Tag: diversity

February 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/2/25/21152882/illinois-marijuana-legal-weed-craft-grow-license-social-equity

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
– Editorial: For U.S. Senate on the Republican ballot: Mark C. Curran Jr.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-us-senate-republican-mark-curran-20200226-rqwg2sfb7jcrzdqgdlu33kvwte-story.html
— Front-runner Bernie Sanders faces attacks from Democratic rivals in South Carolina debate Democrats unleashed a roaring assault against Bernie Sanders’ electability – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following demographics that you have, the more that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs flush you down their toilets: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-nw-democratic-debate-south-carolina-20200226-slucqpasx5dijbrgv2pminauua-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/northbrook/ct-nbs-cannabis-grower-proposal-tl-0227-20200225-xllazbixqbdlzmenfd6mqrk7aq-story.html
— Naper Pride group out to show Naperville is inclusive, accepting while planning city’s first Pride Fest and refuting low LGBTQ advocacy score – SUZANNE BAKER (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America a) officially prohibit those who do not advocate LGBTQ activity from seeking or holding government or political offices and b) officially banish those who do not advocate LGBTQ activity? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who focus on destroying those like me who do not advocate LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naper-pride-st-0214-20200225-lucymwunfrbotld4u5kiu2xa5y-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— GOP candidates for 14th Congressional District strong, but different, on Second Amendment – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200226/gop-candidates-for-14th-congressional-district-strong-but-different-on-second-amendment
— DuPage County approves 84 houses on Planter’s Palette site despite opposition from neighbors – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 4-home Cove Court subdivision in Wheaton.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200225/dupage-county-approves-84-houses-on-planters-palette-site-despite-opposition-from-neighbors

WBBM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/legal-weed-2-months-in-how-are-we-doing

WREX
— Driving High: 13 WREX digs deeper in to enforcement since weed legalization – James Stratton
https://wrex.com/2020/02/25/preview-driving-high-13-wrex-digs-deeper-in-to-enforcement-since-weed-legalization/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats snipe at Sanders, Trump in chaotic South Carolina debate – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/with-time-running-out-to-stop-sanders-dems-set-to-debate-in-south-carolina

HINSDALE PATCH
— Ex-Hinsdale Official Gets $315K Pension Retired elementary Superintendent Mary Curley makes more than the current schools chief. She got two 20 percent raises in her final years. – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: In defense of my $54,168/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year, and I worked for the Post office for almost 3 years at the GS-4 Step 1-3 levels, currently $16.64-$17.75/hour. In addition, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/ex-hinsdale-official-gets-315k-pension

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Sue Rezin’s Newest Commercial Goes on Attack on Jim Oberweis
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/26/il-14-sue-rezins-newest-commercial-goes-on-attack-on-jim-oberweis/ 
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis’ Florida Residency Could Be His U.S. Stem Cell Clinic, LLC
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/26/il-14-jim-oberweis-florida-residency-could-be-his-u-s-stem-cell-clinic-llc/ 
— IL-14: Gradel Drops Fifth Mailing
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/26/il-14-gradel-drops-fifth-mailing/ 
— Bloomberg Mails
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/26/bloomberg-mails/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS WASTES TAXES SUPPORTING TOO MANY SCHOOL DISTRICT BUREAUCRACIES – Adam Schuster
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-wastes-taxes-supporting-too-many-school-district-bureaucracies/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS inspector general: Total number of illegals could be 22 million – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs count on using illegals to get rid of Republicans once and for all.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/24/audit-finds-sanctuary-cities-released-more-than-17/
— Warren accuses Bloomberg of telling employee to get abortion – Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/25/elizabeth-warren-bloomberg-told-employee-get-abort/
— Not-so-friendly fire: Sanders, Bloomberg take beating in Dem debate – Seth McLaughlin and Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/25/bernie-sanders-michael-bloomberg-take-beating-demo/
— Bernie Sanders’ embrace of Castro and socialism He praises the con that cost over 100 million lives, and his loopy writings demand closer scrutiny – Tammy Bruce
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/26/bernie-sanders-embrace-of-castro-and-socialism/
— Trump says purge of disloyal staffers is for the ‘good of the country’ – Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents demand total loyalty to them and to them only. I should write a book about a) my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.; b) their sycophants; and c) all the times that I have been purged.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/25/donald-trump-says-purge-disloyal-staffers-good-cou/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Joe Walsh vows to campaign for Bernie Sanders if he wins nomination: ‘#NeverTrump means never Trump’ – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/25/joe-walsh-vows-to-campaign-for-bernie-sanders-if-h/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Never Trumpers backing Sanders have let anti-Trump derangement melt their brains – Brad Polumbo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/joe-walsh-and-jennifer-rubin-have-let-anti-trump-derangement-melt-their-brains-by-backing-bernie-sanders

FOX NEWS
— Trump breaks through media static by whacking Sotomayor, Ginsburg, CNN – Howard Kurtz 
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-breaks-through-media-static-by-whacking-sotomayor-ginsburg-cnn

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mass migration breeds housing shortages and political upheaval – Dale L. Wilcox (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs what to fill your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America with those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/mass_migration_breeds_housing_shortages_and_political_upheaval.html

BREITBART
— Democrat Debate: All-white Stage, Majority-black Electorate – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/02/25/democrat-debate-all-white-stage-majority-black-electorate/
— Fact Check: Elizabeth Warren Falsely Claims She Was Fired from Her First Teaching Job for Being Pregnant – MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/25/fact-check-elizabeth-warren-falsely-claims-she-was-fired-from-her-first-teaching-job-for-being-pregnant/
— Fact Check: 2020 Democrat Plan for Mass Immigration Hurts Black Americans Most – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/25/ffact-check-2020-democrat-plan-for-mass-immigration-hurts-black-americans-most/
— Poll Shows Trump Eating into Democrat Black Vote – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/25/nolte-poll-shows-trump-eating-into-democrat-black-vote/

CNS NEWS
— Sanders Wants Kids to Admire Feminists, Activists; Not ‘A Statue of Someone That Believed in Slavery’ – Susan Jones (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want you to admire a) those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) those who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.) 
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/susan-jones/sanders-wants-kids-admire-feminists-activists-not-statue-someone

DAILY WIRE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Bernie: We’re Going To Help Minorities Start Businesses To Sell Drugs – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/bernie-were-going-to-help-minorities-start-businesses-to-sell-drugs

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Off The Rails’: Moderators Struggle As 10th Dem Debate Turns Into Absolute Shouting Match – ANDERS HAGSTROM
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/25/dem-debate-biden-south-carolina/
— Bloomberg Says He ‘Bought’ The Democratic House Majority – WILLIAM DAVIS (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and act like they have been bought by my critics/opponents. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/25/bloomberg-bought-democrats-house/
— Judge On Roger Stone Case Goes After Tucker Carlson, Trump Over Comments About Juror – CHUCK ROSS (DIERSEN: What percent of the Chicago-area jury pool is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/25/roger-stone-judge-tucker-carlson-juror/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Why the Left Calls Good People Racist – Dennis Prager (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those on the left hint/imply/argue/shout that those on the right are racists. To hint/imply/argue/shout that someone in America is a racist today is like hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that someone was a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. Needless-to say, if someone hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are a racist, you should immediately sue them.) 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/02/25/why-the-left-calls-good-people-racist/

TOWNHALL
— Mayor Pete Wants to Crackdown on Religious Groups That Refuse to Hire LGBTQ Staff – Todd Starnes (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats, Greens, and RINOs succeed in forcing your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois a) to hire, retain, and promote more and more and more LGBTQers and b) to get rid of more and more and more Republicans?) 
https://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2020/02/25/mayor-pete-wants-to-crackdown-on-religious-groups-that-refuse-to-hire-lgbtq-staff-n2561851
— There Is No American Worker Shortage – Michelle Malkin (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents would say that America needs more immigrants to take the bad jobs that I took. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2020/02/26/there-is-no-american-worker-shortage-n2561917
— Demographic Change Fuels Bernie’s Socialist Revolution – Gavin Wax (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs what to fill your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America with those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, abti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/gavinwax/2020/02/25/demographic-change-fuels-bernies-socialist-revolution-n2561866

NEWS BUSTERS
— PBS Show Insists Sanders Is ‘Mainstream,’ But Accepts Trump as Racist ‘Authoritarian’ – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2020/02/25/pbss-amanpour-defends-sanders-socialism-mainstream-europe

FEDERALIST
— How Courts Would Use The Equal Rights Amendment To Ruin The Country Federal judges will need no more than an imagination and a political agenda to use the Equal Rights Amendment for all sorts of mischief. – Thomas Jipping
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/25/how-courts-would-use-the-equal-rights-amendment-to-ruin-the-country/
— Why Do Americans Hate Each Other? – David Marcus (DIERSEN: Those on the left promote hatred of those on the right. I should write a book about those on the left in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in the Milton Township Republican Organization, in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and in the Illinois Republican Party who promote hatred of those on the right. I would focus on those on the left who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/25/why-do-americans-hate-each-other/

EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Considers Ban on Encouraging Illegals to Stay in US – MATTHEW VADUM (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who focus on getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.theepochtimes.com/supreme-court-considers-ban-on-encouraging-illegals-to-stay-in-us_3250654.html

THE HILL
— Warren, Bloomberg get in heated exchange over alleged treatment of female employees – JULIA MANCHESTER (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors gave tremendous preference to the females who I worked for, worked with, and supervised. I should write a book about my superiors and the tremendous preference that they gave the females who I worked for, worked with, and supervised.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/484643-warren-bloomberg-get-in-heated-exchange-over-alleged-treatment-of-female

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Sanders faces attacks in Democrats’ debate-stage clash Democrats unleashed a roaring assault against Bernie Sanders’ electability – STEVE PEOPLES, MEG KINNARD and AAMER MADHANI (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following demographics that you have, the more that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs flush you down their toilets: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://apnews.com/6cb5e160744fc577aabc8918c60882b3

NBC NEWS
— Village People gives Trump OK to play gay anthems ‘YMCA,’ ‘Macho Man’ at rallies Fans had asked the group to block Trump, who played Village People’s 1978 track “Macho Man” as he entered a rally in India earlier this week, from using the music. – Gwen Aviles (DIERSEN: Of course, those who want Trump to lose on November 3, 2020 want Trump a) to promote LGBTQ activity and b) to get rid of heterosexuals, and especially those heterosexuals who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/village-people-gives-trump-ok-play-gay-anthems-ymca-macho-n1142531

NEW YORK TIMES
— Amid Insults and Interruptions, Sanders Absorbs Burst of Attacks in Debate In a messy Democratic forum, Bernie Sanders, the emerging front-runner, faced his most serious test so far. Michael R. Bloomberg also drew withering criticism. – Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/us/politics/south-carolina-debate-recap.html
— Elizabeth Warren Challenges Michael Bloomberg on ‘Kill It’ Abortion Comment Ms. Warren called out Mr. Bloomberg on his history of crude and sexist comments at the Democratic debate in Charleston, S.C. – Nick Corasaniti and Maggie Astor
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-pregnancy-employee.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/opinion/christianity-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/opinion/trump-immigration-public-charge.html
— There’s No G.O.P. Primary in South Carolina. Some Republicans Will Vote Anyway. An effort to encourage conservatives to participate in the state’s open primary for Democrats is meant to show the process’s flaws. Chaos, organizers said, would be a side benefit. – Rick Rojas (DIERSEN: I oppose any kind of cross-over voting. How many Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens in your precinct cast Republican primary ballots to do whatever damage that they can to the Republican Party?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/us/south-carolina-primary-operation-chaos.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Wealthy Americans Already Pay Their Share Arguments to the contrary spurn or wildly distort statistics and cherry-pick anecdotal examples. – Phil Gramm and John F. Early (DIERSEN: Who wants you to pay more taxes? I should write a book about those who want me to pay more taxes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wealthy-americans-already-pay-their-share-11582676377
— FRONT PAGE: Internet Shutdowns Become a Favorite Tool of Governments: ‘It’s Like We Suddenly Went Blind’ Governments increasingly order telecoms to turn off web access in neighborhoods, regions or whole countries, sometimes for months – Feliz Solomon (DIERSEN: One should expect that sooner or later, Democrats will shut down the internet in Republican areas.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/internet-shutdowns-become-a-favorite-tool-of-governments-its-like-we-suddenly-went-blind-11582648765
— The Democrats Make Bloomberg Their PC Punching Bag But it seems a dubious way of getting votes. How many American voters subscribe to political correctness? – Joseph Epstein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-make-bloomberg-their-pc-punching-bag-11582656912

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) glorify and praise Latinos and b) blame all the problems that Latinos have on Republicans, and especially on Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2020/02/24/latino-small-business-owners-becoming-economic-force-us/4748786002/

BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS
— Actually, we might need more immigrants – just ask Team Trump – CLARENCE PAGE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents would say that America needs more immigrants to take the bad jobs that I took. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.bgdailynews.com/opinion/commentary/actually-we-might-need-more-immigrants-just-ask-team-trump/article_30bcd3ab-72e7-5b32-b6eb-3b9c9165cf5f.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Instead of having too many newcomers, Mulvaney told the crowd that we have too few, according to an audio recording of his remarks obtained by the Post. “We are desperate – desperate – for more people,” Mulvaney said. “We are running out of people to fuel the economic growth that we’ve had in our nation over the last four years. We need more immigrants.” Oh? That’s certainly not what we’ve been hearing since Trump announced his candidacy five years ago. That’s when he infamously accused Mexico of “sending people” who are “bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists, and some, I assume, are good people.” As president he has spent the past three years hardening this country’s immigration system into an obstacle course of physical and bureaucratic barriers. Most recently he added Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, Tanzania and Africa’s biggest country, Nigeria, to the travel ban. What’s going on? I wondered, is this another Mulvaney gaffe?)

BLOOMBERGLAW
— Cutting Through the Haze of Marijuana in the Workplace – Evandro Gigante and Hayley H. Fritchie (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise anyone who uses pot.) 
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/insight-cutting-through-the-haze-of-marijuana-in-the-workplace

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— GAO Finds ‘Uneven Progress’ in State Department’s Effort to Improve Workforce Diversity Concerns about the demographic composition of the workforce are longstanding, GAO said. – COURTNEY BUBLÉ (DIERSEN: Will the State Department follow GAO’s lead and waste the careers of and get rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40?)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/02/watchdog-finds-uneven-progress-state-departments-effort-improve-workforce-diversity/163326/

GUARDIAN
— Rush Limbaugh: coronavirus a ‘common cold’ being ‘weaponised’ against Trump – Martin Pengelly
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/25/rush-limbaugh-coronavirus-trump

February 25 Evening Edition

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you want to destroy a municipality, destroy a county, destroy a state, or destroy a country, you push pot on that municipality, on that county, on that state, or on that country. 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/joe-cahill-business/how-long-can-pot-resisting-towns-hold-out

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Byrnes in GOP primary for McHenry County coroner
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200225/endorsement-byrnes-in-gop-primary-for-mchenry-county-coroner
— Years of largesse give Bloomberg his own political machine – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200225/news/302259990/
— Law license at stake, Blagojevich skips hearing – Barbara Vitello
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200225/law-license-at-stake-blagojevich-skips-hearing–

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Ives still confident about GOP primary win, releases new ad with eye on the prize
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-will-lightfoot-endorse-illinois-primary-obama-center-housing-spin-20200225-74hxky6hjvgh3hycrzl7vitk2m-story.html
— Rod Blagojevich accused of ‘moral turpitude’ at hearing on his law license – JASON MEISNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-rod-blagojevich-commuted-ardc-hearing-20200225-tiz262xxlrfj5b322bvjuz6l7e-story.html
— 2020 Illinois Democratic presidential candidate endorsements – BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-2020-illinois-presidential-endorsements-20200225-v7jk22zikjezffdyyxnzacpfrq-story.html
— The Bernie Sanders dilemma: Are Dems pining for the days of smoke-filled rooms? – Clarence Page
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-sanders-democrats-smoke-filled-rooms-page-20200225-n7lm3m4d65cglafxe2q3rbp544-story.html
— American oligarchs used to quietly bankroll pols. Now they’re becoming them. – JEFFREY A. WINTERS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-michael-bloomberg-american-oligarchs-politics-20200225-zmvezhoed5gynplbj6shjatvx4-story.html
— GOP primary in Kane County District 10 sees incumbent against former Batavia alderman – DAVID SHAROS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-kane-county-district-10-st-0226-20200225-fvfkpnisbnddfkp3ptontvps2y-story.html
— DuPage expungement clinic – ALICIA FABBRE (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I have had an unfair advantage in life because I have never been arrested? They hint/imply/argue/shout that because of discrimination against minorities, if I had been a minority, I would have been arrested, if not convicted of a crime.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-expungment-clinic-misdemeanors-st-0223-20200226-bomskmeu6janbo4xoghwuc2vgm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Blago a no-show as state Supreme Court agency aims to yank his law license for ‘moral turpitude’ A week after his release from federal prison, disgraced ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich is still looking for a job — and it doesn’t like he’ll find one in a courtroom any time soon. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/25/21153133/blagojevich-disbar-illinois-attorneys-commutation-trump
— Diversity on the docket in state Supreme Court race How important is racial diversity on the state’s top court? James Montgomery Sr. thinks it’s crucial. The veteran lawyer was corporation counsel under Mayor Harold Washington, the city’s first black mayor. – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green, and other political parties in Illinois officially announce that the more of the following that candidates are, the less support that those candidates will get from the party: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if their ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/25/21151572/state-supreme-court-freeman-neville-howse-harris-reyes-mcbride-epstein-cobbs
— Firefighters making renewed push for pension bill that could saddle city with $30M in annual costs It would remove the “birth date restriction” that prohibited 2,200 active and retired firefighters born after Jan. 1, 1966 from receiving a 3% annual cost of living increase. Instead, they get half that amount — an annual increase of 1.5% that is not compounded. – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Cost of living adjustments have always been less than inflation.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/2/25/21153449/firefighters-renewed-push-pension-bill-30-million-annual-costs
— Illinois sheriffs: Violent felons facing deportation released into communities Sheriff Mike Downey of Kankakee County said the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association was not given a reason for a recent policy switch, which Downey said is akin to giving the ex-inmates a “head start to evade federal law.” – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/25/21153503/illinois-violent-felons-ice-sheriffs

ABC7
— Pompeo accuses China and Iran of censoring information about coronavirus outbreaks – Conor Finnegan
https://abc7chicago.com/pompeo-accuses-china-and-iran-of-censoring-information-about-coronavirus-outbreaks-/5966883/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Violent felons who had faced deportation are being released into Illinois communities, sheriffs say – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/violent-felons-who-had-faced-deportation-are-being-released-into-illinois-communities-sheriffs-say
— Trump defends Modi, refuses to weigh in on citizenship law – Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who look down on, if not discriminate against, not only those who are Missouri Synod Lutheran, but those who are German American, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-defends-modi-refuses-to-weigh-in-on-citizenship-law

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To encourage a person to use pot is to try to destroy that person. 
https://news.wttw.com/2020/02/24/can-chicago-fix-problem-marijuana-so-male

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— House Committee to Consider Representative’s Qualifications – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: When vacancies occur, I call for special elections to be held to fill those vacancies. If special elections had been held to fill the Wheaton City Council North and West City Council vacancies, which candidates would have won? If a special election had been held to fill the recent Illinois Republican Party 8th Congressional District State Central Committee vacancy, which candidate would have won?)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=299397#.XlW0-WhKiM8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, D-Naperville, said she served Delgado a petition on Jan. 29 that called into question the new state representative’s qualifications. Stava-Murray said in her petition that Delgado’s husband was appointed to a “position of influence” with the Latino Caucus. “[T]he process and subsequent appointment created by that process indicated the political sway that a person alleged to have engaged in brazenly clear bribery (and known amongst House colleagues to repeatedly ask ‘what’s in it for me?’) retained even while vacating the House seat to which he had been elected,” Stava-Murray said in the petition. Earlier this month, House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, filed a petition that laid out the timeline of Arroyo’s charges and subsequent resignation, and the questions around Arroyo giving his local party votes to someone else to cast for his replacement. “Mr. Arroyo gave his proxy votes to Alderman [Ariel] Reboyras to be used towards choosing Ms. Delgado,” Durkin said. “Although Mr. Arroyo was not present for the actual vote, his decision to give his votes to be voted by proxy had the same effect as if he was present at the actual vote to fill the vacancy.”)

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Poll: Sanders leads Democratic presidential field in Illinois – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: To vote for Sanders is to shout that you are not only anti-Trump, but that you are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.galesburg.com/news/20200225/poll-sanders-leads-democratic-presidential-field-in-illinois

RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK
— GOPers talk immigration, climate change at forum 3rd District congressional hopefuls draw sparse crowd at LTHS – Bob Skolnik
https://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/2-25-2020/GOPers-talk-immigration,-climate-change-at-forum/

FOX ILLINOIS
— With time running out to stop Sanders, Dems set to debate in South Carolina – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/with-time-running-out-to-stop-sanders-dems-set-to-debate-in-south-carolina

NPR ILLINOIS
— OUTRAGEOUS: Pets Allowed: Proposed State Measure Would Allow Critters In Public Housing – OLIVIA MITCHELL 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/pets-allowed-proposed-state-measure-would-allow-critters-public-housing#stream/0

TRI STATES PUBLIC RADIO
— State Senator Steve McClure, a Springfield Republican, Wants Harsher Punishments For Harming Domesticated Animals – MIKE SMITH
https://www.tspr.org/post/lawmaker-wants-harsher-punishments-harming-domesticated-animals

CENTER SQUARE
— Law enforcement group objects to release of non-citizens from prison without notification – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/law-enforcement-group-objects-to-release-of-non-citizens-from/article_216f99c2-5806-11ea-8cd2-d72eb5798006.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry Township Consolidation Cost-Benefit Study Summary
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/mchenry-township-consolidation-cost-benefit/ 
— Gasser Responds to Commenter’s Critique
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/gasser-responds-to-commenting-critique/ 
— IL-14: Left Trying to Redefine Socialism and Distinguish “Democratic Socialism”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/il-14-left-trying-to-redefine-socialism-and-distinguish-democratic-socialism/ 
IL-14: Jim Marter Makes Appeal
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/il-14-jim-marter-makes-appeal/ 
— Jack Franks ad hoc Committee Selections Mirror Those of Mike Madigan
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/jack-franks-ad-hoc-committee-selections-mirror-those-of-mike-madigan/
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis Endorsed by DuPage Conservatives and Al Salvi
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/il-14-jim-oberweis-endorsed-by-dupage-conservatives-and-al-salvi/ 
— Tribune Endorses Byrnes for Coroner, Hansen for Judge
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/tribune-endorses-byrnes-for-coroner-hansen-for-judge/

CAPITOL FAX
— Gaming roundup: No betting on Illini/DePaul tournament games; Indiana’s troubles; Harmon’s video gaming gusher; Sweepstakes issues
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/25/gaming-roundup-no-betting-on-illinidepaul-tournament-games-indianas-troubles-harmons-video-gaming-gusher-sweepstakes-issues/
— Coronavirus roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/25/coronavirus-roundup/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Devout Catholics side with Trump – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/25/inside-the-beltway-power-devout-catholics-side-wit/
— Illinois lawyers say Blagojevich should be disbarred – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/25/illinois-lawyers-say-blagojevich-should-be-disbarr/

FOX NEWS
— CPAC 2020: Who’s speaking at this year’s conservative conference – Brooke Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cpac-2020-whos-speaking-at-this-years-conservative-conference
— Cruz scorches Sotomayor over court critique, turns tables on her dissent – Ronn Blitzer
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cruz-scorches-sotomayor-over-court-critique-turns-tables-on-her-dissent

DAILY CALLER
— Bernie Sanders Promoted Article Saying American Dream ‘More Apt To Be Realized’ In Venezuela – PETER HASSON (DIERSEN: People with what demographics get preference in Venezuela?)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/25/bernie-sanders-venezuela-american-dream/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Judge Rules Chicago Can’t Ban Christian Students From Evangelizing – Tony Perkins
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/02/25/judge-rules-chicago-cant-ban-christian-students-from-evangelizing/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Our Laws Protect Animals but Not Human Beings – ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/pain-capable-unborn-child-protection-act-our-laws-protect-animals-but-not-human-beings/
— Blagojevich’s Release Is a Chance to Tackle Corruption in Illinois – BRAD WEISENSTEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/blagojevich-release-is-a-chance-to-tackle-corruption-in-illinois/


THE HILL
— Surging Sanders puts House in range for Republicans – JOHN FEEHERY
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/484437-feehery-surging-sanders-puts-house-in-range-for-republicans
— Twitter falling short on pledge to verify primary candidates – EMILY BIRNBAUM AND CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/484453-twitter-falling-short-on-pledge-to-verify-primary-candidates

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says Liberal Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor Should Recuse – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/02/25/world/asia/25reuters-usa-court-trump.html
— Stocks Tumble Again as Fears of Coronavirus Grip Markets The spread of the new coronavirus has rattled investors in both the stock and bond markets. – Matt Phillips
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/business/stock-markets-covid-19.html

NEWSWEEK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: FORMER TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL OPPONENT JOE WALSH BACKS BERNIE SANDERS, TELLS GOP ‘I’D RATHER HAVE A SOCIALIST THAN A CON MAN’ – BENJAMIN FEARNOW
https://www.newsweek.com/former-trump-presidential-opponent-joe-walsh-backs-bernie-sanders-tells-gop-id-rather-have-1489069

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Victory Fund hosts fundraiser for endorsed Illinois LGBTQ candidates – Carrie Maxwell
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/-Victory-Fund-hosts-fundraiser-for-endorsed-Illinois-LGBTQ-candidates/68032.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Victory Fund hosted fundraiser for the organization’s endorsed candidates—Cook County Circuit Court Clerk candidate Jacob Meister; state representative candidates Yoni Pizer ( 12th District ), Ken Meija-Beal ( 42nd District ) and Maggie Trevor ( 54th District ); and Cook County Circuit Court judicial candidates Levander Smith Jr., Jill Rose Quinn, Mary Cay Marubio and Brad Trowbridge—took place Feb. 17 at Wood in Boystown. . .”This endorsement gives me a sense of joy and accomplishment,” said Meija-Beal. “I am from DuPage County and there is not a lot of LGBTQ representation there. The fact that the Victory Fund found this race and my candidacy worthy means the world to me.”)

VAULT
— 6 Skills You Need on Your Resume to Get Hired in 2020 – Sarah Daren (DIERSEN: Democrats want to hire, retain, and promote a) young Democrat minorities, b) young Democrat females, and c) those who can and will get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.vault.com/blogs/resumes-cover-letters/6-skills-you-need-on-your-resume-to-get-hired-in-2020

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Call for Presidential Candidates’ Medical Records
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2020/most_call_for_presidential_candidates_medical_records

February 22 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Dan Hampton keynoted the DuPage County Republican Central Committee Lincoln Day Dinner at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace Friday evening, February 21, 2020. 400+ attended. Elected officials and candidates who signed in included Bansal, Berlin, Brenan, Burke, Carpanzano, Coyne, Cronin, J. Curran, M. Curran, Cuzzone, Dabrowski, Eckhoff, Felice, A. & R. Jorgensen, Kelly, Fisher, Foltyniewicz, Grogan, Hart, Henry, Holder-Youngberg, Hois, Houde, Hoyer, Hundley, Ives, Jani, Kachiroubas, Keller, Kinzler, Korynecky, Krajewski, Ladien, Larsen, Marshell, McCarthy, McCluskey, Mendrick, Mitchell, Morrissey, Murphy, Musson, Noonan, Oberweis, Painter, Pollastrini, Popejoy, Prater, Puchacski, Ramey, Ruppsrch, Schostock, Shroeder, Tarter, Tornatore, Valle, Veenstra, Voelz, Wilkins, and Zay. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ABC7
— Russia helping Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders campaigns in 2020 election, intelligence officials said – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/intel-officials-say-russia-boosting-trumps-reelection-bid-also-helping-sanders/5954739/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican candidates for 11th District U.S. House seat answer questions on climate change, health care, gun violence – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-11th-congress-gop-candidate-forum-st-0219-20200221-opy2uwhlunespl4zfbpfibkrkq-story.html
— ILLINOIS HOUSE ENDORSEMENTS: Brady, Bourne, Jacobs, Schmidt, Arview
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-illinois-house-endorsements-4-20200221-cl3gow4mqvajfflfknln3nv3uy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Bar associations release Cook judicial candidate evaluations – Barbara Vitello
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200221/bar-associations-release-cook-judicial-candidate-evaluations
— Jeanette Ward: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200222/jeanette-ward-candidate-profile
— Beth Goncher: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200222/beth-goncher-candidate-profile
— Endorsements: Schofield for GOP, Ness for Democrats in House District 66
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200221/endorsements-schofield-for-gop-ness-for-democrats-in-house-district-66

NORTHWEST HERALD
— End to corruption requires change in leadership – Editorial
https://www.nwherald.com/2020/02/21/our-view-end-to-corruption-requires-change-in-leadership/a6rqc8r/

SOUTHERN
— Simon Poll: Bernie leads among likely Democratic voters in Illinois; Trump remains popular downstate
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/simon-poll-bernie-leads-among-likely-democratic-voters-in-illinois/article_89696751-5a3e-5667-8539-7ca2bf467462.html

ILLINOIS BUSINESS DAILY
— Highest income earners in Illinois taxed at 7.4% rate
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/525758641-highest-income-earners-in-illinois-taxed-at-7-4-rate

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— What They Said: Republican Senate Candidates On The Issues – Tim Shelley
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/2020/02/21/what-they-said-republican-senate-candidates-on-the-issues/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— White House Report Card: Trump winning the Democratic race – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/white-house-report-card-trump-winning-the-democratic-race

CBN NEWS
— Innocence Stolen: Fox Targets Kids with LGBTQ Agenda During a LEGO Show – Benjamin Gill
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/entertainment/2020/february/innocence-stolen-thanks-fox-for-targeting-my-kids-with-the-lgbtq-agenda-during-a-lego-show

FOX NEWS
— Republican Party war chest dwarfs Democrats’ going into 2020 high season – Brooke Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republican-party-war-chest-dwarfs-democrats-going-into-2020-high-season

FOX BUSINESS
— Illinois village opposes Amazon distribution center that would add 1,500 jobs Bolingbrook Mayor believes jobs are too low paying, building will be unsightly – Blair Shiff
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/illinois-amazon-jobs-bolingbrook

THE HILL
— Trump names the first openly gay person to a cabinet-level position – Anagha Srikanth
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/484026-trump-names-the-first-openly-gay-person-to-a

NEW YORK TIMES
— One Guaranteed Winner in the Democratic Primary: Plans to Tax the Rich Every leading candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination is proposing trillions of dollars of new taxes on wealthy Americans and businesses. The divide in the field is how high to go. – Jim Tankersley and Thomas Kaplan
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/22/us/politics/democratic-wealth-tax-plans.html

PBS
— How will 2020 Democrats fare in more diverse Nevada? (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want to get rid of you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-will-2020-democrats-fare-in-more-diverse-nevada

AXIOS
— America’s future looks a lot like Nevada – Stef W. Kight (DIERSEN: Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and RINO political consultants want Republicans to lose. Ever-increasingly, they advise Republican political organizations, candidates, elected officials, and major donors to dump those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.axios.com/future-america-demographics-nevada-caucus-elections-cd09ed11-c036-4617-ac55-3042b722739e.html

February 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— For Illinois House: Camerer, Skillicorn, Ellington-Snipes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-illinois-house-endorsements-3-20200221-pvmpi77k4rfj7n3yofzg2qxgwe-story.html
— Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leads new Illinois presidential poll, but survey’s methodology raises questions about its accuracy – RICK PEARSON and BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-illinois-presidential-race-poll-2020-20200221-zizt3h7sebc6dfept7bbrseoou-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: However, the poll, which has a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points among Democrats, relies on a methodology that raises questions about its accuracy. The survey does not weight its results based on the demographic makeup of Illinois voters, including by gender, geography or race. For example, of the poll’s 1,000 registered voters, 56% were identified as male and 44% female. The federal census, however, shows a majority of the state’s population is female while 2016 exit polling showed the state’s Democratic electorate was 54% female. The polling sample also did not accurately reflect the percentage of the vote that came from strongly Democratic Chicago compared with less Democratic suburbs and Downstate. Only a quarter of the poll’s Democratic results came from the city of Chicago, while actual voting in 2016 showed the city accounted for 35% of the state’s total Democratic primary turnout. In addition, the new survey skewed heavily toward older voters, compared with 2016 exit polling that showed roughly 40% of the Democratic electorate was under the age of 45. The new poll’s racial breakdown of 60% white, 24% black and 6% Latino tracked closer to Illinois voting demographics in the last presidential primary.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to get votes, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs disgustingly promote vices, including booze, gambling, and pot. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/transportation/ct-biz-booze-on-trains-prohibition-20200220-vegbdgqysfbc5kxtjbe62mw2ou-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pretrial detainees to vote at first polling place in Cook County Jail 42 voting machines will be brought in during the first two weekends in March — marking the first time in the country a polling place will be available for pretrial detainees. – Marin Scott 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/20/21141112/pretrial-detainees-to-vote-at-first-polling-place-in-cook-county-jail
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefitted from their discrimination against minorities and their against women and b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/2/20/21144684/jim-crow-racism-segregation-lynching-these-hands-black-history-month-natalie-moore

CBS2
— Blagojevich And Trump’s Relationship Goes Back Years – Megan Hickey (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the losses that Republican candidates have suffered in Illinois. They especially blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for the loss that Jim Ryan suffered in 2002 and for the loss that Judy Baar Topinka suffered in 2006.) 
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/18/blagojevich-trump-relationship-celebrity-apprentice-checkbook/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump personally donated $7,000 to Blagojevich’s campaigns ($5,000 in 2002 and $2,000 in 2007) before his conviction, and his hotel and casino organization donated another $2,000 in 2003. The records do not show any donations to Blagojevich’s Republican opponents – Jim Ryan in 2002 or Judy Baar Topinka in 2006.)

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Police leaders say a new state law is leading to less training for officers – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for GAO for almost 18 years, those agencies provided me with outstanding training. But the Democrats who ran those federal agencies wasted that training by wasting my career and by forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200221/police-leaders-say-a-new-state-law-is-leading-to-less-training-for-officers

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL 
— NAACP to host first of candidate forums – Chris Breach (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting candidate forums.)
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/naacp-to-host-first-of-candidate-forums/article_f526b7dc-534c-11ea-902a-471bd6d1fb76.html

PONTIAC DAILY LEADER
— It’s not the economy anymore, Stupid – Dave Simpson
https://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/news/20200221/its-not-economy-anymore-stupid

WIREPOINTS
— Governor Pritzker, It’s You Who’s in Fantasy Land About an Illinois Constitutional Amendment for Pension Reform – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/governor-pritzker-its-you-whos-in-fantasy-land-about-an-illinois-constitutional-amendment-for-pension-reform-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tribune Picks Kane County Board Member Mo Iqbal Over Pro-Abortion-At-Any-Time Personal PAC Favorite Martha Paschke to Run Against Republican Don Ugaste
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/21/tribune-picks-kane-county-board-member-mo-iqbal-over-personal-pac-favorite-martha-paschke-to-run-against-republican-don-ugaste/ 
— Tribune Offers No Endorsement in Democratic Primary to Face Off Against Steve Reick
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/21/tribune-offers-no-endorsement-in-democratic-primary-to-face-off-against-steve-reick/ 
— Tribune Endorses Allen Skillicorn
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/21/tribune-endorses-allen-skillicorn/ 
— McHenry County Board Member Chuck Wheeler Does Not Call for Jack Franks to Resign
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/21/mchenry-county-board-member-chuck-wheeler-does-not-call-for-jack-franks-to-resign/ 
— IL-06: Daily Herald Endorses Dr. Jay Kinzler Over Jeanne Ives
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/21/il-06-daily-herald-endorses-dr-jay-kinzler-over-jeanne-ives/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— US SENATE GOP CANDIDATE REPORTED FOR CLAIMING TO CARRY FIREARM INTO HINSDALE HIGH SCHOOL
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/us-senate-candidate-reported-for-claiming-to-carry-firearm-into-hinsdale-high-school-.html
— THE RIGHT SHOULD CHALLENGE TECH GIANTS TO SIDE WITH LIBERTY AND REJECT CENSORSHIP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to censor me and censor my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/the-right-should-challenge-tech-giants-to-side-with-liberty-and-reject-censorship.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Rigged system’ benefits Sanders as Bloomberg botches debate debut – David Sherfinski (DIERSEN: Those who want Republicans to lose want the Republican National Committee, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. to rig their systems against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/20/bernie-sanders-benefits-rigged-system-michael-bloo/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tech companies victimized by bogus discrimination charges – Kevin Mooney (DIERSEN: Because my Democrat GAO superiors wanted my subordinates to charge me with discrimination, a) they assigned me to supervise virtually all of their employees who were minority, female, and/or disabled and b) they did everything that they could to turn them against me.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/tech-companies-victimized-by-bogus-discrimination-charges

AMERICAN THINKER
— Bloomberg shows how the Democrats have abandoned factory workers – J. Marsolo
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/bloomberg_shows_how_the_democrats_have_abandoned_factory_workers.html
— New confirmation that Ilhan Omar married her brother in immigration fraud plan – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/new_confirmation_that_ilhan_omar_married_her_brother_in_immigration_fraud_plan.html

BREITBART
— HBO, David Simon Series Equates ‘America First’ with Jew Hatred – DAVID NG (DIERSEN: Government is nasty, politics is nasty, Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, one or more of my superiors were Jewish. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did everything that they could to turn my Jewish superiors against me. They stressed that I was Republican. They stressed that I was conservative. They stressed that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. They stressed that I was 100% German American. They stressed that I lived in Crete 1948-1972. They stressed that I lived in Wheaton since 1978.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/02/20/hbo-david-simon-series-equates-america-first-with-jew-hatred/

DAILY CALLER
— Tucker Carlson Calls For Roger Stone Judge’s Impeachment: ‘Democratic Activist Wearing Robes’ (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. RINOs are nasty. My RINO critics/opponents a) stress that my Republican U.S. Senators and my Republican U.S. Representatives did NOT support me in Diersen v. GAO and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that they did NOT support me because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist. Needless-to-say, I should sue my RINO critics/opponents.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/20/tucker-carlson-amy-berman-jackson-roger-stone/

TOWNHALL
— Another Corrosive Correspondents’ Dinner – Tim Graham
https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2020/02/21/another-corrosive-correspondents-dinner-n2561666

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— CPAC 2020 To Take Aim At Creeping Socialism – Dan Schneider
https://www.oann.com/schneider-cpac-2020-to-take-aim-at-creeping-socialism/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trump appoints openly gay LGBT activist to director of intelligence agencies Richard Grenell has built up impressive credentials among conservatives, but one pro-family group calls him ‘a gay activist first and a loyal Republican second.’ – Doug Mainwaring (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican have always worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-appoints-openly-gay-lgbt-activist-to-director-of-intelligence-agencies

THE HILL
— Bloomberg gave $463.8 million to campaign – J. EDWARD MORENO 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483914-bloomberg-gave-4638-million-to-campaign
— Women bound by Bloomberg NDAs want to tell their stories but fear coming forward – J. EDWARD MORENO
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483941-women-bound-by-bloomberg-ndas-want-to-tell-their-stories-but-fear-coming
— Iowa Democratic Party chairman resigns – REBECCA KLAR (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the almost 7 years that served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. I would focus on those who blamed me for all the organization’s problems.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/482855-iowa-democratic-party-chairman-resigns
— Lawmakers paint different pictures of Trump’s ‘opportunity zone’ program – EMILY DISALVO (DIERSEN: What do you say to those in my precinct who believe that Wheaton politicians want to use rezoning and the opportunity zone program to a) demolish all the buildings on the south side of Roosevelt Road in my precinct, b) build public housing there, and c) fill that public housing with illegal aliens?)
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/483900-lawmakers-paint-different-pictures-of-trumps-opportunity-zone-program

HUFFINGTON POST
— What Exactly Is An NDA? Here’s What Workers Need To Know Before They Sign. Nondisclosure agreements were a hot topic in Wednesday night’s presidential debate. They are everywhere else in America, too. – Monica Torres (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers want their employees to disclose, if not shout, that their employer is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-is-an-nda-nondisclosure-agreement_l_5e4ea360c5b6a7bfb4c21e7b

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump campaign, RNC to spend $10M on voting lawsuits
https://www.wral.com/trump-campaign-rnc-to-spend-10m-on-voting-lawsuits/18964045/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Black and Latino Voters Are Looking for ‘More Than Just Some Token Words’ – Jennifer Medina and Stephanie Saul (DIERSEN: To get votes from minorities, females, younger people, and LGBTQers, Democrat and RINO political consultants advise candidates to promise to use government a) to take income, assets, and opportunities away from those who are White, male, older, and/or heterosexual and b) to give that income, those assets, and those opportunities to those who are minority, female, younger, and/or LGBTQ.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/us/politics/nevada-south-carolina-2020.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Elephant in the Room: Electability – Giovanni Russonello (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs shout that to get elected, you have to be: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/us/politics/democrats-ask-who-can-beat-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Why China is picking on American journalists – Isaac Stone Fish (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have picked on me the most since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/20/why-china-is-picking-american-journalists/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Democrats Split Over Trump’s Clemency for Rod Blagojevich Backers and critics of disgraced ex-governor express sympathy for his family – Gabriel T. Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-democrats-split-over-trumps-clemency-for-rod-blagojevich-11582281001
— Bernie Sanders, Insider – Rahm Emanuel (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents paint themselves as working for insiders.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanders-insider-11582243676
— Bernie’s Medical Stonewall He pledged to release his health records. Then he had a heart attack. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernies-medical-stonewall-11582244614
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint themselves as being religious. I would focus on those who focus on promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/thank-god-american-churches-are-dying-11582243546

WEEK
— Trump’s push to install people loyal to him in law enforcement, intelligence appears to be well underway (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party demand blind loyalty to them and to them only.)
https://theweek.com/speedreads/897175/trumps-push-install-people-loyal-law-enforcement-intelligence-appears-well-underway

VANITY FAIR
— NAUGHTY WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF ADMITS IMMIGRANTS ARE A GOOD THING, U.S. NEEDS MORE OF THEM Mick Mulvaney has gone rogue. Stephen Miller will not be pleased. – BESS LEVIN (DIERSEN: Those who hate Trump hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/mick-mulvaney-immigration-needed

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— Increased Voter Turnout Could Benefit Republicans Or Democrats In 2020 – Dhrumil Mehta (DIERSEN: From what I see, those who are members of the following groups are more likely to vote: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/increased-voter-turnout-could-benefit-republicans-or-democrats-in-2020/

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT
— Trump attacks Roger Stone jury for 19 minutes straight at event for prisoners – Oliver Willis (DIERSEN: What percent of those in the Chicago area jury pool are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-roger-stone-speech-prison-graduation-ceremony-white-house/

February 20 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— GOP: Pritzker tying school funding to tax vote is ‘shameful’ – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gop-pritzker-tying-school-funding-to-tax-vote-is-shameful

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Budget bully? Republicans accuse Pritzker of holding ‘funding to our schools hostage’ to income tax plan  Accusing the governor of a “bullying tactic,” Assistant House Republican Leader Avery Bourne said putting the $150 million in reserves was just a way to “push Pritzker’s political agenda.” – Neal Earley
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/20/21146249/budget-bully-republicans-pritzker-education-funding-schools-graduated-income-tax-bourne
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/2/20/21078674/how-to-smoke-weed-illinois-legal-dispensaries
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/2/20/21146313/medical-pot-sales-topped-23-million-january-patient-count-eclipsed-100k
— Wheaton College students allowed to preach in Millennium Park, judge says In a 32-page order issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey granted an injunction to the college students — all members of Wheaton College’s Chicago Evangelism Team — that will prohibit the city from restricting their preaching in the sprawling downtown park. – Sam Charles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/20/21146320/wheaton-college-students-allowed-preach-in-millennium-park-judge
— Sanders and Bloomberg leading Illinois primary: poll Among voters polled, Bernie Sanders led Michael Bloomberg 22% to 17%. Former Vice President Joe Biden had 14%, followed by Pete Buttigieg with 13% and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar with 8%. – Tina Sfondeles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/20/21146183/sanders-bloomberg-leading-illinois-primary-poll-says
— Chicago gets new ‘giant iPad’-style electronic voting machines New machines and practices were rolled out this week as early voting begins. – Ella Lee
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/2/20/21142904/illinois-elections-voting-chicago-electronic-voting-machines

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Who is Jeanne Ives, Republican candidate for 6th Congressional District? – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-who-is-jeanne-ives-6th-congressional-district-candidate-20200306-e24e55yfgbbz7ljaxuv77nsgp4-story.html
— Meet the Illinois candidates for U.S. Congress
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-primary-meet-the-candidates-for-congress-20200219-34ioc4aprvalviwxagxmhubz3y-story.html
— How the Chinese Communist Party intimidates overseas Chinese citizens – FAN WEI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-china-communist-party-fear-20200220-7chtaaz2xfcdnh2ofsqqdni7kq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Randy Hultgren named president and CEO of the Illinois Bankers Association – Debbie Jemison (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, Both Hultgren and Roskam endorsed me when I first ran for DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct 9 Committeeman in Wheaton in 2000.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200220/randy-hultgren-named-president-and-ceo-of-the-illinois-bankers-association
— Senate candidate Peggy Hubbard backs away from her own claims she brought gun into Hinsdale Central – Bob Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200220/senate-candidate-backs-away-from-her-own-claims-she-brought-gun-into-hinsdale-central
— How Republican opponents want to win back 6th Congressional District – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200220/how-republican-opponents-want-to-win-back-6th-congressional-district
— Avon Township board delays vote on censure of supervisor – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200220/avon-township-board-delays-vote-on-censure-of-supervisor
— Casten distorts history of taxation – Roger Kempa, Plainfield
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200220/casten-distorts-history-of-taxation
— GOP: Tying school funding to tax vote ‘shameful’ – John O’Connor
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200220/gop-tying-school-funding-to-tax-vote-shameful

MCDONOUGH VOICE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/news/20200219/cannabis-in-curriculum

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Former State Senate Contender Indicted
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/20/former-state-senate-contender-indicted/ 
— Free Community College for Children of Families Earning Less than $45,000 in Pritzker’s Budget
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/20/free-community-college-for-children-of-families-earning-less-than-45000-in-pritzkers-budget/ 
— IL-14: Anthony Catella Writes Letter to Republican Voters
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/20/il-14-anthony-catella-writes-letter-to-republican-voters/ 
— Precautionary Escort Requested for Franks in County Complex
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/20/precautionary-escort-requested-for-franks-in-county-complex/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— BLAGOJEVICH RETURNS TO AN ILLINOIS AS CORRUPT AS HE LEFT IT – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/blagojevich-returns-to-an-illinois-as-corrupt-as-he-left-it/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Dick Durbin All-In for Ensuring Dead Babies – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/durbin-all-in-for-ensuring-dead-babies/

CAPITOL FAX
— Almost 60 people are banned from the capitol complex without law enforcement escort
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/20/almost-60-people-are-banned-from-the-capitol-complex-without-law-enforcement-escort/
— Pritzker’s optimism on full display in budget address (DIERSEN: What discourages you from being optimistic? For me, it is the success that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are having in driving conservatives out of a) Milton Township Republican Organization, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, c) Illinois Republican Party, d) Wheaton, e) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, f) Milton Township, g) DuPage County, and h) Illinois.)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/20/pritzkers-optimism-on-full-display-in-budget-address/
— Simon Poll: Pritzker job approval at 51/38, Trump at 39/58, Sanders leads Dem field (DIERSEN: If this poll is accurate, the majority of voters in Illinois are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. To what extent will those who run organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois use the aforesaid polling results to further dump those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/20/simon-poll-pritzker-job-approval-at-5138-trump-at-3958-sanders-leads-dem-field/
— HGOPs say Pritzker’s budget vastly underestimated state’s minimum wage costs
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/20/hgops-say-pritzkers-budget-vastly-underestimated-states-minimum-wage-costs/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— How Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month and LGBT Pride Month only polarize Americans – Lee Cohen
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/20/how-black-history-month-hispanic-heritage-month-an/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Highest number of independents to date approve of Trump: Poll – Anthony Leonardi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/highest-number-of-independents-to-date-approve-of-trump-poll

GOPUSA
— Historically Low Black Unemployment Figures Not Good Enough For James Clyburn; We Were Fully Employed During Slavery
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85062
— Buttigieg Questions How Christians Can Support Trump: ‘I Cannot Find Any Compatibility’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is a LGBTQer who sends heterosexuals straight to HELL.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85090

FEDERALIST
— After Nearly Dying At The Hand Of A ‘Bernie Bro,’ Steve Scalise Attests To Their Violence – Kylee Zempel
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/20/after-nearly-dying-at-the-hand-of-a-bernie-bro-steve-scalise-attests-to-their-violence/

DAILY CALLER
— Rise Of Radicals Signals Democrat Downfall In November – CHARLIE KIRK
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/20/kirk-rise-of-radicals-signals-democrat-downfall-in-november/

PATRIOT POST
— Mayor Pete Attacks Evangelical Trump Supporters at CNN Town Hall – Todd Starnes 
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/68723-mayor-pete-attacks-evangelical-trump-supporters-at-cnn-town-hall-2020-02-20

PJ MEDIA
— Hispanic George Zimmerman Sues Two Presidential Candidates for Calling Him a White Supremacist – VICTORIA TAFT (DIERSEN: To be called a White supremacist in America today, is like being called a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.) 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/hispanic-george-zimmerman-sues-two-presidential-candidates-for-calling-him-a-white-supremacist/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Notre Dame Plays Host to Transgender Ideology A Catholic university should know better than to promote harmful pseudoscience dressed up as compassionate care. – ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/transgender-ideology-notre-dame-catholic-university-should-know-better/

THE HILL
— Poll: 62% of voters open to reelecting Trump, up from last year
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/483886-poll-more-voters-open-to-re-electing-trump-than-a-year-ago

CNBC
— Chevy’s new mid-engine Corvette needs Gen X and millennial buyers to succeed – Michael Wayland (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-Corvette if not Corvette-haters.) 
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/20/chevys-new-mid-engine-corvette-needs-gen-x-and-millennial-buyers-to-succeed.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Sanders Suggests He Won’t Release Full Medical Records After he had a heart attack in October, Bernie Sanders said he would release ‘comprehensive’ medical records. But he has not done so. – Sydney Ember
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/us/politics/bernie-sanders-health.html
— Yes, Rich Cities Are Getting Richer. But That’s Not the Whole Story. Even with widening geographic inequality, economic activity is less concentrated in a few top metro areas than in the past. – Jed Kolko
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/upshot/rich-city-poor-city-population-growth.html
— Your Doorbell Camera Spied on You. Now What? Amazon’s popular Ring security cameras have gaping security holes. Here’s how to protect yourself. – Brian X. Chen
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/technology/personaltech/ring-doorbell-camera-spying.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters promote hatred of Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/opinion/black-history-month-america.html
— Pull Yourself Up by Bootstraps? Go Ahead, Try It It’s impossible, and yet the bootstraps narrative drives out good policy. – Nicholas Kristof (DIERSEN: What did you do to pull yourself up by your bootstraps? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/opinion/economic-mobility.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A conservative-hater says “How conservatives learned to wield power inside Facebook.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/20/facebook-republican-shift/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Millennials Show Loyalty to Employers Today’s youngest professionals aren’t job hopping any more than the prior generation, despite the hot job market – Kathryn Dill
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millennials-show-loyalty-to-employers-11582118467
— Without an Independent Watchdog, Who Will Audit the Auditors? Congress should refuse Trump’s request to abolish the oversight board Sarbanes-Oxley created. – Arthur Levitt
https://www.wsj.com/articles/without-an-independent-watchdog-who-will-audit-the-auditors-11582156537
— Banished in Beijing China expels three WSJ reporters to deflect from its coronavirus woes. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/banished-in-beijing-11582157934

FORBES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraheller/2020/02/20/retailers-have-a-lot-to-learn-from-illinois-dispensaries-and-40b-in-cannabis-sales/

USA TODAY
— Barr, Wray and top security officials: Help us protect the 2020 elections and your vote Our state-based system protects us from election disruption. You can help by being on guard against social media disinformation and divisive messages. – William Barr, Christopher Wray, Chad Wolf, Joseph Maguire and Christopher Krebs
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/19/protect-our-elections-attorney-general-barr-fbi-director-wray-column/4779980002/

DENVER POST
— OUTSTANDING: Colorado won’t stop employers from firing workers for using weed off the clock – TINEY RICCIARDI
https://www.denverpost.com/2020/02/19/colorado-legislature-marijuana-employees-fired-2/

GALLUP
— Trump Job Approval Steady at 49% – JEFFREY M. JONES
https://news.gallup.com/poll/286280/trump-job-approval-steady.aspx

FED SMITH
— Rewarding High Performers and Chopping Benefits – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: When will the federal government officially tell its employees and prospective employees a) that if they are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, the federal government will waste their careers and get rid of them if they do not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40 and b) that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid deadlines?) 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2020/02/20/rewarding-high-performers-chopping-benefits/

REASON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To encourage illegal immigration is to encourage the destruction of America. 
https://reason.com/2020/02/20/the-first-amendment-right-to-encourage-illegal-immigration/

LAWYERS
— Job Recruiting Sites May Promote Employment Discrimination – Sidney L. Gold (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers, organizations, governments, and countries officially post signs that say the following are NOT WELCOME: those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/labor-and-employment/job-recruiting-sites-may-promote-employment-discrimination-60890/

HR DRIVE
— Lawmakers call out big banks for lack of leadership diversity “There is no shortage of diverse people and businesses for banks to hire and promote,” one congressman said — only a shortage of leaders “with the will to make it happen.” – Sheryl Estrada (DIERSEN: Of course, the answer is to get rid of all the old White men.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/lawmakers-call-out-big-banks-for-lack-of-leadership-diversity/572593/

COLDWELL BANKER
— FOR SALE: 1239 Golf Lane, Wheaton – $425,000
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/wheaton/1239-golf-ln/pid_34898289/

February 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Rod Blagojevich: Ex-Illinois governor gets prison break from Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/ex-gov-rod-blagojevich-sentence-commuted-by-trump/5943695/

NBC5
— Trump Commutes Ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s Sentence The move comes after months of speculation following Trump’s repeated comments that he was considering commuting the sentence
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-expected-to-commute-ex-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevichs-sentence-nyt/2221258/
— Pritzker Says Blagojevich Commutation ‘Sends the Wrong Message at the Wrong Time’ Not everyone was disappointed in the decision. Sam Adam Jr. who once represented Blagojevich said he “could not be happier.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-says-blagojevich-commutation-sends-the-wrong-message-at-the-wrong-time/2221381/
— Pardon vs. Commutation: What’s the Difference? President Trump commuted the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday, but what does that mean?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pardon-vs-commutation-whats-the-difference/2221443/
— Trumps Discusses Why He Commuted Blagojevich’s Sentence
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trumps-discusses-why-he-commuted-blagojevichs-sentence/2221391/

CBS2
— Rod Blagojevich Sentence Commuted: A Bio Of Illinois’ Former Governor
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/18/rod-blagojevich-sentence-commuted-a-bio-of-illinois-former-governor/
— President Trump Has Commuted Former Gov. Blagojevich’s ‘Tremendously Powerful, Ridiculous Sentence’ – Todd Feurer
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/18/rod-blagojevich-sentence-commuted-president-donald-trump/
— Lawmakers React To Blagojevich Sentence Commutation: ‘Not The Right Message’ – Vince Gerasole
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/18/lawmakers-react-to-blagojevich-sentence-commutation-not-the-right-message/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump haters blast “real reasons” why Trump freed Blagojevich.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/18/21142727/rod-blagojevich-commutation-trump-edward-debartolo-bernard-kerik-illinois-corruption
— Arroyo successor challenge moves ahead – panel formed to probe appointment process rival calls ‘rigged and corrupt’ Earlier this month, Delgado’s qualifications were challenged by Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, who called for a “clean break” from Arroyo. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/18/21142559/arroyo-successor-house-challenge-delgado-welch-appointment-process-reboyras

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump seems a shoo-in for reelection, his lasso wrapped tightly around base of voters – JERRY DAVICH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-trump-2020-reelection-reality-st-0219-20200218-etbdfhxmpvh2td7itfq24s65ca-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-heidi-stevens-what-gay-marriages-can-teach-straight-people-0218-20200218-op5y7fmcmfgcpfjzqmy55g6upu-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Schaumburg GOP hosts endorsed candidates Feb. 22
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200218/schaumburg-gop-hosts-endorsed-candidates-feb-22
— Avon Township trustees to consider censuring supervisor Wednesday – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200218/avon-township-trustees-to-consider-censuring-supervisor-wednesday

SOUTHERN
— ‘Disappointing’: Durkin, Pritzker critical of Trump commutation of Blagojevich sentence – JERRY NOWICKI 
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/disappointing-durkin-pritzker-critical-of-trump-commutation-of-blagojevich-sentence/article_5750c14d-cb52-5f84-b246-c90edc5ff4c7.html
— Little support in Springfield for Trump’s Blagojevich commutation – JERRY NOWICKI 
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/little-support-in-springfield-for-trump-s-blagojevich-commutation/article_5750c14d-cb52-5f84-b246-c90edc5ff4c7.html

WGLT
— GOP, Dems Slam Trump For Commuting Blagojevich Sentence – ERIC STOCK
https://www.wglt.org/post/gop-dems-slam-trump-commuting-blagojevich-sentence-0#stream/0

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP delegation opposes – Former prosecutors weigh in – Pritzker responds – Trump confirms Blagojevich commutation
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/18/question-of-the-day-3018/
— You’re leaving me no choice, Secretary White (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have treated me like they would ban me from their events if they could. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and defendants in lawsuits that I have filed who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. Everyone in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois sees how the aforesaid have treated me. The aforesaid have discouraged me from attending the DCRCC fundraiser this Friday evening. The aforesaid a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRO resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/18/youre-leaving-me-no-choice-secretary-white/
— Just four states let party officials fill legislative vacancies (DIERSEN: Who would have won if Wheaton had held special elections to fill the recent West and North District Wheaton City Council vacancies?)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/18/just-four-states-let-party-officials-fill-legislative-vacancies/
— Pritzker has “mostly met” his diversity goals (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois leaders crow about their success in promoting diversity, that is, their success in discriminating against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/18/daily-line-pritzker-has-mostly-met-his-diversity-goals/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump slams LA mayor for ‘urging illegals to beat the system’ – Spencer Neale
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-slams-la-mayor-for-urging-illegals-to-beat-the-system
— Bloomberg rise reveals Democrats’ rank hypocrisy – Brad Polumbo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mike-bloombergs-rise-reveals-the-democrats-rank-hypocrisy

BREITBART
— TREASONOUS: Pete Buttigieg: Illegal Immigrants Have ‘Every Bit of Claim on This Country As the Rest of Us’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/02/18/pete-buttigieg-illegal-immigrants-have-every-bit-of-claim-on-this-country-as-the-rest-of-us/
— Taxpayers in Low-Migration States Pay $454M a Year for Illegal Aliens, Anchor Babies – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/18/study-taxpayers-in-low-migration-states-pay-454m-a-year-for-illegal-aliens-anchor-babies/

EPOCH TIMES
— Progressives Disrespect Americans and Disdain America – Mark Hendrickson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/progressives-disrespect-americans-and-disdain-america_3241818.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Dartmouth College Republicans cancel border security event, citing ‘threats against our members’ – Greg Piper
https://www.thecollegefix.com/dartmouth-college-republicans-cancel-border-security-event-citing-threats-against-our-members/

THE HILL
— How the media fall in and out of love with candidates – JOE FERULLO
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/483414-how-the-media-fall-in-and-out-of-love-with-candidates
— GAO launches investigation into Trump aid for farmers – NIV ELIS
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/483472-gao-launches-investigation-into-trump-aid-for-farmers

POLITICO
— Black Illinois Dems cheer Blagojevich’s freedom, still shun Trump The former governor’s release was met with widespread jeers, but Blagojevich still has friends among the African American communities he sought to help. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/18/black-illinois-dems-blagojevich-freedom-115837

CNN
— Trump commutes sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich – Kaitlan Collins (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all losses that Republican candidates have suffered in Illinois since 2000, but especially Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich in the 2002 general election.)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/18/politics/donald-trump-rod-blagojevich-commutation-sentence/index.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Progressively Purer Left Will Need a Smaller Tent Bobby Jindal argues that Democrats have adopted rigid, religious-type views on climate, abortion and gender fluidity. I’d add: open borders, identity politics, free stuff, high taxes and evil President Trump, among others. – Dana R. Hermanson, Marietta, Ga.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-progressively-purer-left-will-need-a-smaller-tent-11582045781

February 18 Morning Edition

ABC7
— OUTSTANDING: Trump administration deploys elite Border Patrol agents to sanctuary cities, including Chicago – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/5940681/
— Illinois 2020 election threats include hacking, disinformation, security experts say – Chuck Goudie and Ross Weidner (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is disinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they publish or bless.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-2020-election-threats-include-hacking-disinformation-experts-say/5941130/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/18/2020

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Rep. Dan Lipinski’s social conservatism at heart of challenges from Marie Newman and Rush Darwish in Democratic primary – RICK PEARSON (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs hate social conservatives and do everything that they can to destroy social conservatives. I should write a book about the success that Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. have had in destroying the aforesaid organizations.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-congress-third-district-primary-20200218-lz7cui4ocvhlxpgqln42cecsoy-story.html
— Endorsements for Illinois Senate: Goncher, Bailey
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-tribune-endorsements-illinois-senate-20200218-dskywtgvofbnra447xva2ololi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Construction company owner lied about being minority-owned to get over $2 million in CHA contracts: feds  The indictment also states Lester Coleman, of Englewood-based Coleman Development Corp., was paying wages below the required federal prevailing wage. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/2/17/21141218/lester-coleman-development-corporation-minority-owned-business-chicago-housing-authority-charges
— ‘Glaring’ lack of diversity at city’s tech giants drives creation of new pipeline for people of color Re:work training helps companies like Google, LinkedIn and Groupon find candidates outside of their traditional recruitment pipelines. – Evan F. Moore 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/17/21076129/shelton-banks-google-facebook-twitter-re-work-training-tech-diversity

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTOS: Republican U.S. Senate challengers voice concerns about socialism, Islamic jihadists, crime – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200218/republican-senate-challengers-voice-concerns-about-socialism-islamic-jihadists-crime
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to come to America illegally and b) to stay in America illegally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200218/constable-how-two-waukegan-brothers-went-from-undocumented-to-the-ivy-league—
— DuPage forest Dist. 5 candidates disagree on whether progress is being made on barn – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200217/dupage-forest-dist-5-candidates-disagree-on-whether-progress-is-being-made-on-barn
— Endorsement: Hanson for GOP in 5th Congressional District
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200218/endorsement-hanson-for-gop-in-5th-congressional-district

WGN RADIO
— New IRS migration numbers confirm flight of Illinois’ wealthy: Wirepoints.org founder Mark Glennon explains why this is happening.
https://wgnradio.com/2020/02/17/the-push-to-change-illinois-redistricting-process-wirepoints-org-founder-mark-glennon-explains-why-this-is-gaining-support/

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— The primary election is coming; take time to study candidates (DIERSEN: Your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain should know more about the candidates on the Republican March 17, 2020 primary ballot for your precinct than anyone else in your precinct. How long has your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain been in office? I have been in office for 20 years. Does your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain regularly attend Republican meetings and events? Since 1999, I have had the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Organization meetings and events.)
https://jg-tc.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-the-primary-election-is-coming-take-time-to/article_679971fd-3d4e-571d-9fe2-9f2851b7637c.html

WGIL
— ILLINOIS STATE PRESIDENT CREATES ROLE FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY (DIERSEN: To promote Diversity is to discriminate against those who are White, male, and/or older. Many of those who are White, male, and/or older are conservative, Republican, Protestant, and/or German American.) 
https://www.wgil.com/2020/02/18/illinois-state-president-creates-role-focused-on-diversity/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Candidates Cry Foul in North Side Statehouse Race Appointed to a legislative vacancy 38 days before an election, Yoni Pizer’s candidacy seems inevitable. In most states, it wouldn’t be so easy. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/February-2020/12th-District-House-Race-Yoni-Pizer-Margaret-Croke-Lori-Lightfoot-JB-Pritzker/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Limbaugh Gives Judgmental, Intolerant “Progressives” the Fake-Vapors–Again – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/limbaugh-gives-judgmental-intolerant-progressives-the-fake-vapors-again/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bernie the puppet master – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/17/editorial-bernie-sanders-love-for-socialism-strong/

FOX NEWS
— Bloomberg’s long record of vulgar comments haunting presidential bid – Ronn Blitzer
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bloombergs-long-record-of-vulgar-comments-haunting-presidential-bid

GOPUSA
— Perverts Bring Boy Scouts Of America Down To This
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=84953
— Eleven Children Were Shot In Chicago Last Weekend
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=84942

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden encourages illegal immigration.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/17/watch-biden-nobody-will-be-deported-from-u-s-until-they-commit-a-felony/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/17/watch-biden-daca-illegal-aliens-are-more-american-than-most-americans/
— Immigrants are needed to rescue Americans who cannot keep pace with the high-tech economy, Mike Bloomberg told an elite audience at Oxford University. – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: What percent of immigrants lack education, job skills, and/or work experience? What percent of immigrants have financial, health, and/or other problems? What percent of immigrants fail/refuse to speak, read, and/or write English? What percent of immigrants need/want/demand massive government assistance?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/17/bloomberg-elite-immigrants-can-save-americans-in-a-high-tech-economy/

BLAZE
— Border Patrol released more than 375,000 illegal immigrants directly into US last year: report More than 850,000 immigrants illegally entered the US in FY2019 – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/border-patrol-released-more-than-375000-illegal-immigrants-directly-into-us-last-year-report

CNS NEWS
— Kellyanne Conway: The Way Bloomberg Treated Female Employees Is ‘Problematic’ – Melanie Arter 
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/melanie-arter/kellyanne-conway-way-bloomberg-treated-female-employees

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Ignorant and Arrogant Bloomberg Insults Farmers
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/02/17/bloomberg-says-some-really-stupid-stuff/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Journalists Are Really Mad Trump Attended Daytona 500 – Kemberlee Kaye (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have been anti-car.) 
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/02/journalists-are-really-mad-trump-attended-daytona-500/

THE HILL
— Democrats worried about Trump’s growing strength – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/483189-democrats-worried-about-trumps-growing-strength

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Politics of Covering Your Boss, the Candidate – Michael M. Grynbaum (DIERSEN: Who is your boss? According to my critics/opponents, because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, my bosses include past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and all Republican activists, all Republican candidates, all Republican elected officials, all Republican party leaders, all Republican political consultants, etc. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid can and should destroy me if I fail/refuse a) to glorify and praise them, b) to pander to them, c) to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and d) to give them money.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/business/media/bloomberg-news-conflict-of-interest.html
— Facing a Wave of Sex-Abuse Claims, Boy Scouts of America Files for Bankruptcy The nonprofit group, which counts more than two million youth participants, follows Catholic dioceses and U.S.A. Gymnastics in seeking bankruptcy protection amid sex-abuse cases. – Mike Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/us/boy-scouts-bankruptcy-sex-abuse.html
— What’s Driving the Millennial Political Takeover? – Kate Nocera
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/books/review/the-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-charlotte-alter.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg’s attacks turn sharper, online and at Bay Area rally – JOHANA BHUIYAN, MICHAEL FINNEGAN
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-02-17/bernie-sanders-bloomberg-bay-area-rally

WASHINGTON POST
— Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy amid wave of potential lawsuits – Samantha Schmidt 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/02/18/boy-scouts-bankruptcy/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Democrats Diverge on What Voters Want – Gerald Seib (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, voters want government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanders-bloomberg-offer-differing-theories-of-democratic-desires-11581956838
— Teens Are Deleting Instagrams Almost as Fast as They Post Them Regularly culling their feeds helps ensure teens are putting their best face forward and youthful transgressions don’t come back to haunt them – Julie Jargon (DIERSEN: Democrats are nasty. Republicans should assume a) that Democrats have archived everything that you have ever posted anywhere and b) that if you run for a government office, they will use what you have posted to destroy you and to destroy everyone around you.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/teens-are-deleting-instagrams-almost-as-fast-as-they-post-them-11582021801
— Amazon Changes the Way It Recruits M.B.A.s – Patrick Thomas (DIERSEN: I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27 years old. Of course, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious because that frustrated their efforts to discredit me. They were even more furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-changes-the-way-it-recruits-m-b-a-s-11582021802
— A Bernie Nomination Could Destroy the Left It took progressives 48 years to recover the last time the Democrats chose one. – Ted Rall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-bernie-nomination-could-destroy-the-left-11581962615
— Europeans Try to Have It Both Ways They expect American protection but aren’t prepared to defend their own countries. – Walter Russell Mead
https://www.wsj.com/articles/europeans-try-to-have-it-both-ways-11581974424

USA TODAY
— Nevada’s changing demographics are a road map showing Democrats how to win elections – Manuel Pastor (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, Democrats encourage Democrats to move into and to stay in their neighborhoods, their precincts, their municipal districts, their municipalities, their townships, their counties, and their states. Of course, needless-to-say, that means that Democrats encourage those who are more likely to vote for Democrats, that is, a) those who lack education, job skills, and/or work experience, b) those who have severe financial, health, and/or other problems, c) those who need/want/demand massive government assistance, d) those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQers, non-conservative, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American, and e) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time to move in and to stay.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/17/democrats-2020-nevada-latinos-minorities-how-to-win-column/4780245002/
— Will my employee accuse me of discrimination for firing him? – Michael Smith (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors wanted me a) to become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988 and b) to sue them for political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1998. My Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors could use the aforesaid to help them hire and retain young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2020/02/18/employees-should-treated-equally-when-comes-job-performance/4785854002/

DAILY FREE PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Boston to do more to get rid of its employees who are White.
https://dailyfreepress.com/2020/02/17/city-requests-proposals-for-racial-equity-training-programs-for-employees/

BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES
— Does white privilege exist? (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I got everything that I have because of a) White privilege, b) male privilege, c) Protestant privilege, e) German American privilege, f) draft avoider privilege, and g) etc. privilege. But in my defense, I have always been a Republican, and all during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they did everything that they could to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who were White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/opinion/20200218/listen-does-white-privilege-exist

FORBES
— How Explainable AI Is Helping Algorithms Avoid Bias – Simon Chandler (DIERSEN: What percent of those who design algorithms are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonchandler/2020/02/18/how-explainable-ai-is-helping-algorithms-avoid-bias/#ae95f895ed37

February 17 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Gun reform, flooding and the use of lobbyists are among the top issues being raised by Democrats seeking their party’s nomination for a District 4 seat on the DuPage County Board – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Democrats defend and advance their platform. If any of these candidates win on November 3, 2020, the Democrat Party will force them to do everything that they can a) to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid and b) to drive individuals, organizations, and companies out of DuPage County District 4 that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200217/firearms-floods-and-lobbyists-top-issues-in-county-board-primary
— Endorsement: Rezin for Republicans in House 14th District
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200215/endorsement-rezin-for-republicans-in-house-14th-district
— FRONT PAGE: Where the sidewalk ends might be far from your Metra station, study finds – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: A major reason why my wife and I a) bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 was that we could walk to the College Avenue train station on sidewalks and b) had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984 was that we could walk to the Wheaton train station on sidewalks.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200217/where-the-sidewalk-ends-might-be-far-from-your-metra-station-study-finds
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: How suburban police departments are courting minority recruits – Madhu Krishamurthy (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.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200217/how-suburban-police-departments-are-courting-minority-recruits

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek asylum in America. Democrats intend to use asylum seekers along with those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-immigrants-asylum-seekers-rejected-20200217-x7bczl2dqjef3bx4rvhyzxytda-story.html
— Can courts do more to force FOID card violators to give up their guns? Cook and DuPage counties considering how following Tribune report. – STACY ST. CLAIR, CECILIA REYES, ANNIE SWEENEY and SARAH FREISHTAT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-foid-revoke-illinois-gun-laws-courts-20200217-k3cjsh5xsfgfpeelzgc6yimkni-story.html

KCTC
— St. Louis police officer who said he was told to ‘tone down your gayness’ reaches $10M settlement, gets promoted – CNN (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government did not tell me to tone down my opposition to their political affiliation discrimination, their reverse discrimination, their age discrimination, and their retaliation. Instead, they took adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.) 
https://www.kctv5.com/news/local_news/st-louis-police-officer-who-said-he-was-told-to/article_0ab03400-3d7b-5a40-b6d9-c343ec021fc8.html

WGIL
— REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ESTHER JOY KING MAKING THE ROUNDS IN 17TH DISTRICT
https://www.wgil.com/2020/02/17/republican-congressional-candidate-making-the-rounds-in-17th-district/

DEPAULIA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, non-veteran, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://depauliaonline.com/46501/news/depaul-faculty-diversity-upsets-but-doesnt-shock/

DAILY ILLINI
— Illinois FOID cards violate Second Amendment rights – MATTHEW KRAUTER
https://dailyillini.com/opinions/2020/02/17/foid-cards-violate-second-amendment-rights/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— ICE Arrests Man in Union Station That Illinois Department of Corrections Refuses To Turn Over Voluntarily, Blasts State Sanctuary Policy
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/16/ice-arrests-man-in-union-station-that-illinois-department-of-corrections-refuses-to-turn-over-voluntarily-blasts-state-sanctuary-policy/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS POLITICIANS MOVE TO REQUIRE $1M OF INSURANCE FOR FOID CARD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/illinois-politicians-move-to-require-1m-of-insurance-for-foid-card.html

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— New 1776 Project Aims to Counter ‘Lethal’ Narrative of 1619 Project – Cole Carnick (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats blame you, blame your parents, blame your grandparents, blame your great grandparents, and blame the rest of your ancestors for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.) 
https://freebeacon.com/issues/new-1776-project-aims-to-counter-lethal-narrative-of-1619-project/

BREITBART
— ‘I Have White Advantage, Male Advantage, Straight Advantage’ – Woke Archbishop Brands Own Church ‘Racist’ – JACK MONTGOMERY (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, and/or non-poor who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, and/or non-poor to curry favor with those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or poor?) 
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/02/16/i-have-white-advantage-male-advantage-straight-advantage-woke-archbishop-brands-own-church-institutionally-racist/

TOWNHALL
— Trump World Is Wrong To Criticize Mike Bloomberg On Stop And Frisk – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2020/02/17/trump-world-is-wrong-to-criticize-mike-bloomberg-on-stop-and-frisk-n2561414

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Thrills Daytona 500 Fans and Gives New Meaning to ‘Flyover Country’ – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/the-morning-briefing-trump-thrills-daytona-500-fans-and-gives-new-meaning-to-flyover-country/

THE HILL
— Sanders hits Bloomberg for trying ‘to buy the presidency’ – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483330-sanders-hits-bloomberg-for-trying-to-buy-the-presidency

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Democratic hopefuls now test strength among minority voters – AP (DIERSEN: To get votes from members of the following groups, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs promise to use government to give them preference: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.lowellsun.com/2020/02/16/democratic-hopefuls-now-test-strength-among-minority-voters/

YAHOO NEWS
— Sanders Highlights Jewish Faith in Video: Campaign Update – Emma Kinery (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government used against me the fact that I had been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. They also used against me the fact that I was 100% German American, conservative, Republican, White, male, born in 1948, non-poor, a gun owner, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.) 
https://news.yahoo.com/sanders-highlights-jewish-faith-video-022834513.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Black Families Came to Chicago by the Thousands. Why Are They Leaving? There is an exodus of African-Americans from Chicago. – Julie Bosman
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/16/us/black-families-leaving-chicago.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats take aim at Bloomberg on stop-and-frisk, treatment of women – Felicia Sonmez, Robert Costa and Lena H. Sun 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-take-aim-at-bloomberg-on-stop-and-frisk-treatment-of-women/2020/02/16/453738a2-50d5-11ea-9e47-59804be1dcfb_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, non-veteran, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/diversity-is-the-democrats-strength–and-their-challenge/2020/02/16/abf84ca4-4f70-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Survivors of Church Shootings Run as Gun-Rights Candidates Three men in Texas are seeking public office in March’s Republican primaries – Elizabeth Findell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/survivors-of-church-shootings-run-as-gun-rights-candidates-11581849000
— The Agony of the Democrats Bernie Sanders is riding the intellectual currents that the party and its elites have nurtured. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/agony-of-the-democrats-11581723656
— Bloomberg Buys the Democratic Elite Putting dollar signs in the eyes of activists is not the same as catching fire with the voting public. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bloomberg-buys-the-democratic-elite-11581717660

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— A second term for Trump seems more possible than ever. But what would it look like?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/donald-trump-second-term-predictions.html

FORBES
— 4 Ways Young Adults Can Make And Save Money During College – Robyn D. Shulman (DIERSEN: I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office while I attended college. That enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 when I 21 years old owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robynshulman/2020/02/16/4-ways-young-adults-can-make-and-save-money-during-college/#605e1e543024
— How To Get Ahead In Your Career – Amy Blaschka (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on destroying everyone around them to get ahead. I would focus on those in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyblaschka/2020/02/17/how-to-get-ahead-in-your-career-by-letting-go/#2a5c04181697

BUSINESS WEEKLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, non-veteran, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fwbusiness.com/fwbusiness/article_103e5f72-f92e-5df1-93cc-7300320b2c3b.html

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Select Staffing to Pay $199,500 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/select-staffing-to-pay-199500-to-settle-eeoc-sexual-harassment-suit

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
— Age biggest barrier to career progression, survey finds – Maggie Baska (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, your career is over if you do not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/news/articles/age-biggest-barrier-career-progression-survey-finds

YAHOO FINANCE
— The 3 biggest barriers to your dream job are all out of your control – Jessica Yun (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, at least in Illinois, being the following are “barriers:” Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/3-job-barriers-linkedin-010725525.html

February 14 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— More choices for U.S. House: Ives, Bansal, Rezin, Miller
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-us-house2-quigley-ives-davis-londrigan-rezin-20200214-hssynnayavdw7k3m3jfhblk6um-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Trump administration to deploy elite Border Patrol agents to sanctuary cities, including Chicago and New York – CAITLIN DICKERSON AND ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-elite-border-patrol-agents-sanctuary-cities-20200214-6ky533y57rd4lojo73p725i6me-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting, Tragic: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-legal-weed-addison-rolling-meadows-20200214-esbbzitaize2xoufaz4hvtqyza-story.html
— Attorney General William Barr’s declaration of independence from Trump – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-barr-trump-stone-mccabe-20200214-xwazrnlup5bzln4kiu2ymonv5q-story.html
— A man with a revoked gun license killed his 18-month-old son in Joliet. Here’s how he and thousands of others slipped through the system. – STACY ST. CLAIR, CECILIA REYES, ANNIE SWEENEY and SARAH FREISHTAT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-foid-revocations-henry-pratt-shooting-illinois-gun-laws-20200213-scqbb6tlencwdkv3r4p2ygrxde-story.html
— Amazon plan for Old Chicago site uncertain after longtime Bolingbrook mayor objects. Will e-commerce giant wait him out? – Ryan Ori
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ryan-ori/ct-biz-amazon-warehouse-bolingbrook-mayor-ryan-ori-20200214-gs46mw4qkzhizjzojtz7xu77di-story.html
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls on well-heeled City Club of Chicago audience to help fight poverty: ‘We the people must solve it’ – Gregory Pratt (DIERSEN: The Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms promote poverty and crime.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-chicago-poverty-city-club-20200215-wttabmphffhcjcpk24ezlvvada-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Running for Cook County judge (but not so anyone would know it) The practice of putting up sham candidates, running not to win but to confuse voters to benefit the Democratic Party’s pick, goes back decades in Cook County politics. – John Seasly 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/14/21137832/maureen-oleary-bonnie-mcgrath-cook-county-judge-democratic-party
— Madigan, Pritzker, Burke spent over $3M in campaign money on lawyers last year, and they’re not alone Illinois politicians paid $5.3 million in legal fees out of their political funds in 2019 for reasons including criminal investigations and litigation, records show. – Robert Herguth, Tim Novak, and Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/14/21136609/madigan-pritzker-burke-campaign-funds-legal-bills
— ENDORSEMENT: Pat O’Brien for state’s attorney in Cook County Republican primary O’Brien’s long resume and insider’s understanding of the office would make him a credible challenger to Kim Foxx even if Jussie Smollett had never set foot in our town.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/14/21128477/endorsement-patrick-obrien-cook-county-states-attorney-2020-republican-primary-election

DAILY HERALD
— McHenry Township votes to become a gun sanctuary – Nabiha Asim
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/mchenry-township-votes-to-become-a-gun-sanctuary
— Jeffrey Mack: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/jeffrey-mack-candidate-profile
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting, Tragic: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/recreational-pot-licenses-granted-to-addison-rolling-meadows-shops
— Democratic candidates say they will work with others on DuPage County Board – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/democratic-candidates-say-they-will-work-with-others-on-county-board-
— Kane County candidates differ on bridge toll plan, future pot dispensaries – Harry Hitzeman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/kane-county-candidates-differ-on-bridge-toll-plan-future-pot-dispensaries

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New IRS migration numbers confirm flight of Illinois’ wealthy The governor says his “fair tax” is getting a great reception. Tell that to the Illinoisans leaving for Florida, Indiana, Texas and Wisconsin. – MARK GLENNON
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/new-irs-migration-numbers-confirm-flight-illinois-wealthy

ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot looks to housing programs in effort to wipe out poverty – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/mayor-lightfoot-lays-out-plan-to-end-poverty-in-chicago/5932199/

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting, Tragic: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/14/two-more-same-site-dispensaries-approved-for-chicago-suburbs/

WTTW
— 2020 Voter Guide to the Primary Election
https://news.wttw.com/elections/voters-guide/2020

CENTER SQUARE
— Analysis details how Illinois Republicans lost ground in Illinois – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform. Ever-increasingly, Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders fail/refuse to defend/advance the IRP platform and the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they fail/refuse to defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Most commonly, they fail/refuse to oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, more gun control, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform.) 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/analysis-details-how-illinois-republicans-lost-ground-in-illinois/article_eb389b50-4e83-11ea-919c-235ecf9c7ef7.html

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— New filing: Assertion that Pritzker was never told of racial discrimination in his campaign organization ‘provably false’ – Scott Holland 
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/525075415-new-filing-assertion-that-pritzker-was-never-told-of-racial-discrimination-in-his-campaign-organization-provably-false

GLEN ELLYN LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
— Candidate Forum: Republican Candidates for Illinois 6th Congressional District
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wrh10qIw6w&feature=youtu.be

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Defund Planned Parenthood
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/message-of-the-day-a-tee-shirt-241/ 
— IL-06/IL-14: House Votes to Eliminate ERA Ratification Date Restrictions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/il-06-il-14-house-votes-to-eliminate-era-ratification-date-restrictions/ 
— Democratic Party State Rep. Candidate Suzanne Ness (Skillicorn District) Gets Deeper into Mike Madigan’s Debt
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/democratic-party-state-rep-candidate-suzanne-ness-gets-deeper-into-mike-madigans-debt/ 
— U.S. News and World Report Picks Up Jack Franks Sexual Misconduct Story
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/u-s-news-and-world-report-picks-up-jack-franks-sexual-misconduct-story/ 
— Steve Reick Wants Local Control of DCFS Functions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/steve-reick-wants-local-control-of-dcfs-functions/
— Skillicorn Mailing Draws Schofield Response
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/skillicorn-mailing-draws-schofield-response/ 
— Judge Justin Hansen Gets Good Grades from Fellow Lawyers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/judge-justin-hansen-gets-good-grades-from-fellow-lawyers/ 
— Jack Franks Declares He Has Done No Wrong
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/jack-franks-declares-he-has-done-no-wrong/

CAPITOL FAX
— Despite ISP’s post-Aurora shooting efforts, “revoked FOID cardholders who have not accounted for their guns rose 14 percent”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/14/despite-isps-post-aurora-shooting-efforts-revoked-foid-cardholders-who-have-not-accounted-for-their-guns-rose-14-percent/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How would you react to paid political advertisements on GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and on www.gopillinois.com ?
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/14/mike-invests-in-black-american-futures/

AMERICAN THINKER
— It was Obama, not Trump, who weaponized government against political opponents – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/it_was_obama_not_trump_who_weaponized_government_against_political_opponents.html

BREITBART
— Investors’ Report Admits Florida E-Verify Prods Employers to Raise Wages – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2020/02/14/investors-report-admits-florida-e-verify-prods-employers-to-raise-wages/

TOWNHALL
— The Coronavirus and Open Borders – John P. Warren
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnpwarren/2020/02/14/the-coronavirus-and-open-borders-n2561341

FEDERALIST
— Media Will Never Understand The Country So Long As They Keep Hating Trump Voters The mainstream media will spend a lot of effort this year reporting on Trump voters, but very little effort trying to understand or empathize with them. – John Daniel Davidson (DIERSEN: The mainstream media is overwhelmingly anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/14/media-will-never-understand-the-country-so-long-as-they-keep-hating-trump-voters/

PJ MEDIA
— Washington’s War on ‘Sanctuary States’ Intensifies – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/washingtons-war-on-sanctuary-states-intensifies/
— Media Is Complicit in Leftist Violence Against Trump Supporters – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/the-morning-briefing-media-is-complicit-in-leftist-violence-against-trump-supporters/

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Trump Demands Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities – Matthew Vadum
https://canadafreepress.com/article/trump-demands-justice-for-victims-of-sanctuary-cities

HILLSDALE COLLEGIAN
— Disinviting Romney from CPAC sows division among Republicans, Conservatives – Quin Colhour
http://hillsdalecollegian.com/2020/02/disinviting-romney-from-cpac-sows-division-among-republicans-conservatives/

THE HILL
— Support for government accountability shouldn’t be a casualty of impeachment drama – NILMINI RUBIN AND ZACH GRAVES (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the Democrats who have run GAO since 1980. I would focus on how they wasted my GAO career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I would focus on how they used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budgeting, work assignment policies, performance expectation setting policies, performance appraisal policies, promotion policies, etc. to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.) 
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/483147-support-for-government-accountability-shouldnt-be-a-casualty-of-impeachment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) usually works hard to avoid political controversy. But the agency’s recent legal decision vaulted the nonpartisan agency into the center of impeachment politics. The GAO asserted that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) violated the law when it withheld millions in funding from the Department of Defense that Congress appropriated for security aid authorized by the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI). In the wake of the GAO’s legal decision, conservatives should resist the temptation to dismiss the GAO as another creature of the swamp. In fact, Congress’s watchdog is one of taxpayers’ best tools for holding a dysfunctional government accountable while addressing the nation’s long-term governance challenges.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities Agents from a special tactical team that normally confronts smugglers on the border are being sent to sanctuary cities across the country. – Caitlin Dickerson and Zolan Kanno-Youngs (DIERSEN: Because of this, will the Democrats who run Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois officially declare war on America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/Border-Patrol-ICE-Sanctuary-Cities.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump bucks Barr’s request to stop tweeting about Justice Dept., declaring a ‘legal right’ to seek intervention in criminal cases – Matt Zapotosky and John Wagner (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that if my claims had merit, Republicans George Bush, Dennis Hastert, Peter Fitzgerald, and Henry Hyde would have intervened in Diersen v. GAO. GAO works for Congress. The Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My critics/opponents stress a) that Bush was President while my lawsuit against GAO was pending, b) that Fitzgerald, was my U.S. Senator while the lawsuit was pending, c) that Bush and Fitzgerald appointed the judge in the lawsuit and the attorney who represented GAO, d) that Hastert was the Speaker of the House while the lawsuit was pending, and e) that Hyde was my U.S. Representative while the lawsuit was pending. My critics/opponents ignore Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois and use the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout that because Republican elected officials did not come to my defense, a) that my claims had no merit and b) that GAO wasted my career and got rid of me because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. In my defense, I stress that Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde did little or nothing a) to defend or advance the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform or b) to show that they opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-appears-to-escalate-standoff-with-attorney-general-and-justice-dept-declaring-on-twitter-a-legal-right-to-influence-criminal-cases/2020/02/14/8c152c36-4f2f-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html
— Roger Stone asks for new trial in sealed motion, one day after Trump accused jury forewoman of bias – Spencer S. Hsu and John Wagner (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/roger-stone-asks-for-new-trial-in-sealed-motion-one-day-after-trump-accused-jury-forewoman-of-bias/2020/02/14/1e36e412-4f65-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Bloomberg Edges Ahead in Democratic Presidential Race
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2020/bloomberg_edges_ahead_in_democratic_presidential_race

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon, if not already, will your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America officially banish all residents, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that do not promote LGBTQ activity?
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/March-7-fundraiser-set-for-Elgins-first-Pride-Parade-and-Festival/67955.html

LGBTQ NATION
— Donald Trump says he’d vote for a gay candidate like Pete Buttigieg – Alex Bollinger (DIERSEN: Of course, those who promote LGBTQ activity in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and in the world are overjoyed about this. They will use this to get rid of once and for all those who do not promote LGBTQ activity in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and in the world.)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/02/donald-trump-says-hed-vote-gay-candidate-like-pete-buttigieg/

February 13 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Milton Township Republican Organization monthly meeting Wednesday evening, February 12, 2020, at the Holiday Inn in Carol Stream: Past and present candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who attended this outstanding meeting included: Almiron, Breen, Corrigan, Falbo, Felice, Galvin, Grogan, Heidorn, Holan, Jensen, Kinzler, Krupa, LeVan, Mack, McGowen, Monino, Nathwani, Pcolinski, Senka, Veenstra, and Whelan. Attendees included Baker, Bohn, Carlson, Cherry, Cooper, Dangelo, Fawell, Fitzpatrick, Lofgren, Marquardt, McCarthy, McNeily, Menna, Ryan, Shaw, Slinger, Smith, and Tatro. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

NBC5
— Smollett Case Reopens Arguments About Race, Class in Chicago – Don Babwin
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/smollett-case-reopens-arguments-about-race-class-in-chicago/2218557/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_CHBrand

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ENDORSEMENT: Jim Oberweis for Congress in 14th District Republican primary Oberweis has evolved a bit. He remains a staunch conservative, but he seems slightly more inclined to work across party lines. (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates who have lost races in Illinois, including Oberweis, that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails caused all their losses.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/13/21131444/endorsement-jim-oberweis-congress-14th-district-2020-republican-primary-election-house-rep
— ENDORSEMENT: Krishna K. Bansal for Congress in 11th District Republican Primary Bansal, with his stronger grasp of the issues and extensive record of public service, is the better bet to defeat a Democrat in the fall.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/13/21067792/endorsement-krishna-bansal-congress-11th-district-republican-primary-rick-laib-bill-foster

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oh, for the love of Mike. The fear of Bernie has pushed Democratic bosses over the edge. – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-bernie-sanders-democrats-panic-kass-20200213-5h23ymxy3bcmdleiyel3yd7tc4-story.html
— Hundreds attend burial in South Bend for fetuses stored in Will County garage by late abortion doctor Ulrich Klopfer – MEREDITH COLIAS-PETE (DIERSEN: Each one of those fetuses was created by a man and a woman. They should have attended the burial.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-fetus-hill-burial-st-0213-20200212-ey672ghbkfeilcxp7d22wihsxa-story.html
— The word queer, used by actress Jameela Jamil when she came out last week, is increasingly popular among millennials and teens – Nara Schoenberg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-queer-meaning-jameela-jamil-tt-02112019-20200212-3q6zi2cz7fhk7oukhgtanhg5yu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters side with America-haters. White-haters side with White haters. Men-haters side with men-haters. Heterosexual-haters side with heterosexual-haters. Older-people haters side with older-people haters. Trump-haters side with Trump-haters. Protestant-haters side with Protestant haters. Conservative-haters side with conservative-haters. Republican-haters side with Republican haters. Rich people-haters side with rich-people haters. German American-haters side with German American-haters. Draft avoider-haters side with draft avoider haters. Those who hate those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time side with those who hate those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/2/12/21135560/senn-high-school-mary-beck-go-back-country

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURES: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. Ever-increasingly, newspapers act as full-time pot pushers.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20200213/why-recreational-pot-supply-is-falling-short-of-demand-in-illinois
— DuPage awards $100,000 to nonprofit groups to help fight the opioid epidemic – Katlyn Smith (DIERSEN: Why not $100,000 to fight the government-promoted booze, gambling, and pot epidemics?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200212/dupage-awards-100000-to-nonprofit-groups-to-help-fight-the-opioid-epidemic
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters encourage all the citizens of all the foreign countries of the world that are minority, female, and/or younger and who have financial, health, and/or other problems to claim asylum in America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200213/judge-releases-crystal-lake-central-high-student-detained-by-ice-on-bond
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What percent of LWV members are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200213/at-100-league-still-has-work-to-do-to-expand-voting
— GOP rivals in 14th Congressional race fend off questions about weaknesses – James Fuller (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that being the following are weaknesses: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200213/gop-rivals-in-14th-congressional-race-fend-off-questions-about-weaknesses
— Krishnamoorthi criticized for attending Modi reception – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200212/krishnamoorthi-criticized-for-attending-modi-reception

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— 1,500 Amazon jobs? No thanks, says Bolingbrook mayor Amazon wants to build an 825,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Bolingbrook that would employ 1,500 people. “I told them I wouldn’t support it when they met with us,” said Mayor Roger Claar. “Then they closed two weeks later.” – ALBY GALLUN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/1500-amazon-jobs-no-thanks-says-bolingbrook-mayor

WTTW
— Crain’s Headlines: Bolingbrook Mayor Won’t Support Amazon Plan
https://news.wttw.com/2020/02/12/crain-s-headlines-bolingbrook-mayor-won-t-support-amazon-plan

WBEZ
— Former Illinois Feds Troubled By Trump’s Roger Stone Tweets And DOJ Response – Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/former-illinois-feds-troubled-by-trumps-roger-stone-tweets-and-doj-response/93c81620-2089-4d6f-acf4-a1cdb7c88314

NPR ILLINOIS
— Klobuchar’s 3rd Place Finish In New Hampshire ‘Shocked The Establishment’ – BOBBY ALLYN
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/klobuchars-3rd-place-finish-new-hampshire-shocked-establishment#stream/0
— The Push For Paid Family Leave Grows Stronger – MAUREEN FOERTSCH MCKINNEY (DIERSEN: Virtually all my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government had spouses and/or children to support. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that employees who had dependents should get preference over employees like me who never had dependents.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/push-paid-family-leave-grows-stronger#stream/0

JOLIET PATCH
— Will County To Expedite Some Cannabis Offense Expungements – Dave Byrnes (DIERSEN: What do you want expunged from your record? I want the adverse actions taken against me by the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, GAO, IRS, Post Office, Google, Facebook, etc. to be expunged.) 
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/will-county-expedite-some-cannabis-offense-expungements

CENTER SQUARE
— Interim report shows Illinois budget wasn’t balanced despite claims from elected officials – Greg Bishop 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/interim-report-shows-illinois-budget-wasn-t-balanced-despite-claims/article_f1ad1e9a-4dcd-11ea-b3cc-9f03729e6c20.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Dream Congressional Match-Up: Jeanne Ives vs. The Squad – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/dream-congressional-match-up-jeanne-ives-vs-the-squad/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Record ratings: Americans ‘better off’ in Trump era – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/12/inside-the-beltway-record-ratings-americans-better/
— Trump’s retreat on E-Verify called special interest ‘takeover’ of immigration agenda Jared Kushner preparing 600-page immigration proposal – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout at Trump that he can get illegals to vote for him by throwing Americans under the bus.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/12/trump-retreat-e-verify-called-takeover-immigration/

FOX NEWS
— Roger Stone jury foreperson’s anti-Trump views surface, raising new questions about his trial and conviction (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/roger-stone-jury-forepersons-anti-trump-views-surface-raising-new-questions-about-his-trial-and-conviction

AMERICAN THINKER
— In Virginia legislature, Democrats walk out on black pro-life, defense-of-marriage pastor – Catharine Evans (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will those who run your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America walk out, that is, officially protest, those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/in_virginia_legislature_democrats_walk_out_on_black_prolife_defenseofmarriage_pastor.html

DAILY CALLER
— Flashback: Bloomberg Called For Americans To ‘Get Behind’ Trump In 2017 – SHELBY TALCOTT
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/12/flashback-mike-bloomberg-donald-trump-unity/

FEDERALIST
— Mike Bloomberg Is Not A Racist, And Neither Is Trump – David Marcus (DIERSEN: People who are called racist today should sue those who call them racist. Being called a racist today is like being called a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. Ever-increasing, Democrats make it clear that they want to get rid of once and for all those who are called racist and are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/12/mike-bloomberg-is-not-a-racist-and-neither-is-trump/

NEWS BUSTERS
— NYT Accuses Trump of ‘Hijacking’ the News Cycle With Accurate Bloomberg Quotes – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2020/02/12/ny-times-accuses-trump-hijacking-news-cycle-accurate-mike-bloomberg

THE HILL
— How the left’s brand of diversity promotes division – MIKE GONZALEZ
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/482651-how-the-lefts-brand-of-diversity-promotes-division

POLITICO
— ‘Really shocking’: Trump’s meddling in Stone case stuns Washington Alarmed veterans of the Justice Department said the legal system was entering uncharted territory. – NATASHA BERTRAND and DANIEL LIPPMAN (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/12/trump-roger-stone-justice-department-114684

NEW YORK TIMES
— As a Post-Impeachment Trump Pushes the Limits, Republicans Say Little Having expressed confidence that impeachment might chasten the president, senators are now watching as he purges perceived enemies and publicly pushes for a lenient sentence for a friend. – Nicholas Fandos and Catie Edmondson
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/us/politics/trump-senate-republicans.html
— As Sanders Rises, Some Democrats Are Jittery About Possible Consequences Mr. Sanders’s victory in the New Hampshire primary and his strengths in the 2020 race are worrying moderates who fear he could cost Democrats the presidency and the House in the fall. – Jeremy W. Peters, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Kate Kelly
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/us/politics/bernie-sanders-democrats.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Affirmative Action is hurting more than helping – MEGAN HACKBARTH
https://highschool.latimes.com/los-altos-high-school/opinion-affirmative-action-is-hurting-more-than-helping/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Moderate Democrats Stress Over Crowded Center Lane There is no single centrist rival to front-runner Bernie Sanders, and party leaders are bracing for a protracted nomination fight – Ken Thomas and Natalie Andrews (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Political parties should not only be able to, but should be required to, stop candidates from running who reject planks in their party’s platform. I should write a book about candidates who the Republican National Committee, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. should have stopped from running.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/moderate-democrats-stress-over-crowded-center-lane-11581545988
— FRONT PAGE: Education Department Investigating Harvard, Yale Over Foreign Funding Officials accuse schools across U.S. of soliciting funds from foreign governments, companies known to be hostile to the country – Kate O’Keeffe (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs love countries that are hostile to America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/education-department-investigating-harvard-yale-over-foreign-funding-11581539042
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Virtually all my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government had spouses and/or children to support. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that employees who had dependents should get preference over employees like me who never had dependents.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-feel-very-torn-between-my-child-and-my-daddemands-intensify-for-the-sandwich-generation-11581507999
— GAO Warns 2020 Census Isn’t Ready Census Bureau is behind in recruiting workers and testing online systems for count, Government Accountability Office says – Janet Adamy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/watchdog-warns-2020-census-faces-challenges-11581522486

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— Trump endorses in three competitive Texas congressional primaries – PATRICK SVITEK (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who focus on destroying those like me who refuse to destroy their candidates’ primary opponents. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Illinois Center Right Coalition. For all the candidates who ran in contested primaries on ballots for my precinct since 2000, I would write about those who focused on destroying me because I refused to destroy their candidates’ primary opponents.) 
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/02/12/donald-trump-endorses-three-texas-congressional-republican-primaries/

POST REGISTER
— Idaho House committee advances affirmative action ban – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs use Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans like me.)
https://www.postregister.com/news/government/idaho-house-committee-advances-affirmative-action-ban/article_448ae116-4320-516d-a8a1-99e7656a6a92.html

NEW YORKER
— HOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION USES THE “HIDDEN WEAPONS” OF IMMIGRATION LAW – Isaac Chotiner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs use the “hidden weapons” of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-the-trump-administration-uses-the-hidden-weapons-of-immigration-law

NEWSWEEK
— RUSH LIMBAUGH RIPS BUTTIGIEG’S CAMPAIGN, SAYS ‘AMERICA’S NOT READY TO ELECT GAY GUY KISSING HUSBAND ON DEBATE STAGE’ – JEFFERY MARTIN 
https://www.newsweek.com/rush-limbaugh-rips-buttigiegs-campaign-says-americas-not-ready-elect-gay-guy-kissing-husband-1487091
— AMY KLOBUCHAR ONCE WANTED TO BUILD A FENCE AT THE BORDER—WHERE DOES SHE STAND NOW? – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/amy-klobuchar-border-wall-fence-trump-immigration-policies-1487117

YAHOO FINANCE
— 30 Jobs That Aren’t Worth Their Education Requirements – Alexandria Bova (DIERSEN: I should write a book a) about the outstanding on-the-job and in-house training that IRS and GAO provided me and b) about how the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO wasted that training by wasting my career and forcing me to retire.) 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/30-jobs-aren-t-worth-105512563.html