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February 4 Evening Edition

CBS2
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois Catholic Bishops Oppose Marijuana Legalization
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/02/04/illinois-catholic-bishops-oppose-marijuana-legalization/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois Catholic Bishops oppose marijuana legalization
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-catholic-bishops-oppose-marijuana-legalization-1
— General Motors starting white-collar layoffs this week
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/general-motors-to-start-white-collar-layoffs-this-week

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump campaign paid Winston & Strawn law firm nearly $100K late last year for ‘legal consulting,’ records show – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-winston-strawn-trump-campaign-20190204-story.html

— Government jobs and the somebody somebody sent to the CTA – Kristen McQueary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/mcqueary/ct-perspec-kristen-mcqueary-hiring-scandal-cta-lightford-0205-20190204-story.html
— Facebook, we can’t quit you — even if we know we should – Cass R. Sunstein
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-facebook-we-should-but-cant-quit-sunstein-0205-20190204-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State of the Union rundown: When, where and how to watch Trump’s address – USA Today
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/when-where-how-to-watch-donald-trumps-2019-state-of-the-union-address/
— Enyia says personal money problems shouldn’t disqualify her in mayor’s race – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/amara-enyia-tax-returns-student-loans-chance-the-rapper-chicago-mayor-election-2019/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Ocasio-Cortez to bring Kavanaugh critic to Trump’s SOTU – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/ocasio-cortez-to-bring-kavanaugh-critic-to-trumps-sotu

DAILY HERALD
— Trump campaign takes steps to prevent a challenge within GOP – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190204/news/302049992/
— Schools, pool, roads and fire protection on April ballot in DuPage County – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190204/schools-pool-roads-and-fire-protection-on-april-ballot-in-dupage-county

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rep. Tim Butler to serve as Republican Spokesperson on 2 House committees
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/rep-tim-butler-to-serve-as-republican-spokesperson-on-2-house-committees

CHICAGO HEIGHTS PATCH
— Best Value Colleges In IL: Princeton Review The Princeton Review on Tuesday released its 2019 edition of best value colleges. Here are the schools from Illinois. – Shannon Antinori
https://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/s/glyf0/best-value-colleges-in-il-princeton-review

CATHOLIC CONFERENCE OF ILLINOIS
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois bishops issue statement on legalization of marijuana
https://www.ilcatholic.org/illinois-bishops-issue-statement-against-legalization-of-marijuana/

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— HEARTLAND WEEKLY: RECORD COLD FORCES RETHINK ON GLOBAL WARMING – Billy Aouste
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/heartland-weekly-record-cold-forces-rethink-on-global-warming

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Community Unit School District 200 spent $13,280 per student in 2017-18
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511752101-report-community-unit-school-district-200-spent-13-280-per-student-in-2017-18

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Northwest Side GOP Club endorses Willie Wilson, a Democrat, for Chicago mayor – Glenn Minnis
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511756204-northwest-side-gop-club-endorses-willie-wilson-a-democrat-for-chicago-mayor

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Lawmaker files progressive income tax amendment without rates – Brett Rowland and Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/lawmaker-files-progressive-income-tax-amendment-without-rates/article_8e4674be-288f-11e9-81b1-170a2441fc32.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHICAGO REPUBLICAN GROUPS SIDE WITH DR. WILLIE WILSON FOR MAYOR
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/chicago-young-republicans-recommend-wilson-for-mayor.html
— ILLINOIS CONSIDERS JOINING CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK WITH $15 MINIMUM WAGE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/illinois-considers-joining-california-new-york-with-15-minimum-wage.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Report: Sun-Times defied federal judge in publishing Solis info
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/04/report-sun-times-defied-federal-judge-in-publishing-solis-info/

FOX NEWS
— Democrats troll Trump with State of the Union guests – Andrew O’Reilly
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-troll-trump-with-state-of-the-union-guests

WORLD NET DAILY
— GAVIN MCINNES SUES SPLC OVER ‘OBSESSIVE, MALICIOUS’ HATE LABELS ‘Purposefully deceitful and intended to … inflict harm’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/gavin-mcinnes-sues-splc-over-obsessive-malicious-hate-labels/

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Lose-with-Honor Republicans Have Trashed the Conservative Brand
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/02/04/lose-with-honor-republicans-have-trashed-the-conservative-brand/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The short answer to your question is the Gillespie campaign was a bunch of Never Trumpers. The Gillespie campaign was a bunch of people who thought that the way for the Republican Party to win was to have a candidate and a support staff who were the exact opposite of Donald Trump. So here’s what I said July 13th, 2017. RUSH ARCHIVE: You think Virginia is the swamp and it’s all Never Trumpers there, and so Gillespie hires a bunch of Never Trumpers, but he barely squeaks by in the primary. Never Trumpers and hiring a bunch of swampsters to run your campaign with a bunch of people that don’t know how to get Republicans who voted for Trump, you’re not gonna win the governorship! RUSH: Right. Now, your question, how in the world can anybody in a decent opposition political research department miss this Northam stuff?)

BREITBART
— Washington Post Employees Blast Jeff Bezos for Spending $5M on Super Bowl Ad – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/02/04/wapo-staff-slam-bezos-super-bowl-ad/

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— A State Of The Union Stunt Makes The Case For E-Verify – BOB DANE
https://immigrationreform.com/2019/02/04/a-state-of-the-union-stunt-makes-the-case-for-e-verify-immigrationreform-com/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘DISGUST’ AND ‘DISBELIEF’ WITHIN WHITE HOUSE AFTER TRUMP’S SCHEDULE LEAKS – Saagar Enjeti (DIERSEN: What does your schedule include? My schedule includes a) 5+ hours each and every day between 3:00 AM and Noon putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS Morning Edition email and b) 5+ hours each and every day between Noon and 9:00 PM putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS Evening Edition email.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/04/white-house-disgust-trump-executive-schedule-leak/
— ONLY IMMIGRATION CAN STOP THE TRUMP ECONOMY’S MOMENTUM – Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/04/beck-economy-momentum/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The last thing those Americans need is for Congress or the president to stop the positive momentum by taking immigration actions that would add competition from millions of new job seekers through increased immigration, more guest workers, weaker enforcement and new amnesties. Some 50 million working-age U.S. residents (aged 18-64) are still not in the labor market at all. Of course, not all of them need a job. But large numbers do. For example, 35 million people under age 65 live in poverty. One of every five Hispanics is impoverished. One of every three working-age black Americans still has no job. . .It is doubtful employers will do the necessary recruiting of those Americans and immigrants already here if the government increases the flow of foreign workers even higher than the current one million new immigrants who are given lifetime work permits each year plus hundreds of thousands of guest workers. How much better it would be if the president could persuade Congress to speed up the momentum of recruiting previously unwanted workers. He can do that by sticking with his campaign promises to help American workers by working with Congress to cut unnecessary, generalized immigration like chain migration and the lottery, and to mandate E-Verify to shut off the jobs magnet that encourages illegal workers to come and stay in the United States. The president should urge Congress to keep the recruitment momentum going.)
— ‘NEVER TRUMP’ CONSERVATIVE BILL KRISTOL DONATED TO RALPH NORTHAM’S CAMPAIGN – Amber Athey (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “never Diersens” and who they promote.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/04/never-trump-bill-kristol-donate-ralph-northam-campaign/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— When Christians Are Too Afraid to Hear Ben Shapiro Speak – DAVID FRENCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/ben-shapiro-speaking-ban-when-christians-are-too-afraid/

GOPUSA
— Louis Farrakhan calls for separate state for Black Americans, says that’s ‘what God wants’ (DIERSEN: Will the Democrats offer Illinois?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64425

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Diminishing Authority of the Bourgeois Culture We’ve replaced its emphasis on tradition and hard work with a self-loathing left-wing moralism. – GILBERT T. SEWALL
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-diminishing-authority-of-the-bourgeois-culture/

FOX NEWS
— HS Student Claims National Honor Society Rejected Him Over Trump Support
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/02/03/boris-kizenko-says-national-honor-society-rejected-him-over-trump-support

THE HILL
— Why do Democrats despise the agencies that protect America? – MADISON GESIOTTO (DIERSEN: Democrats what “open borders,” that his, Democrats want anyone and everyone from throughout the world to come to America to help them get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/428389-why-do-democrats-despise-the-agencies-that-protect-america

CNN
— Trump spent 60% of schedule in ‘executive time’ (DIERSEN: What does your schedule include? My schedule includes a) 5+ hours each and every day between 3:00 AM and Noon putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS Morning Edition email and b) 5+ hours each and every day between Noon and 9:00 PM putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS Evening Edition email.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/02/04/trump-executive-time-white-house-schedule-nr-vpx.cnn

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Divided Congress Prepares Pointed Protests for Trump’s Address – Sheryl Gay Stolberg (DIERSEN: If they had wanted to protest political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or retaliation in the federal government, my Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives could have invited me to be their guest at State of the Union addresses.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/trump-democrats-state-of-the-union.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Purge of undocumented workers by the president’s company spreads to at least 5 Trump golf courses – Joshua Partlow and David A. Fahrenthold
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/purge-of-undocumented-workers-by-the-presidents-company-spreads-to-at-least-5-trump-golf-courses/2019/02/04/99454e4a-2690-11e9-ba08-caf4ff5a3433_story.html

BOSTON GLOBE
— Elizabeth Warren invites federal worker affected by shutdown to State of the Union – Sean Smyth (DIERSEN: Have you been adversely impacted financially by the Democrats who run the federal government? I have been adversely impacted financially by them big time, but none of my Republican U.S. Senators or Republican U.S. Representatives ever invited me to be their guest at a State of the Union address.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/02/04/elizabeth-warren-invites-federal-worker-affected-shutdown-state-union/fw0K5z7QlG3Eqhkvn4h7xK/story.html

INC.
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Avoiding pitfalls of managing team members from different age groups – Rhett Power (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors avoided such pitfalls by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. My Democrat GAO superiors talked and acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.inc.com/rhett-power/d.html

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— More Than a Dozen Shutdown-Impacted Workers Will Accompany Lawmakers to State of the Union – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: Have you been adversely impacted financially by the Democrats who run the federal government? I have been adversely impacted financially by them big time, but none of my Republican U.S. Senators or Republican U.S. Representatives ever invited me to be their guest at a State of the Union address.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2019/02/more-dozen-shutdown-impacted-workers-will-accompany-lawmakers-state-union/154634/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— National Park Service lost millions during partial government shutdown – Eric White (DIERSEN: Because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, since then, instead getting money from me (at least $186,421 in today’s dollars if I was still working), the Civil Service Retirement System has been giving me money ($1,102,110 as of the end of 2018 in today’s dollars).)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2019/02/national-parks-service-lost-millions-during-partial-government-shutdown/

FED SMITH
— How Many Millionaires Are in the Thrift Savings Plan? – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/02/04/many-millionaires-thrift-savings-plan/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the end of 2017, there were 23,962 TSP millionaires – an increase of almost 150% from two years before that date. At the end of 2018, with the stock market declining in value in 2018, the number of millionaires in the federal government’s TSP program declined along with the stock market. (The C fund declined 4.41% in 2018.) As of December 31, 2018, there were 21,432 millionaires in the TSP. The average TSP millionaire has been contributing to the plan for almost 30 years (29.63). The TSP participant with the largest account value has accumulated $6,086,238. Keep in mind, if you happen to be one of these rigorous, successful savers, having a TSP account in excess of a million dollars does not translate into having that much money to spend. When the money is withdrawn, there will be taxes due to the federal government and, for some, taxes may also be due at the state government level. Retired employees are required to pay taxes on their TSP withdrawals.)

February 4 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— REQUEST: As a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email reader, I ask for your suggestions for what I should do to get more Illinois voters to read the emails. The only legitimate reason to read the emails is to get information to help elect Republican candidates in Illinois who can and will defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform. I am all too painfully aware of a) those who discourage me from putting the emails together and sending them out, b) those who discourage others from reading the emails, and c) those who could encourage others to read the emails, but do not. Please email me at diersen@aol.com or phone me at 630-653-0462. Thanks – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ABC7
— Proposal to withhold pay from Congress, president during government shutdowns
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/proposal-to-withhold-pay-from-congress-during-government-shutdowns/5119862/
— O’Hare Airport ranked as busiest airport in US
https://abc7chicago.com/travel/ohare-ranked-as-busiest-airport-in-us/5119789/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump trash talking Pelosi ahead of his State of the Union address on Tuesday – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Who trash talks you and why? I should write a book about those who trash talk me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and why they do that.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-trashing-talking-pelosi-state-of-the-union-address-on-tuesday/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trans-folks-are-lucrative-night-of-the-living-dead-threat-to-frightened-faithful/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Amara Enyia’s financial problems: Underreporting income, tax lien, lawsuits – David Heinzmann
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-met-amara-enyia-income-tax-problems-20190201-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago mayoral hopeful Amara Enyia omitted one-third of her income on her 2017 federal tax return, the latest in a series of money missteps for a candidate who is campaigning as a public finance expert, a Tribune investigation has found. Enyia did not report to the IRS $21,000 paid to her by Chris Kennedy’s governor campaign, where she worked as a consultant for several months. Contacted by the Tribune, Enyia acknowledged the error, but offered different responses to explain it. At first, she blamed the Kennedy campaign for not providing her a tax form in a timely fashion. Later, Enyia said she forgot to give the form to her accountant. “That was an oversight. That’s just basically it,” she told the Tribune. Enyia, 35, has seen her political star rise during the mayoral campaign as she pairs support from celebrity rappers and a savvy social media strategy with credentials that include a law degree and doctorate in education. But as she cuts an increasingly high profile among the large field of candidates, a closer look at her history reveals Enyia struggling with her own personal finances. Enyia, who is asking voters to elect her to run a city with an $8.9 billion budget, has been sued over rent and student loans, faced a lien for unpaid federal taxes and been fined tens of thousands of dollars for failing to file quarterly campaign finance reports. Asked what her financial troubles say about her readiness to be mayor, Enyia said they are a result of her decision to work in public service. “There are many things I could have done that would be more lucrative because I do have a vast amount of credentials and experience. I could make a lot of money if I wanted to. But I’ve made the decision to work in spaces that are not lucrative,” she said. “To me, drawing a line between, if you can’t manage your personal finances, you can’t manage the city’s finances, is a very faulty line.” Enyia’s most significant government job, as village manager of south suburban University Park in 2017, quickly ended amid disagreements over her salary demands and concerns about whether she was spending enough time at Village Hall.)

DAILY HERALD
— Contrary to popular belief, manufacturing is booming – Nicole Wolter
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190204/contrary-to-popular-belief-manufacturing-is-booming

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— ASKED & ANSWERED Tacking the issues: Crain’s asked each of the candidates to answer in writing the same set of questions about key issues on voters’ minds, from political corruption and taxes to public safety and job creation. Click on each to read their replies. (DIERSEN: Suggested questions to ask municipal candidates: If elected, would you vote for or against measures that a) encourage dependency on government, b) encourage dependency on charity, c) encourage LGBTQ activity, d) encourage abortion, e) encourage mass/illegal immigration, f) encourage consumption of booze, g) encourage gambling, h) encourage the use of pot, i) diminish First Amendment rights, j) diminish Second Amendment rights, k) encourage patronage, l) encourage political affiliation discrimination, m) encourage reverse discrimination, and n) encourage age discrimination?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/html-page/833531
(QUESTIONS INCLUDE: Do you favor or oppose creation of a Chicago gambling casino or legal sale of marijuana for recreational use to provide revenues?)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield-area Venezuelans say ‘fake’ President Maduro has to go – Steven Spearie
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190203/springfield-area-venezuelans-say-fake-president-maduro-has-to-go

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— A Q&A with Central Illinois’ newest state lawmaker State Rep. Dan Caulkins, R-Decatur – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/a-q-a-with-central-illinois-newest-state-lawmaker/article_30580eb4-1d5d-567d-8931-a2f3a53dd55e.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Poor Students More Likely To Play Football, Despite Brain Injury Concerns – MICHEL MARTIN & AMANDA MORRIS
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/poor-students-more-likely-play-football-despite-brain-injury-concerns#stream/0

MDJ ONLINE
— Illinois v. Indiana: Crossing the Line — LGBTQ Protections – Dan Carden
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/crossing-the-line-lgbtq-protections/article_69640bab-95eb-52aa-b3e9-bc37ed84116f.html

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans want Northwestern University to promote illegal immigration.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/02/03/lateststories/lte-nu-leaders-endanger-students-employees-through-e-verify/

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Should Illinois students be required to pass a financial literacy class to graduate high school? – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/should-illinois-students-be-required-to-pass-a-financial-literacy/article_0ba8bd89-ed77-5a45-8ae2-35b57bec1d34.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A True Tale of the Facebook Overlords – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat/Libertarian/Green website that wants to get rid of Republicans.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/a-true-tale-of-the-face-book-overlords/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS TOWN HALL: MARIJUANA FROM AN ADDICTIONS SPECIALIST PERSPECTIVE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/illinois-town-hall-marijuana-from-an-addictions-specialist-perspective.html
— ROSSI: THE CRITICAL AMERICAN CULTURE WAR
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/rossi-the-critical-american-culture-war.html
— DESPITE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, JOB GROWTH SOARS IN JANUARY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/despite-government-shutdown-job-growth-soars-in-january.html
— KAMALA HARRIS ADMITS “MEDICARE FOR ALL” WOULD KILL PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE — BUT SO WOULD A “PUBLIC OPTION”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/kamala-harris-admits-medicare-for-all-would-kill-private-health-insurance-but-so-would-a-public-opti.html
— ELIZABETH WARREN’S WEALTH TAX IS A STUNT POLICY THAT OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE TRIED AND DISCARDED
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/elizabeth-warrens-wealth-tax-is-a-stunt-policy-that-other-countries-have-tried-and-discarded.html
— IT’S TIME FOR THE TRUTH ABOUT LATE-TERM ABORTIONS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/02/its-time-for-the-truth-about-late-term-abortions.html

CAPITOL FAX
— OUTSTANDING: Catholic bishops say “No” to cannabis legalization
https://capitolfax.com/2019/02/04/catholic-bishops-say-no-to-cannabis-legalization/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Roger Stone will face jurors from America’s most anti-Trump electorate GOP operative fighting federal charges – Rowan Scarborough (DIERSEN: How anti-Trump is the electorate in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? To justify granting GAO summary judgment in Diersen v. GAO, one could argue that a jury would never rule in my favor because the electorate is a) anti-Republican, b) anti-federal employee, c) anti-draft avoider, d) anti-White, e) anti-male, f) anti-older people, g) anti-rich people, h) anti-Protestant, i) anti-German American, and k) anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/3/roger-stone-will-face-jurors-from-americas-most-an/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats push to revive Obama-era aid to illegal immigrants in border talks – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/democrats-push-to-revive-obama-era-aid-to-illegal-immigrants-in-border-talks

FOX NEWS
— ‘Big Brother’: AI pioneer fears China’s use of technology for surveillance and control – Christopher Carbone (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, any behavior that does not defend and advance the Democrat Party platform is “anti-social” behavior.)
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/big-brother-ai-pioneer-fears-chinas-use-of-technology-for-surveillance-and-control
(FROM THE ARTICLE: China’s communist government has already begun using closed-circuit cameras and facial recognition to surveil its citizens in public spaces, according to Bloomberg. China also created an app that allows people to know whether they are near someone who is in debt, and it reportedly rolled out a National Credit Information Sharing Platform that is reportedly being used to blacklist rail and air passengers for “anti-social” behavior. “The use of your face to track you should be highly regulated,” Bengio told Bloomberg.)

BREITBART
— A Wake-Up Call for NeverTrump – John Hayward
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/03/hayward-wake-up-call-nevertrump/
— UK Universities Must Close Ethnic Achievement Gaps or Face Sanctions – Virginia Hale
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/03/uk-govt-universities-close-ethnic-gaps/
— Democrats Offer Plan to Release All Child Traffickers at Border into U.S. – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/03/democrats-offer-plan-to-release-all-child-traffickers-at-border-into-u-s/

DAILY CALLER
— RGA OPPO RESEARCHERS NEVER FOUND RACIST NORTHAM PHOTO FOR GILLESPIE CAMP – Kerry Picket (DIERSEN: If your ran of a government office or political office, what would opposition researchers find out about you? I should write a book about what opposition researchers would find about me. More importantly, I should write a book about opposition researchers.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/03/rga-oppo-researcher-northam-photo-gillespie/
— SUPER BOWL ADS LECTURE AMERICA ON GIRL POWER, WIND POWER AND OBJECTIFYING MERMAIDS – Virginia Kruta
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/03/super-bowl-ads-lecture-america/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Texas Can Get Trump’s Border Wall Accomplished – Jonathon Moseley
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/texas_can_get_trumps_border_wall_accomplished.html
— Gov. Ralph Northam: Forgive me, but this is not who I am – Robert Arvay
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/forgive_me_but_this_is_not_who_i_am.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Congress Has a Little Time to Get Immigration Right – Rachel Bovard
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/02/03/congress-has-a-little-time-to-get-immigration-right/
— The Nazification of the Democrats – Robert Miller
https://amgreatness.com/2019/02/03/the-nazification-of-the-democrats/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Ralph Northam and Democrats’ Dishonest Whataboutism Progressives are pathetically trying to spin their embarrassment and surprise, turn it around on Republicans. – HUNTER DERENSIS
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/ralph-northam-and-democrats-dishonest-whataboutism/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Establishment Media And Ed Gillespie Made Racist Ralph Northam Governor – George Rasley (FROM THE ARTICLE: We agree that Republicans campaigns hiring incompetents, grifters, and rent-seekers foisted upon them by outsiders is the hallmark of any establishment GOP campaign.) (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican candidates and their teams in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois that since 2000 have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails the most for their problems.)
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29610-establishment-media-and-ed-gillespie-made-racist-ralph-northam-governor
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But the second biggest question in the Ralph Northam racist yearbook scandal is why didn’t the Ed Gillespie campaign’s opposition research team find the offensive image? According to reporting by Daniel Chaitin of the Washington Examiner, a source from Big League Politics told the Washington Post an individual reached out to the website because of “anger” over Northam’s recent comments about a bill that would loosen restrictions on abortions. “The revelations about Ralph Northam’s racist past were absolutely driven by his medical school classmate’s anger over his recent very public support for infanticide,” the unnamed source said according to Chaitin. Amazing how Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie’s team missed it. President Trump tweeted the same question: “Ed Gillespie, who ran for Governor of the Great State of Virginia against Ralph Northam, must now be thinking Malpractice and Dereliction of Duty with regard to his Opposition Research Staff. If they find that terrible picture before the election, he wins by 20 points!” As Christian Vasquez reported for Politico, Gillespie appears to remain a sore spot for Trump, who was shunned by the Republican nominee during the high-profile 2017 election. Some have suggested that Gillespie had it and refused to use it because it would have muddied the distinctions they were trying to draw, with the Washington Post’s Glen Kessler tweeting, “Several astute readers have suggested Gillespie’s campaign may have known of this but chose not to use it…” The writers at Red State were of the same mind saying, “Having observed a boat-load of GOP campaigns over the years, I find nothing at all implausible about the Gillespie campaign having the material and deciding not to use it. From what I’ve seen of Vichy Republicans in action at fairly close range, I’d actually be more shocked if it was used than finding it wasn’t… We agree that Republicans campaigns hiring incompetents, grifters, and rent-seekers foisted upon them by outsiders is the hallmark of any establishment GOP campaign.)

WORLD NET DAILY
— BILLIONAIRE RULES Lowell Ponte blasts ‘strong-arm confiscatory asset forfeiture’ by the left
https://www.wnd.com/2019/02/billionaire-rules/

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Cracks in GOP support for Trump emerge, but White House claims ‘we’re all good.’ ‘What was boiling under the surface … has now come to the surface,’ Republican insider says.”
http://www.rollcall.com/news/whitehouse/cracks-gop-support-trump-emerge-white-house-claims-good

HUFFINGTON POST
— Sherrod Brown Calls Trump A Flat-Out ‘Racist’: ‘He Built His Political Career’ On It Brown ripped Trump for his history of racism, including spreading the birther conspiracy against Barack Obama for years. – Amy Russo (DIERSEN: Brown believes that he can slander Trump because Trump is a “public figure.” SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_figure My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes believe that they can slander me because I am a “public figure.” To convince a jury that I am a “public figure,” they would have to argue a) that many religious, government, political, and financial leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) that aforesaid opinions and actions are strongly influenced by my emails.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sherrod-brown-trump-racist_us_5c57d657e4b00187b55234b1

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Most oppose Trump declaring national emergency for wall funding.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-poll-most-americans-oppose-trump-declaring-national-emergency-for-wall/

AOL NEWS
— ‘I wasn’t happy’: Trump says he pushed Mattis to resign (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors were not happy with me. They 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 $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They were not happy with me a) because I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) because in 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, c) because I refused to help them get rid of their employees who they wanted to get rid of, and d) because my demographics did not help them meet any of their Affirmative Action, Diversity, or Inclusion quotas, goals, or targets.)
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/02/03/i-wasnt-happy-trump-says-he-pushed-mattis-to-resign/23660369/

NEW YORK TIMES
— What’s Really Radical? Not Taxing the Rich It’s time to reverse the extreme upward redistribution of the last 40 years. – David Leonhardt
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/03/opinion/democrats-wealth-tax.html

NEW YORK POST
— More troops heading to border as Trump weighs national emergency – Marisa Schultz
https://nypost.com/2019/02/03/more-troops-heading-to-border-as-trump-weighs-national-emergency/

BOSTON HERALD
— Ralph Northam and Democrats have explaining to do – ADRIANA COHEN
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/02/03/cohen-northam/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, a) Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters, b) Protestant-haters promote hatred against Protestants, c) conservative-haters promote hatred against conservatives, d) patriotic people-haters promote hatred against patriotic people, e) Republican-haters promote hatred against Republicans, f) American-haters promote hatred against Americans, g) White-haters promote hatred against Whites, h) male-haters promote hatred against males, i) older people-haters promote hatred against older people, j) rich people-haters promote hatred against rich people, k) gun owner-haters promote hatred against gun owners, l) German American-haters promote hatred against German Americans, m) draft avoider-haters promote hatred against draft avoiders, and n) those who hate those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time promote hatred against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/04/identity-politics-trump-julian-castro-stacey-abrams-beto-orourke-column/2733935002/
— Here are two truths to help you build a successful career and future – Ken Fisher
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2019/02/03/how-to-succeed-build-your-career-with-these-tips/2733832002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: That’s your goal! To endlessly build your future. For that you need two truths: First, make sure your employer is like that. And if they aren’t, move to one that is. How hard is your employer really striving to grow? How much effort and money do they invest each year into truly new growth oriented initiatives? . . . The second truth: You must make yourself indispensable – which has two components. Once you’re done with college and working, you need to be permanently learning. You can do it informally online. But keep building your human capital. Google endlessly about anything and everything that touches, even peripherally, on what your firm does, and beyond the functions you perform there. Then, at work, keep volunteering, for everything and anything. Raise your hand repeatedly. Make your boss and boss’s boss know you are not about what you “can do,” which is about your capacity, but what you “will do” which is above, beyond, and more than that sorry sap next to you. If your firm does shrink, you will be among the last 20 percent they let go, giving you time to maneuver to a more futuristic employer. In our future, anyone who isn’t eager is meager. Great attitude and activity will always equal success. Complacency now equals eventual failure. Sustainable success is only yours to build.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/01/31/lgbt-report-public-support-but-state-opposition-equality-act-distant/2738550002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Women Claim New Turf on Wall Street Women are managing billions of dollars and beating male competitors in the booming collateralized loan obligation market – Matt Wirz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-claim-new-turf-on-wall-street-11549108800
— Five Ways to Pay for Grad School We hear a lot about college students’ loans. But graduate students really build up debt, too. – Cheryl Winokur Munk (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your graduate degree(s)? The money to pay for my 1976 MBA from Loyola came from my Firestone Stores and IRS salaries. The money to pay for my 1980 master’s degree in accounting came from my IRS and GAO salaries. The money to pay for my 1997 master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT came from my GAO salary.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/five-ways-to-pay-for-grad-school-11549039644
— Tips for Tapping Your Retirement Savings Tools do exist for doing it right, but a good adviser can be invaluable – Glenn Ruffenach (DIERSEN: What has caused you to have less retirement savings? For me, it was the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tips-for-tapping-your-retirement-savings-11548949857
— Elizabeth Warren Doesn’t Understand Wealth Taxes There’s a reason real estate is treated differently from income-generating assets. – Alan Cole (DIERSEN: Real estate taxes are wealth taxes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/elizabeth-warren-doesnt-understand-wealth-taxes-11549228772
— The Left’s Idea of Generosity Progressives across the West are eager to spend other people’s money on moral vanity projects. – Bobby Jindal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lefts-idea-of-generosity-11549228822
— Ralph Northam’s Racial Education The Virginia Governor and Democrats owe an apology to Ed Gillespie. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ralph-northams-racial-education-11549233081

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups promote LGBTQ activity: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/debtfreeguys/2019/02/03/the-growing-demographic-marketers-dont-know-about/#7be0501b206e
— Either Ban Government Shutdowns Or Insure Furloughed Workers – Dante Disparte
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dantedisparte/2019/02/04/either-ban-government-shutdowns-or-insure-furloughed-workers/#206f427d5cdd

MONDAQ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Seventh Circuit rules that employers can use experience requirements to discriminate against older job applicants.
http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/777312/employee+rights+labour+relations/Seventh+Circuit+Limits+ADEA+Protections+For+Job+Applicants

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Fighting Food Insecurity on College Campuses High prices and changing demographics have helped create a cadre of college students faced with the prospect of going hungry. – Joseph P. Williams (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for the food that you ate while you earned your bachelor’s degree? My outstanding parents provided me with room and board a) 1966-1968 while I attended UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. The money to pay for my room and board at NIU a) weekdays during my first semester there, b) my second and third semesters there, and c) the summer of 1970 came from what I earned a) delivering mail for the Park Forest Post office 1966-1969, b) working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, and c) working as a security guard in 1970. I graduated debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-02-04/a-fight-against-food-insecurity-hunger-on-college-campuses

GALLUP
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Solid Majority Still Opposes New Construction on Border Wall.”
https://news.gallup.com/poll/246455/solid-majority-opposes-new-construction-border-wall.aspx

DAILY MAIL
— Top Democrat suggests ‘enhanced barrier’ instead of a wall could be an option, as Trump insists Republicans ‘must be prepared to do whatever is necessary’ for strong border security – JENNY STANTON and EMILY GOODIN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6663787/Top-Democrat-suggests-enhanced-barrier-instead-wall-option.html

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “State of disunion: Democrats must not give in to Trump’s hateful speech. Pelosi’s party must not be distracted by the president – or corporate voices on their side. Inequality is pulling the U.S. apart.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/04/trump-state-of-the-union-democrats-pelosi

January 30 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Crisis at Our Southern Border Is Real and Growing Worse Without the Wall
https://www.whitehouse.gov/westwingreads/
— Here is where American voters stand on immigration
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/

ABC7
— Ban government shutdowns? Some Republicans and Democrats want to make it the law – BENJAMIN SIEGEL
https://abc7chicago.com/ban-government-shutdowns-some-republicans-and-democrats-want-to-make-it-the-law-/5113024/

NBC5
— Dems Make Opening Offer, With No Money for Trump’s Wall The high-stakes talks are taking place against the backdrop of another possible shutdown in mid-February – Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Lawmakers-Agreement-Prevent-Shutdown-505070282.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago has a problem — many millennials want to leave – Editorial (DIERSEN: By the Democrats that they elect, the majority of voters in Chicago make it clear that they want individuals, organizations, and companies that are members of the following groups to leave Chicago: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/chicago-millennials-university-of-chicago-study-mayoral-election/
— Welcome to tax filing season — and good luck – David J. Roberts, Associate Professor of Accountancy, DePaul University
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/income-taxes-filing-irs-chicago-mayoral-election-polar-vortex/

DAILY HERALD
— Trump digs in on border-wall funds as congressional negotiators prepare to convene – Erica Werner, John Wagner and Mike DeBonis
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190130/trump-digs-in-on-border-wall-funds-as-congressional-negotiators-prepare-to-convene
— Foxconn reconsiders Wisconsin plan to produce LCD screens – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190130/news/301309913/
— People living outside in the suburbs: Homeless census ensures they count – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190130/people-living-outside-in-the-suburbs-homeless-census-ensures-they-count

BLOOMING PANTAGRAPH
— House Rules Committee to maintain power in Illinois legislative process – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/house-rules-committee-to-maintain-power-in-illinois-legislative-process/article_dd7585d5-993b-56d1-b96a-f583ac771737.html

HERALD NEWS
— Two trustees walk out of DuPage Township meeting Board could not vote to fill supervisor vacancy – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/01/30/two-trustees-walk-out-of-dupage-township-meeting/axs5pua/

TIMES
— Pritzker, Dems need to join GOP in pushing for fair maps amendment – Editorial
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2019/01/27/our-view-pritzker-dems-need-to-join-gop-in-pushing-for-fair-maps-amendment/ahsabk5/

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— Term limits? Not for the rank-and-file but … – Tom Collins
http://www.newstrib.com/opinion/column-term-limits-not-for-the-rank-and-file-but/article_a523bc22-23db-11e9-92b7-57bbd74c9beb.html

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Senate Labor Committee discusses path to $15 minimum wage – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/senate-labor-committee-discusses-path-to-minimum-wage/article_62ed8d68-1611-59f3-b3b2-056f4a0bd349.html

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Meet & Greet the Candidates in the 2019 Consolidated Election
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2019/01/30/meet-greet-the-candidates-in-the-2019-consolidated-election/95536

UIS JOURNAL
— Illinois Under J.B. Pritzker – Emily Albrecht
https://uisjournal.com/news/2019/01/30/illinois-under-j-b-pritzker/

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Corrupt Chicago Alderman Referred Legal Business To Mike Madigan, FBI Recorded The Meeting
https://illinois.gop/category/news/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage Township Clerk ignored her duties – KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/01/dupage-township-clerk-ignored-her-duties/
— DuPage Twp Trustees walk out; refuse to participate in felony crime – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/01/dupage-twp-trustees-walk-out-refuse-to-participate-in-felony-crime/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Democrats again grant broad powers to House Rules Committee – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/democrats-again-grant-broad-powers-to-house-rules-committee/article_be4a31fc-24d2-11e9-98d4-1bc5aa17662f.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/illinois-pain-patients-can-ditch-opioids-for-medical-marijuana-under/article_5c0021a0-24dc-11e9-a398-933db967311f.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Selling Weed to the Public
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/selling-weed-to-the-public/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— LETTER TO EDITOR: THE IL GOP HAS THE NERVE TO ASK FOR DONATIONS?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/letter-to-editor-the-il-gop-has-the-nerve-to-ask-for-donations-.html
— MADIGAN IN THE NEWS: POWER. PRIVILEGE. POLITICS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/madigan-in-the-news-power-privilege-politics-.html
— ILLINOIS SAFEST STATE FOR ANIMALS, NOT HUMAN BABIES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/illinois-safe-for-animals-not-babies.html
— THORNER: ILLINOIS NATIVE ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI LEADS EFFORT TO UNVEIL HIDDEN GOVERNMENT SPENDING
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/thorner-illinois-native-leads-movement-to-unveil-government-spending.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Schillerstrom, Brooks resign tollway seats
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/30/schillerstrom-brooks-resign-tollway-seats/

GOPUSA
— U.S. tracking three migrant caravans, one with 12,000 people
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64265

— Eliminate ‘Super Duper’ Non-essentials and Fund Trump’s Border Wall – Bobby Eberle (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would say that I was a super duper non-essential federal employee. They would stress that a) 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 $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) 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; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64305
— Duke professor forced out after telling Chinese grad students to ‘commit to using English’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64122
— Dems’ Dangerous Ideas on Fighting Inequality
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=64298

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Media Silent on Democrats’ Abortion Bills – Brian McNicoll
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-silent-on-democrats-abortion-bills/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Fact-Checkers or Feelings-Checkers? – Andrew Syrios
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/factcheckers_or_feelingscheckers.html

BREITBART
— Poll: Trump Will Lose 43% of His Support if Wall Isn’t Built – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/30/poll-trump-will-lose-43-of-his-support-if-wall-isnt-built/
— Hispanic Caucus Chair Castro: ‘Confident’ We Can Pass DREAM Act – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/28/hispanic-caucus-chair-castro-confident-we-can-pass-dream-act/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump: Lawmakers ‘wasting their time’ unless they consider wall funding – Mark Moore
https://nypost.com/2019/01/30/trump-lawmakers-wasting-their-time-unless-they-consider-wall-funding/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “No Wall, Another Shutdown Likely.”
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/january_2019/most_voters_say_no_wall_another_shutdown_likely

January 30 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Operation Illinois Politics’: The FBI is on the prowl – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-burke-corruption-fbi-illinois-chicago-solis-election-20190129-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Marie Newman exploring rematch against Rep. Dan Lipinski – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/marie-newman-exploring-rematch-against-rep-dan-lipinski/

DAILY HERALD
— ABC 7 newsroom has family ties to three politicians – Robert Feder
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190129/feder-abc-7-newsroom-has-family-ties-to-three-politicians
— ‘Empire’ cast member alleges homophobic attack in Chicago – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190129/news/301299921/
— Fair graduated income tax would be good for Illinois – Ralph Martire
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190130/fair-graduated-income-tax-would-be-good-for-illinois
— State lawmakers, governor should ban teen tobacco sales – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190129/editorial-state-lawmakers-governor-should-ban-teen-tobacco-sales

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-legalized-pot-push-moving-forward-prohibition-plain-just-does-not-work/3e48df46-7423-4e7c-a988-1a4a0127ff33

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— State bill would revoke FOID cards for social-media posts – Phil Luciano
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190129/luciano-state-bill-would-revoke-foid-cards-for-social-media-posts

HERALD & REVIEW
— GOP lawmakers seek to stop ‘revolving door,’ pension payouts – GRANT MORGAN
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gop-lawmakers-seek-to-stop-revolving-door-pension-payouts/article_9ef2b19d-1671-568f-bc4a-4ac85ae122f0.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— HUD’s Carson awards $2 billion to help homeless – MICHELLE MACALUSO (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrats who send their homeless to DuPage County, to Milton Township, to Glen Ellyn, and to Wheaton and tell them to paint themselves as being home-grown products of failed religious, conservative, and/or Republican principles?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/huds-carson-awards-2-billion-to-help-homeless

WILL
— Lawsuit: Racial Harassment Is ‘Standard Operating Procedure’ At U Of I – LEE V. GAINES AND CHRISTINE HERMAN
https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/lawsuit-racial-harassment-is-standard-operating-procedure-at-u-of-i

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Lawmakers yesterday took part in sexual harassment training that was described as intense. It prompted chatter all day long about what’s appropriate in the comfy confines of the Capitol. It’s not OK, for example, to greet colleagues with a hug or kiss without their permission. The no-touching rule touched off a debate among lawmakers who see their colleagues as friends. For some, a hug and peck on the cheek are how you say hello. A woman legislator, though, said it really shouldn’t be so difficult to say “Do you mind if I hug you?” The discussion was moderated by an investigator for the Illinois Department of Human Rights, according to one attendee. Fresham Democratic Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, who has been a lightning rod on the issue, attended the training and took part in discussions. “It was worth it to be the voice in the room that said the things that needed to be said,” she told POLITICO. Stava-Murray previously said she was “forcibly kissed” by a lawmaker at a gathering for freshman legislators. Tuesday’s sexual harassment training was instituted after the #MeToo movement hit the statehouse. Among some incidents: Tim Mapes, former chief of staff to Mike Madigan, was fired after a state employee accused him of sexual harassment. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/30/presume-everyone-wears-a-wire-no-touching-rule-chuy-garcia-shocked-by-solis-revelations-383837

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity in the military.
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2019/01/who-can-and-cannot-fight-for-this-country-according-to-trump/

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Interview with Laurie Higgins on Transgender Agenda – Peter LaBarbera
https://americansfortruth.com/2019/01/29/episode-12-americans-for-truth-live-01-29-2019/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHY TRUMP WON
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/why-trump-won.html
— HUMANS HAVE MINIMAL IMPACT ON ATMOSPHERE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/global-warming-myth-debunked-humans-have-minimal-impact-on-atmospheres-carbon-dioxide-and-climate.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/30/prohibition-plain-just-does-not-work/

FOX NEWS
— Journalists now hate Twitter — because it exposes their excesses? – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/journalists-now-hate-twitter-because-it-exposes-their-excesses

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Ignore Base as They Move Further Left – Michael Dorstewitz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat, is 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.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/democratic-party-primaries-bernie-sanders/2019/01/29/id/900358/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— OBSTRUCTIONIST DEMOCRATS VOW LAWSUIT IF TRUMP DECLARES WALL EMERGENCY The Left runs out of excuses for not securing the southern border. – Matthew Vadum
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272712/obstructionist-democrats-vow-lawsuit-if-trump-matthew-vadum

TOWNHALL
— The Manure-Spreaders of Media Sensationalism – Michelle Malkin
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2019/01/30/the-manurespreaders-of-media-sensationalism-n2540472
— Demonizing White Men – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who are White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and those who claim to be Protestant, conservative, patriotic, and/or Republican who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, and/or Republican TO CURRY FAVOR WITH those who are anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, and/or anti-Republican?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2019/01/30/demonizing-white-men-n2540336

BREITBART
— Billionaire Kochs Unite Plutocrats for Amnesty, Vow Not to Back Trump in 2020 – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/29/billionaire-kochs-unite-plutocrats-for-amnesty-vow-not-to-back-trump-in-2020/

DAILY CALLER
— WALLS ACROSS AMERICA: CELEBRITY EDITION – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/29/walls-across-america-celebrity-edition/
— TUCKER CARLSON CALLS OUT CELEBRITY HYPOCRISY ON BORDER WALL – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/29/tucker-carlson-celebrity-hypocrisy-border-wall/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Stymied for Now, Trump Can Still Outflank the Democrats – Karl Spence
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/29/stymied-for-now-trump-can-still-outflank-the-democrats/
— Trump Offered Compromise, Pelosi Offered Nothing – Harlan Hill
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/29/trump-offered-compromise-pelosi-offered-nothing/

AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Illinois proposes ‘assault weapons’ ban, social media history review – LAURA WIDENER
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/01/il-proposes-assault-weapons-ban-social-media-history-review/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— When Only Leftist Blather-Heads Control Media Outlets, All You’ll Ever Hear Is Leftist Blather – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/when-only-leftist-blather-heads-control-media-outlets-all-youll-ever-hear-is-leftist-blather/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Assault on America, Day 28: SOTU postponed but Trump will enjoy last word in standoff – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29582-assault-america-day-28-sotu-postponed-trump-will-enjoy-last-word-standoff

CHRISTIAN HEADLINES
— 13 States that Have Ruled Unborn Babies Are Children – Kayla Koslosky
https://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/13-states-that-have-ruled-unborn-babies-are-children.html

FEDERALIST
— Federal Employees Should Plan For Shutdowns, Not Get Caught Penniless After One Delayed Paycheck In some cases, living paycheck-to-paycheck is unavoidable. In other cases, people need to wake up and take a long look at their foolish finance habits. – Christopher Jacobs (DIERSEN: From the beginning of time, government employees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being grossly overpaid, lazy, stupid, and even worse things.)
http://thefederalist.com/2019/01/30/federal-employees-plan-shutdowns-not-get-caught-penniless-one-delayed-paycheck/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— TRAGIC: Gone, baby, gone – Timothy P. Carney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/gone-baby-gone
(FROM THE ARTICLE: American women have averaged fewer and fewer babies every year this decade, and the latest numbers show the biggest drop yet. The total fertility rate in 2017 fell to 1.7655 babies per woman of childbearing age. The replacement level is 2.1. The number of babies born has been falling every year since 2007. Without immigration, America would be dying off. What’s the cause? Health writers at NBC News explained the drop and regional variations by pointing to “women with more education,” “the growth of sex education in the schools,” and “the passage of the Affordable Care Act,” which by expanding Medicaid “would have impacted access to family planning services.” In other words, NBC News sees the birth dearth as a story of progress and policy. In truth, however, it is a story of culture and decline. Women are having fewer babies largely because America is abandoning the institution of marriage, from which babies typically arise. Only half of all adults are married, down from 72 percent in 1960. Some of that is because college-educated people tend to delay marriage until they are older. But most of the slump is because working-class people either do not stay married or else don’t marry at all. Only half of working-class, 40-year-old women are married, compared to 85 percent in 1960. This isn’t making parenthood disappear. There are an increasing number of babies born to unmarried, working-class women. So much for the efficacy of “sex education in the schools.” Unmarried women without a college degree are disproportionately likely to have only one child. So the problem — it certainly is a problem, even though NBC News won’t tell you so — is that the culture which nurtures children is falling apart. Community strength is collapsing among the working class, as Charles Murray documented in his book, Coming Apart. If communities are not strong, getting married and having a family are less desirable and less achievable. It takes a village, after all, to raise a child. Utah, which is famously communal in its culture, is one of only two states where the birth rate is above replacement rate. Throw in falling wages for working-class men, interminable education among elites, and you get a country with less marriage, less sex, fewer families, and fewer babies. Hardly progress.)
— White suburbia the source of Trump’s Texas troubles – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/white-suburbia-the-source-of-trumps-texas-troubles
— Eric Trump: I want my father to declare an emergency at the border – Katelyn Caralle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/eric-trump-i-want-my-father-to-declare-an-emergency-at-the-border
— Nearly 900,000 immigration cases outstanding as 82,000 hearings canceled during shutdown – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nearly-900-000-immigration-cases-outstanding-as-82-000-hearings-canceled-during-shutdown

THE HILL
— Trump’s company to expand checks on employees’ legal status – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, E-Verify should be mandatory.)
https://thehill.com/regulation/business/427586-trumps-company-to-expand-checks-on-employees-legal-status
— No GOP appetite for a second shutdown – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/427574-no-gop-appetite-for-a-second-shutdown

HUFFINGTON POST
— Eric Trump Torches Democrats As ‘Almost Anti-American’ Radicals “They’ve become crazy,” he claimed during a Fox News appearance. – Amy Russo
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/eric-trump-hannity-democrats_us_5c51346ae4b00906b26e83f9

POLITICO
— Liz Cheney rises amid GOP rubble The hawkish House Republican with a famous last name is seen as a possible senator or even speaker of the House. – SARAH FERRIS
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/29/liz-cheney-republicans-1128132
— Is Trump really winning over Hispanics? – GABBY ORR (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout at Hispanics that Trump and his supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who Hispanics should help Democrats, help Libertarians, help Greens, and help RINOs get rid of once and for all.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/29/trump-hispanic-support-poll-2020-1136373

MERCURY NEWS
— Google urged U.S. to limit protection for activist workers Company pushed to reinstate ban on organizing via workplace emails – Josh Eidelson, Hassan Kanu and Mark Bergen
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/24/google-urged-u-s-to-limit-protection-for-activist-workers/

YAHOO NEWS
— Sean Hannity doubles down that Trump is in control of border wall negotiations
https://news.yahoo.com/sean-hannity-doubles-down-trump-222055649.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Organization to Use E-Verify to Prevent Hiring Undocumented Immigrants – Miriam Jordan (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, E-Verify should be mandatory.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/trump-organization-everify.html
— Trump Administration’s Asylum-Seeker Policy Takes Effect – Paulina Villegas and Kirk Semple (DIERSEN: Democrats want all the citizens of all the countries of all the world who promise to vote for Democrats to seek asylum in America. Those most likely to make that promise a) have severe financial problems, b) have severe health problems, c) have little or no education, d) have few if any job skills, e) have dependents, f) are minorities, g) are females, and/or h) are younger.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/world/americas/asylum-seekers.html
— The Many Ways to Leave the White House – Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/politics/white-house-firings-resign.html
— Howard Schultz knocks Ocasio-Cortez, Warren and Harris for ‘extreme,’ ‘punitive’ and ‘not American’ policies – John Wagner (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are an extremist? Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois hint/imply/argue/shout that I am an extremist because I oppose the promotion of welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/howard-schultz-calls-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-a-bit-misinformed-when-it-comes-to-taxing-the-wealthy/2019/01/29/b00db19e-23c5-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/border-wall-crossings.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Activists making ‘water drops’ for migrants near border say government intimidation is rising – Teresa Tomassoni (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the following should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law: a) anyone who encourages people to come to America illegally, b) anyone who encourages people to stay in America illegally, and c) anyone who encourages people to help people come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/activists-making-water-drops-for-migrants-near-southern-border-say-government-intimidation-is-rising/2019/01/29/1f832464-1f52-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html
— Trump’s company plans to expand check of employees’ legal status following report that it hired undocumented workers for years – Jonathan O’Connell, Elise Viebeck and Tracy Jan (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, E-Verify should be mandatory.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trumps-company-plans-to-check-the-legal-status-of-employees-following-report-that-it-hired-undocumented-workers-for-years/2019/01/29/88974678-23fe-11e9-81fd-b7b05d5bed90_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump’s company plans to institute E-Verify, a federal program that allows employers to check whether new hires are legally eligible to work in the United States, in every one of its golf clubs, hotels and resorts, following a Washington Post report that its club in Westchester County, N.Y., employed undocumented immigrants for years. “We are instituting E-Verify on all of our properties as soon as possible,” Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons and executive vice president of the Trump Organization, said Tuesday, acknowledging that the company currently uses the program only at some locations. “We’re starting with the golf properties, and we are going to be doing all of them.”)
— Loads of houses are up for sale — but middle-class buyers are still shut out – Taylor Telford (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. I had worked for IRS for 15 months, the last 9 months of which in IRS’s Harvey office. My GS-9 salary was $55,905/year in today’s dollars. I was working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. I was taking graduate business classes at Loyola. I owned a 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevy BelAir. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/24/loads-houses-are-up-sale-middle-class-buyers-are-still-shut-out/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are “are uneasy about using military money and active-duty troops at border.”
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-troops-border-20190129-story.html

USA TODAY
— ‘As soon as possible’: Trump Organization to increase checks after reports about undocumented employees – Christal Hayes (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, E-Verify should be mandatory.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/29/trump-organization-increase-checks-undocumented-employees/2716885002/
— FRONT PAGE: Pentagon to send thousands more troops to border in an operation that’s cost $235 million and counting – Tom Vanden Brook
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/29/increase-troops-pentagon-border-security-military-national-guard-house-armed-services-committee/2702965002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How a Billionaire Spends His Money Is His Own Business Progressives are more interested in scapegoating the wealthy than they are in relieving poverty. – Jason L. Riley (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you as being wealthy? I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 1966 to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being wealthy.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-billionaire-spends-his-money-is-his-own-business-11548807054

BLOOMBERG
— Oracle’s College-Recruiting Bias Case Highlights Risks (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? My demographics have always been terrible: White, male, old (born in 1948), 100% German nation origin, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, draft avoider, Republican, non-poor, gun owner, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, etc.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/oracles-college-recruiting-bias-case-highlights-risks
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Corporate recruiting and college campuses are such a natural combination, what could possibly go wrong? A number of workers—and the federal government—say some employers use it as a way to exclude minorities and older people. Oracle Corp. is being sued by the Labor Department’s contractor watchdog, which alleges that the tech giant discriminated against minorities when hiring recent college and university graduates. Hewlett Packard and PricewaterhouseCoopers face similar claims, related to possible age bias over their recruiting practices, brought by private parties. Recruiting on college campuses is perfectly legal, if done correctly, according to management and plaintiffs’ attorneys. But as these cases show, the displacement of certain groups is a legal problem, even if it’s only an unintended consequence of the recruiting. Meanwhile the Seventh Circuit has thrown a wrench into the issue—at least in the Midwest—by holding that only employees, not job applicants, are protected against the unintentional effects of neutral recruitment practices. Seemingly Neutral, but Problematic The complaint against Oracle alleges that the company “strongly preferred hiring Asian recent college graduates,” resulting in a refusal to hire “more than 100 qualified, non-Asian, applicants.”)

TIME
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://time.com/5514826/scotus-trans-troops-history/

KANSAS CITY STAR
— Kansas lawmaker sues The Star, contributing columnist Steve Rose for defamation – JONATHAN SHORMAN
https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article225208765.html

WINONA DAILY NEWS
— Redistribute the pain – Leonard Pitts Jr. (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.
https://www.winonadailynews.com/opinion/columnists/leonard-pitts-jr-redistribute-the-pain/article_7aa2de4e-ac0c-585f-91a2-f5f496596cf7.html

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Shutdown Stretched Services of Federal Employee Charity – Charles S. Clark (DIERSEN: From the beginning of time, government employees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being grossly overpaid, lazy, stupid, and even worse things.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/01/shutdown-stretched-services-federal-employee-charity/154494/

CROWNE REALTY
— FOR SALE: 609 Frazier Court, Wheaton – $499,000
http://www.crownerealty.com/real-estate/609-frazier-court-wheaton-il-60189/09881430/52605328
— FOR SALE: 204 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $499,900
http://www.crownerealty.com/real-estate/204-west-elm-street-wheaton-il-60187/10139144/62650899

January 22 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Jewish Religious Leader Ready For Statehouse Work – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/21/religious-leader-rabbi-kalish-ready-for-statehouse-work/

DAILY HERALD
— Event addresses hopes for widening scope of diversity – Jim Fuller (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190121/event-addresses-hopes-for-widening-scope-of-diversity

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Chicago 1919: Confronting the Race Riots’ looks to bring city to terms with a chilling summer 100 years ago – Steve Johnson (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing 100 years ago? My grandparents on father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. My grandparents on my mother’s side operated a farm in Grant Park.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-chicago-1919-race-riots-project-0122-story.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Importance of persistence emphasized by King teach-in speakers at IWU – LENORE SOBOTA (DIERSEN: How strongly will 2020 Democrats use MLK to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all?)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/importance-of-persistence-emphasized-by-king-teach-in-speakers-at/article_87146ea7-85a4-5aa8-89f1-7b4369019c28.html

WIREPOINTS
— Irrational exuberance in a post-Rauner Illinois – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.wirepoints.com/irrational-exuberance-in-a-post-rauner-illinois/

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— Pritzker staffers’ salaries at least $30K higher than those in largest states The governor’s practice of supplementing state pay with personal wealth is rare nationally – Kerry Lester
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/pritzker-staffers-pay-at-least-30k-higher-than-those-in-largest-states

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— New state law aims to protect pets from reckless dog owners – Jordyn Pair
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/new-state-law-aims-to-protect-pets-from-reckless-dog/article_f3b609d8-1942-11e9-aa29-cf20b6a812f3.html

FOX NEWS
— E-Verify employees can return to work despite partial government shutdown, DHS says – Samuel Chamberlain
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/e-verify-employees-can-return-to-work-despite-partial-government-shutdown
— In shutdown fight with Trump, Dems reject immigration deal they once sponsored – Alex Pappas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/in-shutdown-fight-dems-reject-deal-they-once-sponsored

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Homeland Security citizenship office to bring back workers, with pay, during shutdown E-Verify remains shut down due to lack of congressional appropriations – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/21/homeland-security-e-verify-workers-back-pay-during/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DHS reinstating 300 furloughed employees to carry out critical tasks – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dhs-reinstating-300-furloughed-employees-to-carry-out-critical-tasks

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bernie Sanders: ‘It gives me no pleasure’ to call Trump a racist – Jessica Chasmar (DIERSEN: If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to harm you? Who would come to your defense – the officers of your township/ward/county Republican party organizations, your representative in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, etc.? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/21/bernie-sanders-it-gives-me-no-pleasure-call-trump-/
— ‘American dreamers have the right to dream first’ – Michael Savage (DIERSEN: What did you dream of when you were you were young? I dreamed about having a successful career in the automotive industry. But EEOC ended all that. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That made me unemployed because Firestone had fired me for accepting that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS because I needed a job. I had a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/21/inside-the-beltway-michael-savage-american-dreamer/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— NOTRE DAME DEEMS COLUMBUS MURALS OFFENSIVE – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272633/notre-dame-deems-columbus-murals-offensive-daniel-greenfield

TOWNHALL
— What Greater Irony Than TSA as Shutdown Victims? – Hank Adler (DIERSEN: Who do Americans hate the most, past, present, and future TSA employees or IRS employees?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/hankadler/2019/01/22/what-greater-irony-than-tsa-as-shutdown-victims-n2539375

NEWS BUSTERS
— ABC Brings on Spike Lee to Tout Illegals: ‘I Call Them People Seeking Peace’ – Scott Whitlock
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2019/01/21/abc-brings-spike-lee-tout-illegals-i-call-them-people-seeking

DAILY CALLER
— DEM. REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES: TRUMP IS ‘THE GRAND WIZARD’ – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/21/jeffries-trump-wizard-kkk/

WORLD NET DAILY
— PELOSI-DEMOCRATS ARE IMMORAL, NOT WALLS Mychal Massie says party in for ‘future defeats on a gargantuan scale in 2020’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout that they 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.wnd.com/2019/01/pelosi-democrats-are-immoral-not-walls/
— TWITTER ALLOWS ‘VERIFIED’ CALLS FOR VIOLENCE ON PRO-TRUMP TEENS Catholic students targeted after D.C. incident falsely reported
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/twitter-allows-verified-calls-for-violence-on-pro-trump-teens/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrats Own the Shutdown – William Sullivan
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/the_democrats_own_the_shutdown.html
— Our degenerate media – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/our_degenerate_media.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Call-Out Conservatives Join the Left’s Lynch Mob – Julie Kelly
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/21/call-out-conservatives-join-the-lefts-lynch-mob/
— ‘Mean-Spirited’ Partisan Extremists – Edward Lulie (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the mean-spirited extremists in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/21/mean-spirited-partisan-extremists/
— The Left Won’t Allow a Peaceful Separation – Christopher Roach
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/21/the-left-wont-allow-a-peaceful-separation/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The divergence of the desires and needs of the nation’s interior and those of the coastal ruling class has become more pronounced since the election of Trump. Even the “respectable” Democrats, exemplified by Hillary Clinton, have a barely concealed contempt for middle America. She, of course, infamously labeled Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables.” But Obama himself earlier let the mask slip, dismissing religion and guns as a false consciousness, to which the working class “clings bitterly” as transferred aggression from their economic and social decline. Perhaps this insulting language is so casual and automatic, because this is also how the Republican Party has treated its voters. Until Trump, the GOP saw itself as one wing of a responsible governing class. All the talk of shrinking the government and the culture war was just overheated rhetoric that no one in power seriously believed. The party’s leadership functioned to divert its voters discontent into an agenda more palatable to the ruling class. Thus, every campaign sounded like the second coming of Paul Revere, but in the end, the practical outcome was some work on the margins related to tax cuts. For issues like gay marriage, abortion, immigration, crime, and affirmative action, the Republican leadership mostly tried to avoid them altogether. After every electoral loss, the solution was to be less divisive and to focus on economic issues. This was the party leadership’s official recommendation following Mitt Romney’s loss in 2012, as if this milquetoast establishment hack’s defeat was the result of him being too conservative. The friction between the coasts and the interior is not merely political; it’s cultural, religious, economic, and demographic. The intensity of the friction has led, in recent times, to the suggestion we may be on the brink of a kind of civil war. We see hints of similar divisions in Europe, where Brexit and the Gilets Jaunes protests are fundamentally populist and have occasioned maniacal responses by the ruling class. Separation Would Be Preferable to the Current Hostilities One solution proffered from time to time is a peaceful separation. Observers on the Right and the Left have suggested that the rift is simply too deep and serious to be resolved, and that the mutual interest of everyone concerned would benefit by a divorce, whether deemed secession or an invigoration of local autonomy or something else. . .The Left Is Totalitarian By Nature Leftism is not simply one opinion among many. For the Left’s votaries, it’s closer to a religion. It’s not enough that one is himself a vegan, drives a Prius, doesn’t own guns, rejects the traditional family, or anything else that goes with the lifestyle. It is essential that everyone else does so. Any deviations are “backwardness” and “divisive” or worse.)

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pro-abortion activists loudly protest March for Life conference, admit they read LifeSiteNews – Doug Mainwarin (DIERSEN: The only legitimate reason to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is to get information to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party Platform.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-abortion-activists-loudly-protest-march-for-life-conference-admit-they

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Highlights Democrats’ Unwillingness to Negotiate on Wall, Shutdown – PETR SVAB
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-highlights-democrats-unwillingness-to-negotiate-on-wall-shutdown_2774181.html

THE HILL
— 2020 Dems seize on MLK Day for campaign messaging – MICHAEL BURKE (DIERSEN: How strongly will 2020 Democrats use MLK to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/426336-2020-dems-seize-on-mlk-day-for-campaign-message

HUFFINGTON POST
— Top House Democrat Likens Trump To KKK Grand Wizard In MLK Day Slugfest Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats connected Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights struggle to the fight against Trump today. – Daniel Marans (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if you do not hate Trump, Trump-haters will call you a racist and even worse things. How will you respond? Ever-increasing, people respond by becoming Trump-haters.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hakeem-jeffries-donald-trump-grand-wizard-martin-luther-king-day-democrats_us_5c464e00e4b0bfa693c65088

POLITICO
— GOP reaches landmark agreement to juice small-dollar fundraising ‘Patriot Pass’ is the Republican Party’s answer to ActBlue, Democrats’ online money behemoth. – ALEX ISENSTADT
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/21/republican-fundraising-patriot-pass-1116642

CNN
— Why Trump’s MAGA hats have become a potent symbol of racism – Issac Bailey (DIERSEN: If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to harm you? Who would come to your defense – the officers of your township/ward/county Republican party organizations, your representative in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, etc.? Ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/opinions/maga-hat-has-become-a-potent-racist-symbol-bailey/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Bernie Sanders: President Trump is a ‘racist’ (DIERSEN: Democrats make it ever-increasingly clear that they will call you a racist if you do not call Trump a racist.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/bernie-sanders-president-trump-racist-n961036
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel criticized Sanders in a response over Twitter. “Absolutely disgusting and wrong. [Trump] has brought African American and Hispanic unemployment to record lows, passed historic criminal justice reform. Even worse that Bernie is using MLK Day to make an incendiary comment like that,” she said.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps argue against doing anything to stop Mexico from bringing illegal drugs into America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/nyregion/el-chapo-trial-border-wall.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use MLK to promote hatred against individuals, against organizations, against companies, against governments, and against countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/biden-crime-bill-regrets.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump and Pence give surprise addresses at antiabortion March for Life – Michelle Boorstein, Michelle Boorstein, Julie Zauzmer and
Marisa Iati
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/01/18/march-life-says-its-pro-science-despite-medical-consensus-favoring-abortion-access/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How strongly will 2020 Democrats use MLK to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all?
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-dems-mlk-20190121-story.html

CBS DENVER
— Tackling Ageism: Groups Push Lawmakers To Make Colorado Age-Friendly State – Shaun Boyd (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination big time a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) they what to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/01/21/ageism-colorado-age-friendly-state/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Wall Marks a Deep Cultural Divide Fight over extension of a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico has crystallized a divide between those happy with the evolving face of America and those alarmed by it – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: Democrats want America 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.wsj.com/articles/the-wall-marks-a-deep-cultural-divide-11548083260
— The ‘Hybrid’ Skills That Tomorrow’s Jobs Will Require – Lauren Weber (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hybrid-skills-that-tomorrows-jobs-will-require-11547994266
— The Crippling Cost of 70% Tax Rates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal would smother investment and innovation, leaving America poorer. – Edward Conard
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-crippling-cost-of-70-tax-rates-11548104300
— Pelosi’s Dreamer Pawns Democrats won’t talk even after Trump offers extended legal status. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pelosis-dreamer-pawns-11548103367
— The Women’s March Follows Farrakhan off a Cliff Its leaders’ anti-Semitism drives off the Democratic Party and the Southern Poverty Law Center. – Elliot Kaufman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-womens-march-follows-farrakhan-off-a-cliff-11548104190
— The Shaming of Karen Pence A mob of secular Puritans targets her for teaching at a Christian school. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-shaming-of-karen-pence-11548104530

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: CBS rejects Super Bowl ad on benefits of medical marijuana – Erik Brady (DIERSEN: Pot pushers want everyone in America to be a stoner, including you, your sisters and brothers, your spouse, your children, your grandchildren, your parents, your grandparents, your relatives, and everyone else.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/Ad-Meter/buzz-meter/2019/01/22/super-bowl-cbs-rejects-ad-benefits-medical-marijuana/2639175002/
— Why you need to have purpose in your daily life even when you retire – Robert Powell (DIERSEN: What is your purpose in life? Mine is to defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and the Republican Party platform. Those who work against me 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 Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2018/12/26/retirement-planning-how-find-your-purpose-after-you-stop-working/2406313002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Deck is stacked against female retirees – Susan Tompor (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a female 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a female could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a female in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted females in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a female in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a female in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a female could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2019/01/16/gender-pay-gap-retirement-401-k/2591646002/

NEW YORKER
— Does Journalism Have a Future? In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face. – Jill Lepore (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. They do everything that they can a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/28/does-journalism-have-a-future

January 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State agencies can no longer ask job candidates for salary history, and employers across Illinois are probably next – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: One reason to not become or stay a government employee is that your salary and benefits are public record. Government employees are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being lazy, stupid, and grossly overpaid.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-pritzker-illinois-no-salary-history-20190116-story.html

— Free City Colleges tuition, free CTA rides and more backed by five Chicago mayoral candidates at packed West Side forum – Bill Ruthhart (DIERSEN: When you were young, what did you do to get to/from school and work? I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir when I was 16 in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 and a 1962 Chevy BelAir in 1971. I paid for those cars and my college expenses with money that I earned delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline in 1971; and collected delinquent taxes in 1971.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-mayor-west-side-candidate-forum-20190116-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you demonize, denigrate, and condemn men, those who are anti-men glorify and praise you.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-tuesday-gillette-me-too-ad-0115-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “End the shutdown; give Trump his wall. We need a monument to American stupidity.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-shutdown-trump-wall-democrats-huppke-20190116-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Will political infighting delay Cook County property assessment appeals? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190117/will-political-infighting-delay-your-cook-county-property-tax-assessment-appeals
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190116/you-need-to-try-to-right-that-wrong-freedom-rider-urges-buffalo-grove-students-to-fight-racism

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Local House members chosen for GOP leadership positions – Cassie Buchman
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190117/local-house-members-chosen-for-gop-leadership-positions

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Wheeler appointed to Assistant House Republican Leader State Rep. to take leadership position in House
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/01/16/wheeler-appointed-to-assistant-house-republican-leader/ahgw9wx/

PEKIN DAILY TIMES
— Can the Illinois GOP still be effective as a superminority? – Chris Kaergard (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Illinois now have even more power to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Will they work even harder with the Democrat plants and the RINOs in your Republican township/ward and county party organizations and in the Illinois Republican Party to drive out of Illinois the remaining individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20190116/can-illinois-gop-still-be-effective-as-superminority

SOUTHERN
— Furloughed IRS worker forced to sell belongings on eBay (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn past, present, and future IRS employees as being lazy, stupid, grossly overpaid, and even worse things. I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980.)
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/furloughed-irs-worker-forced-to-sell-belongings-on-ebay/video_17a7928c-98eb-5a5c-956e-c918128b39fe.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— GOP dismisses suggestion that State of Union be postponed – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/gop-dismisses-suggestion-that-state-of-union-be-postponed

HANSON FOR NAPERVILLE CITY COUNCIL
— CAMPAIGN KICKOFF
https://hansonfornaperville.com/campaign-kickoff/

GOPUSA
— ‘Medicare-for-All’ Would Take Most of Your Paycheck
http://www.gopusa.com/medicare-for-all-would-take-most-of-your-paycheck/
— Masculinity’s not the problem
http://www.gopusa.com/masculinitys-not-the-problem/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Beto O’Rourke questions relevance of Constitution, principles ‘set down 230-plus years ago’ – Jessica Chasmar (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint themselves as being 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.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/16/beto-orourke-questions-relevance-constitution-prin/

BLAZE
— Get ready for much more Ocasio-Cortez social media — she’s teaching Democrats how to tweet just like her This is the future that liberals want
https://www.theblaze.com/news/get-ready-for-much-more-ocasio-cortez-social-media-shes-teaching-democrats-how-to-tweet-just-like-her

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Be Grateful for God’s Grace – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me the most for my not being grateful enough. They are cruel, nasty, and vicious and have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They stress that they have graciously let me serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They stress that they graciously let me serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 3003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/01/17/be-grateful-for-gods-grace/

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say that Trump “is favoring politically advantageous policies.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/16/trump-free-government-labor-shutdown-1106637
— What Happens if Ruth Bader Ginsburg Remains Too Sick to Work? Nothing! History is full of Supreme Court justices who were incapacitated—or worse. That’s the price of life tenure, and it’s worth paying. – DANIEL HEMEL
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/16/ruth-bader-ginsburg-supreme-court-health-224014

THE HILL
— Ocasio-Cortez, freshmen poised to take on Wall Street – SYLVAN LANE (DIERSEN: Will Ocasio-Cortez ask GAO to help her take on Wall Street? I worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for almost 9 years, the last almost 8 years of which at the GS-13 Step 4-10 levels, currently $106,044-$125,325/year.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/425764-ocasio-cortez-freshmen-poised-to-take-on-wall-street

HUFFINGTON POST
— Many Federal Employees Can’t Afford Diapers Due To Trump’s Government Shutdown A pantry dedicated to Coast Guard families in need went through three months’ worth of diapers in two weeks. – Eleanor Goldberg
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/federal-employees-diapers-government-shutdown_us_5c3f6714e4b0a8dbe16ce0dc
— Ex-RNC Chair Puts Trump-Supporting Senators On Notice: ‘It’s All Collusion’ Michael Steele calls out GOP lawmakers for giving “cover to this president.” – Ed Mazza (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, City of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and State of Illinois leaders, members, and employees who collude to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that a) support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the IRP platform, b) support the illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform, and/or c) support the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-steele-collusion_us_5c4003f1e4b0a8dbe16d9402

NEW YORK TIMES
— In a West Wing in Transition, Trump Tries to Stand Firm on the Shutdown – Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/us/politics/trump-shutdown-west-wing-shake-up.html
— White House Redefines Who Is Essential to Get Parts of Government Moving Again – Katie Rogers and Alan Rappeport (DIERSEN: Are/were you essential? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being non-essential. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/us/politics/white-house-essential-shutdown.html
— The Easy (and Free) Way to Make a Budget Spreadsheet With a little time, typing and easy-to-use software, you can quickly see your financial picture much more thoroughly and better plan for the future. – J. D. Biersdorfer
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/technology/personaltech/the-easy-and-free-way-to-make-a-budget-spreadsheet.html
— Veterans of the News Business Are Now Fighting Fakes – Edmund Lee
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/business/media/media-steve-brill-fake-news.html

(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the internet, conspiracy theories, propaganda and plain old inaccuracies can stump even the most thoughtful readers, spreading faster than you can say “fake news.” A small start-up, NewsGuard, says it may have a solution. The effort is led by a pair of veteran news executives — Steven Brill, an author and the founder of the magazine The American Lawyer, and Gordon Crovitz, a former publisher of The Wall Street Journal. On Wednesday the company announced that it had signed Microsoft as its first major client. NewsGuard has created the equivalent of nutrition labels for news organizations, rating more than 2,000 news and information sites with tags: red for unreliable, green for trustworthy. A team of roughly 50 journalists and analysts is making the evaluations. NewsGuard has given its stamp of approval to established publications like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, as well as later entrants like BuzzFeed and Newsmax. FoxNews.com, The Hill, The Daily Beast and HuffPost have also gotten green lights. Sites to watch out for, according to NewsGuard, include Infowars and Breitbart on the right, and Daily Kos on the left. Media Matters, a left-leaning advocacy organization with a prolific media-watchdog blog, has received a green rating, but scores negatively on four of the nine criteria used by NewsGuard. The start-up hopes to become a regular part of the reading experience on the web. Its premise is that it is more efficient to rate news organizations than the endless stream of articles rolled out each hour. The service, free to readers, offers a browser extension that shows a news operation’s rating when a reader lands on its site. The NewsGuard tag also appears in search results next to article links for those who have the extension.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Government Shutdown Shakes Stability of Jobs That Are Often the Best Around – Natalie Kitroeff and Robert Gebeloff (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/business/economy/federal-workers-shutdown.html

WASHINGTON POST
— House Democratic leaders bottle up effort to censure Iowa Rep. Steve King – Mike DeBonis (DIERSEN: Who has tried to censure you and why? I should write a book about those who tried to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me in 2006 because of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the 2009 Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-democratic-leaders-try-to-avert-censure-vote-on-rep-steve-king/2019/01/16/22c7a6ce-19b5-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Kascich demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Republicans, and especially those Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/14/john-kasich-republican-party-adapt-new-america-solve-problems-column/2564182002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Shutdown and the Next Election Both parties need to think bigger than this fight—they should be thinking of 2020. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-shutdown-and-the-next-election-11547682985
— Masculinity Isn’t a Sickness A denial of biology in the American Psychological Association’s new report on men and boys. – Erica Komisar (DIERSEN: Who focuses/focused on getting rid of men a) where you work/worked and b) in the organizations that you are/were a member of? I should write a book about those man-haters.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/masculinity-isnt-a-sickness-11547682809
— Fed Says Student Debt Has Hurt the U.S. Housing Market Student loans prevented 400,000 young Americans from buying homes, Fed says in paper covering 2005 to 2014 – Josh Mitchell and Laura Kusisto (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from for you to buy your first home? I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972. The money came from what I earned a) working full-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights, b) working part-time for that store 1971-1972, and c) working full-time for IRS 1971-1972 in Chicago and Harvey.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-says-student-debt-is-u-s-hurting-housing-market-11547657473

FORBES
— Is Chicago The Next Detroit? – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2019/01/16/is-chicago-the-next-detroit/#44479ec56894

YAHOO FINANCE
— ‘Blue flu’: TSA agents are no-show amid shutdown because they ‘cannot afford to work for free’ – Yahoo Finance (DIERSEN: While I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I worked many more hours because my coworkers had called in sick. In 1970, Chrysler hired me to work Mondays because many Chrysler employees called in sick on Mondays.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/blue-flu-tsa-agents-skip-cannot-afford-work-free-212415393.html

DESMOINES REGISTER
— Is shutdown merely a ploy to make the federal government smaller? – Steffen Schmidt (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and 1990s, Republicans did everything that they could to make GAO smaller. Of course, the Democrats who ran GAO were beyond furious and took their anger out on GAO employees like me who were Republican. They especially took their anger out on Republican GAO employees like me who were White, male, older, and non-veteran.)
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2019/01/16/shutdown-ploy-make-federal-government-smaller/2597259002/

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— A wall won’t do what E-Verify can to reduce illegal border crossings – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who has called for making E-Verify mandatory in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality? Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs a) stress that illegals are minorities, are female, are younger, lack education, lack job skills, have dependents, have financial problems, have health problems, and/or have other problems and b) viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn those who call for making E-Verity mandatory as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/A-wall-won-t-do-what-E-Verify-can-to-reduce-13539080.php

MIAMI HERALD
— Business leaders want politicians to stop fighting over wall and make this deal – JIMENA TAVEL
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article224644570.html

SEATTLE TIMES
— Now a 2020 candidate, Gillibrand builds campaign on gender (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, candidates build their campaigns on their being 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.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/now-a-2020-candidate-gillibrand-builds-campaign-on-gender/

SKYLINE VIEW
— The Unfortunate Truth of College Graduates – Kendrick A. Rojas (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a non-White in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a non-White could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a non-White in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted non-Whites in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a non-White in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a non-White in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a non-White could have my job and my preferred corner office.)

The Unfortunate Truth of College Graduates

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many college attendees struggle to find jobs which are both fitting for their careers and also have a respective income. Money magazine took the findings of labor economist Stephen Rose, who uncovered discoveries in his new analysis regarding the overqualification that has burdened college graduates entering the workforce. Money writer Kaitlin Mulhere deduced from Rose’s findings that “…no matter how the economy is faring, the overqualification rate is disproportionately high for workers who are just out of college and in their early 20s”. This means that many employers have handed down less-than-exemplary jobs, making it so that college graduates must crawl their way to the top regardless of their degree. Is this the kind of treatment that is deserved by hardworking students, spending countless hours educating themselves through the means of their own will? It should also be noted that the percentage of overqualification rates for Hispanics and African Americans increased by “…7 and 10 percentage points, respectively, than the rate for white college-educated workers”. This not only highlights the inconsideration of the educated workforce but also reveals the effects of racism that still segregate several demographics from gaining equal pay. Not only are college graduates being short-cut of their pay, but if you are part of a non-white racial group, then the likelihood that your efforts will be overlooked increase.)

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Governor Orders Worker-Training Investment Review – AP (DIERSEN: Between 1992 and 1997, I paid for my own “retraining.” In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office a) made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators. Between 1992 and 1997, I took graduate finance courses at IIT, and in 1997 earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2019-01-17/illinois-governor-orders-worker-training-investment-review

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Impeach Donald Trump.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/impeachment-trump/580468/

FED SMITH
— President Trump Signs Back Pay Bill – Ian Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/01/16/president-sign-back-pay-bill/

DAILY MAIL
— Leak claims Google staff regularly DO manually intervene in controversial searches despite CEO’s testimony the search engine NEVER does it – MEGAN SHEETS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6599341/Leak-claims-Google-regularly-intervenes-YouTube-search-results.html

NEWS GUARD
— Criteria for and Explanation of Ratings (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, www.gopillinois.com should get a green rating.)
https://www.newsguardtech.com/ratings/criteria-for-and-explanation-of-ratings/
(FROM THE POSTING: THE 9 FACTORS Here are the 9 criteria that NewsGuard uses in determining if a provider is rated red. A site that fails to adhere to a preponderance of these criteria, as described in the weighted criteria definitions below, are rated red. No site must adhere to all of the criteria to be rated green. In every case the NewsGuard Nutrition Labels that are provided for each site (by clicking on the rating) spell out the site’s adherence to each of the 9 criteria that yielded that source’s particular rating. The 9 criteria below are listed in order of their importance in determining a red rating. For example, failure to adhere to the first criteria—publishing false content—will be more influential in determining a red rating than failure to reveal information about content creators.

Credibility

Does not repeatedly publish false content: In the last three years the site has not produced multiple stories that have been found—either by journalists at NewsGuard or elsewhere—to be clearly false, and which have not been quickly and prominently corrected. (22 Points. A label with a score lower than 60 points gets a red rating.)

Gathers and presents information responsibly: Content on the site is created by reporters, writers, videographers, researchers, or other information providers who generally seek to be accurate and fair in gathering, reporting, and interpreting information, even if they approach their work from a strong point of view. They do this by referencing multiple sources, preferably those that present direct, firsthand information on a subject or event. (18 Points)

Regularly corrects or clarifies errors: The site makes clear how to contact those in charge and has effective practices for publishing clarifications and corrections. (12.5 Points)

Handles the difference between news and opinion responsibly: Content providers who convey the impression that they report news or a mix of news and opinion distinguish opinion from news reporting, and when reporting news, they do not regularly or egregiously misstate, distort, or cherry pick facts, or egregiously cherry pick stories, to advance opinions. Content providers whose clearly expressed purpose is to advance a particular point of view do not regularly and egregiously misstate or distort facts to make their case. (12.5 Points)

Avoids deceptive headlines: The site generally does not publish headlines that include false information, significantly sensationalize, or otherwise do not reflect what is actually in the story. (10 Points)

Transparency

Website discloses ownership and financing: The site discloses its ownership and/or financing, as well as any notable ideological or political positions held by those with a significant financial interest in the site, in a user-friendly manner. (7.5 Points)

Clearly labels advertising: The site makes clear which content is paid for and which is not. (7.5 Points)

Reveals who’s in charge, including any possible conflicts of interest: Information about those in charge of the content is made accessible on the site, including any possible conflicts of interest. (5 Points)

Site provides the names of content creators, along with either contact information or biographical information: Information about those producing the content is made accessible on the site. (5 Points)

January 16 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— How to control the overwhelming fire hose of news – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is fake except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have focused on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-donald-trump-news-anxiety-vladimir-putin-shutdown-0116-20190115-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What can we do about “news anxiety,” which many in the psychiatric community say is a real malady, particularly in recent years? If you feel afflicted by it, mental health professionals advise limiting news or social media exposure, especially of the more sensational anxiety-inducing sort. Psychologist Deborah Serani of Adelphi University, writing in Psychology Today, advised steering yourself away from sensational headlines and cable TV news and toward stories that offer depth, explanations and possible solutions to problems at hand. That’s healthy advice. After reporting the latest scandal or atrocity, it is reassuring to know that there is a rational path out of the problem at hand, if only we can persuade our political leaders to follow it.)
— Chirico adds $27K to campaign fund; challenger Caylor nets $7K, state filings show – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-mayor-chirico-rocky-campaign-funds-st-0116-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— The Burke case and the need for property tax reform in Illinois – Tim Schneider
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190114/the-burke-case-and-the-need-for-property-tax-reform-in-illinois
— Pritzker’s plan to match top staffers’ salary is problematic – Editorial (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190116/editorial-pritzkers-plan-to-match-top-staffers-salary-is-problematic

WTTW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://news.wttw.com/2019/01/15/what-legalized-marijuana-could-mean-illinois

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Rep. McSweeney refiles township consolidation bill Proposed legislation almost identical to vetoed version – ED KOMENDA
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/01/15/rep-mcsweeney-refiles-township-consolidation-bill/afiv56r/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— HB 4637 and consolidation: Rauner’s parting acts contradict his words – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2019-01-15/jim-dey-rauners-parting-acts-contradict-his-words.html

HERALD & REVIEW
— Congressman Rodney Davis meets with Trump, says Democrats are thwarting shutdown talks – AP
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/congressman-rodney-davis-meets-with-trump-says-democrats-are-thwarting/article_59efbe03-00e0-519b-8340-23cacbcb8269.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Leadership necessary to turn Illinois around – Sen. Jason Barickman
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190115/sen-barickman-leadership-necessary-to-turn-illinois-around

TIMES
— Kinzinger is right to call out shutdown stupidity – Editorial
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2019/01/15/our-view-kinzinger-is-right-to-call-out-shutdown-stupidity/anhqfla/

NOW DECATUR
— Pritzker Restores Wage Increases Frozen by Rauner – Joe Deacon
http://www.nowdecatur.com/2019/01/15/pritzker-restores-wage-increases-frozen-by-rauner/

CHICAGO READER
— Governor Pritzker, the MLA, and the wealth gap Very different solutions to the same problem all come down to the size of the pockets involved. – Deanna Isaacs
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/governor-pritzker-the-mla-and-the-wealth-gap/Content

PROPUBLICA
— How Illinois Bet on Video Gambling and Lost Legalizing video poker and slots was supposed to generate billions of dollars for the state. A decade later, that hasn’t happened. Now, legislators want to double down on gambling. – Jason Grotto, Sandhya Kambhampati, and Dan Mihalopoulos
https://features.propublica.org/the-bad-bet/how-illinois-bet-on-video-gambling-and-lost/

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s First Day Giveaway On Step Pay Will Cost $200 Million Per Year – Mark Glennon
https://www.wirepoints.com/pritzkers-first-day-giveaway-on-step-pay-will-cost-200-million-per-year/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Why is our state saddled with such State House mediocrities? – Jeffrey Leef
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511720976-opinion-why-is-our-state-saddled-with-such-state-house-mediocrities

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois to issue February food stamp benefits this week – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-to-issue-february-food-stamp-benefits-this-week/article_14f953d2-18c3-11e9-8789-5fb9988aae9e.html
— Political investing decisions hurt public finances, lead to tax hikes – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/report-political-investing-decisions-hurt-public-finances-lead-to-tax/article_b8043dca-1842-11e9-9704-c7617d695b17.html

GOPUSA
— NeverTrumper John Kasich hires talent agent, joins CNN
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63467
— When socialism is romanticized
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63451
— Competing women’s marches undercut by infighting, anti-Semitism scandal
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=63293

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/politics-of-immigration/

NEWSMAX
— Charlie Daniels: Dems Oppose Wall So Illegals Can Vote For Them – Brian Freeman
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/charlie-daniels-wall-democrats/2019/01/15/id/898296/
— Coast Guard Snares Five Times as Many Illegals Off West Coast Compared to 2017 – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/coast-guard-illegals-migrants-california/2019/01/15/id/898369/

BREITBART
— Victims of Illegal Immigration Storm Nancy Pelosi’s Office – Michelle Moons
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/15/victims-of-illegal-immigration-storm-nancy-pelosis-office/
— Rasmussen Poll: Nearly 6-in-10 Swing Voters Say Border Wall Not ‘Immoral’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/15/rasmussen-6-10-swing-voters-border-wall-not-immoral/
— Mo Brooks: ‘Democrat Strategy’ of Importing Foreign Voters will Turn America into California – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/15/exclusive-mo-brooks-democrat-strategy-of-importing-foreign-voters-will-turn-america-into-california/

TOWNHALL
— The ‘Not Racist’ Drama of Congressman Steve King – Arthur Schaper
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2019/01/16/the-not-racist-drama-of-congressman-steve-king-n2539059

DAILY CALLER
— FACEBOOK’S NEW RULES BAN EMPLOYEES FROM CHANGING COLLEAGUES’ MINDS – Chris White (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did not try turn me into a Democrat. If I had become a Democrat, I would have been just one more Democrat employee who the Democrats who ran the federal government had to give preference to. My being a Republican enabled/emboldened them to hint/imply/argue/shout that I was lazy, stupid, overpaid, a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. My being a Republican enabled/emboldened them to blame me for everything that went wrong in the office.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/15/facebook-censorship-internal-memo/

DAILY WIRE
— Victims Of Illegal Immigration Storm Pelosi’s Office, Chant ‘Build The Wall’ – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/42253/watch-victims-illegal-immigration-storm-pelosis-ryan-saavedra

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Progressives and Their Surrogate Children – Steven W. Mosher
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/15/progressives-and-their-surrogate-children/

NEW AMERICAN
— Chicago Woman With Concealed-carry Permit Shoots, Kills Armed Robber – Michael Tennant
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/31189-chicago-woman-with-concealed-carry-permit-shoots-kills-armed-robber

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Is President Trump Weakening On His Pledge To Protect American Workers? – JENNIFER G. HICKEY (DIERSEN: Are/were you an “America worker?” I was an American worker 1964-1997. From what I see, all the employers that I worked for would rather have hired a citizen of a foreign country than me. Employers can exploit citizens of foreign countries much easier than they can exploit citizens of America.)
https://immigrationreform.com/2019/01/15/is-president-trump-weakening-on-pledge-to-protect-american-workers-immigrationreform-com/

FOX NEWS
— New migrant caravan swells to thousands amid shutdown; Democrats’ 2020 caravan grows
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fox-news-first-new-migrant-caravan-swells-to-thousands-amid-shutdown-democrats-2020-caravan-grows
— Yes, the border crisis is real and it’s black Americans who bear the brunt of it – Diamond and Silk
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/diamond-and-silk-yes-the-border-crisis-is-real-and-its-black-americans-who-bear-the-brunt-of-it

EPOCH TIMES
— The Real Reason Democrats Won’t Budge on Border Security – Brian Cates
https://www.theepochtimes.com/__trashed-438_2767150.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Drugs and illegal immigration – Tom Rice
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/15/calculating-the-disastrous-consequences-of-america/
— Trump dispels wall fight as being about keeping a campaign promise: ‘We need this for our country’ – Dave Boyer and Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: What campaign promises motivate you to help elect candidates? For me, it is their promising to defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party platform and in Illinois Republican Party platforms including their traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. For me, it is their promising to oppose anything that promotes welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, weakening of First or Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot, or other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/15/trump-reaffirms-border-wall-need-call-supporters-w/

— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: E-Verify absent from immigration policy talks – S.A. Miller (DIERSEN: To oppose E-Verify is to oppose enforcement of America’s immigration laws. To oppose E-Verify is to shout a) that you are a Democrat or a Democrat plant, a Libertarian or a Libertarian plant, a Green or a Green plant, or a RINO and b) that you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/15/e-verify-absent-from-immigration-policy-talks/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: E-Verify has existed since 1996 and is mandatory in eight states. A 2016 study published in the IAZ Journal of Development and Migration found reduced numbers of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally in states with mandatory E-Verify. “E-Verify is a much more efficient way to achieve the goals that are claimed for the border wall,” said Edwin Rubenstein, chief researcher for the nonpartisan Negative Population Growth. An estimated 11.3 million immigrants live in the U.S. illegally with about 8 million working, accounting for about 5 percent of the workforce, according to a 2016 analysis by the Pew Research Center. Compared to their share of the workforce, immigrants living in the U.S. illegally were overrepresented in the agriculture (17 percent) and construction (13 percent) sectors, and in the leisure and hospitality industry (9 percent), the center found. The Chamber of Commerce dropped its opposition to E-Verify in 2013 but only with the stipulation that current employees be exempt. The agriculture industry’s reliance on labor from immigrants living in the U.S. illegally has long kept farm state Republicans from backing mandatory E-Verify without a major expansion of guest worker programs. The farm lobby was divided last year when mandatory E-Verify was included in a House GOP package of immigration reforms, the Securing America’s Future Act. The bill was defeated 192-231, with 41 Republicans joining every Democrat in voting no. While making his border security pitch Monday to the American Farm Bureau Foundation’s annual convention in New Orleans, Mr. Trump stressed that a border wall wouldn’t keep out seasonal workers. “I’m going to make that easier for them to come in and to work the farms,” he said. “But we’re keeping the wrong ones out, OK?” But he’s not talking about E-Verify the way he did on the 2016 campaign trail, when he pledged to “strengthen and expand” the program. With Mr. Trump in the White House, the system has gotten short shrift. It was left out of Mr. Trump’s “four pillars” plan to combat illegal immigration. Only a handful of the 565 companies in the Trump Organization, the president’s business empire, have signed up to use E-Verify, according to a Washington Times analysis. At times, Democrats touted E-Verify as a solution. Mr. Schumer last week listed E-Verify among the top measures for border security that he said were “ironically” suspended during the partial government shutdown. “Border patrol agents are going without pay, E-Verify is off-line, immigration cases are on hold, new immigration judges are not being hired,” he said. In 2009, Mr. Schumer said a “biometric-based employer verification system with tough enforcement and auditing is necessary to significantly diminish the job magnet that attracts illegal aliens to the United States.”)

ACCURACY IN ACADEMIA
— Ohio State University Professor Allegedly Told Student Not to Use the Phrase ‘Illegal Immigrant’
https://www.academia.org/ohio-state-university-professor-allegedly-told-student-not-to-use-the-phrase-illegal-immigrant/

COMMUNITY DIGITAL NEWS
— New Honduras caravan makes the wall fight President Trump’s finest hour – Randy Lancaster-Short
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/new-honduras-caravan-makes-the-wall-fight-president-trumps-finest-hour-111788/

THE HILL
— Trump snubs highlight Pelosi’s grip on Dems – MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: He who pay the piper calls the tunes. In Illinois, Pritzker has the power to destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that he might want to.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/425536-trump-snubs-highlight-pelosis-grip-on-dems
— King rips GOP leadership after criticism over ‘white supremacist’ remarks – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/425545-king-rips-gop-leadership-after-criticism-over-white-supremacism-remarks

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “NBC Isn’t The Only Network Sugarcoating Steve King’s Racism While some have outright called the Iowa representative’s white supremacy remarks racist, others hesitated.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/steve-king-network-coverage-racist_us_5c3e2832e4b0e0baf541b878

POLITICO
— Pelosi asks Trump to reschedule State of the Union address – HEATHER CAYGLE
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/16/pelosi-asks-trump-to-reschedule-state-of-the-union-address-1103047
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Gillibrand promotes hatred against men.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/15/kirsten-gillibrand-2020-women-voters-1102697

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater asks “Republicans Rebuke Steve King but Face Vexing Question: Why Not Sooner?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/politics/steve-king-white-supremacy.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “As Republicans Rush to Condemn Steve King, Some Ask: Why Not Trump?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/us/politics/trump-steve-king-republicans.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater asks “Republicans, Racism and Steve King So now the party abhors bigotry? How convenient.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/opinion/republicans-racism-steve-king.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ms. Blair duQuesnay promotes sexism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/opinion/business-economics/new-year-resolution-investor-gende-gap.html
— El Chapo Trial: Former Mexican President Peña Nieto Took $100 Million Bribe, Witness Says – Alan Feuer
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/nyregion/el-chapo-trial.html

NEW YORK POST
— Only Republicans show for working lunch with Trump during shutdown – Nikki Schwab Janua
https://nypost.com/2019/01/15/only-republicans-show-for-working-lunch-with-trump-during-shutdown/

USA TODAY
— Democrats refuse to compromise on border wall funding to end the shutdown – Mike Pence
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/16/mike-pence-democrats-border-wall-humanitarian-border-crisis-compromise-column/2565284002/

— Government shutdown: Food banks worry about having enough supplies if stalemate drags on – Dalvin Brown (DIERSEN: What about those who would never take a job working for the federal government because the pay is too low, but nevertheless viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn federal employees as being grossly overpaid?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/12/government-shutdown-food-banks-worry-running-out-food/2547271002/
— Half the 600,000 residents aided by NYC Care are undocumented immigrants – John Bacon
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/09/new-york-city-care-comprehensive-health-care-plan-concerns/2522924002/

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “GOP hard on King, soft on Trump.”
https://pittnews.com/article/139358/opinions/editorial-gop-hard-on-king-soft-on-trump/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s Pinned to a Wall Few Americans Want. A grand immigration deal may be his only way to end the crisis and deliver to his base.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-pinned-to-a-wall-few-americans-want-11547596437
— White House Looks to Chip Away at Democrats’ Resolve as Shutdown Rolls On So far, it isn’t working; Democrats don’t show for luncheon for House members at White House hosted by Trump – Peter Nicholas and Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-looks-to-chip-away-at-democrats-resolve-as-record-shutdown-rolls-on-11547548204
— Think College Is Expensive? Wait Until It’s Free Higher-education costs have risen every time student aid has been made more generous – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/think-college-is-expensive-wait-until-its-free-11547596302
— Visions of a 70% Tax Rate The new socialists need a refresher course in government math. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/visions-of-a-70-tax-rate-11547596675
— ‘El Chapo’ Bribed Former Mexican President, Former Drug Trafficker Tells Court Testimony from cooperating witness implicates Enrique Peña Nieto in alleged bribe paid by drug lord in 2012 – Zolan Kanno-Youngs
https://www.wsj.com/articles/el-chapo-bribed-former-mexican-president-former-drug-trafficker-tells-court-11547595893

FORBES
— America’s Best Employers For Diversity 2019 – Vicky Valet (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are White, male, and/or older.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/vickyvalet/2019/01/15/americas-best-employers-for-diversity-2019/#6cacde402bda
— Assessing Trump’s First 2 Years For Older Americans – Chris Farrell
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2019/01/15/assessing-trumps-first-2-years-for-older-americans/#571177c3583f

PRESTON BUSINESS REVIEW
— Pelosi calls cops to remove illegals from her home – Caroline Biscotti
https://prestonbusinessreview.com/pelosi-calls-cops-to-remove-illegals-from-her-home/56010/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “Steve King’s Road Map for Racist Republicans.”
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/steve-king-roadmap.html

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “How Can the G.O.P. Condemn Congressman Steve King but Not Donald Trump?”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-can-the-gop-condemn-congressman-steve-king-but-not-donald-trump

ATLANTIC
— The Racial Wealth Gap Could Become a 2020 Litmus Test With black votes in the balance in the Democratic primary, would-be candidates are already developing aggressive policies to target inequality. – VANN R. NEWKIRK II (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/new-litmus-test-2020-racial-wealth-gap/579823/

DAILY MAIL
— ‘Letting criminals across the border is good for her base!’ Donald Trump Jr posts video showing mothers of Americans killed by illegal immigrants storming Nancy Pelosi’s office – ARIEL ZILBER
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6597179/Donald-Trump-Jr-blasts-Pelosi-refusing-meet-mothers-Americans-killed-illegal-immigrants.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are political consultants advising candidates to do? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

(THE ARTICLE: In Illinois, “Republican” political consultants who are really Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, or RINOs want Republicans to lose. What are they advising Republican candidates to do? From what I hear/see, they are advising Republican candidates to:

— Demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, but if not that, distance yourself from Trump,

— Distance yourself from Trump supporters, the Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), your Republican county party organization, your Republican township/ward party organization, your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, and Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails,

— Do not promise to defend or advance the traditional family plank in the IRP platform,

— Do not promise to defend or advance the right to life plank in the IRP platform,

— Do not promise to defend or advance the immigration plank in the IRP platform

— Do not promise to defend or advance the Second Amendment plank in the IRP platform,

— Do not promise to defend or advance the illegal drugs plank in the Republican Party platform,

— Do not promise to defend or advance the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform,

— Do not promise to oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity,

— Do not promise to oppose the promotion of abortion,

— Do not promise to oppose the promotion of mass/illegal immigration,

— Do not promise to oppose the promotion of the abolition or the First and Second Amendments,

— Do not promise to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and

— Do not promise to oppose the promotion of patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, or age discrimination.)

January 8 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— President Trump Addresses the Nation: 8:00 PM CST
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
— Congress Must Do More to Address The Border Crisis
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/congress-must-do-more-to-address-the-border-crisis/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— President Trump to take case for border wall to prime-time audience – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/president-trump-to-take-case-for-border-wall-to-prime-time-audience

ABC7
— TRUMP TO ADDRESS NATION TUESDAY NIGHT
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-to-address-nation-amid-government-shutdown/5033862/
— Woman with concealed carry license fatally shoots would-be robber in Fernwood, police say – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/video-woman-with-concealed-carry-license-fatally-shoots-would-be-robber-in-fernwood/5034294/
— More than 2M IL residents could lose SNAP benefits if shutdown continues – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-to-address-nation-amid-government-shutdown/5033862/
— Senator Dick Durbin calls for end to shutdown as TSA workers fear they won’t get paychecks – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/travel/sen-durbin-tsa-workers-victims-of-trump-shutdown/5033508/

CBS2
— Lawmakers Convene For Last Full Day Of The 100th General Assembly
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/08/lawmakers-convene-for-last-full-day-of-the-100th-general-assembly/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New state lawmakers to be sworn in Wednesday. Some big names are out, but the biggest remain. – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-new-class-20190108-story.html#nt=oft13a-2gp1
— After 4-year political war, House Speaker Michael Madigan calls Gov. Bruce Rauner’s term an ‘epic struggle’ – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-final-report-20190108-story.html
— Government shutdown hits Chicago-area workers: ‘We have a big swath of people … who are just very concerned about putting food on their plates’ – Morgan Greene (DIERSEN: How have federal government shutdowns impacted you? I was a federal retiree and Social Security recipient during shutdowns in 2013 and this year. I was an IRS employee during shutdowns in 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. I was a GAO employee during shutdowns in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1995, and 1996. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that neither my wife nor I have never had any dependents to support and that my wife had income during all the shutdowns since we got married in 1978.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-federal-government-shutdown-chicago-update-20190107-story.html
— Congressmen give up pay during shutdown – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-shutdown-congress-pay-brian-hopkins-sterling-bay-20190108-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Capitol Hill publication Roll Call, which is keeping a tally of lawmakers diverting their pay during the shutdown, points out: “Of course, members of Congress are typically much wealthier than federal employees. More than 200 members of the last Congress enjoyed a minimum net worth of $1 million or more, according to Roll Call’s Wealth of Congress report.”)
— Chicago student organizing local Women’s March rally: ‘We are ready to fight for humanity’ – Elvia Malagon (DIERSEN: Women’s marches 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.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-young-women-march-rally-20190108-story.html
— A Dem showdown in Springfield: Will Stava-Murray persist against Madigan? – Kristen McQueary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-stava-murray-madigan-speaker-0109-20190108-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner riffs: ‘Scared’ for state, ‘appalled’ by Trump, ‘ecstatic’ Burke charged – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-scared-pritzker-tax-appalled-trump-ecstatic-edward-burke-charged/
— Trump seeks an edge in shutdown fight with TV address – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/trump-border-wall-speech-oval-office-crisis-government-shutdown/

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois House votes to remove tollway board directors amid concerns of ‘unethical behavior’ – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190108/illinois-house-votes-to-remove-tollway-board-directors-amid-concerns-of-unethical-behavior
— Pence calls on Democrats to accede to demand for wall money, end shutdown – John Wagner
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190108/pence-calls-on-democrats-to-accede-to-demand-for-wall-money-end-shutdown

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lawmakers order Illinois Tollway shake-up The Illinois House today overwhelmingly approved a bill to fire tollway Chairman Bob Schillerstrom and the rest of his board. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/lawmakers-order-illinois-tollway-shake

WTTW
— In Final Days as Governor, Rauner Opens Up on Trump, Taxes, Unions and Burke – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/01/08/final-days-governor-rauner-opens-trump-taxes-unions-and-burke

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner calls education achievements most important of administration – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190108/rauner-calls-education-achievements-most-important-of-administration

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say that a Trump-hater “unravels Trump’s border wall claims.”
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/cuomo-unravels-trump-s-border-wall-claims/video_fa58bf99-ef57-58e6-a188-a150ac1fb6c2.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump to take case for border wall to prime-time audience – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-to-take-his-case-to-build-wall-to-prime-time-audience
— Networks to air Pelosi, Schumer rebuttal to Trump – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/pelosi-schumer-will-give-democratic-response-to-trump-primetime-remarks

NPR ILLINOIS
— Where U.S. Battles Over Abortion Will Play Out In 2019 – JULIE ROVNER
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/where-us-battles-over-abortion-will-play-out-2019#stream/0
— Despite 70,000 Furloughed IRS Workers, White House Vows Refunds Will Be Issued – BRIAN NAYLOR
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/despite-70000-furloughed-irs-workers-white-house-vows-refunds-will-be-issued#stream/0

WQAD
— Outgoing Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner presents the highlights of his term – AP
https://wqad.com/2019/01/08/outgoing-illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-presents-the-highlights-of-his-term/

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Rauner touts less red tape, union-fee win – AP
https://fox2now.com/2019/01/08/rauner-touts-less-red-tape-union-fee-win/

WMAY
— Rauner’s Final Report To Lawmakers Repeats Call For Turnaround Agenda
https://www.wmay.com/2019/01/08/rauners-final-report-to-lawmakers-repeats-call-for-turnaround-agenda/

WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage, Kane Co. Sheriffs Join Forces To Fight Drugs, Sex Traffic “It’s all about public safety, not politics,” Republican Mendrick said of his partnership with Democrat Hain. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-kane-co-sheriffs-join-forces-fight-drugs-sex-traffic

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McSweeney’s McHenry County Township Abolition by Referendum Bill Sent to Governor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/08/mcsweeneys-mchenry-county-township-abolition-by-referendum-bill-sent-to-governor/
— McHenry County Clerk Tirio Sues Noonan, Tenner, Illinois Integrity Fund; Jack Franks, Breaker Press Cited as “Respondents in Discovery”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/?p=123161

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives says state GOP should go back to basics – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511717576-ives-says-state-gop-should-go-back-to-basics
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) thinks it is time Republican lawmakers have a meeting of the minds to have any chance of saving themselves from themselves. “Republican Party leadership should meet and openly discuss [outgoing Gov. Bruce] Rauner’s wholesale betrayal and ineptitude,” Ives, who narrowly lost to Rauner in the Republican primary, told the DuPage Policy Journal. “The result should be throwing out the current head of the Illinois GOP [IGLOP}, Tim Schneider.” With Illinois in dire straits and many voters desperate for change, Ives said, Republican leaders should consider it a personal insult that the party did as poorly as it did in November’s general election, when Democrats easily captured both chambers of the legislature in Springfield as well as the governorship. “The ILGOP’s massive inability to win campaigns in the worst-run state in the nation is embarrassing,” she said. “Every aspect of our campaigns should be reassessed.” According to the Illinois Review, Ives joined Sean Morrison, Cook County GOP chairman and Cook County commissioner, in calling for immediate action. The two have been publicly backed by John McGlasson, an Illinois GOP State Central Committee member. Ives said many of the party’s issues could be solved by Republicans simply electing to be real Republicans again. “We have a party platform,” she said. “If leaders and candidates would agree to uphold the well-thought-out tenets of the Republican Party platform, there would be no division.” Finally, Ives said, it is time that Republican lawmakers make sure voters are well aware of why the state is as bad off as it is right now. “Our minority status in the legislature gives us an opportunity to place the blame squarely where it belongs, on the Democrats who have run this state into a fiscal mess,” she said.)

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— LAME-DUCK HOUSE PASSES STATE GOVERNMENT PAY HIKES – Joe Kaiser (DIERSEN: How big of a paycut would you take to get a government job?)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/lame-duck-general-assembly-pushes-for-state-government-pay-hikes/
— MOVING COMPANY RANKS ILLINOIS 2ND IN NATION FOR OUTBOUND MOVES – Joe Barnas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/moving-company-ranks-illinois-2nd-in-nation-for-outbound-moves/

ILLINOIS CHANNEL
— Rep Jeanne Ives (R): Lessons Learned as a State Representative
http://www.illinoischannel.org/2019/01/07/rep-jeanne-ives-r-lessons-learned-as-a-state-representative/

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner talks about the current state of the GOP and its future
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/08/rauner-talks-about-the-current-state-of-the-gop-and-its-future/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Speaking of politics, Rauner refused to comment on who should run for governor next, but said he hoped “reform-minded leaders” would step forward, saying he would “encourage them” and perhaps help them. He appeared to wave off a direct return to politics for himself, but said it’s “yet to be determined” what he would do. “We live in such volatile times. I can’t predict yet what makes sense.” When asked about former Gov. Jim Edgar’s admonition that the party choose a moderate and Rep. Jeanne Ives’ warning that the party needs to choose someone who will adhere to the party’s conservative platform, Rauner said the two “are both right [and] they’re both partly wrong, and unfortunately I think they’re both part of the problem”… Republicans won’t win unless we’re moderate in many ways on many things. And I certainly consider myself a moderate on many things. If you look at my record, and the things I’ve advocated and the bills I’ve signed, most people would say I’m a moderate. That said, if you’re gonna be a moderate to win elections, but you’re not going to be a reformer and fix the problems, what’s the point of winning? And, in Illinois, Republicans have won, in the 80s and 90s, but then they did the same bad stuff that the Democrats did. Kick the can on pension payments, don’t reform the system, raise taxes with no reforms, over-regulate businesses. If you’re gonna moderate to win and then do the same thing that the guy or gal that you were running against would do, what’s the point? And I think Rep. Ives is correct that you got to have some principles, and you’ve got to be fiscally responsible/conservative… balance budgets. To me, I hope the Republican Party rallies around a unifying message of being pro-taxpayer and pro-job-creator. I think that can be a unifying message and that should define the party. The other things, we’re going to have some vehement disagreements on. Obviously, some of my fellow party members disagree with me on some of my more moderate views. OK, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t all be Republicans and push for responsible things for taxpayers and for job-creators. And he had a few words about the president… “I support most of the President’s policy goals … and I’m appalled by his personal behavior. Just appalled.” Specifically, Rauner says he agrees on ending “illegal” immigration, with a focus on the “illegal”)
— Rauner predicts out-migration will “get a lot worse” under Pritzker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/08/rauner-predicts-out-migration-will-get-a-lot-worse-under-pritzker/

TOWNHALL
— Oval Office Opportunity: What Trump Should, and Shouldn’t, Say Tonight – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/01/08/trumps-oval-office-opportunity-n2538642

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Mr. President, Here’s What You Must Tell The American People Tonight
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29440

GOPUSA
— All four living former presidents deny supporting a border wall (DIERSEN: That is, all four living former presidents side with foreign countries against America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=62047

FOX NEWS
— Trump must defeat the crisis of border crisis denial in Tuesday’s address – Laura Ingraham
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/laura-ingraham-trump-must-defeat-the-crisis-of-border-crisis-denial-in-tuesdays-address

FEDERALIST
— Central American Countries Are Helping Middle Easterners Illegally Enter The United States – Todd Bensman
http://thefederalist.com/2019/01/02/central-american-countries-helping-middle-easterners-illegally-enter-united-states/

THE HILL
— Jimmy Kimmel says he’s putting federal employees to work on his show amid shutdown – JUDY KURTZ (DIERSEN: Do you know anyone who is/was a federal employee? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years.)
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/424323-jimmy-kimmel-says-hes-putting-federal-employees-to-work-on-his

ROLL CALL
— As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez flies high, eyes are rolling on the ground We all know who she is. But is that good for her agenda? – Patricia Murphy
https://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-flies-high

ABC
— Jimmy Kimmel Puts Federal Employees to Work During Government Shutdown Today is Day 17 of the U.S. government shutdown. Nearly 800,000 federal employees are working without pay. So we are putting a federal employee to work every night until the shutdown ends. Tonight, Jimmy gives a job to John Kostelnik, a Law Enforcement Prison Guard at the Federal Correctional Complex in Victorville, CA. (DIERSEN: Do you know anyone who is/was a federal employee? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years.)
https://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/video/vdka7402553

WASHINGTON POST
— Single moms, small-business owners among those forced to crowdfund to pay bills during shutdown – Colby Itkowitz (DIERSEN: How have federal government shutdowns impacted you? I was a federal retiree and Social Security recipient during shutdowns in 2013 and this year. I was an IRS employee during shutdowns in 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. I was a GAO employee during shutdowns in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1995, and 1996. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that neither my wife nor I have never had any dependents to support and that my wife had income during all the shutdowns since we got married in 1978.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/08/single-moms-small-business-owners-among-those-forced-crowdfund-pay-bills-during-shutdown/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Shutdown Weighs on Federal Workers Employees who are set to miss a paycheck feel a pinch; ‘state of being unsure’ – Natalie Andrews and Andrew Duehren (DIERSEN: How have federal government shutdowns impacted you? I was a federal retiree and Social Security recipient during shutdowns in 2013 and this year. I was an IRS employee during shutdowns in 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. I was a GAO employee during shutdowns in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1995, and 1996. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that neither my wife nor I have never had any dependents to support and that my wife had income during all the shutdowns since we got married in 1978.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/shutdown-weighs-on-federal-workers-11546906831

FORTUNE
— New York Mayor Announces Healthcare For Low-Income and Undocumented Residents – ERIN CORBETT
http://fortune.com/2019/01/08/new-york-mayor-announces-healthcare-for-low-income-and-undocumented-residents-medicare-for-all/

ABC11
— Are you a federal employee? Here’s how you can make sure your finances remain in good standing during shutdown – DeJuan Hoggard
https://abc11.com/politics/how-federal-workers-can-handle-their-finances-during-shutdown/5035853/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— America First or the Free Market: Republicans Struggle to Agree Over Using E-Verify to Curb Illegal Immigration – Madison Dibble (DIERSEN: If you oppose E-Verify, you are a Democrat or Democrat plant, a Libertarian or Libertarian plant, a Green or Green plant, a RINO, or even worse things.)
https://ijr.com/republicans-struggle-to-agree-over-e-verify/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Shut down and nowhere to go: Federal employees frustrated with furlough ‘limbo’ – Jory Heckman
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2019/01/shut-down-and-nowhere-to-go-federal-employees-frustrated-with-furlough-limbo/
— Top House Armed Services Republican: Using defense funds for border wall would hurt troops – Scott Maucione
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2019/01/top-house-armed-services-republican-using-defense-funds-for-border-wall-would-hurt-troops/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— White House Takes Risk Directing IRS to Un-Furlough Staff to Process Tax Refunds – Charles S. Clark
https://www.govexec.com/management/2019/01/white-house-takes-risk-directing-irs-un-furlough-staff-process-tax-refunds/154016/

January 4 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— President Trump says he could declare ‘national emergency’ to build border wall
http://www.fox32chicago.com/facebook-instant/president-trump-says-he-could-declare-national-emergency-to-build-border-wall

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Decision by DuPage clerk on when her office will take over election duties could come next week – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-election-merger-st-0106-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CTA bus services losing riders in the last decade, data shows – Manny Ramos and Tanveer Ali
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cta-busiest-route-continues-to-lose-riders-79th-street-bus-roderick-sawyer/

DAILY HERALD
— AP-NORC Poll: Immigration among the top concerns in 2019
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190104/news/301049878/
— Help us amass a list of emails for local candidates – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190104/editorial-help-us-amass-a-list-of-emails-for-local-candidates

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What City Hall corruption costs Chicago business As the Ed Burke scandal shows, the Chicago Way remains a drag on local commerce. – CLAIRE BUSHEY and BRIGID SWEENE
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/what-city-hall-corruption-costs-chicago-business
— For Pritzker and the rest of us: Now comes the hard part Something big needs to happen soon to fix Illinois’ finances—and it’s going to cost money. – RICH MILLER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/rich-miller-springfield/pritzker-and-rest-us-now-comes-hard-part
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/pot-adjacent-companies-look-cash

HERALD NEWS
— Republican Navy veteran Matt Quigley announces 2020 run to unseat Lauren Underwood Constituent alleges voting misconduct by Underwood – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/01/04/navy-veteran-announces-2020-run-to-unseat-lauren-underwood/awnhrbs/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Newly-elected Michigan Dem uses vulgarity in vow to impeach Trump – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/newly-elected-michigan-dem-uses-vulgarity-in-call-to-impeach-trump

NPR ILLINOIS
— RNC Members Want To Block A Primary Challenge To Trump, But The Rules May Stop Them – TIM MAK
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/rnc-members-want-block-primary-challenge-trump-rules-may-stop-them#stream/0

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Legalized pot leads to more stoners on the road, studies show – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511715015-legalized-pot-leads-to-more-stoners-on-the-road-studies-show
— Skillicorn encourages state GOP to regroup – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511714459-skillicorn-calls-for-state-s-gop-to-regroup
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “It’s going to take leadership, and I vow to be a part of it,” Skillicorn said. “We must find the courage and resolve to overcome what few disagreements we really have, to focus our energy and efforts on being the change that senior citizens, college students, young families, veterans and those most vulnerable can believe in. The alternative is unthinkable.”)

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— State GOP chair calls for ban on lawmakers running tax-appeal firms – Glenn Minnis
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511715027-state-gop-chair-calls-for-ban-on-lawmakers-running-tax-appeal-firms

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rodney Davis guarantees Democrats move to impeach Trump – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/central-illinois-republican-guarantees-democrats-move-to-impeach-trump/article_211ff7dc-1063-11e9-b6be-938b694150ef.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Village of Bolingbrook candidate Maripat Oliver provides false information in support of petition objections – KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/01/village-of-bolingbrook-candidate-maripat-oliver-provides-false-information-in-support-of-petition-objections/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REP. SKILLICORN: WHERE DOES THE IL GOP GO FROM HERE?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/rep-skillicorn-where-does-the-il-gop-go-from-here-.html
— DEC 2018 JOBS REPORT SURPASSES EXPECTATIONS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/dec-2018-jobs-report-surpasses-expectations.html
— GOP SEEKING MCHENRY COUNTY BOARD VACANCY APPLICANTS FOR DISTRICT 3
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/gop-seeking-mchenry-county-board-vacancy-applicants-for-district-3.html
— BETRAYAL SPELLS DEATH KNELL FOR ILLINOIS GOP ORGS – Jack Koenig
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/letter-to-editor-betrayal-spells-death-knell-for-illinois-gop-orgs.html

DAILY CALLER
— REP. CHERI BUSTOS SAYS DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE TO GIVE TRUMP SOMETHING ON THE BORDER WALL – Nick Givas
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/04/cheri-bustos-democrats-border-wall/

BREITBART
— Pelosi: Amnesty for ‘Patriotic’ Dreamers Will ‘Make America More American’ – Tony Lee (DIERSEN: Trump-haters use “patriotic” as a derogatory term against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/03/pelosi-amnesty-for-patriotic-dreamers-will-make-america-more-american/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The shutdown has taken down E-Verify, the only ‘wall’ that actually works – Erin Dunne
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-shutdown-has-taken-down-e-verify-the-only-wall-that-actually-works

THE HILL
— Trump threatens to extend partial government shutdown for years – ALEXANDER BOLTON AND JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/423915-schumer-trump-threatened-to-keep-government-shut-down-for-years

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Claims Most Furloughed Federal Workers Are Rooting For Him On Wall Funding – Amanda Terkel
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-shutdown-furloughed-workers_us_5c2fc50ce4b0bcb4c25bab28

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Suggests Shutdown Could Last ‘Months or Even Years’ – Michael Tackett and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/democrats-trump-meeting-government-shutdown.html
— Republicans Seek to Boost Small Donations, but a Fragmented System Stymies Them – Stephanie Saul and Rachel Shorey
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/republican-campaign-donations.html
— McConnell Faces Pressure From Republicans to Stop Avoiding Shutdown Fight – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/us/politics/mcconnell-senate-republicans-shutdown.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump threatens shutdown of ‘months or even years’ over border wall, says he could declare national emergency to get it built – Seung Min Kim, Erica Werner and Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pence-urges-gop-lawmakers-to-stand-with-trump-in-shutdown-fight/2019/01/04/99519d06-103f-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html
— While federal workers go without pay, senior Trump administration officials are poised to get $10,000 raises. – Peter Whoriskey and
Lisa Rein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/04/while-federal-workers-go-without-pay-senior-trump-administration-officials-are-poised-get-raises/
— Millions face delayed tax refunds, cuts to food stamps as White House scrambles to deal with shutdown’s consequences – Damian Paletta and Erica Werner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/millions-face-delayed-tax-refunds-cuts-to-food-aid-as-white-house-scrambles-to-deal-with-shutdown/2019/01/04/b5b58616-0fa3-11e9-8938-5898adc28fa2_story.html

FORBES
— Three Practical First Steps To Successful Diversity Hiring – Julia Li (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.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2019/01/04/three-practical-first-steps-to-successful-diversity-hiring/

NEWSWEEK
— KOCH DONOR NETWORK WILL NOT SUPPORT TRUMP IN 2020, BUT WILL PROMOTE PERMANENT LEGAL STATUS FOR DREAMERS – DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON
https://www.newsweek.com/koch-network-wont-support-trump-2020-1278141

January 3 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How did you respond or how will you respond the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) survey questions (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LBGPSVC)? Initial questions concerning this survey include: Who is exactly paying for this survey? When did you first learn that this survey was going to be conducted and who did you learn that from? Who developed the survey? What input did you, your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP officers, the IRP National Committeeman, and the IRP National Committeewoman have in the development of this survey? Where is the document that details the methodology used for this survey? What has been done to publicize this survey? Of course, anti-conservatives want liberals and moderates to respond to the survey and NOT conservatives. What about liberal and moderate responders who falsely claim to be conservative? I responded to the survey as follows:

1. How often do you work and/ or interact with the Illinois Republican Party? – Extremely Frequently (Daily)

What role do you play in the Republican Party? – Precinct Committeemen

How active would you consider yourself within your GOP organization? – Extremely active (Daily)

Is there anything specific the Illinois Republican Party can help you and/ or your organization with? – Other (please specify) Promoting the IRP platform.

What could the Illinois Republican Party do better to increase your activity and interest within your local regular Republican organization? – Promote the IRP platform.

How active would you say your GOP organization(s) is/are? – They meet monthly and regularly are represented at community events.

Please check the answer that best describes your political philosophy on fiscal policy matters: Conservative

Please check the box that best describes your political philosophy on social policy matters: Conservative

The most important public policy issues facing our state are: Pro-Life, Same-sex marriage (oppose), Second Amendment issues (oppose gun control), Other (please specify) Enforce immigration laws (support)

The most important public policy issues facing our country are: Pro-Life, Illegal immigration (concerned about), Second Amendment issues (oppose gun control), Other (please specify) Traditional marriage (support)

Who did you vote for in the 2018 Illinois gubernatorial Republican primary election? – Jeanne Ives / Rich Morthland

What are the biggest challenges to unity in the Illinois Republican Party? – Stopping anti-conservative IRP leaders from driving conservatives out of the IRP

With respect to the Illinois Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party at its next quadrennial Convention in 2020 should: Adopt the platform of the national Republican Party as the platform of the Illinois Republican Party

Why do Illinois Republicans lose elections? – Illinois Republican candidates are not conservative enough and do not energize enough of the Republican base. Illinois Democrat candidates typically have more campaign funds than Illinois Republican candidates. Districts are too gerrymandered for Illinois Republicans to be competitive in areas where they otherwise should be.

What do you think are the most important things the Illinois Republican Party can do to promote unity? – Promote the IRP platform.

If you were to define or message what it means to be a Republican to the voters of Illinois; what would that message be? – Promote traditional marriage and the traditional family. Promote the right to life. Enforce immigration laws. Promote Second Amendment rights.
What is your first and last name? – David Diersen

What is your email address? – diersen@aol.com

http://www.gopillinois.com

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois is among top states for outbound moves: study – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/?post_type=cst_article&p=1600172
— Expect delay in early voting: election officials – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/expect-delay-early-voting-2019/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Liberal revolt threatens to derail House Democrats on their first day in charge – Mike DeBonis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-house-democrats-rules-liberals-20190102-story.html

— New GOP rivalry? Romney bolts into Washington, blasts Trump – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–trump-romney-20190102-story.html
— Republicans worry a primary challenge would hurt Trump – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–election-2020-trump-republicans-20190103-story.html
— CPS watchdog report: Elementary teacher hired despite past sexual misconduct, famed choir director mismanaged donations – Juan Perez Jr.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-schools-inspector-general-report-20190102-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS watchdog found some CPS employees cheated to get children into top schools – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-inspector-general-report-chicago-public-schools-selective-enrollment-fraud/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Nine-story surrealist mural goes up on Mag Mile – BRIGID SWEENEY (DIERSEN: Are you a member of “the right people?” Ever-increasingly, companies dump customers who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/retail/nine-story-surrealist-mural-goes-mag-mile
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There’s a belief that this younger generation—millennials and younger—is no longer interested in walking into the store and getting the best price,” he said. “It’s about what emotions (shopping) evokes and whether it’s the place to be. Being associated with the right people brings in the other right people.” Eyal said art doesn’t have any direct impact on the value of real estate, but may serve as “social (media) proof” to draw in potential new retail tenants.)
— 2019 Will Cost You More In Chicago: A List Of Tax And Fee Hikes Now In Effect A water tax hike, property tax hike and an increased surcharge on Uber and Lyft rides will all hit Chicago residents. – Heather Cherone
https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/01/02/2019-will-cost-you-more-in-chicago-a-list-of-new-laws-now-in-effect/
— Chicago-area Democrats move into bigger D.C. slots As Democrats prepare to take over majority control of the U.S. House later this week, local members of Congress finalize the new and more influential posts they’ll hold. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/chicago-area-democrats-move-bigger-dc-slots
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois is a popular state—to leave So say reports from three moving companies. – BRIANNA KELLY
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/illinois-popular-state-leave

WBEZ
— Federal Government Shutdown Adds To A Crushing Load In Chicago’s Immigration Court – Maria Ines Zamudio
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/government-shutdown-adds-to-crushing-load-in-local-immigration-court/aac925ad-b552-4391-9e77-66654f0a20ca

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Illinois Republicans Preparing for Return to One-Party Rule – Scot Bertram
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=277185#.XC4H39N_OM8

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Outgoing Illinois state Sen. Kyle McCarter was (finally) confirmed Wednesday on voice vote to be U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Kenya, according to a tweet by the U.S. Senate Republican Cloakroom staff. McCarter was nominated March 28. Over his lifetime, McCarter has served as a missionary to Kenya. The Republican from Collinsville has held the 54th state Senate seat since 2009. He ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Congress in 2016. McCarter announced last year he wouldn’t seek re-election and was succeeded by Jason Plummer, also a Republican. State Rep. Dave McSweeney cheered his McCarter’s news on Twitter. “Senator Kyle McCarter is a great conservative leader in Illinois and will be a great Ambassador to Kenya!” – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/03/munoz-spirals-as-burke-steps-away-preckwinkle-wins-over-eychaner-garcias-new-hire-370241

CHICAGO ARGUS
— Freshman senator already declares candidacy for an Illinois top pol spot – Gregory Tejeda (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs a) SAY “Republicans have gone so far overboard to become the political party of rural America; b) PROMOTE welfare, 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, retaliation, and even worse things; and c) DRIVE OUT OF ILLINOIS individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2019/01/freshman-senator-already-declares.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To me, the explanation is that she’s from Naperville – which once was a part of the great DuPage County Republican organization that was among the strengths of the GOP nationwide. There once would have been a time when Stava-Murray would have been a Republican aspirant for political office – except that the Republicans have gone so far overboard to become the political party of rural America that I suspect if she had tried to run in the Republican primary last year, she’d have lost. They wouldn’t want her. She’s a Democrat by default! It may well be that Stava-Murray is showing off her political ignorance and doesn’t fully realize “which side” she’s on. For her sake, she’s going to have to figure things out and “pick a side,” or else it could turn into a bloody two years for her.)

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Pipes and patronage Sewer district pays well – Bruce Rushton
https://illinoistimes.com/article-20789-pipes-and-patronage.html

WIREPOINTS
— Moody’s vs. Illinois politicians: $100 billion difference in pension debts – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://www.wirepoints.com/moodys-vs-illinois-politicians-100-billion-difference-in-pension-debts/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Madigan’s ‘on your side’ ad panned by some viewers as tone deaf – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/madigan-s-on-your-side-ad-panned-by-some-viewers/article_321c2256-0ecc-11e9-bb6e-efeb0b0486f8.html
— Consolidation measures could cut a few of Illinois’ nearly 7,000 units of government – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What is your position on consolidation? I should write a book about those who viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me a) because they believe that I SUPPORT consolidation and b) because they believe that I OPPOSE consolidation.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/consolidation-measures-could-cut-a-few-of-illinois-nearly-units/article_03d4aba6-0937-11e9-9790-afddc730598a.html
— Calling capitol an ‘unsafe workplace,’ freshman Democratic lawmaker to file discrimination claims against Madigan – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/calling-capitol-an-unsafe-workplace-freshman-democratic-lawmaker-to-file/article_9ef64420-0ed0-11e9-b3b8-e7411c6c97b9.html
— Bills to limit taxpayer-funded trips, conferences die in committee as spending continues – Cole Lauterbach and Brett Rowland
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/bills-to-limit-taxpayer-funded-trips-conferences-die-in-committee/article_398dad84-0e9f-11e9-9d2e-2b8e46691d51.html
— INN investigation: Some communities spend big, others decrease spending at municipal conference – Greg Bishop, Cole Lauterbach and Brett Rowland
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/inn-investigation-some-communities-spend-big-others-decrease-spending-at/article_df463d22-0e90-11e9-af54-2f0146104568.html

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: MONEY, MONEY EVERYWHERE, BUT NOT A DROP FOR A WALL – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: One could conclude that to curry favor with Hispanics, the Democrat Party has dumped Blacks.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/government-shutdown-money-money-everywhere-but-not-a-drop-for-a-wall/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— SEND YOUR SON TO A LEFTIST SCHOOL OR THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE HIM Behind the Left’s war on Jewish schools. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272379/send-your-son-leftist-school-or-government-will-daniel-greenfield

BREITBART
— Billionaire Kochs Plot DACA Amnesty, Vow Not to Support Trump in 2020 – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/billionaire-kochs-plot-daca-amnesty-vow-not-to-support-trump-in-2020/

DAILY CALLER
— LINDSEY GRAHAM, OTHER REPUBLICANS ATTACK MITT ROMNEY FOR ANTI-TRUMP OP-ED – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/02/graham-attacks-mitt-romney-anti-trump/

HILL REPORTER
— Articles of Impeachment Against Trump To Be Introduced Today by Democrat – TODD NEIKIRK
https://hillreporter.com/articles-of-impeachment-against-trump-to-be-introduced-today-by-democrat-20035

THE HILL
— Dick Durbin: I’m running for reelection in 2020 – MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/423653-dick-durbin-im-running-for-reelection-in-2020
— Shutdown halts E-Verify checks – SCOTT WONG
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/423613-shutdown-halts-e-verify-checks-on-capitol-hill
— Democratic leaders face backlash if they compromise on wall – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: Backlash from individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/423611-democrat-leaders-face-backlash-if-they-compromise-on-wall

HUFFINGTON POST
— Survey: Americans Give Everyone Negative Marks For The Government Shutdown Most of the public considers the shutdown a problem, but just one-third of respondents call it very serious. – Ariel Edwards-Levy (DIERSEN: What do you know about survey methodology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survey_methodology and http://www.pewresearch.org/methods/u-s-survey-research/our-survey-methodology-in-detail/)? During my last 8 years at GAO, I worked at the GS-13 Step 4-10 levels, currently $106,044-$125,325/year, on audits that involved major surveys. Two of the GAO reports that I worked on are at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/154342.pdf (FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES: Actions Needed to Protect the Financial System) and at http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/156011.pdf (OTC DERIVATIVES: Additional Oversight Could Reduce Costly Sales Practice Disputes).)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/government-shutdown-poll_us_5c2d4892e4b0407e9087dc6e
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The HuffPost/YouGov poll consisted of 1,000 completed interviews conducted Dec. 28-30 among U.S. adults, using a sample selected from YouGov’s opt-in online panel to match the demographics and other characteristics of the adult U.S. population. HuffPost has teamed up with YouGov to conduct daily opinion polls. You can learn more about this project and take part in YouGov’s nationally representative opinion polling. More details on the polls’ methodology are available here (http://data.huffingtonpost.com/yougov/methodology). Most surveys report a margin of error that represents some, but not all, potential survey errors. YouGov’s reports include a model-based margin of error, which rests on a specific set of statistical assumptions about the selected sample rather than the standard methodology for random probability sampling. If these assumptions are wrong, the model-based margin of error may also be inaccurate. Click here for a more detailed explanation of the model-based margin of error. Do you have information you want to share with HuffPost? Here’s how.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Censoring China’s Internet, for Stability and Profit Thousands of low-wage workers in “censorship factories” trawl the online world for forbidden content, where even a photo of an empty chair could cause big trouble. – Li Yan (DIERSEN: Of course, I know exactly what articles my critics/opponents do NOT want me to include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Of course, I know exactly what comments my critics/opponents do NOT want me to make on those articles. My critics/opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/business/china-internet-censor.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Li Chengzhi had a lot to learn when he first got a job as a professional censor. Like many young people in China, the 24-year-old recent college graduate knew little about the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. He had never heard of China’s most famous dissident, Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who died in custody two years ago. Now, after training, he knows what to look for — and what to block. He spends his hours scanning online content on behalf of Chinese media companies looking for anything that will provoke the government’s wrath. He knows how to spot code words that obliquely refer to Chinese leaders and scandals, or the memes that touch on subjects the Chinese government doesn’t want people to read about. Mr. Li, who still has traces of youthful acne on his face, takes his job seriously. “It helps cleanse the online environment,” he said. For Chinese companies, staying on the safe side of government censors is a matter of life and death. Adding to the burden, the authorities demand that companies censor themselves, spurring them to hire thousands of people to police content.)
— China’s Moon Landing: ‘New Chapter in Humanity’s Exploration of the Moon’ – Steven Lee Myers and Zoe Mou
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/world/asia/china-change-4-moon.html
— FRONT PAGE: Sexism Claims From Bernie Sanders’s 2016 Run: Paid Less, Treated Worse – Sydney Ember and Katie Benner
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/us/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign-sexism.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump’s Shutdown Is Not About Border Security About 800,000 federal employees, and the citizens who depend on them, are being hurt for an empty political stunt.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/opinion/government-shutdown-2019-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Why Republicans Should Support Immigration.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/opinion/trump-republicans-immigration.html
— The Army, in Need of Recruits, Turns Focus to Liberal-Leaning Cities – Dave Philipps (DIERSEN: Notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease), while I was freshman and sophomore in high school, I planned on enlisting and using the GI Bill to get a college degree.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/us/army-recruiting-tech-industry-seattle.html
— Trump Says Mattis Resignation Was ‘Essentially’ a Firing – AP (DIERSEN: Since 1997, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have stressed that forcing an employee to take early retirement is essentially to fire that employee. Since 1997, they have used my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 to hint/imply/argue/shout that they forced me to retire because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000006287699/trump-essentially-fired-mattis.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Shutdown worsens strain on U.S. immigration system – Nick Miroff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/shutdown-worsens-strain-on-us-immigration-system/2019/01/02/97dd0ef6-0ebe-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html
— The ‘blue water’ Navy veterans of the Vietnam War battle Agent Orange – Ann E. Marimow (DIERSEN: During the early 1980s, I worked for GAO on an audit of the VA’s handling of Agent Orange claims.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/the-blue-water-navy-veterans-of-the-vietnam-war-battle-agent-orange/2018/12/28/d9f8a9ea-ff09-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html

USA TODAY
— Sensible border security justifies government shutdown – James Jay Carafano
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/02/government-shutdown-border-wall-justifies-budget-battle-editorials-debates/2466822002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s ‘border security’ shutdown: Cut off cash to people and agencies that protect us.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/03/trump-government-shutdown-wall-weakens-fbi-tsa-border-patrol-column/2467376002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The shutdown is hurting people, leaving Americans in uncertainty.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/02/government-shutdown-affecting-real-americans-talker/2462597002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Government shutdown: How it could hurt the economy.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/12/31/government-shutdown-how-could-hurt-economy-and-volatile-market/2435168002/

DETROIT FREE PRESS
— Romney v. Romney brings GOP’s Trump dilemma into sharp relief – Brian Dickerson
https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/brian-dickerson/2019/01/03/romney-v-romney-brings-gops-trump-dilemma-into-sharp-relief/2464992002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In a Shutdown, IRS Will Take Your Money, but Give No Refunds With limited funding, thin-staffed IRS prepares for busy individual income-tax filing season – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-a-shutdown-irs-will-take-your-money-but-give-no-refunds-11546462112
— Trump Predicts Romney Will Fall in Line Behind Him President says incoming senator would have won 2012 White House bid if he had campaigned ‘the way he fights me’ – Michael C. Bender (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have fought harder against me than they have ever fought against any Democrat? They include past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter leaders and members.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-predicts-romney-will-fall-in-line-behind-him-11546460722
— China Lands Probe on the ‘Dark Side’ of the Moon Landing heats up competition with U.S. to become the first country in half a century to land astronauts on moon – Trefor Moss
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-lands-probe-on-dark-side-of-the-moon-11546493599
— New Front in College Admissions: Nudging Students to Decide Early Some counselors, parents and students say the offers—sometimes known as Early Decision II—pressure students to commit before they are ready – Douglas Belkin (DIERSEN: The only college that I applied to while I was in high school was UIC.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-front-in-college-admissions-nudging-students-to-decide-early-11546449608
— Now Hiring, With Attractive New Perk: Free College Degree Companies say benefits of a happy, better-educated staff outweigh the costs of paying for workers’ college education – Kelsey Gee (DIERSEN: Did any of your employers help pay for your education expenses? While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, it did not help me pay for my UIC or NIU expenses. While I worked for IRS 1971-1980, it did not help me pay for my Loyola or DePaul expenses. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, it reimbursed small amounts of my DePaul, Roosevelt, and IIT expenses.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/now-hiring-with-attractive-new-perk-free-college-degree-11546458513
— Romney’s Reproach Attacking Trump’s character is easy. How about defending trade? – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/romneys-reproach-11546473418

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps and Trump-haters say “Forget About Repeating 2018’s Strong Job Gains.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-03/economists-say-forget-about-repeating-strong-2018-u-s-job-gains

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
— LEVERAGING TRANSFERABLE SKILLS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents? According to them, a) I never acquired any skills and b) even if I did, those skills were not transferrable. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned what I learned a) working for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year, b) working for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325/year, c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, f) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, g) earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and h) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.hbs.edu/recruiting/blog/post/leveraging-transferable-skills

MARKETING LAND
— Do brand politics impact consumer purchases? It’s complicated Multiple variables may affect how consumers react to brands that take a stand. – Greg Sterling (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, companies talk and act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party. Ever-increasingly, companies talk and act like they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://marketingland.com/do-brand-politics-impact-consumer-purchases-its-complicated-252772
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A majority of consumers (63 percent), according to a new survey from SAP, say they prefer to purchase holiday gifts from brands that support specific social causes. This echoes earlier surveys that argue consumers increasingly want brands to take public social and political positions. The emerging consensus among marketers is that in the current climate brands are no longer able to “remain on the sidelines” and are compelled to stake out positions on controversial social issues. The most recent, high-profile example of this was Nike’s Just Do It anniversary campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, which was controversial but actually helped Nike financially and with key audiences.)

UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
— Why Internships Are an Essential Part of Your Education – Jessica Brice (DIERSEN: Did you have any internships? I did not. I delivered mail full-time for the Park Forest Post Office during the summers of 1967 and 1968 while I attended UIC and during the summer of 1969 while I attended NIU.)
https://universitymagazine.ca/internships-essential-part-education/

COSMOPOLITAN
— UK: What jobs can 16-year-olds do? Everything you need to know From average wage to the hours you can work – DUSTY BAXTER-WRIGHT (DIERSEN: What jobs did you have when you were young? 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; and worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970.)
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/worklife/campus/a18208453/jobs-for-16-year-olds/

ATLANTIC
— Why a Large Number of Americans Don’t Know All Their Grandparents’ First Names An attempt to make sense of an at-first baffling statistic – JOE PINSKER (DIERSEN: My grandfather on my father’s side died suddenly when I was 5 years old, but I had lots of interaction with my grandmother on my father’s side and with my grandparents on my mother’s side. My grandparents on my mother’s side operated a farm in Grant Park. I spent lots of time there during the summers in the 1950s and early 1960s.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/12/americans-grandparents-first-names/578926/