-women-dont-need-enemies

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Candidates, elected officials, and party leaders at the Milton Township Republican Central Committee’s outstanding booth at the Taste of Wheaton Saturday, June 2, 2018, included Tim Elliott, Sal Falbo, Amy Grant, Jay Kinzler, Chris LeVan, Jeff Mackay, Paula McGowen, John Monino, Nick Nathwani, Darlene Senger, and Karen Wilson. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Public finance watchdogs: Proposed budget sets Illinois up to fail over time – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/public-finance-watchdogs-proposed-budget-sets-illinois-up-to-fail/article_0095b2a8-65c9-11e8-b029-eb87f464250e.html

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Davis takes residents for a ride – Emily Braun (DIERSEN: What do you give people? Since 2004, each and every morning, I have given people a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email that is free of charge and contains no advertising, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Doing that requires me to spend 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each and every year for internet services, newspaper subscriptions, etc. Since 2004, those emails have included links to almost 303,400 articles and information on many upcoming events. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being worthless, if not destructive.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/davis-takes-residents-for-a-ride/1217868226
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Congressman Rodney Davis made Champaign his destination to help several people get to theirs. He gave three rides driving for Uber and donated the money to charity. He says it was a great opportunity to engage with people from the community and to get to know what being on the other side of the Uber experience is like. Davis is running as the incumbent for the 13th Congressional seat. His opponent is Democrat Betsy Londrigan.)

 

WIREPOINTS
— Madigan’s mistake: Illinois Speaker lauds progressive tax schemes that hit middle-income earners – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/madigans-mistake-illinois-speaker-lauds-progressive-tax-schemes-that-hit-middle-income-earners-wirepoints-original/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner, Pritzker release first TV ads of the general election
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/05/rauner-pritzker-release-first-tv-ads-of-the-general-election/
— Batinick defends new pension law (DIERSEN: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, including me, a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/05/batinick-defends-new-pension-law/

 

GOPUSA
— Carpentersville rescinds English language resolution (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans are overjoyed.)
http://www.gopusa.com/illinois-village-rescinds-english-language-resolution/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: More than 1,000 people shot in Chicago so far this year
http://www.gopusa.com/more-than-1000-people-shot-in-chicago-so-far-this-year/
— Boehner’s Right — It’s Trump’s Party Now (DIERSEN: In Illinois, it’s Rauner’s party now. What do Rauner and his supporters think of you? One could argue that Rauner and his supporters want to get rid of a) all those who voted for Ives, b) all those who voted for Trump, c) all those who support the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, d) all those who support the right to life plank in the IRP platform, and e) all those who support the immigration plank in the IRP platform.)
http://www.gopusa.com/boehners-right-its-trumps-party-now/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON SEATTLE TIGHTENS: 42,000 pounds of garbage: Seattle cleaning up, clearing out people living in vehicles
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47330

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s war on the Washington bureaucracy – Steven Nelson (DIERSEN: Of course, because my superiors in the federal government did not cite job performance problems to justify their a) forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old and b) taking other adverse actions against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that they took those adverse actions against me because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things, and NOT because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trumps-war-on-the-washington-bureaucracy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bill Valdez fired two people during his 20 years as a manager in the federal workforce. One went quietly after an instance of undisputed misconduct. The other, accused of doing almost no work, refused to leave and used entrenched civil service protections to stay on the federal payroll for another eight years, claiming discrimination, disability, and unfair treatment. Such long goodbyes have proved so arduous and frustrating that many managers just give up, essentially resigning their ability to manage their staff. But they are about to become much less common, as President Trump signed three executive orders last month gutting rules that allow bad workers to prevent legitimate firings, and ending lucrative perks for the labor unions that helped put them in place. . .Once the new employee discipline procedures are implemented, “you give someone notice that their performance is unsatisfactory, and if they do not respond, you can remove them within 30 days,” he added. In the case of the employee who survived Valdez’s attempt at firing for eight years, he recalled, “it got conflated with other issues that delayed the dismissal.” “A federal employee who is removed from public service for performance issues has a right to appeal not only the performance issues but the other issues he or she believes are associated with that … even to federal courts,” he said. “What this [new] process does is say if you’re removed from federal service for poor performance, and if you wish to adjudicate this, go ahead, but you’re not going to do this while you’re put on administrative leave.” “What tends to happen is most appeals are ruled in the agency’s favor,” Valdez added, particularly from the Merit Systems Protection Board. . .The union leader says the reforms are a step toward making federal workers “at will” employees, allowing for political considerations in hiring and firing decisions. “Everyone knows President Trump has no respect for the rule of law and this is just the latest case,” Cox added. The White House official who worked on the orders says this is false, and that the federal workforce isn’t moving to at-will employment. But staff must be liable to firing for cause, either poor performance or misconduct.)

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Hogg and Company Begin Nationwide Tour in an Attempt To Expose NRA Contributions, Register Voters – Randy DeSoto
https://www.westernjournal.com/hogg-and-company-begin-nationwide-tour-in-an-attempt-to-expose-nra-contributions-register-voters/

 

THE HILL
— How lawmakers have landed an endorsement from Trump – SCOTT WONG (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republican candidates who do not want Trump’s endorsement? Anti-Trumps would stress to those candidates who are NOT Protestant, NOT conservative, NOT patriotic, NOT White, NOT male, NOT older, a veteran, NOT rich, NOT a gun owner, NOT German American, and/or NOT someone whose ancestors have been in America for a long time that Trump IS Protestant, IS conservative, IS patriotic, IS White, IS male, IS older, IS NOT a veteran, IS rich, IS a gun owner, IS German American, and/or IS someone whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Anti-Trumps would especially stress to those candidates who are veterans that Trump avoided the draft like I did.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/390679-how-lawmakers-have-landed-an-endorsement-from-trump

 

POLITICO
— Trump abandons loyalty test in midterm primary endorsements The president is giving his imprimatur to candidates who didn’t even vote for him in 2016 in hopes of keeping GOP control. – CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO (DIERSEN: What if Trump had endorsed Ives? I should write a book about 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 and their loyalty tests. I would focus on those a) who demand blind loyalty, b) who destroy those who do not give them blind loyalty, and c) who despise/hate those like me who are loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/05/trump-primary-election-endorsements-623657

 

REUTERS
— Most Americans oppose businesses refusing to serve gay people – Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes who have taken many adverse actions against me because I refuse to promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-baker-poll/most-americans-oppose-businesses-refusing-to-serve-gay-people-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN1J02WN

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-election-year-immigration-split-roils-republicans-1528116647
— Trump Says Philadelphia Eagles Won’t Visit White House President effectively disinvites Super Bowl champion over national anthem protests – Andrew Beaton and Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-philadelphia-eagles-wont-visit-white-house-1528159712

 

FORBES
— 30,000 Six-Figure Illinois Educators Cost Taxpayers $3.7 Billion – Adam Andrzejewski (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $100,000-a-year in to today’s dollars (GS-13 Step 3)? I did in 1988 when I was 40 years old. By then, I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864/year.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/06/04/the-exclusive-100000-club-meet-30000-members-at-the-illinois-teachers-retirement-system-trs/#590285f76129

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Some popular post-work assumptions are false – Robert Powell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2018/05/30/retirement-myths-vs-retirement-realities/635583002/

 

BALTIMORE SUN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s lies are pure self-aggrandizement.” What do you say to those a) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my motives for sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn the articles that I include links to in those emails, and c) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn the comments that I make on articles linked to in those emails?
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-rr-trump-lies-letter-20180604-story.html

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— These agencies have the most harassment complaints – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: Because most people, if not virtually all people, despise/hate past/present/future non-veteran White male federal employees, most people, if not virtually all people, assume that past/present/future non-veteran White male federal employees are sexual harassers.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/hr/2018/06/04/most-feds-dont-trust-agencies-to-punish-sexual-harassment/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Few federal employees file formal complaints with their agency in response to sexual harassment and even fewer believe that their agency took corrective action against a harasser, according to a recent Merit Systems Protection Board Survey. “Employees may conclude that the risks of reporting harassment outweigh any potential personal or organizational benefits, and decide not to use agency procedures for addressing sexual harassment and holding the harasser(s) accountable for their misconduct,” the report said. Only 11 percent of employees filed a formal complaint of the harassment, with only eight percent believing that their harasser received punishment. Meanwhile, 61 percent of those surveyed simply chose to avoid their harasser.)

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Facebook security officer: Not all speech is “created equal” – Andre Damon (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails?)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/06/05/cens-j05.html

 

WORKERS WORLD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are overjoyed that “Worker pressure forces Google to end Pentagon contract.”
https://www.workers.org/2018/06/04/worker-pressure-forces-google-to-end-pentagon-contract/

 

DAILY BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: James Allsup, someone who anti-Trumps call a “hate marcher,” has become a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Whitman County in Washington state. My anti-conservative critics/opponents would a) stress that I used to regularly attend CPACs and b) call me a “CPAC attender.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlottesville-hate-marcher-elected-by-republican-party
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On June 2, Allsup posted a picture of a certificate on Facebook. “As of today I am officially an elected official in the state of Washington and Republican party,” he wrote. “Cool!” The piece of paper certified that Allsup was now a precinct committee officer for the Whitman County, Washington Republican Party. Allsup’s certificate declares that he was awarded the post after his candidacy remained uncontested for four days. The county’s auditor confirmed the certificate’s authenticity to The Daily Beast. Allsup’s post is a small one on its face, but it’s influential. “If you want to take over a political party in this state, the best thing to do is to start at the PCO level and get a whole bunch of people who agree with your views elected as PCOs,” Hugh Spitzer, a professor of law at the University of Washington, told The Daily Beast.)

June 4 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Gov. Rauner signs Illinois budget – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/gov-rauner-signs-illinois-budget/3559392/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner signs full state budget for the first time in his term – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-illinois-budget-20180604-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-medical-marijuana-opioids-illinois-lawmakers-20180604-story.html
— McDonald’s officially opens HQ in Chicago, leaving Oak Brook campus behind – Samantha Bomkamp
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mcdonalds-headquarters-201800605-story.html
— Former state lawmaker Sandra Pihos pleads guilty to retail theft but claims charge was ‘misunderstanding’ – Matthew Walberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-state-lawmaker-retail-theft-guilty-pihos-20180604-story.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago has more underwater homes than any other U.S. metro area – Darcel Rockett
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-chicago-underwater-mortgages-20180603-story.html
— The Supreme Court’s unexpected wedding cake verdict – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-wedding-cake-supreme-court-20180604-story.html
— Meet the Illinois budget party pooper – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-pension-illinois-budget-rauner-0605-20180604-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner signs first budget as governor, thanks Madigan for ‘great team effort’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-signs-first-balanced-budget-since-taking-office-thanks-madigan/
— Trump says US farmers will be treated fairly in trade talks – AP (DIERSEN: When GAO started its massive downsizing in 1981, it assured its employees who were a) minority, b) female, c) veteran, and d) those who had made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 that they would not be adversely impacted by the massive downsizing. Of course, that meant that only its employees who were White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made the aforesaid promotions would be adversely impacted.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-farmers-agriculture-trade-talks/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/voter-suppression-law-worse-than-russian-interference-in-our-elections/
— On the verge of big advances in political ethics in scandal-plagued Springfield – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/michael-madigan-illinois-ethics-in-politics/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Prominent conservatives fight Indiana GOP platform changes – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180604/news/306049872/
— Libertarian governor candidate found in contempt of court – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180604/libertarian-governor-candidate-found-in-contempt-of-court
— Political strategist Jeffrey N. Ward charged with domestic battery – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180604/political-strategist-charged-with-domestic-battery
— Pihos banned from Von Maur after pleading guilty to retail theft – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180604/pihos-banned-from-von-maur-after-pleading-guilty-to-retail-theft

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO
— Rauner finally learns to make a deal – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180604/BLOGS02/180609961/rauner-finally-learns-to-make-a-deal
— Chicago’s Kemper doubling down on high-risk drivers – Steve Daniels (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, drivers who drink booze or smoke pot are very high-risk and should pay much higher premiums.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180601/ISSUE01/180539953/chicago-upstart-makes-a-big-play-for-the-drivers-allstate-and-state-farm-avoid

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Rep. Peter Roskam: Trump wrong on tariffs
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/04/rep-peter-roskam-trump-wrong-on-tariffs/a8o1j2n/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Rauner signs ‘not perfect’ budget, lauds ‘team effort’ – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180604/gov-rauner-signs-not-perfect-budget-lauds-team-effort
— Durbin says he’d support move by Trump to commute Blagojevich’s sentence – John Wagner (DIERSEN: Would Durbin support Trump if Trump would commute my sentence? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced to take their early retirement “offer.” Because of that, since 1997, in today’s dollars, my income has fallen $73,461/year or 59%. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $125,325/year, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864/year. So far, in today’s dollars, since 1997, my income has fallen $1,524,316.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180604/durbin-says-hed-support-move-by-trump-to-commute-blagojevichs-sentence

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Area Educators See Possibilities In Teacher Minimum-Wage Bill – CHASE CAVANAUGH (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. 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://northernpublicradio.org/post/area-educators-see-possibilities-teacher-minimum-wage-bill
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He says that, in some areas, a new teacher with a master’s degree might earn only $27,000 per year. “If you look in the private sector or the nonprofit sector, workers with master’s degrees in the state, the average for them is an earning of about $103,000,” Montgomery said. “So that’s a massive gap here.”)

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump cancels Eagles visit due to anthem – JILL COLVIN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/sports/nfl/trump-cancels-eagles-visit-due-to-anthem/1218494961

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Rauner Signs Budget, Keeps Criticizing Taxes – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/rauner-signs-budget-keeps-criticizing-taxes#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Will Rauner v. Pritzker election ask, “Do you want higher or lower taxes”? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/06/is-rauner-v-pritzker-main-issue-higher-or-lower-taxes-berkowitz-wkolber-cable-web/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Population falling, but Illinois government leaders agree to spend, borrow more this year
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511445297-population-falling-but-illinois-government-leaders-agree-to-spend-borrow-more-this-year

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Algonquin Township Board & Clerk – “Budget Busters” – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/06/algonquin-township-board-clerk-budget-busters/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner signs budget, critics raise concerns about accounting gimmicks – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-signs-budget-critics-raise-concerns-about-accounting-gimmicks/article_ae910620-681a-11e8-aa31-0f79ed78c5a3.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PRITZKER REACTS TO SUPREME COURT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RULING: “I WILL FIGHT DISCRIMINATION”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/pritzker-reacts-to-supreme-court-religious-freedom-ruling-i-will-fight-discrimination-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner going up on TV tomorrow
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/04/rauner-going-up-on-tv-tomorrow/
— Durkin overcame numerous obstacles and got things done
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/04/durkin-overcame-numerous-obstacles-and-got-things-done/

 

NEWSMAX
— GOP’s John Cox Edges Closer to Ballot Spot in Calif. Governor Race – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/california-governors-race-john-cox-attracting/2018/06/04/id/864135/

 

FED SMITH
— Poll: Majority of Americans Think It’s Too Difficult to Fire Poor Performing Federal Employees – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my Democrat superiors in the federal government took the following adverse actions against me because I was a “poor performing federal employee” and even worse things, and NOT because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, or age discrimination: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/06/04/poll-majority-americans-think-difficult-fire-poor-performing-federal-employees/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Federal employee volunteer hours can now go toward Combined Federal Campaign – Eric White (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I spent many “volunteer hours” earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48 and b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-newscast/2018/06/federal-employee-volunteer-hours-can-now-go-toward-combined-federal-campaign/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Office of Personnel Management has offered new guidance to help employees convert their volunteer hours to credit for the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). The CFC will monetize volunteer hours and count them toward campaign results. But it will report them separately from financial contributions. Federal employees should use the CFC online pledging system to track volunteer hours.)

June 4 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Do you favor or oppose my reporting the names of Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who speak at and/or attend Republican events in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County? If you favor my doing that, please let the following know that:

 

DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) Chairman Brian Krajewski, DCRCC Secretary Paul Hinds, Milton Township Republican Central Committee Chairman Chris LeVan, the eight other Republican township party chairmen in DuPage County, and Republican candidates on November 6, 2018 ballots including Peter Roskam, Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti, Erika Harold, Jason Helland, Darlene Senger, Jim Dodge, Mike Connelly, Chris Nybo, Amy Grant, Peter Breen, Darlene Ruscitti, Dan Cronin, James Mendrick, Paul Hinds, Gwen Henry, Grant Eckhoff, Chris Zaruba, Joseph Cantore, Karen Wilson, and Jeff Mackay.

 

My critics/opponents have always vehemently opposed my reporting on political events, and especially my reporting who attends them. Should I attend and report on DCRCC’s Lincoln Day Diner with George P. Bush this Wednesday evening in Oak Brook and suffer the punishment that my critics/opponents will heap on me? My critics/opponents do not want me to know about their events or other activities, do not want me to promote their events or other activities, do not want me to attend their events, and do not want me to report on their events or other activities. At best, they paint me as being “too conservative, that is, that I support too many planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform. They focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.

 

My critics/opponents want all emails that are sent to me to contain the following disclaimer:

 

 “This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information which is the property of the sender, intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). This email message (including attachments) contains information which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message or from any attachments that were sent with this email, and if you have received this email message in error, please advise the sender by email, and delete the message. Unauthorized disclosure and/or use of information contained in this email may result in civil and criminal liability. Receipt of this e-mail shall not be deemed a waiver by the sender of any privilege or the confidential nature of the information. The e-mail address of the sender may not be used, copied, sold, disclosed or incorporated into any database or mailing list for spamming and/or other marketing purposes without the prior consent of the sender. The sender of the e-mail, shall not be liable to any party for any direct, indirect or consequential damages, including, without limitation, loss of profit, interruption of business or loss of information, data or software or otherwise. The provisions of Section 11 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 apply to this email notice and make it enforceable and binding on the recipient/addressee.” – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Facebook is a Democrat website. Ever-increasingly, tragically, the Democrat Facebook is succeeding in getting conservative and Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders a) to neglect their websites, if not dump their websites and b) to send out fewer emails, if not stop sending out emails. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner signs full state budget for the first time in his term – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-illinois-budget-20180604-story.html
— With Rauner approving budget Monday, ‘we can get into the fun stuff of campaigns,’ Durkin says – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-monday-edition-20180601-story.html
— Ways to create a mentally strong workplace – Amy Morin (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and females and b) making way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-ways-to-create-a-mentally-strong-workplace-20180525-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans blame Republicans for Mexico’s problems.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-mexico-guns-20180524-story.html
— Evergreen Park school board will allow new principal to address anonymous misconduct accusations – Zak Koeske (DIERSEN: Who makes accusations against you? I should write a book about those who make accusations against me. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-evergreen-park-principal-controversy-st-0601-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you encourage immigrants to speak, read, and write English, the more that members of the following groups call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-carpentersville-drops-english-as-official-language-20180601-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker blasts past $100 million mark in cash kicked into campaign – Zak Koeske
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/pritzker-gives-his-campaign-a-25-million-boost/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The Illinois pols who can’t say ‘no’ to a TV camera – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents do not want me to know about their events or other activities, do not want me to promote their events or other activities, do not want me to attend their events, and do not want me to report on their events. My critic/opponent focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180601/ISSUE05/180609987/metro-chicagos-members-of-congress-with-the-most-tv-appearances
— Durkin: The unsung hero of Illinois’ budget wars – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180601/ISSUE11/180539946/illinois-rep-jim-durkin-is-unsung-hero-of-budget-war

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— TRAGIC: Got ink? Springfield sees rise in tattoo studios – Carla Jimenez
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180603/got-ink-springfield-sees-rise-in-tattoo-studios

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Danville officials scramble to pass school pay raises – Noelle McGee
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-06-03/danville-officials-scramble-pass-school-pay-raises.html
— Budget deal hasn’t solved state’s financial woes – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-02/jim-dey-budget-deal-hasnt-solved-states-financial-woes.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Hultgren: Northern Illinois being threatened by Wisconsin
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/01/hultgren-northern-illinois-being-threatened-by-wisconsin/aqoq02p/

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— New Illinois Budget Has Doubters – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=266241

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Election year politics at play in Illinois budget deal – Jim Niedelman
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/election-year-politics-at-play-in-illinois-budget-deal/1217457533

 

ILLINOIS CARRY
— Think Rauner Would Do This At The State Fair Parade?
http://illinoiscarry.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=69215

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— BUDGET GIMMICKS EXPLAINED: WHY THE NEW ILLINOIS SPENDING PLAN IS NOT BALANCED – Adam Schuster
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/budget-gimmicks-explained-why-the-new-illinois-spending-plan-is-not-balanced/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republicans on Parade at Harvard’s Milk Day
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/03/republicans-parade-harvards-milk-day__trashed-copy/
— Illinois Leaks Criticizes Former Algonquin Township Supervisor, Plus Current Supervisor and One Trustee
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/03/117418/

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Despite opposition from Illinois State Rifle Association, gun licensing bill sent to Gov. Rauner’s desk – Angela Underwood
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511444912-despite-opposition-from-illinois-state-rifle-association-gun-licensing-bill-sent-to-gov-rauner-s-desk

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— US SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS CHRISTIAN BAKER’S RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/us-supreme-court-upholds-christian-bakers-religious-freedoms.html
— ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS FUND NEARLY 20,000 RETIRED TEACHERS’ SIX-FIGURE PENSIONS (DIERSEN: How much is or will be your pension? My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is $51,864/year. To get that pension, a) I worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years 1966-1969, for IRS almost 9 years 1971-1980, and for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997; b) I contributed 7% of my salary to CSRS; c) I got promoted in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986; and d) I used very few of my sick days.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-taxpayers-fund-nearly-20000-teachers-six-figure-pensions-.html
— COOK COUNTY CLERK RESPONDS TO SUPREME COURT DECISION WITH PRO-LGBTQ TWEET
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/cook-county-clerk-responds-to-supreme-court-decision-with-pro-lgbt-tweet.html
— REP. MCSWEENEY EXPLAINS WHY HE VOTED AGAINST THE STATE BUDGET OTHERS ARE SWOONING OVER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/rep-mcsweeney-explains-why-he-voted-against-the-state-budget-others-are-swooning-over.html

 

GOPUSA
— Samantha Bee vs Roseanne: Equal justice matters (DIERSEN: If you have been fired or forced to retire, of course, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will use that against you. Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47260

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Facebook Replacing ‘Trending News’ with Pre-Approved Publishers – Liz Angarola (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want Facebook to reject www.gopillinois.com. They would hint/imply/argue/shout that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of fake news. They would stress that the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc. do not manipulate me, dominate me, or approve of me.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/facebook-replacing-trending-news-with-pre-approved-publishers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In its Friday announcement, Facebook unveiled plans to help users stay informed by testing out a new “Breaking News” label on select news stories. The company has pre-approved 80 “trustworthy and quality” publishers from across the globe to test the feature on their posts in the News Feed. “So we’re exploring new ways to help people stay informed about timely, breaking news that matters to them, while making sure the news they see on Facebook is from trustworthy and quality sources,” Alex Hardiman, Facebook’s head of news products, wrote in the news release. In short, the subtle change will allow news organizations to help users to stay informed about the news they care about most — as long as it’s from one of the organizations Facebook has chosen. While the full list of the 80 publishers currently involved in the test has not been made public, those who have reported their involvement include The Washington Post, ABC News, Recode, The Verge and Vox. In the announcement, Facebook did not disclose the criteria used to choose the 80 publishers, nor did the company reveal whether or not more publishers will be added in the future. “People tell us they want to stay informed about what is happening around them,” Hardiman’s announcement concluded. “We are committed to ensuring the news that people see on Facebook is high quality, and we’re investing in ways to better draw attention to breaking news when it matters most.” Facebook has greatly reduced the distribution of our stories in our readers’ newsfeeds and is instead promoting mainstream media sources. When you share to your friends, however, you greatly help distribute our content. Please take a moment and consider sharing this article with your friends and family. Thank you.)
— Republican Congressman Devin Nunes Claims Drudge Report Is Being Censored by Twitter – CILLIAN ZEAL
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/republican-congressman-devin-nunes-claims-drudge-report-is-being-censored-by-twitter/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— EVERYDAY RACISM? – ERIC M. WALLACE, PHD
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/everyday-racism-2/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sometime during the month of April, I was contacted by WGN and asked to be interviewed for a segment they were doing on Everyday Racism. I was told that WGN wanted another point of view. At that point, I should have asked about the point of view to which WGN was seeking an alternative. I might have learned that a particular narrative was being proffered, and anything expressed contrary to that narrative was not going to be fully or fairly treated. I agreed to do the interview not really knowing much about the segment or how long it would be. WGN reporter Gaynor Hall interviewed me for about a half hour. She asked me questions about my background, my politics, and my experiences with racism. I answered all her questions as my wife listened. I also made it clear that I see the world through a biblical worldview. What I mean by that is we are all sinners, and racism is a sin. It is part of our human nature that can’t be legislated away. Racism is an inward thought about the inferiority of other races or harboring negative stereotypes of those races. The overt act, which I said we must be more concerned about, is discrimination. I also mentioned that racism is a secular construct that is not evidenced in Scripture. There is only one race—the human race.)

 

FOX BUSINESS
— California Republican lawmaker warns Google, other tech giants of hearings if bias continues – Matthew KazinPu
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/california-lawmaker-warns-google-other-tech-giants-of-hearings-if-bias-continues

 

THE HILL
— Supreme Court sides with baker in same-sex wedding case – LYDIA WHEELER
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/390531-supreme-court-sides-with-baker-in-same-sex-wedding-case
— Impartial advisers could help Trump restore civil service accountability – PHILIP K. HOWARD (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://thehill.com/opinion/finance/390358-impartial-advisers-could-help-trump-restore-civil-service-accountability
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Contrary to perceived wisdom about the sanctity of job protection, civil servants did not have tenure until the 1960s. Civil service was designed as a system of neutral hiring; it defanged the spoils system by eliminating political hiring of the rank-and-file. “If the front door [is] properly tended,” as a civil service reformer put it, “the back door [will] take care of itself.” The only protections against termination were a) to guard against politically-motivated firings (the Lloyd-LaFollette Act of 1912) and b) to protect quasi-judicial officers from executive meddling (the 1935 Humphrey’s Executor decision). Otherwise, as the leading Supreme Court decision held, the president had “the exclusive and illimitable power of removal” of executive branch employees. This all changed in 1963 when, as a payback for public union support, President John F. Kennedy in Executive Order 10988 authorized collective bargaining. Congress in 1978 then imposed collective bargaining upon the president as a statutory obligation. The Supreme Court never has been asked to rule on whether Congress had constitutional authority under Article II — which states, “The executive power shall be vested in a President” — to effectively remove executive power over personnel performance. An attorney general’s opinion at the time of original civil service reform stated that Congress could not so restrict the president’s authority. The harm of unaccountable civil service is not lots of shiftless people, but an enervated public culture. No accountability corrodes the spirit of organizations because it eliminates the trust that co-workers will do their share. Energy fades as it becomes clear that it doesn’t matter what you or anyone does. Without accountability, the only other tool for managing personnel is dense rulebooks, so suffocating bureaucracy is layered on top an already-dispirited workplace. By making civil servants “virtually impregnable” to accountability, Congress might as well have put nerve gas into public offices. It didn’t take long for the nerve gas to take effect. A 1989 report by the Volcker Commission on Civil Service found a “quiet crisis” in federal civil service, characterized by “an erosion of performance and morale.” The commission found that seven of 10 federal employees who witnessed fraud, abuse or waste did not even bother to report what they saw. A second Volcker Commission in 2003 found deep resentment at “the protections provided to those poor performers among them who impede their own work and drag down the reputation of all government workers.” The original idea of civil service remains valid — to create a “merit system” where civil servants are hired and retained based of performance. But the current system, as the Partnership for Public Service has concluded, is “a relic of a bygone era.” Attracting good people requires giving them real responsibility, not making them clerks on a bureaucratic assembly line. No one will give officials responsibility, however, unless they can be accountable if they abuse it. Distrust is the main hurdle to reforming civil service. Personnel decisions require judgment, not objective proof. How do you prove who doesn’t work hard, or isn’t cooperative with co-workers, or is mean-spirited? Someone must make those decisions, and Trump’s appointees are unlikely to be trusted. Union officials defend current procedures as being “just a matter of due process.” But due process is an impenetrable barrier because it puts the burden on the supervisor. Can you prove that this person is so much worse than anyone else? In a public service that aspires to A’s, due process protects people who get D’s and F’s. Our quandary is this: No president until Trump has been willing to take on public unions, but Trump lacks the trust to achieve the bold civil service overhaul that’s needed. How do we square this circle?)

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you claim to be a Republican, but you demonize, denigrate, and condemn, Trump, members of the following groups will glorify you and praise you: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/patti-davis-ronald-reagan-donald-trump_us_5b150127e4b02143b7cddf38

 

NBC NEWS
— California’s GOP is collapsing. Is that a sign for Republicans nationwide? After Tuesday’s primary, the GOP may not even have a candidate in the running for governor or Senate this fall. – Alex Seitz-Wald
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/california-s-gop-collapsing-sign-republicans-nationwide-n879286

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook Tried to Rein In Fake Ads. It Fell Short in a California Race. – Sheera Frenkel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/03/technology/california-congressional-race-facebook-election-interference.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites are overjoyed about the demise of Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/03/business/media/advertising-multiracial-families.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/03/opinion/trump-republican-party.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise illegals, so it is surprising that anti-Trumps acknowledge that some illegals are domestic abusers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/03/us/immigrants-houston-domestic-violence.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemns Trump supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/us/politics/chris-mcdaniel-mississippi-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans crow about their success in turning Asians against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/03/us/democrats-asians-orange-county-california.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘I will not back down’: Kansas Republican defends displaying replica machine gun in parade – Allyson Chiu
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/04/city-apologizes-after-kansas-republican-rides-in-parade-with-replica-machine-gun-mounted-on-his-jeep/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump Asserts ‘Absolute Right’ to Pardon Himself In a Twitter message, the president also says: ‘but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong?’ – Daniel Nasaw
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-asserts-absolute-right-to-pardon-himself-1528116580
— The Canard About Falling Incomes – Andy Kessler (DIERSEN: Has you income fallen? Since 1997, in today’s dollars, my income has fallen $73,461/year or 59%. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $125,325/year, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864/year. So far, in today’s dollars, since 1997, my income has fallen $1,524,316.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-canard-about-falling-incomes-1528054223

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, USA TODAY makes it clear that it exists to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/06/04/same-sex-marriage-ruling-undermined-gay-parents/650112002/
— Can the 3.8% unemployment rate tumble toward zero? – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: Are you unemployed? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that since 1997, when I 49 years old, I have not been able to get a paid job that is appropriate for someone with my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license. They use that to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/06/03/unemployment-can-go-lower/664879002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But first, before you get too excited, some perspective. A big reason unemployment dropped last month is the portion of Americans working or looking for jobs dipped to 62.7%. That share, known as the labor force participation rate, generally has been falling for years as Baby Boomers retire. Also, many men ages 25 to 54 remain outside the workforce as a result of the opioid crisis and the loss of manufacturing and construction jobs during and after the recession of 2007-09. In other words, many people aren’t officially considered unemployed because they’re not actively looking, although they really would like jobs. “You’re able to pull (the unemployment rate) down because you don’t have as many people participating,” says Diane Swonk, chief economist of Grant Thornton.)

 

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Is Illinois trying to ‘poach’ Iowa teachers with higher pay? – Mackenzie Ryan (DIERSEN: In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO – a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 (currently $91,880) to GS-9 Step 10 (currently $72,677).)
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2018/05/31/could-illinois-poach-iowa-teachers-higher-guaranteed-pay/659867002/

 

NEW JERSEY
— Phil Murphy orders immediate spending, hiring freeze – Samantha Marcus
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/06/phil_murphy_orders_immediate_spending_hiring_freez.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DETROIT GRAND PRIX: GM EXECUTIVE MARK REUSS CRASHES PACE CAR – DAN CANCIAN
http://www.newsweek.com/detroit-grand-prix-gm-executive-mark-reuss-crashes-pace-car-956194

June 1 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gun groups want a restraining order against Deerfield’s assault weapons ban before it takes effect in 2 weeks – Karen Berkowitz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/deerfield/news/ct-dfr-gun-groups-seek-deerfield-restraining-order-tl-0607-story.html
— Rauner decision to sign state budget avoids election-year repeat of historic feud – Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-illinois-budget-20180531-story.html
— Trump, Blago and the cost of corruption – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-blagojevich-trump-0603-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Dorothy Brown’s office to get federal monitor for hiring practices – Rachel Hinton and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dorothy-browns-office-to-get-federal-monitor-for-hiring-practices/
— Trump calls for Samantha Bee’s firing over slur toward Ivanka – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/donald-trump-samantha-bee-vulgar-slur-ivanka-double-standard-roseanne-barr/
— Racism is most odious when it’s government policy – Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan (DIERSEN: Political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation are official policies of the federal government.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/racism-is-most-odious-when-its-government-policy/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump: ‘Total double standard’ that Samantha Bee’s show hasn’t been canceled – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180601/trump-total-double-standard-that-samantha-bees-show-hasnt-been-canceled

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State legislator Jim Durkin: ‘We have done our jobs for the first time in many years’ – Adalberto Toledo
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-06-01/state-legislator-we-have-done-our-jobs-the-first-time-many-years.html

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jack Franks Called Out for Not Moving to Eliminate Health Benefits for County Board Members
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/01/jack-franks-called-not-moving-eliminate-health-benefits-county-board-members/
— State’s Attorney Kenneally’s Recommendations to Algonquin Township Officials
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/01/kenneallys-recommendations-algonquin-township-officials/
— Abortion Group Supports Sean Casten to Replace Peter Roskam
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/06/01/abortion-group-supports-sean-casten-replace-peter-roskam/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Auditor General Frank Mautino’s wife’s alcohol induced rant: “I kicked her ass, take me to jail” – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/06/auditor-general-frank-mautinos-wifes-alcohol-induced-rant-i-kicked-her-ass-take-me-to-jail/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS PROLIFE, FAMILY GROUPS VOW TO WITHHOLD ENDORSEMENT FOR ERA-SUPPORTING LAWMAKERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-prolife-family-groups-vow-to-withhold-endorsement-for-era-supporting-lawmakers.html
— DOWNSTATE LAWMAKERS CALL FOR CHICAGO TO BE 51ST STATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/downstate-lawmakers-call-for-chicago-to-be-51st-state.html
— DI LEO: MAYOR RAHM AND THE “RIGHT” TO PRE-KINDERGARTEN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/mayor-rahm-and-the-right-to-pre-kindergarten.html
— ILLINOIS BECOMES THE 37TH STATE TO RATIFY EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, BUT SO WHAT?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-become-37-state-to-ratify-equal-rights-amendment.html
— 15 YR REWIND: FORMER US SENATE CANDIDATE FROM ILLINOIS JOHN COX NOW LEADING GOPER IN CALIFORNIA GOV RACE (DIERSEN: Trump has endorsed John Cox. Cox and I served together on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. On July 5, 2003, Cox came with the other four announced candidates for U.S. Senate (Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) to a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren. We can forever ask ourselves, “What if Trump had endorsed Ives?”)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/former-us-senate-candidate-from-illinois-john-cox-now-leading-goper-in-california-gov-race.html

 

GOPUSA
— Clothing Retailer J. Crew Pushes Feminism on Young Boys
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47069
— Chelsea Clinton, a perfect example of why left is Not Real American
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=47043

 

BREITBART
— Job Gains for Foreign-Born Workers Outpace Native-Born Americans – John Binder
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/30/job-gains-for-foreign-born-workers-outpace-native-born-americans/

 

DAILY CALLER
— HOW THE GOVERNMENT USES TAXES TO CONTROL PEOPLE: THE GROVER NORQUIST INTERVIEW – Derek Hunter
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/01/how-the-government-uses-taxes-to-control-people-the-grover-norquist-interview/

 

THE HILL
— Schwarzenegger opposes top GOP California gubernatorial candidates – MAX GREENWOOD
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/390349-schwarzenegger-opposes-top-gop-california-gubernatorial-candidates

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois governor who loudly demanded reforms now is silent – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/illinois-governor-who-loudly-demanded-reforms-now-is-silent/2018/06/01/8114e4a2-65f2-11e8-81ca-bb14593acaa6_story.html

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Rauner Missing in Budget Debate, Dropped Long-Time Demands – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-06-01/rauner-sidelined-in-budget-debate-dropped-long-time-demands

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— What Small Publishers Need to Know About Facebook’s Policy on Ads With Political Content – Ned Berke
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/what-small-publishers-need-to-know-about-facebooks-policy-on-ads-with-political-content/

 

THE VERGE
— Facebook’s ad rules are forcing news outlets to register as political advertisers ‘Everything we’ve tried to do in the past couple days has just been shut down,’ says one publisher – Russell Brandom
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/1/17416710/facebook-political-ad-rules-news-promotion-blocked

June 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump schemes aside, Blagojevich deserves shorter sentence – Editorial (DIERSEN: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-schemes-aside-blagojevich-shorter-sentence-trump-commute/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Why Trump should leave Blagojevich in prison – Editorial (DIERSEN: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-blagojevich-trump-commute-sentence-20180531-story.html
— Ever-defiant Blago doesn’t deserve Trump’s mercy – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-blagojevich-trump-commutation-0601-20180531-story.html
— More firms used Facebook to block older job seekers, lawsuit alleges – Josh Eidelson (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. QUESTION: What percent of Facebook employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? ANSWER: !00%)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-facebook-job-seekers-age-discrimination-20180529-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A proposed class action lawsuit alleging Facebook’s ad placement tools facilitate discrimination against older job-seekers has been expanded to identify additional companies, further widening the latest front in claims that candidates are being filtered out by gender, geography, race and age. “When Facebook’s own algorithm disproportionately directs ads to younger workers at the exclusion of older workers, Facebook and the advertisers who are using Facebook as an agent to send their advertisements are engaging in disparate treatment,” a communications union alleged in the amended complaint- citing a legal test for employment discrimination-filed Tuesday in San Francisco federal court. The union added claims under California’s fair employment and unfair competition statutes to the lawsuit, which was initially filed in December.)
— How I would’ve made my 40s a happier decade of my life – Jonathan Rauch (DIERSEN: What do you regret? Should I regret not pretending to be Swedish national origin, not being a Democrat or a RINO, avoiding the draft, not even trying to earn a degree from an Ivy League university, accepting the Post Office’s job offer in 1966, accepting IRS’s job offer in 1971, accepting GAO’s job offer in 1980, complaining about patronage and political affiliation discrimination, complaining about reverse discrimination, complaining about age discrimination, complaining about retaliation, filing grievances and other complaints, filing lawsuits, not painting myself as being a yes-man, not being a yes-man, not glorifying and praising, pandering to, and giving money to those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, not being a church member since the 1970s, not attending church services since the 1970s, not giving money to a church since the 1970s, giving up trying to have children, not adopting, not becoming a foster parent, not owning dogs, etc.?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-midlife-crisis-changing-slump-0601-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Today I know why: Recent research in economics, psychology and neuroscience shows that aging has an independent effect on life satisfaction, separate from factors such as health, wealth and other life circumstances. In other words, time is not an emotionally neutral backdrop. Instead, its effect on happiness is U-shaped: Other things being equal, people’s life satisfaction tends to decline from their early 20s until midlife, then turns around at about age 50. Armed with this knowledge, I often wish I could go back and warn the pre-40 me of what was coming. I first started to notice the onset of nagging dissatisfaction around my 40th birthday; I figured it would pass. But counting my blessings, as I often did, only deepened my funk. As my 40s went on, the perplexing feelings of restlessness and regret deepened. At 45, I attained the highest prize in my profession, yet not even that success hushed the inner critics saying I had wasted my life. By my late 40s, I painfully concluded that dissatisfaction and ingratitude were my new normal.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Is attacking a cop a hate crime? New federal law would give police similar protections – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of Group A promote hatred against members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180601/is-attacking-a-cop-a-hate-crime-new-federal-law-would-give-police-similar-protections
— Only the fat cats are better off – Marion J. Reis, Lombard (DIERSEN: Are/were you a fat cat? My critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout have always had their operatives and their dupes shout at those who have less money than I have that I am a fat cat. They stress the money that I have spent on new cars, real estate, tuition, collector cars, computers, etc.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180601/only-the-fat-cats-are-better-off
— Polls: Most Americans say teachers are underpaid — and many would pay higher taxes to fix it – Valerie Strauss
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180601/polls-most-americans-say-teachers-are-underpaid-x2014-and-many-would-pay-higher-taxes-to-fix-it

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A third of Chicago home borrowers can’t afford to move – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: What percent of homeowners in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois cannot afford to move? If they could afford to move, where would they move to?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180601/CRED0701/180609998
— SALT tax-cap workaround hits Springfield roadblock – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180531/BLOGS02/180539945
— The deadline to nominate someone for 40 Under 40 is June 11, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. CDT. (DIERSEN: For non-veteran White males to be rising stars in the federal government, they must make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. There are extremely few non-veteran White male rising stars in the federal government.)
https://crainschicago.secure-platform.com/a/page/40under40

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Feds File Charges Against 2 For Allegedly Selling Drugs Online – Tom Wessell
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/feds-file-charges-against-2-for-allegedly-selling-drugs-online/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Gun control advocates change approach with June 1 call to action – BOB RAKOW
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/05/29/gun-control-advocates-change-approach-with-june-1-call-to-action/an9wiv/

 

WQAD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Blagojevich’s attorney, Lauren Kaeseberg, said her client’s sentence was too harsh. Was my sentence too harsh? How many federal employees have been forced to retire when they were 49 years old?
http://wqad.com/2018/05/31/trump-considering-commuting-rod-blagojevichs-sentence/

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Kelly thanks Trump for pardoning Dinesh D’Souza
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-thanks-trump-for-pardoning-dinesh-dsouza

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Governor Bruce Rauner Reaches Point Governor Dan Walker Did in His First Year in Office – Gets Budget – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/31/governor-bruce-rauner-reaches-point-governor-dan-walker-first-year-office-gets-budget/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Harris, House Republicans put ERA over the top
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511436454-harris-house-republicans-put-era-over-the-top

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Durkin, Olsen, Wehrli, Winger vote ‘yes’ in House ERA vote
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511436401-durkin-olsen-wehrli-winger-vote-yes-in-house-era-vote

 

WIREPOINTS
— A budget for lawmakers, not Illinoisans – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/a-budget-for-lawmakers-not-illinoisans-wirepoints-original/
— Illinois, One Chart Shows How You’re Being Lied To Again About This Budget Being ‘Balanced’ – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-one-chart-shows-how-youre-being-lied-to-again-about-this-budget-being-balanced-wirepoints-original/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CONSERVATIVE LAWSUIT AGAINST U OF I PROCEEDS TO FEDERAL COURT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/conservative-lawsuit-against-u-of-i-proceeds-to-federal-court.html
— PATTI BLAGOJEVICH APPEALS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR COMMUTATION OF ROD’S SENTENCE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/patti-blagojevich-appeals-to-president-trump-for-rods-pardon.html
— THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF CORPORATE WELFARE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/the-opportunity-cost-of-corporate-welfare.html

 

GOPUSA
— Black market in marijuana much greater since legalization
http://www.gopusa.com/black-market-in-marijuana-much-greater-since-legalization/
— Illegal alien children cost taxpayers $670 a day
http://www.gopusa.com/illegal-alien-children-cost-taxpayers-670-a-day/
— CNN’s Don Lemon lectures: If you watched Roseanne, you’re a bigot (DIERSEN: What do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say about those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.gopusa.com/cnns-don-lemon-lectures-if-you-watched-roseanne-youre-a-bigot/

 

CNN
— Two companies (Autotrader and State Farm) suspend ads from Samantha Bee’s show after vulgar remark about Ivanka Trump – Jackie Wattles and Brian Stelter
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/31/media/samantha-bee-advertiser/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— The wife of Chicago’s police superintendent has filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming she’s a victim of discrimination. (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, all the many employees who my Democrat superiors assigned me to supervise were one or more of the following: Democrat, minority, female, older, disabled, veteran, and/or an employee who they wanted to get rid of. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, no discrimination complaint was ever filed against me. No Democrat employee ever charged me with discriminating against Democrats. No minority employee ever charged me with discriminating against minorities. No female employee ever charged me with discriminating against females. No older employee ever charged me with discriminating against older employees. No disabled employee ever charged me with discriminating against disabled employees. No veteran employee ever charged me with discriminating against veterans. No LGBTQ employee ever charged me with discriminating against LGBTQ employees. Never-the-less, my Democrat superiors treated me like I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/wife-of-police-superintendent-files-discrimination-complaint/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Political Provocateur Dinesh D’Souza, at Times Held Up as a Hero of the Right – Daniel Victor (DIERSEN: Who are the “heroes of the right” in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality? What do they do to defend and advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/us/politics/dinesh-dsouza-facts-history.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Starbucks Racial Bias Training ‘Uncomfortable’ and ‘Enlightening’: Employees React Some baristas wonder how to implement lessons discussed Tuesday in their day-to-day jobs – Julie Jargon and Rachel Feintzeig (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, all bias training calls all Republicans White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbucks-racial-bias-training-uncomfortable-and-enlightening-employees-react-1527807677
— ‘The Happiness Curve’ Review: Midlife Slump and Late-Life Upswing Research shows that, after hitting 50, most people feel less regretful about their past and more positive about their lives in general. Emily Bobrow reviews “The Happiness Curve” by Jonathan Rauch. (DIERSEN: What do you regret? Should I regret not pretending to be Swedish national origin, not being a Democrat or a RINO, avoiding the draft, not even trying to earn a degree from an Ivy League university, accepting the Post Office’s job offer in 1966, accepting IRS’s job offer in 1971, accepting GAO’s job offer in 1980, complaining about patronage and political affiliation discrimination, complaining about reverse discrimination, complaining about age discrimination, complaining about retaliation, filing grievances and other complaints, filing lawsuits, not painting myself as being a yes-man, not being a yes-man, not glorifying and praising, pandering to, and giving money to those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, not being a church member since the 1970s, not attending church services since the 1970s, not giving money to a church since the 1970s, giving up trying to have children, not adopting, not becoming a foster parent, not owning dogs, etc.?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-happiness-curve-review-midlife-slump-and-late-life-upswing-1527809014
— Summer Jobs Teach Real-World Lessons – Mike Kerrigan (DIERSEN: What summer jobs did you have? 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 1966; and delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/summer-jobs-teach-real-world-lessons-1527809051

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote LGBTQ activity. Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time DEMONIZE, DENIGRATE, AND CONDEMN those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/01/why-we-have-lgbtq-pride-not-straight-pride-column/658306002/
https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/faces-of-lgbtq-pride-month-2018/#/?_k=zatf7b
— Internet usage may be nearing peak, says Mary Meeker in annual tech forecast – Jefferson Graham (DIERSEN: Members of the following groups want you to a) talk and act like Facebook IS THE INTERNET and b) not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/05/30/internet-usage-growing-slightly-smartphone-sales-have-hit-wall/656078002/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Employers Skate on Thin Ice With Immigration Compliance, Bias – Laura D. Francis (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers do not want to hire, retain, or promote employees who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, employers pander to individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bna.com/employers-skate-thin-n57982093108/

 

FED SMITH
— What’s Really in Those New Executive Orders? – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the following adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/05/30/whats-really-new-executive-orders/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It goes on to say that agencies should make decisions on proposed removals within 15 days of the end of the employee reply period, and that agencies should use Chapter 75 (adverse action) procedures where appropriate rather than the more common Chapter 43 (performance) procedures when dealing with poor performance. It also reminds agencies that the probationary period is the final step in the hiring process. . .This section says “Agencies shall not agree to erase, remove, alter, or withhold from another agency any information about a civilian employee’s performance or conduct in that employee’s official personnel records, including an employee’s Official Personnel Folder and Employee Performance File, as part of, or as a condition to, resolving a formal or informal complaint by the employee or settling an administrative challenge to an adverse personnel action.”)

 

DAILY BEAST
— Trump: Why Haven’t They Fired ‘No Talent Samantha Bee?’ (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be fired and why? Should I write a book about a) those who want me to be fired as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and why and b) those who wanted me to be fired as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Post Office employee, etc., and why?)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-why-havent-they-fired-no-talent-samantha-bee

May 31 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Lang announces resignation as House Deputy Majority Leader after harassment allegations – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/lang-announces-resignation-as-house-deputy-majority-leader-after-harassment-allegations/3545128/

 

NBC5
— Trump Considering Pardon for Blagojevich, He Tells Reporters Trump said he was considering pardoning or commuting the sentence for Blagojevich, who was a contestant on “Celebrity Apprentice”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-Considering-Pardon-for-Blagojevich-He-Tells-Reporters-484182181.html
— Illinois House Sends Governor Bill Raising Teacher Salaries
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-house-sends-governor-bill-raising-teacher-salaries-484155291.html
— House Deputy Majority Leader Lou Lang Resigning From Political Leadership Post After Accusation of Harassment, Abuse
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/denise-rotheimer-woman-to-accuse-lawmaker-of-abuse-484182271.html

 

CBS2
— Mitt Romney Says He Voted For His Wife In 2016
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/31/romney-voted-for-wife-2016/

 

WGN TV
— Lou Lang leaves Democratic leadership position amid harassment allegations
http://wgntv.com/2018/05/31/lou-lang-leaves-democratic-leadership-position-amid-harassment-allegations/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House approves state budget; Rauner says he’ll approve – Kim Geiger, Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-budget-final-day-20180531-story.html
— Fatalities linked to ‘drugged’ driving keep rising – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-biz-drugged-driving-20180530-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A growing percentage of drivers who die in road crashes test positive for drugs, and states need to do a better job of educating the general public and law enforcement on the risks of driving while on marijuana, opioids and other substances, according to a new report. The Governors Highway Safety Association, a national nonprofit safety group, said in a report released Thursday that almost 44 percent of fatally injured drivers tested positive for drugs in 2016, the most recent year available, up from almost 28 percent in 2006. Meanwhile, the percentage of drivers killed in crashes who tested positive for alcohol dropped slightly to 38 percent in 2016 compared with 41 percent in 2006, the study found. Drunken driving has become socially unacceptable, and the same thing needs to happen with other substances, said Jim Hedlund, a former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration official who wrote the report. “The message has been out on drunk driving for 40 years now, and people have paid attention,” Hedlund said. “There’s a real social change that says it’s not acceptable to have two six-packs and go out and drive. The slogan years ago was: ‘Let’s have one for road.’ Now it’s: ‘Who’s the designated driver?’ I’d like to see the same thing for drugs.” A mix of substances were also found among drivers killed in fatal crashes. When test results for both alcohol and drugs were known, 49 percent of alcohol-positive drivers also had drugs in their systems. The report points to the challenges in tackling drug-impaired driving, including a lack of nationally accepted testing methods for drug impairment, the large number of drugs to test for and differences in effects between different drugs and drivers.)
— Chicago police lieutenant, married to top cop, files discrimination complaint against CPD – Jeremy Gorner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-superintendent-wife-complaint-20180531-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lang resigns leader post but blasts accuser as disgruntled medical pot profiteer – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/state-rep-lou-lang-accused-of-harassing-springfield-activist/
— ‘Realistic’ budget heads to Gov. Rauner’s desk after bipartisan ‘love fest’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/budget-bills-heading-to-gov-rauners-desk-after-bipartisan-passage/
— Trump says he might commute Blagojevich’s sentence – AP (DIERSEN: Should I request a pardon from Trump? My Democrat superiors in the federal government took many adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-rod-blagojevich-commute-martha-stewart-pardon/
— Wife of Chicago’s top cop files complaint accusing CPD of discrimination – Fran Spielman and Frank Main
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/wife-chicago-police-superintendent-eddie-johnson-files-eeoc-complaint-chicago-police-department/

 

DAILY HERALD
— With cap lifted, Wheeling hearing from video gambling interests – Chacour Koop (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. If you promote gambling, you promote vice.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180531/with-cap-lifted-wheeling-hearing-from-video-gambling-interests
— Easy entry into Oregon’s legal pot market means huge surplus – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180531/news/305319984/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: DIERSEN HEADLINE: More and more and more students are in need.
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180531/groups-raising-money-for-dupage-students-in-need–

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Budget passes General Assembly, heads to Rauner’s desk – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180531/NEWS02/180539952/budget-passes-general-assembly-heads-to-rauners-desk
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180531/NEWS02/180539952/budget-passes-general-assembly-and-rauner-promises-to-sign-it
— Budget deal or no, Moody’s isn’t satisfied – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180531/BLOGS02/180539960/budget-deal-or-no-moodys-isnt-satisfied

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois House approves state budget, sends it to Rauner – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180531/illinois-house-approves-state-budget-sends-it-to-rauner

 

WQAD
— Madigan right-hand man resigns after being accused of sexual harassment
http://wqad.com/2018/05/31/madigan-right-hand-man-resigns-after-being-accused-of-sexual-harassment/
— Ruling that Trump’s Twitter blocks are unconstitutional may affect elected officials in Illinois
http://wqad.com/2018/05/31/expert-ruling-that-trumps-twitter-blocks-are-unconstitutional-may-affect-elected-officials-in-illinois/

 

ILLINOIS HOUSE GOP
— Rep. Ives Calls Out Partisan Attack on President Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NEFUeBjVBc&feature=youtu.be

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally Declines to Prosecute Former Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/31/states-attorney-patrick-kenneally-declines-prosecute-former-algonquin-township-road-commissioner-bob-miller/

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— “It’s a certified terrible frat house,” is the way a sexual harassment victim coming forward today describes Springfield.
https://mailchi.mp/upstream-ideas/illinois-financial-grade-f-251685?e=6f5c563571

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rep. Lang press conference to respond to allegations
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/live-video-rep-lang-press-conference-to-respond-to-allegations/
— Speaker Madigan responds to allegations against Lang
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/speaker-madigan-responds-to-allegations-against-lang/
— Rep. Lou Lang responds to allegations
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/rep-lou-lang-responds-to-allegations/
— Alleged abuse victim’s press conference
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/live-video-alleged-abuse-victims-press-conference/
— Alleged victim appears on Proft’s radio show
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/alleged-victim-appears-on-profts-radio-show/
— Legislators, governor avoid addressing bill backlog in budget agreement
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/31/legislators-governor-avoid-addressing-bill-backlog-in-budget-agreement/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Illinois on the brink of forcing schools to teach ‘LGBT history’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/illinois-bill-would-force-public-schools-to-teach-lgbt-history
— J.Crew markets LGBT ‘pride’ clothes to kids – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/j.crew-markets-lgbt-pride-clothes-to-kids

 

WESTERN JOURNALISM
— Trump Flushes Out Swamp with Civil Service Exec. Orders – Dick Morris (DIERSEN: Because my Democrat superiors in the federal government took many adverse actions against me, including forced me to retire, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am much worse than those who “have been caught stealing agency property or running personal businesses from work, and even after they have been arrested for using drugs during lunch breaks.”)
https://www.westernjournal.com/dick-morris-trump-flushes-out-swamp-with-civil-service-exec-orders/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And most importantly, the standards for dismissing, removing or demoting public employees are going to be changed to make these procedures easier. It now takes between six months and a year to remove a tenured federal employee for poor performance and an additional eight months to handle appeals. That makes tenured federal employees forty-four times less likely to get laid off than workers in the private sector. Under this flawed system, federal employees have stayed on the job after they have been caught stealing agency property or running personal businesses from work, and even after they have been arrested for using drugs during lunch breaks. These people need to go. But there is one more step Trump must take: banning IRS labor unions. We do not permit employees of the FBI, CIA, NSA or other such agencies to form or join unions. IRS employees, however, belong to the all-powerful Treasury Employees Union, whose contract grants them a substantial role in the management of this all-powerful agency.)

 

THE HILL
— GAO says White House is blocking its investigations – JULIA MANCHESTER
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/390060-gao-says-white-house-is-ignoring-its-questions

 

POLITICO
— White House stonewalling GAO – MEL LEONOR (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/31/trump-white-house-government-accountability-office-615355

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Nearly 60% of drug-tested drivers killed in U.S. crashes had pot or opioids in their system, report says – Fredrick Kunkle
https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/news/tripping/wp/2018/05/31/nearly-60-percent-of-drivers-in-fatal-crashes-had-pot-or-opioids-in-their-system-new-report-says/

 

FEDERAL SOUP
–A House committee wants to know how a small agency improved morale – Sherkiya Wedgeworth (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or non-veteran told them that their morale would improve dramatically if they did more to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://federalsoup.com/articles/2018/05/30/house-committee-wants-to-know-how-small-agency-improved-morale.aspx

 

SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN
— Feinstein, Gillibrand, Murray, Warren Call on Government Accountability Office to Investigate Economic Effects of Sexual Harassment on U.S. Workforce (DIERSEN: What about the economic effects of patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government? Because of the aforesaid, the federal government criminally wasted many millions of tax dollars to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=5B622A77-D6ED-46C0-9B86-E25F7C869258

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Federal Reserve: Banks can speculate with your paychecks and your pension! – MARK GRUENBERG
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/federal-reserve-banks-can-speculate-with-your-paychecks-and-your-pension/

May 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville Memorial Day Parade canceled due to heat; Memorial Day ceremony time changed to 11 a.m. – David Sharos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-dupage-memorial-day-advance-st-0525-story.html
— A focal point in governor’s race, Quincy veterans home now part of budget talks – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-quincy-veterans-illinois-budget-20180525-story.html
— A simple strategy to spend safely in retirement – Eleanor Laise (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, everyone should plan for long-term healthcare. Live-in healthcare provides, assisted living facilities, nursing homes cost $200-$300 a day, and that cost is only going to increase. 10 years at $250 a day is $912,500. 15 years at $250 a day is $1,368,750. 20 years at $250 a day is $1,825,000.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180528/281964608392614
— The importance of core values 5 ways to make sure employees take company culture seriously – Robert Glazer (DIERSEN: The most important core value in the federal government is to a) hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) make way for them by getting rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes support/promote the aforesaid core value.)
— These days conservatives can’t be ‘feminists’ – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-conservatives-feminists-jessica-valenti-heather-wilhelm-feminism-0527-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201805250007–tms–lpittsctnwl-a20180527-20180527-column.html
— Conservatives need to argue about ideas, not about Trump – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-goldberg-conservatives-trump-ideas-reagan-0528-20180524-story.html
— Veterans, discharged and jobless, seek hiring-rules changes – AP (DIERSEN: Have you gotten a “less-than-honorable discharge?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress that I received “less-than-honorable discharges” from TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office and b) blame me, and me alone, for the aforesaid discharges. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stand with those who dominate TAPROOT, WCC, MTRCC, ICRC, AAPC, GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–veterans-job-discrimination-20180525-story.html
— “On eve of holiday, president rages on Twitter” – Noah Bierman
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180528/281689730485670
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to watch sports is to watch protesters. If you do not want to watch protesters, do not watch sports.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-memorial-day-flag-20180525-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to watch sports is to watch protesters. If you do not want to watch protesters, do not watch sports.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/salute-flag-forced-displays-nfl-players-kneel-protest-trump/
— Chicago journalism still isn’t diverse enough – Evan F. Moore (DIERSEN: What percent of Chicago journalists are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/chicago-journalism-still-isnt-diverse-enough-gen-z-is-watching/

 

DAILY HERALD
— The best career advice from this year’s graduation speeches – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, if you had taken it, what career advice would have benefited your career? If I had taken the following career advice, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old: a) be a Democrat, b) paint yourself as being a yes-man and be a yes-man, and c) help your superiors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180527/the-best-career-advice-from-this-years-graduation-speeches

 

DAILY CALLER
— Louis Farrakhan Issues Sunday Call For An End To White Men – Virginia Kruta (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who agrees with Farraknan? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/27/louis-farrakhan-end-white-men/

 

BREITBART
— GOP Sen Lankford: Bipartisan Group ‘Meeting Quietly’ on DACA — DREAMer Path to Citizenship, Partial Wall Possibilities – Jeff Poor (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about Trump supporters who want Trump to dump planks in the Republican Party platform? Should I write a book about Rauner supporters who want Rauner to dump planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? Should I write a book about Trump and Rauner supporters who want to dump me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails because I support those planks? )
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/05/27/gop-sen-lankford-bipartisan-group-quietly-meeting-on-daca-dreamer-path-to-citizenship-partial-wall-possibilities/

 

BLAZE
— David Hogg bullied Publix into submission. Now the free market has responded in a powerful way. – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republicans who let anti-Republicans bully them into submission?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/27/david-hogg-bullied-publix-into-submission-now-the-free-market-has-responded-in-a-powerful-way

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP’S CANDOR, ANIMALS AND MS-13 What the Left’s feigned anger about our president’s honesty really reveals. – Michael Cutler (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who glorify and praise illegals, but who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270270/trumps-candor-animals-and-ms-13-michael-cutler

 

THE HILL
— GOP leaders scramble to contain immigration rebellion – MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: What do you say to Trump supporters who want Trump to get reelected by dumping the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform? What do you say to Rauner supporters who want Rauner to get reelected by completely dumping the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and/or other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? Needless-to say, those Trump and Rauner supporters ARE EXTREMELY CRITICAL OF ME AND EXTREMELY CRITICAL OF MY GOPUSA ILLINOIS EMAILS.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/389452-gop-leaders-scramble-to-contain-immigration-rebellion

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-White demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/opinion/jim-crow-north.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/opinion/the-weasel-of-oz.html

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— President Trump signs executive orders attacking federal employees – Nick Barrickman (DIERSEN: Assessing job performance is extremely subjective. Of course, since 1966, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me because I am a “poor-performing employee.” In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/05/28/fede-m28.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday making it easier for federal agencies to discipline and fire employees. The unilateral moves follow the president’s vows during the 2016 election to “reduce the federal workforce through attrition” and otherwise shrink the number of government employees to their lowest level in decades. The orders will give federal managers the power to fire workers alleged to be “struggling” in their performance after “improvement periods” lasting up to a single month. Previously, workers in such a status were given from 60 to 120 days to improve, depending on the agency. The orders will likewise force government unions to negotiate labor contracts with departments at a faster rate, tie layoffs to performance instead of seniority, charge unions rent for using federal office space, and limit the amount of official time an employee can spend attending to union-related affairs. “These executive orders make it easier for agencies to remove poor-performing employees and ensure that taxpayer dollars are more efficiently used,” stated White House Director of the Domestic Policy Council Andrew Bremberg. Far from the bureaucratic behemoth that conservatives have painted it as, civilian employment within the federal workforce, numbering 2.7 million, has dropped to levels lower than during the 1960s as a result of multiple bipartisan cutbacks over the past quarter century.)

May 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will Illinois pony up to save Lincoln’s prized possessions? – Nick Kalm, vice chair, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-hamilton-lincoln-library-museum-loan-20180525-story.html
— TRAGIC: Prime minister, abortion rights groups claim victory in Ireland: ‘The people have spoken’ – AP (DIERSEN: To promote abortion is to promote promiscuity.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-ireland-abortion-election-results-20180526-story.html
— Trump’s executive orders roll back civil-service protections for federal employees – Lisa Rein (DIERSEN: 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.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-executive-orders-public-unions-20180525-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— At $25.3 million, Ventas’ Debra Cafaro is highest-paid CEO in Illinois – AP (DIERSEN: Are/were you demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid? In my defense, to qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/hightest-paid-ceo-state-debra-cafaro-ventas-illinois/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Again, the Daily Herald publishes an anti-Roskam letter. I am a Roskam supporter and I have always been a Roskam supporter. Both Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me in 2000 when I first ran for Republican Precinct Committeeman. Roskam supporters should read anti-Roskam letters that are published. It is called opposition research. Reading the letters help you understand the arguments that Democrats are making, and therefore, help you counter those arguments.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180526/congressman-is-detached-from-district

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Thumbs up to Rock Island County GOP Chairman Drue Mielke, for seeking the end of Glen Evans’ campaign for the Illinois House. – Editorial (DIERSEN: How successful have your critics/opponents been in getting rid of you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc. They stress that extremely few have come to my defense.)
http://qctimes.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-thumbs-up-thumbs-down/article_72ce75e8-3ca9-59c8-95c1-142ee5157692.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican Evans would have Democratic Rep. Mike Halpin in November should he remain on the ballot. But Mielke and several party officials this week sought the suspension of Evans’ campaign after a background check uncovered a raft of charges related to domestic violence stretching back decades. While most were dropped, an Indiana judge issued a warrant for Evans arrest after he failed to appear for a probation hearing. In 2009, Evans’ wife filed an emergency order of protection. Evans’ history is clearly problematic, if not troubling. Mielke was right to try to expunge him.)

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Voter dilemma haunts Christian conservatives Hold their noses and vote Rauner, or skip it and let Pritzker win easily? – Jim Nowlan (DIERSEN: It certainly seems like Rauner’s political consultants tell him that Republicans will vote for him no matter what, and that therefore, he should pander to voters who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2018/05/19/voter-dilemma-haunts-christian-conservatives/ahcxbbo/

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Low attendance delays major votes in the final days of the spring legislative session – Rachel Droze
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/low-attendance-delays-major-votes-in-the-final-days-of-the-spring-legislative-session

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A Big and Bold Illinois Tax Reform Plan is Needed – John Biver (DIERSEN: If you are not retired, how much retirement income do you expect to have. If you are retired, how much retirement income do you have? Sooner, or later, I expect representatives of those who expect to have little retirement income and those who have little retirement income to call for taxing retirement income above $50,000, $40,000, $30,000, $20,000, etc.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/a-big-and-bold-illinois-tax-reform-plan-is-needed-3/

 

GOPUSA
— Depression ‘surges’ among the young — report says social media, video games might be why
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46754
— Supermarket chain caves: Suspends political giving amid anti-NRA protest (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and companies that reject planks in the Republican Party platform use their clout to destroy you? If you have a job, they will get you fired. If you are self-employed, they will drive you out of business. If you hold a leadership position in an organization, they will get you dumped.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46738
— Families of Parkland victims sue maker, seller of gun used in shooting (DIERSEN: What about the blunt instruments, knives, vehicles, jets, etc. that criminals use to kill people?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46647

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump makes it easier to fire poor-performing federal workers – Alex Pappas (DIERSEN: Assessing job performance is extremely subjective. The Democrats who run the federal government use that subjectivity a) to promote Democrats, and especially those who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of Republicans, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. My Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the lower half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/25/trump-makes-it-easier-to-fire-poor-performing-federal-workers.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— There Have Been Five Successful Or Attempted Mass Shootings In The Past Nine Days – Anders Hagstrom
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/25/united-states-five-mass-shootings-in-nine-days/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Ireland votes to legalize abortion: ‘a tragedy of historic proportions’ – Claire Chretien (DIERSEN: To promote abortion is to promote promiscuity.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-ireland-votes-to-legalize-abortion

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— How Republicans Can Win in November – Thomas O’Malley
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/05/how_republicans_can_win_in_november.html
— Bill Kristol barks at the moon – Peter Skurkiss
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/05/bill_kristol_barks_at_the_moon.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bill Fawell, Illinois GOP candidate, revealed as 9/11 truther – Andrew Blake (DIERSEN: Who gets the blame for Fawell winning the Republican primary?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/25/bill-fawell-gop-candidate-revealed-911-truther/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump signs three executive orders taking aim at unions – Steven Nelson (DIERSEN: Are you anti-union? Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-union. I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-guts-union-perks-speeds-up-civil-service-firings-to-save-100-million-a-year

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the Pope promotes LGBTQ activity.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/world/pope-lgbt/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “A record 4.5 percent of U.S. adults identify as LGBT, Gallup estimates. The increase was driven primarily by millennials, 8.2 percent of whom identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to the findings.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/record-4-5-percent-u-s-adults-identify-lgbt-gallup-n877486
— Trump signs orders targeting federal workers, union activities The new rules make it easier for the government to fire federal employees. – Jonathan Allen (DIERSEN: 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.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-signs-orders-targeting-federal-workers-union-activities-n877706

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Conservatives Fail the N.F.L.’s Free Speech Test – David French (DIERSEN: Democrats oppose the new NFL rules. Democrats love protestors who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. One could say that Democrats have succeeded in getting the aforesaid to act as their operatives and as their dupes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/opinion/conservatives-fail-the-nfls-free-speech-test.html
You’re Not a Drug Dealer? Here’s Why the Police Might Disagree
— People who thought they were just partying when someone else overdosed can find themselves charged with murder. – Rosa Goldensohn
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/us/overdoses-murder-crime-police.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump nominates anti-immigration activist to head agency for immigrants and refugees – Tracy Wilkinson
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-trump-immigration-nominee-20180525-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— TRAGIC: Irish Supporters of Legal Abortions Celebrate After Referendum With a decisive result expected in favor of a repeal of Ireland’s abortion ban, supporters of the move took to the streets in celebration (DIERSEN: To promote abortion is to promote promiscuity.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irish-supporters-of-legal-abortions-celebrate-after-referendum-1527343808
— Democrats Cash In on Tax Reform How progressive states are quietly exploiting the new federal tax law. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-cash-in-on-tax-reform-1527287909
— FRONT PAGE: Mike Meru Has $1 Million in Student Loans. How Did That Happen? Escalating tuition and easy credit have yielded a class of student-loan borrowers with spectacular debt they may never pay back – Josh Mitchell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mike-meru-has-1-million-in-student-loans-how-did-that-happen-1527252975

 

WMUR
— MAY 12, 2018 FLASHBACK: New Hampshire GOP takes no action on proposals to drop platform support for ‘traditional’ marriage Party convention adjourns leaving existing platform in place – John DiStaso (DIERSEN: I have asked my representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee Bob Grogan to appoint me to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. I anticipate even greater efforts by Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs a) to destroy the IRP platform and b) to destroy the IRP.)
http://www.wmur.com/article/wmur-first-nhgop-delegates-to-be-asked-to-drop-platform-support-for-traditional-marriage/20668085

 

NEW BOSTON POST
— MAY 14, 2018 FLASHBACK: New Hampshire GOP Keeps Marriage in Platform (DIERSEN: I have asked my representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee Bob Grogan to appoint me to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. I anticipate even greater efforts by Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs a) to destroy the IRP platform and b) to destroy the IRP.)
http://newbostonpost.com/around-new-england/new-hampshire-gop-keeps-marriage-in-platform/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The New Hampshire Republican Party continues to support marriage as only between one man and one woman in its platform, despite the efforts of a former chairman. Jennifer Horn, former state party chairman, was excluded from participating in the state party convention over the weekend on a technicality. She had sought to amend the party’s platform plank on marriage, which states that party members: “Recognize marriage as the legal and sacred union between one man and one woman as ordained by God, encouraged by the state and traditional to humankind, and the core of the family.” Horn also wanted to change the party’ support for “traditional families” to “nurturing families,” according to The Union Leader. Horn has recently moved from one ward in Nashua to another, and on that basis convention delegates meeting in Meredith voted to exclude her from taking part in the meeting, according to The Union Leader.)

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Mega-Donor Tom Steyer Is Forcing Democrats to Talk Impeachment. Is It a Losing Strategy? – Gabriel Debenedetti (DIERSEN: How successful have your critics/opponents been in getting rid of you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc. They stress that extremely few have come to my defense.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/why-tom-steyer-is-forcing-democrats-to-talk-impeachment.html

 

PATHEOS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to destroy the traditional family.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2018/05/what-does-traditional-family-values-actually-mean.html

 

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Trump Civil Service Order Makes It Easier to Say ‘You’re Fired’ (DIERSEN: 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.bna.com/trump-order-easier-n57982092951/

 

STARS AND STRIPES
— Trump issues orders aimed at weakening civil-service protections – NIKKI WENTLING (DIERSEN: 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.stripes.com/news/veterans/trump-issues-orders-aimed-at-weakening-civil-service-protections-1.529301

 

DAILY MAIL
— Trump signs executives orders making it easier to fire federal workers – Reuters & AP (DIERSEN: 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.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5773349/Trump-eases-firing-federal-workers-cracks-unions.html

 

KNIFE MEDIA
— Elon Musk plans a media credibility site. The media’s response may support his argument. (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) each and every decision that I make to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) each and every comment that I make on those articles. They want me to only include links to articles that glorify and praise issues, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that they are currently promoting. They want me to only include links to articles that demonize, denigrate, and condemn issues, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that they are currently trying to destroy. They do not want me to make any comments on the articles, but failing that, they want me to only make comments a) that glorify and praise issues, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that they are currently promoting and b) that demonize, denigrate, and condemn issues, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that they are currently trying to destroy.)
https://www.theknifemedia.com/world-news/elon-musk-plans-media-credibility-site-medias-response-may-support-argument/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Elon Musk tweets about media, creating a site to rate journalists On Wednesday, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted, “The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them.” Musk later tweeted, “Going to create a site where the public can rate the core truth of any article & track the credibility score over time of each journalist, editor & publication. Thinking of calling it Pravda ….” . . . The media’s response to Elon Musk’s comments may have done more to support his argument than to refute it. In many cases, news outlets distorted their coverage with sensational language, one-sided reporting and faulty reasoning. This is reflected in The Knife’s objectivity ratings, which found The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and USA Today scored between 35 and 42 percent out of 100. These low scores may highlight the importance of applying standards that can hold news outlets accountable for distorted reporting. There are four parts to The Knife’s ratings — spin (the amount of subjective and dramatic language in an article), slant (how much an article supports a single viewpoint), logic (the amount of faulty reasoning in an article), and data (inaccuracies and missing information). Below we’ll examine how spin, slant and faulty reasoning contributed to the overall objectivity ratings for these outlets.)

 

TEEN VOGUE
— Reporters in the Trump Era Are Facing New Challenges When he or his administration face judgment, Trump targets news outlets publicizing criticism. – STEPHANIE CASELLA (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? Anti-Trumps viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me as being the biggest Trump supporter in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. Do you agree with my Trump-supporting critics/opponents a) who want me to stop including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that are critical of Trump and b) who want me to stop making comments on articles that I include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/reporters-in-the-trump-era-are-facing-new-challenges

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The only legitimate reason to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is to get information to help elect and reelect Republicans who can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform. But what about those who falsely state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican who read the emails to get information to:

– Dump the traditional family plank in the Republican Party platform,
– Dump the right to life plank in the platform,
– Dump the immigration plank in the platform,
– Dump the illegal drugs plank in the platform,
– Dump the Second Amendment plank in the platform,
– Dump the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the platform,
– Dump other planks in the platform,
– Dump those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that support the aforesaid planks,
– Promote dependency on government,
– Promote dependency on charity,
– Promote LGBTQ activity,
– Promote abortion,
– Promote mass/illegal immigration,
– Promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
– Promote abolition of the First and Second Amendments,
– Promote patronage,
– Promote political affiliation discrimination,
– Promote reverse discrimination,
– Promote age discrimination,
– Promote legislation that promotes their personal financial and/or other personal interests, and
– Dump those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that fail/refuse to promote the aforesaid? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

May 25 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Senator Tammy Duckworth Supports #TakeAKnee Movement
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/25/senator-tammy-duckworth-takeaknee/
— Illinois House Nixes Plan To Use Drones For Crowd-Monitoring
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/25/894399-illinois-nixes-plan-to-use-drones/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump tweets support for FOP after City Hall protest against Mayor Rahm Emanuel – Alexandra Arriaga and Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-backs-chicago-police-in-protest-against-mayor-rahm-emanuel/
— Trump makes it easier to fire federal workers for misconduct – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/trump-makes-it-easier-to-fire-federal-workers-for-misconduct/
— Pritzker’s ‘Blue Wave’ could be biggest such effort Illinois has ever seen – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/rich-miller-column/
— No African-American candidates chosen as Cook County judges add 16 to bench – Mari Cohen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/no-african-american-candidates-chosen-as-cook-county-judges-add-16-to-bench/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame gun violence on guns rather than those who own/use guns illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/squeeze-gun-makers-curb-gun-violence-profits/
— Asian-Americans face an unfair ceiling in college admissions – Linda Chavez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/asian-americans-face-an-unfair-ceiling-in-college-admissions/
— Chicago journalism still isn’t diverse enough — and ‘Gen Z’ is watching – Evan F. Moore (DIERSEN: What percent of Chicago journalists are a) conservative and/or b) Republican?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/chicago-journalism-still-isnt-diverse-enough-gen-z-is-watching/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Thursday state budget deadline looms in first year of talks after historic stalemate – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-budget-update-20180525-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not glorify and praise Dreamers, you are demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things by individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-dreamers-daca-immigrants-trump-ms-13-story.html
— Latest retaliation claims spark new push for lawmakers to address sexual harassment – Monique Garcia, Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-sexual-harassment-20180525-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Judge orders Libertarian candidate for governor to pay ex-wife over $10,000 in support – Lee Filas
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180525/judge-orders-libertarian-candidate-for-governor-to-pay-ex-wife-over-10000-in-support
— Republicans of Elk Grove Township put on third annual Flag Day event
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180525/republicans-of-elk-grove-township-put-on-third-annual-flag-day-event

 

WGN RADIO
— Lt. Gov Sanguinetti: “The truth is, [Madigan’s] at the top” – MARY SANDBERG BOYLE
http://wgnradio.com/2018/05/25/lt-gov-sanguinetti-the-truth-is-hes-madigan-at-the-top/

 

BRUCE RAUNER
— Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti Discusses Sexual Harassment on WGN Radio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLlihAfyxBg&feature=youtu.be

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HOW CONSERVATIVE IS YOUR ILLINOIS LAWMAKER?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/how-conservative-is-your-illinois-lawmaker-.html


— IL GOP LAWMAKERS WEAKEN ON PROTECTING 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/il-gop-lawmakers-weaken-on-protecting-2nd-amendment-rights.html
— IVES TURNS SPOTLIGHT ON DEMOCRATS’ BUDGETARY FAILURE TO PAY PROMISED 2011 AFSCME PAY RAISES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/ives-turns-spotlight-on-democrats-budgetary-failure-to-pay-promised-2011-afscme-pay-raises-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Senate ignores IRS warning, passes tax work-around bill
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/25/senate-ignores-irs-warning-passes-tax-work-around-bill/

 

DAILY CALLER
— DNC Chair Tom Perez Comes Under Fire For Lack Of Hiring Diversity – Julia Nista
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/25/dnc-tom-perez-hiring-diversity/

 

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— Discharged veterans work to end employment discrimination (DIERSEN: Have you gotten a “less-than-honorable discharge?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress that I received “less-than-honorable discharges” from TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office and b) blame me for aforesaid discharges. Further, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents who promote Trump blast me for my not doing more to promote Trump and blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for Trump’s problems. Further, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents who promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, etc. planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for the setbacks that those planks have suffered.)
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2018/0525/Discharged-veterans-work-to-end-employment-discrimination
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For veterans who receive less-than-honorable discharges from the military, finding a job can be a major challenge. But a group of advocates have begun to push state and federal governments to prevent employers from considering discharge status in hiring.)

 

REUTERS
— Half of Walmart’s workforce are part-time workers – Nandita Bose (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked part time? I worked part-time jobs 1964-1972.)
https://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKCN1IQ295-OCABS

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Moves to Ease the Firing of Federal Workers – Noam Scheiber (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for the federal government? 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.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/business/economy/trump-federal-workers.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— How Trump is making it easier to say ‘You’re fired!’ to bad federal bureaucrats – S.A. Miller (DIERSEN: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dues, I was a bad federal employee.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/25/trump-makes-it-easier-fire-bad-federal-employees/
— Trump takes aim at federal bureaucracy with executive orders that would alter civil service protections (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for the federal government? 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/politics/wp/2018/05/25/trump-takes-aim-at-federal-bureaucracy-with-executive-orders-that-would-alter-civil-service-protections/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Intel Faces Age-Discrimination Claims EEOC investigates allegations by former Intel employees that they were let go because of their age – Georgia Wells (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for the federal government? Sooner or later, the federal government “lets go” of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-faces-age-discrimination-claims-1527264300
— Trump Issues Orders Making It Easier to Fire Federal Workers – Louise Radnofsky (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for the federal government? 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.wsj.com/articles/trump-issues-orders-making-it-easier-to-fire-federal-workers-1527284794

May 25 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. What percent of money given to Republican activists, to Republican candidates, to Republican elected officials, and to Republican party leaders is given to get the aforesaid to:

 

– Dump the traditional family plank in the Republican Party platform,
– Dump the right to life plank in the platform,
– Dump the immigration plank in the platform,
– Dump the illegal drugs plank in the platform,
– Dump the Second Amendment plank in the platform,
– Dump the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the platform,
– Dump other planks in the platform,
– Dump those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that support the aforesaid planks,
– Promote dependency on government,
– Promote dependency on charity,
– Promote LGBTQ activity,
– Promote abortion,
– Promote mass/illegal immigration,
– Promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
– Promote abolition of the First and Second Amendments,
– Promote patronage,
– Promote political affiliation discrimination,
– Promote reverse discrimination,
– Promote age discrimination,
– Promote legislation that promotes their personal financial and other interests, and
– Dump those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that fail/refuse to promote the aforesaid?

 

Needless-to-say, Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, and Republican party leaders should not seek or accept money from individuals, organizations, companies, etc. that want to dump planks in the Republican Party platform or to promote anything that is anti-Republican. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

POLITICO
— VERY SAD: Trump donor to cut off GOP contributions over DACA – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who support DACA are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/24/trump-donor-daca-gop-david-macneili-607973
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Chicago-area businessman who has donated more than $1 million to President Donald Trump is threatening to deny contributions to Republican candidates unless they act on an immigration bill before Congress. David MacNeil, who employs 1,600 people through his Bolingbrook-based WeatherTech automotive company, told POLITICO in an interview that the issue has grown deeply personal, given that a top employee in his company could face deportation if a deal isn’t reached for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. MacNeil is the second prominent Chicago-area businessman and GOP donor in a week to cut off or threaten to withhold campaign contributions over the immigration debate. On Wednesday, former Exelon CEO John Rowe told POLITICO he would cut off resources to Republicans who refuse to sign onto a discharge petition that would force a vote on legislation related to so-called “Dreamers,” while rewarding those who did with contributions and fundraising events. Both Rowe and MacNeil belong to the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition, which is calling on GOP lawmakers to sign the DACA discharge petition. “I’m saying this as a political donor who’s donated seven figures in the last couple of years: I will not donate any more money to anyone who doesn’t support DACA, period,” MacNeil said in a phone call while traveling in Italy. “I’m putting my money where my mouth is.” MacNeil is among the CEOs who backed Trump before the 2016 election, inspired by the campaign’s “Make America Great Again,” mantra. A Canadian emigrant who is now a U.S. citizen, MacNeil has long touted that his own products are made in America. He underwrote a Trump fundraiser in Bolingbrook just before the 2016 election, then gave $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee. MacNeil said that a top-performing employee who has been with him for more than 10 years will represent the WeatherTech at the Governor’s Export Awards reception Thursday night, in which the company is a finalist. The employee was brought to the country as a toddler.)

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— VERY SAD: Trump donor to cut off GOP contributions over DACA – Natasha Korecki (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who support DACA are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/05/25/dorothy-browns-office-not-normal-different-take-on-cassidys-side-gig-272187
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “A Chicago-area businessman who has donated more than $1 million to President Donald Trump is threatening to deny contributions to Republican candidates unless they act on an immigration bill before Congress. David MacNeil, who employs more than 1,600 people through his Bolingbrook-based WeatherTech automotive company, told POLITICO in an interview that the issue has grown deeply personal, given that a top employee in his company could face deportation if a deal isn’t reached for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program … “I’m saying this as a political donor who’s donated seven figures in the last couple of years: I will not donate any more money to anyone who doesn’t support DACA, period,” MacNeil said in a phone call while traveling in Italy. “I’m putting my money where my mouth is.” MacNeil said Dreamers represent both “a national treasure” and “a national asset,” adding: “Think of the value of 800,000 U.S. educated people with all the skills and knowledge they have and then deporting them.”)

 

BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— VERY SAD: WeatherTech’s CEO May Stop Donating To GOP David MacNeil, who employs more than 1,100 people through Bolingbrook-based WeatherTech, spoke with POLITICO this week. – John Ferak (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who support DACA are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/weathertechs-ceo-may-stop-donating-millions-gop-report
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A story published on Thursday in POLITICO is reporting that David MacNeil, CEO of Bolingbrook’s WeatherTech company, may stop donating to GOP candidates. The news article reminds readers that MacNeil was a huge financial backer of President Donald Trump and that MacNeil’s current frustration involves the issue of immigration, mainly the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. “I’m saying this as a political donor who’s donated seven figures in the last couple of years: I will not donate any more money to anyone who doesn’t support DACA, period,” MacNeil told POLITICO, according to the article. “I’m putting my money where my mouth is.”)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ives backer Uihlein tells magazine he’ll vote for Rauner over Pritzker – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Obviously, Rauner’s political consultants tell him a) that Republicans will vote for him no matter what because Pritzker rejects more planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform than he does, b) that Rauner should focus on getting votes from those who reject planks in the IRP platform, and c) that means dumping voters, dumping organizations, dumping companies, dumping etc. that support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in IRP platform. Further, obviously, Rauner’s political consultants tell him that more anti-Trumps than pro-Trumps will vote in the November 6, 2018 election, so he should dump voters, dump organizations, dump companies, dump etc. that support Trump. Needless-to-say, no political consultant who is a Republican would give Rauner the aforesaid advice.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-richard-uihlein-bruce-rauner-20180524-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But Uihlein broke from Rauner after his signature on legislation expanding taxpayer-subsidized abortions and backed Ives, the three-term Wheaton Republican who narrowly lost to Rauner in March. Uihlein gave her $2.5 million. “Jeanne proved that people are hungry for change,” Uihlein says in the article. Author John J. Miller writes that Uihlein is “now skeptical about Rauner’s ability to deliver (change) but says that the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, J.B. Pritzker, would be a disaster for Illinois: ‘I will vote for Rauner over Pritzker.’ ” State Sen. Sam McCann, a Republican from Downstate Plainview, is also mounting a third-party bid. The article also recounts how Uihlein met John Tillman, chairman and CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute. Last decade, Tillman was looking for work after selling his used sporting goods store. “I’d been getting the Uline catalog for a while,” Tillman said. “So I wrote a letter to the owner.” The article says Tillman and Uihlein met, but their conversation turned to what was described as “Tillman’s real passion: creating a network of freedom-minded organizations in Illinois.” “Dick became my anchor donor,” Tillman says in the article, adding that Uihlein gave him $50,000 in seed money to start the institute. Millions more from Uihlein have flowed since. In February, Rauner said he wouldn’t give the institute “another nickel.”)
— Other donations – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-richard-uihlein-bruce-rauner-20180524-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Not mentioned in the article is Uihlein’s relationship with conservative talk show host and political operative Dan Proft, who played a leading role in Ives’ campaign for governor. Uihlein gave $95,000 to Proft’s failed bid for the GOP governor nomination in 2010, then gave him an additional $500,000 later to help seed Proft’s political operation. Since then, Uihlein has given Proft’s Liberty Principles political action committee $12.1 million, including $3 million in January. And Uihlein has become a prolific donor to federal candidates, including giving $100,000 to a super PAC backing Republican Roy Moore in a special Senate election in Alabama. Moore was accused of sexually molesting or assaulting teens ages 14 and 16 while he was in his 30s. Moore denied the allegations but lost the election to Democrat Doug Jones.)
— Confronting Madigan’s culture of intimidation – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who are the lead intimidators in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois. I should write a book about the lead intimidators in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-cassidy-harassment-intimidate-20180523-story.html
— EPA deal marks dramatic shift away from dirty coal power in Chicago area – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-area-coal-settlement-20180518-story.html
— GOP immigration rebels push ahead to force vote despite Trump veto pledge – Mike DeBonis
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-immigration-trump-veto-pledge-20180524-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans use children as cannon fodder.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-children-abused-immigrants-rights-0525-20180523-story.html
— Trump’s spiral into ‘criminal deep state’ madness continues – Rex Huppke (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 frustrated their efforts to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO Republican party leaders who hint/imply/argue/shout that Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran frustrate their effort to promote young minorities and young females.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-trump-spy-russia-mueller-huppke-20180523-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: First-time AP students tell D204 school board they relished the challenge – Suzanne Baker (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, were you considered to be “college material?” While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-204-ap-minorities-achievement-gap-st-0525-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. Rauner says Texas is more union job friendly than Illinois – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/fact-check-gov-bruce-rauner-says-texas-more-union-job-friendly-than-illinois-politifact-better-government-association/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Emanuel’s private emails filled with complaints about crime – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuels-private-emails-filled-with-complaints-about-crime/

 

DAILY HERALD
— How new state funding helps pay District 204 teachers – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180524/how-new-state-funding-helps-pay-districtr-204-teachers
— 4 years of raises coming for Dist. 204 teachers – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180522/4-years-of-raises-coming-for-dist-204-teachers

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry Township trustee Bob Anderson seeking money for consolidation campaign Supporters want to educate voters – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/05/24/mchenry-township-trustee-seeking-money-for-consolidation-campaign/adec20g/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We cannot underestimate the desperation of the opposition,” he wrote. “We can no longer trust them to police themselves. They have demonstrated their willingness to treat our tax dollars like they are in their own personal piggy banks.” Anderson pointed to “shameful spending” in Algonquin Township, McHenry County’s most populous township and the center of budget-busting legal fees, corruption allegations and political infighting. He noted that the names of contributors will appear on reports to the state of Illinois if they donate $150 or more. “If you strongly support us but do not want to be identified by the entrenched politicians who want to perpetuate the current system, send us $149.00 and encourage your spouse, kids or a friend to make a contribution,” Anderson wrote. “It has been said that evil thrives when good people do nothing. Please do something.”)

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-house-panel-oks-marijuana-to-fight-opioid-abuse/article_eba685b9-52e9-57e9-8385-d81682eae0bd.html

 

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Public Pensions: People Must Be Voice Of Change – Maureen Pekosh
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/maureen-pekosh-people-must-be-voice-of-change/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Roman Catholics And Evangelicals Move Apart In Their Political Priorities – TOM GJELTEN (DIERSEN: According to this article, “For the Catholic church, the welfare of immigrants has risen as a concern.” Tragically, overwhelmingly, immigrants promote Democrats. Tragically, overwhelmingly, Democrats are vehemently anti-Catholic. The more immigrants that are in America, the more power that Democrats have to get rid of Catholics.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/roman-catholics-and-evangelicals-move-apart-their-political-priorities
— Despite IRS Warning, Illinois Senate Approves Federal Tax Workaround – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/despite-irs-warning-illinois-senate-approves-federal-tax-workaround#stream/0

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— New food service provider says it won’t use federal E-Verify program – Alan Perez (DIERSEN: To not use E-Verify is to not only shout that you hire, retain, and promote illegals, it is to shout that you prefer illegals over citizens of America.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/05/24/lateststories/new-food-service-provider-says-it-wont-use-federal-e-verify-program/

 

WIREPOINTS
— ‘Just Blow It Up’: Will That $7.2 Billion School Funding Lawsuit Do It To Illinois? The lawsuit appears viable, thanks to the state’s own admissions, but there’s no way to pay it. – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: What do you admit to being? My critics/opponents stress that I admit to being a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, union member for almost 12 years, federal employee for almost 30 years, forced to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, federal retiree for more than 20 years, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, etc.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/just-blow-it-up-will-that-7-2-billion-school-funding-lawsuit-do-it-to-illinois-wirepoints-original/
— IRS puts states, taxpayers on notice over SALT workaround plans – IL Watchdog (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/irs-puts-states-taxpayers-on-notice-over-salt-workaround-plans-il-watchdog/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Once in Lifetime Opportunity to See Magnificence of the Vietnam Memorial in Johnsburg
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/25/lifetime-opportunity-see-magnificence-vietnam-memorial-johnsburg/.
— Commenter Lays Out What Township Abolition Bill Should Include
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/25/commenter-lays-township-abolition-bill-include/
— Hultgren & Roskam Join Congressional Climate Solutions Caucus
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/25/hultgren-roskam-join-congressional-climate-solutions-caucus/
— A Look at Bob MIller’s Wife’s Pay After Her Husband Lost the GOP Primary
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/25/117108/
— Anna May Miller’s Vacation Pay in the Spotlight
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/24/anna-may-millers-vacation-pay-spotlight/
— Nunda Township Reports No Written Work Product as a Consultant from Bob Miller, Paid Over $11,000 (DIERSEN: What is your written work product? My written work products are printouts of GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Since 2004 those emails have included links to almost 302,600 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/24/nunda-township-reports-no-work-product-consultant-bob-miller-paid-10000/

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Rep. Olsen abstains from voting on anti-Trump legislation, allowing it to pass
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511427345-rep-olsen-abstains-from-voting-on-anti-trump-legislation-allowing-it-to-pass

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Despite IRS warning, Illinois lawmakers vote for tax deduction workaround – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/despite-irs-warning-illinois-lawmakers-vote-for-tax-deduction-workaround/article_809d26da-5f8d-11e8-b257-8f53b54c99a3.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— NFL’S KNEELING POLICY – ERIC M. WALLACE, PHD
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/video/nfls-kneeling-policy/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— A couple more weird Republican candidates slip through the screens (DIERSEN: Did the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) encourage anyone to run against Fawell? Did anyone run against Fawell in the primary? If so, did the IRP back that candidate?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/25/a-couple-more-weird-republican-candidates-slip-through-the-screens/

 

GOPUSA
— Republicans in Congress face death threats from anti-Trump #Resistance
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46671
— Democrats recruiting Parkland interns to work on gun control legislation (DIERSEN: When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates wanted me to transfer in as a GS-4 (currently $32,978) intern instead of as a GS-9 Step 10 (currently $72,677), that is, to suffer a $58,902 (64%) pay cut instead of a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=46650

 

DAILY CALLER
— Chicago Is Holding American Law Enforcement Hostage – Jeff Landry
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/25/chicago-holds-usa-law-enforcement-hostage/
— Pit Bull Turns On Owner’s Family, Sends 3 To The Hospital – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/24/pit-bull-attacks-family/

 

TOWNHALL
— Grassley Reminds FBI Agents Wanting to Blow the Whistle: You Are Legally Protected to Do So – Katie Pavlich Katie Pavlich (DIERSEN: I blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination in the federal government. Officially, whistleblowers like me are protected, but in reality, they are not.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/05/25/grassley-reminds-fbi-agents-wanting-to-blow-the-whistle-you-are-legally-protected-to-do-so-n2484151

 

CNN
— GOP House candidate Bill Fawell in Illinois is a 9/11 truther, said Beyonce had ties to the Illuminati – Nathan McDermott and Andrew Kaczynski (DIERSEN: Did the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) encourage anyone to run against Fawell? Did anyone run against Fawell in the primary? If so, did the IRP back that candidate?)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/politics/kfile-illinois-republican-nominee-illuminati/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party did not respond to a request for comment. Another Illinois Republican nominee for a House seat, neo-Nazi Arthur Jones, has been rejected by national Republicans and the state party for denying the Holocaust. In a 2014 post, Fawell speculated that New York City was going to be destroyed in a false flag attack by the deep state in either the year 2016 or 2017. New York City is going to be destroyed in the biggest, baddest false flag attack ever made by any organization upon the American People in a Pearl Harbor redux,” Fawell wrote. (False flag attacks are acts designed by perpetrators to look like they were carried out by other individuals or groups.) He said that the attack would be made in an attempt to drag America into war, and that financial institutions were already withdrawing money from New York in preparation for the supposed attack. In another post in 2014, he wrote that then-President Barack Obama created false flag attacks to shore up support for his foreign policy intervention against ISIS. In addition to alleging conspiracies, Fawell used sexist and racist slurs against politicians.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Concerned by Trump, Some Republicans Quietly Align With Democrats – Kenneth P. Vogel (DIERSEN: Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/us/politics/republicans-democrats-coalition-trump.html
— ‘Mustang Means Freedom’: Why Ford Is Saving an American Icon Ford is phasing out its passenger cars, except one: the Mustang. The car
may be only modestly profitable for Ford, but it has deep emotional power. – JAMES B. STEWART (DIERSEN: I own a 2016 Mustang.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/business/ford-mustang-american-icon.html
— The Supreme Court Sticks It to Workers, Again – Editorial (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with employers and side against employees. I was a lowly employee 1964-1997. I washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/opinion/supreme-court-workers-payment.html
— Ready and Willing, for $13 an Hour or Whatever – Jim Dwyer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/nyregion/about-nyc-job-fair-minimum-wage.html
— Trump’s Crackdown on Students Who Overstay Visas Rattles Higher Education – Erica L. Green (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, colleges side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/us/politics/trump-crackdown-student-visas.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Hillary Clinton warns of ‘a full-fledged crisis in our democracy’ at Yale – James Hohmann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/05/21/daily-202-hillary-clinton-warns-of-a-full-fledged-crisis-in-our-democracy-at-yale/5b01aaf630fb0425887995e5/
— Democrats’ newest midterm pitch: A crackdown on corruption – Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/05/21/democrats-newest-midterm-pitch-a-crackdown-on-corruption/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Border Patrol union calls Trump’s National Guard deployment ‘colossal waste’
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-patrol-national-guard-2018-story.html

 

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Discharged and jobless: Veterans seek change in hiring rules – AP (DIERSEN: Have you been discharged? My Democrat GAO superiors discharged me in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Further, as documents filed in Diersen v. GAO show, my Democrat GAO superiors want me to be jobless. They want to send a message to current and potential future GAO employees that a) GAO gives preference to its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger and b) gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.sacbee.com/news/article211891489.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Military veterans who were discharged for relatively minor offenses say they often can’t get jobs, and they hope a recent warning to employers by the state of Connecticut will change that. The state’s human rights commission told employers last month they could be breaking the law if they discriminate against veterans with some types of less-than-honorable discharges. Blanket policies against hiring such veterans could be discriminatory, the commission said, because the military has issued them disproportionately to black, Latino, gay and disabled veterans. At least one other state, Illinois, already prohibits hiring discrimination based on a veteran’s discharge status, advocates say, but Connecticut appears to be the first to base its decision on what it deems discrimination by the military. Regardless of the state’s reasons, veterans say, the attention there could at least educate employers.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Best-Paying Industry? It’s Not Banking Biotech and energy firms stand out among more than 100 companies in the S&P 500 that had a median pay of $100,000 or more in 2017 – Kelsey Gee and Theo Francis (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $100,000-a-year in to today’s dollars? I did in 1988 when I was 40 years old. By then, I had worked for GAO for almost 9 years, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/best-paying-industry-its-not-banking-1527240601

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— These 10 American colleges have minted more than 500 billionaires, including Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, and the founders of Google – Tanza Loudenback
http://www.businessinsider.com/where-billionaires-elon-musk-warren-buffett-google-founders-went-to-college-2018-5

 

POLITICUS USA
— Sen. Jeff Flake Tells Harvard Grads: Our Presidency Has Been Debased – LEO VIDAL
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/05/24/sen-jeff-flake-tells-harvard-grads-our-presidency-has-been-debased.html