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April 27 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps call for their supporters to boycott all pro-Trump individuals, all pro-Trump organizations, all pro-Trump companies, all pro-Trump governments, and all pro-Trump countries. What if Trump called for his supporters to boycott all anti-Trump individuals, all anti-Trump organizations, all anti-Trump companies, all anti-Trump governments, and all anti-Trump countries?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-trump-tower-values-20170426-column.html
— Rauner’s new State Fair digs: Goats in, hunting dog out – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-morning-spin-bruce-rauner-goats-hunting-dog-story.html
— The bumpy road to adulthood for 20-somethings and 30-somethings – Robert Samuelson (DIERSEN: When were you 18-34? For me it was 1966-1982. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if I was 34 today, I never would have been able to do the following before I was 34: a) become a licensed CPA, b) pass the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt, c) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, d) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, an MBA from Loyola, or a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, e) get married, f) buy real estate, g) buy new cars, h) have jobs that paid me enough to do the aforesaid, i) etc.)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-samuelson-millennials-jobs-adulthood-perspec-0427-jm-20170426-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Growing up isn’t what it used to be. There’s a yawning gap between the end of adolescence and the beginning of adulthood: a period when millions of 20-somethings and 30-somethings have many adult freedoms without all the responsibilities. Social scientists have tried — so far in vain — to name this new life-stage, but no one should question its significance. If you have doubts, a new U.S. Census Bureau study should resolve them. It compares the experiences of Americans 18 to 34 now with the same age group in the 1970s. There has been a sea change. “In prior generations, young adults were expected to have finished school, found a job, and set up their own household during their 20s — most often with their spouse and with a child soon to follow,” says the report. No more. . .The transition has been hard on some men. In 1975, only about a quarter of men 25 to 34 had incomes less than $30,000 a year. By 2016, that had risen to 41 percent. (Incomes were adjusted for inflation.) Meanwhile, millions of young women have entered the labor force, and though their median wage remains below men’s, it has increased faster than men’s.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The men of Fox News need to take a stand.” During the 1980s and 1990s, extremely few GAO employees “took a stand” against patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination. Instead, to keep their job and/or to get promotions, they helped GAO waste the careers of and get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/the-men-of-fox-news-need-to-take-a-stand/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Kirkland passes Baker, becomes No. 2 U.S. law firm – CLAIRE BUSHEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170427/NEWS04/170429886/kirkland-passes-baker-becomes-no-2-u-s-law-firm
— Why Chicago’s powerhouse economy can’t jumpstart stalled Illinois – TIM JONES
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170427/NEWS02/170429894/why-chicagos-powerhouse-economy-cant-jumpstart-stalled-illinois

WIBQ AM
— Rauner Wants Permission To Fire Quinn I-DOT Patronage Workers (DIERSEN: Do you OPPOSE patronage? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes PROMOTE patronage. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. 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://wibqam.com/news/articles/2017/apr/27/rauner-wants-permission-to-fire-quinn-i-dot-patronage-workers/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauners find family of foxes at Illinois State Fairgrounds residence
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170426/rauners-find-family-of-foxes-at-illinois-state-fairgrounds-residence

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rose criticizes higher-ed budget planning, coordination – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-04-26/rose-criticizes-higher-ed-budget-planning-coordination.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Report Documents Alleged Patronage Hires – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Do you OPPOSE patronage? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes PROMOTE patronage. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. 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://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=242505#.WQHJaBFSRZI

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— “Mormon scholars” side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/mormon-scholars-fight-against-trump-travel-ban/700418342

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois House Passes Bill That Compels State Agencies To ‘Buy American’ – TOM LISI (DIERSEN: What do you say to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to countries that proudly paint themselves as being anti-American?)
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-house-passes-bill-compels-state-agencies-buy-american

RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK
— Riverside chief shut out of pot legalization hearing Opponents will have chance to air view later, legislators say – Bob Uphues
http://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/4-25-2017/Riverside-chief-shut-out-of-pot-legalization-hearing/

RIVERSIDE PATCH
— Riverside Police Chief Takes Stand Against Marijuana Legalization Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel has taken a stand against the legalization of marijuana. – Andrea Earnest
https://patch.com/illinois/lagrange/riverside-police-chief-takes-stand-against-marijuana-legalization

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— REPORT: Janice Marie Anderson 2018 Campaign Kickoff event was held Wednesday evening, April 26, 2017 at the Jalapeno Grille in Naperville. The 50+ attendees included: County: John Curran, Bob Grogan, Grant Eckhoff, Jim Healy, Don Puchalski; City of Naperville: Mayor Steve Chirico, Councilmen Kevin Coyne and Patty Gustin, (Guest Speaker) and Rebecca Obarski; City of Westmont, Trustee Steve Nero; Judges: Brennan, Gibson, Fullerton, Kleeman, Orel, Sutter and Wilson; GOP: Carl Schultz, Burt Minor, Jay Fisher, Mark Rising, Becky Rudolph; and Jim Mendrick – Sheriff Candidate.
https://gopillinois.com

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Fifth Amendment won’t save Mautino, Wehrli argues – Caitlin Nordahl
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511108478-fifth-amendment-won-t-save-mautino-wehrli-argues

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— 67 Percent of Americans Believe Dems are Out of Touch – Robert Eno
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/04/shock-poll-67-percent-of-americans-believe-dems-are-out-of-touch/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Taxing Marriage in America – Micah Clark (DIERSEN: My wife and I have paid the “marriage penalty” big time since we got married in 1978. Few, if any, of my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes have paid, are paying, or will pay the “marriage penalty.”)
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/taxing-marriage-america/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ANALYSIS: ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS RARELY KNOW HOW MUCH BILLS COST BEFORE VOTING FOR THEM (DIERSEN: Legalizing pot in Illinois would cost Illinois many trillions of dollars and it would bankrupt the state. The more that you expand gambling, booze, and other vices in Illinois, the more that you bankrupt Illinois.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/analysis-illinois-lawmakers-rarely-know-how-much-bills-cost-before-voting-for-them.html
— WHERE ARE THEY NOW? FORMER ILLINOIS SENATOR LEADS EFFORT TO END CHILD ABUSE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/where-are-they-now-former-illinois-senator-now-leads-effort-to-end-child-abuse.html
— IL LAWMAKERS GATHER FOR PRAYER AS KEY BILLS GO TO A VOTE (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are churchgoers who pray that GOD would smite me down and send me straight to HELL.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/il-lawmakers-gather-for-prayer-as-key-bills-go-to-a-vote.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s a Pay Gap Worth Being Concerned About – Rachel Greszler (DIERSEN: RINOs want cheap labor. So of course, RINOs want federal employee pay and benefits to be cut. RINOs want cheap labor.)
http://dailysignal.com/2017/04/27/heres-a-pay-gap-worth-being-concerned-about/
— Federal Agencies Spent $13.5 Million on Vehicles They May Not Use – Ethan Barton
http://dailysignal.com/2017/04/27/federal-agencies-spent-13-5-million-on-vehicles-they-may-not-use/

DAILY CALLER
— VA Secretary: New Office To Fire Bad Employees Will Cost A Bunch Of Money – Jonah Bennett (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the Democrats who run the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old solely because I was a “bad employee.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are Democrats, Democrat plants, Libertarians, Libertarian plants, Greens, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/26/va-secretary-new-office-to-fire-bad-employees-will-cost-a-bunch-of-money/

GOPUSA
— Illegals thwart immigration laws with help from lawyers, judges, educators (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23449
— Media’s 100 Days of Anti-Trump Hostility
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23527

FEDERALIST
— Dartmouth Study Finds Democrats Are The Least Tolerant Students On Campus – Bre Payton
http://thefederalist.com/2017/04/26/dartmouth-study-finds-democrats-least-tolerant-students-campus/#.WQEiJUV-AXw.facebook

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: In Ann Coulter’s Speech Battle, Signs That Conservatives Are Emboldened – JEREMY W. PETERS
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/us/politics/ann-coulter-university-of-california-berkeley.html
— New York Braces for Trump’s First Return as President – SARAH MASLIN NIR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/nyregion/new-york-braces-for-trumps-first-return-as-president.html
— Do Women Have to Register for the Draft? No. But Misinformation Spreads. – LINDA QIU (DIERSEN: Employers have always been reluctant to hire, retain, or promote those who are subject to the draft. My father died suddenly in October of 1969. Potential employers doubted that my application for a financial hardship deferment to help support my mother and brother would be approved.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/us/politics/fact-check-women-register-for-draft.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s five biggest deficiencies are on full display.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/04/26/trumps-five-biggest-deficiencies-are-on-full-display/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: What happened to the draftees who stepped forward the day Muhammad Ali stood still? – Rick Hampson (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. Because I avoided the draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and with a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me a being privileged, a patriotic hypocrite, a coward, and even worse things. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or 4-F.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/26/what-happened-draftees-who-stepped-forward-the-day-muhammad-ali-stood-still/100840890/
— Wall Street to Millennials: Don’t fear the stock market SURVEYS SHOW THIS YOUNG GENERATION FEARS STOCKS AND HAS LITTLE SAVED FOR RETIREMENT, BUT THERE ARE SIGNS OF A SHIFT. – Adam Shell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2017/04/26/millennials-and-investing/100559680/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Success Not Guaranteed Chicago Public Schools students deserve better than a requirement for their post-high school plans. – Angela Hanks and Antoinette Flores (DIERSEN: To be successful in the federal government, you need to be Democrat, and if you really want to be successful, you help your superiors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowledge-bank/articles/2017-04-26/post-high-school-plan-wont-ensure-chicago-public-schools-students-success

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want cheap labor. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and its citizens.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbessmallbiztalks/2017/04/27/how-hiring-refugees-slashed-turnover-at-denvers-lr-pallet/#6235fb9b2e98
— Meet The Conservative Republican Who’s Trying To Torpedo Tort Reform – Daniel Fisher (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would a) have all the defendants in the all lawsuits that I have filed viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me, b) shout that the lawsuits had no merit, were not supported by any facts, were frivolous, should not have been filed, and were pure harassment, and c) shout that I am litigious and even worse things.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2017/04/27/meet-the-conservative-republican-whos-trying-to-torpedo-tort-reform/#27f7e39636d5

SOCIALIST WORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://socialistworker.org/2017/04/27/history-of-cruelty-in-a-nation-of-immigrants

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 914 James Court, Wheaton – $399,900
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447917_zpid/

April 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— More police training, public education needed to stop ‘drugged’ driving – Mary Wisniewski (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote drugged driving.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-drugged-driving-report-0426-20170425-story.html
— Chicago Archdiocese to pay $4.45M to settle priest abuse lawsuits – Manya Brachear Pashman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-mccormack-settlement-met-20170425-story.html
— Activist finds silence on genital mutilation case depressing, predictable – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-genital-mutilation-kass-0426-20170425-column.html
— Police: Man confesses to attacking two women along Prairie Path near Wheaton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-police-man-confesses-to-attacking-two-women-along-prairie-path-near-wheaton-20170426-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— More women need to be encouraged to seek office – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at women that Republicans are racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. I should write a book about Democrats and RINOs in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hint/imply/argue/shout at women that Republicans are racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170425/editorial-more-women-need-to-be-encouraged-to-seek-office
— Morton Arboretum to borrow $20 million with DuPage County’s help – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170425/morton-arboretum-to-borrow-20-million-with-dupage-countyx2019s-help

NBC5
— Rauner Seeks to Oust Improperly Hired Employees (DIERSEN: Do you oppose patronage? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote patronage. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. 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.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Seeks-to-Oust-Improperly-Hired-Employees-420472503.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Friends, family of Democrats hired under Gov. Quinn – AP (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote patronage at all levels of government – federal, state, and local. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170425/report-friends-family-of-democrats-hired-under-gov-quinn
— Illinois College program remembers horrors of Holocaust – David Blanchette (DIERSEN: Democrats are a) nasty, b) moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means, and c) disciples of Saul Alinsky. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Democrat always stressed to my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Jewish that I was 100% German national origin and that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. In my defense, I stressed that all my ancestors had immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father world have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170424/illinois-college-program-remembers-horrors-of-holocaust

FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— Abortion Bill Passes in the Illinois House Tuesday – Em Nguyen
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/abortion-bill-passes-in-the-illinois-house-tuesday
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Who are we as a culture when we can’t even recognize the humanity of an unborn child?” and “How we can say we care about the most vulnerable among us when we have limited funds anyway?” Republican State Representative Terri Bryant said the policy is “ridiculous”. “It expands abortion in the state of Illinois.” Bryant said. “And shouldn’t be a part of providing free abortions to whoever wants them at any stage of a pregnancy for any reason.” The bill ensures public money to pay for women’s health services, including abortion, something Springfield’s “Right to Life” is against. “We are saddened,” President of the organization, Tim Moore, said. “By the passage of abortion legislation that redefines when human life begins and seeks additional means of killing that life. The same group of politicians want taxpayers to fund these abhorrent practices.” Just last week, Governor Bruce Rauner pledged to veto the bill because of the public money involved. But after working on the bill for three years, Representative Feigenholtz said she will keep pushing for it anyway. “I’m hoping that once it gets to his desk,” she said. “That 250,000 women will knock on his door, and say, sign the bill, and he would change his mind,” Illinois Republican Party National Committeewoman Demetra Demonte responded: “Instead of working to solve our state’s catastrophic challenges, Madigan Democrats just passed a radical bill for taxpayer funded abortions, at a cost of $60 million, while we don’t have a budget. Springfield yet again shows it’s tone-deaf to the concerns of Illinoisans.” Before landing on the Governor’s desk, the bill will still have to pass in the Senate.)
— Gubernatorial Candidates: What We’d Do For Women – Esther Kwon (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give preference to their employees who were female, that is, to discriminate against their employees who were male. From what I see, ever-increasingly, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries are under tremendous pressure to give preference to females, that is, to discriminate against males.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/gubernatorial-candidates-what-wed-do-for-women
— Lifting Kids to College – Frank Bruni (DIERSEN: How hard were you pushed to be successful when you were in high school? Few thought that I was “college material” because neither of my parents had attended college, my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. What if Affirmative Action was only for those whose parents did not have a college degree?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/opinion/usc-neighborhood-academic-initiative-lifting-kids-to-college.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Springfield Women’s March Focuses On Democratic Causes, Candidates – BRIAN MACKEY
http://nprillinois.org/post/springfield-womens-march-focuses-democratic-causes-candidates#stream/0

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— ‘Privilege tax’ bills described as Illinois exit signs (DIERSEN: Democrats would love to impose privilege taxes on individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://rockislandtoday.com/stories/511108538-privilege-tax-bills-described-as-illinois-exit-signs

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— WHERE DOES THAT $1.28 BILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES GO, ANYWAY?
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2017/04/where-does-that-1-28-billion-in-property-taxes-go-anyway/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois Democrats responsible for the nation’s highest black unemployment rate – Michael Lucci
http://ilnews.org/opinion/lucci-illinois-democrats-responsible-for-the-nation-s-highest-black/article_34a61bfe-2a89-11e7-be53-b708ccdd1134.html

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Democrats campaign at Women’s March Abortion bill rallies Democrats – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/democrats-campaign-at-womens-march/699611744

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Anti-Baby Bill Passes in Illinois House – Kathy Valente
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/anti-baby-bill-passes-illinois-house/

CAPITOL FAX
— Opponents react to HB 40 passage
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/26/opponents-react-to-hb-40-passage/
— Rauner wants to fire “illegal” Quinn hires
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/26/rauner-wants-to-fire-illegal-quinn-hires/
— Quinn’s IDOT patronage detailed (DIERSEN: Do you oppose patronage? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote patronage. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. 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://capitolfax.com/2017/04/25/quinns-idot-patronage-detailed/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sanctuary cities ruling a despicable sign of lawless times – Cheryl K. Chumley (DIERSEN: If you support sanctuary cities, you shout that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than your ancestors.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/26/sanctuary-cities-ruling-despicable-sign-lawless-ti/
— Wellesley students advocate hostility on campuses to silence conservative ‘hate speech’ – Bradford Richardson
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/20/wellesley-students-push-hostility-to-silence-conse/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GAO: Feds ignoring our advice on how to curb waste – Joel Gehrke (DIERSEN: The federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. The federal government would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gao-feds-ignoring-our-advice-on-how-to-curb-waste/article/2621277

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Paul Ryan’s Betrayals Define Trump’s 100 Days – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/25547

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Blogger Claims Sean Hannity Sexually Harassed and Blocked Her from Fox News, Then Abruptly Denies Accusation – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2017/04/25/blogger-claims-sean-hannity-sexually-harassed-blocked-fox-news-abruptly-denies-accusation/

THE BLAZE
— Liberal protesters storm Heritage Foundation’s Washington, DC, office. It hilariously backfires. – Jon Street
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/25/liberal-protesters-storm-heritage-foundations-washington-dc-office-it-hilariously-backfires/

NEWSMAX
— Illegal Immigration Totals Fall Below Pre-Obama Level – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/illegal-immigrants-US-census/2017/04/25/id/786376/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Newsmax promotes pot in America. If you promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.
https://pro.moneymappress.com/p/NVXMJ39TMRSHORT/LNVXT459/

DAILY CALLER
— Ivy League Schools Ignore Law Requiring Disclosure Of Fed Grant Funding – Luke Rosiak (DIERSEN: Do you have a degree from an Ivy League school? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress that none of my four college degrees are from Ivy League schools, that is, b) they demonize, denigrate, and condemn NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/25/ivy-league-schools-ignore-law-requiring-disclosure-of-fed-grant-funding/

CNS NEWS
— Will GOP Fund Planned Parenthood But Not Border Wall? – Terence P. Jeffrey
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/terence-p-jeffrey/will-gop-fund-planned-parenthood-not-border-wall

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Ted Cruz Wants to Build a Wall and El Chapo Is Going to Pay for It – JOSH BILLINSON
http://ijr.com/2017/04/856544-ted-cruz-wants-build-wall-el-chapo-going-pay/

ABC NEWS
— Federal judge rules Trump cannot punish sanctuary cities by withholding funds – JULIA JACOBO and AARON KATERSKY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/california-judge-rules-trump-punish-sanctuary-cities-withholding/story?id=47015568

NBC NEWS
— How Many Foreign Workers Are at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago? – GABE GUTIERREZ, MEREDITH AMOR and RICH GARDELLA
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/how-many-foreign-workers-are-trump-s-mar-lago-n750686

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hatred of Whites by anti-Trumps unites White-power groups.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/apr/25/white-power-groups-banding-together-but-for-how-lo/#/0

NEW YORK TIMES
— Do Body Cameras Help Policing? 1,200 New York Officers Aim to Find Out – ASHLEY SOUTHALL (DIERSEN: I should wear a body camera to document now nasty, rude, bombastic, blustering, insulting, vicious, threatening, etc. that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/nyregion/do-body-cameras-help-policing-1200-new-york-officers-aim-to-find-out.html
— Donald Trump Is a Real Republican, and That’s a Good Thing – CHARLES R. KESLER (DIERSEN: Real Republicans defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/opinion/donald-trump-is-a-real-republican-and-thats-a-good-thing.html
— Fox News Faces New Racial Discrimination Lawsuit – SYDNEY EMBER (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give preference to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, to discriminate against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. From what I see, ever-increasingly, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries are under tremendous pressure to give preference to Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans, that is, to discriminate against Republicans, Whites, males, older people, and non-veterans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/business/media/fox-news-racial-discrimination-lawsuit.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump drags feet on political appointees, lags behind predecessors – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/04/26/trump-drags-feet-on-political-appointees-and-lags-far-behind-predecessors/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEWN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps argue against doing anything to stop illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/25/undocumented-immigrant-population-united-states/100877164/
— Fox News hit with more racial discrimination suits – Mike Snider (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give preference to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, to discriminate against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. From what I see, ever-increasingly, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries are under tremendous pressure to give preference to Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, and veterans, that is, to discriminate against Republicans, Whites, males, older people, and non-veterans.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/04/25/fox-news-hit-more-racial-discrimination-suits/100848942/
— What your religion has to say about how you become a parent – Ashley May (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned my wife and I because we gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/22/fertility-treatments-ethical-moral/99770620/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Experts Recommend Changes to Improve Diversity at University of Illinois – AP (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-04-26/experts-recommend-changes-to-improve-diversity-at-university

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP’S CHIEF OF STAFF: COURT IS ‘BANANAS’ TO BLOCK EXECUTIVE ORDER ON SANCTUARY CITIES – DAMIEN SHARKOV
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-priebus-executive-order-sanctuary-cities-bananas-blood-589874

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Much Marijuana Is Too Much for a Police Recruit? – Scott Calvert (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future. I have never used an illegal drug and I never will. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-much-marijuana-is-too-much-for-a-police-recruit-1493118001
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What percent of those who are into vices had parents who are/were into vices? What percent of those who have financial, health, and/or other problems had parents who do/did have financial, health, and/or other problems?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/should-you-tell-your-teen-you-tried-alcohol-or-drugs-1493131943

BLOOMBERG
— Employers Must Prepare for Next Phase of Trump Immigration Policy – Genevieve Douglas
https://www.bna.com/employers-prepare-next-n57982087142/

FED SMITH
— Federal Employees: Overpaid or Underpaid? – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents 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 33.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/04/26/federal-employees-overpaid-underpaid/

FORD AUTHORITY
— The Ford Mustang Outsold Every Other Sportscar Worldwide Last Year – AARON BIRCH
http://fordauthority.com/2017/04/the-ford-mustang-outsold-every-other-sportscar-worldwide-last-year/

April 22 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote “march for science.”
http://abc7chicago.com/science/thousands-expected-downtown-at-march-for-science/1902949/

NBC5
— The Latest Political Headlines – Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/deep-dish-420120963.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— First lady Diana Rauner ready to take on critics – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-first-lady-diana-rauner-ready-to-take-on-critics/
— Message to Democrats in governor’s race: Listen to black community – Laura Washington (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/message-to-dems-in-governors-race-listen-to-black-community/
— Emanuel shoots down stripping aldermen of control over menu money – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-shoots-down-stripping-aldermen-of-control-over-menu-money/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lawyer to UC Berkeley: Let Ann Coulter speak next week or else – Tom Lochner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-tns-bc-cmp-berkeley-coulter-20170421-story.html
— Battle for Berkeley: Will Ann Coulter spark another clash? – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–battle-for-berkeley-20170421-story.html
— Inundated with gunshot victims, Chicago doctors and nurses face ‘compassion fatigue’ – Marwa Eltagouri
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-hospitals-compassion-fatigue-gun-violence-met-20170421-story.html
— ‘Fearless Girl’ sets off a storm of debate – Renae Merle (DIERSEN: The ‘Fearless Girl’ statue promotes hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-fearless-girl-statue-debate-20170421-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote “march for science.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-science-march-met-20170421-story.html
— Listen more, talk less to understand Naperville student’s call for change – Editorial (DIERSEN: How hard were you pushed to be successful when you were in high school? Few thought that I was “college material” because neither of my parents had attended college, my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. What if Affirmative Action was only for those whose parents did not have a college degree?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-editorial-petition-naperville-st-0423-20170421-story.html
— U46 school board race expensive, Q1 reports show – Rafael Guerrero
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-area-campaign-reports-st-0423-20170421-story.html
— American Dental Association to pay $1.95 million in discrimination case – Ally Marotti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-american-dental-discrimination-0422-biz-20170421-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Drain the swamp’ more a Trump slogan than a practice so far – AP (DIERSEN: One could say that during the 1980s and 1990s, Charles Bowsher drained the GAO swamp. He had great success in getting rid of the agency’s employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170422/news/304229986/
— Keep churches out of politics – Karen Wagner, Rolling Meadows (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, churches act like they are arms of the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green parties. Ever-increasingly, churches act like they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn talk and act like they run the churches in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170422/keep-churches-out-of-politics

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Will Illinois be the first junk-bond state? – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170421/NEWS01/170429969/will-illinois-be-the-first-junk-bond-state

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Bruce Rauner answers questions about his stance on abortion during an appearance in Chicago on Friday, April 21, 2017. State of Illinois video.
http://www.sj-r.com/article/20170421/VIDEO/304219981
— Hearing probes Illinois auditor general’s campaign spending – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170421/hearing-probes-illinois-auditor-generals-campaign-spending

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— ISU retains credit rating; 6 other Ill. schools downgraded – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/isu-retains-credit-rating-other-ill-schools-downgraded/article_3ff07c63-2cb1-5c1f-96e1-8ef6d7aa3754.html

WSIL TV
— Voters hear Pritzker’s plan to improve Illinois – Brandon Richard
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35215646/voters-hear-pritzkers-plan-to-improve-illinois

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Sanctuary mayors fire back at Trump administration over immigration Federal officials threaten to withhold funding – JAY CROFT
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/sanctuary-mayors-fire-back-at-trump-administration-over-immigration/696951106
— Manchin: Trump has the ‘fortitude’ to push background checks for gun purchases Gun purchase easier under Trump? – ASHLEY KILLOUGH
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/manchin-trump-has-the-fortitude-to-push-background-checks-for-gun-purchases/697104322

BUREAU COUNTY REPUBLICAN NEWS
— Oberweis’ bill imperils public’s right to know Legislation to allow the dissemination of public notices only on the Internet in Illinois is a radical departure from the proven public notice system that all other states use. As a result, the public’s right to know would suffer. The bill should be defeated. – Editorial
http://www.bcrnews.com/2017/04/20/oberweis-bill-imperils-publics-right-to-know/ajnuojh/

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— To Explain Change On Abortion, Rauner Cites Economic Agenda – BRIAN MACKEY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/explain-change-abortion-rauner-cites-economic-agenda#stream/0
— Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Biss Criticizes State Flat Tax And Speaker Madigan’s Tenure
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/democratic-gubernatorial-candidate-criticizes-state-flat-tax-and-speaker-madigans-tenure#stream/0

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Convicted of Felony, Indicted by Grand Jury for Felony Vote Buying, Elected Mayor of Alorton, IL. – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/04/convicted-of-felony-indicted-by-grand-jury-for-felony-vote-buying-elected-mayor-of-alorton-il/
— NIU slammed by State Auditor for FOIA and Records Retention Noncompliance – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/04/niu-slammed-by-state-auditor-for-foia-and-records-retention-noncompliance/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS IS LOSING ITS CORE INCOME TAX BASE High-income earners provide the majority of Illinois’ income tax revenue, and IRS data show that Illinois is losing these taxpayers to out-migration. – Madelyn Harwood
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-is-losing-its-core-income-tax-base/
— WHAT ILLINOISANS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THEIR TAXES – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/what-illinoisans-should-know-about-their-taxes/
— ILLINOIS LOSES NEARLY 9,000 JOBS ON NET IN MARCH; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS – Michael Lucci
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-loses-nearly-9000-jobs-on-net-in-march-unemployment-rate-drops/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Ivanka Trump’s LGBT activism contradicts her Jewish faith – Peter LaBarbera
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ivanka-trumps-lgbt-activism-contradicts-her-jewish-faith

BREITBART
— Berkeley Mayor Is Member of Antifa Facebook Group that Organized Riots – TOM CICCOTTA
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/04/21/berkeley-mayor-is-member-of-antifa-facebook-group-that-organized-riots/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump is warned that he can’t just do what he wants – Jack Hellner
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/04/trump_is_warned_that_he_cant_just_do_what_he_wants.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Professional Class Strikes Back Jon Ossoff, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and the future of American politics – MATTHEW CONTINETTI
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446954/donald-trump-bernie-sanders-future-american-politics
— How Tuition-Free College Education Hurts Young People – JULIAN ADORNEY
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446924/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-tuition-free-college-proposal-hurts-students

CNN
— What sanctuary cities stand to lose if feds have their way – Ray Sanchez
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/21/politics/sanctuary-cities-federal-funding/

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Power of Day Care Government spending is linked to an economic boon to families that can last decades – Claire Cain Miller (DIERSEN: When you were young, what earning potential did your mother have? My outstanding mother had very little earning potential. She was raised on a farm in Grant Park and she never attended high school.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/upshot/how-child-care-enriches-mothers-and-especially-the-sons-they-raise.html

LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
— California GOP head demands governor act on UC, Coulter situation – Beau Yarbrough
http://www.dailynews.com/government-and-politics/20170421/california-gop-head-demands-governor-act-on-uc-coulter-situation

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Retirees Show Success in Replacing Pre-Retirement Income – Anne Tergesen (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, my pre-retirement income was $122,991. My post-retirement is a $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension and $2,028 Social Security, or only 43% of my pre-retirement income. My hate-filled critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, and they have made it very clear that they would viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that might hire me to do anything. Should I write a book about my hate-filled critics/opponents and why they hate me?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retirees-show-success-in-replacing-pre-retirement-income-1492606801
— Republicans, Learn the Limits of Loyalty Make clear you want to work with Trump on policy but don’t defend his bad behavior. – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-learn-the-limits-of-loyalty-1492727591
— Those ‘Snowflakes’ Have Chilling Effects Even Beyond the Campus Academic intolerance is the product of ideological aggression, not a psychological disorder. – Heather Mac Donald
https://www.wsj.com/articles/those-snowflakes-have-chilling-effects-even-beyond-the-campus-1492800913

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House Bill to ‘Audit the Fed’ Would Cost $6 Million – Charles S. Clark (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 of those years at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. For almost 9 of those 18 years, I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators including the Fed.)
http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2017/04/house-bill-audit-fed-would-cost-6-million/137222/

DAILY STAR
— DISGUSTING: Get stoned with Kim K: star’s drug goods ‘encourage’ fans to smoke weed REALITY star Kim Kardashian is “encouraging” fans to take drugs with her cannabis-themed goods, critics claim. – Kate Nelson
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/607730/Kim-Kardashian-cannabis-drugs-goods-encourages-fans

April 21 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Please join me in encouraging the 18 members of the DuPage County Board to pass a resolution ASAP in opposition to legalizing pot for recreational use in Illinois, SB 316 and HB 2353, and especially the 12 members of its Judicial & Public Safety Committee: Grant Eckhoff, Chair, Robert L. Larsen, Vice Chair, John Curran, Peter DiCianni, Amy L. Grant, Gary Grasso, James D. Healy, Tonia Khouri, Sean T. Noonan, Donald E. Puchalski, Sam Tornatore, and James F. Zay. The next meeting of that committee is at 8:15 AM, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. I have asked that recommending passing a resolution in opposition to SB 316 and HB 2353 be put on the agenda for that meeting, that DuPage County States Attorney Robert Berlin speak at that meeting in favor of the resolution, and that the committee would vote at that meeting to recommend that the full board pass the resolution. Berlin has filed a witness slip with the State of Illinois in opposition to SB 316 and HB 2353 along with Anita Bedell, Peter Bensinger, Judy Kramer, Ralph Rivera, Kathleen Valente, Thomas Weitzel, myself, and others. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel’s latest campaign report adds $20,000 to his legal spending tally – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-legal-costs-story.html
— A month after dismissing federal prosecutors, no U.S. attorneys in place at Justice Department – Sari Horwitz (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO (SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/), the federal district court judge, the federal appellate court justices, the U.S. Attorney who represented GAO, and the U.S. Senator who appointed both the district court judge and the U.S. Attorney who represented GAO all made it extremely clear that they favor patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-sessions-us-attorneys-justice-department-20170418-story.html
— The case for importing skilled foreign workers: Trump’s Kenosha doctrine is good for America – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats run the “American education system” and those Democrats focus on churning out “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-visa-worker-program-trump-edit-0421-md-20170420-story.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: These visas are intended for use by employers when they can’t find a qualified U.S. worker to hire. Ideally, the American education system would churn out enough qualified graduates in the science/technology/engineering/math realm to fill every possible job slot. Why that’s not the case is a conversation for another day. But even if it were so, there’s reason to give employers opportunities to hire a certain number of exceptional foreigners who bring unique abilities to the table.)
— Cheers, jeers for Rep. Hultgren at forum: ‘I think he heard from us tonight’ – Linda Girardi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-hultgren-forum-st-0420-20170419-story.html
— Naperville loses out to Deerfield as site of new Caterpillar HQ – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: How strongly did the anti-Trumps in Naperville discourage Caterpillar from moving there?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-caterpillar-deerfield-not-naperville-st-0421-20170419-story.html
— Member of Decatur Seven elected to school board that once expelled him – Ted Gregory (DIERSEN: What did you do with your free time when you were in high school? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, and washed dishes. I used the money that I earned/saved doing yard work and delivering newspapers to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964. I used the money that I earned/saved washing dishes to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-decatur-seven-school-board-member-met-20170421-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Courtney Carson threw a punch at a high school football game on a Friday night almost two decades ago and catapulted himself from profane, drug-dealing gangbanger to national symbol of racial intolerance. The punch sparked a 17-second melee that rolled through the crowd watching the game between rivals Eisenhower and MacArthur high schools. After untangling the mess, Decatur school board members, riding the popularity of zero tolerance, expelled Carson and five other instigators — all African-American teenagers — for two years. A seventh student was allowed to withdraw rather than face expulsion.)
— Lawsuit: Naperville cops allowed woman to touch, kiss boy in squad car – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-police-lawsuit-st-0421-20170420-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use O’Reilly to promote hatred of men, and especially of men who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-bill-oreilly-mary-schmich-20170420-column.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chance the Rapper among Time’s ‘most influential people’ (DIERSEN: Who are the most influential people in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, that is, who has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Who/what do the aforesaid use the influence and clout to promote and to destroy?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chance-the-rapper-among-times-most-influential-people/

ABC7
— WYOMING, MN POLICE SET UP (humorous) ‘TRAP’ AIMED AT POT SMOKERS ON 4/20
http://abc7chicago.com/news/police-set-up-trap-aimed-at-pot-smokers-on-4-20-/1896746/

DNA INFO
— Joe Walsh GOP Club Fundraiser Sparks Protest Plan By Democrats, Others – Alex Nitkin
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170420/gladstone-park/northwest-side-gop-club-joe-walsh-39th-ward-democrats-robert-murphy

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers hint/imply/argue/shout that virtually everyone in America is a stoner or wants to be a stoner. If you want to destroy an individual, you encourage that individual to be a stoner. If you want to destroy an organization, you encourage the members of that organization to be stoners. If you want to destroy a company, you encourage the employees of that company to be stoners. If you want to destroy a government, you encourage the officials and employees of that government to be stoners. If you want to destroy a county, you encourage the officials and citizens of that country to be stoners. If you want to destroy a race, you encourage the members of that race to be stoners.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/a-new-high-poll-finds-record-support-for-pot-legalization/695487858

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— What Illinois needs is accountability, not apologists – Andy Manar
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170420/manar-what-illinois-needs-is-accountability-not-apologists

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use town halls to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans. Anti-Trumps are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Anti-Trumps are disciples of Saul Alinsky.
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170420/editorial-tone-aside-more-town-halls-please

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— State: Mautino pleads the 5th in campaign finance case – Greg Bishop
http://rockrivertimes.com/2017/04/20/state-mautino-pleads-the-5th-in-campaign-finance-case/

TIMES
— Mautino lawyer points finger at rivals – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/mautino-lawyer-points-finger-at-rivals/article_7d817b23-7426-54af-8732-081d164d55a4.html

WSIU
— As Illinois budget crisis continues, people with addictions find tougher road to treatment – DURRIE BOUSCAREN (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments work the hardest to promote addictions in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? If you promote booze, gambling, pot, and/or other vices, you promote addictions.)
http://news.wsiu.org/post/illinois-budget-crisis-continues-people-addictions-find-tougher-road-treatment#stream/0

WSIL TV
— Illinois Representative Will Guzzardi pushes for $15 per hour minimum wage – Brandon Merano (DIERSEN: When you first earned $15/hour in today’s dollars, what job requirements did you have to meet? For me, they included a) being 18 years old and passing an employment test, b) having a high school diploma, c) having a driver’s license, d) passing a background check, e) passing a truck driving test, f) passing a physical examination, g) being available to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and full-time during the summers, h) owning a vehicle to make deliveries from, i) having a good driving record, j) etc.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35206048/il-representative-pushes-for-15-per-hour-minimum-wage

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Harlan Johnson promotes hatred of everyone who does not agree with him.
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20170420/my-view-earth-day-and-e-cars

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Rauner targets hate crime – Alex Camp (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://illinoistimes.com/article-18574-rauner-targets-hate-crime.html

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— $1.286 BILLION TO BE COLLECTED IN KANE COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES THIS YEAR
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2017/04/1-286-billion-to-be-collected-in-kane-county-property-taxes-this-year/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MAUTINO PLEADS THE FIFTH IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE CASE – Greg Bishop
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/mautino-pleads-the-fifth-in-campaign-finance-case/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REPS. WEHRLI AND IVES CALL FOR AUDITOR GENERAL TO BE OUSTED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/reps-wehrli-and-ives-auditor-general-mautino-must-promptly-be-removed-from-office.html
— THORNER: IS TUCKER UP TO KEEPING O’REILLY’S #1 CABLE NEWS RATING?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/thorner-is-tucker-up-to-keeping-oreillys-1-cable-news-rating.html
— SKILLICORN SOUNDS ALARM ABOUT STATE’S LATE ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO AREA SCHOOLS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/skillicorn-says-balanced-budget-needed-to-provide-education-certainty.html
— BATINICK: DEMOCRAT SPENDING PLAN IS GUARANTEED UNCERTAINTY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/batinick-democrat-spending-plan-is-guaranteed-uncertainity.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner then and now on abortion (DIERSEN: In Illinois, if you get elected to or appointed to a government office or a political office as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/20/rauner-then-and-now-on-abortion/
— Rauner says HB 40 is “divisive” and “we need to focus” on fixing other problems
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/21/rauner-says-hb-40-is-divisive-and-we-need-to-focus-on-fixing-other-problems/

GOPUSA
— Hypocrisy in the Anti-O’Reilly Army – Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23333
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fox News took Bill O’Reilly off the air after a heavy campaign to fire him led by CNN’s media unit and The New York Times. If all the charges of sexual harassment are true, his case is indefensible. That said, it’s time for his media critics to stand down. They are guilty of rank hypocrisy. These same media outlets despised the idea that Donald Trump would drag Bill Clinton’s sexual harassment lawsuits into the presidential campaign. On Jan. 8, 2016, the Times editorial staff sneered: “It is also a tired subject that few Americans want to hear more about. If Mr. Trump has not read enough, he can curl up with a copy of the Starr report.” Bizarrely, the editorial noted that Hillary Clinton had told a New Hampshire town hall questioner a month earlier that Juanita Broaddrick’s tale of rape was not to be believed. Yet it was Trump who was denounced as sexist and beyond the pale. The Times said: “His aim is to dredge up an ancient scandal and tar Mrs. Clinton with it in a clearly sexist fashion. There should be no place for that kind of politics in this country.” That is, unless it’s the top draw at Fox News, in which case it’s suddenly America’s greatest concern. On April 2, 2017, the Times published a 3,148-word front-page article lamenting “O’Reilly Thrives as Settlements Add Up.” Reporters Emily Steel and Michael Schmidt declared that their investigation found five women who received payouts from either O’Reilly or Fox “in exchange for agreeing to not pursue litigation or speak about their accusations against him. The agreements totaled about $13 million.” As they noted, the lion’s share of that total came in a $9 million settlement from 2004. That was 13 years ago, but it didn’t qualify as a “tired subject” or some “ancient scandal.” CNN relentlessly pushed for O’Reilly’s dismissal, calling up advertisers and pressuring them to take commercials off their competition. Bashing O’Reilly dominated their Sunday show “Reliable Sources” for weeks and their “news” programming after their victory. But two days after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke in 1998, CNN aired a town hall meeting titled “Investigating the President: Media Madness?” Host Jeff Greenfield insisted that millions of Americans were “asking the press one question fraught with significance: What the hell are you people doing trying to find out what kind of sex the President of the United States might or might not be having?” Back then, it was “media madness” to investigate whether then-President Bill Clinton might be assaulting women in the workplace — the Oval Office. There was zero concern about a “culture of abuse” inside the White House. For good measure, CNN moved on to specials attacking special prosecutor Ken Starr for prudishly investigating where CNN and the rest of the press never wanted to go. It’s not only CNN and the Times that are displaying a different moral standard. Does no one find it just a wee bit ironic that disgraced Brian Williams is still doing a weeknight show on MSNBC, where he can lecture that O’Reilly was dispatched by “the power of the female consumer”? Women deserve a workplace where men don’t harass them for sex. But that’s what these sanctimonious liberal journalists care about. It just doesn’t matter how brutal the alleged rape of Juanita Broaddrick was. What matters is that Bill O’Reilly had to go. Bill Clinton is laughing.)
— Facebook Gives Staff Green Light to Protest Trump on International Worker’s Day (DIERSEN: What percent of Facebook staff are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors? The percent must be extremely high.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23206
— Is Democracy in a Death Spiral? – Patrick J. Buchanan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors USE DEMOCRACY TO GET RID OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, COMPANIES, GOVERNMENTS, AND COUNTRIES THAT ARE Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. That is why those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time have bought a tremendous amount of firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23320

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Ann Coulter rejects Berkeley reschedule offer Reiterates that she will speak as planned – Victor Morton
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/20/ann-coulter-rejects-berkeley-reschedule-offer/

DAILY CALLER
— TREASOINOUS: Manual For Sanctuary City Advocates Lays Out How To Undermine Immigration Crackdown – Richard Pollock
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/20/manual-for-sanctuary-city-advocates-lays-out-how-to-undermine-immigration-crackdown/

THE BLAZE
— College professor: Black people are ‘screwed’ because ‘white people are in charge’ – Jon Street (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/20/college-professor-black-people-are-screwed-because-white-people-are-in-charge/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Blaze promotes pot in America. If you promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.
https://pro.agorafinancial.com/p/TEK_secretpot2_0217/LTEKT448/
— AG Jeff Sessions criticized for deriding the entire state of Hawaii over judge ruling – Carlos Garcia (DIERSEN: At what point do voters become responsible for the actions/inactions of those who they elect? At what point does everyone in a political jurisdiction become responsible for the actions/inactions of those elected to lead that political jurisdiction? Virtually everyone holds all those of German national origin responsible for WWI, WWII, and the Holocaust.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/20/ag-jeff-sessions-criticized-for-deriding-the-entire-state-of-hawaii-over-judge-ruling/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Elizabeth Warren promotes hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://ijr.com/2017/04/852879-elizabeth-warren-trump-turned-voters-anger-toward-people-not-color/

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— LOIS LERNER SHOULD BE IN JAIL – Kent Kellar (DIERSEN: One could argue that my Democrat superiors in the federal government should be in jail, but they would say that they only carried out orders from Democrat politicians. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/04/20/lois-lerner-should-be-in-jail/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: From Feb. 2010 until May 2012 the IRS showed Americans exactly what the weaponization of executive agencies looks like when the Obama administration directly targeted the tea party and other conservative 501(c)(4) groups for political reasons. Now over three years later, justice still has not been served. Luckily, Congressman Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) and Kevin Brady (R-Texas) are seeking closure for the American people to eliminate the corruption Obama left in our country. In a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions this month, Roskam and Brady explain, “On April 9, 2014, the House Committee on Ways and Means voted to send a letter to the Department of Justice referring former IRS Exempt Organizations Division Director Lois G. Lerner for criminal prosecution… Despite this fact, and for what many believe were purely partisan reasons, the prior administration refused to review Ms. Lerner’s misconduct.” The congressmen are calling for an investigation once again to finally hold the IRS accountable for their actions.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Fox News dumped O’Reilly because major advertisers dumped O’Reilly. Ever-increasingly, major advertisers make it clear that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/fears-of-revolt-by-consumers-felled-bill-oreilly.html
— Berkeley Reschedules Coulter, but She Vows to Speak on Original Date – THOMAS FULLER and STEPHANIE SAUL
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/us/berkeley-reversing-decision-says-ann-coulter-can-speak-after-all.html
— Ann Coulter Rejects Berkeley’s Bid to Reschedule Speech – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/04/21/us/21reuters-california-coulter.html
— UC Berkeley Flip-Flops on Ann Coulter, Proposes May Date – AP
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/04/21/us/ap-us-berkeley-ann-coulter.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are furious that Fox News did not get rid of O’Reilly sooner. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that they a) failed to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship sooner than they did in 2012, b) failed to end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership sooner than they did in 2011, c) failed to end my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service sooner than they did in 2010 and 2004, d) failed to end my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership sooner than they did in 2007, and e) failed to end my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest board membership sooner than they did in 2004. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that my Democrat GAO superiors a) failed to force me to retire sooner than they did in 1997, b) failed to stop me from getting promoted to GS-13 in 1986, c) failed to keep me off audits of IRS for 3 years 1986-1988, and d) failed to force me to suffer a bigger pay cut than I did ($18,847 in today’s dollars) to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that my Democrat IRS superiors a) failed to stop me from getting promoted to GS-12 in 1974, to GS-11 in 1973, and to GS-9 in 1972 and b) failed to stop me from getting hired in 1971. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that my Democrat Post Office superiors a) failed to force me to resign sooner than they did in 1969 and b) failed to stop me from getting hired in 1966.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/bill-oreilly-harassment-women.html
— I.R.S. Enlists Debt Collectors to Recover Overdue Taxes – JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG and STACY COWLEY (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/dealbook/taxes-debt-collection-internal-revenue-service.html
— Bill O’Reilly Payout Could Be as High as $25 Million – EMILY STEEL and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/bill-oreilly-payout.html
— A Bronx Church’s O’Reilly Factor – JIM DWYER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/nyregion/a-bronx-churchs-oreilly-factor.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Farmers, Who Once Fed the World, Are Overtaken by New Powers – Jesse Newman and Jacob Bunge
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-farmers-who-once-fed-the-world-overtaken-by-new-world-powers-1492700574

USA TODAY
— Tesla’s Autopilot self-driving system slammed in lawsuit – Chris Woodyard
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/04/19/teslas-autopilot-self-driving-system-slammed-lawsuit/100670104/

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: Penalties are high for Texas employers that can’t document immigrant workforce – David Hendricks
http://www.expressnews.com/business/article/Penalties-are-high-for-Texas-employers-that-11088058.php

KPCC
— Republican venture capitalist John Cox talks about joining the race for California Governor
https://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2017/04/20/56296/republican-venture-capitalist-john-cox-talks-about/

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-21/trump-s-buy-american-hire-american-edict-is-a-mistake

PBS
— How politically polarized media is driving our alternative realities
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politically-polarized-media-driving-alternative-realities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These days, where Americans get their news is as different as how they vote. Researchers have found that the proliferation of news sources on cable TV and the internet has upended the relationship between news outlets and their audiences. John Yang takes us to Arizona to examine how people pic their news sources and the impact that has on how they perceive the world around them.)

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Say The Federal Government Should ‘Buy, Hire American’ Even If It Costs More
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/april_2017/most_say_feds_should_buy_hire_american_even_if_it_costs_more

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 838 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $299,900
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448306_zpid/
— FOR SALE: 820 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $869,000
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448303_zpid/

April 20 Evening Edition

WGN TV
— Opponents of legalized pot say their voices aren’t being heard – GAYNOR HALL (DIERSEN: Those who oppose legalization of pot who attended the hearing included Peter Bensinger, Kathy Gilroy, Judy Kreamer, Ralph Rivera, Thomas Weitzel, and myself. If you promote pot, feel free to unsubscribe to this email. If you are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, please speak out against legalizing pot. Further, please join me in encouraging the 18 members of the DuPage County Board to pass a resolution ASAP in opposition to legalizing pot for recreational use in Illinois, SB 316 and HB 2353, and especially the 12 members of its Judicial & Public Safety Committee: Grant Eckhoff, Chair, Robert L. Larsen, Vice Chair, John Curran, Peter DiCianni, Amy L. Grant, Gary Grasso, James D. Healy, Tonia Khouri, Sean T. Noonan, Donald E. Puchalski, Sam Tornatore, and James F. Zay.)
http://wgntv.com/2017/04/20/opponents-of-legalized-pot-say-their-voices-arent-being-heard/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But some opponents are upset they didn’t get to testify yesterday. The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police is against legalization. Riverside Chief Tom Weitzel says it would normalize drug use. “I had signed up on behalf of Illinois chiefs to speak and I was under the impression that I could speak about our position,” he said. “I think it’s important to have the chiefs perspective officers are the ones doing the enforcement. … The proponents are well organized. They have the ear because it’s all about dollars.” Sponsors of the bills in the state house and senate say they have no intention of bringing this to the floor this legislative session. They say they will hold several more hearings to get public input in Springfield and Chicago.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Embattled Illinois auditor general’s campaign spending under scrutiny at hearing – Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-auditor-general-elections-board-met-0421-20170420-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A troubled anti-Rauner/Trump insults Rauner and Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-performance-artists-st-0421-20170420-story.html
— Rauner has his finger to the political winds on abortion – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: In Illinois, when you get elected or appointed as a Republican to a government office or to a political office, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. If you fail/refuse to defend and advance the IRP platform, you should immediately resign.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-rauner-abortion-funding-medicaid-perspec-0421-jm-20170420-column.html
— Standard & Poor’s downgrades NEIU, SIU and University of Illinois – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-sp-credit-downgrades-illinois-universities-20170420-story.html
— Humble-bragging Emanuel damns Priebus with faint praise – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-time-100-rahm-epstein-chance-0421-chicago-inc-20170420-story.html
— Roskam sends clear message on town halls: ‘My opinion has not changed’ – Linda Girardi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-roskam-town-hall-st-0421-20170420-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s dinner guests include Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent, Kid Rock – Catherine Lucey
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trumps-dinner-guests-include-sarah-palin-ted-nugent-kid-rock/amp/
— Aaron Schock asks judge to dismiss criminal indictment – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: All the defendants in all the lawsuits that I have filed asked for the lawsuits to be dismissed, but none of them were. However, they did succeed in getting judges to deny me my 7th Amendment rights by making summary judgments.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/aaron-schock-asks-judge-to-dismiss-criminal-indictment/
— Another flap over crowd size in Washington – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/patriots-hit-back-at-new-york-times-over-white-house-tweet/
— If Chicago’s schools close early, the blame lies 200 miles away – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/if-chicagos-schools-close-early-the-blame-lies-200-miles-away/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— HB40, aka the abortion bill, is a flank attack on Republicans – CHRIS IVERSON (DIERSEN: If you promote abortion, you are not religious, conservative, or Republican.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170420/OPINION/170429979/hb40-is-a-flank-attack-on-republicans-chris-iverson
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois net pension debt tops $119 billion – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170420/BLOGS02/170429982/illinois-net-pension-debt-tops-119-billion

DAILY HERALD
— Former Naperville school board member Suzyn Price to challenge Roskam – Doug T. Graham
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170420/former-naperville-school-board-member-to-challenge-roskam
— Hultgren, league prove town halls can be effective – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170420/editorial-hultgren-league-prove-town-halls-can-be-effective

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Students Delve Into Dangers Of Drugs – LAUREN BARRY
http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_a649efbe-253a-11e7-bed2-13946186731f.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Putting election spending into perspective – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170419/our-view-putting-election-spending-into-perspective
— Aaron Schock asks court to toss corruption case – (DIERSEN: All the defendants in all the lawsuits that I have filed asked for the lawsuits to be dismissed, but none of them were. However, they did succeed in getting judges to deny me my 7th Amendment rights by making summary judgments.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170420/aaron-schock-asks-court-to-toss-corruption-case

WSIL TV
— Busy year for protests could cost Washington millions – AP (DIERSEN: Should protestors pay a “protest tax?” Overwhelmingly, protestors are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35198433/busy-year-for-protests-could-cost-washington-millions

DEKALB DAILY JOURNAL
— NIU hosting town hall to address Rep. Adam Kinzinger – DREW ZIMMERMAN
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/04/20/niu-hosting-town-hall-to-address-rep-adam-kinzinger/a2dw5hs/

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— No decision made regarding Mautino campaign spending – Kevin Solari
http://www.newstrib.com/free/no-decision-made-regarding-mautino-campaign-spending/article_0f64a812-25eb-11e7-a578-f367926c9b1a.html

HERALD REVIEW
— Governor honors volunteers – TONY REID (DIERSEN: What volunteer work do you do? I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. Since 2004, those emails have included links to more than 268,000 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
http://herald-review.com/business/local/governor-honors-volunteers/article_7a8e98fd-a8ff-5c4a-88d1-4b4bab99922a.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner says he’ll “recruit hundreds of companies” to Illinois if “right to work” lawsuit succeeds
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/20/rauner-says-hell-recruit-hundreds-of-companies-to-illinois-if-right-to-work-lawsuit-succeeds/
— Mautino is no-show for state hearing
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/20/mautino-is-no-show-for-state-hearing/

WHITE HOUSE
— Buy American, Hire American On Tuesday, April 18th, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at strengthening and enforcing his “Buy American, Hire American” agenda. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout “buy foreign, hire foreign.” What do you say to those who buy foreign vehicles to shout a) that they hate GM, Ford, and Chrysler, b) that they hate those who own/owned vehicles made by GM, Ford, or Chrysler, c) that they hate unions, and d) that they hate past, present, and future union members?)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/04/20/buy-american-hire-american

LIFE NEWS
— Illinois Governor Rauner is Right to Veto Bill Forcing Taxpayers to Fund Abortions – TOM CIESIELKA
http://www.lifenews.com/2017/04/19/illinois-governor-rauner-is-right-to-veto-bill-forcing-taxpayers-to-fund-abortions/

DAILY CALLER
— Bill O’Reilly Responds To Being Let Go By Fox News – Christian Datoc (DIERSEN: I responded to being forced by my Democrat GAO superiors to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 with a lawsuit. SEE: Diersen v. GAO at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) side with Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs against me and b) promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid, and even worse things. If you are one of my critics/opponents, one of their operatives, or one of their dupes, please feel free to unsubscribe to this email.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/19/bill-oreilly-responds-to-being-let-go-by-fox-news/
— TREASONOUS: Taxpayer-Funded College Hosts Sharia-Loving Commencement Speaker With Ties To Terror Group – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/20/taxpayer-funded-college-hosts-radical-commencement-speaker-with-ties-to-terror-group/
— Chuck Todd: Bill O’Reilly Wasn’t A ‘Traditional Conservative’ Or A ‘Real Journalist’ – Christian Datoc (DIERSEN: If you agree with Chuck Dodd, please unsubscribe from this email immediately.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/20/chuck-todd-bill-oreilly-wasnt-a-traditional-conservative-or-a-real-journalist-audio/
— ICE Is Overworked And Losing Track Of Immigrants Who Pose National Security Threats – Alex Pfeiffer
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/20/ice-is-overworked-and-losing-track-of-illegal-immigrants-who-pose-national-security-threats/
— University Students Want Free Tuition For Blacks As Reparations For Slavery – David Krayden (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/20/university-students-want-free-tuition-for-blacks-as-reparations-for-slavery/

FOX NEWS
— IRS anti-fraud program plagued by delays, costing taxpayers millions – Adam Shaw (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal investigation Division for 3 years. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/20/irs-anti-fraud-program-plagued-by-delays-costing-taxpayers-millions.html

GOPUSA
— Has America Raised a Generation of Snowflakes and Bums?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23305
— ‘Communism for Kids’ published by MIT
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23144
— Socialist Venezuelan Government Illegally Seizes GM Factory (DIERSEN: Of course, those who are full of hatred against GM, against those own/owned GM vehicles, against unions, and against past/present union members are overjoyed about this.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23309
— Was it Suicide? American Flag Crashes to the Floor as DNC’s Perez Speaks
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23271
— What’s worse? Facebook or viewers?
http://www.gopusa.com/whats-worse-facebook-or-viewers/

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— BUREAUCRAT PENSIONS AND AMERICA’S BRAZILIAN FUTURE – Kent Kellar (DIERSEN: Because from the beginning of time, government employees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, viciously condemned, and viciously hated, to attract and retain employees, governments have had to provide more generous pensions. Therefore, those who demonize, denigrate, condemn, and hate government employees created today’s government pension problems. Should I write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are filled with hatred of government employees and of government retirees?)
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/04/20/bureaucrat-pensions-and-americas-brazilian-future/
— MEDIA CAUGHT FAKING ANOTHER ‘HATE CRIME’
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2017/04/20/media-caught-faking-another-hate-crime/

BREITBART
— Young White America Is Dying of Despair – John Carney (DIERSEN: Democrats want to get rid of Whites, and especially Whites who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.breitbart.com/economics/2017/04/19/young-white-america-dying-despair/
— France: Over Half of Women Afraid to Use Public Transport as Assaults, Robbery Common – VIRGINIA HALE (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want America to be like France.)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/20/france-60-women-fear-public-transport/
— Fabio Buying a Gun After More than $200,000 in Gold Coins, Watches, Stolen from Home – AWR HAWKINS (DIERSEN: If you break into someone’s home, you should expect to leave that home in a body bag.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/04/20/fabio-buying-a-gun-after-more-than-200000-in-gold-coins-watches-stolen-from-home/

POLITICO
— How Berkeley became a hotbed of violence in the Trump era A speech by conservative Ann Coulter sparks new fears of unrest. – DAVID SIDERS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/20/california-berkeley-coulter-protests-237424

CBS NEWS
— Trump slams Canada as “disgrace” on dairy policy, while signing memo on foreign steel
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-slams-canada-as-disgrace-on-dairy-policy-while-signing-memo-on-foreign-steel/

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘Fearless Girl’ ignites debate about art, Wall Street and the lack of female executives – Renae Merle (DIERSEN: The Fearless Girl statute promotes hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Cinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/fearless-girl-ignites-debate-about-art-wall-street-and-the-lack-of-female-executives/2017/04/20/47ec6d52-239b-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html
— Berkeley reverses decision to cancel speech by conservative pundit Ann Coulter – William Wan and Susan Svrluga
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/19/berkeley-cancels-ann-coulter-speech-over-fears-of-more-violent-protests/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say: “The GOP has a new plan to destroy Obamacare. It’s even crueler than the last one.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/04/20/the-gop-has-a-new-plan-to-destroy-obamacare-its-even-crueler-than-the-last-one/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “No, Mr. President, you can’t do what you want.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-mr-president-you-cant-do-what-you-want/2017/04/19/374c8ece-2534-11e7-bb9d-8cd6118e1409_story.html
— Working-class whites can’t handle their status as ‘the new minority’ – Jonathan Capehart (DIERSEN: Are you a minority, that is, are the majority of those in your precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, state and America anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors? Based on the aforesaid, I am a minority in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/04/20/working-class-whites-cant-handle-their-status-as-the-new-minority/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Bill O’Reilly to Exit Fox News With Payout of About $25 Million Network parted ways with host in wake of sexual-harassment scandal – Joe Flint
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-oreilly-to-exit-fox-news-with-payout-of-about-25-million-1492710660

DAILY UNION
— Teen substance use right in plain sight – Alexa Zoellner
http://www.dailyunion.com/news/article_0e16b4b8-25d8-11e7-bfc5-47710662cb41.html

FOX 2 DETROIT
— Facebook murder suspect details gambling debts, girlfriend trouble in videos – AP
http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/us-and-world-news/249217763-story

THE BLAZE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Blaze promotes pot in America. If you promote pot in America, you promote the destruction of America.
http://www.theblaze.com/

April 20 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois lawmakers gather to discuss legalizing pot – Mike Flannery (DIERSEN: Those who oppose legalization who attended the hearing included Peter Bensinger, Kathy Gilroy, Judy Kreamer, Ralph Rivera, Thomas Weitzel, and myself. The only legitimate reason to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is to get information a) to help defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and b) to help elect and reelect Republican candidates. If you promote pot, you should not claim to be religious, conservative, or Republican; you should immediately resign from any government or political office that you hold as a Republican and declare yourself to be a Democrat, a Libertarian, or Green. If you promote pot, feel free to unsubscribe to this email. If you are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, please speak out against legalizing pot. Further, please join me in encouraging the 18 members of the DuPage County Board to pass a resolution ASAP in opposition to legalizing pot for recreational use in Illinois, SB 316 and HB 2353, and especially the 12 members of its Judicial & Public Safety Committee: Grant Eckhoff, Chair, Robert L. Larsen, Vice Chair, John Curran, Peter DiCianni, Amy L. Grant, Gary Grasso, James D. Healy, Tonia Khouri, Sean T. Noonan, Donald E. Puchalski, Sam Tornatore, and James F. Zay.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/249609492-story
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Legalization has a downside. Colorado’s now Number One in per capita pot consumption, with side effects like a 48 percent increase in fatal traffic accidents. A former Drug Enforcement Administrator predicted legalization here would cause 75 additional marijuana-related highway deaths each year. “Terrible idea! It’s a disaster waiting to happen in Illinois. It’s gonna increase damage to youth. It’s gonna increase highway accidents and fatalities,” said Peter Bensinger, former director of the DEA.)

USA TODAY
— What happens if you smoke marijuana every day? – Sean Rossman
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/20/what-happens-when-you-smoke-marijuana-every-day/100668404/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s what experts say happens when you smoke weed every day: Dr. Stuart Gitlow, a professor at the University of Florida and a past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, said marijuana is much stronger than it was years ago, giving a more psychedelic feel rather than a mild sense of intoxication. A small percentage, he said, could have hallucinations and paranoia. However, the vast majority, he said, experience that mild high, which fades after several hours. After days of use, the pot becomes stored in the body’s fatty tissue and THC is gradually released into the bloodstream, meaning a person can experience the effect of the drug around the clock. Daily use, he said, promotes a chronic loss of attention, focus and concentration. Daily users perform at a lower level at jobs and at school. Focus and motivation also decrease, he said. Caron Treatment Center Medical Director Dr. Joseph Garbely said about 15% of cannabis users develop an addiction. Daily users, he said, suffer memory, coordination, and problem-solving issues. For some, it could change the way a brain matures. Smokers who start young, he said, are more susceptible to being a daily user or becoming addicted. . .Other factors need to be considered such as their dosage and the reason a person is using the drug. However, he said marijuana can have impact on how people perform at their job or at school. Withdrawal can occur after a period of long-term repeated use.)
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Marijuana’s big day is here: ‘420’ celebrations ready to roll – Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/04/19/marijuanas-big-day-here-420-celebrations-ready-roll/100663642/
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE OF OF O’Reilly: Advertising boycott sinks O’Reilly at Fox – Marco della Cava (DIERSEN: Who boycotts you? Should I publish a list those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois that have boycotted me and/or that are boycotting me? They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. If you ask them why they boycott me, expect to hear false denials, lies, and pretext.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/19/advertising-factor-proves-oreilly-tipping-point-fox/100662724/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Trump increases deportations of formerly protected DREAMers – Alan Gomez
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/19/trump-increases-deportations-former-dreamers/100609524/
— Controversy has always hovered over O’Reilly’s career – Roger Yu (DIERSEN: Are/were you controversial? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am controversial and that they are not.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/04/19/controversy-has-always-hovered-over-oreillys-career/100653398/
— Bill on Indiana gov’s desk to stop ban-the-box ordinances about job seekers’ criminal histories – Fatima Hussein
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/19/anti-ban-the-box-bill-indiana/100647354/

DNA INFO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Stoners and want-to-be stoners promote stoners and want-to-be stoners. If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170420/edgewater/north-siders-express-high-hopes-for-legal-weed-at-first-town-hall-meeting

CAPITOL FAX
— Hearing features testimony from Colorado “pot czar” (DIERSEN: If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/20/hearing-features-testimony-from-colorado-pot-czar/
— Illinois’ unfunded pension liability is 10 percent of the entire nation’s total
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/20/report-illinois-unfunded-pension-liability-is-10-percent-of-the-entire-nations-problem-total/
— Rauner complains about the press, brags about “blocking ol’ Madigan’s bad behavior”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/20/rauner-complains-about-the-press-brags-about-blocking-ol-madigans-bad-behavior/
— Illinois is so horrible that it’s dragging down national higher ed averages
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/20/illinois-is-so-horrible-that-its-dragging-down-national-higher-ed-averages/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Ethics board expands illegal lobbying review after Tribune report on Emanuel emails – Bill Ruthhart (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are much smarter that Emanuel and those who he communicates with. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not put in writing anything that might get them in trouble. They keep such things oral, unwitnessed, unrecorded, and off-the-record.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-emails-chicago-board-of-ethics-met-0420-20170419-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— We must make lawmakers accountable to the public ahead of their party leaders – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170419/editorial-we-must-make-lawmakers-accountable-to-the-public-ahead-of-their-party-leaders
— The suburbs’ four most expensive mayoral races – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170420/lester-the-suburbsx2019-four-most-expensive-mayoral-races

NBC5
— O’Reilly’s Departure Creates New Challenges for Fox: Analysis Fox News has a “culture of harassment that did not start and does not end with Bill O’Reilly,” said one activist – Tali Arbel (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, older Republican men are resumed to be racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/OReillys-Departure-Creates-New-Challenges-for-Fox-Analysis-419923743.html

WTTW
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago’s Homeless Population More Than 80K in 2015 – Maya Miller
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/04/19/report-chicago-s-homeless-population-more-80k-2015

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Judge denigrated by Trump as ‘Mexican’ will hear key deportation case Judge handled Trump University lawsuit – LAURA JARRETT (DIERSEN: What have you been denigrated as being? Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps denigrate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/judge-targeted-by-trump-to-hear-highprofile-deportation-case/694928079
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trump musicians.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/entertainment/bruce-springsteens-protest-song-to-donald-trump/694961018

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— LaHood faces combative, divided town hall crowd – Derek Beigh (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps are combative.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/lahood-faces-combative-divided-town-hall-crowd/article_4613cd1c-d370-5f02-9814-204784dcaade.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Prosecutors: Schock shouldn’t get more info about informant – Andy Kravetz (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents focus on getting information to badmouth, to discredit, to belittle, to demonize, to denigrate, to condemn, and to destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments a) that do not glorify and praise them, b) that do not pander to them, c) that do not serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or d) that do not give them money.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170419/prosecutors-schock-shouldnt-get-more-info-about-informant
— Rodney Davis questions payments to Jesse Jackson Jr. – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What are your sources of income and what are the annual amounts? What are your assets and debts? If you seek a government office or a political office, your critics/opponents will paint the aforesaid as negatively as possible. Needless-to-say, I reserve my right to defend myself.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170419/bernard-schoenburg-rodney-davis-questions-payments-to-jesse-jackson-jr

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Rep. Darin LaHood keeps his cool as constituents bring the heat – Laura Nightengale (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes always try to get me to lose my cool. So far, they have not succeeded. They know that I forgive those who trespass against me, so they are emboldened to trespass against me. If I did not forgive those who trespass against me and if I retaliated against those who trespass against me, they would no longer a) be in business, b) be employed, c) hold government offices, d) hold political offices, e) etc.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170419/rep-darin-lahood-keeps-his-cool-as-constituents-bring-heat

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Heated Discussion at LaHood Town Hall Meeting – TANYA KOONCE
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/heated-discussion-lahood-town-hall-meeting#stream/0

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Feds respond to Schock’s shots with their own volley – John Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-04-20/jim-dey-feds-respond-schocks-shots-their-own-volley.html

TIMES
— Congressman Kinzinger: No ‘free-for-alls’ – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/congressman-kinzinger-no-free-for-alls/article_40068708-81c2-54e6-8dd7-618d7c59cf17.html
— Let’s bring back Gov. Jim Edgar – Jim Nowlan (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What would Edgar do if he was Governor? ANSWER: From what I see, he would give the Democrats whatever they wanted. Democrats want to get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/state-affairs-let-s-bring-back-gov-jim-edgar/article_e07a2796-31e5-55eb-a63d-364cf6365c6e.html

WSIL TV
— VP Pence praises Indonesia’s democratic, tolerant values – AP (DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are not democratic or tolerant. They want to get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35194963/vp-pence-praises-indonesias-democratic-tolerant-values

FREEPORT JOURNAL STANDARD
— Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti visits Freeport – Derrick Mason
http://www.journalstandard.com/news/20170419/lt-gov-evelyn-sanguinetti-visits-freeport

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton police sergeants, lieutenants to see cost-of-living increase Wheaton City Council approves new 3-year agreement – ERIC SCHELKOPF (DIERSEN: Federal cost-of-living adjustments are far below what inflation is.)
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2017/04/19/wheaton-police-sergeants-lieutenants-to-see-cost-of-living-increase/a315b35/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats unite to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/04/20/city/local-representatives-encourage-political-engagement-in-residents/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— How These Chicagoans Handled the “Worst [Expletive] Job in Washington” Rahm was a “schoolyard bully.” Bill Daley says he was “stabbed in the back.” Documentarian Chris Whipple talks to 17 Chiefs of Staff about their time in the White House. – Carol Felsenthal
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/April-2017/Chiefs-of-Staff-Gatekeepers-Chris-Whipple/
— Are Women Punished Harder by the Financial Industry? A new working paper finds that male financial advisers are considerably more likely to recover after they commit misconduct. – WHET MOSER (DIERSEN: What “misconduct” in the workplace are you guilty of and how were you punished? I avoided the draft. I failed/refused to become a Democrat. I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I failed/refused to help my superiors get rid of their employees because of their political affiliation, race, gender, or age. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I because an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me by forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, by not promoting me beyond GS-13, by keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, and by forcing me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors punished me by not promoting me beyond GS-12, by disallowing my education deductions in 1978, and by disallowing my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors punished me by forcing me resign in 1969 and by disallowing my sick leave requests.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/April-2017/Are-Women-Punished-Harder-By-the-Financial-Industry/

NORTH COOK NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: New Trier cancels mandatory all-school “white privilege” seminar
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511106238-new-trier-cancels-mandatory-all-school-white-privilege-seminar

GOPUSA
— Is GOP Leadership Stupid, Incompetent or Slap-Crazy? The answer is yes. I’d like to know who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to run eleven Republicans in Georgia’s sixth congressional district race.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23286
— Fresno State professor who said Trump must hang is out on paid leave (DIERSEN: Constructively, the Democrats who run GAO have had me on reduced paid leave since 1997 – instead of a $122,991 salary, I get a $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension, or 59% less. What did I do? In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I failed/refused to help my superiors get rid of their employees because of their political affiliation, race, gender, or age. I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I failed/refused to become a Democrat. I avoided the draft.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23292
— ‘All lives matter,’ Gov. LePage tells protesters at USM
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23288

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— SEAN SPICER HITLER HYPOCRISY – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? The more of the following demographics that you have, the sooner, if not already, that anti-Trumps will say that you are Hitler: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/sean-spicer-hitler-hypocrisy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats and liberal media routinely compare Republicans to Hitler and Nazis, and Republican policies to fascism. They’ve done so for decades. Here are just a few examples:)

NEWSMAX
— O’Reilly: ‘Tremendously Disheartening’ Unfounded Claims Cost Me My Job – Todd Beamon (DIERSEN: Did claims cost you your job? I avoided the draft. I failed/refused to become a Democrat. I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I failed/refused to help my superiors get rid of their employees because of their political affiliation, race, gender, or age. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me by forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, by not promoting me beyond GS-13, by keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, and by forcing me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors punished me by not promoting me beyond GS-12, by disallowing my education deductions in 1978, and by disallowing my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors punished me by forcing me resign in 1969 and by disallowing my sick leave requests.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Bill-OReilly-host-network-TV/2017/04/19/id/785305/

ANDY MARTIN
— Andy Martin defends Bill O’Reilly, calls for boycott of Fox News because of O’Reilly’s dismissal
https://contrariancommentary.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/new-york-news-conferences-andy-martin-defends-bill-oreilly-calls-for-boycott-of-fox-news-because-of-oreillys-dismissal/
http://contrariancommentary.blogspot.com/2017/04/new-york-news-conferences-andy-martin.html

MANHATTEN INSTITUTE
— VIDEO: The Open-Government Movement: How Posting All Public Spending Online Can Transform U.S. Politics – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qS8DQcZ0Ec&feature=youtu.be

THE HILL
— Federal hiring freeze: Policy made for the cameras, hurts real families – REP. ANTHONY BROWN (D-MD.) (DIERSEN: During almost all of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was under hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/329612-federal-hiring-freeze-policy-made-for-the-cameras-hurts-real
— The Memo: Trump stuck with low approval ratings – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republicans” in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on driving down approval ratings of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/329594-the-memo-trump-stuck-with-low-approval-ratings

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat lawmakers across U.S. move to include young people in voting because Democrat teachers are doing such good job of cranking out “good little Democrats.”
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/apr/16/lawmakers-across-us-move-to-include-young-people-i/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— TREASONOUS: Chicago Aldermen Approve Municipal ID for (ILLEGALS) – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-04-19/chicago-aldermen-approve-municipal-id-for-immigrants-others

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Copy and Conquer: Facebook Wins Again – Farhad Manjoo (DIERSEN: My competitors know that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have the best format. Because they fail/refuse to copy that format, sooner or later, they all fail. Readers first want to know the source of the article, then the title of the article, then who wrote the article, and then the unhidden hyperlink.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/technology/facebook-snapchat-instagram-innovation.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Republicans can put some distance between themselves and Trump.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/04/19/republicans-can-put-some-distance-between-themselves-and-trump/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Even in red states, Republicans feel free to criticize Trump on his taxes and travel.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/even-in-red-states-republicans-feel-free-to-criticize-trump-on-his-taxes-and-travel/2017/04/19/693f4402-2517-11e7-bb9d-8cd6118e1409_story.html

NPR
— Fox News Turmoil Highlights Workplace Culture’s Role In Sexual Harassment – Yuki Noguchi (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, older Republican men are resumed to be racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.npr.org/2017/04/19/524751613/fox-news-turmoil-highlights-workplace-cultures-role-in-sexual-harassment

NEWSWEEK
— COULTER SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK – ROBERT REICH
http://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-coulter-should-be-allowed-speak-586707
— THE PLOT TO PAPER COLLEGE CAMPUSES WITH RACIST POSTERS – ABIGAIL JONES
http://www.newsweek.com/2017/04/28/alt-right-poster-art-propaganda-white-nationalism-586355.html

MONEY MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Money Magazine promotes pot in America, that is, Money Magazine promotes the destruction of America.
http://time.com/money/4744680/420-weed-prices-really-confusing/

THE GUARDIAN
— Age discrimination: older Australian workers viewed as slow to learn – Bianca Nogrady (DIERSEN: In America, non-veteran White male federal employees are viewed as being slow to learn and even worse things if they do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40.)
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/apr/20/age-discrimination-older-australian-workers-viewed-as-slow-to-learn

April 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with big color pictures unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote the Democrat Party platform on refugees and immigration.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/immigration/ct-syrian-refugee-family-update-met-20170417-story.html
— Expand Chicago aldermen’s clout? No, thanks – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? To what extent do they use their clout to reward those who give them money, who glorify and praise them, who pander to them, and/or who serve as their operatives or dupes? To what extend do they use their clout to punish/destroy those who do not do the aforesaid?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-aldermen-city-council-jobs-emanuel-chicago-edit-0417-jm-20170414-story.html
— Pritzker defends progressive credentials in Democratic governor bid – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What do progressives do? ANSWER: Promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, destruction of the traditional family, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-pritzker-progressive-establishment-illinois-governor-race-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Should I tell my boss I’m ready to move on? – J.T. O’Donnell (DIERSEN: In early 1971, when I was 22 years old, I told my Firestone Store boss that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. He immediately exploded and fired me. Then, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Then, unemployed that I was and needing a job to help support my mother and brother because my father had died, I accepted an offer from IRS to be a GS-7 (currently, $44,853/year) Revenue Officer. Then, my former Firestone boss offered me a part-time job which I accepted pumping gasoline. I held that job until the end of 1972.)
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/albuquerque-journal/20170416/282720521834413
— Don’t let stress over retirement saving overwhelm you – Jill Schlesinger (DIERSEN: I had much less stress over retirement saving 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 because I was earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious about that. Few of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) have held or are holding jobs that put them in line to get a pension or b) are getting a pension.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/jillonmoney/tca-don-t-let-stress-over-retirement-saving-overwhelm-you-20170410-story.html
— Must supporters let Trump be Trump? – Jonah Goldberg (DIERSEN: Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-syria-nato-china-20170416-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Will anything cause the floor to buckle from underneath Trump?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-presidency-failure-20170416-story.html
— For blacks, college is not an equalizer – Ray Boshara (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-black-college-graduates-lost-wealth-20170416-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump blasts Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-donald-trump-jr-triggered-huppke-20170414-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: TRAGIC: More and more and more people in Illinois depend on charity.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170417/news/170419021/

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: TRAGIC: Pot promoters promote doctors who promote pot.
http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/illinois-doctors-travel-to-help-patients-get-medical-pot/article_1061ed40-2381-11e7-abfd-2f5bb880de5b.html

LCBC RADIO
— TRAGIC: Video Gambling Up in March Across Illinois Valley
http://www.lcbcradio.com/wlpo/video-gambling-up-in-march-across-illinois-valley/article_4fe24ecc-236a-11e7-8335-b39f2ef12000.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Two Arrested For Possessing 3lbs of Marijuana
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/two-arrested-for-possessing-3lbs-of-marijuana

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— OUTSTANDING: Attorney General Rules McHenry County Blog “News Media” for Purposes of Freedom of Information Requests – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/04/17/attorney-general-rules-mchenry-county-blog-media-for-purposes-of-freedom-of-information-requests/

BGA
— EMPTY VOTING BOOTHS A SYMBOL OF OUR AILING DEMOCRACY – Andy Shaw
http://www.bettergov.org/news/andy-shaw-empty-voting-booths-a-symbol-of-our-ailing-democracy

DEPAULIA
— DeVos discontinues Obama-era student loan protections – Danielle Harris (DIERSEN: What percent of those who take out student loans have no intention of paying those loans back? Why don’t lenders require parents to co-sign student loans? Did/could you get a student loan? I doubt that I could have back in 1966. I was draft bait. I just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. My ACT was only 24. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14 and made only about $40,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother never attended high school and was a housewife/homemaker. My vision was never correctable to 20/20 and I have always had partial red/green color blindness. I had demonstrated no leadership potential in high school; I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. Upon graduation from high school, I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail.)
http://depauliaonline.com/2017/04/17/devos-discontinues-obama-era-student-loan-protections/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DISTASTEFUL RED TAPE: ONE THING RAUNER AGREES WITH TRUMP ABOUT (DIERSEN: Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/governor-discusses-cutting-red-tape-at-illinois-competiveness-council-forum.html
— TEXAS BILL ADVANCES ALLOWING CHRISTIANS RECUSAL CONCERNING SAME SEX MARRIAGES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/texas-bill-allows-recusals.html
— KUDOS FOR THE SENATORS’ “MCPLAN” BUDGET PRESCRIPTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/taxpayer-bargain-budget-plan.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Did Rauner renege on a campaign vow to appease conservatives? (DIERSEN: In Illinois, if you get elected as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/17/did-rauner-renege-on-a-campaign-vow-to-appease-conservatives/

PJ MEDIA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: TRAGIC: Pot promoters promote those who promote pot.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2017/04/16/illinois-delaware-dems-argue-legal-weed-would-help-economies/

GOPUSA
— Some Minneapolis Muslims protest ‘sharia’ vigilante in Cedar-Riverside area (DIERSEN: To promote Islam is to promote sharia law.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23132

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— DNC Kicks Off Tour Highlighting Leftward Shift Perez, Sanders set to rally in Maine, a blue collar state that has lurched away from Democrats – Jim Stinson
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/dnc-kicks-off-tour-highlighting-leftward-shift/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Students taunted, spat upon for questioning transgenderism (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote gender confusion.)
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9053

THE HILL
— Democrats welcome Bernie takeover – AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: What are you demographics? From what I see, Bernie supporters despise if not hate that who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/329049-democrats-welcome-bernie-takeover

POLITICO
— Trump claims tax return protesters were paid – REBECCA MORIN (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents would deny that they are paid. They would say that their tremendous hatred of me motivates them.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/trump-tax-return-protesters-237262

AOL NEWS
— Trump slams ‘small’ Tax March, suggests protesters were paid – WILLIAM STEAKIN (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents would deny that they are paid. They would say that their tremendous hatred of me motivates them.)
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/04/16/trump-slams-small-tax-march-suggests-protesters-were-paid/22042021/

NBC NEWS
— ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in the Black Church – GEORGE M. JOHNSON (DIERSEN: To be a Democrat is to be someone who promotes LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/opinion-don-t-ask-don-t-tell-black-church-n747096

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity blast Trump for not doing more to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/opinion/the-lgbt-trump-fallacy.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow over their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/opinion/100-days-of-horror.html?ref=opinion

WASHINGTON POST
— Adam Kinzinger: Pre-emptive strike on North Korea is a ‘next-to-worst case’ scenario – David Sherfinski
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/17/adam-kinzinger-pre-emptive-strike-north-korea-next/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Despite rhetoric, Trump plan focuses more on staff cuts than good government.” Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats will use Trump staff cuts to get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/04/17/despite-rhetoric-trump-plan-focuses-more-on-staff-cuts-than-good-government/

USA TODAY
— The future of jobs: More men doing ‘women’s work’ – Jon Swartz (DIERSEN: What jobs have you held? Because all the jobs that I held 1964-1997 were bad ‘men’s work’ jobs, with the exception of the first job that I held, my superiors always had an extremely hard time getting women to take those jobs. My first job, a ‘women’s work’ and a ‘minorities work’ job washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 was so bad that women and minorities would not take/keep the job. My understanding is that I was the first and only White male to hold that job and that I held it longer (18 months) than anyone else. The bad ‘men’s work’ jobs that held after were cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, working as a security guard, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/04/14/jobs-projections-could-mean-change-gender-occupations-men-women-employment/100381242/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Older Workers Challenge Firms’ Aggressive Pursuit of the Young In one class action against PricewaterhouseCoopers, two men say they were rejected because they lacked the youthful profile possessed by many PwC recruits – Jacob Gershman (DIERSEN: How old are you? Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40 and b) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates shouted that I could never have a successful GAO career, that is, that GAO could and should waste my career and get rid of me. They stressed a) that I was a Republican, b) that I was 31 years old, c) that I was White, d) that I was a male, e) that I was not a veteran, and f) that GAO forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5, currently $90,173, to GS-9, Step 10, currently $71,326, to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/older-workers-challenge-firms-aggressive-pursuit-of-the-young-1492340404
— Opening Our Borders Would Overwhelm America When I screened visa applications as a foreign service officer, I learned how many want to come. – Dave Seminara (DIERSEN: America is especially attractive to citizens of foreign countries who are minority, female, younger, and/or poor because by law, America gives tremendous preference to members of the aforesaid groups.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/opening-our-borders-would-overwhelm-america-1492366053
— FRONT PAGE: Embraceable You: When the CEO Is a Hugger Handshakes have given way to bear hugs in some corners of the corporate world as top bosses greet business associates with open arms; ‘You don’t lose your job if you don’t hug.’ – Rachel Feintzeig (DIERSEN: Are you a hugger? I never was and I never will be. I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1980-1997. If a White male non-veteran federal employee like me hugged anyone, they would immediately branded a sexist or even worse things and they would be immediately gotten rid of.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/embraceable-you-when-the-ceo-is-a-hugger-1492380506

THE WEEK
— President Trump, coming up on 100 days, hasn’t traveled abroad or west of the Mississippi
http://theweek.com/speedreads/692574/president-trump-coming-100-days-hasnt-traveled-abroad-west-mississippi

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— OUTSTANDING: Navy bans vaping on ships, subs, aircraft – Eric White
http://federalnewsradio.com/federal-headlines/2017/04/navy-bans-vaping-ships-subs-aircraft/

SOCIALIST WORKER
— We’ll stand together on May Day (DIERSEN: Democrats are united against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://socialistworker.org/2017/04/17/well-stand-together-on-may-day

April 15 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— On state tour, Rauner reiterates his agenda as Democrats line up to unseat him – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-statewide-tour-met-0416-20170414-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps call for thousands to march in the Loop to call for Trump’s tax returns.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-tax-day-preview-met-20170414-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Pope feels world’s shame for treatment of immigrants. – AP (DIERSEN: Why isn’t the Pope condemning the leaders of those countries (especially Mexico) that immigrants flee? Why isn’t the Pope calling for the citizens of those countries (including Mexico) to stay and oust their leaders?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-eu-rel–vatican-good-friday-20170414-story.html

CHICAHO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps call for thousands to march in the Loop to call for Trump’s tax returns.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/thousands-expected-at-loop-march-calling-for-trumps-tax-returns/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF PATEL: Tax mix-up could cost newly elected District 25 board member – Jake Griffin and Placek (DIERSEN: Since 1978, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I for not paying more real estate taxes on 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton 1978-1984 and 915 Cove Court in Wheaton 1984-present. They hint/imply/argue/shout that because we gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents, we are nasty selfish filthy rich DINKs (dual income, no kids) and even worse things, and therefore, we can and we should pay more real estate taxes.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170414/news/170419281/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A property tax mix-up involving new Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 board member Anisha Patel’s home resulted in her family saving more than $12,000 by paying taxes to the wrong school district since at least 2008. A Daily Herald analysis of property tax records shows the Patel family paid about $44,000 in taxes to Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 since 2008 but should have paid closer to $56,000 during that time to District 25. Researchers at Cook County Clerk David Orr’s office discovered Patel’s home was wrongly listed within District 59’s taxing boundaries even though Patel sends her children to schools in District 25. The mistake came to light after Patel won election to the District 25 board April 4. Patel and owners of two neighboring homes — and ultimately their property tax bills — are affected by the revelation.)

WSIL TV
— Cutting Trump slack: Voters forgive reversals to a point – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35153554/cutting-trump-slack-voters-forgive-reversals-to-a-point

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Who’s unsafe on campus? – Michelle Malkin
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/national/michelle-malkin-who-s-unsafe-on-campus/article_909eccd9-3e10-5202-a530-f9ad762de646.html

TIMES
— Kinzinger aligns self with Trump – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/kinzinger-aligns-self-with-trump/article_ca317ca2-581c-56f7-a5ae-df0c9958f9c9.html

FOX NEWS
— Want to improve your life? Be more like President Trump (Not kidding!) – Keith Ablow
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/04/14/trumping-your-life.html

WORLD NET DAILY
— SESSIONS ‘WILL EVALUATE’ REQUEST TO PROBE IRS BOSS GOP lawmakers charge Lois Lerner criminally targeted tea party – ART MOORE
http://www.wnd.com/2017/04/sessions-will-evaluate-request-to-probe-irs-boss/

TOWNHALL
— The 7 Worst Liberal Attacks on Donald Trump’s Family – John Hawkins (DIERSEN: Democrats are nasty. Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky. Democrats are full of hatred.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2017/04/15/the-7-worst-liberal-attacks-on-donald-trumps-family-n2313730

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Steve King: ‘Very Disappointed’ With Trump on Illegal Immigration – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/steve-king-disappointed-trump-immigration/2017/04/14/id/784500/

DAILY CALLER
— Jeff Sessions Doubles Down On Trump’s Campaign Promises – Alex Pfeiffer (DIERSEN: Trump promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/14/jeff-sessions-doubles-down-on-trumps-campaign-promises/
— Universities ‘Weed Out’ Right-Wing Scholars, Says Report – David Krayden (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats weed out federal employees who are Republican like I am, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran like I am.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/14/universities-weed-out-right-wing-scholars-says-report/

BREITBART
— Beck: Trump Has No ‘Core,’ Another Republican ‘Who Said Stuff and Didn’t Mean It’ – PAM KEY
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/04/14/beck-trump-has-no-core-another-republican-who-said-stuff-and-didnt-mean-it/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Hiring Anti-Trump Conservative Is Part Of New York Times’ Effort To Expand Opinion – Michael Calderone, Nick Baumann (DIERSEN: Trump has promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bret-stephens-new-york-times_us_58f12c80e4b0b9e9848bed3e

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: White House to Keep Its Visitor Logs Secret – JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS (DIERSEN: Who visits your critics/opponents? What do those visitors say about you?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/us/politics/visitor-log-white-house-trump.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Outsize Influence of Wealthy Donors – Paul Sullivan (DIERSEN: My critic/opponents are very wealthy and they have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. Their operatives and their dupes talk and act like they have been promised lots of money, new homes, new cars, sweetheart jobs, sweetheart contracts, favorable legislation, etc. if they succeed in a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) getting me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, they succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, service as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, GAO employment, etc. In 1989, they might have succeeded in getting GAO to get rid of me if Congressman Henry Hyde had not intervened.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/your-money/wealth-matters-philanthropy-david-callahan.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/opinion/fearless-girl-doesnt-need-any-bull.html
— O’Reilly’s Behavior Said to Have Helped Drive Megyn Kelly Out at Fox – EMILY STEEL and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT (DIERSEN: If you oppose reverse discrimination and/or age discrimination, sooner or later, Democrats and RINOs will blame you for all the problems that minorities, women, younger people, etc. have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/business/media/oreilly-behavior-megyn-kelly-fox.html
— A Baby or Your Money Back: All About Fertility Clinic Package Deals – RON LIEBER (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates and others who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my wife and I because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/your-money/baby-fertility-clinic-package-deals.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— As Trump and Texas crack down on illegal immigration, Austin rebels – Jenny Jarvie (DIERSEN: If/when Democrats start another Civil War like they did in 1861, they will be defeated again just like they were defeated in 1865. Democrats use illegals today like they used slaves in the past.)
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-immigration-austin-20170414-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump White House Won’t Reveal Log of Visitors, in Break From Obama Policy – Rebecca Ballhaus (DIERSEN: Who visits your critics/opponents? What do those visitors say about you?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-white-house-wont-reveal-log-of-visitors-in-break-from-obama-policy-1492198189

USA TODAY
— President Trump, Republicans get jump on 2020 White House race – Fredreka Schouten
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/04/14/president-trump-republicans-raise-money-for-2020-election/100488848/
— The President Trump effect? Democrats see early fundraising surge – Fredreka Schouten
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/14/donald-trump-presidency-fuels-democratic-fundraising/100477800/

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats work hard to unite Jews and Muslims against Republicans.
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/04/15/reflections-jews-muslims-come-together-in-u-s/

THE ROOT
— Yes, You Can Measure White Privilege – Michael Harriot (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, reverse discrimination and age discrimination. They have always blamed me for problems that Blacks have. Since 1966 they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.theroot.com/yes-you-can-measure-white-privilege-1794303451

April 14 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker pours $7 million of fortune into Democratic governor bid – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-campaign-fund-met-0415-20170414-story.html
— DuPage looks at video gambling in unincorporated areas – Gary Gibula (DIERSEN: At DuPage County’s April 11, 2017 board meeting, four spoke in favor keeping ban on video gambling: Anita Bedell, Kathy Gilroy, Bill Bryan, and myself. In addition, I urged the board to pass a resolution in opposition to legalizing the sale of marijuana in Illinois for recreational use – SB 316 and HB 2353.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-dupage-video-gamblng-st-0417-20170414-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But others who are opposed to repealing the video gambling ban also addressed the board. “This DuPage County Board set an important precedent for the rest of the state,” Villa Park resident Kathy Gilroy said. “It has been almost eight years since that important decision. What has changed to bring the issue before this board again?”)
— Democratic governor candidate Biss releases tax returns – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-daniel-biss-tax-returns-story.html
— Stakes are high for workers, businesses as Illinois considers minimum wage hike – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-minimum-wage-hike-0416-biz-20170414-story.html
— 2 Illinois lawmakers among 312 state employees who haven’t filed 2014 tax returns – Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-workers-late-tax-returns-met-20170414-story.html
— Naperville mayor admits city ‘could’ve done better’ telling public of fatal crash – Bill Bird
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-naperville-mayor-information-lacking-st-0416-20170414-story.html
— DuPage syphilis cases up 425%, chlamydia up 226% since 2005, statistics show – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-sexual-transmitted-disease-numbers-st-0416-20170414-story.html
— Why don’t voters care about local elections? – Joanne Zienty, Wheaton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-why-don-t-voters-care-about-local-elections-20170414-story.html
— Naperville student pressure to succeed a real thing, graduates and parents say – Suzanne Baker (DIERSEN: When you were in grade school and in high school, how many thought that you were “college material?” Few thought that I was because neither of my parents attended college, my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years in high school.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-203-petition-reaction-st-0416-20170414-story.html
— ‘It was the worst semester of my life’: Naperville students confide about anxiety, academic pressure – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-203-petition-reaction-st-0416-20170414-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want Republicans to pay for everyone’s health care.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-foster-healthcare-forum-st-0416-20170414-story.html
— Waukegan candidates raised ‘big-money’ in mayoral race – Luke Hammill
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-big-money-waukegan-race-st-0414-20170414-story.html
— Hail the status quo disrupters: Mayor Emanuel, Governor Ducey — we hope many others follow suit – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-emanuel-ducey-trump-devos-education-reform-edit-0416-20170414-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will barred from getting an education, barred from getting a job, and even worse things.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-huppke-work-advice-0416-biz-20170413-column.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. Rauner plans to veto abortion-protection, ‘trigger’ bill – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/gov-rauner-plans-to-veto-abortion-protection-trigger-bill/
— J.B. Pritzker adds $7M to campaign fund, topping Dem gov rivals – Tina Sfondeles – Ray Long
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-adds-7m-to-campaign-war-chest-topping-dem-rivals/
— Rahm’s private email still being filled by fans, foes, citizens – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahms-private-email-still-being-filled-by-fans-foes-citizens/
— Chicago could lose its EPA regional office – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sneed-exclusive-city-could-lose-its-epa-regional-office/
— Trump and Sessions — where rhetoric and deportations meet – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-and-sessions-where-rhetoric-and-deportations-meet/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump at odds with most Americans on immigration.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-at-odds-with-most-americans-on-immigration/
— Even for college grads, marriage is linked to greater wealth – Mona Charen (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes were furious when I got married in 1978, and they continue to be furious that we have stayed married ever since. Virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have never been married, are divorced, have spouses who have little or no income, and/or are they are having marital problems.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/even-for-college-grads-marriage-is-linked-to-greater-wealth/

DAILY HERALD
— Preservationists: Time needed to save McKee House – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170414/news/170419187/
— DuPage County awards $1 million in grants to nonprofit groups – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: If you work for the federal government, you will be expected, if not pressured, to contribute to the Combined Federal Campaign (https://www.opm.gov/combined-federal-campaign/) or CFC. You should be aware that sooner or later, your Democrat superiors will know each year how much you contributed and which nonprofit agency or agencies that you designated your contribution to go to. You will be in big trouble if your contribution is not big enough and/or if the agency or agencies that you designated do not promote the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170414/news/170419259/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Kinzinger, Club for Growth square off in latest GOP feud – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170414/BLOGS02/170419909/congressman-club-for-growth-square-off-in-latest-gop-feud
— Chicago business could win either way in 2018, so why are its leaders anxious? – JOE CAHILL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170414/ISSUE10/170419916/chicago-business-could-win-either-way-in-2018-so-why-are-its-leaders
— Want to help Chicago teens? Teach them finance. – ALEC LITOWITZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170411/OPINION/170419966/magnetar-academy-teaching-chicago-teens-personal-finance
— Pritzker donates $7 million to his campaign – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170414/BLOGS02/170419893/pritzker-donates-7-million-to-his-campaign

NBC5
— Naperville North Puts Too Much Pressure on Students to Succeed, Petition Says The Change.org petition, titled “The Naperville North Pressure Culture Must Change” had 1,240 signatures as of Friday afternoon (DIERSEN: When you were in grade school and in high school, how many thought that you were “college material?” Few thought that I was because neither of my parents attended college, my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years in high school and the summer in between.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Naperville-North-Puts-Too-Much-Pressure-on-Students-to-Succeed-Student-Petition-Says-419497753.html

WBEZ
— Gov. Bruce Rauner: House Democrats, Special Interests Responsible For Failure Of Grand Bargain
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/gov-bruce-rauner-house-democrats-special-interests-responsible-for-failure-of-grand-bargain/73f819d5-44a1-42c1-85a8-3b27a67607f0

FOX ILLINOIS
— Massive Drug Bust and Gun Seizure in Urbana
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/massive-drug-bust-and-gun-seizure-in-urbana-04-14-2017

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Group of IL GOP lawmakers says Mendoza needs to pay up – Mike Colon
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/group-of-il-gop-lawmakers-says-mendoza-needs-to-pay-up/692225985

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner should be talking with lawmakers, not campaigning – Editorial
http://herald-review.com/news/opinion/editorial/our-opinion-rauner-should-be-talking-with-lawmakers-not-campaigning/article_ae6323e6-031a-5ac7-9dc4-aa1c159d83c6.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Rauner opposition to wage increase reflects desire for cheap labor economy (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid? My critics/opponents 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 33.)
http://thetelegraph.com/news/100217/rauner-opposition-to-wage-increase-reflects-desire-for-cheap-labor-economy

CITY OF CHICAGO
— Mayor Emanuel Reaffirms City of Chicago’s Ban on Travel to North Carolina Due to Discriminatory Law (DIERSEN: I should write a book about mayors and other elected officials, activists, candidates, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who ban me a) because I oppose the promotion of the following: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, diminishment of First and Second Amendment rights, etc. and/or b) because they disapprove of my demographics: Trump supporter, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, ancestors have been in America since the 1840s, retired federal employee, child-less, pet-less, etc.)
https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2017/april/NC_Travel_Ban.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Public finance expert: Pension costs ‘squeeze governments’ – Justin Stoltzfus
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511104231-public-finance-expert-pension-costs-squeeze-governments

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Connelly explains collapse of ‘grand bargain’ – Caitlin Nordahl
http://willcountygazette.com/stories/511104503-connelly-explains-collapse-of-grand-bargain

SANGAMON SUN
— GOP says AG Madigan puts pols over people – Carol Ostrow
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511100745-gop-says-ag-madigan-puts-pols-over-people

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois democracy is an empty shell – Austin Berg
http://ilnews.org/opinion/berg-illinois-democracy-is-an-empty-shell/article_b5a92fde-1f8f-11e7-9e8c-7f8a8e7cf720.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR TAX HIKES WILL ONLY EXACERBATE ILLINOIS’ WEAK ECONOMIC ACTIVITY – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/multibillion-dollar-tax-hikes-will-only-exacerbate-illinois-weak-economic-activity/
— AFTER MASS LAYOFFS, A CHILLING LOOK BACK AT CAT’S PLEA FOR REFORMS – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/after-mass-layoffs-a-chilling-look-back-at-cats-plea-for-reforms/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER TO VETO ABORTION BILL FACING VOTE ON HOUSE FLOOR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/taxpayer-abortion-funding-up-to-governor-says-state-rep-mcsweeney.html
— TRUMP SIGNS INTO LAW FIRST FEDERAL PROLIFE MEASURE IN 14 YEARS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/first-prolife-ill-signed-in-14-years.html
— ROSKAM CALLS FOR DOJ TO REVISIT LOIS LERNER CASE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/04/lois-lerner-revisited.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner opposes abortion bill
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/14/rauner-opposes-abortion-bill/
— Kinzinger wants ad pulled, insists he’s with Trump on “repeal and replace”
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/14/kinzinger-wants-ad-pulled-insists-hes-with-trump-on-repeal-and-replace/
— Republicans ding Pritzker on Madigan yet again
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/14/republicans-ding-pritzker-on-madigan-yet-again/
— “Big drug dealer” or damaged veteran in dire need of a break? (DIERSEN: Did you avoid the draft? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not have avoided the draft, I never would have been able to a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, or a job-related professional license when I was 33; b) buy new cars; c) buy real estate, d) get married; e) buy collector cars; f) save for retirement; g) etc.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/14/big-drug-dealer-or-damaged-veteran-in-dire-need-of-a-break/
— Where would the Democratic candidates cut? (DIERSEN: First, they would cut all non-Democrat employees, and then they would cut all employees who had not demonstrated blind loyalty to them.)
https://capitolfax.com/2017/04/14/where-would-the-democratic-candidates-cut/

WORLD NET DAILY
— CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING RIPS TRUMP FOR INACTION ON AMNESTY Vowed to ‘immediately terminate’ Obama orders during campaign
http://www.wnd.com/2017/04/congressman-rips-trump-for-inaction-on-amnesty/

BREITBART
— Huffington Post: ‘Could It Be Time to Deny White Men the Franchise?’ OLIVER JJ LANE
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/14/huffington-post-could-it-be-time-to-deny-white-men-the-franchise/

THE BLAZE
— Glenn Beck: Trump has abandoned a lot of people – Sara Gonzales (DIERSEN: Which activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. have abandoned you? My critics/opponents glorify and praise the aforesaid who have abandoned me, and especially those who are/were TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and/or American Association of Political Consultants members.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/14/glenn-beck-trump-has-abandoned-a-lot-of-people/

POLITICO
— White House says it won’t make visitor logs public – JOSH DAWSEY (DIERSEN: Who disapproves of you? Who visits those who disapprove of you? Those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who disapprove of my values and/or of my demographics have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. Who visits them?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/white-house-says-it-wont-make-visitor-logs-public-237235

THE HILL
— Surprise! Now the establishment is praising Trump – JORDAN FABIAN AND JONATHAN EASLEY
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/328916-surprise-now-the-establishment-is-praising-trump
— Nationwide marches set to protest Trump tax returns – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: Democrats run IRS.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/328863-nationwide-marches-set-to-protest-trump-tax-returns
— Glenn Beck: Trump ‘another Republican who said stuff and didn’t mean it’ – JOE CONCHA
http://thehill.com/media/328804-glenn-beck-trump-another-republican-who-said-stuff-and-didnt-mean-it

CNBC
— Over 550 Amazon Employees Are Pressuring Leadership To Cut Advertising Ties With Breitbart – Charlie Warzel (DIERSEN: What percent of Amazon employees are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/13/amazon-employees-pushing-to-cut-advertising-ties-with-breitbart.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How $100 of Your Taxes Are Spent: 8 Cents on National Parks and $15 on Medicare Half of all spending goes for Social Security benefits and health programs such as Medicare and Medicaid – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-100-of-your-taxes-are-spent-8-cents-on-national-parks-and-15-on-medicare-1492175921

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Rauner Opposes Bill Allowing Taxpayer-Funded Abortions Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is opposing legislation that would allow the state to cover abortions for its employees and Medicaid recipients. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2017-04-14/rauner-opposes-bill-allowing-taxpayer-funded-abortions

DAILY MAIL
— Unemployed people are at higher risk of having a stroke due to the stress of not having an income – STEPHEN MATTHEWS (DIERSEN: Are/were you unemployed? I have been unemployed since 1997 when I was 49 years old. However, I have had in today’s dollars a $50,856/year pension since 1997 and $2,028/year Social Security since 2010.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4411616/Unemployed-people-higher-risk-having-stroke.html

MIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Betsy DeVos’ pick for civil rights office Candice E. Jackson has an outstanding record on civil rights.
https://mic.com/articles/174237/betsy-de-vos-pick-for-civil-rights-office-has-a-terrible-record-on-civil-rights

April 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Google refutes charges, says there is no gender pay gap – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us-tec–google-gender-discrimination-case-20170411-story.html
— Taxes — the great uniter? – Robert J. Samuelson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-taxes-tax-day-reform-perspec-0412-md-20170411-story.html
— If Neil Gorsuch is anything like his male colleagues, he will constantly interrupt the female justices – Tonja Jacobi and Dylan Schweers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-men-interrupt-women-talking-supreme-court-20170411-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue against the Wall.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-border-wall-eminent-domain-20170407-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Suburban school districts holding millions of dollars more in reserve than state recommends – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170412/news/170419677/
— Metastasizing academic cancer – Walter E. Williams
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170412/discuss/170419885/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Parade of Democrats lines up to challenge Peter Roskam – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout at Roskam a) that I have caused all of his problems, that I am causing all his problems, and that I will forever cause all his problems as long as I keep sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) that Roskam has gotten far more votes because I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. Who does Roskam want the next Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee member for the 6th Congressional District to be?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170412/BLOGS02/170419958
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among those confirming that they either intend to run or are seriously considering doing so in Roskam’s west suburban 6th District are Amanda Howland, a lawyer and psychologist who got 42 percent of the vote against him in 2016; Barrington Hills Planning Commission member Kelly Mazeski, a former state senate hopeful and ex-financial consultant; and Carole Cheney, who now works as district chief of staff for neighboring Congressman Bill Foster, D-Geneva. Howland says she’s definitely in the contest and points to the name recognition she built up in her prior race. Mazesk is “exploring” running but is interested enough that she’s met both with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (the party’s House elections unit) and Emily’s List, a prominent women’s funding group. Cheney says she “likely” to get in the race because, “The people in the 6th Congressional District are entitled to a representative who respects and listens to them regardless of political party.” The field of possible candidates is bigger than that, though, with several other names being rumored. The biggest—one that some insiders say has DCCC’s blessing—is Maura Sullivan. I wasn’t able to reach her, but Sullivan comes right out of central casting: a former U.S. Marine and Iraq war veteran who graduated from Northwestern University, got an MBA from Harvard University, and until recently was a senior public affairs official at the Pentagon. But Sullivan also reportedly lives in Evanston, something that likely would become an issue if she moved to run. DCCC isn’t tipping its hand, other than saying that the 6th is on its short list of national targets for next year. Says a spokeswoman, “There’s no question that Rep. Peter Roskam is out of step with Illinois voters. We fully expect to have a strong recruit in the sixth district and it’s why we’ve made an unprecedented investment in the region by investing in a full-time, local organizer to harness the grassroots energy we’re seeing on the ground.” To emphasize the point, the DuPage County Democratic Organization says it’s expecting quite a turnout for its annual dinner on April, with at least three Democratic candidates for governor expected to attend: Chris Kennedy, Ameya Pawar and J.B. Pritzker. Robert Peickert, chair of the DuPage County Democratic Organization, says he hopes to build on momentum from the fall, when the party increased from 1 to 18 the number of township slots it holds in the county. However, the other 54 township positions are held by Republicans, and Roskam says he’s not sweating. “DCCC is not unknown to me. I saw them in ’06 and ’08,” he told me in a phone call. While Hillary Clinton may have out-polled Trump in the district in November, “I did better than John McCain (when he was the GOP presidential nominee) and outdid Obama in Obama’s big year (2008,) says Roskam. “I know the district and the playbook.” It looks like 2018 could be interesting.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of Republican men.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170412/OPINION/170419960

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Dr. David Dao taken off United jet recovering in Chicago; has troubled past – AP (DIERSEN: If you became the center of national attention like Dr. Dao, what would your critics/opponents stress about your past? My critics/opponents would stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests. They would also stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. They would stress that the mayor of the city that I have lived in since 1978 publicly insults me.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/report-troubled-past-of-kentucky-doctor-dragged-off-united-plane/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Elizabethtown, Kentucky, physician became a focus of attention not only because videos of the incident had been broadcast around the world, but also because he was convicted more than a decade ago of felony charges involving his prescribing of drugs and spent years trying to regain his medical license. In between, Dao made money playing poker, logging $234,664 in winnings, TMZ reported. . .According to records from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, Dao went to medical school at the University of Medicine of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, graduating in 1974. He was licensed in Kentucky with a specialty in pulmonary disease. His legal troubles started in 2003, when his medical license was suspended after an undercover sting operation at a Louisville motel for allegedly writing fraudulent prescriptions. According to the documents, the licensing board had learned that Dao had become sexually interested in a patient and hired the patient as his office manager. That man later said he quit his job because Dao “pursued him aggressively” and arranged to provide him with prescription drugs in exchange for sex. Dao was ultimately convicted in late 2004 of several counts of obtaining drugs by fraud or deceit and was placed on five years of supervised probation and surrendered his medical license. His longtime effort to get his license back finally succeeded in 2015, when the licensing board allowed him to practice medicine again.)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— TRAGIC: Champaign council OKs video gambling at 2 more businesses – Natalie Wickman
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-04-12/champaign-council-oks-video-gambling-2-more-businesses.html
— Education reform? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-04-11/education-reform.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Rauner Says Democrats Have Blocked Progress – Esther Kwon
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/rauner-says-democrats-have-blocked-progress

CHICAGO ARGUS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners blame Rauner for their problems, for your problems, for his problems, and for everyone’s problems. Anti-Rauners stress that Rauner is the Governor of Illinois. Anti-Diersens blame Diersen for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. Anti-Diersens stress a) that I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and a Republican Precinct Committeeman and b) that I was a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, an IRS employee, etc.
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2017/04/do-we-really-like-rauner-more-or-can-he.html

MILTON TOWNSHIP
— Medical Cannabis in Illinois – Tracy Gawron (DIERSEN: This article fails to provide information on the negatives of using cannabis.)
http://www.miltontownship.net/images/SALT_Communicator/Milton-SALT-Newsletter—April-2017—FINAL.pdf

WIRE POINTS
— How to Publish Fake News and Get Away with It: Eric Zorn and the Deanna Isaacs Show Us – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/how-to-publish-fake-news-and-get-away-with-it-eric-zorn-and-the-deanna-isaacs-show-us-how-wirepoints-original/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Open government advocate: Lawmakers use ‘shell’ bills to avoid accountability – Cole Lauterbach
http://ilnews.org/news/state_politics/open-government-advocate-lawmakers-use-shell-bills-to-avoid-accountability/article_05655db4-1f80-11e7-9be2-bb69317faf3b.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn sign agreement – John Kraft and Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/04/college-of-dupage-glen-ellyn-sign-agreement/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Questions About Restrooms and Locker Rooms Leftists Must Answer – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/questions-restrooms-locker-rooms-leftists-must-answer/

GOPUSA
— Passenger dragged by United hires high-powered attorney
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22981
— Government Makes the Poor Poorer (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=22921

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Donald Trump on Steve Bannon: ‘I’m my own strategist’ – David Sherfinski (DIERSEN: Who serves as strategists for your critics/opponents? I should file FOIA requests against my critics/opponents to find out who their strategists are.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/12/donald-trump-steve-bannon-im-my-own-strategist/

LIFESITE NEWS
— Trump picks pro-life conservative to lead HHS civil rights office – Peter LaBarbera
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-picks-pro-life-conservative-to-lead-civil-rights-department-at-hhs
— Tomi Lahren was fired after promoting abortion. Now she’s suing Glenn Beck – Peter LaBarbera
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/tomi-lahren-wont-go-away-quietly-she-sues-glenn-beck-over-firing-after-pro

NEWSMAX
— Poll: Chris Christie Most Unpopular Gov in Nation – Cathy Burke (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? If your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee was asked, who would he/she say are the most unpopular committeemen/captains in their congressional district and why? If the officers of your Republican county party organization were polled, who would they say are the most unpopular committeemen/captains in their county and why? If the officers of your Republican township/ward party organization were polled, who would they say are the most unpopular committeemen/captains in their township/ward and why? If the committeemen/captains in your precinct/ward were polled, who would they say are the most unpopular committeemen/captains and why?)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/poll-chris-christie-unpopular-governor/2017/04/11/id/783856/

THE BLAZE
— Zuckerberg: California should not be ‘deciding everyone’s values’ – Brandon Morse (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote dependency on government and charities, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid, and hatred of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/11/facebook-ceo-california-should-not-be-deciding-everyones-values/
— Parents and doctors who push ‘transgenderism’ on kids should be thrown in prison – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-parents-and-doctors-who-push-transgenderism-on-kids-should-be-thrown-in-prison/
— Let’s be honest, the passenger was as much in the wrong as the United crew – Matt Walsh
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/matt-walsh-lets-be-honest-the-passenger-was-as-much-in-the-wrong-as-the-united-crew/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump Team Moves Closer to Gutting Some Federal Agencies A Government Reorganization Plan Moves to Next Phase – ERIN MCPIKE (DIERSEN: One could argue that between 1980 and 1997, those who hate auditors succeeded in gutting GAO.)
http://ijr.com/2017/04/845923-trump-team-moves-closer-gutting-federal-agencies/

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— You Must Forgive Them – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: Have you sinned? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I have grievously sinned against them, against you, and against everyone else, b) that they will never forgive me, c) that you should never forgive me, d) that no one should ever forgive me, e) that they will forever punish me, f) that you should forever punish me, and g) and that everyone should forever punish me. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always blamed me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/04/12/you-must-forgive-them/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” Mark 11:25)

THE HILL
— Poll: Ivanka Trump the best-liked White House staffer – PAULINA FIROZI (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? If your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee was asked, who would he/she say are the best liked committeemen/captains in their congressional district and why? If the officers of your Republican county party organization were polled, who would they say are the best-liked committeemen/captains in their county and why? If the officers of your Republican township/ward party organization were polled, who would they say are the best-liked committeemen/captains in their township/ward and why? If the committeemen/captains in your precinct/ward were polled, who would they say are the best-liked committeemen/captains and why?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/328417-poll-ivanka-the-best-liked-white-house-adviser
— White House to lift federal hiring freeze – JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under a hiring freeze and/or a promotion freeze.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/328371-white-house-to-lift-federal-hiring-freeze

CBS NEWS
— Don’t let your job kill you – KATE GIBSON (DIERSEN: In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors made it very clear that if I did not take their early retirement “offer,” they would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dont-let-your-job-kill-you/

CNN
— White House: Federal hiring freeze over, ‘surgical’ cuts begin – Dan Merica and Elizabeth Landers (DIERSEN: One could argue that between 1980 and 1997, those who hate auditors succeeded in gutting GAO.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/11/politics/donald-trump-budget-cuts-mick-mulvaney/

NEW YORK TIMES
— United Airlines Is Not Alone Too many companies — not to mention the government — are treating all but the very wealthiest with contempt. – HELAINE OLEN (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are filled with contempt.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/opinion/united-airlines-is-not-alone.html
— Trump’s Directive Will Lift Hiring Freeze, as It Asks Agencies for Cuts – ALAN RAPPEPORT (DIERSEN: One could argue that between 1980 and 1997, those who hate auditors succeeded in gutting GAO.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/trumps-directive-will-lift-hiring-freeze-as-it-asks-agencies-for-cuts.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Of course, those who push pot oppose any kind of punishment for using pot. If you use pot, you put yourself on a fast track to being a “ward of the state.” You shout that you put “immediate pleasure” ahead of everything else.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/12/the-new-white-house-drug-czar-has-quite-an-idea-for-where-to-put-nonviolent-drug-users/

USA TODAY
— Bill O’Reilly’s old-school sexual harassment mess: Melinda Henneberger In a world where advertisers are the moral force of last resort, where’s the sane lane? – Melinda Henneberger
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/04/12/bill-oreillys-sexual-harassment-mess-fox-news-melinda-henneberger-column/100329636/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DNAinfo management hints that news site might shut down if staff unionizes – Jason Silverstein (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. 100% of the time and the money necessary to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to host www.gopillinois.com comes from me, Dave Diersen. My money comes from a Civil Service Retirement System pension and from Social Security.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/unionized-workforce-dnainfo-final-straw-email-article-1.3044254
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Executive Vice President and COO Dan Swartz told the site’s reporters and editors in an email that a unionized workforce might be the “final straw” for the money-losing news organization, which just underwent a wave of layoffs. “Would a union be the final straw that caused the business to be closed? I don’t know,” Swartz wrote in the email. “DNAinfo has lost money since it began operation … It’s never been profitable. … DNAInfo has been supported by a single investor, Joe Ricketts,” the email said. Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade, one of the largest online discount brokerages in the world, also started a DNA site in Chicago. Staffers there — who are also trying to unionize — were called in for a group meeting recently and warned of the perils of joining a labor organization, sources said.)

NEW YORK POST
— How today’s liberal kids are going to ruin college – Naomi Schaefer Riley
http://nypost.com/2017/04/10/how-todays-liberal-kids-are-going-to-ruin-college/

CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps focus on promoting LGBTQ activity.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article144116699.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Newly Energized Liberals Pour Record Effort Into Local Races Upset over Trump’s victory, grassroots Democrats enlist in nationwide efforts to swing special House elections, state contests and mayoral races; Republicans dig in, citing a lack of results so far – Janet Hook (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are filled with hatred.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberal-activists-pour-record-amounts-of-time-and-money-into-local-gop-strongholds-1491925602
— Bill O’Reilly Says He Is Taking Easter Break From Show Fox News commentator announces pre-planned vacation as controversy lingers over settlement payments for alleged sexual harassment – Joe Flint
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-oreilly-says-he-is-taking-easter-break-from-show-1491963663
— Sean Spicer Apologizes for Saying Assad’s Chemical-Weapons Atrocities Were Worse Than Hitler’s White House spokesman, overlooking the gas chambers, said Hitler ‘didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons’ – Carol E. Lee and Michael C. Bender (DIERSEN: The more of the following demographics that you are cursed with, the more likely that anti-Trumps will hint/imply/argue/shout that you are Hitler: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-spokesman-argues-assads-chemical-weapons-atrocities-were-worse-than-hitlers-1491937683
— Some Companies Forget Job Seekers Are Customers, Too A growing body of research suggests shabby treatment of job seekers could take toll on firms – Rachel Feintzeig
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-companies-forget-job-seekers-are-customers-too-1491912004
— Make America Great, Boycott United Sometimes a business needs to be spanked hard in the name of social health. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. (DIERSEN: What about boycotting organizations and companies that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/make-america-great-boycott-united-1491951732

FORBES
— Breitbart Denies Telling Staff To Stop Criticizing Jared Kushner – Brett Edkins (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. You are presumed to be manipulated/dominated by whoever pays you. No one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, that is, no one manipulates/dominates me.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettedkins/2017/04/11/breitbart-denies-telling-staff-to-stop-criticizing-jared-kushner/#3c64f9e47dee

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Gordon Ramsay Says His Kids Don’t Deserve to Inherit His Fortune – Rob Wile (DIERSEN: How much money have you inherited? How much money are you in line to inherit?)
http://time.com/money/4734331/gordon-ramsay-net-worth-will-family-fortune-kids/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— GAO to Review Ethics, Funding of Trump Transition – Eric Katz (DIERSEN I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/12/the-new-white-house-drug-czar-has-quite-an-idea-for-where-to-put-nonviolent-drug-users/
— GAO: DoD Should Develop Performance Goals to Assess Pilot Mentor-Protege Program – Jane Edwards (DIERSEN: In 1987, my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GS-15 GAO manager who had hired me in 1980, who had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who had gotten me promoted to GS-13 in 1986. In 1975, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the GS-14 IRS manager who had gotten me promoted to GS-9 in 1972, to GS-11 in 1973, and to GS-12 in 1974.)
http://www.executivegov.com/2017/04/gao-dod-should-develop-performance-goals-to-assess-pilot-mentor-protege-program/

ALTERNET
— How Did America’s Wealth Inequality Reach This Level of Toxic? We are just beginning to understand one further dimension of toxic inequality: a devastating emotional and physiological phenomenon we might call “toxic inequality syndrome.” – Thomas M. Shapiro (DIERSEN: QUESTIONS TO ASK CRITICS OF RICH PEOPLE: How much money have you earned so far during your lifetime? Of that amount, how much did you spend and how much did you save? Of the money that you spent, how much did you spend on immediate pleasures? What are your assets and what are your debts? Why didn’t you earn more money than you did? Why didn’t you save more of the money that you earned?)
http://www.alternet.org/books/toxic-inequality-book-race-income-and-wealth