August 1 Evening Edition

NBC5
— State Rep. Sandack’s Replacement Will Be Sworn in Wednesday  Downers Grove Republican David Olsen was selected Saturday to replace former state Rep. Ron Sandack, who resigned last week citing “cyber security issues.” Olsen will be sworn in Wednesday. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rep-Sandacks-Replacement-Will-Be-Sworn-in-Wednesday-388861172.html

 

WGN TV
— Republicans criticize Trump for remarks about family of slain Muslim soldier – TOM NEGOVAN
http://wgntv.com/2016/08/01/republicans-criticize-trump-for-remarks-about-family-of-slain-muslim-soldier/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— An austere contract for a College of DuPage president? Pinch us. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-college-dupage-breuder-rondeau-illinois-edit-0802-jm-20160801-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, they reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-glanton-clinton-diversity-20160729-column.html
— Social media policies leave cities in control of posts, discussions – Genevieve Bookwalter , Mike Danahey and Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-abn-facebook-policies-cities-st-0727-20160801-story.html
— GOP lawmakers, veterans groups disavow Trump over criticism of Muslim soldier’s family
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-muslim-family-20160801-story.html
— NY Post’s nude Melania Trump cover is morally bankrupt – Heidi Stevens
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-melania-trump-new-york-post-balancing-0801-20160801-column.html
— The empathy gap: Donald Trump makes it all about him (and why that’s dangerous) – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-donald-trump-khizr-khan-muslim-family-edit-0802-jm-20160801-story.html
— Employment board: Ex-College of DuPage controller entitled to unemployment benefits – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/cod/ct-college-of-dupage-sapyta-unemployment-benefits-20160801-story.html
— Warren Buffett knocks Trump’s business record, failure to show tax returns
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-buffett-trump-tax-returns-20160801-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump takes fire from Kirk, Duckworth
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-takes-fire-from-kirk-duckworth/
— Protesters want aldermen to drop ‘Blue Lives Matter’ ordinance – Jacob Wittich
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/protesters-want-aldermen-to-oppose-blue-lives-matter-ordinance/
— Presidential campaign touches bottom, keeps digging – Neil St
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-presidential-campaign-touches-bottom-keeps-digging/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Suburban GOP lawmakers push for term limits, dismiss questions about unity – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160801/news/160809928/
— Board: Fired College of DuPage controller should get unemployment benefits – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160801/news/160809929/
— Illinois passes law protecting free speech for high school journalists – Steve Zalusky  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents a) want to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) want to stop everyone from reading them.  My critics/opponents are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  They are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160801/news/160809994/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The law places responsibility for content in school-sponsored media in the hands of student journalists, under the guidance of student advisers and subject to limitations on material that is libelous or obscene, constitutes an unwarranted invasion of privacy, violates federal or state law or school district policies or disrupts the orderly operation of the school. School officials would have the burden of proving that a publication is subject to restriction.)
— Tom Cullerton’s initiative to end pension abuse signed into law
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160801/submitted/160809946/
— Why getting stuck without a job is just bad luck – Matt O’Brien  (DIERSEN: I have been unemployed since 1997 not because of bad luck, but a) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) because I have always opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, c) because GAO wanted to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran to make way for its young Democrat minority and female employees, and d) because I refused to help my GAO superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, or non-veteran.  Republicans had cut GAO’s budget dramatically and the Democrats who ran GAO used that to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160731/business/160739973/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— David Olsen replaces Sandack, says he looks forward to facing Springfield challenges – NATHAN LURZ
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/08/01/david-olsen-replaces-sandack-says-he-looks-forward-to-facing-springfield-challenges/a89calh/

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Madigan Resists Rauner’s Push for Term Limits – AMANDA VINICKY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/madigan-resists-rauners-push-term-limits#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Understanding how judges decide cases: Berkowitz w/Judge Posner on Legal Realism, Legal Formalism and stealth liberal Justices
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2016/08/understanding-how-judges-decide-cases-berkowitz-wjudge-posner-on-legal-realism-legal-formalism-and-stealth-liberal-justices-cableweb/

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Paul Ryan’s GOP Opponent Says Deporting All Muslims In US is “A Conversation We Should Have”
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/paul-ryans-gop-opponent-says-deporting-all-muslims-in-us-is-a-conversation-we-should-have

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rauner Comments on Chicago,Cook County Property Tax Bills; Silent on Bill That, If Signed, Would Hike School Taxes Outside of Chicago – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2016/08/01/rauner-comments-on-chicagocook-county-property-tax-bills-silent-on-bill-that-if-signed-would-hike-school-taxes-outside-of-chicago/
— Republicans in the Algonquin Parade – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2016/08/01/republicans-in-the-algonquin-parade/

 

TERI O’BRIEN
— Is Khizr Khan simply a patriotic Muslim, grieving the loss of his son, or a politically-motivated Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer and proponent of sharia law?
http://teriobrien.com/khizr-khan-muslim-brotherhood-sharia/

 

ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVE EXAMINER
— Nancy Pelosi: White men don’t like Clinton ‘because of guns, because of gays, and because of God’ – Walther Theodore
http://www.ice-news.net/2016/07/31/white-men-dont-like-clinton-because-of-guns-because-of-gays-and-because-of-god-nancy-pelosi/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES: THE PRICE OF LOYALTY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/08/ives-the-price-of-loyalty.html
— TAXPAYER GROUP RELEASES REPORT ON ILLINOIS STATE PENSION CRISIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/08/taxpayer-group-releases-report-on-illinois-state-pension-crisis.html
— MALIA OBAMA FLASHES FROM LOLLAPALOOZA 2016 SIDE STAGE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/08/malia-obama-flashes-from-lollapalooza-2016-side-stage-.html

 

GOPUSA
— Pope Francis: If I speak of Islamic violence, then I have to speak of Catholic violence
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13243

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— Sheriff Clarke: Black Lives Matter Should Be Labeled as a Hate Group
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/07/31/sheriff-clarke-black-lives-matter-should-be-classified-hate-group

 

CATHOLIC NEWS LIVE
— Thomas More Society Responds to Illinois Gov. Rauner Signing SB 1564 into Law – Tom Brejcha
http://catholicnewslive.com/story/586644

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Illinois gov. signs law forcing Christian doctors to refer for, promote abortion – Jay Hogbbs
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/republican-gov.-signs-off-on-illinois-law-revoking-religious-protection-ove

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Who is Khizr Khan, the father of a fallen US solder? – Clarice Feldman
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/08/who_is_khizr_kahn_the_father_of_a_fallen_us_solder.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Feminists Stay Home While Melania Is Mocked – Katie Frates
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/31/feminists-stay-home-while-melania-is-mocked/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— DePaul University bans Ben Shapiro from speaking on campus
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/28332/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP lawmaker Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va.: Vote for Clinton ‘if you want to herd goats’ – GABBY MORRONGIELLO
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gop-lawmaker-vote-for-clinton-if-you-want-to-herd-goats/article/2598312

 

THE HILL
— McCain in tough spot with Trump – Jonathan Easley
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/290044-mccain-in-tough-spot-with-trump

 

POLITICO
— RNC chief rebukes Trump: Khans ‘should be off limits’ – Nolan D. McCaskill (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, members of the following groups are “off limits,” that is, they are protected: those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/priebus-trump-khizr-khan-226533

 

CNN
— Trump praises Paul Ryan’s primary challenger – Jeremy Diamond
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/01/politics/donald-trump-paul-ryan-paul-nehlen-election-2016/

 

ABC NEWS
— Is Trump Shifting His Immigration Rhetoric? – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-shifting-immigration-rhetoric-41038896

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Donald Trump Avoided Draft With a Heel Problem, but the Details Are Murky – STEVE EDER and DAVE PHILIPPS  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats and/or veterans. My superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Democrats hinted/implied/argued/shouted at my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were veterans that am a draft dodger.  I sought and obtained student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/us/politics/donald-trump-draft-record.html

— Donald Trump’s Draft Card
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/01/us/politics/trump-draft-card.html
— Donald Trump’s Selective Service Records
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/01/us/politics/trump-record.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/opinion/worthy-of-our-contempt.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/opinion/how-the-stupid-party-created-donald-trump.html
— Make Algorithms Accountable – JULIA ANGWIN  (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors CREATE ALGORITHMS THAT ARE anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/opinion/make-algorithms-accountable.html?ref=opinion

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say Republicans had a “very, very bad convention.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/08/01/reince-priebuss-very-very-bad-convention/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump gives GOP leaders another reason to repudiate him. Why don’t they?
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-trump-khan-presidential-campaign-20160801-snap-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Francis Condemns ‘borders as barriers’ – John Bacon (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans oppose borders.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/07/31/pope-francis-wraps-up-5-day-visit-poland/87886732/
— The media tries to walk back Trump – Michael Wolff
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/wolff/2016/07/31/wolff-media-tries-walk-back-trump/87676854/
— We all regret the Khan family’s loss – Donald Trump
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/31/regret-khan-familys-loss-opposing-view/87889942/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that the Khans “speak out for many.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2016/07/31/voices-these-muslim-parents-speak-out-many/87885008/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Donald J. Trump Referendum  Democrats figure they can bait the Republican into blowing himself up.- Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-donald-j-trump-referendum-1470093759
— John McCain Denounces Donald Trump’s Comments on Khizr Khan, Ghazala Khan  Says the GOP nomination doesn’t come with an ‘unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us’ – KRISTINA PETERSON and JANET HOOK (DIERSEN: What does McCain think of you?  I am sure that he has a very low opinion of me.  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats and/or veterans. My superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Democrats hinted/implied/argued/shouted at my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were veterans that am a draft dodger.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/john-mccain-denounces-donald-trumps-comments-on-khizr-khan-1470062035
http://www.wsj.com/video/john-mccain-slams-trump-over-khan-family-spat/6CFB26B8-A6A8-4C65-A097-071502EBA018.html

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— As the Obamas vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to visit Nantucket – Nik DeCosta-Klipa
https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2016/08/01/donald-trump-holding-fundraiser-nantucket-day-obamas-set-arrive-marthas-vineyard

 

GUARDIAN
— McCain condemns Trump over Khans as Obama joins chorus of criticism – Amanda Holpuch and Sabrina Siddiqui
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/01/john-mccain-condemns-trump-khizr-ghazala-khan-comments

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Changing U.S. News Media Transform 2016 Campaign – Katherine Gypson
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/changing-us-news-media-transform-2016-campaign/
— Facebook’s Dominance in Journalism Could Be Bad News For Us All – Jon Bernstein  (DIERSEN: What does Facebook think a) of you, b) of those who share your demographics, c) of those who share your occupation, d) of the organizations that you are/were a member of, e) of your past/present employers, and d) of the municipality, township/ward, county, state, and country that you live in?  From what I see, ever-increasingly, Facebook has the power to destroy individuals, to destroy organizations, to destroy companies, to destroy governments, and to destroy countries that it disapproves of.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/facebooks-dominance-in-journalism-could-be-bad-news-for-us-all/

 

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— Where ISIS and Republicans agree: persecuting potheads – David Downs
http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2016/08/01/where-isis-and-republicans-agree-persecuting-potheads/

August 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Map group files appeal in legislative districting case – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-emanuel-rauner-monday-spin-20160801-story.html
— Trump suggests U.S. accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-russia-crimea-20160731-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Courageous within GOP resist ‘danger to the Republic’”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-courageous-within-gop-resist-danger-to-the-republic/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps Say Picking on Gold Star family shows Trump’s ‘black soul’
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-picking-on-gold-star-family-shows-trumps-black-soul/
— Trump suggests that U.S. accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-suggests-u-s-accept-russias-annexation-crimea/
— Pope: It’s not right to talk about a ‘violent, terrorist’ Islam – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Pope sides with Islam and against the critics of Islam.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pope-not-right-to-talk-about-violent-terrorist-islam/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pope Francis said Sunday he won’t label Islam as “terrorist” because that would be unfair and not true. Reporters aboard the papal plane flying him home after a pilgrimage to Poland, the day after extremists slit the throat of an elderly priest celebrating Mass in a French church, asked him why he never uses the word “Islam” to describe terrorism or other violence. While in Poland, Francis made an unscheduled stop at a church in Krakow to implore God to protect people from the “devastating wave” of terrorism in many parts of the world. When asked why he didn’t describe the priest’s murder and other attacks as Islamic terrorism, Francis replied he won’t do that because “it’s not right to identify Islam with violence. It’s not right and it’s not true.”  “I believe that in every religion there is always a little fundamentalist group,” he said. “I don’t like to talk of Islamic violence because, every day, when I go through the newspapers, I see violence, this man who girls his girlfriend, another who kills his mother-in-law,” Francis said, in apparent reference to crime news in predominantly Catholic Italy. “And these are baptized Catholics. If I speak of Islamic violence, then I have to speak of Catholic violence.” “In Islam, not all are violent, not all the Catholics are violent,” he said. “It’s like a fruit salad, everything’s in there. Noting he has spoken with imams, he concluded: “I know how they think, they are looking for peace.”  As for ISIS, he said, the Islamic State group “presents itself with a violent identity card, but that’s not Islam.” Francis spoke on the day when Muslims in France and Italy flocked to Sunday Mass in a show of interfaith solidarity following a string of extremist attacks threatening to sharpen religious divides across Europe.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Stopgap spending plan a necessary evil – David Harris
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160801/discuss/160809996/
— Anti-slavery leaders speak in Naperville – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160731/news/160739838/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Christian County Sheriff Reacts To New Marijuana Law
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/christian-county-sheriff-reacts-to-new-marijuana-law-08-01-2016
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Christian County sheriff Bruce Kettelkamp is condemning Illinois’ new marijuana decriminalization law. Governor Bruce Rauner signed the bill Friday removing criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Now possession of 10 grams of marijuana or less is considered a civil violation, similar to a traffic ticket. Kettelkamp says the change won’t save his department time, because drugs can lead to more serious crimes. “I think this is a big mistake for our legislators. I just wish the legislators would just spend one day, or a couple days, in law enforcement’s shoes and see from the people that use marijuana,” said Kettelkamp. Kettelkamp tells us he’s worried the new law sends the wrong message to kids who might now think it’s acceptable to use marijuana.)

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Khan talks peace.” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Knizr Khan makes it clear that he is far more angry at Trump than at those who killed his son.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/while-khan-talks-peace-trump-tweets-against-him
— Gold Star families demand apology from Trump  Letter posted on VoteVets.org – David Wright (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Knizr Khan makes it clear that he is far more angry at Trump than at those who killed his son.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/gold-star-families-demand-apology-from-trump

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Tricky business of appointing representatives – Chris Kaergard and Nick Vlahos
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20160731/word-on-street-tricky-business-of-appointing-representatives

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— State board sharing cost-saving ideas inactive for 3 years – DAN PETRELLA
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/state-board-to-share-cost-saving-ideas-inactive-for-years/article_b275f3ea-2214-5255-9774-0e5af831930b.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Gay music director can continue suit against Catholic church  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who promote LGBTQ activity will sue you.)
http://www.nwitimes.com/gay-music-director-can-continue-suit-against-catholic-church/article_d535978a-c4a7-5980-8a19-46e2618983f9.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— House races key to Illinois’ political power struggles – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160731/house-races-key-to-illinois-political-power-struggles

 

WSIU
— Michael Madigan: A DNC Interview With The Chairman Of The Democratic Party Of Illinois – AMANDA VINICKY
http://news.wsiu.org/post/michael-madigan-dnc-interview-chairman-democratic-party-illinois#stream/0

 

WSIL TV
— Carmi miners show support for coal and Trump – Erin Fisher
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32583789/carmi-miners-show-support-for-coal-and-trump

 

WTAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mike Madigan who is anti-Rauner and anti-Trump says “Rauner Can’t Disavow Trump.”
http://wtax.com/news/101101-madigan-rauner-cant-disavow-trump/

 

SAUK VALLEY
— In Illinois: A House united, or more divided?  House races are key to the state’s political power struggle – AP
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/07/31/in-illinois-a-house-united-or-more-divided/afd21sh/

 

SOUTHERN
— Boom and betrayal: Retired coal miners losing health benefits as companies file bankruptcy – MOLLY PARKER
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/boom-and-betrayal-retired-coal-miners-losing-health-benefits-as/article_16ffe2e7-4eb8-5ea8-bcb2-2dfd97f3b327.html

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Winner of Clinton v. Trump to be decided by Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2016/07/winner-of-clinton-v-trump-to-be-decided-by-florida-ohio-and-pennsylvania/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blast Trump for saying “I’ve Made A Lot Of Sacrifices.”  What do your critics/opponents blast you for?  My critics/opponents blast me a) for taking jobs and for getting promotions that should have been given to minorities, to females, to those younger than me, and to veterans, b) for avoiding the draft, c) for giving up trying to have children, d) for not adopting, e) for not becoming a foster parent, and f) for not serving as one of their operatives or as one of their dupes.)
http://www.chicagonow.com/recesses-mind/2016/07/ive-made-a-lot-of-sacrifices/

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Independent Maps will fight all the way to the state Supreme court
http://rebootillinois.com/2016/07/28/independent-maps-will-fight-way-state-supreme-court/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BERNIE SUPPORTERS SAY THEY’RE VOTING FOR TRUMP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/08/bernie-supporters-say-theyre-voting-for-trump.html
— ILLINOISANS REVOLT AGAINST NATION’S HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/08/illinoisans-revolt-against-nations-highest-property-taxes.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— STATEMENT BY DEBORAH DEMOSS FONSECA, SPOKESPERSON FOR CONSERVATIVES AGAINST TRUMP  (DIERSEN: The past predicts the future.  If Trump/Pence loses in November, if the past predicts the future, my critics/opponents will blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS for all losses that Republican suffer in Illinois in November.)
http://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/politics/statement-by-deborah-demoss-fonseca-spokesperson-for-conservatives-against-trump/

 

CONTRARIAN COMMENTARY
— GOP congressional candidate Andy Martin defends Trump against Khizr Khan
http://contrariancommentary.com/new-hampshire-news-conference-gop-congressional-candidate-andy-martin-defends-donald-trump-against-attacks-by-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats’ platform ‘morally reprehensible,’ says ex-Obama adviser
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13234
— Hacked DNC Emails’ Startling Implications
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13230
— SF tries again to allow aliens and 16 yr. olds to vote in local elections
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13206
— Democrats relished all gender restroom at DNC
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13208

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— NEW AD CAMPAIGN PINS PAUL RYAN AS PRO-MUSLIM REFUGEE  He’s also for ‘illegal sanctuary cities, Obama’s executive amnesty’ – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/new-ad-campaign-pins-paul-ryan-as-pro-muslim-refugee/

 

TOWNHALL
— So Conservatives, What Have We Learned From This Trump Thing? – Kurt Schlichter
http://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2016/08/01/so-conservatives-what-have-we-learned-from-this-trump-thing-n2200195

 

TPM
— Pence Attempts To Clean Up After Trump With Statement On Khan Family – CAITLIN MACNEAL
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mike-pence-statement-trump-khan-family

 

BREITBART
— Double Agent: Paul Ryan Races to Media to Join Hillary’s Attacks Against Trump – Julia Hahn
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/07/31/paul-ryan-joins-hillary-attacks-trump/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump Campaign Will Focus on Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/donald-trump-focus-florida-ohio/2016/07/31/id/741421/
— Pope’s Top Cardinal Accused of Sex Abuse
http://www.newsmax.com/Europe/EU-REL-Vatican-Pope/2016/07/31/id/741443/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Should Push for Abolition of Tenure – Robert Oscar Lopez  (DIERSEN: Does Trump agree with Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, and Lee Daniels on political affiliation discrimination?  From what I see, Thompson, Edgar, and Daniels side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government against me. They believe that Republican government officials should waste the careers of and get rid of their Democrat employees and that Democrat government officials should waste the careers of and get rid of their Republican employees.  SEE:
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/07/trump_should_push_for_abolition_of_tenure.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Priebus echoes Trump: Debate schedule ‘should be revisited’ – GABBY MORRONGIELLO
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/priebus-echoes-trump-debate-schedule-should-be-revisited/article/2598253#!

 

THE HILL
— Dems lap up Hillary Kool Aid at their own risk – Stephanie M. Jason
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/289815-dems-lap-up-the-hillary-kool-aid-at-their-own-risk

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s tough weekend  The self-inflicted wounds seemed to come fast and furious. – Matthew Nussbaum
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/donald-trump-tough-weekend-226488

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— How About Four New Scalias On The Supreme Court – Earl Ofari Hutchinson
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/how-about-four-more-scali_b_11285596.html
— Donald Trump Ducks Tax Disclosure – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/opinion/donald-trump-ducks-tax-disclosure.html

 

REUTERS
— Trump rebuts criticism by Army father at Democratic convention – GRANT SMITH
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-rebut-idUSKCN10B005?il=0

 

NBC NEWS
— Charles Koch Explains To Donors Why He Won’t Support Trump – LEIGH ANN CALDWELL (DIERSEN: The more that you criticize Trump, the more that the Democrat news media promotes you.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/charles-koch-explains-donors-why-he-won-t-support-trump-n620621
— Pence: Humayun Khan Is ‘American Hero,’ Kin Must Be ‘Cherished’ – VAUGHN HILLYARD
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/humayun-khan-american-hero-kin-must-be-cherished-pence-n620676

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Donald Trump’s Confrontation With Muslim Soldier’s Parents Emerges as Unexpected Flash Point – ALEXANDER BURNS, MAGGIE HABERMAN and ASHLEY PARKER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/us/politics/khizr-khan-ghazala-donald-trump-muslim-soldier.html?ref=politics
— John McCain Denounces Donald Trump’s Comments on Family of Muslim Soldier – JENNIFER STEINHAUER  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are far more anti-Trump than they are anti-Democrat.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/us/politics/john-mccain-denounces-donald-trumps-comments-on-family-of-muslim-soldier.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Critics See Efforts by Counties and Towns to Purge Minority Voters From Rolls – MICHAEL WINES  (DIERSEN: Democrats stress that minorities overwhelmingly a) vote for Democrats and b) vote against Republicans.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/us/critics-see-efforts-to-purge-minorities-from-voter-rolls-in-new-elections-rules.html
— Obama to Leave the White House a Nerdier Place Than He Found It – GARDINER HARRIS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/us/politics/obama-to-leave-the-white-house-a-nerdier-place-than-he-found-it.html?_r=1
— MARCH 13, 1996 FLASHBACK: Seeking Return to Ways Of Patronage in Politics – DIRK JOHNSON  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, my Democrat superiors in the federal government could/would cite Jim Thompson, Jim Edger, and Lee Daniels to justify wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It is no secret that the fabled Democratic machine in Chicago stole a vote or two for John F. Kennedy in the 1960 Presidential election. It is less well-known that Republicans in downstate Illinois were padding the vote for Richard M. Nixon. In fact, while political machines have traditionally been regarded as the offspring of the Democratic Party in big cities, the Illinois Republican Party has hardly been a slouch in flexing its political muscle, known in the state simply as clout. The party has long dominated the suburbs and smaller cities, and throughout the 1980’s, when James R. Thompson was Governor, a job applicant typically needed a letter of endorsement from a party leader. So perhaps it is fitting that Republican politicians here are rising to the defense of political patronage. In 1990 the United States Supreme Court, ruling in a case brought by five frustrated job seekers against the Republican Party of Illinois, outlawed political favoritism in all government hiring except for policy-making posts, saying that only merit should count. This was a strange concept in Illinois, where the spoils system had always been rather the point of politics. This spring the issue is heading for the Court again in a different case, and Gov. Jim Edgar, a Republican, filed a brief last month asking the Justices to reverse its ban on government favoritism. He argues that patronage actually helps the democratic system. As another top Republican here, State Representative Lee Daniels, put it, patronage “doesn’t need to be a dirty word.” In response, civil libertarians say it is an embarrassment for the state to have political leaders arguing against meritocracy. “It seems only in Illinois,” said Harvey Grossman, the head of the American Civil Liberties Union office in Chicago, “would state officials be willing to publicly endorse the corrosive practice” of patronage. But Jeffrey Coleman, a lawyer for Governor Edgar, said it was simply logical for a political leader to prefer workers who are friends, rather than foes. “George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson and every administration at the Federal and state level for 200 years used political consideration in hiring,” Mr. Coleman said. “And it seems rather ironic that nine men and women who were appointed to the Supreme Court for political reasons would say that politics should play no role in the selection of public employees.”)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans denounce Trump as confrontation with Muslim parents escalates – Katie Zezima
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-denounce-trump-as-confrontation-with-muslim-parents-escalates/2016/07/31/54397028-5722-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html
— Senators rap Energy Dept. for enabling contractor retaliation against whistleblowers – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: Do the senators agree with Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, and Lee Daniels on retaliation?  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I blew the whistle on reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  From what I see, Thompson, Edgar, and Daniels would side with contractors and against whistleblowers. SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/08/01/senators-rap-energy-dept-for-enabling-contractor-retaliation-against-whistleblowers/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Donald Trump is not upset Melania’s nude photos surfaced – Marisa Schultz, Carl Campanile and Bruce Golding
http://nypost.com/2016/08/01/trump-camp-melanias-nudes-are-celebration-of-the-body/
— Melania Trump’s girl-on-girl photos from racy shoot revealed
http://nypost.com/2016/08/01/melania-trumps-girl-on-girl-photos-from-racy-shoot-revealed/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEB HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Republicans in Congress distance selves from Trump comments.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/07/31/trump-confrontation-with-muslim-soldier-parents-emerges-unexpected-flash-point/qEsAiiHLHL5xO5w8MrzY0I/story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Father of Slain Soldier Volleys Back at Donald Trump  Khizr Khan, father of Muslim U.S. Army captain, says he isn’t a proxy for the Hillary Clinton campaign – PETER NICHOLAS and  RICHARD RUBIN  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Knizr Khan makes it clear that he is far more angry at Trump than at those who killed his son.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/father-of-slain-soldier-volleys-back-at-donald-trump-1470014072

 

BLOOMBERG
— The Fed’s striking lack of diversity and why it matters – Aaron Klein  (DIERSEN: Will the Fed bring in Charles Bowsher?  During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success at GAO wasting the careers of and getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://about.bgov.com/blog/feds-striking-lack-diversity-matters/

 

IBM
— Global Location Trends 2016  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America.  Democrats shout at foreign countries, foreign companies, and foreign individuals that Republicans are poison and that foreign countries, foreign companies, and foreign individuals should help Democrats get rid of Republicans.)
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/thoughtleadership/gltr2016/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/father-of-slain-soldier-volleys-back-at-donald-trump-1470014072
(POLITICO: IBM SAYS CHICAGO’S #1: The just-released IBM Global Location Trends for 2016 says that the Chicago area is the seventh in the world for foreign investment. The metropolitan area is the only North American metro to appear in the global top 20. In fact, Chicagoland had more direct foreign investment projects than Montreal, Miami and Atlanta combined. The city says that Chicago has more than 18,000 foreign-based companies accountable for more than $100 billion in direct investment.)

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— Trump’s Pivot to Normality Isn’t Coming  Here’s a list of his lies and unfair attacks since accepting the GOP nomination. – STEPHEN F. HAYES
http://www.weeklystandard.com/trumps-pivot-to-normality-isnt-coming/article/2003599

 

DAILY BEAST
— ISIS Urges Followers to Attack Russia
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/08/01/isis-urges-followers-to-attack-russia.html
— Trump Ally Says Khan ‘Agent of Muslim Brotherhood’
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/08/01/trump-ally-says-khan-agent-of-muslim-brotherhood.html
— Paul Ryan Sides with the Khans Vs. Trump
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/08/01/paul-ryan-sides-with-the-khans-vs-trump.html

 

DAILY MAIL
— More steamy pictures emerge of 25-year-old Melania Trump posing naked for a French men’s magazine – this time with another female model in lesbian-themed photoshoot
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3717333/Melania-Trump-poses-naked-Max-magazine.html

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Robocall ruling reversal sought by advocacy groups – Kathleen Murphy
http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/acquisition/contracts/2016/07/29/robocall-ruling-reversal-sought-advocacy-groups/87747468/

July 29 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Super PAC backing Kirk airs ads criticizing Duckworth on Syrian refugees – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-mark-kirk-super-pac-tv-ad-20160728-story.html
— Decoding the unwritten rules on fitness for office – Ellen McConnell Blakeman  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, etc.  According to Democrats, the more planks in the Democrat Party platform that you promote, the more fit that you are.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-female-senate-page-capitol-hill-perspec-0729-jm-20160728-story.html
— When Rahm Emanuel becomes political baggage – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-rahm-emanuel-democratic-convention-video-obama-perspec-0729-md-20160728-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with a color photo of Mary Schmich unethically made to look like a news article, the Chicago Tribune blames the problems that women have had, are having, and will have on men, and especially on men who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-hillary-clinton-history-mary-schmich-20160728-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— It’s about time – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: Women who work against me the hardest reject the right-to-life plank and/or the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-its-about-time/
— Observations on the 2016 conventions’ money trail – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/observations-2016-conventions-money-trail/
— Sheriff: Hostage situation resolved at Cook County Jail – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sheriff-detainees-take-over-tier-of-cook-county-jail/
— Why is there a revolving door in Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office? – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: ANSWER: If you are not successful in driving members of the following groups out of Chicago, Emanuel dumps you: Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/why-is-there-revolving-door-mayor-rahm-emanuels-office/
— Clinton’s vision for nation guided her convention – Mark Brown  (DIERSEN: Clinton supporters and anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brown-clintons-vision-for-nation-guided-her-convention/
— Where does a patriot turn in 2016? – Mona Charen  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents despise patriotism. Operatives and dupes for the aforesaid discourage everyone from supporting Wheaton’s Independence Day parades.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/mona-charen-where-does-a-patriot-turn-in-2016/
— SNEED: A medical report . . . U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin made it personal. As a major supporter of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, Durbin said he had no health insurance when his first child was born, and showed up at the hospital looking for the charity ward. “I’ve never felt more inadequate as a husband and a father. I never want anyone to have to feel like that.”  (DIERSEN: I have always had health insurance.  My critics/opponents use that to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who has always been privileged.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-michelle-makes-chicago-visit-after-celebrated-speech/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Clinton paints herself as experienced unifier – AP (DIERSEN: Clinton and other anti-Trumps unify individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160728/news/160728868/
— Officials discuss ideas, reforms at Lake Zurich area legislative breakfast – Mick Zawislak
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160728/news/160728913/
— Third-party candidate for DuPage County Board won’t be on November ballot – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160729/news/160728861/

 

ABC7
— HILLARY CLINTON ACCEPTS DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT – Alan Krashesky and Charles Thomas  (DIERSEN: Clinton says “When there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit.” Democrats run the federal government. In the federal government, ever-increasingly, GS-13 is the ceiling if you are not a Democrat.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/hillary-clinton-accepts-democratic-nomination-for-president/1446926/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are going to get rid of you if you do not promote Islam.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/father-of-fallen-soldier-asks-if-trump-has-read-the-constitution/1447768/

 

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Christine Williams.  What was your “ticket to a better life?”  My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my ticket was simply being a White male.
http://wgntv.com/2016/07/28/chicago-area-college-student-pushing-for-better-life-after-dnc/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We report all too often on the gun violence that cuts short the lives of young people in our city.  But one Chicago-area college student is trying to re-write that script, and the Democratic National Convention could end up being her ticket to a better life. At first glance, Christine Williams, 19, looks like every other volunteer working at the Wells Fargo Center. She checks DNC credentials and shows people to their seats. But, this Aurora University sophomore is so much more. Williams is from Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, a high crime area, prone to gun violence.  She even knows people who have been shot. But she wants something different for herself and her 2-year-old daughter. “I have goals, I have dreams, I have big dreams,” Christine says. She’s among a handful of college students from across the country picked by the Washington Center, a DC based nonprofit organization, to work at the Democratic National Convention.  With a nearly 3.8 GPA, the political science and business administration major, who’s also minoring in accounting and international studies, hopes this experience will lead to bigger and better things. The trip to Philly was Williams’ first plane ride ever. She admits she wasn’t really into the political process – at first – but now she one day hopes to run for political office, maybe congress or even president, thanks to Hillary Clinton. She knows most people don’t expect someone like her, a teenage mother from the West Side of Chicago, to end up successful. But that’s only pushing her to do more. “It allows me to give my community a voice, and how that just because you’re from a certain part, certain area, doesn’t mean that you can’t become something in life,” she said. Well said, Christine.)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Duckworth makes it clear that if she is elected, she will get rid of those who share Trump’s and Diersen’s demographics.  Why didn’t she brag in her speech that she had her thugs throw me out her rally with Michael J. Fox in the Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton in 2006?  Why didn’t she stress that Trump and I not only are not veterans, we both avoided the draft?
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/duckworth-tells-her-story-at-democratic-convention/article_e262cc4d-c5ab-5d9f-b24c-29c5515d9bab.html

 

WBEZ
— When A White Politician Speaks Spanish, What Do People Hear? (DIERSEN: I hear the politician saying that they want even more preference to be given those who speak Spanish. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, how soon will you be barred from getting an education, barred from getting a job, and barred from getting anything else if you do not speak, read, and write Spanish?  In what year does Mexico and its citizens, many millions of whom are in America illegally, anticipate that America will formally surrender to Mexico?)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/when-a-white-politician-speaks-spanish-what-do-people-hear/c02f6a26-804c-42ab-9b6d-2e3d3be012f9

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Clinton promises steady hand in dangerous world.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32559882/clinton-promises-steady-hand-in-dangerous-world

 

SAUK VALLEY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Kinzinger says “Trump talk continues to be problematic.” How problematic does Kinzinger find Clinton talk to be?
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/07/28/kinzinger-trump-talk-continues-to-be-problematic/almukwl/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Donald Trump’s former ghostwriter resumed his searing criticism of the Republican nominee Thursday, describing the Republican presidential nominee as a megalomaniac who cares only about himself. – CNN  (DIERSEN: Who are the ghostwriters for your critics/opponents?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ghostwriter-trump-is-a-megalomaniac

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois delegates at Dem convention unload on Rauner, work to energize base – TAYLOR SCHWARTZ
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article92509387.html

 

SOUTHERN
— How the concealed carry law fares: Illinois gets positive reviews, violence prevention group urges caution – K. JANIS ESCH
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/how-the-concealed-carry-law-fares-illinois-gets-positive-reviews/article_80a00a5b-60f5-5b58-83b6-b4330d4965f5.html

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— 6 KANE COMMUNITIES RANKED AMONG 2016 SAFEST PLACES IN ILLINOIS
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2016/07/6-kane-communities-ranked-among-2016-safest-places-in-illinois/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Steve Reick Holds McHenry Fundraiser – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2016/07/28/steve-reick-holds-mchenry-fundraiser/

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Illinois was one of 13 states that had its real GDP shrink in the first quarter of 2016
http://rebootillinois.com/2016/07/28/illinois-economy-shrinks-first-quarter-economic-growth-slows-first-half-2016/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— IFI to State Board of ED: Don’t Comply With Obama’s Locker Room Mandate Action – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/ifi-to-state-board-of-ed-dont-comply-with-obamas-locker-room-mandate/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— LERNER-LED IRS INVESTIGATION DIDN’T DETER WEST SUBURBAN PATRIOTS  (DIERSEN: In 1999, I became the Treasurer and a Director of Adversity.Net, a nonprofit foundation that fights reverse discrimination. After a long battle, with Congressman Henry Hyde’s help, Adversity.Net succeeded in prompting IRS to grant it 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. Its website used to be at
www.adversity.net.  Those who reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, their operatives, and their dupes have always worked extremely hard against me.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/lerner-led-irs-investigation-didnt-deter-west-suburban-patriots.html#more

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Cullerton repeats demand that Rauner will decide tax hike  (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes, and especially Republicans who are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/29/cullerton-repeats-demand-that-rauner-will-decide-tax-hike/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote pot, you are anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti Republican, and anti-American.
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/29/just-legalize-it-already/

 

GOPUSA
— Racist, Anti-Semitic DNC Opens Convention by Denouncing Trump’s ‘Bigotry’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13156
— DNC interrupts moment of silence for fallen police officers with shouts of ‘black lives matter’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13169
— Trump slams Hillary over failure to say ‘radical Islam’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13180
— Obama wants focus on student loan collections reduced  (DIERSEN: Did you take out a loan to pay for your undergraduate college expenses? I did not.  What if I had taken out a loan to pay for my 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU and I had defaulted on that loan because I was unemployed a) because I had refused Firestone Store’s job offer in 1970, b) because I had refused Oldsmobile’s job offer in 1971, c) because I had refused IRS’s job offer in 1971, and/or c) because I had refused GAO’s job offer 1980?  All of my critics/opponents either a) would not have been offered the aforesaid jobs or b) would have refused the aforesaid jobs if they had been offered to them.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13158

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP CASTIGATED FOR ACKNOWLEDGING IMMIGRATION THREATS  The Sword of Damocles hanging over America’s head. – Michael Cutler (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they want to replace you with an illegal.  Ever-increasing, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/263670/trump-castigated-acknowledging-immigration-threats-michael-cutler

 

TOWNHALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps paint Donald Trump as being David Duke.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2016/07/29/if-david-duke-won-wouldnt-republicans-have-to-vote-for-him-n2199519

 

NEWSMAX
— What’s Next for ‘Team Sanders?’ Bernie for Budget Chair, Beating Wasserman Schultz – John Gizzi
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Bernie-Sanders-Budget-Chair-Wasserman-Schultz-DNC/2016/07/29/id/741165/
— Trump’s Call for $10 Minimum Wage Spurs Confusion, Opposition – Todd Beamon
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/donald-trump-minimum-wage-reaction/2016/07/28/id/741113/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Previously Hidden Report Confirms ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Defy Federal Laws – Kathryn Watson
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/28/previously-hidden-report-confirms-sanctuary-cities-defy-federal-laws/

 

THE BLAZE
— Hillary Clinton Accepts Democratic Nomination: ‘When There Are No Ceilings, the Sky’s the Limit’ – Leigh Munsil (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. In the federal government, ever-increasingly, GS-13 is the ceiling if you are not a Democrat.)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/28/hillary-clinton-accepts-democratic-nomination-when-there-are-no-ceilings-the-skys-the-limit/

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Duckworth demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump for avoiding the draft like I did.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  Ever-increasingly, sooner or later, if you are not a veteran, Democrats and RINOs will use that against you.
http://www.politico.com/states/illinois/story/2016/07/tammy-duckworth-to-trump-on-russia-comments-i-didnt-put-my-life-on-the-line-for-this-104341
— Pence puts conservative credentials on display – Matthew Nussbaum (DIERSEN: Have the following invited Pence to speak in Illinois: Kirk, Rauner, Sanguinnetti, Munger, Schneider, Durkin, Radogno, your representative on the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, the chairman of your Republican county party organization, the chairman of your Republican township/ward party organization, etc.?  If not, why not?  Of course, needless-to-say, if I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, I would have invited Pence to speak at a TAPROOT event.  Of course, needless-to-say, if you got elected or appointed to a government or political office as a Republican, and you are not going to help elect Trump/Pence, you should immediately resign.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/mike-pence-conservative-michigan-226382
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Over the course of 45 minutes before a crowd of a few hundred here, Mike Pence showed why Donald Trump tapped him to be his running mate: his ability to dish out hot helpings of red meat that appeal to conservative voters in a way Donald Trump can’t. Pence promised big tax cuts, the rolling back of regulations, repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and, in a point he returned to time and again, a conservative Supreme Court.)

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote top Hispanic Democrat Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) who “tears into Trump.”
http://thehill.com/latino/289719-top-hispanic-dem-tears-into-trump
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans sought to undermine Becerra’s speech by blasting out a release questioning his “record of residency issues, extremist connections, drug dealer advocacy, and backstabbing,” as Becerra began his speech.)

 

NBC NEWS
— Trump Campaign Struggles to Pull Off Minority Outreach Events – JANE C. TIMM  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at minorities and everyone else that those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors are racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-campaign-struggles-pull-minority-outreach-events-n619191

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors, but who hypocritically say that they “love America?”)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/opinion/who-loves-america.html
— A Paradoxical Position on Youths Fleeing Violence – LIZ ROBBINS (DIERSEN: Democrats want to give U.S. citizenship immediately to anyone who promises to vote for Democrats.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/nyregion/a-paradoxical-position-on-youths-fleeing-violence.html
— Want to Drive in Beijing? Good Luck in the License Plate Lottery – OWEN GUO  (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents who say that they are conservative and/or Republican despise if not hate cars, and especially cars made by union members.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/world/asia/china-beijing-traffic-pollution.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Two conventions, one vast gulf: Republicans and Democrats appear to be speaking to different countries – David Lauter
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-party-gap-20160729-snap-story.html
— Trump says Democrats ignore terrorism, crime and illegal immigration – Michael Finnegan
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trump-response-democrats-20160728-snap-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump responded Thursday to scorching attacks by President Obama and others at the Democratic convention by saying they were “not talking about the real world” of Islamic terrorism, unchecked illegal immigration, rampant crime, a depleted military and U.S. jobs “pouring into Mexico.” “Boy, am I getting hit,” the Republican presidential nominee complained to supporters at a rally in Davenport, Iowa. Trump denied accusations that he’d outlined a dark vision of America last week at the GOP convention in Cleveland, saying he had offered a “very optimistic” prescription for overcoming the nation’s troubles. The normally unbridled New York businessman was relatively subdued at the first of two Iowa campaign stops. He said he’d resisted the temptation to respond “viciously” to those attacking him at the Democratic gathering this week in Philadelphia. “I was going to hit one guy in particular — a very little guy,” he said in an apparent reference to Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and political independent who branded Trump a “con” in a speech to Democratic delegates on Wednesday. “I was going to hit this guy so hard, his head would spin. He wouldn’t know what the hell happened.” Trump said he was heeding an unnamed governor’s advice to stay focused on attacking Hillary Clinton. “I was going to hit a number of those speakers so hard, their heads would spin,” he said. “They’d never recover. That’s why I still don’t have certain people endorsing me. They still haven’t recovered.” Trump’s restraint came a day after he sparked controversy by inviting Russian cyberhackers to unearth more than 30,000 deleted emails from when Clinton was secretary of State. Critics accused him of borderline treason for encouraging a foreign adversary to intrude illegally into a former Cabinet member’s email. Trump told Fox News on Thursday that his challenge to Russia was meant to be sarcastic. Undaunted by charges that he was too friendly toward President Vladimir Putin, Trump told the crowd in Davenport that the U.S. needed to improve relations with Russia. “Wouldn’t it be nice if we actually got along with Russia?” he said. Trump bemoaned the U.S. fighting “politically correct wars,” but the only one he specified was the Iraq war. “We shouldn’t have been in Iraq in the first place,” Trump said. “I was totally against being in Iraq, right from the beginning.” That statement is incorrect. In a radio interview on Sept. 11, 2002, six months before the war started, Howard Stern asked Trump whether he supported an invasion of Iraq. “Yeah, I guess so,” Trump answered. “I wish the first time it was done correctly.” Trump also told the crowd that the United States was “one of the highest-taxed nation in the world.” But the CIA’s World Factbook ranks the United States 171st out of 219 countries in the percentage of gross domestic product spent on taxes.)

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— ‘America’s destiny is ours to choose,’ Clinton says – Annie Linskey and Victoria McGrane  (DIERSEN: Under Clinton, the following will choose America’s future: those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/07/28/hillary-clinton-says-united-states-faces-moment-reckoning/P5TZ0GQcJAbIk7o89L80gJ/story.html

 

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Is the Elite Media Failing to Reach Trump Voters? – Isaac Chotiner
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/is-the-elite-media-failing-to-reach-trump-voters/

 

USA TODAY
— Hey Democrats, do more than talk  Like Republicans now, Democrats could soon be overthrown by the people they’ve long been pretending to help. – J.D. Vance  (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants etc. in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois who talk and/or act like they want to get rid of each and every person who voted for Trump?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/28/democrats-white-working-class-hillary-bernie-platform-party-wages-poverty-column/87609994/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Donald Trump’s Florida clubs are hiring — but the jobs will go to foreign workers – Meg Wagner
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-florida-clubs-hiring-foreign-workers-article-1.2729433
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump wants to bring jobs back to America — and some foreign workers to fill them. Trump is looking to hire 78 servers, housekeepers, and cooks for his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach and the nearby Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, according to Federal labor records. As he has for years, the Republican presidential nominee filed this month to import foreign workers for the jobs instead of hiring Americans, Buzzfeed News first reported Wednesday. Department of Labor records show Trump has sought H-2 visas for hundreds of foreigners to fill temporary positions at the two properties in recent years. The visas are issued through a legal program that allows employers to temporarily hire foreign workers when there are no Americans available to do the work. But hundreds of U.S. applicants either applied or were referred for the jobs, but only a handful were hired, the New York Times reported in February.  Since 2010, nearly 300 U.S. residents applied or were referred for jobs as waiters, waitresses, cooks and housekeepers there, but only 17 were hired, according to The Times. Over the same time period, 500 visas for foreign workers were filed at Mar-a-Lago. Laurel Baker, the executive director of the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, said the practice was common at seasonal seaside properties. “That’s something that appears to happen at all of the hotels or resorts,” Baker said. “The argument is that there are few locals available to do the work. This is more of a resort community.” Trump’s two properties are looking to hire 37 waiters and waitresses, who will be paid $11.13 an hour, and 26 cooks, who will earn $12.74 an hour. Additionally, Mar-a-Lago needs 15 $10.17-an-hour housekeepers.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Catholic Paths of Pence and Kaine  Two vice-presidential candidates handled disagreeing with the church differently. – ROBERT A. SIRICO  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who increasingly demonstrate a) that they are anti-Protestant and b) that they are especially anti-Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-catholic-paths-of-pence-and-kaine-1469748243
— Let’s Agree on Free Community College – RAHM EMANUEL and  BILL HASLAM  (DIERSEN: Students should be advised that life is hard out there and that their critics/opponents will use their attending a community college against them.  My critics/opponents stress that none of my college degrees are from Ivy League universities, that is, my critics/opponents badmouth UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT.)
Both parties should get behind an idea that helps thousands of students in Chicago and Tennessee.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/lets-agree-on-free-community-college-1469748121
— Democrats vs. Democrats on the Sharing Economy  Young Obama voters use apps like Airbnb all the time. But the party stands with unions and lawyers. – ALLYSIA FINLEY  (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were extremely anti-union.  They stressed that I had been a union member for almost 12 years and that I bought cars that had been made by union members.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-vs-democrats-on-the-sharing-economy-1469748076

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Microsoft Is Slashing 2,850 More Jobs – Rishika Sadam / Reuters
http://time.com/money/4430444/microsoft-job-cuts/
— Have you gotten up from your desk today?  Physical inactivity is costing people a lot more than their slim-fit jeans: A report published Thursday by The Lancet, a U.K. medical journal, puts the number at $27.8 billion in the U.S. alone, with global figures reaching $67.5 billion. – Alicia Adamczyk  (DIERSEN: My sitting at my desk 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out has cost me many tens if not hundreds thousands of dollars.)
http://time.com/money/4429182/laziness-costing-us-27-8-billion/

 

THE BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Clinton brags that she is a better at insulting people than Trump is.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/29/confident-clinton-taunts-little-trump.html
— ISIS Wants a Global Civil War – MAAJID NAWAZ
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/29/isis-wants-a-global-civil-war.html
— How the Rum-Soaked Royal Navy Sobered Up  It’s been nearly 50 years since British sailors stopped getting a daily ration of liquor. – WAYNE CURTIS
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/29/how-the-rum-soaked-royal-navy-sobered-up.html

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— GSA: Feds can be reimbursed for Uber, Lyft – Carten Cordell
http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/management/compensation/2016/07/28/gsa-feds-can-now-reimbursed-uber-lyft/87654174/

 

FED SMITH
— Make it Easy to Fire Federal Workers… And Then What? – Jeff Neal  (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/07/28/make-it-easy-to-fire-federal-workers-and-then-what/

 

AUTOOMIBILE
— New Version Ford Mustang Costs Less To Insure Than Honda Civic For First Buyers – Mario Caballero
http://www.autoomobile.com/news/new-version-ford-mustang-costs-less-than-honda-civic-for-first-buyers/40032725/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So why is it cheaper for first time buyers to insure a Ford Mustang than it is the Honda Civic? The Civic offers up plenty of safety features and it isn’t as fast as the Mustang, so you would have thought it would have been the other way around. In fact there is a data pool which shows which age groups and cars are more prone to having accidents and making a claim. This means that the model of the vehicle actually goes towards how much insurance you are going to have to pay. So, first time buyers are able to buy a Ford Mustang and get it for cheaper insurance than they would the Honda Civic.)

July 28, 2016 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Poll: Nearly Half of Democratic Voters Choose Durbin as 2018 Gubernatorial Pick  According to a new poll, nearly half of likely Democratic voters in Illinois chose Sen. Dick Durbin as their gubernatorial pick for 2018. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/poll-democratic-voters-durbin-illinois-governor-388568452.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— How Trump, Clinton backlash could affect Illinois 2018 races – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160728/news/160728961/
— Blagojevich sentence should not be reduced – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160728/discuss/160729045/
— Attorney general: Duckworth workplace retaliation settlement offer final – Kerry Lester (DIERSEN: In 1998, in Diersen v. Ford Motor Company and Packey Webb Ford, just before the trial was to start, I accepted the defendants’ settlement offer to a) fix the defects in my 1996 Thunderbird LX, b) give me $6,000, and c) give my attorney $6,000.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160728/news/160728892/
— Washington Post: Reporter barred from entering Pence event – AP  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republicans” who really are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs a) who do not want me to know about their events or other government/political activities, b) who do not want me to promote their events or other government/political activities, c) who do not want me to attend their events or other government/political activities, and/or d) who do not want me to report on their events or other government/political activities.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160728/news/307289918/
— Duckworth addresses Democratic convention as race with Kirk looms – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160728/news/160728882/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner on Sneed report about first lady: ‘Definitively baloney’
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-sneed-report-about-first-lady-definitively-baloney/
— Durbin says he’s ‘outraged’ over Rauner approach – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brown-durbin-says-hes-outraged-over-rauner-approach/
— The outrage of Trump calling on Russia to hack Americans – Simon Maloy
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-the-outrage-of-trump-calling-on-russia-to-hack-americans/
— Clinton camp: Trump urging Russian ‘espionage’ in email flap – Lynn Sweet and Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-prods-russia-to-hack-clinton-email/
— Rauner hoping for windfall with new lottery operator – Andy Grimm
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-hoping-for-windfall-with-new-lottery-operator/
— Taxpayers United of America warns of more property tax hikes for teacher pensions – Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents shout at those who are not getting a pension or not in line to get a pension that I get a $50,720 Civil Service Retirement System pension plus 75% subsidized federal health, dental, and vision insurance.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/group-warns-of-more-property-tax-hikes-for-teacher-pensions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After evaluating data on 25,000 pension recipients, Taxpayers United of America warned Thursday that Chicagoans could be “taxed out of their homes to prop up” a Chicago Teachers Pension Fund with more than $10 billion in unfunded liabilities and nearly 33 percent more retirees than it had a decade ago. Last year, 28,114 beneficiaries together collected $1.3 billion in pensions from the teachers fund. The average retirement age was 61. The average annual pension was $51,454 compared with a median household income in Chicago of $47,831. But 974 of those teacher pensions topped $100,000. Another 14,420 teachers and administrators received retirement checks that exceeded $50,000. Former Chicago Schools Supt. Manford Byrd was identified as the pension kingpin, the study shows. He collects an annual pension of $190,634 — with an estimated lifetime payout of more than $2.5 million — even after paying just $126,561 into the fund during his long career with the Chicago Public Schools. The highest estimated lifetime payout of more than $6.1 million will go to Kevin Huber, former executive director of the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund. Huber gets an annual pension check of $91,541. During the course of his career, he made $235,332 in pension contributions, only 4 percent of his “lifetime payout,” the study shows. Yet another example is former Deputy Supt. Robert Saddler. He has collected $2.17 million in pensions since retiring in 1993 at the age of 59. His annual check is $169,225. That’s $60,890 more than the $108,335 in contributions Saddler made to the teachers pension fund during his career, the study shows. Jared Labell, executive director of Taxpayers United, noted that the $588 million property tax increase for police and fire pensions and school construction approved last fall is being phased in over four years.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always promote things that promote voter fraud.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-a-chance-to-boost-democracy-and-save-money/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Ex-agent: I wasn’t asked about Hinckley release  Current Orland Park top cop took bullet for Reagan – Mike Nolan and Matt McCall
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-reagan-mccarthy-hinckley-st-0727-20160727-story.html
— Gov. Rauner announces push to find new lottery manager – Joe Mahr and Matthew Walberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-lottery-announcement-met-20160728-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-rauner-illinois-lottery-video-20160728-premiumvideo.html
— Democrats asked for their WikiLeaks debacle – Marc A. Thiessen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-democrats-leaked-emails-wikileaks-20160727-story.html
— Your teen’s at Lolla? The overrun ER docs await. — Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-lollapalooza-binge-drinking-teens-edit-0728-jm-20160727-story.html
— On second thought, better to hail Mother Russia, Trump – Rez Huppke
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-democratic-convention-trump-russia-huppke-20160727-column.html
— Trump rings death knell for the WASP – Ron Grossman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/columnists/ct-wasp-swan-song-20160717-column.html
— Duckworth: Trump ‘not fit to be commander in chief’ – Kim Geiger  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, Duckworth would join my critics/opponents who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am unfit to be the GOPUSA Illinois Editor. If I had attended the Democrat convention as a member of the news media like when I attended her rally with Michael J. Fox in Wheaton’s Arrowhead Golf Club in 2006, would she have her thugs throw me out again like she did then?  In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should not have let her thugs throw me out.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-tammy-duckworth-democratic-convention-speech-met-20160728-story.html
— Making Hastert pay: Sex abuse victim sues for $1.8 million – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-hastert-molest-victim-lawsuit-edit-20160728-story.html
— When media publish WikiLeaks documents: Legal, but is it ethical? – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-wikileaks-dnc-emails-russia-media-ethics-zorn-perspec-0729-md-20160728-column.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL
— Durbin rips Rauner, says governor tries to divide Illinois – AP  (DIERSEN: Who are the dividers in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Dividers encourage those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors TO DEMONIZE, TO DENIGRATE, AND TO CONDEMN THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.  I should write a book about dividers in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160728/durbin-rips-rauner-says-governor-tries-to-divide-illinois

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Chris Kennedy blasts Gov. Rauner at Democrats’ convention – Dawn James  (DIERSEN: Who blasts you?  The following blast me: Those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://jg-tc.com/chris-kennedy-blasts-gov-rauner-at-democrats-convention/article_d314e86a-eb3f-54a3-bf2b-635a8c5f4074.html

 

WJOL
— Gov. Rauner Shoots Down One-Termer Report
http://www.wjol.com/gov-rauner-shoots-one-termer-report/

 

WSIU
— Durbin Says He’s Considering Running for Illinois Governor
http://news.wsiu.org/post/us-sen-durbin-says-hes-considering-running-illinois-governor#stream/0

 

WUWM
— Vice Presidential Hopeful Mike Pence in Waukesha Draws Clear Distinctions Between GOP and Democrats – LATOYA DENNIS
http://wuwm.com/post/vice-presidential-hopeful-mike-pence-waukesha-draws-clear-distinctions-between-gop-and#stream/0

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Labor Secretary Perez Praises IL Unions at DNC – AP
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/labor-secretary-perez-praises-il-unions-dnc#stream/0
— Labor’s Ire for Rauner On Display at the DNC – TONY ARNOLD
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/labors-ire-rauner-display-dnc#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Dems insult Rauner at DNC
http://ilnews.org/8983/dems-insult-rauner-at-dnc/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Second Democratic Party County Board Candidate Drops Out – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2016/07/28/second-democratic-party-county-board-candidate-drops-out/
— McConchie Has Grand Opening for Senate Office – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2016/07/27/mcconchie-has-grand-opening-for-senate-office/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HOUSE REPUBLICANS TAP BREEN TO FILL VACANCY ON BIPARTISAN REFORM WORKING GROUP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/house-republicans-tap-breen-to-fill-vacancy-on-bipartisan-reform-working-group.html
— NEW FBI FILES SHOW IRS DISCRIMINATION OF TEA PARTY GROUPS STARTED IN 2011
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/new-fbi-files-show-irs-discrimination-of-tea-party-groups-started-in-2011.html
— REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN DOLD BOASTS DEMOCRAT MAYOR’S ENDORSEMENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/republican-congressman-dold-boasts-democrat-mayors-endorsement.html
— NEW POLL: TRUMP “LOVES THE POORLY EDUCATED,” AND THEY PREFER HIM OVER CLINTON
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/new-poll-trump-loves-the-poorly-educated-and-they-prefer-him-over-clinton.html
— NARAL DIRECTOR BOASTS CONVENIENCE ABORTION AT DNC CONVENTION; CROWD CHEERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/naral-director-boasts-convenience-abortion-at-dnc-convention-crowd-cheers.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner bites back at union leaders
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/28/rauner-bites-back-at-unions/

— Kirk campaign admits contact with “whistleblowers” after Duckworth settlement
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/28/kirk-campaign-admits-contact-with-whistleblowers-after-duckworth-settlement/

 

THE BLAZE
— Tucker Carlson Says Nancy Pelosi’s Remarks on ‘White Males’ Show Dems Have ‘Pulled the Mask Off’ – Dave Urbanski
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/28/tucker-carlson-says-nancy-pelosis-remarks-on-white-males-show-dems-have-pulled-the-mask-off/
— Trump and the Media are Wrong about Middle-Class Income – Jim Agresti  (DIERSEN: In 1997, GAO paid me at the GS-13 Step 10 rate which is $120,427 today.  Today, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $50,720.)
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/trump-and-the-media-are-wrong-about-middle-class-income/

 

GOPUSA
— Jesse Jackson, Hillary’s character witness, blames ‘assault weapons’ for dead cops
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13126
— Pope Francis urges Poland to have solidarity with refugees day after Muslim slit the throat of Catholic priest
http://www.gopusa.com/pope-francis-urges-poland-to-have-solidarity-with-refugees-day-after-muslim-slit-the-throat-of-catholic-priest/

 

BILL O’REILLY
— Booing the War on Terror
http://www.billoreilly.com/b/Staff-Column:-Booing-the-War-on-Terror/935441465849138021.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Democratic Delegates Outraged Chick-Fil-A Served At DNC – Casey Harper
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/27/democratic-delegates-outraged-chick-fil-a-served-at-dnc/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats claim patriotism, God and American exceptionalism at convention – James Hohmann  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats badmouth and reject patriotism and American exceptionalism.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2016/07/28/daily-202-democrats-claim-patriotism-god-and-american-exceptionalism-at-convention/579957364acce205051bf6a5/
— A Washington Post reporter was banned from a Trump-Pence rally yesterday. That should frighten you. – Chris Cillizza  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republicans” who really are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs a) who do not want me to know about their events or other government/political activities, b) who do not want me to promote their events or other government/political activities, c) who do not want me to attend their events or other government/political activities, and/or d) who do not want me to report on their events or other government/political activities.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/28/a-washington-post-reporter-was-banned-from-a-trump-pence-rally-yesterday-that-should-frighten-you/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democratic Bash Won’t Matter  Voters want change, and nobody in Philly has credibly argued Clinton can deliver. – KARL ROVE
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democratic-bash-wont-matter-1469661034

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Hetero Couples Are More Likely to Get Divorced If the Husband Doesn’t Have a Job – Alicia Adamczyk
http://time.com/money/4428324/divorced-more-likely-husband-not-working/

 

USA TODAY
— Democrats court young female voters with celebrities and song – Maeve McDermott
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/27/democratic-national-convention-hillary-clinton-celebrities-young-millennial-voters/87640400/

July 26 Morning Edition

DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
— DuPage GOP and Will GOP Chairmen to meet to fill H81 vacancy
http://dupagegop.org/news/krajewski-and-havel-to-fill-h81-vacancy/
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: DuPage County GOP Chairman Brian Krajewski and Will County GOP Chairman Kathy Havel put out an official notice of meeting to formally declare vacancies for the official office as well as the GOP nomination in Illinois House District 81. Chairmen Krajewski and Havel plan to meet this weekend to fill the vacancies. “We were all surprised by State Rep. Sandack’s resignation, but we will act both swiftly and thoroughly to name a replacement,” Krajewski said. “We hope to name someone by the end of this weekend so that our new Representative can get up and running as soon as possible.”)

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Search Begins for Sandack Replacement – Cole Lauterbach
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=219714#.V5bf2BF9XHk
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Suburban Chicago GOP political leaders are looking for a replacement for a prominent state representative who abruptly resigned Sunday. Suburban Chicago State Rep. Ron Sandack (R-Dist. 81) resigned from his seat in the Illinois General Assembly on Sunday, citing a series of malicious cyber attacks in which his online profiles were cloned numerous times. Sandack said in a statement that he would work with the GOP to ensure that his replacement is elected in November. Sandack’s replacement will be appointed by DuPage County Republican Chairman Brian Krajewski, who said the resignation was very unexpected. “I hadn’t heard anything about what was transpiring, so it came as a big surprise that he was resigning immediately,” Krajewski said. Among the candidates for Sandack’s replacement, Krajewski said some names stand out, but stressed that the appointee will have to be politically electable. Two whom Krajewski mentioned are Downers Grove Commissioner David Olsen, who is likely the favorite, and Downers Grove Mayor Martin Tully. The appointed GOP representative will face Democrat Greg Hose in November. Downers Grove State Rep. Ron Sandack (R-Dist. 81) announced his immediate resignation from his seat on Sunday. The abrupt resignation comes while Sandack has been battling a malicious social media campaign. “…After some cyber security issues arose, I began to re-evaluate my continued public service,” Sandack said in a statement. “I have always recognized there is no greater privilege than being a father and husband. My duties in Springfield have meant missing a lot of events in the lives of my children. I am no longer willing to miss important family events.” House Republican Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Dist. 81) released a statement. “Ron Sandack is a dedicated and caring public servant,” Durkin said. “I want to thank him for his service to his constituents and the entire State of Illinois. I wish him well in his future endeavors.”)

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Search underway to replace GOP lawmaker after sudden resignation
http://ilnews.org/8924/search-underway-to-replace-gop-lawmaker-after-sudden-resignation/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Local GOP political leaders are looking for a replacement for a prominent state representative who abruptly resigned Sunday. Suburban Chicago State Rep. Ron Sandack (R-Dist. 81) resigned from his seat in the Illinois General Assembly on Sunday, citing a series of malicious cyber attacks in which his online profiles were cloned numerous times. Sandack said in a statement that he would work with the GOP to ensure that his replacement is elected in November. Sandack’s replacement will be appointed by DuPage County Republican Chairman Brian Krajewski, who said the resignation was very unexpected. “I hadn’t heard anything about what was transpiring, so it came as a big surprise that he was resigning immediately,” Krajewski said. Among the candidates for Sandack’s replacement, Krajewski said some names stand out, but stressed that the appointee will have to be politically electable. Two whom Krajewski mentioned are Downers Grove Commissioner David Olsen, who is likely the favorite, and Downers Grove Mayor Martin Tully. The appointed GOP representative will face Democrat Greg Hose in November. Downers Grove State Rep. Ron Sandack (R-Dist. 81) announced his immediate resignation from his seat on Sunday. The abrupt resignation comes while Sandack has been battling a malicious social media campaign. “…After some cyber security issues arose, I began to re-evaluate my continued public service,” Sandack said in a statement. “I have always recognized there is no greater privilege than being a father and husband. My duties in Springfield have meant missing a lot of events in the lives of my children. I am no longer willing to miss important family events.” House Republican Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Dist. 81) released a statement. “Ron Sandack is a dedicated and caring public servant,” Durkin said. “I want to thank him for his service to his constituents and the entire State of Illinois. I wish him well in his future endeavors.”)

 

POLITICO
— Durkin on Sandack cyber attack: ‘I don’t think it is’ politically motivated – Natasha Korecki
http://www.politico.com/states/illinois/story/2016/07/durkin-on-sandack-cyber-attack-i-dont-think-it-is-politically-motivated-104169
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Leader Jim Durkin said on Monday he does not believe the alleged cyber attacks that prompted GOP leader Ron Sandack’s abrupt resignation were politically motivated. In an interview Monday with POLITICO Illinois, Durkin, who is a close personal colleague and friend of Sandack, was asked whether he believed the motive was political. “I don’t think it is. I don’t believe that’s the case,” said Durkin. Asked about the possibility of an underlying scandal, he said, “I am not aware of anything else, no.” “I spoke with Rep. Sandack yesterday and he explained to me the decision he made was personal, was family-related. And I will never second-guess anyone’s decision for that reason. I wish him and his family well,” Durkin said. “Ron is not only a trusted colleague but he’s a personal friend. He leaves a void within our caucus but one that we’ll be able to in time fill. His contribution to the state and Republican Party is immeasurable, we wish him well in the next stage of his life.” On Sunday evening, Sandack said in a text that his resignation was effective Monday and that the cybersecurity issues gave him pause over his legislative life: “my family welfare is paramount.” He did not respond when asked whether that meant he feared for his family’s safety. Sandack would not talk by phone. Last week, Sandack, who was prolific on social media, took down his Facebook and Twitter accounts. His official legislative web site is still up. Sandack was the target of robocalls recently that accused him of accosting the chief legal counsel for Democrats on the House floor following a heated vote on the budget. Video at the time showed Sandack touching her arm while asking why voting was closed before a roll call was made. In 2014, Sandack was targeted by conservatives because of his vote in support of a new same-sex marriage law. Already, there’s talk of appointing Sandack’s successor and replacing him on the November ballot. One top candidate widely mentioned is David Olsen, a member of the Downers Grove City Council. Sandack leaves with nearly $130,000 in his campaign account, according to the most recent election filing.)

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “AFTER TURMOIL, SANDERS, MICHELLE OBAMA, WARREN THRILL DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.”
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/after-turmoil-sanders-michelle-obama-warren-thrill-dnc/1441850/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— AFSCME demanding more from Illinois taxpayers – Editorial
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/editorial-and-opinion/dennis-welsh-that-s-how-i-see-it/181469783-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rahm Emanuel skipping first two days of Democratic convention – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-skipping-first-two-days-of-democratic-convention/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago activists protest police hate crime ordinance with Homan Square sit-in – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-homan-square-protest-chicago-20160725-story.html
— Sanders pleads with supporters to avoid protests as Democratic unity threatened – Jennifer Epstein and Mark Niquette
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-convention-sanders-bg-17b0bbd2-52b5-11e6-b652-315ae5d4d4dd-20160725-story.html
— Pfleger: Not enough black vendors at Lollapalooza – Kim Janssen  (DIERSEN: Democrat politicians have always shouted that the federal government does not employ enough Democrats, and especially enough Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.  Of course, needless-to-say, the aforesaid has resulted in political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-lollapalooza-food-race-fight-0726-chicago-inc-20160725-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why the stopgap state budget is bad for Illinois – DAVID MCSWEENEY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160726/OPINION/160729929/illinois-needs-a-balanced-budget-to-avoid-more-deficit-spending
— Illinois GOP’s election strategy? Madigan, Madigan, Madigan – RICH MILLER  (DIERSEN: How successful will anti-Trump leaders in the Illinois Republican Party, in your Republican county party organization, and in your Republican township/ward party organization be in discouraging efforts to elect Trump?  Will they go one small step further and focus on destroying Trump supporters?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160725/NEWS02/160729883/illinois-gops-election-strategy-madigan-madigan-madigan

 

DAILY HERALD
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Alcohol and campus sex assaults – Gene Lyons  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois a) who drink too much alcohol and/or b) who encourage others to drink too much alcohol?  I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, their operatives, and their dupes who turn nastier and nastier and nastier the more alcohol that they drink.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160726/discuss/160729397/

 

DNA INFO
— Protesters: We Won’t Leave Homan Square Until ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Scrapped – Tatiana Walk-Morris  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats are anti-police and anti-rule of law.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160725/north-lawndale/despite-searing-heat-raging-storms-homan-square-protesters-stand-vigil
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The legislation could make it easier for protesters to be charged with a hate crime if an altercation arises between demonstrators and police, said Damon Williams of BYP100’s Chicago. The ordinance calls for up to six months in jail or fines up to $2,500 as punishment for assault, destroying the property, trespassing, vandalism, disturbing a place of workshop or telephone harassment. “They can charge people responding or people protecting themselves [with] hate crimes,” Williams said. “They have that extra power to criminalize and charge someone with a felony… We know police that the police engage with protesting in a militaristic fashion and things could escalate.”)

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “After turmoil, Sanders, Mrs. Obama, Warren thrill convention.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32519026/after-turmoil-sanders-mrs-obama-warren-thrill-convention

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Aaron Schock Reacts to Grand Jury Decision  Former Congressman talks with WMBD about investigation into campaign spending. – Shane Gustafson
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/exclusive-aaron-schock-reacts-to-grand-jury-decision

 

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Danville Commercial News promotes pot in Illinois, that is, Danville Commercial News promotes the further destruction of Illinois.
http://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/editorial-change-penalties-on-pot-possession/article_3e16bd23-e05e-5c3f-8732-ac1285d2b698.html

 

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Legislature unlikely to take up Rauner’s call for term limit vote – Dan Petrella
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/statehouse/illinois/legislature-unlikely-to-take-up-rauner-s-call-for-term/article_8eb0618a-0d10-5b31-b7b9-b79324a27271.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Sanders backers waver at Clinton endorsement; Illinois delegates say DNC head needed to resign – TAYLOR SCHWARTZ
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article91820877.html

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Who Will Take On Bruce Rauner? Democrats’ Search Begins at DNC – AMANDA VINICKY
http://nprillinois.org/post/who-will-take-bruce-rauner-democrats-search-begins-dnc#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— The top four reasons why Hillary made Tim Kaine the Democratic VP nominee – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2016/07/the-top-four-reasons-why-hillary-made-tim-kaine-the-democratic-vp-nominee/

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Democrats had a hand in making their candidate monsters – Madeleine Doubek
http://rebootillinois.com/2016/07/25/dems-hand-making-candidate-monsters/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TRAGIC: DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM SLIDES LEFT TO APPEASE SANDERS SUPPORTERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/democratic-party-platform-slides-left-to-appease-sanders-supporters.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Sandack says no “compromising information” was accessed
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/26/sandack-says-no-compromising-information-was-accessed/
— LIVE COVERAGE  Democratic National Convention
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/26/live-coverage-democratic-national-convention-2/

 

NUMBERS USA
— OUTRAGEOUS: DEMOCRAT IMMIGRATION PLATFORM FOCUSES ON AMNESTY, CALLS FOR ‘LIMITS’ TO LEGAL IMMIGRATION
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/democrat-immigration-platform-focuses-amnesty-calls-limits-legal-immigration

 

FEDERALIST
— The Chart The Racial Grievance Industry Won’t Talk About  The latest data shows Asian men earned 117 percent as much as white men did. Similarly, Asian women out-earned all other racial groups. Yet we hear nothing about ‘Asian privilege’—and we shouldn’t. – Helen Raleigh
http://thefederalist.com/2016/07/25/the-chart-the-racial-grievance-industry-wont-talk-about/

 

GOPUSA
— Hell No, DNC! We Won’t Vote for Hillary!
http://www.gopusa.com/hell-no-dnc-we-wont-vote-for-hillary/
— Millions of US Muslims justifying terrorism ‘terrify’ Franklin Graham
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12990

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Catholic priest to Tim Kaine: ‘Don’t show up in my communion line’ – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-priest-to-tim-kaine-dont-show-up-in-my-communion-line
— 2016 Democratic Convention to hear from every major abortion lobby group in US – Ben Johnson
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/2016-democratic-convention-to-hear-from-every-major-abortion-lobbying-group

 

DAILY CALLER
— As Trump Rises, The Mexican Peso Falls – JP Carroll
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/26/as-trump-rises-the-mexican-peso-falls/
— DNC Emails Include Derogatory Remarks About Homosexuals – Juliegrace Brufke
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/25/dnc-emails-include-derogatory-remarks-about-homosexuals/

 

NEWSMAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps draw attention to Kasich’s Anti-Trump Ad
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/john-kasich-anti-trump-ad-trump/2016/07/25/id/740415/
— Facebook: Censorship of DNC Emails Leak ‘an Accident’ (DIERSEN: Who wants to censor you?  The following want to censor me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Facebook-DNC-Wikileaks-Blocking/2016/07/25/id/740382/

 

THE BLAZE
— ‘Don’t Believe the Liberal Media’: Warning Signs Welcome DNC Attendees to Philadelphia – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/25/dont-believe-the-liberal-media-warning-signs-welcome-dnc-attendees-to-philadelphia/
— Sen. Al Franken Jokes He Attended Trump University, Says He Earned This Degree – Tre Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/25/sen-al-franken-jokes-he-attended-trump-university-says-he-earned-this-degree/

 

THE HILL
— In defense of Wasserman-Schultz and other powerful women – Noah Levy (DIERSEN: Powerful women in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who work against me reject the right to life plank, reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank, and/or reject other planks in the Republican Party platform.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/presidential-campaign/289076-in-defense-of-wasserman-schultz-and-other-powerful
— Dems flirt with disaster on convention’s first day – Niall Stanage
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/289221-dems-flirt-with-disaster-on-conventions-first-day
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors TO HATE THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/289212-warren-reject-trumps-hate-filled-america

 

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put Mexico and other foreign countries ahead of America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats put citizens of Mexico and of other foreign countries, and especially citizens of Mexico who are in America illegally, ahead of citizens of America.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/gutierrez-trump-immigration-stance-sick-hateful-fantasy

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Politico Admits ‘Mistake’ In Sending DNC An Article In Advance  No substantive changes were made to the piece, though the arrangement has prompted criticism from the RNC and prominent conservatives. – Michael Calderone  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I should not send out any GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails until they and all my superiors in the Republican Party have approved each and every link, each and every comment that I might make, and each and every event that I might include in the list of upcoming events.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/politico-dnc-ken-vogel_us_57951b65e4b02d5d5ed1f8e2

 

ABC NEWS
— GOP Illinois Lawmaker Ron Sandack Abruptly Resigns Over ‘Cyber’ Issues – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/top-ranking-gop-illinois-state-lawmaker-ron-sandack-40850887

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Study Finds Sharp Increase in Marijuana Exposure Among Colorado Children – JAN HOFFMAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/health/marijuana-edibles-are-getting-into-colorado-childrens-hands-study-says.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps report that “Elizabeth Warren Urges Liberals to Vote for Hillary Clinton.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/us/politics/elizabeth-warren.html
— The One Demographic – White Men With No College Degree – That Is Hurting Hillary Clinton – Nate Cohn  (DIERSEN: What did those who discouraged you from getting a college degree hint/imply/argue/shout?  For me, it included my only just barely making into the upper 20% of my high school class, my ACT score being only 24, my father having type 1 diabetes from age 14 and not having a college degree, my mother having never attended high school, my washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights, etc.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/upshot/the-one-demographic-that-is-hurting-hillary-clinton.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Forget unity: Sanders himself is booed by his loyalists – Chris Megerian
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-democrats-sanders-delegates-20160725-snap-story.html
— Dreamer Astrid Silva emerges as a new face of Democratic leadership ready to take on Trump – Lisa Mascaro  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-dream-act-20160725-snap-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Obama’s Age of Discord  He has achieved most of his progressive agenda. So why is America so unhappy?  (DIERSEN: Obama’s progressive agenda is anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/obamas-age-of-discord-1469486668
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO, ON COOK COUNTY, ON ILLINOIS, AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Murders Rise in 29 of Largest U.S. Cities in First Half of 2016  Homicides in Chicago and Orlando, Fla., contribute to much of the increase – ZUSHA ELINSON
http://www.wsj.com/articles/murder-rate-rises-in-29-of-largest-u-s-cities-in-first-half-of-2016-1469485481
— Over 100 Chinese Fighters Have Joined Islamic State in Syria  Studies come as China seeks West’s cooperation on counterterrorism, but cast doubt on some of Beijing’s assertions – JEREMY PAGE
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-terror-claims-bolstered-by-new-evidence-1469435872
— FRONT PAGE: Pension Returns Slump, Squeezing States and Cities  Long-term returns for U.S. public pensions are expected to drop to the lowest levels ever recorded – TIMOTHY W. MARTIN  (DIERSEN: Democrats are predominately borrowers; low interest rates help borrowers.  Republicans are predominately savers; low interest rate harm savers.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/pension-returns-slump-squeezing-states-and-cities-1469488579

 

BLOOMBERG
— Priebus: DNC ‘Committed Fraud’ With Anti-Sanders E-Mails –  Tammy Haddad and Betsy Fische Martin
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-26/priebus-dnc-fraud
— Illinois Colleges Besieged by Cuts as Budget Fight Trickles Down – Elizabeth Campbell
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-26/illinois-colleges-besieged-by-cuts-as-budget-fight-trickles-down
— Sanders Finds Starting a Revolution Easier Than Reining It In – Margaret Talev and Mark Niquette
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-26/sanders-finds-starting-a-revolution-easier-than-reining-it-in

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: The New Segregation  School systems are more segregated than ever in this time of racial tension. – Lauren Camera
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-07-26/racial-tensions-flare-as-schools-resegregate

 

FED SMITH
— OUTRAGEOUS: Bleak Outlook for 2017 COLA – Ralph Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/07/25/bleak-outlook-for-2017-cola/

 

SLATE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote Hillary Clinton
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/07/the_people_who_hate_hillary_clinton_the_most.html

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are disciples of Saul Alinsky. I should write a book about the aforesaid in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  They would love it.
http://prospect.org/article/hillary-haters%E2%80%99-fixation-saul-alinsky

July 25 Morning Edition

POLITICO
— Sandack’s bombshell resignation – Natasha Korecki
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2016/07/sandacks-bombshell-resignation-kirk-clinton-up-in-illinois-poll-gutierrez-among-tonights-dnc-speakers-215498
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The abrupt resignation of state Rep. Ron Sandack — an outspoken member of the legislature who was Gov. Bruce Rauner’s reliable attack dog on the House floor — was stirring all kinds of talk late Sunday. As Republican floor leader, Sandack was the governor’s point person in the House, arguing strenuously for the governor’s office (and generally against Democratic Speaker Mike Madigan) on individual bills. Sandack resigned on Sunday following what he described as a series of cyberattacks on his Twitter and Facebook accounts, which involved the creation of new accounts under the guise of his own persona.  “I have always recognized there is no greater privilege than being a father and husband. My duties in Springfield [have] meant missing a lot of events in the lives of my children. I am no longer willing to miss important family events.” Story and Sandack’s full statement here: http://www.politico.com/states/illinois/story/2016/07/top-house-republican-abruptly-resigns-citing-cybersecurity-104157  In a text to Politico Illinois last night, Sandack said his resignation was effective Monday and that the cybersecurity issues gave him pause over his legislative life: “my family welfare is paramount.” He did not respond when asked whether that meant he feared for his family’s safety. Sandack would not talk by phone. SO … why are so many people having trouble believing him? Here’s a few reasons we want to hear more (anything?) from Republican leaders today: 1. Something seems off with the equation. (High-profile statehouse Republican) + (close to most powerful Republicans in state) + (social media accounts hacked into) = immediately resigns? 2. Crickets. The governor, Illinois House Republicans, others in leadership, said a big nada on Sunday at the news of the loss of a top lieutenant. No statements released by leaders. No response from a governor’s spokeswoman when asked for reaction late Sunday. No answer from several Republican party and legislative leaders (with the exception of House Republican forwarding a copy of Sandack’s statement.) That won’t hold today though. 3. Timing. Sandack took down his own social media accounts last week, which prompted all kinds of speculation. He said on Sunday the cyber hacking/harassment started around July 4. He resigned days after taking down his accounts. Days earlier, the Illinois House Victory Fund had spent $10,300 in printing costs for his campaign. http://www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisclosure/ItemizedExpend.aspx?FiledDocID=615133&ExpenditureType=Expenditures&Archived=True&OrderBy=LastorOnlyName-AtoZ&ItemizedExpendFrom=D2Quarterly.aspx  4. Sandack has long been an outspoken, incredibly accessible guy — except on the day he resigned. Instead, his announcement was carefully crafted. It was first made available in a relatively safe venue — the Capitol Fax newsletter. The writeup (which is password protected or we’d include a link) describes Sandack working to take down two fake accounts on Twitter and 10 on Facebook, which purported to behave as Sandack accounts. In the midst of this, Sandack says he experiences a moment of clarity, realizing he doesn’t want to miss any more of his kids’ events. What was missing from the CapFax piece was any description as to what actually happened on these fake accounts. Had they actually posted content pretending to be Sandack? Were they threatening? Embarrassing? The piece said Sandack filed a police report. Beside Sandack, the other person quoted in the CapFax writeup was a recent Rauner appointee, John Bambenek, who talked about how unusual and dangerous it was to have such an open attack against a public official. He also talked about the difficulty of prosecuting computer crimes. (Incidentally, on Sunday, Bambanek on Twitter said this about a higher-profile cyber incident: https://twitter.com/bambenek/status/757321987618328576) Sandack appeared on the Daily Show on a segment about Illinois’ pitiful budget woes. Watch: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/7dahxe/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-jordan-klepper-s-happy-endings—illinois-s-budget-impasse Sandack leaves with nearly $130,000 in his campaign account, according to the most recent election filing. He was up for reelection in November. Last night, state Rep. Tom Demmer said of Sandack on Twitter: “An excellent legislator and a great guy. We’ll miss him in the House.” Gov. Rauner is in Chicago today, and will no doubt be asked to weigh in on this one.)
— Priebus on DNC leak: ‘The Russians didn’t write the emails’ – Nick Gass
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-leak-reince-priebus-russia-226115
— Bedlam erupts as Wasserman Schultz speaks to Florida delegates – Nick Gass and Daniel Strauss
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/chaos-erupts-as-wasserman-schultz-speaks-to-florida-delegates-226113
— Mook suggests Russians leaked DNC emails to help Trump – Jeremy Herb
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/robby-mook-russians-emails-trump-226084

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— GOP state lawmaker resigns abruptly, cites cyber security issues – Mike Riopell
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gop-state-lawmaker-resigns-abruptly-cites-cyber-security-issues/
— Mayor, Council allies play games to get him his way – Andy Shaw
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/shaw-mayor-nixes-referendum-question/
— Madigan on Durbin bid for governor: ‘We talked about it’ – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-on-durbin-bid-for-governor-we-talked-about-it/

 

ABC7
— IL DEMOCRATS IN PHILADELPHIA FOR DNC – Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/il-democrats-in-philadelphia-for-dnc/1441316/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Suburban lawmaker Ron Sandack abruptly resigns, citing hacked social media accounts – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ron-sandack-resigns-illinois-house-20160724-story.html
— Twitter opens up verified accounts to everyone; here’s how to get yours – Hayley Tsukayama  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, few if any of my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes could/would get a verified Twitter account.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-twitter-verified-account-wp-bsi-20160720-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to Twitter’s help center, a verified account applicant must have: A verified phone number  A confirmed email address  A bio A profile photo A birthday (for accounts that are not company, brand, or organization accounts)  A website Tweets set as public in Tweet privacy settings  You may also be asked for a copy of a government-issued ID, to further confirm you are who you say you are. In other words, if you were planning on keeping anything about your identity hidden from Twitter, this is not a move you should make.)
— Wikileaks DNC emails show former U. of I. chairman tried to get back into Democrats’ good graces – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-niranjan-shah-wikileaks-obama-fundraiser-blagojevich-20160724-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: From behind bars, Hastert fights victim’s lawsuit – Christy Gutowski  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dennis-hastert-lawsuit-response-met-20160724-story.html
— Offbeat and overlooked ways to save money for college – Steve Rosen  (DIERSEN: What did you do to save money for college?  I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, worked as a security guard, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/sns-201607111430–tms–kidmoneyctnsr-a20160711-20160711-story.html
— Working past age 65 has many benefits – Jill Schlesinger  (DIERSEN: The older that I get, the more furious that I get at my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government who wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/savingsgame/tca-working-past-age-65-has-many-benefits-20160714-story.html
— Can America afford to have a ceremonial president? – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201607211800–tms–jgoldbrgctnjg-a20160722-20160722-column.html
— Sex offenders sue, saying registry laws keep them from church, living with family – Robert McCoppin  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who bring sex offenders to America, to Illinois, to your county, to your township/ward, to your municipality, and/or to your precinct?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-sex-offender-registry-suit-met-20160724-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— A closer look at people who volunteer – HandsOn Suburban Chicago  (DIERSEN: What volunteer work do you do?  I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.  How should I react to those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and what I do?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160725/news/160729641/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A CATHOLIC REFORMATION  As the Archdiocese of Chicago prepares to close or combine churches, even parishes like St. John of the Cross in affluent Western Springs will feel the pain. How so? Imagine multiple-couple weddings. – BRIGID SWEENEY (DIERSEN: Democrats want Catholics to address their problems by promoting Democrats, dependency on government, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot, booze, gambling, abolition of the Second Amendment, demonization, denigration, and condemnation of Republicans, of non-Catholics, of etc.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/catholic#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccb-morning10&utm_campaign=ccb-morning10-20160725

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Rauner working with police on easing marijuana penalties – AP  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who wants marijuana penalties to be eased?  ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. If asked if marijuana penalties should be higher for those involved in education, how would Rauner respond?  What about those involved in government and/or in politics?)
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/07/24/rauner-working-with-police-on-easing-marijuana-penalties/a7l6vz8/

 

STATELINE
— Trump bounces into the lead  Trump’s favorability also rising – CNN
http://www.mystateline.com/news/trump-bounces-into-the-lead

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Clinton says there is an unfair ‘Hillary standard’ on trust and honesty  Clinton and Kaine have first joint interview – CNN  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs are moral relativists who believe that their end (getting rid of all Republicans) justifies their means.  RINOs are much closer to Democrats than they are to Republicans.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/clinton-says-she-wont-engage-in-insult-fest-with-trump

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Stolen Valor Now A Petty Offense In Illinois – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=219597#.V5Xu2xF9XHk

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Politicians perfectly happy with status quo – Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-politicians-perfectly-happy-with-status-quo/article_08e3e7e3-06a3-52a8-9847-9dafceaa5620.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Sandack Stunner: Ill. Rep. from Downers Grove resigns from Statehouse
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/07/25/sandack-stunner-ill-rep-from-downers-grove-resigns-from-statehouse/anq3swc/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage County: Letter On Compensation of Elected Officials (Part 3) – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/dupage-county-letter-on-compensation-of-elected-officials-part-3/

 

ILLINOIS INTELLIGENCER
— Marijuana Has the IRS Seeing a Different Type of Green
http://www.illinoisintelligencer.com/index.php/sid/246121533

 

U.S. OF ARN
— Rep. Ron Sandack Resigns Suddenly
http://usofarn.com/2016/07/24/rep-ron-sandack-resigns-suddenly/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER POISED TO SIGN MARIJUANA BILL  (DIERSEN: If you want to destroy Illinois, you promote pot in Illinois.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/rayner-poised-to-sign-marijuana-bill.html
— THORNER & O’NEIL: DEMOCRATS DENY DANGERS OF ISLAMIC CALIPHATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/thorner-oneil-democrats-deny-dangers-of-islamic-caliphate.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— The “communications platform” stirs controversy  (DIERSEN: As everyone knows, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are put together by and paid for by Dave Diersen.)
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/25/the-communications-platform-stirs-controversy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Residents received the Illinois Valley Times in their mailboxes this week. Despite its local name, the new publication has no presence here. Its parent organization, which is largely funded by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, is based in Chicago. One of its writers lives in New York. The newspaper includes no mailing address or phone number and gives readers no information about who runs it, though it provides an email address and Twitter account. . .As the story goes on to report, this is one of Dan Proft’s newspapers published by Liberty Principles PAC. And then there’s this story… The Illinois Press Association isn’t sure it really is a newspaper — they think it might be a political advertisement and are interested in finding out who’s behind it. Don Craven, general counsel for the Illinois Press Association, said throughout the campaign season he was alerted to a series of publications crafted to look like newspapers. These would seem to have all come from the same source: The website for the Illinois Valley Times includes links to 13 sister publications such as “Rock Island Today” and the “Sangamon Sun.”)

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Reince Priebus: Wouldn’t be surprised if Hillary Clinton personally knew about DNC issues – David Sherfinski
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/25/reince-priebus-wouldnt-be-surprised-if-hillary-cli/

 

GOPUSA
— The NBA is the National Bullying Association  (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the NBA get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12961
— Kaine panders to Latino voters in intro speech  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not pander to Latinos.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12947

 

BREITBART
— Priebus Blames Cable News for Division: ‘It Is a Profit Center to Divide People, to Divide Politics, to Divide Parties’ – TRENT BAKER  (DIERSEN: What do you do with your time and with your money?  What do my critics/opponents say my evil motives are for putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and for sending them out?)
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/07/24/priebus-blames-cable-news-for-division-it-is-a-profit-center-to-divide-people-to-divide-politics-to-divide-parties/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump: People Think Ailes Is Going to Run My Campaign
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Trump-Ailes-campaign/2016/07/23/id/740174/
— Trump: New Muslim Ban Plan an ‘Expansion’
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/trump-muslim-ban-expansion/2016/07/24/id/740192/

 

THE BLAZE
— Clinton Made VP Finalists Turn Over Every Social Media Password for Each Member of Family and More – Jason Howerton
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/24/report-clinton-made-vp-finalists-turn-over-every-social-media-password-for-each-member-of-family-and-more/
— Clinton on Security Failures in Benghazi: ‘It Was Not My Ball to Carry’ – Jason Howerton
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/24/clinton-on-security-failures-in-benghazi-it-was-not-my-ball-to-carry/

 

THE HILL
— Democrats pressure Wasserman Schultz to abandon convention role – Amie Parnes
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/289071-dems-pressure-wasserman-schultz-to-abandon-convention-role

 

CNN
— Donald Trump bounces into the lead – Jennifer Agiesta
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/25/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-poll/index.html

 

REUTERS
— Democrats in disarray on eve of convention to nominate Clinton – JOHN WHITESIDES
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-idUSKCN1040TO

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— More Damned Emails – Charles M. Blow  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government were smart enough not to NOT put in their emails that Democrat politicians had ordered them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran to make way for their newly hired young Democrat employees who were minority and/or female.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/opinion/more-damned-emails.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that they are soft on crime.  What percent of those who commit crimes are Democrats?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/opinion/delusions-of-chaos.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ARTICLE IN THE July 25, 2016 Daily Herald: A quarter of Americans worry about running out of money in retirement – Rodney Brooks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2016/07/18/a-quarter-of-americans-worry-about-running-out-of-money-in-retirement/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Liberal Democrats to Play Major Role at Convention’s Opening Night  Bernie Sanders to call for party unity and champion progressive issues –  PETER NICHOLAS and COLLEEN MCCAIN NELSON
http://www.wsj.com/articles/liberal-democrats-to-play-major-role-at-conventions-opening-night-1469401868
— Wharton Grad Trump Fails Economics  Technology, not free trade, explains the loss of most middle-class jobs. – MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY  (DIERSEN: What about Political Affiliation Discrimination (PAD), Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Inclusion, and Veterans Preference (VP)?  Because of PAD, AA, Diversity, Inclusion, and VP, many millions of Republican White male non-veterans are unemployed or underemployed.  If I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran, I not only might very well still be working for the federal government, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old in 1988.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/wharton-grad-trump-fails-economics-1469395049
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps compare Trump negatively to P.T. Barnum.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/when-a-ringmaster-leapt-into-the-political-circus-1469395381

 

BLOOMBERG
— Schultz Jeered as Convention Democrats Face Their Own Unity Problem  Supporters of Bernie Sanders have flooded into Philadelphia. – Michael C. Bender
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-25/after-gloating-democrats-face-unity-problem-of-their-own

 

USA TODAY
— Stocks could predict who wins White House – Adam Shell  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  Of course, needless-to-say, the Democrats who run the federal government will drive the stock market up to elect Clinton.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/07/25/stocks-predict-who-wins-white-house/87440314/
— GOP unity? Trump takes aim against Kasich, Cruz – David M Jackson
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/07/24/donald-trump-john-kasich-ted-cruz/87498902/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout that non-Democrats are racists, bigots, or even worse things.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/advice/2016/07/25/airbnb-vacation-rental-discrimination/86846642/
— Roger Ailes’ exit may help all sexual harassment victims – Charisse Jones  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  Democrats are nasty.  Because I am a healthy non-veteran White male Republican who complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I discriminated against, if not harassed, my subordinates who were disabled, Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Virtually all of my IRS and GAO subordinates were disabled, Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. None of them ever filed any kind of complaint against me.  I always followed my Democrat superiors’ orders to give preference to my subordinates who were disabled, Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/07/22/roger-ailes-exit-fox-news-may-bring-other-victims-forward/87445490/
— Clinton’s history of hiring women includes mentoring, office crib – Heidi M. Przybyla  (DIERSEN: During my last 4 years at GAO, my immediate supervisor was a woman, and for the 4 years before that, she was my immediate supervisor’s boss. To her credit, she was a) uncomfortable having to help waste my career and b) uncomfortable having to help force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  But never-the-less, she did help waste my career and help force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  To turn her against me, my Democrat GAO superiors stressed to her a) that I was a 100% German Missouri Synod Lutheran and that she was Jewish, b) that my ancestors had been in America much longer than her ancestors, c) that I was older than she was, c) that I am a male and that she is a female, d) that I lived in Wheaton and that she lived in Chicago, e) that I am a conservative Republican and that she is a liberal Democrat, f) that I owned American nameplate cars and that she owned foreign nameplate cars, g) that she had been divorced and I had not, h) that she had children to raise and that I did not, i) etc.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/25/hillary-clinton-white-house-women-hiring-senate/86944622/

 

TIME MAGAZINE
— Donald Trump Team Woos Bernie Sanders Supporters at Democratic Convention – Charlotte Alter
http://time.com/4421146/democratic-convention-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton/

 

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The following want “Latinos to swing Arizona:” those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/01/promise-arizona-and-the-power-of-the-latino-vote

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Remain Wary of Political News They’re Getting  (DIERSEN: Unlike so many of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, Diersen fully discloses his background including his sources and amounts of income, education, work experience, professional certifications, professional license, phone number, email address, home address, biography, photo, age, etc.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/july_2016/voters_remain_wary_of_political_news_they_re_getting
— Users Strongly Reject Censorship on Facebook, Twitter  (DIERSEN: Who want to censor you?  The following want to censor me: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/july_2016/users_strongly_reject_censorship_on_facebook_twitter

July 22 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DONALD TRUMP ACCEPTS GOP NOMINATION ON FINAL DAY OF RNC – Kathy Brock and Ben Bradley
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/donald-trump-accepts-gop-nomination-/1437252/

 

CBS2
— Kirk Calls For Debate In Spanish With Challenger Duckworth – Jay Levine  (DIERSEN: Levine says “In many ways, and on many issues, Kirk seems closer to Democrats than Republicans.” For many decades, Kirk supporters have dominated the Illinois Republican Party.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/21/kirk-calls-for-debate-in-spanish-with-challenger-duckworth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Like most of Illinois’ prominent Republicans, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is not at the Republican National Convention.  He’s proposing a series of bilingual debates against Democratic Challenger Tammy Duckworth. Kirk tells CBS2 Special Correspondent Jay Levine that aside from a few physical limitations, he’s fully recovered from the stroke which nearly took his life four years ago. The first-term senator still uses a wheelchair most of the time, but mentally, he says he’s fully recovered. He says he could handle debates. “In fact, I have asked Tammy Duckworth to debate me en espanol,” says Kirk, who is up for other debates, and in English. Kirk has said he won’t endorse his party’s controversial presidential nominee, Donald Trump. He says he’ll write in retired Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell, and urge others to do the same. “I don’t think Donald Trump would make a good commander-in-chief, he’s too emotional,” Kirk says of Trump. In many ways, and on many issues, Kirk seems closer to Democrats than Republicans. “I am a moderate, pro-choice pro-gay rights guy who wants to spend less and tax less,” Kirk says. He says he also bucks his party where the NRA is concerned. Levine asked Kirk about a series of controversial statements he has made in recent memory. That includes a reference last year to Chicago’s South Side, when he referred to an unmarried colleague as a “bro with no ho.” “When you’re in a race like I’m in, everything is taken the wrong way,” Kirk says. But then he almost immediately let fly another headscratcher about the therapeutic benefits of pinot grigio. He says the wine has helped him talk more clearly. “Suddenly, as the pinot grigio hit the brain stem, my speech abilities came back. And I said to my girlfriend, ‘OK, it’s going to be only pignot grigio.’”  Kirk has waged a long, hard battle to recover from that life-threatening stroke. Now, he’s fighting for his political life, for a U.S. Senate seat Democrats feel may be their best chance to take that chamber from the GOP.)

 

WBEZ
— Illinois GOP Chairman Tim Schneider Urges Trump Supporters To Get Involved – Tony Arnold  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If/when Schneider is asked what should Illinois Republicans do to keep up to date with news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans, how should he respond? ANSWER: Not only read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails every morning and every evening at
www.gopillinois.com, but subscribe at that website to get those emails each and every morning and evening.  GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are free of charge and they contain no advertising.  The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) would love to put out emails like GOPUSA Illinois Editor Dave Diersen does, but the IRP could never afford to pay the millions of dollars each year that would cost.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-gop-chairman-urges-trump-supporters-to-get-involved/63425fd9-bd8a-4c80-a0b3-6b3610b3a8a5
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With some Illinois Donald Trump supporters at odds with the state’s Republican party, Illinois GOP Chairman Tim Schneider asked Trump supporters to get involved in races beside the presidential campaign when they return from Cleveland. Schneider said the state GOP organization has more tools to help elect Trump – and other Republican candidates – than political newcomers, who haven’t been involved in the party, can do alone. One way in particular Schneider said the state party can help candidates, is through personal data collection on voters. “We know more about you, I hate to say it, than you think,” Schneider said Thursday morning at the final breakfast meeting of the Illinois Republican delegation. “I mean, we know so much about you because of the data that we’re getting. I can tell you that we get the information from your credit cards and where you buy – what cable TV stations that you watch.” Schneider said all that information helps the Republican Party advertise to swing voters, instead of just the voters who are likely to mark ballots for the GOP regardless of advertisements. He said if Trump supporters want to help their candidate in a bigger way, they should get more involved in the established Republican Party because it already has a way to target specific voters for campaign literature. This comes as earlier in the week, Schneider introduced himself – and the state Republican Party – as the friend – not the enemy – of Trump supporters wary of party leaders who oppose Trump for president. “You all need the Illinois Republican Party,” Schneider said to the political newcomers who make up a lot of the Illinois Republican delegation at national convention. “We need you and you need us. You need us because we are the framework. We’re the grassroots. We’re the get-out-the-vote program. We’re the phone banks. We’re the data.” Schneider credited Bruce Rauner’s 2014 campaign for governor, in which Rauner contributed millions of dollars from his own bank account, for helping build the state GOP’s database on voters. Schneider says Republicans are targeting 22 state legislative districts currently held by Democrats around Illinois that he thinks can flip to Republican this November. Schneider says this election could help take away the Democratic supermajorities in the state House and Senate – if more political newcomers like the Trump delegates get involved.)
— Shared Beds And Hitting Thrift Stores: How Illinois Trump Delegates Are Cutting Costs In Cleveland – Lauren Chooljian
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/shared-beds-and-hitting-thrift-stores-how-illinois-trump-delegates-are-cutting-costs-in-cleveland/65bfe7de-8c04-49aa-833b-df3a3a38aab6
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With one day left in the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, some members of the Illinois delegation in Cleveland are already sure this week has been one of the best of their lives. They say the RNC has been energizing and inspiring, but also very expensive. Many of them have tried to find ways to cut costs, and some of those tactics are more intimate than others.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump offers familiar promises, no specifics — again – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-trump-offers-familiar-promises-no-specifics-again/
— Gutierrez to speak at Democratic convention – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rep-luis-gutierrez-to-speak-at-democratic-convention/
— Calculating Cruz helped kill conservatism – Mona Charen
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/mona-charen-calculating-cruz-helped-kill-conservatism/
— Prejudice against Mexicans? Trump’s still all in – Marlen Garcia  (DIERSEN: Trump is prejudiced against those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and/or who bring others to America illegally.  Anti-Trumps are prejudiced against those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/author/mgarciasuntimescom/
— SNEED: Ka-ching! It’s no secret Trump has had trouble raising major money from big-bucks Republican donors. Sneed cornered House leader Jim Durkin — who is still furious with Trump for defaming Vietnam War hero John McCain — who was in Cleveland raising major moolah. But it was not for Trump. “I’m raising money for the Illinois legislative races, not for Trump,” he said. “It’s still a wait-and-see if I vote for him.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-ivanka-trump-steals-the-show-at-gop-convention/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump steps into void left by what Republican Party destroyed – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-donald-trump-republican-convention-kass-0722-20160721-column.html
— Lawsuit makes things awkward at Gov. Rauner and first lady appearance – Kim Geiger  (DIERSEN: Have you ever sued your employer?  While I worked for GAO in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.  In 1978, while I worked for IRS, I took IRS to Tax Court for disallowing my education deductions.  In 1974, while I worked for IRS, I filed a grievance against IRS for disallowing my partial day per diem requests (SEE: http://www.gao.gov/products/463866).
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-diana-rauner-lawsuit-20160721-story.html
— Judge orders state to reconsider medical marijuana for migraines – Robert McCoppin  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that push pot want everyone in America to be a stoner.  They want to destroy America.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-medical-marijuana-migraines-met-20160721-story.html
— Township highway commission files appeal in budget lawsuit – Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-township-lawsuit-appeal-st-0722-20160720-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Full text of Trump’s speech, footnoted by his campaign – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160722/news/160729660/
— The 10 most dramatic moments of the Republican convention – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160722/news/160729657/
— Making GOP history, Trump vows to protect LGBTQ community – AP  (DIERSEN: Trump is new to politics and he has never held a government office. Soon, he will learn that those who promote LGBTQ activity do not merely want “protection,” they want to destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ activity. When Trump comes to realize that, will he help those who promote LGBTQ activity destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ activity?  Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have always worked the hardest against me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160722/news/307229981/
— GOP convention ends quietly with few arrests after protests – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160722/news/307229995/
— GOP convention did little to reassure doubters – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160722/discuss/160729659/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— CTA, Metra are unworthy ‘social engineering,’ GOP says – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for GAO for almost 18 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were overwhelmingly anti-automobile.  They viewed automobiles a) as being things that people use to escape Democrat-run cities and/or b) as things that were made by overpaid UAW members.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160721/BLOGS02/160729936/cta-metra-are-unworthy-social-engineering-gop-says
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Did you realize that, when you took Metra, Pace or the Chicago Transit Authority to work or school today, you were engaged in “social engineering?” Well, you were, according to a section of the 2016 Republican Platform that was adopted this week and on which Donald Trump and Mike Pence will now run. And it’s time for such “government transit” to get its hands off of the U.S. Highway Trust Fund, the GOP says. Under current law, proceeds from the federal 18.4 cents a gallon tax on gasoline are split between roads and transit, with the latter usually getting about a fifth of the total. The fund has come perilously close to running short in recent years, in part because people are driving less but the per-gallon tax has remained frozen for many years. Faced with that, GOP House lawmakers a few years ago moved to switch the entire amount to roads, something that would have forced transit to battle it out for every other demand for federal general funds. That got squelched when a handful of GOP congressmen from urban areas, including Chicago, revolted. But the idea has never quite died among GOP conservatives, mostly from rural and suburban districts. the 2012 party platform called for an end to the diversion, but left it at that. . .The new version goes considerably further.)

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren warms to Trump – BRETT ROWLAND
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2016/07/21/u-s-rep-randy-hultgren-warms-to-trump/arm47i1/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County officials react to Donald Trump’s acceptance of GOP nomination for president – HANNAH PROKOP
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/07/21/mchenry-county-officials-react-to-donald-trumps-acceptance-of-gop-nomination-for-president/a99tvtv/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump accepts presidential nomination, paints a dire picture of America  Trump at nomination: ‘I alone can fix it’ – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/donald-trumps-most-important-moment-1

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois delegates strive for unity as GOP convention wraps up – MAUREEN O’REILLY  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republicans” who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who do not “strive for unity,” but who a) focus on getting rid of those like me who support planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and/or the Republican Party platform that they reject, most commonly, the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks; b) who focus getting rid of those like me who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling; c) who focus on getting rid of those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate; and/or d) who focus on getting rid of those like me who have sued them.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article91208667.html

 

WSIU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout that Republicans are racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.  How soon, if not already, should Republicans go to court and a) get retaining orders issued against Democrats and/or b) sue Democrats for sander and/or for libel?)
http://news.wsiu.org/post/diversity-check-illinois-rnc-delegation#stream/0

 

WAND
— Anti-Trump Protest Held in Champaign – Michon Lindstrom  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, anti-Trumps promote their anti-Trump protests.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/32504351/anti-trump-protest-held-in-champaign

 

PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
— New Data Shows Illinois Voters Favor State Workers in Contract Talks  (DIERSEN: What are your demographics?  Do voters favor those who share your demographics?  Democrats and RINOs in Illinois hint/imply/argue/shout that Illinois voters favor those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-07-22/livable-wages-working-families/new-data-shows-illinois-voters-favor-state-workers-in-contract-talks/a53133-1

 

JOLIET PATCH
— Lovers, Haters of Donald Trump Protest in Joliet  Despite the heat, a handful of people protested at Larkin Ave. and Jefferson St. Thursday. – Scott Viau  (DIERSEN: How have the Trump haters treated you so far?  How do you anticipate that the Trump haters will treat you in the future?  If/when they threaten/commit violence against you, will you go to court and a) get restraining orders against them and/or b) sue them?  Who are the biggest Trump haters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  What do you say to “Republicans” who talk and act like they are Trump haters?)
http://patch.com/illinois/joliet/lovers-haters-donald-trump-protest-joliet

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— More than 181,000 Illinoisans have been issued a license to carry a concealed firearm since the spring of 2014, according to the Illinois State Police. Using the latest data, we list and map out which counties have the most license holders.
http://rebootillinois.com/2016/07/20/an-updated-look-at-concealed-carry-in-illinois-by-the-numbers/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TRUMP CREDITS EVANGELICALS AS A “BIG REASON” HE BECAME THE 2016 GOP NOMINEE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/trump-credits-evangelicals-as-a-big-reason-he-became-the-2016-gop-nominee.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Ted Cruz and an act of betrayal  He might have sacrificed his future as a Republican – Editorial
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/21/ted-cruz-and-an-act-of-betrayal/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— JUST WHO IS THE ‘ESTABLISHMENT?’ – Ken Blackwell  (DIERSEN: Members of the establishment have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.  Far too many establishment members use their clout to destroy those like me who a) do not glorify and praise them, b) do not pander to them, c) do not serve as one of their operatives, d) do not serve as one of their dupes, and/or e) do not give them money.  I should write a book about such clout abusers, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/just-who-is-the-establishment/

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— Priebus: ‘We Don’t Apologize for America, We Celebrate America’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/07/21/priebus-rnc-speech-we-dont-apologize-america-we-celebrate-america

 

GOPUSA
— Chicago: Imagining a world without police
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12847
— Trump: The American people will come first again
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12886

 

BREITBART
— Reince Priebus: Hillary Clinton Views the Oval Office as a ‘Cash Cow’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/07/21/reince-priebus-hillary-clinton-views-the-oval-office-as-a-cash-cow/

 

THE BLAZE
— Krauthammer: Cruz’s RNC Speech Was ‘Longest Suicide Note’ in U.S. Political History – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/21/krauthammer-cruzs-rnc-speech-was-longest-suicide-note-in-u-s-political-history/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Sure, Trump’s Speech Was Dark. America’s in a Dark Place Right Now. – JIM GERAGHTY
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/438216/sure-trumps-speech-was-dark-americas-dark-place-right-now
— Ivanka on Women and Workplace Issues – CARRIE LUKAS  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were female that I caused all the problems that all my female superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had, were having, and will have.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/438217/rnc-convention-ivanka-women-and-workplace-issues

 

ROLL CALL
— Trump Pledges to Make America Safe  He accepts GOP nomination for president and promises a law-and-order administration – John Bennett
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/trump-tell-delegates-clinton-made-u-s-world-less-safe

 

THE HILL
— Trump manager: Women’s ‘husbands can’t afford to pay bills’ Paul Manafort said women will be voting for the real estate mogul because “they can’t afford their lives.” – Caitlin Yilek  (DIERSEN: Are you a married woman?  Why doesn’t your husband have more money that he has? My $50,720 Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically reduced because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.  QUESTION: Why did they do that?  ANSWER: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.  To make way for their young Democrat minority and female employees, they had to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288810-trump-campaign-manager-many-women-feel-they-cant-afford
— Trump closes convention with stabilizing speech – NIALL STANAGE
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288836-trump-closes-convention-with-stabilizing-speech
— Obama decries anti-Muslim discrimination – Jordan Fabian (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats an the RINOs get rid of you if you do not promote Islam?)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288784-obama-decries-anti-muslim-discrimination
— Trump on Cruz endorsement: ‘If he gives it, I won’t accept it’ – Lisa Hagen  (DIERSEN: Whose endorsement do you NOT seek? I do not seek the endorsement of those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288871-trump-i-would-not-accept-cruzs-endorsement

 

POLITICO
— Ivanka Trump pitches father as champion of women – Katy O’Donnell  (DIERSEN: What will Trump do to stop political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid?)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/rnc-2016-ivanka-trump-225995

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Reince Priebus To America: ‘Hold On. Help Is Coming’ With Donald Trump – Igor Bobic
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reince-priebus-donald-trump_us_57916315e4b00c9876cedad1

 

ABC NEWS
— Donald Trump: ‘Americanism, Not Globalism, Will Be Our Credo’
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/donald-trump-americanism-globalism-credo-40791714

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DAUGHTER IVANKA TRUMP RAISES ISSUES FATHER RARELY MENTIONS – STEPHEN OHLEMACHER (DIERSEN: What will Trump do to stop political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid?)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOP_2016_CONVENTION_IVANKA_TRUMP

 

REUTERS
— Obama: Discrimination against Muslims an affront of American values  (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats an the RINOs, that is, the anti-Trumps, get rid of you if you do not promote Islam?)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-obama-muslims-idUSKCN10131V

 

UPI
— RNC chief Priebus: Hillary Clinton is corrupt, stale; ‘we are the party with new ideas’  “We honor what the people say,” the Republican Party’s national chairman said Thursday night. – Eric DuVall
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/07/21/RNC-chief-Priebus-Hillary-Clinton-is-corrupt-stale-we-are-the-party-with-new-ideas/1101469150624/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: G.O.P.’s Moneyed Class Finds Its Place in New Trump World – NICHOLAS CONFESSORE  (DIERSEN: How much income and net worth do you need to be in the moneyed class in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/us/politics/gops-moneyed-class-finds-its-place-in-new-trump-world.html
— The World Roger Ailes Created – JANE HALLJU
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/opinion/the-world-roger-ailes-created.html
— Roger Ailes Fused TV With Politics, Changing Both – JAMES PONIEWOZIK
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/arts/television/roger-ailes-out-fox-news.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Death Of the Party – David Brooks
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/opinion/campaign-stops/the-dark-knight.html
— Donald Trump’s Campaign of Fear – Editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/opinion/donald-trumps-campaign-of-fear.html
— Gay Republicans at the Convention: Scarce, Except in D.C. Delegation – JEREMY W. PETERS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/us/politics/gay-republicans-washington-dc.html
— Mexican Journalist Who Exposed Scandal Says Lawsuit Is Meant as a Warning – ELISABETH MALKIN  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the warnings that I have received from the following: those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and from those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/world/americas/mexican-journalist-who-exposed-scandal-says-lawsuit-is-meant-as-a-warning.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump tells donors that Cruz boos showed GOP is united behind him – Sean Sullivan and Philip Rucker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/21/trump-tells-donors-that-cruz-boos-showed-gop-is-united-behind-him/
— Obama calls Muslims ‘an essential part of the fabric of our country’ – Juliet Eilperin  (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats an the RINOs, that is, the anti-Trumps, get rid of you if you do not promote Islam?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/21/obama-calls-muslims-an-essential-part-of-the-fabric-of-our-country/
— Ted Cruz not backing down as he reopens wounds from hard-fought GOP primary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/unity-in-question-as-republicans-prepare-for-trump-to-take-the-stage-thursday/2016/07/21/7009bad2-4f03-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Missouri Synod Lutherans Armor Up to Defend Women  The Senate wants to mandate female draft registration—starting a war over conscience. – KOREY MAAS  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Missouri Synod Lutherans?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/lutherans-armor-up-to-defend-women-1469141810

 

USA TODAY
— Trump will put America first – Rep. Duncan Hunter
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/21/donald-trump-duncan-hunter-editorials-debates/87409528/
— Good news, America! Trump, Clinton too old for 2nd term: We’re stuck with one of them now, but it might not be for long. What are they hiding in medical records? – Michael Medved  (DIERSEN: What health problems do/did your parents have?  My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14 and he died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.  All of my potential employers and employers knew that.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/21/trump-hillary-age-health-records-medved-column/87285390/

 

THE BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/22/meet-the-shady-network-of-immigration-opponents-donald-trump-loves-to-cite.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps accuse Trump.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/21/trump-rape-accusers-turn-on-each-other.html

 

NEWS NOW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors love Michael Steele.
http://newsone.com/3487131/michael-steele-questions-republicans/

 

CLEVELAND
— Donald Trump nomination transforms Republican party, Ivanka Trump stars with speech – Tim Bielik
http://www.cleveland.com/rnc-2016/index.ssf/2016/07/donald_trump_nomination_transf.html

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump and GOP Outline Plans for Federal Government at Republican Convention – Eric Katz  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats will use any budget cuts to get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.govexec.com/management/2016/07/trump-and-gop-outline-plans-federal-government-republican-convention/130127/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans from across the country gathered in Cleveland this week to nominate Donald Trump as their presidential candidate, and while there was some discord in the party ranks, the GOP was united in its desire to cut the size and scope of government. The speakers articulated few specifics of a government management agenda, but did not shy away from criticizing the Obama administration for expanding the roles of agencies and their regulatory reach. In his acceptance speech Thursday, Republican nominee Donald Trump to vowed “no tolerance for government incompetence.” He spent much of his speech discussing national security and government’s role in protecting it. “The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens,” Trump said. “Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead.” Trump promised to cut waste across government on an expedited timeframe. “We are going to ask every department head in government to provide a list of wasteful spending projects that we can eliminate in my first 100 days,” Trump said. “The politicians have talked about it; I’m going to do it.”)

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— House Oversight continues its ‘political burrowing’ inquiries – Carten Cordell  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my nastiest Democrat superiors talked and acted like they were burrowed in Democrat extremists.)
http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/management/oversight/2016/07/21/house-oversight-political-burrowing-inquiries/87384006/

 

FED SMITH
— Priorities in Trump’s Acceptance Speech and the Federal Workforce – Ralph Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/07/22/priorities-in-trumps-acceptance-speech-and-the-federal-workforce/

 

SALON
— Reince Priebus Tells Inspirational Story of GM Exec Who Helped Fuel Nazi War Effort – Josh Levin
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/21/reince_priebus_tells_inspirational_story_of_gm_president_william_knudsen.html

July 19 Morning Edition

WBEZ
— Kasich Lunch Creates More Distrust Between The Illinois Republican Delegation – Lauren Chooljian, Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/kasich-lunch-creates-more-distrust-between-the-illinois-republican-delegation/bab7abcc-3ff9-4ba3-93be-9173fb68e1f1
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republicans got to have a midday snack with Ohio governor and former presidential candidate John Kasich Monday. Getting some face time with national political figures is one of the perks of going to the Republican National Convention, but for some Illinois Trump delegates, the lunch with Kasich was a distraction and it increased the strain in their already fragile relationship with a state party they say hasn’t done enough to back their candidate. It’s been well-publicized that former presidential candidate John Kasich is not going inside the convention center. Instead, he’s meeting state delegations, like Illinois’ — at a nice steakhouse in downtown Cleveland. On Monday, the room for Kasich was so full of Illinois delegates wanting to hear from Kasich that the restaurant’s air conditioning system couldn’t keep the delegates from getting sweaty. But just as Kasich started addressing the crowd, chaos was erupting on the floor of the RNC. In short, the Never Trump Delegates were making a last ditch effort at disrupting the nomination of Donald Trump. But inside the steakhouse, it wasn’t yet clear what was happening on the floor, and Kasich didn’t address it. Instead, the Ohio governor talked about supporting Illinois Republicans like Gov. Bruce Rauner in his prolonged fight with a Democratic supermajority in the state House and Senate. Rauner has also not formally endorsed Trump and is skipping this week’s national convention. “At some point, Rauner’s gonna break through. It’s like chipping away at the wall. It’s like chip, chip, chip, and when the dam breaks, Illinois’ gonna be better off,” Kasich told delegates. But for Trump delegates like Stella Kozanecki, that five-minute speech was not worth the trip. Kozanecki and her fellow Trump delegate Maria Hough said they regret their decision to go see Kasich. Like many of the Illinois delegation, they’re completely new to the political process and figured they’d just follow the schedule given to them by the Illinois Republican Party. “When we first got the invite, [Stella] said ‘I smell a rat, I don’t wanna go.’ And I said Stella, ‘it’s steak, we’ll go have some steak.’ And we thought it was okay!” Hough said. But then the Illinois Trump delegates got word via text message that things weren’t okay. “I’m really sorry we went to the steakhouse this afternoon with the Illinois delegation,” Kozanecki said. “I always miss all the fun.”  So they bolted from the steakhouse: 80-year-old Stella Kozanecki in a wheelchair, and Maria Hough pushing her wildly through the chaos of downtown Cleveland. Before Hough even stepped foot in Cleveland, she said her sole purpose of attending the convention was to “protect her man,” by which she means Donald Trump. And in that moment, running through the streets of Cleveland, it felt to her like her desire for steak could cost Trump the nomination. By the time they made it to the floor, the chaos was over and there was no longer a threat to Trump. But something still wasn’t okay for Hough and Kozanecki. “I feel like I was duped,” Hough said. Hough and Kozanecki think the Kasich lunch was a ruse to get them out of the convention hall and leave Trump’s nomination vulnerable. But even Kasich supporters who were Never Trumps from Illinois opposed what happened on the convention floor. One prominent Never-Trump delegate, Pat Brady, said the opportunity to deny Trump the nomination fell apart last week. But for Kozanecki and Hough, there are still lingering doubts about the Illinois Republican Party leadership, and it speaks to the distrust between those who run the Illinois Republican Party and those who are new to it, watching as supporters of Trump. And this is happening during a week meant to unify the party.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Beyond Trump and Clinton: What Republicans and Democrats stand for – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors FOCUS ON GETTING RID OF THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-democrats-republicans-clinton-trump-sanders-edit-0719-jm-20160718-story.html
— The presidential election polls agree on one thing: Voters rue their choices – David Lauter  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who 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 who focus on promoting “negatives” of a) those who support planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, b) those who support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, c) those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and d) those who have sued them.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-na-pol-voters-tough-choices-20160718-snap-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Washington Post/ABC News poll released over the weekend, for example, found 58% of voters were dissatisfied with the choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Among those surveyed, 64% had an unfavorable view of Trump, while 54% felt unfavorably toward Clinton. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey offered a similar verdict: Trump was viewed favorably by 27% of those surveyed and unfavorably by 60%. That net negative rating of 33 points was the worst in the history of the poll. But Clinton’s image was only somewhat better: 34% positive, 56% negative.)
— Skipping Republican convention, Kirk rebrands himself ‘Mr. Illinois’ – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in Illinois?  All my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany.  I have lived in Illinois since 1948 and in Wheaton since 1978.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-mark-kirk-mr-illinois-senate-duckworth-convention-20160718-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is bypassing the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, but he’s still trying to garner attention as he seeks re-election in November. As “Mr. Illinois.”  In a video posted on Twitter, Team Kirk unveiled a feature called “60 seconds with Mr. Illinois” in which he offers his view that Lou Malnati’s is his go-to pizza in Chicago and that The Ledge on the Skydeck at Willis Tower is his recommendation as a must-see destination. Kirk also offers that his favorite new sport is tower climbing, citing his stair climbing at the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center following his stroke. He doesn’t mention presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump or his Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, but does tout his efforts to help protect whistleblowers at the federal Veterans Administration.)
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO, ON COOK COUNTY, ON ILLINOIS, AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: After another violent weekend, Chicago police say ‘everyone’ needs to step up and help
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-weekend-shootings-20160718-story.html
— Hampton Creek CEO buys full-page ads to call Trump campaign ‘un-American,’ includes phone number – Brian Fung (DIERSEN: Some day I should add up all the time and money that I have spent putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out since 2000.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-josh-tetrick-donald-trump-ad-20160718-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If reading the Sunday paper is a weekly tradition, you might find an interesting surprise today: A full-page ad that’s mostly blank space, with bold lettering at the top that reads “DEAR DONALD.” Donald, of course, is a reference to presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. The ad follows with a short letter signed by a person identifying himself as Josh Tetrick. It appeared on Page A5 of the Sunday New York Times as well as the Plain Dealer in Cleveland, where the Republican convention is set to begin Monday. The Times charges nearly $152,000 for a nationwide black-and-white full-page ad on Sundays, meaning that Tetrick just dropped a serious amount of dough on trying to take Trump down a notch. That’s more money than two typical Tesla Model S’s put together, and before you even get to what Tetrick may have paid the Plain Dealer and other newspapers across the country for a spot.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Some Melania Trump speech lines mirror Michelle Obama speech – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/melania-trump-speech-lines-mirror-michelle-obama-speech/
— Postcards from the front – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sneed-postcards-from-the-front/
— Lewandowski: Melania speech staffer should be ‘accountable’ – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Does anyone write your speeches, and if so, who?  It would be great if the operatives and dupes who have slandered me in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall and elsewhere would disclose who wrote their speeches.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/melania-speech-staffer-should-be-accountable-lewandowski/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Tuesday morning the Trump staffer responsible for Melania Trump’s convention speech – now the subject of plagiarism allegations – should be held “accountable.”  Mrs. Trump is accused of delivering a speech with some passages similar to first lady Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Harvard study: as Trump won, media coverage turned sharply negative – Byron York
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160719/discuss/160719140/

 

WTTW
— DIERSEN: PANELISTS INCLUDE DILLARD AND IBENDAHL: 28:12 VIDEO: July 18, 2016 – Full Show “Chicago Tonight” covers the Republican National Convention with special reports and footage from reporters on the scene. Ohio Gov. John Kasich Offers Different Republican Vision to Illinois GOP US Rep. Peter Roskam: ‘Important’ to Attend GOP Convention
http://www.pbs.org/video/2365805402/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican Party leaders who are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and/or RINOs use the Republican Party’s big tent policy to cut out those like me who support all the planks in the party’s platform, including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/07/18/ohio-gov-john-kasich-offers-different-republican-vision-illinois-gop
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “An inclusive reform agenda is where my head is,” Kasich said. “We don’t want to cut anyone out. We are a big tent and we have to act like it. We have to have ideas and policies that expand who we are as Republicans without giving up our principals.” Kasich also said that he’d be in Illinois on Aug. 4 campaigning for U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk in his re-election battle against Democrat Tammy Duckworth.)

 

CLTV
— Pat Hughes Discusses the RNC on Politics Tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvTo1k8AgwY&feature=youtu.be

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Darin LaHood skipping GOP convention, but still backs Trump – Nick Vlahos
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20160718/darin-lahood-skipping-gop-convention-but-still-backs-trump

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— RNC 2016: Mainstream Republicans And The Trump “Newbies” – AMANDA VINICKY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/rnc-2016-mainstream-republicans-and-trump-newbies#stream/0

 

WICS
— Rauner Dodges Questions On Presidential Race
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/gov-rauner-dodges-questions-on-presidential-race
— Rodney Davis Talks RNC, Trump Presidency
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/rep-rodney-davis-talks-rnc-trump-presidency-07-19-2016

 

HYDE PARK HERALD
— Independent Voters of Illinois hold annual dinner in Hyde Park – SAM RAPPAPORT  (DIERSEN: The IVI seems to be a front for the Democrat Party.)
http://hpherald.com/2016/07/18/independent-voters-of-illinois-hold-annual-dinner-in-hyde-park/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Lewis backs Independent Map Amendment – Carol Ostrow
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/510963917-lewis-backs-independent-map-amendment

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— IL. State Rep. C D Davidsmeyer, State Sen. Sam McCann Accepted Illegal Campaign Donations From Public Hospital District – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/07/il-state-rep-c-d-davidsmeyer-state-sen-sam-mccann-accepted-illegal-campaign-donations-from-public-hospital-district/

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— POLITIFACT COMPARES THE CANDIDATES: CLINTON VS. TRUMP ON IMMIGRATION – MIRIAM VALVERDE  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. Democrats and RINOs side with individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that want to destroy America.)
http://www.rebootillinois.com/2016/07/18/editors-picks/miriam-valverde/politifact-compares-the-candidates-clinton-vs-trump-on-immigration/61780/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— LIVE COVERAGE *** Republican National Convention
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/19/live-coverage-republican-national-convention-2/

 

NUMBERS USA
— GOP IMMIGRATION PLATFORM FOCUSES ON AMERICAN WORKERS AND ENFORCEMENT
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/gop-immigration-platform-focuses-american-workers-and-enforcement

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Melania Trump steps into political spotlight at RNC, Giuliani electrifies crowd
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/19/melania-trump-steps-into-political-spotlight-at-rnc-giuliani-electrifies-crowd.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Giuliani: Trump Knows Enemy Is ‘Islamic Extremist Terrorism’ – Greg Richter
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/rudy-giuliani-convention-speech/2016/07/18/id/739291/

 

THE BLAZE
— Gingrich: Melania Trump is ‘Living Proof’ the Presumptive GOP Nominee Isn’t Anti-Immigrant – Tre Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/18/gingrich-melania-trump-is-living-proof-the-presumptive-gop-nominee-isnt-anti-immigrant/
— ‘Utter Degenerate Filth’: Pro-Choice Group Catches Heat for ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Abortions’ – Carly Hoilman
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/18/utter-degenerate-filth-pro-choice-group-catches-heat-for-comedians-in-cars-getting-abortions-video/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Latino leaders switch gears, announce plans to back Donald Trump – Seth McLaughlin
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/18/donald-trump-garner-support-latino-leaders/
— Democrat-funded protests backfire as officer killings boost support for police – Valerie Richardson
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/18/democrat-funded-protests-backfire-as-officer-killi/
— Melania Trump calls becoming U.S. citizen greatest privilege on Earth – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Democrats want to give U.S. citizenship to ANYONE who promises to vote for Democrats, and especially to those who come to America illegally.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/18/melania-trump-calls-becoming-us-citizen-great-priv/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Roskam: ‘We’ve got a full blown convention, here we go’ – SEAN LANGILLE
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rep.-roskam-weve-got-a-full-blown-convention-here-we-go/article/2596891
— Melania Trump salutes Bob Dole in convention speech – GABBY MORRONGIELLO  (DIERSEN: Dole walked in Wheaton’s 1996 Independence Day Parade.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/melania-trump-salutes-bob-dole-in-convention-speech/article/2596895

 

RED STATE
— Reince Priebus And The Entire Republican National Committee Need To Resign Over Convention Day 1 Clown Show – ULYSSES ARN
http://www.redstate.com/diary/ulyssesarn/2016/07/18/reince-priebus-entire-republican-national-committee-need-resign-convention-day-1-clown-show/

 

GOPUSA
— Is the Party Over for Bushism? – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12712
— Obama’s Links to Pro-Terrorist Groups – Cliff Kincaid
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12716
— Fox News to remove CEO Roger Ailes over sex harassment suit – UPI
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12701
— About that ‘truck attack’ in France
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12632

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— How the Clinton Foundation Got Rich off Poor Haitians – DINESH D’SOUZA
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437883/hillarys-america-secret-history-democratic-party-dinesh-dsouza-clinton-foundation
— The Party of Nostalgia – RACHEL LU  (DIERSEN: The following demonize, denigrate, and condemn the “good old days:” those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438019/donald-trump-republican-party

 

DAILY CALLER
— Melania Takes A Shot At Hillary: ‘My Husband Will Never Be Bought’ – Kaitlan Collin
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/18/melania-takes-a-shot-at-hillary-my-husband-will-never-be-bought/
— Federal Bureaucrat Unions Sure To Fume Over This Reform Plan For Trump – Kathryn Watson  (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 a background investigation, e) because they cannot pass a physical examination, f) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or g) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/18/fed-bureaucrat-unions-sure-to-fume-over-this-reform-plan-for-trump/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who say/stress that they are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time TO GIVE THEMSELVES STANDING TO DEMONIZE, TO DENIGRATE, AND TO CONDEMN THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/07/18/clinton_to_naacp_whites_need_to_recognize_our_privilege_trump_plays_coy_with_white_supremacists.html

 

THE HILL
— Priebus: I’d ‘probably’ fire Melania Trump speechwriter – By Rebecca Savransky  (DIERSEN: Does anyone write your speeches, and if so, who?  It would be great if the operatives and dupes who have slandered me in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall and elsewhere would disclose who wrote their speeches.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288293-rnc-chairman-id-probably-fire-melania-trump-speechwriter
— Newt Gingrich: Melania proves that Trump is not ‘anti-immigrant’ – Caitlin Yilek
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288244-gingrich-melania-proves-trump-is-not-anti-immigrant
— Trump makes his big entrance – Cate Martel
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288266-trump-makes-his-big-entrance
— Melania’s message: Donald Trump is ready to work for America – Ian Swanson
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/288267-melanias-message-donald-trump-is-ready-to-work-for-america
— GOP senators to donors: Stick with us regardless of Trump – Alexander Bolton  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps stick with anti-Trumps.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/288248-gop-senators-to-donors-stick-with-us-regardless-of-trump

 

POLITICO
— Ivanka Trump: Republican no-shows ‘don’t want to be part of the future’ – Nick Gass  (DIERSEN: At this point in the presidential election process, if you got elected or appointed to a government office or political office as a Republican, and if you are not going to help elect Trump/Pence, you should immediately resign.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/ivanka-trump-convention-225728
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Social conservatives win on GOP platform.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/gop-platform-social-conservatives-225782
— NRSC says it’s still betting on Kirk in Illinois – Natasha Korecki
http://www.politico.com/states/illinois/story/2016/07/nrsc-still-betting-on-kirk-in-illinois-103937#ixzz4EmYDJ75y
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use ridicule to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters.  Anti-Trumps are disciples of Saul Alinsky.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/2016-gop-convention-cleveland-drinking-game-214062

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Black Lives Matter-Bashing Black Sheriff Is Donald Trump’s New Best Friend  Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. was a crowd favorite Monday night. – Kate Sheppard
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-clarke-speech-rnc_us_578d89fae4b0a0ae97c332a7
— Diversity As An Enriching Experience – Daan Braveman  (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote diversity focus on getting rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daan-braveman/diversity-as-an-enriching_b_11057870.html

 

POLITICUS USA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Melania Trump’s Convention Speech Failed Miserably To Humanize Donald Trump.”
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/07/18/melania-trumps-convention-speech-failed-miserably-humanize-donald-trump.html

 

ABC NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: Republican Platform Tacks Right on Social Issues – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/republican-platform-tacks-social-issues-40681055
— Melania Trump Takes the Stage and Sings Donald’s Praises at the RNC – MEGHAN KENEALLY
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/melania-trump-takes-stage-sings-donalds-praises-rnc/story?id=40687072

 

CBS NEWS
— Clinton: Trump is the most dangerous man to ever run for President
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clinton-trump-is-the-most-dangerous-man-to-ever-run-for-president/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors say “The Most Extreme Republican Platform in Memory.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/opinion/the-most-extreme-republican-platform-in-memory.html
— OUTSTANDING: Republican Platform Defends ‘Traditional’ Marriage, a Border Wall and Coal – JEREMY W. PETERS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/republican-party-issues.html
— Peaceful Dueling Protests So Far as G.O.P. Convention Begins – YAMICHE ALCINDOR and MATT FLEGENHEIMER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/gop-convention-protests-cleveland.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Is Getting Even Trumpier!”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/opinion/trump-is-getting-even-trumpier.html
— Don’t Confuse Veterans and Violence – PHIL KLAY
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/opinion/dont-confuse-veterans-and-violence.html
— Veterans Worry Baton Rouge and Dallas Shootings Will Spread Stereotypes – DAVE PHILIPPS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/military-veterans-shootings-stereotypes.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats say that Republicans are racists.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/opinion/virginia-needs-to-fix-its-racist-voting-law.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Convention Gives Trump Chance to Clear an Obstacle: Himself – ADAM NAGOURNEY  (DIERSEN: Who blames you for your problems?  Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always blamed me for my problems.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/convention-offers-donald-trump-his-biggest-sales-opportunity.html
— In Choosing Mike Pence, Donald Trump Moves Closer to Big Donors Like the Kochs – NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/mike-pence-kochs-fundraising.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The Republican party just had a nightmare moment on the convention floor – Chris Cillizza
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/18/the-republican-party-just-had-a-nightmare-moment-on-the-convention-floor/

 

USA TODAY
— Too many Muslims among us believe in violence  The vast majority of Muslims are peaceful, but that’s small comfort after Nice. – Franklin Graham
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/15/nice-attack-terror-islam-muslim-radical-lone-wolf-column/86670606/
— Unlike Trump, Pence has been a press champion – Rem Rieder  (DIERSEN: Will Pence champion GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?  Will he stop those who focus on stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out?  Will he stop those who focus on stopping everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/rieder/2016/07/18/rieder-unlike-trump-pence-has-been-press-champion/87245284/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump hardly has a record as a champion of the press. He has talked of gutting libel law protection for the media once he makes it to the White House. He has blacklisted major news outlets from covering his rallies when he doesn’t like their reporting. He has insulted journalists individually and collectively, calling political reporters “among the most dishonest people that I have ever met.” Indeed, Trump seems to see critical articles not as part of the accountability process built into American democracy but simply as personal attacks. It’s somewhat surprising, then, that his choice of running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, over the years has been a stalwart champion of freedom of the press. During his years in Congress, Pence was a leader in the persistent, but ultimately unsuccessful, effort to pass a shield law, which in many instances would protect journalists from being forced to identify confidential sources. In an op-ed in The Washington Times in 2008, Pence gave a ringing endorsement to the importance of an aggressive press in a free society, one that would have been right at home in a dispatch from the American Society of News Editors. Citing the value of articles that had revealed disturbing conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and steroid abuse in baseball, Pence wrote that such pieces would never have seen the light of day “were it not for confidential sources and the dogged persistence of a free and independent press.” And he linked his support for such dogged journalism firmly to his own well-right-of-center politics. “As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press,” he wrote, “A free press ensures the flow of information to the public, and in this time of scandal and corruption in high places, such information is needed now more than ever to hold the government accountable.”)

 

OHIO
— RNC: Kasich, Ohio losing friends for not backing Trump – Doug Livingston  (DIERSEN: Trump won the March 15, 2016 Illinois Republican presidential primary election.  What do you say to past and present “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois who continue to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and those who voted for Trump in Illinois?  If you continue to demonize, to denigrate, or to condemn Trump and those who voted for Trump, you are shouting that you are really a Democrat, a Libertarian, a Green , or a RINO.)
http://www.ohio.com/news/politics/2016/rnc/cleveland/rnc-kasich-ohio-losing-friends-for-not-backing-trump-1.698220

 

BADGER HERALD
— Wisconsin receives an F for diversity of judges  Despite diversity in law school classrooms, minorities, women, less likely to become judges – JULIA O’DONNELL  (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, all judges who were involved made it clear that they approved of, if not advocated a) political affiliation discrimination, b) reverse discrimination, c) age discrimination, and d) retaliation against those like me who complained about the aforesaid.)
https://badgerherald.com/news/2016/07/19/wisconsin-receives-an-f-for-diversity-of-judges/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republicans Face a Fundamental Question as Donald Trump Remakes Party – Gerald Seib  (DIERSEN: Those are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WANT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO DUMP THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-face-a-fundamental-question-as-donald-trump-remakes-party-1468861966
— The Republican Divide  Trump has exposed old GOP fault lines, but the House signals a better way. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Far too many Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in the “House” want to dump those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-republican-divide-1468883991
— Drop in Rates Swells Pension Burdens in U.S.  Companies struggle to close funding gap, avoid big rise in payments to government insurer – VIPAL MONGA  (DIERSEN: Far more Democrats than Republicans are borrowers.  Low interest rates help borrowers.  Far more Republicans than Democrats are savers.  Low interest rates harm savers.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/drop-in-rates-swells-pension-burdens-in-u-s-1468882100
— The Case for Donald Trump  The alternative is President Hillary Rodham Clinton. – WILLIAM MCGURN
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-case-for-donald-trump-1468884328
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Speaking Slots Reflect Trump Family’s Big Role – Monica Langley  (DIERSEN: How old are you?  I am 67.  Are you involved in politics?  How big is your family?  My wife and I never had children.  My only sibling, my brother, live in Crete and never had children. My father died in 1969 and my mother died this year.  My grandparents on my father’s side had two children, my father and his sister who had no children and has been in an assisted living facility since 2010.  My grandparents on my mother’s side had my mother, her sister, and two brothers.  Her sister had no children and has been in a nursing home for many years.  Her brothers had children, but none of their children, grand children, or great grandchildren live in DuPage County.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-republican-convention-donald-trumps-children-take-center-stage-1468869105
— Melania Trump Steps Into Spotlight at Convention  Presumptive GOP presidential nominee ‘does not give up,’ wife says – HEATHER HADDON  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents say that you gave up being?  My critics/opponents would say that I gave up being a) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, b) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, c) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, d) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, e) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, f) a GAO employee, g) an IRS employee, h) a Firestone Stores employee, i) etc.  My critics/opponents are beyond overjoyed that I no longer hold the aforesaid positions.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/melania-trump-steps-into-spotlight-at-convention-1468899988

 

FORTUNE
— Melania Trump Speaks, With a Special Appearance by Her Husband – Ben Geier
http://fortune.com/2016/07/18/melanis-trump-speaks-with-a-special-appearance-by-her-husband/

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Republicans’ Convention Advertises Their Weakness.”  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-07-19/republicans-convention-advertises-their-weakness

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump uses first night of GOP convention to stir his base into a frenzy.”  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-first-convention-night-2016-7

 

SLATE
— How the GOP Rolled the Anti-Trumpers  The smoke-filled room returns to American politics. – Jim Newell
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/07/how_the_gop_rolled_the_anti_trump_movement.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps do not like it that Rudy Giuliani said “Donald Trump will do for America what I did for New York City.”
http://www.salon.com/2016/07/19/rudy_giuliani_donald_trump_will_do_for_america_what_i_did_for_new_york_city/
— The National Chairman of the Young Republicans Dennis Cook Is a 38-Year-Old Suburban Father of Three – Ben Mathis-Lilley  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government started demonizing, denigrating, and condemning me as being old when I was 25.  They knew that my father had type 1 diabetes from age 14 and that he had died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.)
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/18/dennis_cook_young_republican_leader_is_38_and_has_two_kids.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Every four years the Republican Party makes a half-hearted effort at its convention to appeal to people who aren’t old and white. This is a particularly tough task in 2016 given that the party’s aging white male nominee is explicitly campaigning on the premise of returning America to a white, male-dominated past. Not helping matters on this front was Monday Republican National Convention speaker Dennis Cook. Cook is the national leader of the Young Republicans; he is also, as you can see above, not a super young-and-dynamic-looking guy. In fact, his online presence seems to indicate that he is 38 years old, is the father of three children, and lives and works in the Chicago suburbs.* (You can be a Young Republican until you’re 40.) Cook did not help himself when he appeared unfamiliar with the way that the names of websites work: . . . Look, I have nothing against having children, being in your late ’30s, or living in the suburbs. Most of my friends either already meet those criteria or will do so shortly. But it is probably not the profile of someone who is going to get the millennials voting Republican.)

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Fear and loathing of Clinton: Forget Melania — Hillary-hating took center stage at RNC’s opening night
Melania Trump’s much-anticipated speech was drowned out by hours of unhinged Hillary bashing at the RNC.”
http://www.salon.com/2016/07/19/fear_and_loathing_of_clinton_forget_melania_hillary_hating_took_center_stage_at_rncs_opening_night/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 60% Say Race Relations Have Gotten Worse Since Obama’s Election
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/social_issues/60_say_race_relations_have_gotten_worse_since_obama_s_election
— Voters Drawn More to GOP’s Convention Than to Democrats’
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/voters_drawn_more_to_gop_s_convention_than_to_democrats

July 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION GETS CHAOTIC START IN CLEVELAND- Kathy Brock and Ben Bradley
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/republican-national-convention-kicks-off-in-cleveland/1431479/
— LIVE BLOG: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION UPDATES AND ANALYSIS
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/live-blog–republican-national-convention/1431282/

 

NBC5
— Duckworth Slams Kirk for Endorsing Petraeus, Pence  In a new campaign video released Monday, Rep. Tammy Duckworth slammed her opponent, Sen. Mark Kirk, for endorsing embattled former CIA Director David Petraeus for president.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Duckworth-Slams-Kirk-for-Endorsing-Petraeus-Pence-387322571.html
— McDonald’s, Starbucks Agree to Filter Wi-Fi Porn  The move follows a campaign from anti-pornography groups Enough is Enough and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation to demand the chains filter out pornography
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mcdonalds-starbucks-wi-fi-porn-filter-387354751.html
— Chicago Activists Protest GOP Convention Amid Heightened Security  As the Republican National Convention gets underway Monday at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena, protesters from Chicago are demonstrating for a variety of causes despite an unprecedented police presence. – Tom Schuba and Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-activists-protest-gop-convention-amid-heightened-security-387336001.html

 

CBS2
— Downers Grove Teen Carl Miller Serving As GOP Alternate Delegate In Cleveland – Rob Johnson
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/18/chicago-teen-serving-as-gop-alternate-delegate-in-cleveland/
— Republican Dold Among Illinois No-Shows At Party Convention – Vince Gerasole
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/18/republican-dold-among-illinois-no-shows-at-party-convention/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Vulgar anti-Hillary pins a big hit outside Republican National Convention – Amber Eikel
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/176000045-story

 

WTTW
— Delegates on Guard at GOP Convention After Baton Rouge Police Shootings – Evan Garcia
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/07/18/delegates-guard-gop-convention-after-baton-rouge-police-shootings

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican delegates strive for unity, but find it hard to come by – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-republican-convention-kass-0719-20160718-column.html
— Tumult breaks out on GOP convention floor after anti-Trump forces blunted
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-republican-national-convention-cleveland-20160718-story.html
— Cleveland rowdy as pro-Trump, anti-Trump factions rally – Joel Achenbach
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-republican-convention-cleveland-rally-20160718-story.html
— Kasich takes backhanded shot at Trump in speech to Illinois convention delegates – Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-republican-national-convention-john-kasich-met-0719-20160718-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Monday told Illinois delegates to the Republican National Convention that the GOP should grow the party by promoting an “inclusive reform agenda” — a backhanded shot at the rival who vanquished him for the presidential nomination, Donald Trump. Kasich also urged Illinois Republicans to stand by Gov. Bruce Rauner in his battles with Democrats who control the state House and Senate, saying Rauner’s agenda will eventually leave the state “better off.” Rauner is absent from the convention. The Ohio governor’s appearance came on a tumultuous first day of the convention, which began with Trump’s top adviser, Paul Manafort, accusing Kasich of being “petulant” and “embarrassing his party in Ohio” by refusing to endorse the presumptive nominee. Kasich’s visit to the Illinois delegation was the first of several the two-term governor is making to delegates in Cleveland outside the Quicken Loans Arena convention hall, which he has pledged not to set foot in. Later this week, Kasich plans include a stop with the New Hampshire GOP convention delegation, spurring speculation that the term-limited governor is looking ahead to a presidential bid in 2020.)
— Illinois’ GOP leaders squander a chance to court Trump delegates – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-republican-convention-illinois-delegates-trump-mcqueary-perspec-0719-jm-20160718-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Four years ago, the late Judy Baar Topinka worked the room, along with a handful of establishment Republicans all jockeying for possible gubernatorial runs: Dan Rutherford, Sen. Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard and then-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, who resigned from Congress last year amid a federal probe of his campaign spending and mileage reimbursements. He is still awaiting word from a federal grand jury on whether charges will be brought. Schock’s resignation from Congress was a stunning fall from grace for a rising star in the party. Monday’s breakfast sure didn’t feel like the old GOP, though, and that’s a good thing. The Illinois Republican Party has struggled to be relevant for more than a decade. Here, in a room of Doug Hartmanns who probably did more legwork this election cycle than any of the leaders who decided to dis the gathering, the GOP had a chance to come to terms with the rebellion. To respect it. Instead, Illinois Republican leaders hosted a cocktail party Monday afternoon in downtown Cleveland for Kasich. No, Trump isn’t winning every heart and mind. But if Monday’s breakfast gathering showed anything, it was proof that he is motivating a stable of supporters who generally have stayed out of politics. People such as Doug Hartmann. And Christopher Hilliard of Oak Forest, also a first-time delegate, who said he connected with the Trump campaign shortly after Trump announced last summer that he was running. Hilliard said he wouldn’t be involved in the presidential race at all if not for Trump. Isn’t this what the Republican Party of Illinois needs? New blood and a motivated, growing membership? Isn’t that how you win elections? The elite within the party should have been shaking hands and getting to know the delegates. Instead, they stayed in their fluffy hotel beds and probably ordered room service, precisely the tone-deafness that got us here.)
— Illinois Republicans seek unity at first GOP convention breakfast in Cleveland – Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-republican-national-convention-breakfast-met-719-20160718-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republicans kicked off the first day of the Republican National Convention searching for unity, demonizing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan as reasons to support the GOP ticket. The pep talk came as the delegation convened for the first time at a breakfast, a chance for GOP leadership to convince Donald Trump delegates that the Illinois Republican Party was firmly behind the presumptive presidential nominee. At one point, Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider asked attendees to raise their hand if it was their first time attending the Republican National Convention. When more than half of the room responded, Schneider reached for common ground. “Guess what, it’s mine too. I’m a newbie too. We need to work together. All of us together as the Illinois Republican Party. We’re not you’re enemy, we’re your friend,” Schneider said. “We’re the balance, we’re the structure, we’re the backbone of the Illinois Republican Party that’s going to help you elect your candidates along with our candidates,” Schneider said. “All people that will do a far better job than any Democrat would do.”  State Rep. John Cabello, an at-large Trump delegate who is co-chair of the delegation, also sought to assure Trump delegates that the party was behind them, saying he’s heard “rumors” to the contrary, calling them “absolutely false.” “We have all locked arms to make sure crooked Hillary is not the next president of the United States,” said Cabello, of Machesney Park near Rockford.)
— Rauner and the trouble with AFSCME’s sweetheart deal – Diana Sroka Rickert
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-illinois-unions-afscme-rauner-rickert-perspec-0719-jm-20160718-story.html
— Up financial creek, Illinois adopts native canoe as ‘official state artifact’ – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-pirogue-state-artifact-0719-chicago-inc-20160718-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump Huppke demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump and his supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-rnc-convention-trump-safety-huppke-20160718-story.html
— Illinois’ first lady unveils $15 million plan to renovate crumbling executive mansion – Blair Kamin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-executive-mansion-kamin-met-0719-20160718-column.html
— Fire at Naperville homeless man’s camp might be arson: police – Bill Bird and Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-huber-tent-fire-st-0720-20160718-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Republican Party is nominating an incompetent candidate.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-republican-convention-2016-20160718-story.html
— Tumult over rules, condemnation of Clinton at GOP convention – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–gop-2016-convention-20160718-story.html
— Pro- and anti-Trump forces hold dueling rallies in Cleveland – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–gop-2016-cleveland-20160718-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ohio Gov. Kasich pushes for unity, but not for Donald Trump – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ohio-gov-kasich-pushes-unity-not-donald-trump/
— Voter registration a grave task for national group – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-voter-registration-grave-task-national-group/
— Activists, aldermen propose immigration reform amendment – Jacob Wittich  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/activists-aldermen-propose-immigration-reform-amendment/
— Emanuel urges Chicagoans to thank cops who feel ‘almost hunted’ – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-urges-chicagoans-to-thank-cops-who-feel-almost-hunted/
— After uproar, RNC convention bid to deny Trump nomination fizzles – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/after-uproar-rnc-convention-bid-to-deny-trump-nomination-fizzles/
— Protests, non-voters and a linty-fresh Trump – Neil Steinberg
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/steinberg-protests-non-voters-and-a-linty-fresh-trump/
— Culture shock at the Republican National Convention – Mary Mitchell
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/mitchell-culture-shock-republican-national-convention/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump formally nominated, Illinois delegates hear from suburban Republicans – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/160719056/
— Trump delegate Mark Fratella: Illinois Republican Party is behind him – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/160719086/
— Trump wasn’t first choice for some Illinois delegates – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/160719107/
— Naperville code update could prevent housing discrimination – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/160719059/
— Tent home of Naperville ‘protester’ burns down – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/160719071/
— Republican platform tacks right on social issues – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/307189819/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— After dust-up over rules, Illinois’ GOP delegates join process of nominating Trump – MAUREEN O’REILLY
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article90433297.html

 

PEKIN DAILY TIMES
— Federal grand jury term ends without Schock Indictment – Andy Kravetz
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20160718/federal-grand-jury-term-ends-without-schock-indictment

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Top Illinois Republicans are no-shows in Cleveland – AP
http://herald-review.com/ap/politics/top-illinois-republicans-are-no-shows-in-cleveland/article_e0f7c349-3edc-532d-a637-f16aa16ce77e.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois GOP seeks to unite behind Trump at party convention – TONY ARNOLD
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/illinois-gop-seeks-unite-behind-trump-party-convention#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Illinois political economy, the more things change, the more they stay the same: Watch IL Chamber’s Maisch w/Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2016/07/llinois-political-economy-the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same-watch-il-chambers-maisch-wberkowitz-cableweb/

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Rauner’s Top Campaign Guy Nick Ayers Is Now Running the Pence VP Campaign  Will Rauner warm to Trump/Pence? – Carol Felsenthal
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/July-2016/RNC-Nick-Ayers-Trump/

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— THE BAGGAGE THE ILLINOIS GOP DELEGATION BRINGS TO CLEVELAND – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://www.rebootillinois.com/2016/07/18/editors-picks/doug-ibendahl/the-baggage-the-illinois-gop-delegation-brings-to-cleveland/61787/

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— The Baggage The Illinois GOP Delegation Brings To Cleveland – DOUG IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14163
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As Republicans from across America descend on Cleveland this week for the Republican National Convention, Illinois can take pride in the diversity of its elected delegation. Donald Trump deserves most of the credit for that diversity. Kent Gray of Springfield coordinated the Illinois delegate effort for the Trump campaign and he did a fine job slating men and women from a variety of backgrounds and ethnicities. The best news is Trump delegates won 39 of the 54 slots on the ballot in the March 15 Primary (three from each of Illinois’ 18 congressional districts). Ted Cruz won nine and John Kasich six. In other words, the Illinois delegation is overwhelmingly a Trump delegation. Another thing I love is the fact most of the Trump delegates are regular people – taxpayers with real jobs who pay the bills. Many are also brand new to the political process. In other words their hands are clean of Illinois GOP past misdeeds. Many got involved this year solely because of Donald Trump. Incredibly many in the media deem all of this as some kind of bad thing. Trump delegates have been openly mocked, with the Trump-hating Chicago Tribune (a/k/a tronc) patronizingly calling them “unorthodox.” The dying rag even scoured social media postings of Illinois Trump delegates hunting for embarrassing tidbits. Meanwhile anti-Trump zealot Pat Brady who proudly stands-by the advice he gave in December on Chicago radio that “You’ve got to take [Trump] out with a headshot” – is still regularly cited by media outlets as if he has a clue. Instead of serious analysis of this Republican National Convention and the Trump phenomenon, the local press is largely obsessed with rehashing stories about which do-nothing career politicians aren’t going to Cleveland. No one bothers to ask why a Convention which is centered around a do-er and a successful builder like Trump shouldn’t be grateful that some of the failed politicians from one of the worst run states in the country won’t be transporting their ineptitude across state lines. Donald Trump represents new hope for the Republican Party. He has yet to be elected to any public office but he’s already making the GOP better and more diverse here in Illinois. He’s expanding the base and is generating energy we haven’t seen in the GOP since Ronald Reagan. Of course panicky Democrats are going to call him racist and sexist. That kind of blatantly false attack was always expected in the face of Trump’s decades-long record of hiring and promoting thousands of women and minorities. Hillary and her media lapdogs know Trump’s message of making America great again and expanding economic opportunity for all is particularly attractive to African-American and Hispanic folks who remain trapped on the Liberal Plantation. Donald Trump isn’t the Republican Party’s problem. Trump’s doing his job and so are his supporters. It’s the failed GOP players who sit around in Illinois carping at Trump who have some explaining to do. It’s their selfishness and total lack of leadership for years which has made the Republican Party in Illinois a less than welcome place for minorities. Here are just a few illustrations.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS’ RNC DELEGATES MEET UP IN CLEVELAND; CONVENTION UPROAR SHORT-LIVED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/illinois-rnc-delegates-meet-up-in-cleveland.html
— KASICH ATTENDS ILLINOIS GOP CONVENTION DELEGATES’ MEETING
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/ohio-gov-kasich-attends-illinois-gop-delegation-meeting-.html
— FBI SAYS ORLANDO SHOOTER DID NOT TARGET CLUB BECAUSE IT WAS GAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/orlando-shooter-did-not-target-club-because-it-was-gay.html
— WHILE IN IRAN, NATION OF ISLAM’S FARRAKHAN PREDICTS DIRE FUTURE FOR AMERICA
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/07/while-in-iran-nation-of-islams-farrakhan-predicts-dire-future-for-america.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— LIVE COVERAGE *** Republican National Convention
http://capitolfax.com/2016/07/18/live-coverage-republican-national-convention/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Paul Manafort: John Kasich is ‘embarrassing’ Ohio – David Sherfinski
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/18/paul-manafort-john-kasich-embarrassing-ohio/
— Trump’s pitch to union members  The candidate is not anti-union, but pro-employee – Richard Berman
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/18/donald-trumps-pitch-to-union-members/
— Pence is salt to Trump’s pepper  The Indiana governor adds political experience that the business mogul lacks – Cal Thomas
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/18/mike-pence-has-political-experience-donald-trump-l/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— RADICALS SEEK ‘BLACKS-ONLY’ NATION IN SOUTH  5 American states (Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia) where government ‘can no longer maintain control.’ – CHERYL CHUMLEY
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/radicals-seek-blacks-only-nation-in-south/

 

TOWNHALL
— Live From Cleveland: Enthusiasm, Unease, Resignation, and Discord at Trump’s Convention – Guy Benson
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2016/07/18/discord-warring-factions-of-gop-lock-horns-in-cleveland-n2194163

 

DAILY CALLER
— University Of Michigan Professor: New Black-Only SEGREGATED NATION In Southern USA ‘Fairly Easy’ – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/18/university-of-michigan-professor-new-black-only-segregated-nation-in-southern-usa-fairly-easy/
— Baton Rouge Shooter Claimed Blacks ‘Superior To Whites’ In Book – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/18/baton-rouge-shooter-claimed-blacks-superior-to-whites-in-book/
— Ladies Get Naked In Cleveland To Protest Trump Or Something – JIM TREACHER
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/18/ladies-get-naked-in-cleveland-to-protest-trump-or-something/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Shame on RNC chair Reince Priebus if Trump is the nominee.”
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/07/shame-on-rnc-chair-reince-priebus-if-trump-is-the-nominee

 

RED STATE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Reince Priebus Ignores Delegate Votes And Appoints Mitch McConnell Temporary Convention Chair.”
http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/07/18/watch-reince-priebus-ignores-delegate-votes-appoints-mitch-mcconnell-temporary-convention-chair/

 

THE HILL
— GOP passes rules vote over outcry from Trump opponents – Ben Kamisar
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/288205-gop-passes-rules-vote-over-outcry-from-trump-opponents
— Anti-Trump delegates say they will force roll call vote on rules – Ben Kamisar
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288186-anti-trump-delegates-say-they-will-force-roll-call-vote
— Ryan: Trump ‘not my kind of conservative’ – Scott Wong
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/288195-ryan-trump-not-my-kind-of-conservative

 

POLITICO
— Chaos erupts on GOP convention floor after voice vote shuts down Never Trump forces  Anti-Trump delegates wanted a roll call vote on convention rules. – Kyle Cheney
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/never-trump-delegates-have-support-needed-to-force-rules-vote-225716

 

CNN
— Convention drama: Trump campaign stops rules rebellion – Stephen Collinson, Tal Kopan and Tom LoBianco
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/18/politics/rnc-procedural-votes-rules-committee/index.html

 

CBS NEWS
— Do we know enough about the candidates’ health?
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-health-records-of-presidential-candidates/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Rancor Reigns as Bitterly Divided Republicans Begin Their Convention.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/republican-convention-donald-trump.html
— Donald Trump Portrayed as an Heir to Richard Nixon – MICHAEL BARBARO and ALEXANDER BURNS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/donald-trump-portrayed-as-an-heir-to-richard-nixon.html
— Melania Trump: From Small-Town Slovenia to Doorstep of White House – JASON HOROWITZ
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/melania-trump-slovenia.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Republican National Convention: Updates on Day 1
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics-live/liveblog/republican-national-convention-updates/
— Trump’s running mate is ‘one of the most extreme vice-presidential picks,’ Clinton says – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/18/clinton-takes-aim-at-trumps-new-running-mate-in-address-to-educators/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republican Chief Puts Party’s Machine in Overdrive for Trump – MONICA LANGLEY
http://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-chief-puts-partys-machine-in-overdrive-for-trump-1468856144
— Hillary Clinton Talks Racial Inequality at NAACP Conference  Calls Donald Trump a prominent voice in the ‘birther’ movement who ‘plays coy with white supremacists’ – ERICA ORDEN  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities a) that Republicans are racists, b) that Republicans have caused all the problems that minorities have had, c) that Republicans are causing all the problems that minorities have, and d) that Republicans will forever cause all the problems that minorities will have.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-talks-racial-inequality-at-naacp-conference-1468872201

 

FORTUNE
— Wall Street Opts to Steer Clear of Trump’s Republican Convention – Cyrus Sanati
http://fortune.com/2016/07/18/wall-street-opts-to-steer-clear-of-trumps-republican-convention/
— Pro-Trump, Anti-Trump Protesters Agree: The Other Side Has Been Brainwashed – Charlotte Alter and Sam Frizell
http://fortune.com/2016/07/18/pro-trump-anti-trump-protesters-agree-the-other-side-has-been-brainwashed/

 

USA TODAY
— In Cleveland, discomfort with idea of John Kasich 2020 run – Chrissie Thompson
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/18/john-kasich-2020-run/87269258/

 

CLEVELAND
— Youngest member of Illinois RNC delegation Carl Miller can’t yet vote, Cleveland impresses Chicagoans: Delegate impressions
http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/07/youngest_illinois_rnc_delegate.html

 

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
— Aging Federal Workforce Bucks Retirement Trends, Georgia State University Public Policy Study Shows
http://news.gsu.edu/2016/07/18/aging-federal-workforce-bucks-retirement-trends-georgia-state-university-public-policy-study-shows/

July 18 Morning Edition

ABC7
— NOTABLE ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS TO SKIP CONVENTION; SECURITY BEEFED UP  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise anti-Trumps.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/notable-illinois-republicans-to-skip-convention;-security-beefed-up/1430839/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many notable Illinois Republicans are skipping this year’s GOP convention this week, including Gov. Bruce Rauner who has treated Trump comments as toxic and opted to steer clear.  In addition to Rauner, other missing GOPs will be former Gov. Jim Edgar, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Illinois, Comptroller Leslie Munger and North Shore Congressman Bob Dold. Kirk is even running an ad trumpeting his anti-Trumpness, which states “Mark Kirk bucked his party to say Donald Trump is not fit to be commander in chief.” Northwest suburban Rep. Peter Roskam may be the highest profile Illinois Republican who is attending the convention. Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider will chair the state’s delegation, while other’s such as Congressman Adam Kinzinger and former gubernatorial candidate Kirk Dillard have said they’ll be in Cleveland for some meetings, but may not even set foot on the convention floor. “Very few elected officials or prominent Republicans are attending the convention, with good reason: Donald Trump,” said Pat Brady, former Illinois GOP party chairman. “Seven in 10 suburban voters disapprove of him. Why would you want to be seen with him? That to me is the damage he’s done to the Republican party.” State Rep. Mike Fortner, R-West Chicago, said he’s most interested in is party unity. He concedes that Trump wasn’t his first choice. He was Marco Rubio support, however, Fortner said there’s no chance he’d skip the convention in protest. “The convention is a good chance to see our different parts going to come together, I hope they do and that’s one reason I’m going to be a part of that,” Fortner said. In an unusual move, Trump volunteers were asking delegates to sign a pledge that they will vote for Trump on nomination night. On Monday, Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, and Willie Robertson, star of the “Duck Dynasty” show will be speaking. Monday’s theme will be “Make America Safe Again,” and focus on national security and immigration. Two former Republican presidents, two of the most recent GOP nominees and most of Trumps’ former opponents are skipping the convention as well. However, organizers said it’s not about the establishment, it’s about the grassroots supporters.)

 

CBS2
— Illinois Delegation Puts On United Front On Eve Of GOP Convention – Rob Johnson
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/07/18/illinois-delegation-puts-on-united-front-on-eve-of-gop-convention/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois republicans prepare for the RNC (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise anti-Trumps.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/175548892-story

 

WTTW
— IL GOP Chair: Illinois in ‘Lockstep’ with Trump – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/07/18/il-gop-chair-illinois-lockstep-trump
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The head of Illinois’ Republican Party sought to downplay any division that might exist among the rank and file over the nomination of Donald Trump. Chairman Tim Schneider riled up the crowd of Illinois delegates at a delegation breakfast Monday morning in Cleveland, vowing that Illinois would work to elect Donald Trump in November, and that, counter to reports of division among the ranks, the state is “in lockstep” with Trump. “Donald Trump has tapped into something that has resonated with millions of new voters across our country,” Schneider said. “We are absolutely unified behind Donald Trump,” said Trump Illinois co-chair Demetra Demonte. “There is no fracture. The leadership of the party, the people of Illinois are totally united.” But despite the rah-rah atmosphere of Monday’s event, high-profile congressmen have distanced themselves from the nominee, and top party officials including Gov. Bruce Rauner and U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk are avoiding the convention all together. It has drawn the ire of Trump delegates, many of whom are first-time attendees at the convention and new to the political process. “I’m disappointed,” said alternate Trump delegate James Ignatowski, a first-time delegate from Chicago. “It’d be nice for Governor Rauner and Mark Kirk to be here. Show the Democrats we’re united. Show it to Madigan and Cullerton.” Schneider and other state GOP officials drew rousing cheers when they insisted the state party was solidly behind Trump. The Illinois leadership aimed to bridge the divide between more established members of the party and newer entrants. “We need to work together. We’re not your enemy, were your friend,” Schneider said. Ignatowski says he was drawn to Trump and compelled to get involved in politics because of his disdain for Chicago politicians, and because of Trump’s hard line on ending illegal immigration and cracking down on undocumented immigrants. “People should come here legally. Let’s keep the illegals out of the country,” he said. “Trump truthfully cares about Americans,” Ignatowski said. “He spent his own money, while others spent millions against him.” Through many delegates say they have been attracted to Trump from the beginning, others have needed some persuading. “I’m coming around, I’m really coming around,” said Judy Diekelman, an at-large delegate, who, by rule must cast her vote for Trump. “I’m very happy with his VP pick. We have a big tent, and we have to look at all opinions.” Political conventions are typically a celebration of the party, but the events in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where three officers were killed in an ambush on Sunday, have cast a shadow over this year’s event. Illinois State Representative John Cabello, a former police officer from Rockford, urged the delegation to be vigilant in the wake of heightened security around the convention center. “When you’re going to and from the convention, please be aware of your surroundings,” Cabello said. “If a criminal sees you paying attention, you will less likely be a victim of crime. If you see something out of the ordinary, please report it.” The delegation will next visit with Ohio Gov. John Kasich at a dinner reception before the convention begins in earnest Monday evening.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Stopgap budget failing to erase damage of state impasse – Monique Garcia  (DIERSEN: Republicans want spending cuts.  Democrats want tax increases.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-stopgap-budget-met-20160717-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Looks like this party is having trouble getting started.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-pence-trump-terror-attack-france-election-perspec-0718-jm-20160716-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Likability is great, but co-workers who deliver are the most valuable – John Brandon  (DIERSEN: To get promoted beyond GS-12 at IRS or beyond GS-13 at GAO, you have to a) help your Democrat superiors give preference to their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger and b) help your Democrat superiors make way for them by getting rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-this-trait-is-the-one-you-want-in-all-your-workers-20160712-story.html
— Pakistani model’s brother says he killed her for ‘honor’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-as–pakistan-model-killed-20160717-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump delegates and GOP regulars: An arranged marriage – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-delegates-gop-regulars-arranged-marriage/
— Illinois delegation at GOP convention gets security warning – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-delegation-at-gop-convention-gets-security-warning/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Trump campaign co-chair warned about state delegates what they should do if confronted by any potentially violent situations as the Republican convention kicks off on Monday. The co-chair, State Rep. John Cabello, a Rockford police detective currently on leave, commented at an Illinois Republican Party breakfast for Illinoisans at the convention. “Look people in the eyes. Make sure they know that you are watching what’s going on,” Cabello, R-Machesney Park said. “Pay attention. If you see something, please report it right away.”  The opening session will be gaveled to order a day after three police officers were shot and killed in Baton Rouge, La., and just weeks after police shootings in Dallas. There is a massive law enforcement presence — in uniform and undercover — at all political conventions, with forces beefed up as tens of thousands are here in advance of Donald Trump accepting the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday. The Illinois GOP party starts each convention day with a breakfast, notable on Monday for who was not there — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. Still, Cabello and Illinois Republican Party Chair Tim Schneider said Illinoisans are united in wanting to defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton. At past conventions, these morning sessions have been used to rally the troops for the Illinois ticket. No speaker mentioned Kirk by name. As for any divides among Republicans who are not backing Trump because of his divisive rhetoric, Cabello stressed that the Illinois Republican Party is working with Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Cabello said that the “No Trump” and “Dump Trump” movement had totally fizzled. “I can guarantee it is iron clad that nothing, nothing is going to stop Donald Trump from being our nominee,” he said to applause. “We have all locked arms. We are all ready to make sure that crooked Hillary is not the next president of the United States,” Cabello said. The daily breakfast marked the first time all Illinois delegates — at-large, alternate at-large and elected delegates were meeting. Included among that group is 17-year-old Karl Miller, of west suburban Downers Grove, the youngest Illinois delegate, an at-large alternate. Most in the room were first-time convention goers, including Schneider, and most of the elected delegates. “Are you ready to take back the White House in 2016,” Schneider said to cheers, while touting that Donald Trump’s campaign has resonated with “millions and millions of new voters.” “We need to work together. All of us together. The Illinois Republican Party, we’re not your enemy. We’re your friend,” Schneider said. For all the talk of unity around Trump, the Illinois delegation on Monday afternoon is meeting with former GOP 2016 presidential contender Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Kasich is not backing Trump and is unlikely even to attend the convention.)
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Cheering FOIA success and facing obstacles – Andy Shaw
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/shaw-agencies-fail-foia/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Former candidate Kasich meeting with Illinois delegates as convention opens – Mike Riopell
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/160719156/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: John Kasich’s planned visit with the Illinois delegation today at the Republican National Convention comes as something of a consolation prize to both the former candidate and some of the delegates. Kasich is one of the few candidates with elected delegates in the Illinois group, having fared better than presumptive nominee Donald Trump in the state’s March primary among voters in some parts of the Chicago area. Among his primary backers in the Illinois delegation: state Rep. David Harris of Arlington Heights, former Cook County GOP Chairman Aaron Del Mar of Palatine and former state party Chairman Pat Brady of St. Charles. Del Mar wasn’t elected but was chosen later as part of the state’s group of at-large delegates who are committed to vote for Trump because of his primary victory in Illinois. Brady had been at the front of the push to upend Trump’s nomination, but the rules changes that could have made that possible failed last week. Kasich didn’t get the main stage speaking role other former Trump rivals did. Dr. Ben Carson and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will speak Tuesday on the main stage. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who spent time in the suburbs before the March primary, is set to speak on the main stage Wednesday. Tonight’s lineup features potential first lady Melania Trump, the first of numerous Trumps speaking this week, and takes a Benghazi focus with “Lone Survivor” co-author Marcus Luttrell, as well as speeches from Benghazi survivors and the mother of Sean Smith, who was killed in the attack.)
— Youngest Republican delegate Carl Miller gets convention for his 18th birthday – Mike Riopell (DIERSEN: I had the honor of sitting next to Miller and speaking with him at some length during the Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Peoria on Saturday, May 21, 2016.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/160719157/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If the election were held today, Republican convention delegate Carl Miller of Downers Grove couldn’t vote in it. Lucky for him, he turns 18 on Friday, a day after Donald Trump is set to accept the Republican nomination for president. Miller will be there to see it. “I couldn’t ask for a better birthday present,” he said. After grabbing headlines last year for his bid to meet as many presidential candidates as he could, Miller was picked by the state Republican Party as an alternate statewide delegate to the Cleveland convention. On Sunday, he was driving there with his grandfather. As the youngest Illinois delegate, does he have some particular role to play? “It’s a humbling experience,” Miller said. “I really want to do this so I can serve the party and more importantly serve our country and advance the conservative principles I believe in.” Miller left for Cleveland Saturday on a road trip that is more presidential than most. The Ohio stops included: The Warren G. Harding home in Marion, the James Garfield home in Mentor and Garfield’s grave. And they hoped to hit up a William McKinley site in Canton Sunday if there was time. “It really enhances the experience to learn the history,” Miller said. Trump wasn’t Miller’s first choice — he’s a fan of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — but he’ll vote for Trump in November. “I want to share this experience with as many voters as I can,” he said. “I want to defeat the Democrats in November more than anything.” PICTURE CAPTION: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz gets a picture taken in March with Carl Miller of Downers Grove at Abbington Banquets in Glen Ellyn. Miller will serve as the youngest Republican delegate at the party convention this week in Cleveland.)
— Two crises lawmakers still haven’t addressed – David From
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/discuss/160719281/
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF BERLIN: Now some in DuPage can join military to avoid prosecution – Justin Kmitch  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  Anti-Trumps are nasty.  Sooner or later, if you are a Republican, but you did not enlist, or far worse yet, if you were eligible for the draft like Trump and I were, but you avoided the draft like Trump and I did, anti-Trumps will viciously demonize you, viciously denigrate you, and viciously condemn you are being a patriotic hypocrite.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160718/news/160719173/

 

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and anti-Rauners say “Hear What Rauner Is Doing Instead Of Attending The RNC Convention.”
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/hear-what-rauner-is-doing-instead-of-attending-the-rnc/24b6ece3-fb56-429a-9e4f-df8293b7dfcb

 

WTTW
— Republican National Convention Gets Underway Amid Fallout from Baton Rouge – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/07/17/republican-national-convention-gets-underway-amid-fallout-baton-rouge

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Illinois Delegates At Republican National Convention, Where Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction.”
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-delegates-republican-national-convention-where-truth-stranger-fiction
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP Convention Notable For Illinois Absences, Nature of Candidate.”
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/gop-convention-notable-illinois-absences-nature-candidate
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Presidential Race Spurs Illinois Immigrants to Apply For Citizenship.”
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/presidential-race-spurs-illinois-immigrants-apply-citizenship

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Illinois GOP Mixed on Convention.”
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=219011#.V4zAlxF9XHk

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Trump delegate Linda Lucchese from Park Ridge says Illinois no-shows to convention are week  Rauner, Munger, Kirk among those not attending – AP
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/07/17/trump-delegate-says-illinois-no-shows-to-convention-are-week/ahvuxql/

 

TIMES
— Top Illinois Republicans are no-shows in Cleveland – AP  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise anti-Trumps.  Anti-Trumps are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/top-illinois-republicans-are-no-shows-in-cleveland/article_a77d2e28-2a34-5b9b-a8fa-2d0e0ecce205.html

 

WSIU
— Illinois Group Insurance Premiums Could Double Retroactively Pending Outcome of Labor Dispute – ILLINOIS PUBLIC RADIO & SARAH MUELLER
http://news.wsiu.org/post/illinois-group-insurance-premiums-could-double-retroactively-pending-outcome-labor-dispute#stream/0

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Enrollees Of Failed Illinois Insurance Co-Op Face High Costs – AP
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/enrollees-of-failed-illinois-insurance-co-op-face-high-costs

 

FAMILY PAC
— Pro-Family Campaign Kickoff…Family-Pac Boat Cruise July 25 – Paul Caprio
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=bce3a952ce23061bef2161b4e&id=772570c71b&e=8dc9fff257

 

U.S. OF ARN
— Kinzinger: “Hands Down, Right Move” For Senate To Bring In More Muslim Immigrants
http://usofarn.com/2016/07/17/kinzinger-hands-down-right-move-for-senate-to-bring-in-more-muslim-immigrants/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Black Lives Matter, the Chicago Urban League, and Suffering Children – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/black-lives-matter-chicago-urban-league-suffering-children/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hostile media poised to blast GOP convention, Media Research Center says – Jennifer Harper  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents side with the “hostile media” against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/17/hostile-media-poised-to-blast-gop-convention-media/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Here’s a safe prediction about this week’s Republican National Convention: TV reporters will paint the GOP as too conservative, hostile to women, anathema to blacks, and an all-around turn-off to voters,” says Rich Noyes, research director for the Media Research Center. “And that’s not just because the ever-controversial Donald Trump is set to be nominated as the party’s presidential candidate.” Actually, this is a tradition. Broadcasters have been framing the Republican Party and its candidates as rigid, judgmental and ultra-conservative for years, says Mr. Noyes, and he ought to know. The conservative press watchdog has documented liberal rants against the Grand Old Party since 1988, with correspondents acting as “Democratic surrogates, lecturing Republican officials and delegates about how they are too far to the right and intolerant,” the analyst notes. “It does not matter to the media whether the nominee is a conservative like Ronald Reagan, or a moderate like John McCain. The networks read from virtually the same script each year,” Mr. Noyes continues, adding that his organization again will track the bias and share the now familiar findings. “So if you watch one of the liberal networks this week and think you’re hearing an echo of previous slams of the GOP — you probably are,” advises Mr. Noyes. “No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation that carries him into it.”)

 

BLAZE
— Trump Launches Pre-Convention Tweetstorm Against Clinton, Warren and CNN – Carly Hoilman
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/17/trump-launches-pre-convention-tweetstorm-against-clinton-warren-and-cnn/324765/
— Cleveland Police Prepare for Anarchists, Separatists and Anti-Trump Protesters at RNC – Carly Hoilman
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/17/cleveland-police-chief-everyone-is-coming-to-cleveland-to-protest-or-exercise-their-first-amendment-rights/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— Baton Rouge cop-killer in Nation of Islam
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/details-emerge-on-baton-rouge-cop-killers-life/#!

 

DAILY CALLER
— Republican Senator Jeff Flake: The GOP MUST Purge Trump Supporters – Scott Greer
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/17/republican-senator-purge-trump-supporters-from-gop/
— Baton Rouge Shooter Gavin Eugene Long Was Nation Of Islam Member, Railed Against ‘Crackers’ On YouTube Channel – Chuck Ross
http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/17/baton-rouge-shooter-gavin-eugene-long-was-nation-of-islam-member-railed-against-crackers-on-youtube-channel-video/

 

NEWSMAX
— Pollster McLaughlin: Trump Will Win Because He Gives Change Americans Seek – Brian Freeman  (DIERSEN: Those who want to get rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors will vote for Clinton.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Cats-Roundtable-McLaughlin-Trump/2016/07/17/id/739075/
— ABC/WashPost Poll: Clinton Losing Ground Among Women
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/abc-poll-clinton-losing/2016/07/17/id/739050/
— Obama Bashes Gingrich on Muslim Comments: It’s ‘Repugnant’
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/obama-gingrich-muslim-sharia/2016/07/15/id/738927/

 

GOPUSA
— Milwaukee officer shot in patrol car
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12664
— The willing suspension of disbelief will destroy America
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12660
— Islam at War with a Delusional, Suicidal West – Matt Barber
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=12662?omhide=true

 

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— Ten companies with starting wages over $10.50 – Bailey Bischoff  (DIERSEN: I doubt that any of these ten companies would hire me because of one or more of the following reasons: a) I am not a Democrat, b) I do not promote LGBTQ activity, c) I do not promote abortion, d) I do not promote mass/illegal immigration, e) I do not promote booze, pot, gambling, or other vices, f) I do not promote race or gender based preference giving, g) I do not promote political affiliation discrimination, h) I do not promote age discrimination, i) I do not promote abolition of the Second Amendment, j) I am not an anti-Trump, k) I am White, l) I am male, m) I am old (67), n) I am not poor, o) I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, p) I am conservative, q) I am Republican, r) I am American, s) I am a gun owner, t) I am 100% German national origin, u) all my ancestors immigrated to America during the 1840s and 1850s, v) my Democrat GAO superiors took adverse actions against me including forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, not promoting me beyond GS-13, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, w) my Democrat IRS superiors took adverse actions against me including not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims, x) my Democrat Post Office superiors took adverse actions against me including forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests, and y) I avoided the draft with student and financial hardship draft deferments.)
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2016/0718/Ten-companies-with-starting-wages-over-10.50/

 

HUFFINGTOMN POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Flounders As the Stakes Get Bigger.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-bradley/trump-flounders-as-the-st_b_11047964.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Why Trump’s ‘Pivot’ Is Fake And Laughably Late At That  It’s a little late for him to start acting presidential.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-preibus-pivot_us_578bd398e4b0867123e1a910
— The Nation’s Largest Progressive Gathering Disappoints Many  This year’s Netroots Nation felt like one long lightbulb joke. – Eliot Nelson
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/progressives-meet-up-accomplish-little_us_578be40be4b0867123e1ab5e
— In Ohio (And Elsewhere), Trump Appeals To The Past  In swing counties in a swing state, they like Trump and Mike Pence. But it is an America that is fading. Can it put Trump over the top? – Howard Fieneman  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents think of the past?  My critics/opponents demonize, denigrate, and condemn the past.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that the older that you are (I am 67), the more that you have benefited from your parents’, your grandparents’, your great grand parents’, and the rest of your ancestors’ discrimination against minorities and against women.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-midwest-america-swing-states-ohio_us_578bdd67e4b08608d334f15a

 

POLITICO
— The United States of Trump?  In the battlegrounds of 2016, it’s Obama’s country versus The Donald’s. – Michael Grunwald  (DIERSEN: When push comes to shove, my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican side with the Democrats against me.  My critics/opponents are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.  They are disciples of Saul Alinsky.)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/battleground-2016-barack-obama-donald-trump-swing-states-florida-orlando-hispanic-latino-voters-suburbs-214043
— Boomer Bust  Clinton and Trump are two of the oldest presidential candidates ever. When will the Me Generation loosen its grip on American politics? – Todd S. Purdum  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote age discrimination.  All my critics/opponents have always promoted age discrimination.)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/2016-baby-boomers-generation-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-214027

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “RNC Is Donald Trump’s Show, but GOP Cracks Remain.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-conventions/rnc-donald-trump-s-show-gop-cracks-remain-n610916
— Founder of Latinas For Trump: Latinos Will ‘Put Him Over the Top’ – SUZANNE GAMBOA  (DIERSEN: What demographic groups are you a member of?  Will members of those groups put Trump “over the top?” If yes, anti-Trumps will demonize, denigrate, and condemn those groups.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/founder-latinas-trump-latinos-will-put-him-over-top-n611281
— Scrambling, Planners of the Republican Convention Put ‘Showbiz’ Off to the Wings – JONATHAN MARTIN and JEREMY W. PETERS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/us/politics/republican-convention-speakers.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How the Shooting of Police  Officers in Baton Rouge Unfolded – LARRY BUCHANAN, JOE BURGESS and FORD FESSENDEN
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/17/us/what-happened-in-the-shooting-of-police-officers-in-baton-rouge.html
— Donald Trump and Mike Pence: One Ticket, Two Worldviews – STEVE EDER and THOMAS KAPLAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/us/politics/donald-trump-mike-pence.html
— Republican Convention Will Push Limits of a Candidate and the News Media – Jim Rutenberg
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/business/media/republican-convention-will-push-limits-of-trump-and-the-news-media.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more conservative that you are, the more that anti-conservatives demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/opinion/kansas-zealot-helps-shape-the-gops-right-wing-platform.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors ask “Will the GOP convention be a celebration of anger and exclusion?”
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-gop-convention-20160715-snap-story.html
— The Democrats’ demographic firewall is under attack – Carol Anderson  (DIERSEN: Those who vote for Democrats or RINOs are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-anderson-demographic-firewall-20160717-snap-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Trump Nation: Supporters see themselves in Republican nominee – Rick Hampson  (DIERSEN: How many demographics do you share with Trump?  Trump and I are conservative, Republican, American, White, German national origin, Protestant, male, married, college graduates, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, healthy, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. Because of the aforesaid, anti-Trumps viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/17/donald-trump-supporters-republican-nomination-president/87047494/
— Tech turns its back on Trump — except for a few – Jon Swartz and Allana Akhtar
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/07/17/tech-turns-its-back-trump-except-few/86508920/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Why ‘real’ politicians loathe Donald Trump and Boris Johnson – Michael Wolff  (DIERSEN: Who loathes you? The following loathe me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/wolff/2016/07/17/wolff-rise-rebel-politicians/87093154/
— Trump can beat Clinton if GOP unites – Anthony Scaramucci
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/17/trump-hamilton-gop-cleveland-never-support-clinton-column/87128660/
— GOP convention is already a failure: Job one is to unify the party around a nominee. That will #NeverHappen with Donald Trump. – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/18/gop-convention-cleveland-trump-unity-haley-scott-rand-sasse-jonah-goldberg/87219822/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mike Pence Brings Conservative Bona Fides to Donald Trump Ticket  In Indiana, the governor has pursued fiscal and social policies that endear him to the right – NICK TIMIRAOS
http://www.wsj.com/articles/mike-pence-brings-conservative-bona-fides-to-donald-trump-ticket-1468799412
— Trump Touts Pence’s Economic Record, Dismisses Policy Differences  Mr. Trump said he believes selection of Indiana governor could unite the party – NICK TIMIRAOS
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/07/17/trump-touts-pences-economic-record-dismisses-policy-differences/
— The Ballot Box to the Caliphate  The Brotherhood’s ultimate goal is establishing a global Islamic state. This is similar to what ISIS claims it has achieved, if not identical. – ERIC TRAGER  (DIERSEN: How soon will the majority of voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in American will vote for “the Caliphate?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ballot-box-to-the-caliphate-1468795965
— How to Save Public Pensions, No Federal Bailout Needed  It isn’t unprecedented for the feds to spur local pension reform. Kennedy and Reagan both did. – ED BACHRACH
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-save-public-pensions-no-federal-bailout-needed-1468797730

 

DETROIT NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites say “Black Lives Matter is not about racial supremacy.”
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/bankole-thompson/2016/07/17/black-lives-matter-racial-supremacy/87226784/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say voters are “Waking up to Donald Trump’s moral narcissism.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/columns/2016/07/17/waking-donald-trump-moral-narcissism/0BMoV2d3r5xoFPNoRh7yKN/story.html

 

WKBW
— Women pose nude to send a message to the Republican Convention – Zach Toombs
http://www.wkbw.com/news/us-news-world/women-pose-nude-to-send-a-message-to-the-republican-convention-1

 

FED SMITH
— Worst Case Scenario: Proposed Cuts to Federal Pay and Benefits – Ralph Smith  (DIERSEN: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.  If I was still a federal employee, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/07/16/worst-case-scenario-proposed-cuts-to-federal-pay-and-benefits/

 

CHARLESTON POST AND COURIER
— When federal bureaucracy tops the charts – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government. My critics/opponents agree with all the adverse actions a) that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me including forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, not promoting me beyond GS-13, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) that my Democrat IRS superiors took against me including not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims, and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors toke against me including forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests.)
http://www.postandcourier.com/20160718/160719481/when-bureaucracy-tops-the-charts
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal bureaucracy gets a black eye from the public for the officiousness and red tape that are sometimes part of dealing with it. Think of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Internal Revenue Service and the Transportation Safety Administration. The bureaucracy also comes under frequent fire from elected leaders in Congress, usually conservatives, who complain about its expense and lack of accountability. But there is one group that is unmatched in its admiration for federal workers — the bureaucracy itself. According to ratings given to federal workers in their employee reviews, an unbelievable 99 percent are doing at least a good job. Unbelievable is right. Nevertheless, according to data collected by the Government Accountability Office, 33.1 percent of federal employees were given an “outstanding” rating, while 27.4 percent exceed “fully successful,” and 38.8 percent of federal employees were viewed merely as “fully successful.” Of the minuscule remainder, 0.3 percent qualified as “minimally successful,” and 0.1 percent as “unacceptable.” Presumably, that microscopic group of “unacceptables” are the federal employees who are sent home with pay because of job-related problems. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., was highly critical of the rating system’s shortcomings, as might be expected, since he is chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. “Apparently the federal bureaucrats grading one another think virtually everyone who works for the government is doing a fantastic job,” Rep. Miller said. “But given the dysfunction we’ve seen throughout the federal government over the last several years, that can’t possibly be true.” He added, “While most federal employees are dedicated and competent, everyone knows the government’s personnel system is rigged to protect those who can’t or won’t do their jobs.” Certainly, this report is evidence of that. The GAO recommended that agencies and their employees recognize “that a rating of ‘fully successful’ is already a high bar and should be valued and rewarded and that ‘outstanding’ is a difficult level to achieve.” Or should be. The rating system also relates to job promotions and compensation. That compounds the outrage and demands reform. If the civil service isn’t willing to dump the rating system as an utter fraud, then Congress should take on the job. Based on these ratings, the federal bureaucracy scores higher on the scale of excellence than Ivory Soap, which is only 99 and 44/100ths percent pure. And that just won’t wash.)

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Illinois health insurer announces liquidation as Obamacare co-ops collapse – Kristina Betinis
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/07/18/illi-j18.html

 

MIC
— GOP Chair Reince Priebus Says Having Straight Parents Is the “Best Scenario” for Children – Marie Solis
https://mic.com/articles/148971/gop-chair-reince-priebus-says-having-straight-parents-is-the-best-scenario-for-children#.UoWp5CO3J

 

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors WORK WITH EACH OTHER TO GET RID OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, COMPANIES, GOVERNMENTS, AND COUNTRIES THAT ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/07/white-lives-matter-movement-pines-racist-past/

 

SLATE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps present “141 Things Donald Trump Has Said and Done That Make Him Unfit to Be President.”
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/07/donald_trump_is_unfit_to_be_president_here_are_141_reasons_why.html

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Let the madness begin: All signs point to four days of complete insanity.”
http://www.salon.com/2016/07/18/let_the_madness_begin_all_signs_point_to_four_days_of_complete_insanity/

 

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Republican Party Blew It.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/135151/republican-party-blew

 

DAILY KOS
— How candidates fare among faith groups – Jon Perr  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  Those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors are nasty.  What do your critics/opponents say about your faith? My nasty critics/opponents who are a member of a church, who attend church services, and/or who give money to a church viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me as being a religious hypocrite because put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out on Sunday mornings instead of attending church services.  I should write a book about my aforesaid nasty critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois and how they a) promote booze, gambling, and other vices and b) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/7/17/1548121/-Donald-Trump-had-white-evangelicals-at-hello

 

FOX NEWS LATINO
— RNC chair: Trump planning tour to woo Latino voters, believes convention will be turning point  (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, anti-Trumps want Trump to “woo” citizens of Mexico in America legally or illegally by doing much more than just promising to give them more preference than Clinton does.  Anti-Trumps want Trump to promise a) to legalize pot in America to further booster Mexico’s economy and to further destroy America, b) to force everyone to speak, read, and write Spanish, c) give southwest America back to Mexico, and d) then to give all of what is left of America to Mexico.)
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2016/07/17/rnc-chair-trump-planning-tour-to-attract-latino-voters-believes-convention-will/