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August 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State Rep. Jeanne Ives says she’s ‘not surprised’ Gov. Bruce Rauner trails in poll – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-jeanne-ives-rauner-poll-20180822-story,amp.html
— You want to talk about separating families? Let’s talk about Mollie Tibbetts. – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-mollie-tibbetts-john-kass-20180822-story.html
— AG candidates trade barbs over ties to Gov. Bruce Rauner, House Speaker Michael Madigan – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-farm-bureau-candidates-forum-20180822-story.html
— Gov. Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker clash at agriculture forum over Trump policies – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-farm-bureau-candidates-forum-governors-20180822-story.html
— Think you’re not judgmental? Think again. – Jerry Davich (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most judgmental people in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They dismiss/belittle/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-everyone-is-judgmental-about-something-st-0819-story.html
— E-filing should make Cook County courts more accessible. It doesn’t. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-efiling-cook-county-dorothy-brown-20180821-story.html
— Perks help retain theme park workers – Hugo Martin (DIERSEN: While the minimum wage was $1.25/hour while I washed dishes part-time in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, I was paid only $1.15/hour because meals were a perk.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180823/281990378378101

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Latest updates: DNC summer meeting in Chicago liveblog (DIERSEN: What if the RNC and the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee live blogged their meetings?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dnc-summer-meeting-chicago-2018-updates/
— Illinois part of coalition blasting Trump’s coal plan, mulls lawsuits – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/lisa-madigan-donald-trump-illinois-coal-lawsuits/

 

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Everybody would be very poor’: Trump predicts stock market would crash if he were impeached – John Wagner
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180823/everybody-would-be-very-poor-trump-predicts-stock-market-would-crash-if-he-were-impeached
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats oppose anything that discourages people from coming to America illegally, from staying in America illegally, and from bringing others to America illegally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180823/elgin-letter-census-may-discriminate-against-immigrants
— Media coverage of Trump flaps gets overblown again – Michael Reagan
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180823/michael-reagan-media-coverage-of-trump-flaps-gets-overblown-again/1

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— That City Hall pension borrowing idea wins a noteworthy fan Citibank says “cheap seats” critics of Emanuel’s idea to borrow up to $10 billion to refinance city pension debt are wrong—and the idea could work. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/city-hall-pension-borrowing-idea-wins-noteworthy-fan
— O’Hare expansion gets financial boost under Duckworth plan The pending bipartisan amendment to an aviation bill would begin limited use of interest-rate subsidies for airport gate and runway projects. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/ohare-expansion-gets-financial-boost-under-duckworth-plan

 

WTTW
— Why Chicago’s Hedging on a City-Owned Casino – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/08/22/why-chicago-s-hedging-city-owned-casino

 

TIMES
— Neighboring state rejects Illinois’ children – Jim Nowlan
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/08/21/state-affairs-neighboring-state-rejects-illinois-children/awa4f52/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Killing spurs calls for stronger E-Verify system – JAMES Q. LYNCH
https://qctimes.com/news/killing-spurs-calls-for-stronger-e-verify-system/article_be1338d4-50df-5a05-b5c9-1bf128e0979a.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rauner, Pritzker talk taxes, ag in Normal – DEREK BEIGH
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/rauner-pritzker-talk-taxes-ag-in-normal/article_0c00c5ba-4136-55da-8569-96e145e80c24.html

 

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Corrigan Denounces NRA Link On Democratic Party Mailers – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/corrigan-denounces-nra-link-on-democratic-party-mailers/

 

WSIL TV
— Down ballot races heating up as election day nears – Andrew Feather
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38943468/down-ballot-races-heating-up-as-election-day-nears
— Truth Test: Pritzker attacks Rauner’s fiscal record – Andrew Feathe
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38943395/truth-test-pritzker-attacks-rauners-fiscal-record

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— AXELROD weighs in on gov race – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Who are the nastiest politicians, their operatives, and their dupes in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about the nastiest past and present politicians, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, in Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, in Milton Township Republican Central Committee, in DuPage County Republican Central Committee, in Illinois Republican Party, in Illinois Center Right Coalition, in American Association of Political Consultants, in GAO, in IRS, in Post Office, in etc.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/08/23/axelrod-weighs-in-on-govs-race-illinois-aclu-pokes-at-trump-wilsons-cash-give-away-called-legal-and-tension-in-35th-ward-race-300154
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Any consultant would say you’ve got to take the other guy down. It may be too late for him to project any sense of why the next four years would be any different than the last four years. That’s the question,” Axelrod said. “If he were to come back under these conditions, it would be one of the greatest political rehabilitation stories in Illinois history,” said Axelrod, who expects Rauner “to run brutal negative ads and hope he can knock Pritzker down to the point to pass him.” Axelrod said Rauner’s favorability numbers also need to rise in order for him to get out of his funk. The poll shows voters have a negative opinion of him by a 2-to-1 margin. Those numbers seem “almost impossible to surmount,” said Axelrod. “But impossible things happen in politics.” Told of Axelrod’s comments, Rauner spokesman Alex Browning responded, “Pundits and public polling were wrong about Bruce Rauner in 2014 and they’ll be wrong again in 2018. With Illinois’ future on the line, voters care about lowering taxes and fighting corruption, not polling and prop bets.”)

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Employment Opportunity: Election Technology Coordinator – Part-Time
https://www.dupageco.org/HR/Jobs/58350/

 

WIREPOINTS
— Nation enjoys longest-ever bull market, Illinoisans stuck with pension bear – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/nation-enjoys-longest-ever-bull-market-illinoisans-stuck-with-pension-bear/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Meet Illinois’ “It could be worse” bipartisan campaign donor class (DIERSEN: What does the “donor class” think of you? Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and operatives shout at the donor class in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes? Should I write a book about members of the “donor class” who treat me like they believe my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511539293-meet-illinois-it-could-be-worse-bipartisan-campaign-donor-class

 

JEANNE IVES
— VIDEO: Wirepoints.com and a coalition of conservative reform legislators and candidates joint press conference on pension reform.
https://www.facebook.com/jeanneives/videos/243989769654431/

 

WIREPOINTS
— Coalition of Conservative Reformers Pledge to Refuse Legislative Pension “It is a system that incentivizes career politicians”
https://mailchi.mp/794b50712144/conservative-reformers-pledge-to-refuse-legislative-pension?e=985ad8c00b
–VIDEO: Wirepoints Pension Press Conference 8.22.18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4lqwuYJl0k&feature=youtu.be

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives and Axelrod on Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/23/ives-and-axelrod-on-rauner/
— Rauner explains his biker pins in new campaign video
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/23/rauner-defends-his-biker-pins-in-new-campaign-video/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— TRUMP HATERS AND THEIR DOUBLE STANDARDS – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Trump haters in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/trump-haters-and-their-double-standards/

 

BREITBART
— Lou Barletta: ‘How Many More Kate Steinles and Mollie Tibbetts’ Do Politicians Need Before They Stand Up to Protect Americans from Illegal Aliens? – Sean Moran
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/22/lou-barletta-how-many-more-kate-steinles-mollie-tibbetts-politicians-need-before-stand-up-protect-americans-illegal-aliens/

 

DAILY CALLER
— ILLEGAL ALIEN SENTENCED IN ILLINOIS FOR RAPING WOMEN AFTER ICE DETAINER NOT ENFORCED – Molly Prince
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/22/illegal-alien-rape-ice/
— HERE’S HOW AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT COULD SLIP THROUGH E-VERIFY SCREENING – Will Racke
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/22/how-an-illegal-immigrant-could-slip-through-e-verify-screening/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Obama Was Accused of Offering Hush Money to Jeremiah Wright… and No One Cared – MATT MARGOLIS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents. They talk and/or act like they have been promised a government job, a government office, a political office, a sweetheart government contract, a new home, a new car, favorable legislation, lots of money, and/or more if they got rid of me. The aforesaid played major roles in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, ending my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, ending my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, ending my GAO employment, etc.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/obama-was-accused-of-offering-hush-money-and-no-one-cared/

 

NUMBERS USA
— E-Verify Still the Most Effective Way to Deter Illegal Immigration – Chris Chmielenski
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/e-verify-still-most-effective-way-deter-illegal-immigration

 

FOX NEWS
— Arrest of illegal immigrant in Mollie Tibbetts murder fuels GOP calls to strengthen laws – Adam Shaw (DIERSEN: Employers that hire illegals give lots of money to politicians to pass laws that promote illegal immigration.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/22/arrest-illegal-immigrant-in-mollie-tibbetts-murder-fuels-gop-calls-to-strengthen-laws.html

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you have no future in Canada, and for that matter, you have no future in America.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/justin-trudeau-homosexuality-is-no-longer-about-tolerance-but-acceptance

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— Meet the New Swamp, Same as the Old Swamp – CHRIS DEATON
https://www.weeklystandard.com/chris-deaton/manafort-cohen-trump-drained-the-swamp-only-so-he-could-refill-it

 

THE HILL
— Impeachment debate moves to center of midterm fight – MAX GREENWOOD AND MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: How many in your precinct want Trump to be impeached? In the 2016 general election, in my precinct, only 137 voted for Trump while 211 voted for Clinton. In the 2016 Republican primary election, in my precinct, only 21 voted for Trump while 93 voted for Kasich.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/403158-impeachment-debate-moves-to-center-of-midterm-fight?userid=3526

 

MCCLATCHY NEWS
— Loyal Democratic donors: We’re done with the DNC ‘until they get their act together’ – BEN WIEDER AND ADAM WOLLNER
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article217118220.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Singapore Says ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Author Skipped Military Service – Austin Ramzy (DIERSEN: Did you avoid the draft? Trump and I did. I should write a book about those who have punished me the most for my avoiding the draft by getting four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/world/asia/kevin-kwan-crazy-rich-asians-singapore-military.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The author of “Crazy Rich Asians,” the best-selling novel on which the new hit film is based, never fulfilled his national service obligations in Singapore and could face a fine or potential prison term, the country’s Ministry of Defense said Wednesday. The status of the author, Kevin Kwan, was revealed by the authorities one day after the film, which was largely set and filmed in Singapore, made its premiere there. Mr. Kwan did not attend the opening there, although the director, Jon M. Chu, and several of the film’s stars did. Mr. Kwan, 44, left Singapore when he was 11 and moved to Houston. Singapore requires all male citizens to perform two years of service in the military, the police or the civil defense force, generally starting at age 18. Singaporeans are not allowed to renounce their citizenship until they turn 21, and can face legal problems if they try to do so without fulfilling their national service. Some profiles of Mr. Kwan said he became an American citizen at age 18. But Singapore appears to have not given up its claims to him. The Ministry of Defense said Mr. Kwan’s application to renounce his citizenship in 1994 was rejected, as was a subsequent appeal. “Mr. Kwan has committed offenses under the Enlistment Act,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that he could face a fine of up to $7,300 and/or imprisonment of up to three years if convicted.)
— China’s Consumption Downgrade: Skip Avocados, Cocktails and Kids – Li Yuan
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/business/china-consumer-downgrade.html
— Trump Knows Digital Ads Work. Why Don’t Democrats? The party’s campaigns are ignoring obvious opportunities to engage with voters. – Kendall Collins
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/opinion/trump-democrats-republicans-digital-ads.html
— Judge Orders Release of Long-Secret Report on Leaks From Starr Inquiry – Adam Liptak
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-ken-starr-report.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— In fallout from Trump controversies, Republicans warn Democrats will seek his impeachment. Democratic candidates are avoiding the word. – Michael Scherer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-fallout-from-trump-controversies-republicans-warn-democrats-will-seek-his-impeachment-democratic-candidates-are-avoiding-the-word/2018/08/22/53917c44-a58e-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html

— Trump called this White House defender ‘wonderful.’ He was fired from his previous job for alleged sexual harassment. – Aaron C. Davis (DIERSEN: Have you been fired? I someone asked your critics/opponents why you were fired, what would they say? My critics/opponents would deny that the Democrats who ran GAO in 1997 forced me to retire when I was 49 years old because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They would hint/imply/argue/shout that the real reason was that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/trump-calls-this-white-house-defender-wonderful-he-was-fired-from-his-previous-job-for-sexual-harassment/2018/08/22/1d15ba48-a59a-11e8-a656-943eefab5daf_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a photo of Mollie Tibbetts unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps count on illegals 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://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/08/22/mollie-tibbitts-murder-reignites-debate-over-immigrant-crime/1060792002/
— German firms weigh giving employees option of a 28-hour work week – Austin Davis (DIERSEN: To this day, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, I had a 40-hour work week. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being pro-employer, anti-employee, and anti-union.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/08/23/german-firms-consider-shorter-work-week-employees/1047483002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Promotion That Comes Without the Pay Raise More employers are handing out new job titles with extra responsibility but no bump in salary; here’s how to respond to that kind of offer – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: What promotions have you gotten and when? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to be beyond furious that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and that GAO promoted me in 1986. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-promotion-that-comes-without-the-pay-raise-1534944636
— Treasury Readies Its Punch Back at Blue States’ Workarounds on Tax Deduction Cap Rules are expected to block strategies used in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, but similar credits in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia and South Carolina predate GOP tax law – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/treasury-readies-its-punch-back-at-blue-states-workarounds-on-tax-deduction-cap-1534939200
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: How to Cope When Undermined at Work – Joann Lublin (DIERSEN: Democrats always undermine Republicans. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats who focused on undermining my work. I should write a book about them. Further, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs undermined my work while I served as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. I should write a book about them too.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/undermined-at-the-office-how-women-can-cope-with-mistreatment-from-female-colleagues-1534956915

 

BLOOMBERG
— What’s Holding Back Wages in America? (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to be beyond furious that because of cost-of-living adjustments, step increases, and promotions, my salary increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 except for 1980 when I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-22/what-s-holding-back-wages-in-america

 

NASDAQ
— Investors demand fat yields for Illinois’ $968 mln bonds – Reuters
https://www.nasdaq.com/article/investors-demand-fat-yields-for-illinois-968-mln-bonds-20180822-00882

 

KCUR
— Past Housing Discrimination Contributed To Wealth Gap Between Blacks And Whites In Kansas City – MICHELLE TYRENE JOHNSON (DIERSEN: If someone interested in buying a home in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, or in Illinois asked their realtor what the political trend was, what would that realtor say? Of course, Republicans would be discouraged from buying a home in an area that is trending Democrat. But would Democrats be encouraged to buy a home in an area that is trending Democrat? Almost always, homes in areas trending Democrat lose value.)
http://www.kcur.org/post/past-housing-discrimination-contributed-wealth-gap-between-blacks-and-whites-kansas-city#stream/0

 

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Illinois CPA Society honors first African-American female CPA – Michael Cohn (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, few of whom had taken the CPA examination, let alone passed it, were beyond furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old. Only about 20% pass all four parts of the examination on their first attempt. My passing the examination frustrated their efforts to paint me as being lazy and stupid. It frustrated their promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females over me who had not taken the examination, let alone passed all four of its parts on their first attempt.)
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/illinois-cpa-society-honors-first-african-american-female-cpa-mary-washington-wylie

 

SENTINEL
— Corvette show rolls into Carlisle this weekend – Tammie Gitt
https://cumberlink.com/news/local/communities/carlisle/corvette-show-rolls-into-carlisle-this-weekend/article_b18849fb-f7a8-5379-9632-2d9fbcd5e5bb.html
https://cumberlink.com/news/local/multimedia/photo_galleries/photos-setup-begins-for-corvettes-at-carlisle/collection_d02553f4-198d-5c2a-87e1-6e062e4b58cb.html#1

 

DESERET NEWS
— Know what the Harp Twins are good at? Everything, but especially Iron Maiden covers – Lottie Peterson Johnson
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900028951/know-what-the-harp-twins-are-good-at-everything-but-especially-iron-maiden-covers.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But the similarities don’t end there. Both graduated with honors from the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music in Illinois in harp performance, have competed multiple times at Junior Olympic swimming events, are trained horseback riders and skilled in rifle marksmanship. But when it comes to their differences, the twins don’t have many answers.)

 

DAILY BEAST
— Trump: Michael Cohen Flipping Against Me Should Almost Be Made Illegal (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have flipped against me. They talk and/or act like my critics/opponents had promised them a government job, a government office, a political office, a sweetheart government contract, a new home, a new car, favorable legislation, lots of money, and/or more if they got rid of me. The aforesaid played major roles in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, ending my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, ending my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, ending my GAO employment, etc.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-michael-cohen-flipping-against-me-should-almost-be-made-illegal

 

FED WEEK
— GAO Stresses Prevention along with Punishment on Misconduct (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government treated the following as being misconduct: a) not being a Democrat, b) avoiding the draft, c) complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation, d) failing/refusing to help them get rid of employees because they were draft avoiders, Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and 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, and e) being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/gao-stresses-prevention-along-with-punishment-on-misconduct/
— Record Spotty on Merit Pay, MSPB Says, but ‘Failure Not Inevitable (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats use “merit pay” a) to retain and promote their employees who are Democrat and b) to get rid of their employees who are Republican.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/record-spotty-on-merit-pay-mspb-says-but-failure-not-inevitable/
— Orders Will Impact Disciplinary Choices, Says GAO (DIERSEN: Disciplinary actions that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me included forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, getting rid of my mentor in 1987, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Disciplinary actions that my Democrat IRS superiors tool against me included not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions in 1978, getting rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims in 1974. Disciplinary actions that my Democrat Post Office superiors took against me included forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/orders-will-impact-disciplinary-choices-says-gao/

 

INSTINCT MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity call you anti-LGBTQ if you do not promote LGBTQ activity. While I worked for IRS’s Special Procedures Staff 1976-1980, my desk mate was openly gay.
http://instinctmagazine.com/post/anti-lgbtq-congressman-wife-indicted-numerous-campaign-finance-violations

 

WASHINGTON BLADE
— Trump’s lesbian pick for judiciary enjoys bipartisan support, breezy hearing – Chris Johnson (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have always worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about them.)
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/08/22/trumps-lesbian-pick-for-judiciary-enjoys-bipartisan-support-breezy-hearing/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Chicago ordinance recognizes ‘chosen family’ – Kim L. Hunt and Melissa Josephs (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes work to destroy the traditional family.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Chicago-ordinance-recognizes-chosen-family/63860.html

August 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Candidates in Illinois 6th District meet with Tribune editorial board – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/candidates-in-illinois-6th-district-meet-with-tribune-editorial-board/4032838/
— DNC says it thwarted hacking attempt on its voter database
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/dnc-says-it-thwarted-hacking-attempt-on-its-voter-database/4030993/

 

WBBM 780
— Rep. Roskam, Challenger Casten Debate Trump, Taxes
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/rep-roskam-challenger-casten-debate-trump-taxes

 

WLS AM
— Roskam, Casten spar over immigration, President Trump – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/08/22/roskam-casten-spar-over-immigration-president-trump/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jim Edgar wants Rauner to sign bills a) that encourage people to come to America illegally, b) that encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) that encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/rauner-immigration-bills-jim-edgar/
— Days from mandatory retirement age, fire commissioner loses bid to stay on job – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mandatory-retirement-age-fire-commissioner-jose-santiago-shown-the-door-rahm-emanuel/
— Amid skepticism, aldermen to be briefed on $10 billion pension borrowing plan – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chief-financial-officer-brief-aldermen-10-billion-pension-bond-borrowing-plan-taxes/
— CPS reviewing Bronzeville principal’s barring kids from dressing ‘provocatively’ – Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-public-schools-cps-investigating-king-high-school-dress-code-barring-dressing-provocatively-sexual-abuse/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Politicians target immigration law after arrest in Mollie Tibbetts’ murder.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/cristhian-bahena-rivera-mollie-tibbetts-kidnapping-murder-immigration-donald-trump-iowa/
— #MeToo movement must condemn sexual abuse, no matter who’s involved – S. E. Cupp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/metoo-movement-asia-argento-sexual-assault-actor-se-cupp/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump puts the coal industry ahead of your health.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-environmental-regulations-coal-industry-illinois/
— OUTRAGEOUS: Deal him in: Decades later, ‘Gov. No-No’ now says ‘yes, yes’ to Chicago casino – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/former-gov-jim-edgar-supports-chicago-casino-racetracks/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam says Trump isn’t Abe Lincoln, Sean Casten calls president a ‘walking disaster’ – Patrick M. O’Connell, Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-peter-roskam-sean-casten-il6-tribune-20180821-story.html
— Mexican man charged in slaying of Mollie Tibbetts slaying worked under fake name – AP (DIERSEN: One should expect that all illegals use fake names.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-mollie-tibbetts-murder-20180822-story.html
— Mayoral hopeful did not break state law by giving out thousands in cash, checks: hearing officer – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-willie-wilson-cash-giveaway-election-law-ruling-20180822-story.html
— Protest organizers announce route for planned Kennedy Expressway shutdown – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-protest-kennedy-airport-shutdown-20180822-story.html
— CPS board votes to bar communication between students, teachers on personal devices – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-schools-teacher-student-social-media-vote-20180822-story.html
— Wilmette mom investigated for letting 8-year-old walk dog around the block. ‘For something like this to happen to me, there’s something really wrong.’ – Kate Thayer (DIERSEN: How soon will anti-Trumps call 911 when they see someone delivering Republican campaign literature door-to-door? In your municipality, if the aforesaid happened, who would your mayor side with?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-leaving-kids-alone-moms-shamed-20180820-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Politicians target immigration law after arrest in Iowa case.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180822/politicians-target-immigration-law-after-arrest-in-iowa-case
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “What Cohen’s plea and Manafort’s verdict mean for Trump.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180822/qampa-what-cohens-plea-and-manaforts-verdict-mean-for-trump
— Cook GOP chairman Sean Morrison to speak in Schaumburg Aug. 25
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180822/cook-gop-chairman-to-speak-in-schaumburg-aug-25

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Lock him up! Illinois GOP in trouble as Trump woes multiply. A president who promised to drain the Washington swamp seems to have filled it with his own alligators as Mueller zeroes in. That means trouble for local Republicans.”
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/lock-him-illinois-gop-trouble-trump-woes-multiply

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Davis should address questions about former aide – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-08-22/editorial-davis-should-address-questions-about-former-aide.html

 

WIREPOINTS
— BGA’s Fact-Check Corrupts The Terms ‘Fact-Check’ And ‘Corrupt’ – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/bgas-fact-check-corrupts-the-terms-fact-check-and-corrupt/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Williamson County commissioner expects political retaliation after gun referendum fails to get on ballot – Karen Kidd
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511535675-williamson-county-commissioner-expects-political-retaliation-after-gun-referendum-fails-to-get-on-ballot

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser Loses Suit to Void Local 150 Contract Signed by Predecessor Bob Miller after GOP Primary Election Loss
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/22/algonquin-township-road-commissioner-andrew-gasser-loses-suit-void-local-150-contract-signed-predecessor-bob-miller/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— No More Tax Dollars for the Planned Parenthood Chop Shop – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/no-more-tax-dollars-for-the-planned-parenthood-chop-shop/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TIBBETTS’ FAMILY GRIEF PREVENTABLE, IMMIGRATION GROUP SAYS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/tibbetts-family-grief-preventable-immigration-group-says.html
— THORNER/O’NEIL: DISASTROUS PITFALLS OF A POROUS SOUTHERN BORDER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/thorneroneil-disastrous-pitfalls-of-a-porous-southern-border.html
— MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIASTS ENDORSE RAUNER, SCOLD CRITICS FOR MOCKING GUV’S RIDING GEAR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/illinois-abate-endorses-rauner.html
— NFIB RANKS ILLINOIS WITH HIGH GRADES ON LATEST SCORECARD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/nfib-scores-illinois-legislature.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ABATE president takes offense at Pritzker ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/22/abate-president-takes-offense-at-pritzker-ad/

 

FOX NEWS
— Farm that hired Cristhian Rivera, Mollie Tibbetts’ suspected killer, did not use E-Verify system, official says – Lucia Suarez Sang (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, all employers should be required to use E-Verify.)
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/22/mollie-tibbetts-murder-suspect-illegal-immigrant-cristhian-rivera-allegedly-passed-e-verify-system.html

 

BREITBART
— Ann Coulter: Trump Represents What Liberals ‘Hate About America, Which Is Americans’ – John Binder (DIERSEN: What demographics do you share with Trump? Trump and I are both Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, married, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and draft avoiders. He is a federal employee now and I was one for almost 30 years.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/08/22/exclusive-ann-coulter-trump-represents-what-liberals-hate-about-america-which-is-americans/

 

GOPUSA
— America is Venezuela with Democrats in charge
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53011
— Crash: Mexican national uses knife to commandeer Greyhound bus
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52975
— San Francisco: Straws Banned, Needles Free!
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52893
— Donald Trump rips ESPN for not televising national anthem at NFL games
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=53054

 

DAILY CALLER
— NEW YORK TIMES DELETES IMMIGRATION STATUS OF MOLLIE TIBBETTS’S KILLER FROM HEADLINE – Joe Simonson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/22/new-york-times-mollie-tibbetts-headline/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Politicians Who Killed Mollie Tibbetts – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28595

 

CBS NEWS
— Man charged in Mollie Tibbetts death didn’t go through E-Verify – IRINA IVANOVA (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, all employers should be required to use E-Verify.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/farm-worker-charged-in-mollie-tibbetts-death-didnt-go-through-e-verify/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Food Stamp Farce State evasions show the need for new work requirements. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-food-stamp-farce-1534979697

 

NASDAQ
— McDonald’s Sets Global Goal to Reduce Barriers to Employment for Two Million Youth; Invests $2 Million in Chicago’s Workforce (DIERSEN: What did you do to overcome barriers to employment? 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.nasdaq.com/press-release/mcdonalds-sets-global-goal-to-reduce-barriers-to-employment-for-two-million-youth-invests-2-millio-20180822-00568

August 22 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— 120+ attended Bob Berlin’s outstanding fundraiser at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton Tuesday evening, August 21, 2018. Attendees included Birkett, Boltz, Bucholz, Cronin, Dieden, Eckhoff, Grasso, Jorgensen, Keller, Kinsella, Krajewski, C. & A. LeVan, Marquardt, McCluskey, Mendrick, Olsen, Rosenblum, Jim Ryan Jr., Skuarka, Thomas, Valle, Wagner, Walsh, Wilson, and Zay. Event sponsors included Elsner, McMahon, and Jim Ryan Jr. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Mollie Tibbetts case: Man in country illegally charged with murder, police say
https://abc7chicago.com/man-in-country-illegally-charged-with-mollie-tibbetts-murder/4018080/
— Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty, implicates Trump in hush-money scheme – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/ex-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-implicates-trump-in-hush-money-scheme/4020074/
— Chicago foreign policy advisor to Trump George Papadopoulos plans guilty plea in lying case – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-foreign-policy-advisor-to-trump-plans-guilty-plea-in-lying-case/4022448/

 

NBC5
— Pritzker Leads Rauner in New NBC News Poll The results suggest Pritzker is ahead by 16 points, getting support from 46 percent of registered voters in the state to Rauner’s 30 percent. – Carol Marin and Don Moseley
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-Leads-Rauner-in-New-NBC-News-Poll-491399221.html

 

CBS2
— Terra Costa Howard Attacks Rep. Peter Breen’s Pro-Life Views – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/21/terra-costa-howard-attacks-rep-peter-breens-pro-life-views/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty in hush-money scheme – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/president-trump-s-former-lawyer-michael-cohen-in-talks-to-strike-plea-deal-sources-say
— Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort found guilty of 8 charges – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/jury-in-paul-manafort-trial-enters-4th-day-of-deliberations

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— NBC/Marist poll: Pritzker up by 16, Rauner 2-to-1 unfavorable rating – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-pritzker-rauner-new-poll-20180821-story.html
— Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen pleads guilty in hush-money scheme, campaign finance violations – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-michael-cohen-plea-deal-fraud-case-20180821-story.html
— Jury finds Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, guilty on 8 of 18 counts – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-paul-manafort-trial-20180821-story.html
— Man in U.S. illegally charged with murder in missing Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts’ death – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-missing-iowa-student-found-20180821-story.html
— Better answers, please! Our candidates for governor are ducking questions and falling short – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-rauner-pritzker-budget-taxes-governor-0822-20180821-story.html
— Trump throws coal plants a lifeline, but Illinois among states showing no signs of turning back – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-trump-coal-plant-regulations-illinois-20180821-story.html
— While we focus on Trump, the left devours itself with emotion – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-john-brennan-john-kass-20180821-story.html
— The problem? Our politicians have no idea how the internet works – Catherine Rampell (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who proudly hint/imply/argue/shout a) that they do not read emails, b) that they do not use Google, c) that they do not visit websites, and/or d) that they do not use the internet. The aforesaid hint/imply/argue/shout that the Democrats in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois learn everything that they know about what Republicans were doing by reading my emails. My critics/opponents want everyone to know only what they tell them, no more and no less.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-internet-politicians-luddite-twitter-cyberpolicy-0822-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— TV news poll shows Pritzker leading Rauner by 16 points – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nbc-news-poll-pritzker-leading-rauner-16-points-governors-race/
— Trump: Manafort a ‘good man’ caught up in ‘witch hunt, and it’s a disgrace’ – Matthew Barakat, Chad Day and Eric Tucker
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/paul-manafort-fraud-trial-robert-mueller-russian-election-interference-jury-note/
— Ex-Trump ‘fixer’ Cohen pleads guilty to paying hush money to Stormy Daniels – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/michael-cohen-donald-trump-raid-fraud-case-plea-deal/
— Chicago is a tale of two cities, no matter what Rahm might say – David Cherry and Ira Acree
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/chicago-tale-cities-rahm-emanuel-ira-acree-david-cherry/
— DNC members arrive in Chicago to talk midterms, 2020 convention
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/dnc-summer-meeting-chicago-2018-updates/
— Convicted judge Jessica Arong O’Brien faces bid to knock her off ballot – Jon Seidel
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20180822/


DAILY HERALD
— State police investigating Lake County Board chairman Aaron Lawlor’s finances – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180821/state-police-investigating-lake-county-board-chairmans-finances
— Get rid of procurement cards for elected officials – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180821/get-rid-of-procurement-cards-for-elected-officials
— After Cohen’s guilty plea, Trump attacks Manafort conviction – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180821/after-cohens-guilty-plea-trump-attacks-manafort-conviction
— Glen Ellyn District 41 seeking nearly $400 average property tax increase – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180821/glen-ellyn-district-41-seeking-nearly-400-average-property-tax-increase-

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Aaron Schock seeks to move his corruption trial to Peoria – Andy Kravetz
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/aaron-schock-seeks-to-move-his-corruption-trial-to-peoria/article_4ec65e21-6492-59e7-8a9e-3d786749a4b7.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— LaHood visits CVS to check out medicine disposal unit used to fight opioid epidemic – Doug Wilson
http://www.whig.com/20180822/lahood-visits-cvs-to-check-out-medicine-disposal-unit-used-to-fight-opioid-epidemic#//

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Rauner shares views, Illinois residents express concerns Rauner’s ‘Fight for What’s Right’ tour stops in Shelbyville – Kennedy Nolen
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/gov-rauner-shares-views-illinois-residents-express-concerns/article_5f238c4b-e369-5f37-921a-77fa961eb20e.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— New legislation to help keep Illinois students in state – Senait Gebregiorgis (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, because Democrats run all the colleges in Illinois, if you earn a degree from a college in Illinois, you are presumed to be a Democrat. Ever-increasingly, Democrats 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. If I had attended or earned degrees from conservative colleges, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/new-legislation-to-help-keep-illinois-students-in-state

 

WJBC
— State leaders aim to curb Illinois’ college brain drain
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/08/21/state-leaders-aim-to-curb-illinois-college-brain-drain/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner is less popular than President Donald Trump. Thirty percent of Illinoisans have a favorable view of Trump, according to the NBC News/Marist poll, compared with Rauner’s 26 percent. Pritzker is at 38 percent in the poll. How Trump supporters lean. The poll notes that 58% of Trump voters in Cook County support Pritzker, vs. 21 percent for Rauner. More interesting, 43 percent of central/downstate Trump voters say they’ll vote for Pritzker, vs. 33 percent supporting Rauner. The fallout: A top of the ticket blowout could have serious down-ballot implications, especially for central and downstate congressional and state legislative races. Good example: Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bost in the 12th or U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis in the 13th District.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/08/22/stunning-poll-shows-pritzker-clobbering-rauner-emanuel-ad-links-mccarthy-to-trump-and-impeachment-talk-sets-in-299868

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jack Franks Taxpayer-Financed Giveaways Resolution Sent Back to Committee
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/22/jack-franks-taxpayer-financed-giveaways-resolution-sent-back-committee/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— State House candidate Khouri hopes to repeat budget-trimming feat statewide – Robert Hadley
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511539737-state-house-candidate-khouri-hopes-to-repeat-budget-trimming-feat-statewide

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS (DIERSEN: People who come to America illegally, people who stay in America illegally, and/or people who bring other people to America illegally are not immigrants, they are criminals. Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, encourage people to stay in America illegally, and encourage people to bring other people to America illegally.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/a-nation-of-immigrants.html
— BRITAIN’S INABILITY TO HANDLE LAST YEAR’S FLU SEASON SHOWS PERILS OF SOCIALIZED MEDICINE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/britains-inability-to-handle-last-years-flu-season-shows-perils-of-socialized-medicine.html
— VENEZUELA ON THE VERGE OF HUMANITARIAN COLLAPSE. THE CULPRIT? SOCIALISM.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/venezuela-on-the-verge-of-humanitarian-collapse-the-culprit-socialism.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— NBC Poll: Pritzker leads Rauner by 16 points
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/21/nbc-poll-pritzker-leads-rauner-by-16-points/
— Should Illinois political reporters now refer to the state Democratic Party as JB Pritzker’s party?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/21/question-of-the-day-2728/

 

FOX NEWS
— Tibbetts slaying becomes immigration debate lightning rod
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/22/fox-news-first-tibbetts-slaying-becomes-immigration-debate-lightning-rod-trump-in-legal-peril-after-cohen-deal.html
— Border Patrol stops caravan of 128 illegal immigrants from entering US – Lukas Mikelionis
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/22/border-patrol-stops-caravan-128-illegal-immigrants-from-entering-us.html
— MS-13 gang member, in US illegally, pleads guilty in brutal quadruple killing – Lukas Mikelionis
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/22/ms-13-gang-member-in-us-illegally-pleads-guilty-in-brutal-quadruple-killing.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Iowa Murder Shows Our Immigration Laws Are ‘Disgrace’- Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/mollie-tibbetts-illegals-criminal-alien-border-security/2018/08/21/id/878103/

 

GOPUSA
— South Africa begins seizing white-owned farms
http://www.gopusa.com/south-africa-begins-seizing-white-owned-farms/

 

DAILY CALLER
— PRESIDENT TRUMP: ‘I’D RATHER HAVE FAKE NEWS LIKE CNN’ THAN HAVE UNPOPULAR OPINIONS CENSORED – Mike Brest (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they publish or bless. They belittle/dismiss/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn the articles that I include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and they glorify and praise articles that I do not include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Of course, my critics/opponents are frustrated/mad/furious when I include links to their articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/21/president-trump-cnn-censorship/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trudeau sides with illegals. Who you side with says more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. Who you oppose says more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. Those who oppose me promote 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.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/21/trudeau-criticizes-heckler-concerned-about-illegal-immigration-says-some-people-are-on-a-dangerous-path/
— TRUMP: MOST FEMINIST PRESIDENT EVER? THE TRUMP WOMEN SOUND OFF – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/20/trump-most-feminist-president-ever-the-trump-women-sound-off/

 

BLAZE
— Drag Queen Story Time for toddlers is coming to one of the most conservative cities in Louisiana – Dave Urbanski (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats succeed in bringing “Drag Queen Story Time” to your municipality?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/08/21/drag-queen-story-time-for-toddlers-is-coming-to-one-of-the-most-conservative-cities-in-louisiana

 

TOWNHALL
— We Must Call Them Regressives, Not Progressives – Joy Overbeck
https://townhall.com/columnists/joyoverbeck/2018/08/22/we-must-call-them-regressives-not-progressives-n2511890

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Progressive Delusions – Thomas O’Malley
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/progressive_delusions.html

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Instructor tries to quarantine gun owners in back of class – Frances Floresca (DIERSEN: I have had an FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11241

 

TRIBUNE REVIEW
— Can America ever come together again? – PAT BUCHANAN (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want America to come together again. Democrats 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://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/13997180-74/pat-buchanan-can-america-ever-come-together-again

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigration leads to 2,200 deaths, 118,000 rapes, 138,000 assaults – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/report-illegal-immigration-leads-to-2-200-deaths-118-000-rapes-138-000-assaults

 

THE HILL
— Russian hackers turn on anti-Kremlin conservatives – JACQUELINE THOMSEN
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/402938-russian-hackers-turn-on-anti-kremlin-conservatives?rnd=1534892613/

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) side with illegals against Americans and b) side with foreign countries against America.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/us/mollie-tibbetts-missing-iowa-student-murder-suspect/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Poll: Democrat leads expensive race for Illinois governor Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker leads incumbent Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner by 16 points, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll. – Mark Murray
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/poll-democrat-leads-expensive-race-illinois-governor-n902616

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Facebook Identifies New Political Influence Operation Ahead of Midterm Elections – Sheera Frenkel and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/technology/facebook-political-influence-midterms.html
— Why Prosperity Has Increased but Happiness Has Not Our well-being is local and relative — if you live in a struggling area and your status is slipping, even if you are relatively comfortable, you are probably at least a bit miserable. – Jonathan Rauch (DIERSEN: Every year that goes by, the negative impact of my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old grows greater.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/opinion/happiness-inequality-prosperity-.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illegal Immigrant Charged With Murder of Missing Iowa Student Authorities say suspect led them to a body believed to be that of Mollie Tibbetts – Joe Barrett and Kris Maher
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-murder-in-case-of-missing-iowa-student-1534894935
— Facebook Pulls Accounts Tied to Political Misinformation Campaign Facebook said purged accounts originated in Iran and Russia – Deepa Seetharaman and Dustin Volz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-pulls-652-fake-accounts-engaged-in-coordinated-influence-campaign-1534896500
— Welcome Students, Let’s Talk About Confederate Statues In the South, colleges grapple with historical markers; Silent Sam falls at UNC – Cameron McWhirter and Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: What more will colleges do to attract students who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/welcome-students-lets-talk-about-confederate-statues-1534930202
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Affluent Americans continue to show confidence in the economy, boosting spending on homes, designer clothing and other luxury products – Laura Kusisto and Harriet Torry (DIERSEN: To be “affluent,” how high does your income and net worth need to be? While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being undeservedly filthy rich. They stressed the money that I spent on new cars, tuition, real estate, collector cars, etc. They stressed the money that I saved for retirement. They always used the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I was overpaid, b) that I should not have been promoted in 1972, 1973, 1974, or 1986, and c) that I should be forced to take early retirement. They hinted/implied/agued/shouted that they had less money a) because they did not avoid the draft, b) because they did not marry someone who had income, and/or c) because they had children. However, overwhelmingly, they spent far more money on “immediate pleasures” than I did.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/toll-brothers-profit-jumps-as-buyers-continue-spending-on-luxury-homes-1534858353
— FRONT PAGE: No Cats, No Sleepovers: Boomers Become Housemates Living with housemates is challenging—and it doesn’t get easier with age; ‘not in my house.’ ‘People of Similar Sensibilities Sharing Living Quarters’ – Christina Rexrode and Laura Kusisto
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-cats-no-sleepovers-boomers-become-housemates-1534868115
— Today, Truth Itself Can’t Be Taken for Granted Polarization has put the reliability of facts in doubt. But nations rest on shared beliefs. – William A. Galston (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the only news and commentary that is true is the news and commentary that they publish or bless. They belittle/dismiss/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn the articles that I include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and they glorify and praise articles that I do not include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Of course, my critics/opponents are frustrated/mad/furious when I include links to their articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/today-truth-itself-cant-be-taken-for-granted-1534892638
— Let Taxpayers Pay the Minimum Wage Employers shouldn’t bear the brunt of redistributive policy. – David Neumark
https://www.wsj.com/articles/let-taxpayers-pay-the-minimum-wage-1534892582
— The Media Fesses Up To its credit, the New York Times mentions the press’s role in fanning racial angst. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-media-fesses-up-1534892606

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s War Against Blue States His administration’s erratic policies are part of a clear pattern. – Paula Dwyer
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-21/trump-s-war-against-blue-states

 

FORBES
— Are Employers Ready For Old Employees? – Elizabeth Bauer (DIERSEN: Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised that the federal government will waste their careers and get rid of them if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotions.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2018/08/21/are-employers-ready-for-old-employees/#27e286b2de23

 

USA TODAY
— If Democrats embrace socialism to get away from Donald Trump, they can kiss the midterms goodbye – Jon Gabriel
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/nation-now/2018/08/21/democrats-moving-left-trump-socialism-lose-midterm-elections-column/1049990002/

 

CATO
— Results from the 2018 Libertarianism vs. Conservatism Post-Debate Survey – EMILY EKINS (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Libertarianism and Conservatism.)
https://www.cato.org/blog/results-2018-libertarianism-vs-conservatism-post-debate-survey

 

NEWSWEEK
— MOST RUSSIANS THINK LGBT ‘PROPAGANDA’ AIMS TO DESTROY TRADITIONAL VALUES: STATE POLL – DAMIEN SHARKOV (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have always worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.newsweek.com/most-russians-think-lgbt-propaganda-will-destroy-traditional-values-state-1082616

 

INSTINCT MAGAZINE
— The First Official Russian Pride Parade Was Banned Before it Occurred – Victor M Rocha (DIERSEN: Of course, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity oppose Russia.)
http://instinctmagazine.com/post/first-official-russian-pride-parade-was-banned-it-occured

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Quigley urges voter participation in ‘Trans Talk’ – Bronson Pettitt
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Quigley-urges-voter-participation-in-Trans-Talk/63852.html
— Rally on 50th Anniversary of Chicago ’68 Democratic Convention Aug. 25
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Rally-on-50th-Anniversary-of-Chicago-68-Democratic-Convention-Aug-25/63837.html
— Attorney General Lisa Madigan urges HUD to retain rules on fair housing
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Attorney-General-Lisa-Madigan-urges-HUD-to-retain-rules-on-fair-housing/63834.html

August 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund to divest from companies that run immigration detention centers – Robert Channick (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund divest from companies that are run/owned by people who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-teachers-pension-divest-prisons-20180820-story.html
— Elite CEO pay jumps to average of $19M – Jeff Stein and Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who say nothing about the CEO-worker pay ratio, but who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn government employees and government retirees as being over-compensated?)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/baltimore-sun/20180821/281779924975880
— First lady calls for safety, kindness on social media – AP
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180821/281861529354501
— CPS students deserve free transportation every school day – Gina Caneva (DIERSEN: How did you get to grade school and to high school? I walked to Trinity Lutheran Grade school in Crete 1953-1961, rode a school bus to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, walked to Crete-Monee High School 1962-1964, and drove my 1958 Chevy BelAir to Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-cps-transit-student-free-rides-school-0821-20180820-story.html
— When parents abandon CPS schools – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-chicago-schools-empty-consortium-20180816-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites promote hatred of Whites.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-black-card-20180819-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A fair work week is the fair price of doing business right – Editorial (DIERSEN: While I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I was often called in “at the last minute” to work because my Democrat coworkers had not come in to work or because they had called in sick “at the last minute.”)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/fair-workweek-ordinance-price-do-business-right/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: For the life of us, we don’t understand why a minimum-wage worker shouldn’t have a regular schedule and get an extra hour of pay if asked to come in at the last minute. Is it really too costly to pay a single parent a little extra for saying “no” to their kid’s ball game because they need to say “yes” to flipping burgers at a fast-food restaurant?)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites blame Whites for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/n-word-trump-racism-omarosa/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200 will ask voters to replace Jefferson school after all – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180820/district-200-will-ask-voters-to-replace-jefferson-school-after-all

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— New Lincoln Library mural shows ‘Future of Springfield’ – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What do anti-Trumps want the future of your municipality to look like? ANSWER: A municipality that has NO individuals, NO organizations, and NO companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180820/new-lincoln-library-mural-shows-future-of-springfield
— Davis did not personally send staffer to opponent’s event – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: I should write a book about operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents. They hint/imply/argue/shout that the people who they work for have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They hint/imply/argue/shout that the people who they work for can viciously destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that they want to. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180820/davis-did-not-personally-send-staffer-to-opponents-event

 

WIFR
— New law cracks down on mugshot websites charging removal fees (DIERSEN: Illinois criminals are overjoyed.)
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/New-law-cracks-down-on-mugshot-website–491267811.html

 

WCSJ NEWS
— Governor Rauner Vetoes Work Ethic Class For Schools
http://www.wcsjnews.com/news/wspynews/governor-rauner-vetoes-work-ethic-class-for-schools/article_496700c4-1942-52a4-9b1f-2011c8e57283.html

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— WALSH accused of scrubbing Facebook pages – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/08/21/walsh-accused-of-scrubbing-facebook-pages-obama-the-campaigner-says-i-know-jb-i-trust-jb-and-new-poll-has-emanuel-beating-em-all-299656
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Helene Miller Walsh is just a few days into her new job as a state lawmaker and she’s already being hammered by Democrats for her political leanings. They say Walsh, the wife of tea partier and talk-show host Joe Walsh, has “scrubbed her Facebook page of all radical views and photos.” Nancy Shepherdson, the Sixth District Democratic State Central Comitteewoman and co-chair of the Illinois Sixth District Democrats, said in a statement: “Helene Walsh should be straight with the voters of the 51st District. If, for instance, she believes that children should be separated from parents who are applying for legal asylum, she shouldn’t be afraid to say so.” Shepherdson said Walsh deleted a July 3 Facebook post that stated: “Don’t want to be separated from your kids…don’t break our laws.” Democrats from the 10th Congressional District, which also includes Lake County, are using a picture of Walsh smiling at a gun show to help fundraise for Walsh’s Democrat opponent, Mary Edly-Allen. Walsh didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. She told the Daily Herald the other day that she’s an independent conservative who wants to fix the state’s pension crisis and reduce property taxes. She was appointed over the weekend to fill the seat vacated by Nick Sauer, who stepped down after a former girlfriend accused him of posting her private, naked photos on Instagram. Law enforcement is investigating.)

 

WHEATON-WARRENVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT 200
— Board of Education authorizes November ballot question – Erica Loiacono
https://medium.com/district-200-newsroom/board-of-education-authorizes-november-ballot-question-93438395fe81
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: District 200 is seeking voter approval to construct a new Jefferson Early Childhood Center without levying a separate, special property tax to finance the costs. Approval of the ballot question on November 6 would authorize the District to construct the new building, but does not provide authorization for the school district to sell bonds to pay for construction costs. The project would be completed through a lease agreement, payable from operating funds, not through an increase to the bond and interest levy. The Board of Education has developed a plan for construction of a new early learning center on the existing site. Jefferson was built in 1958 as an elementary school and was not originally designed to house a program that serves 3-5 year olds, ⅔ of whom have disabilities or special needs.)

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois’ congressional delegation spar over growing questions of surveillance abuse claims – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/illinois-congressional-delegation-spar-over-growing-questions-of-surveillance-abuse/article_3c9b71b2-a254-11e8-a2b3-4b419380beb5.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The American Library Association Plunges Deeper into the Drag Cesspool – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/the-ala-plunges-deeper-into-the-drag-cesspool/

 

FOX NEWS
— Liberal Tech Giants ‘Still Can’t Come to Grips’ With Trump 2016 Victory – Tomi Lahren
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/08/20/tomi-lahren-final-thoughts-facebook-twitter-shadow-banning-conservatives-cant-stand-trump
— Twitter isn’t broken, but our media culture is – Stephen L. Miller
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/08/21/stephen-miller-twitter-isnt-broken-but-our-media-culture-is.html

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— SOCIAL MEDIA CORPORATIONS STEP UP ATTACKS ON CONSERVATIVES The critical off-year elections are a little over two months away. Coincidence? – Matthew Vadum
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271089/social-media-corporations-step-attacks-matthew-vadum
— TWITTER CENSORS DAVID HOROWITZ FOR CALLING OUT ISLAMIC ANTI-SEMITISM Twitter isn’t removing hatred, it’s silencing dissent. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271101/twitter-censors-david-horowitz-calling-out-islamic-daniel-greenfield

 

GOPUSA
— Facebook bans ‘masculine men,’ ‘moderate Muslim’ videos
http://www.gopusa.com/facebook-bans-masculine-men-moderate-muslim-videos/

 

BREITBART
— This Is What ‘Election Interference’ Actually Looks Like – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/20/bokhari-election-interference-actually-looks-like/
— Stossel: I Don’t Want YouTube To Censor People, But ‘That Would Be Their Right’ – Ian Hanchett (DIERSEN: One could argue that Facebook, Google, YouTube, etc. are not “private entities,” but that they are “public utilities.”)
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/08/20/stossel-i-dont-want-youtube-to-censor-people-but-that-would-be-their-right/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He also said YouTube isn’t censoring him and that he doesn’t want YouTube to censor people, but they can if they want to since they’re a private entity.)

 

FEDERALIST SOCIETY
— Partisan Gerrymandering and Party Rights: Why Gill v. Whitford Undermines All Future Partisan-Gerrymandering Claims (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/publications/partisan-gerrymandering-and-party-rights-why-gill-v-whitford-undermines-all-future-partisan-gerrymandering-claims

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— MEMO REVEALS SOROS-FUNDED SOCIAL-MEDIA CENSORSHIP PLAN Plotted with Google, Facebook to eliminate ‘right wing propaganda’ – ART MOORE (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always painted GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being “right wing propaganda.”)
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/mask-off-social-media-censor-king-revealed/
— ‘BIBLE BAN’ CLOSER TO LAW FOR CALIFORNIANS Minority Republicans can’t stop Democrat adoption – BOB UNRUH
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/bible-ban-closer-to-law-for-californians/

WORLD TRIBUNE
— Left has ‘outsourced censorship’ of conservative news, views to Silicon Valley (DIERSEN: Anti-Republicans want the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, but failing that, anti-Republicans want the aforesaid to dictate the content of the emails. They hint/imply/argue/shout that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails should only include links to articles that the IRP, DCRCC, and/or MTRCC has posted on its websites.)
http://www.worldtribune.com/blogger-left-has-outsourced-censorship-of-conservative-news-views-to-silicon-valley/

 

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Twitter CEO Admits to ‘Left-Leaning’ Bias – Caroline Lee Smith
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/twitter-ceo-admits-to-left-leaning-bias/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Twitter Admits Leaning Left; Denies Censoring Conservatives – R. Cort Kirkwood (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes “lean left,” but many fail/refuse to admit it.)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/29829-twitter-admits-leaning-left-denies-censoring-conservatives

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trump condemns social media censorship: ‘too many voices are being destroyed’ – Calvin Freiburger (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 to destroy me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Overwhelmingly, they want to stop my promotion of a) the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or Second Amendment planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, b) the illegal drugs and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform, and/or c) the Milton Township resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-condemns-social-media-censorship-too-many-voices-are-being-destroyed
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump joined the discussion about political censorship by social media giants such as Facebook and Google over the weekend, calling for unfettered debate and hinting at some sort of government action on the issue. “Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices,” Trump tweeted Saturday. “Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others.” Calling censorship “very dangerous” and “absolutely impossible to police,” the president used his own high-profile battles with the mainstream media as an example. “There is nothing so Fake as CNN & MSNBC, & yet I do not ask that their sick behavior be removed,” he said. “Too many voices are being destroyed, some good & some bad, and that cannot be allowed to happen,” Trump declared. “Who is making the choices, because I can already tell you that too many mistakes are being made. Let everybody participate, good & bad, and we will all just have to figure it out!”)

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— How to Throw a Winnable Election – DAVID BYLER (DIERSEN: Whose advice is Rauner taking? It certainly seems like he is taking advice from those a) who want him to lose and b) who want all Republican candidates in Illinois to lose.)
https://www.weeklystandard.com/david-byler/how-to-throw-a-winnable-election
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois: Alienate the Base and Swing Voters Bruce Rauner might seem like an odd fit in this list. He’s the governor of Illinois, one of the most reliably blue states, so it might not be clear that this race was “winnable” in the first place. But other incumbent Republicans in bluer states—like Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott—seem to be in good shape despite governing states that are arguably bluer than Illinois. So why not Rauner? The answer is pretty simple—Rauner has managed to alienate his base without winning over skeptical voters from the other side. Rauner, like other blue state Republicans, originally promised not to do much on social issues. But he went back on that promise and expanded taxpayer subsidized abortions. That led to an almost-successful primary challenge—state legislator Jeanne Ives finished just three percentage points behind Rauner in the state’s Republican primary. Other blue state Republicans make up for these transgressions by governing competently. That’s arguably what happened to Phil Scott, who managed to win renomination in Vermont by a solid margin despite losing some support over his a gun control bill. But Rauner had serious issues with the state budget. As a result, his overall approval rating in the most recent Morning Consult poll was only 27 percent—making him the least popular incumbent governor running for re-election.)

 

CNBC
— Trump says it’s ‘very dangerous’ when Twitter, Facebook self-regulate content Major social media companies have for months been responding to claims that they censor conservatives. Trump’s latest comments come just two weeks after a number of tech companies suspended or banned conservative radio host Alex Jones. – Sara Salinas (DIERSEN: Of course, my critic/opponents want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc. to regulate me and to regulate my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/20/trump-says-its-very-dangerous-when-twitter-facebook-self-regulate-content-reuters.html

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Illinois Governor Blocks Bill To Tell People With Criminal Histories About Their Voting Rights The veto requires “an honest conversation about why you wouldn’t want to empower people to participate in the political process,” an advocate said. – Sam Levine (DIERSEN: Democrats want everyone to shout at everyone that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/illinois-governor-jail-voting_us_5b7b2be8e4b05906b4166a8d
— ACLU: Alex Jones Social Media Bans Are ‘Worrisome’ Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says social media platforms shouldn’t be “arbiters of truth.” The ACLU seems to agrees with that sentiment. – Hayley Miller
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aclu-alex-jones-social-media-ban_us_5b7afce7e4b0a5b1febdc797

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— 8 Fast-Food Chains Will End ‘No-Poach’ Policies – Rachel Abrams (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They want their employees to be poached who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and who that had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/business/fast-food-wages-no-poach-franchisees.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: New Russian Hacking Targeted Republican Groups, Microsoft Days – David E. Sanger and Sheera Frenkel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/us/politics/russia-cyber-hack.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Our politicians have no idea how the Internet works – Catherine Rampell (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who proudly hint/imply/argue/shout a) that they do not read emails, b) that they do not use Google, c) that they do not visit websites, and/or d) that they do not use the internet. The aforesaid hint/imply/argue/shout that the Democrats in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois learn everything that they know about what Republicans were doing by reading my emails.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-can-congress-police-the-internet-when-they-dont-even-understand-it/2018/08/20/46f6baa6-a4b4-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump has said many times that he never uses email, but he’s far from alone: Lots of lawmakers – including Sens. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and even Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.) – have more or less proclaimed the same, with pride. With digital dinosaurdom seen as a badge of honor, it’s no wonder that congressional hearings ostensibly about Facebook’s dodgy data practices devolved into clumsy, confused – and bipartisan – queries about: video bloggers Diamond and Silk; the difference between a social media platform and an Internet service provider; how Facebook can possibly make money if it’s free to users; and how to get rid of ads for chocolate.)
— Microsoft says it has found a Russian operation targeting U.S. political institutions – Elizabeth Dwoskin and Craig Timberg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/microsoft-says-it-has-found-a-russian-operation-targeting-us-political-institutions/2018/08/20/52273e14-a4d2-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Russian Hackers Target Conservative Groups in Widening Cyberattacks Microsoft removed six internet domains registered by a Russian hacking group that sought to mimic legitimate websites – Dustin Volz and Robert McMillan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-hackers-target-conservative-groups-in-widening-cyberattacks-153482406024060
— Two New Lawsuits Seek to Stop Discrimination Against Religion The cases seek to expand Supreme Court precedent and establish equality for sectarian education. – Tim Keller and Michael Bindas (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who paint themselves as being anti-Missouri Synod Lutherans. They promote 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, retaliation, and even worse things. They 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.wsj.com/articles/two-new-lawsuits-seek-to-stop-discrimination-against-religion-1534803774
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dave and Amy Carson live with their 15-year-old daughter, Olivia, in Glenburn, Maine. Like many small towns across the state, Glenburn, population 4,543, is too small to maintain its own public high school. Instead, the local government gives families the money it would otherwise spend on education and lets them choose a public or private school for their children. There’s a catch: Maine won’t allow parents to spend taxpayer money on a religious school. Families like the Carsons, who believe a religious school is the best choice for Olivia, get nothing. In Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment prohibits states from discriminating against religion in the operation of government programs. Two new federal suits, in Washington state and Maine, seek to build on that precedent to end government-mandated religious discrimination in programs that pay for work-study programs and high-school tuition. Although the plaintiffs in these cases live at opposite ends of the country, they face similar discriminatory laws rooted in antireligious animus. A victory in their cases could clear the way for states to adopt programs that empower parents—rather than government—to direct the education of their children.)
— The GOP’s Social Security Raid Rubio wants to use retirement benefits for family leave. Uh oh. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-gops-social-security-raid-1534805592
— Mel Watt Sued by Government Employee Alleging Sexual Harassment, Retaliation Regulator of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac faces allegations its director made sexual advances to employee Simone Grimes, retaliated against her when she complained – Natalie Andrews (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government treated me like my coworkers and subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, recent immigrants, non-Protestant, non-German American, etc. had filed discrimination complaints against me. But of course, no such complaints were ever filed.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mel-watt-sued-by-government-employee-alleging-sexual-harassment-retaliation-1534805976

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial with two big color pictures unethically made to look like a news article, pot pushers push pot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/08/15/pot-industry-budtenders-edibles-chefs-among-fastest-growing-jobs/996888002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: 51% of school violence incidents flared in just 10 states last year. Is your state one of them? – Marina Pitofsky (DIERSEN: Illinois is one of them.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/08/20/10-states-51-percent-school-violence-threats-2018/1031329002/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Files Suit Against Facebook For ‘Discriminatory’ Policies – AMANDA PRESTIGIACOMO
https://www.dailywire.com/news/34753/trump-administration-files-suit-against-facebook-amanda-prestigiacomo

 

LIBERTY NEWS NOW
— Can You Guess Which Way Twitter Employees Lean Politically? – Adam Campbell
https://libertynewsnow.com/can-you-guess-which-way-twitter-employees-lean-politically/article9766

 

DAILY BEAST
— Far Right Fuming After Big Finance Chokes Off Money Flow Some right-wing figures say they are planning legal action after PayPal and credit-card companies cut off their fundraising. – Will Sommer
https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-right-fuming-after-big-finance-chokes-off-money-flow

August 19 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Helene Miller Walsh, wife of former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, replaces state rep accused of sharing ex’s nude pics – Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-nick-sauer-republicans-walsh-20180818-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now, Walsh faces the potentially difficult task of building a campaign in the short few months before the election. She will run against Mary Edly-Allen, a teacher from Libertyville, in the race to represent a central and southern Lake County district in the state legislature. Lake County Republican Party Chairman Mark Shaw said he voted for Walsh because he thinks she will be a good lawmaker and able to set up a campaign in a hurry. “I know how tenacious she can be and how hard a worker she can be,” Shaw said. Shaw said Walsh was picked from about 20 contenders to replace Sauer.)
— Top 10 best back-to-school cars – Robert Duffer (DIERSEN: Duffer recommends a 2018 Honda CR-V (TSP) for business majors. What did you drive while you were earning your bachelor’s degree? While I attended UIC during 1966 and 1967, I drove a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. While I attended UIC during 1968, I drove a 1968 Oldsmobile 442. While I attended NIU during 1969 and 1970, I drove a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I bought the Pontiac with money that earned washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during 1964, 1965, and 1966. I bought the Oldsmobile and the Dodge with money that earned delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office during 1966, 1967, and 1968.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/new/ct-best-2018-cars-for-grads-20180607-photogallery.html
— What would Jesus do? Clean house in the Catholic Church – Megan McArdle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-catholic-pennsylvania-grand-jury-jesus-0819-20180816-story.html
— Can you record your boss at work without him or her knowing? – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: During August and September of 1997, if I had recorded the threats that my Democrat GAO superiors made to me to force me to take their early retirement “offer,” a) my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial would not have been denied and b) the jury would have ruled in my favor.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-record-boss-at-work-20180815-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that the press is “free,” but the press acts like it is an operative or a dupe for the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-enemy-of-the-people-st-0816-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Plenty of danger for Dems if they win House and impeach Trump – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/president-donald-trump-democrats-house-impeachment-2020-election-laura-washington/
— Good journalism depends on savvy consumers – Georgie Anne Geyer (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes dismiss, belittle, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, condemn, and slander those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being stupid, lazy, White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20180819/281908773990529

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF HELEN MILLER WALSH: Helene Miller Walsh was sworn in as Republican state representative Saturday by Lake County Circuit Judge Christopher Stride to fill the remainder of Nick Sauer’s term in House District 51. – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180818/ex-congressmans-wife-appointed-to-seat-of-legislator-who-resigned-amid-sex-scandal
— CEO pay jumps to $19M annually, as fears mount over the wealthy pocketing gains – Jeff Stein and Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who say nothing about the CEO-worker pay ratio, but who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn government employees and government retirees as being over-compensated?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180819/ceo-pay-jumps-to-19m-annually-as-fears-mount-over-the-wealthy-pocketing-gains
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The top executives of America’s biggest companies saw their average annual pay surge to $18.9 million in 2017, according to a report released Thursday, fueling concerns about the gulf between the nation’s richest and everyone else. The dramatic 18 percent jump in chief executive pay came as wages for American workers remained essentially flat, pushing the gap between executive compensation and employee pay to its highest point in about a decade. The rise in executive pay shown in the report by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, is driven largely by the big increases in the stock market over the past year. The bulk of CEO compensation is made up of stock grants or stock options, which can lead to substantial paydays for CEOs when companies perform well in the market. The Standard & Poor’s stock market index jumped 14.5 percent in value from 2016 to 2017 when adjusting for inflation, EPI said. From 2009 to 2017, average pay for the nation’s CEOs jumped by $7.8 million, or by 72 percent, according to the report. Over that period, the average wages and benefits for a typical American worker rose from $53,400 to $54,600, or by about 2 percent, the report said. “It speaks to the degree the economic recovery is unbalanced,” said Larry Mishel, an economist who has tracked the CEO-worker pay ratio for two decades and co-authored the report with Jessica Schieder.)
— There’s much at stake for the public in journalism’s success – Georgie Anne Geyer (DIERSEN: To make GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails more successful, I am extremely reluctant to take advice from anyone, because of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes work extremely hard to get everyone to give me bad advice.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180819/theres-much-at-stake-for-the-public-in-journalisms-success
— We take offense at Trump’s false insult – Editorial (DIERSEN: The hardcopy title of this editorial is “Servant of the people Ultimately, any newspaper’s job is to make the world a little better place.” But anyone who looks at what the mainstream news media does sees that it focuses on defending and advancing the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180818/editorial-we-take-offense-at-trumps-false-insult

 

ABC7
— 3 men shot near Seward Park on Near North Side during back-to-school peace party – Will Jones
https://abc7chicago.com/3-men-shot-near-seward-park-during-back-to-school-peace-party/3994564/

 

CBS2
— Undaunted In Face Of Shootings, Englewood Residents March In Back To School Parade – Audrina Bigos
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/18/englewood-shootings-back-to-school-parade/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 3 men shot in Old Town
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/3-men-shot-in-old-town

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL
— Ag policy forum featured only Republicans – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180818/bernard-schoenburg-ag-policy-forum-featured-only-republicans

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Traditional family model is strongest – Gary Bussmann, Bloomington (DIERSEN: Are you the product of a traditional family. I am. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I had an unfair advantage in life because I was a product of a traditional family and b) that my being a product of a traditional family was just one more reason why I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, in addition to my being a healthy non-veteran Republican White male whose ancestors had been in America since 1844.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/letters/traditional-family-model-is-strongest/article_d50351c0-6f8d-5dfb-ad5f-e725c23d9f80.html

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— A woman called police on a man who was getting into his own car (a 2016 Ford Mustang) in Milwaukee – Lainey Seyler
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2018/08/17/woman-called-police-man-who-getting-into-his-own-car-milwaukee/1021846002/

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Helene Walsh selected to succeed Sauer in Illinois House
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511536781-helene-walsh-selected-to-succeed-sauer-in-illinois-house

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says he won’t allow social media companies to censor conservatives They are ‘totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices’ says the president – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/18/donald-trump-says-he-wont-allow-social-media-compa/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Twitter CEO denies company censors content based on ideology – Robert King
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/twitter-ceo-denies-company-censors-content-based-on-ideology

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRUMP TWEET STORM AGAINST ‘SPEECH CODE CARTEL’ ‘Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/trump-tweet-storm-against-speech-code-cartel/

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Slams Social Media Censorship As Big Tech Silences PragerU, Other Conservatives – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/08/18/trump-calls-out-social-media-censorship-as-big-tech-silences-prageru-other-conse-n2510989

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Trump Slams Social Media Censorship of Conservatives; Files Discrimination Complaint Against Facebook – Selwyn Duke (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/29814-trump-slams-social-media-censorship-of-conservatives-files-discrimination-complaint-against-facebook
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices,” and “the Trump Administration … won’t let that happen.” So wrote President Trump on Twitter Saturday, in a shot across the bow of increasingly Orwellian social-media companies. This comes on the heels of a Friday discrimination complaint the administration filed against Facebook alleging that “the way the company targets ads can be used to screen out people based on race, sex or other protected categories,” reports the Washington Times. While the latter complaint doesn’t relate to the censorship issue, it perhaps does signal the Trump administration’s determination to deal with social-media sleight-of-hand. As for its substance, the Times explains: The complaint goes to the heart of Facebook’s business model, which depends on being able to offer advertisers micro-targeting. “Facebook mines extensive user data and classifies its users based on protected characteristics. Facebook’s ad targeting tools then invite advertisers to express unlawful preferences by suggesting discriminatory options,” the Housing and Urban Development Department said in the complaint. Among those options are physical disabilities, parents with children and even religious practices — advertisers are allowed to show their ads only to people Facebook deems interested in “Jesus” or the “Christian Church,” for example.)

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— PRAGERU’S CENSORSHIP AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/271070/pragerus-censorship-and-first-amendment-daniel-greenfield

 

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Condemns Social Media Companies for Biased Censorship – Charlie Spiering
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/18/donald-trump-condemns-social-media-companies-for-biased-censorship/
— Trump’s Anti-Censorship Tweets Just Reminded Us Why He Is the Greatest – James Delingpole
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/19/delingpole-trumps-anti-censorship-tweets-just-reminded-us-why-he-is-the-greatest/

 

BLAZE
— PragerU claims it is being ‘heavily censored’ by Facebook — and they have evidence to prove it – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/08/18/prageru-claims-it-is-being-heavily-censored-by-facebook-and-they-have-evidence-to-prove-it

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Trump Tells Social Media Giants to Lay Off Conservatives: ‘There Is Nothing So Fake as MSNBC, CNN’ – SAM DORMAN
https://ijr.com/2018/08/1117114-trump-social-media-giants-conservatives/

 

POLITICO
— ‘We won’t let that happen:’ Trump alleges social media censorship of conservatives
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/18/trump-social-media-censorship-conservatives-twitter-facebook-787899

 

NBC NEWS
— Trump echoes conservative claims that social media companies censor conservatives – Jason Abbruzzese
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-echoes-conservative-claims-social-media-companies-censor-conservatives-n901876

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Accuses Social Media Firms of Discrimination Against Conservatives – Emily Cochrane
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/us/politics/trump-social-media-conservatives.html
— White Doctor Arrested at Orlando Airport Complains of Being Treated Like a ‘Black Person’ – Mihir Zaveri
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/us/dr-jeffrey-epstein-like-a-black-person.html
— How to Get the Most Out of College They’re privileged, pivotal years. Navigate them with as much care as you did the path that got you there. – Frank Bruni (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1970, I earned full-time Civil Service credit while I worked only part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/opinion/college-students.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Tax Cut Unlocks Millions for a Republican Election Blitz – Jim Tankersley and Michael Tackett
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/us/politics/tax-cuts-republicans-donors.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The Slippery Slope of Complicity A wannabe Mussolini and his party of apparatchiks.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/opinion/the-slippery-slope-of-complicity.html
— You’re Ready to Quit. How Much Notice Do You Owe? – Rob Walker (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Why did I accept IRS’s job offer in 1971 when I was 22 years old? ANSWER: I was unemployed and seeking a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother. I was unemployed because Firestone Stores had fired me for accepting 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/business/quitting-your-job.html
— How America’s Jews Learned to Be Liberal – Steven R. Weisman (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many of my superiors and supervisors were Jewish. To turn them against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed to them that I was a) conservative, b) baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and c) 100% German national origin.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/opinion/american-jews-israel-liberals.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Men vs. Women, and the Rules of Debate – Ginia Bellafante
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/nyregion/men-women-candidates-debates.html
— How “Crazy Rich” Asians Have Led to the Largest Income Gap in the U.S. – ADEEL HASSAN and AUDREY CARLSEN
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/17/us/asian-income-inequality.html

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Trump slams social media over efforts to silence conservatives – Joe Dwinell
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2018/08/trump_slams_social_media_over_efforts_to_silence_conservatives

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Slams Social-Media Companies for ‘Censorship’ of the Right President alleges bias against conservative voices on popular platforms – Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-slams-social-media-companies-for-censorship-of-the-right-1534609973

 

NERD WALLET
— How to Stretch Your Spending Money in College – ANNA HELHOSKI (DIERSEN: What did you do with the money that you earned while you were earning your bachelor’s degree? I spent the money that I earned on tuition, books, two new cars, and room and board at NIU for three semesters and a summer session. I graduated debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/loans/student-loans/college-student-budget/

 

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP ACCUSES SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES OF CENSORING CONSERVATIVES – TOM PORTER
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-accuses-social-media-companies-censoring-conservatives-1079143


— TWITTER IS LEFT-LEANING BUT DOES NOT CENSOR BASED ON POLITICS: JACK DORSEY – JASON MURDOCK
https://www.newsweek.com/twitter-left-leaning-admits-boss-jack-dorsey-1079559

 

THE WEEK
— Social media is censoring Republicans, Trump claims on social media
http://theweek.com/speedreads/791098/social-media-censoring-republicans-trump-claims-social-media

 

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
— President Trump Claims Social Media Companies Censor Conservatives
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/president-trump-claims-social-media-companies-censor-conservatives-1135815

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Transferring between federal agencies – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO – a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 (currently $91,880) to GS-9 Step 10 (currently $72,677). According to the Office of Personnel Management, 77% of current federal employees have worked for only one agency, 15% have worked for two agencies, and only 8% have worked for three or more agencies. I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, for IRS 1971-1980, and for GAO 1980-1997. I should write a book about transferring between federal agencies.

 

GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates vehemently opposed my transferring from IRS to GAO. Instead of my taking a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars, they wanted me to transfer in as an intern and take a $58,902/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-4 Step 1). To justify that, they viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned a) the knowledge of IRS that I had gained by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880; b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979; c) my having almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul; d) my having earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976; and e) the fact that much of what GAO Analysts do is similar to what IRS Revenue Officers do.

 

They hinted/implied/argued that IRS should NOT have a) hired me in 1971, b) promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, or c) let me work there for almost 9 years. They hinted/implied/argued that the Post Office should NOT have a) hired me in 1966 or b) let me work there for almost 3 years. They were disgusted, outraged, and beyond furious that I transferred in with almost 12 years of federal seniority, 30 unused vacation days, and more than 100 unused sick days. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that legislative branch employees were far superior to executive branch employees. They stressed that I had been a union member while I worked for the Post Office and for IRS and that I had filed grievances.

 

To turn everyone at GAO against me, they stressed to GAO employees a) who were Democrats, that I was a Republican, b) who were liberal or moderate, that I was conservative, c) who were non-Protestant, that I was a Missouri Synod Lutheran, d) who had less money than my wife and I had, that my wife and I had more money than they did, e) who were non-German American, that I was 100% German American, f) who had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, that my ancestors had been in America since 1844, and g) who were veterans, that I was a draft avoider. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.

 

Have you worked in toxic workplaces? Soon after I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, I learned how toxic its Chicago office was for those who shared my demographics. Nevertheless, I counted on the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer a) to protect me from political affiliation discrimination, from reverse discrimination, and from age discrimination, b) to get me assigned to audits of IRS, c) to get me promoted to GS-11 Step 10 (currently $87,933), to GS-12 Step 5 (currently $91,880), to GS-13 Step 1 (currently $96,403), etc. However, ever-increasingly, the Democrats who ran the office did everything that they could to get rid of him. Nevertheless, in 1986, he succeeded a) in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and b) in promoting me to GS-13 Step 1 (currently $96,403). However, the Democrats succeeded a) in getting rid of him in 1987, b) in throwing me off audits of IRS in 1989, c) in keeping me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career, d) in giving me unfair performance expectations and unfair performance appraisals, e) in always ranking me the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and f) in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)

August 18 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Kwame Raoul’s Ad Takes Aim At Erika Harold’s Alleged Anti-Gay Comments In IL Attorney General Race – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/17/kwame-raouls-ad-erika-harold-alleged-anti-gay-comments-il-attorney-general-race/
— D.C. Mayor Taunts Trump After Cancellation Of Military Parade – CNN
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/17/washington-dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-taunts-donald-trump-military-parade-canceled/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— It’s not just audio, Manigault Newman has video – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/omarosa-manigault-newman-donald-trump-audio-video/
— Cuomo on his ‘inartful’ remark: ‘Of course America is great’ – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/andrew-cuomo-donald-trump-cynthia-nixon-inartful-remark-america-great/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Sham candidates are an affront to democracy. Here’s how to get rid of them. – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: I should write a book about sham Republican candidates in Illinois since 2000.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-madigan-gonzales-sham-candidates-0819-20180816-story.html
— ‘Safety is about being alert’: Drills, controlled access now part of the school day routine – Donna Vickroy and Susan DeMar Lafferty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-school-safety-infrastructure-st-0820-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Crete-Monee Consolidated District 201-U, budget constraints and limited grants have made it “very difficult” to finance needed security measures, said Rochelle Clark, assistant superintendent of district affairs. In the near future, the district hopes to place a school resource officer at its middle and high schools and one to “float” among the elementary buildings, she said. This would not only help monitor student movement during passing periods, school activities and afterschool activities, but would offer an opportunity for officers to build relationships with students and families, she said. All administrators will participate in online training followed by in-person sessions and will work with local police officers to provide “realistic” evacuation and intruder drills, she said. But other challenges to school security include access to the school buildings and varying ideas as to what the students, staff and community “perceive” as safe, Clark said.)
— 14 hours in Chicago: 25 people shot, including 3-year-old boy – Deanese Williams-Harris, Rosemary Sobol and Madeline Buckley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-shootings-violence-20180817-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Prosecutor: Speeding driver in fatal Schaumburg crash spent day ‘smoking weed’ – Eric Peterson
Eric Peterson and Barbara Vitello (DIERSEN: What percentage of those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois talk and/or act a) like they want to smoke pot, b) like they smoke pot, c) like they want to make money selling pot, and/or d) like they want government to take in lots of tax revenue from legalizing pot? Who leads the fight against pot in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? If/when the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs legalize pot in Illinois, and if municipalities and counties can ban the sale of pot in their jurisdictions, I am going to lead the fight to get Wheaton and DuPage County to be the first municipality and the first county in Illinois to ban the sale of pot in their jurisdictions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180817/prosecutor-speeding-driver-in-fatal-schaumburg-crash-spent-day-smoking-weed

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Judge in Aaron Schock case removed from all cases involving federal government (DIERSEN: The judges in Diersen v. GAO made it clear that they favored political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. They made it clear that they wanted those who share my demographics to pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180817/judge-in-aaron-schock-case-removed-from-all-cases-involving-federal-government

 

SOUTHERN
— Gun legislation question will not be on Williamson County ballot – ISAAC SMITH
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gun-legislation-question-will-not-be-on-williamson-county-ballot/article_d40b1cbe-c1e5-5e8b-a5bb-a2dbd094f274.html

 

KFVS
— Williamson Co. IL passes gun control resolution – Taylor Clark
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/38909638/williamson-co-il-passes-gun-control-resolution

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Aaron Schock’s judge removed from cases involving federal government – Kevin Schwalle (DIERSEN: The judges in Diersen v. GAO made it clear that they favored political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. They made it clear that they wanted those who share my demographics to pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/aaron-schock-s-judge-removed-from-cases-involving-federal-government/1378827600

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Make It Harder for School Districts to Get Rid of Unfunded Mandates
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/17/governor-vetoes-bill-make-harder-school-districts-get-rid-unfunded-mandates/
— For Those of You Talking about Jack Franks Taking Jesse White’s Place after the Election
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/17/talking-jack-franks-taking-jesse-whites-place-election/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen questions TV, film tax incentives, calls for skeptical review of all breaks – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511533959-breen-questions-tv-film-tax-incentives-calls-for-skeptical-review-of-all-breaks
— Kinzler calls lawmakers out over poor direction of TV, film tax breaks – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511531049-kinzler-calls-lawmakers-out-over-poor-direction-of-tv-film-tax-breaks

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Jack Franks prepares for next election; wants McHenry taxpayers to pay for his name – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/08/jack-franks-prepares-for-next-election-wants-mchenry-taxpayers-to-pay-for-his-name/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— AMID CONTROVERSY, POLITICAL TOWNSHIP COUPLE BANKS NEARLY $100K IN PENSION BENEFITS – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/amid-controversy-political-township-couple-banks-nearly-100k-in-pension-benefits/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— The Question: If you were an Illinois Democratic candidate/honcho, how would you respond when asked if Speaker Madigan is a liability to your party? (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as a liability to the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Republican candidates, etc. Most commonly, a) they hint/imply/argue/shout that I am “too conservative” and b) they demonize, denigrate, and condemn my promotion of the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks in the IRP platform.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/16/question-of-the-day-2726/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— N.Y. lawmaker proposes making 911 calls on law-abiding black people a hate crime – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/17/jesse-hamilton-ny-lawmaker-proposes-making-911-cal/

 

BREITBART
— Ocasio-Cortez Blocks Press Access to Campaign Event – Penny Starr (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican but who do NOT want me to a) know about their events and other activities, b) promote their events and other activities, c) attend their events, or d) report on their events or other activities.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/17/ocasio-cortez-blocks-access-campaign-event/
— Nearly All Criminal Foreigners in U.S. Are from Central, South America – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/17/nearly-all-criminal-foreigners-in-u-s-are-from-central-south-america/

 

BLAZE
— Chelsea Clinton first denies and then doubles down on economic argument for abortion – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/08/16/chelsea-clinton-first-denies-and-then-doubles-down-on-economic-argument-for-abortion

 

DAILY CALLER
— NEW YORK LAWMAKER WANTS TO MAKE IT A HATE CRIME TO CALL COPS ON LAW-ABIDING ‘PEOPLE OF COLOR’ – Will Racke
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/17/new-york-hamilton-hate-crime/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Pope Francis: We have a big problem – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/08/pope_francis_we_have_a_big_problem.html

 

TOWNHALL
— New Poll Results Freaking out Democrats – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2018/08/18/new-poll-results-freaking-out-democrats-n2510913
— Building a Dam to Stop the Blue Wave – Tom Zawistowski
https://townhall.com/columnists/tomzawistowski/2018/08/18/building-a-dam-to-stop-the-blue-wave-n2510740

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cuomo-to-trump-america-is-great-because-it-rejects-your-hate-filled-agenda

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Univision Host Suggests Jeff Sessions Is a Hypocrite Because He Ate Dinner at a Mexican Restaurant – MADISON SUMMERS
https://ijr.com/2018/08/1117028-univision-jeff-sessions-hypocrite-mexican-restaurant/

 

THE HILL
— Trump: Let ‘good and bad’ voices speak on social media – ALICIA COHN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being bad for the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Republican candidates, etc. Most commonly, a) they hint/imply/argue/shout that I am “too conservative” and b) they demonize, denigrate, and condemn my promotion of the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks in the IRP platform.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/402449-trump-let-good-and-bad-voices-speak-on-social-media
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump haters promote hatred of Trump.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/402425-cuomo-fires-back-at-trump-america-is-great-because-it-rejects

 

POLITICO
— As Trump and Republicans rage, Cuomo admits comment was ‘inartful’ – JIMMY VIELKIND (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2018/08/17/as-trump-and-republicans-rage-cuomo-admits-comment-was-inartful-562925

 

CBS LOS ANGELES
— Omarosa May Have As Many As 200 Tapes (DIERSEN: During August and September of 1997, if I had recorded the threats that my Democrat GAO superiors made to me to force me to take their early retirement “offer,” a) my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial would not have been denied and b) the jury would have ruled in my favor.)
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/08/17/report-omarosa-may-have-as-many-as-200-tapes/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— In a Divided Era, One Thing Seems to Unite: Political Anger – Jeremy W. Peters (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who is full of political anger? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/us/politics/political-fights.html
— Women-Only Group Ditches Harvard – Jonah Engel Bromwich
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/style/harvard-delta-gamma-sorority-close.html

— Why Are Republicans Covering Up Brett Kavanaugh’s Past? – Editorial (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that is in your past that you are hiding? My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I am hiding the following: I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/opinion/republicans-brett-kavanaugh-senate.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump says he’s already ‘MADE America Great Again’ in shot at Cuomo – Bob Fredericks
https://nypost.com/2018/08/17/trump-says-hes-already-made-america-great-again-in-shot-at-cuomo/

WASHINGTON POST
— Nixon had an enemies list. Now so does Trump. – Michael E. Miller (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have worked the hardest to paint themselves as being one of my enemies.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/08/17/nixon-had-an-enemies-list-now-so-does-trump/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Omarosa is exposing Trump’s deeply twisted view of loyalty.” All my critics/opponents a) demand blind loyalty and b) focus on destroying those like me who do not give them blind loyalty.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/08/17/omarosa-is-exposing-trumps-deeply-twisted-view-of-loyalty/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump mayor says Trump does ‘plenty of racist things.’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/17/los-angeles-mayor-eric-garcetti-donald-trump-does-racist-things/1017770002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chicago Has Another Bond for You The city may try to paper over its pension woes with new debt. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-has-another-bond-for-you-1534546800
— When Digital Platforms Become Censors Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other tech giants say that they’re open forums. What happens when they start to shut down voices they consider beyond the pale? – Glenn Harlan Reynolds
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-digital-platforms-become-censors-1534514122
— Google Outgrows Its Youthful Ideals In middle age, the search giant’s motto has gone from ‘Don’t be evil’ to something more like ‘Get real.’
Google’s leaders’ display of a more pragmatic side risks alienating both its employees and its users. – Christopher Mims
https://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-risky-pragmatism-1534427069
— What Your Car Knows About You Auto makers are figuring out how to monetize drivers’ data – Christina Rogers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-your-car-knows-about-you-1534564861
— Shall We Have Civil War or Second Thoughts? – Lance Morrow
https://www.wsj.com/articles/shall-we-have-civil-war-or-second-thoughts-1534544477
— Blue State ‘Charity’ Rubbing SALT into the wounds of school-choice scholarships. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/blue-state-charity-1534546826

 

BLOOMBERG
— GOP Senator Wants to Freeze Labor Dept. Employee Raises – Tyrone Richardson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that because of cost of living adjustments, step increases, and promotions, my federal salary increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 except for 1980 when I took a $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $15.85/hour in 1966 to $125,325/year in 1997. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.bna.com/gop-senator-wants-n73014481831/

 

FORBES
— EEOC Head On Age Discrimination By Employers – Chris Farrell (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2018/08/17/eeoc-head-on-age-discrimination-by-employers/#17513f228867

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “GOP’s Fate in the Midterms Is in the Hands of Women.” Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout at women and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/gops-fate-in-the-midterms-is-in-the-hands-of-women.html

August 17 Evening Edition

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
— Civil Service Opportunity School – Ben Woodward (DIERSEN: The subject line for the email that transmitted this is “The federal government is hiring conservatives.” I should conduct a similar “Civil Service Opportunity School” in Chicago. Despite my Democrat superiors’ best efforts to waste my career and to get rid of me, despite their getting rid of my first mentor in 1975, despite their getting rid of my second mentor in 1987, and despite my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988, I nevertheless survived a) for almost 3 years working part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969, b) for almost 9 years working for IRS 1971-1980, and c) for almost 18 years working for GAO 1980-1997. Further, IRS promoted me to GS-9 (currently $55,905) in 1972, to GS-11 (currently $67,638) in 1973, and to GS-12 (currently $81,071) in 1974 and GAO promoted me to GS-13 (currently $96,403) in 1986. In today’s dollars, my ending salary was $125,325.  I have not heard that Trump has disavowed “up-or-out,” so federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should still expect to be gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees get promoted that fast. Of course, prospective federal employees should be advised that virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
https://www.leadershipinstitute.org/Training/school.cfm?schoolID=37808
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: What you will learn No longer should conservatives allow liberals to monopolize the bureaucracy. Learn from top Washington insiders how to break into the liberal dominated Civil Service. The Leadership Institute’s Civil Service Opportunity School teaches you how to get a job and succeed in the Civil Service. Whether you are a newcomer to Washington, D.C. or you are looking for a career change, this intensive three-day seminar gives you the tools you need to begin your career in the Civil Service. Topics covered include: The hiring process Creative ways to enter government  Which departments are right for you  The political management of the bureaucracy)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State fair shows how politicians try to ’emphasize, exploit and exacerbate’ Illinois geography for political gain – Rick Pearson, Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-politics-geography-20180816-story.html
— Trump says he plans to revoke security clearance for Justice Department official Bruce Ohr ‘very quickly’ – John Wagner and Karen DeYoung
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-security-clearances-20180817-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools ‘failed to recognize’ extent of systemwide sexual abuse problem – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-schools-sexual-abuse-report-20180816-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump is manic, lashing out. Obama, the Bushes, Clinton and Carter should speak up.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-trump-brennan-security-clearance-huppke-20180817-story.html
— We want to hear from readers: What do you want Illinois’ next governor to prioritize? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats want Illinois’ next governor to focus on driving 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/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-governor-election-candidate-positions-20180814-story.html
— Election Q and A Suzanne Fahnestock, interim director of the DuPage Election Commission, will talk about how elections are conducted in DuPage County at the League of Women Voters Naperville’s 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, meeting at the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St. The meeting is also an open house for those interested in learning more about the organization. For more information, go to www.lwvnaperville.org.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-this-week-naperville-st-0819-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Misleading campaign mailers go out as long as they poll well – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-election-mailers-campaign/
— Rahm fattens warchest by $539K, with generous servings from restaurants, hotels – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-fattens-warchest-539000-restaurants-hotels-melman-lettuce-entertain-fundraising/
— The whole world watched: 50 years after the 1968 Chicago convention – Neil Steinberg (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1968? I was a full-time student at UIC and a part-time employee for the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I sold my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I saved money for college expenses.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/1968-democratic-national-convention-chicago-protests-riots-50th-anniversary/
— Trump at 36 percent approval among African-Americans: poll – USA TODAY
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-african-american-approval-rating/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use immigrants to demonize Republicans, to denigrate Republicans, and to condemn Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/family-separation-migrant-immigration-zero-tolerance-president-donald-trump-senator-dick-durbin/
— Madigan court foe Gonzales backs Pritzker, says speaker and Rauner must go – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-court-foe-gonzales-backs-pritzker-says-speaker-and-rauner-must-go/

 

WLS AM
— Bill Cameron: “their spending on the campaign so far is over $100 million, it’s just insane.” – Kimberly Kaczmarek
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/08/17/bill-cameron-what-their-spending-on-the-campaign-so-far-is-over-100-million-its-just-insane/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— An unfortunate political encounter – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180816/our-view-unfortunate-political-encounter

 

FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— Asian carp samples given at Illinois State Fair
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/asian-carp-samples-given-at-illinois-state-fair
— Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti hosts Narcan training session at Illinois State Fair
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/lt-gov-sanguinetti-hosts-narcan-training-session-at-illinois-state-fair

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Former Intel Chiefs: White House Using Security Clearances As A ‘Political Tool’ – SARAH MCCAMMON
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/former-intel-chiefs-white-house-using-security-clearances-political-tool#stream/0

 

NAPERVILLE NALN
— Naperville Area Leaders Network – NALN
https://www.facebook.com/napernaln/
(ACCORDING TO A REPORT: Great turnout of 50 people for tonight’s NALN event featuring Jim Mendrick and Steve Chirico in Naperville. Attendees included Coyne, Mendrick, MacKay, Janice Anderson, Patty Smith, Rising, Jacks, Kenn Miller, Wentz, Brad Miller, and Bruce Hanson.)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry Township Trustee Applicants Revealed – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/17/mchenry-township-trustee-applicants-revealed/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— RAUNER SIGNS BILL PREVENTING PROFESSIONAL LICENSE SUSPENSION FOR STUDENT LOAN DELINQUENCIES – Amy Korte (DIERSEN: I earned a CPA license in 1981 when I was 32 years old.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/rauner-signs-bill-preventing-professional-license-suspension-for-student-loan-delinquencies/
— RAUNER SIGNS BILL ALLOWING CONSOLIDATION OF MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICTS – Mindy Ruckman
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/rauner-signs-bill-allowing-consolidation-of-mosquito-abatement-districts/
— RAUNER SIGNS BILL SHEDDING LIGHT ON SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE SPENDING – Mindy Ruckman
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/rauner-signs-bill-shedding-light-on-school-district-administrative-spending/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Asian carp sandwiches served at Lt. Gov.’s tent at Illinois State Fair – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/outdoorsenvironment/asian-carp-sandwiches-served-at-lt-gov-s-tent-at/article_467de3da-a192-11e8-9baf-23419b2fda84.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NATIONAL LEGAL IMMIGRATION GROUP: WITH REPUBLICANS LIKE RAUNER, WHO NEEDS DEMOCRATS?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/national-legal-immigration-group-with-republicans-like-rauner-who-needs-democrats.html
— LATEST LEFTIST ATTEMPT TO REVIVE THE ERA WON’T WORK, ANDY SCHLAFLY SAYS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/latest-leftist-attempt-to-revive-the-era-wont-work-andy-schlafly-says.html
— IVES: “ANY DEM THAT SAYS THEY SUPPORT BUSINESS IS LYING TO YOU”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/ives-any-dem-that-says-they-support-business-is-lying-to-you.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner says “left-leaning” Chicago press is “plenty biased”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/17/rauner-says-left-leaning-chicago-press-is-plenty-biased/
— Illinois rated second most likely governor’s office to flip parties
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/17/illinois-rated-second-most-likely-governors-office-to-flip-parties/
— “If any region should feel alienated from state government, it’s the suburbanites”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/17/if-any-region-should-feel-alienated-from-state-government-its-the-suburbanites/
— Democratic legislator files resolution condemning “scofflaw counties” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment so that they can confiscate all the firearms and all the ammunition that Republicans own.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/17/democratic-legislator-files-resolution-condemning-scofflaw-counties/
— Are the Democrats unified? (DIERSEN: Democrats are unified 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, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/17/are-the-democrats-unified/
— Rauner ad gets it wrong, but Pritzker needs to end his silence
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/17/rauner-ad-gets-it-wrong-but-pritzker-needs-to-end-his-silence/

 

FOX NEWS
— Rahm Emanuel under increasing fire for linking Chicago violence and morals in minority neighborhoods – Barnini Chakraborty
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/17/rahm-emanuel-under-increasing-fire-for-linking-chicago-violence-and-morals-in-minority-neighborhoods.html

 

GOPUSA
— DEA plans to combat Mexican drug cartels with new enforcement group in Chicago
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52686
— Identity Politics: A Cynical Electoral Tactic (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52681

 

DAILY CALLER
— BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES IN NEW MEXICO – Neetu Chandak
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/17/border-wall-new-mexico/?utm_medium=email
— KELLYANNE CONWAY ACCUSES PRESS OF BEING ‘OBSESSED’ WITH TRUMP – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/17/kellyanne-conway-media-obsessed-with-trump/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The “Enemy Of The People” Media Were On The Wrong Side In The Revolution – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28568

 

THE HILL
— Trump calls Justice official Bruce Ohr a ‘disgrace,’ vows to revoke clearance – JORFAN FABIAN AND MORGAN CHALFANT (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are a disgrace? My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a disgrace a) because I was a Republican, b) because I avoided the draft, c) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, d) because I would not help them get rid of employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and e) because in 1988 when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/402324-trump-prepared-to-revoke-doj-officials-security-clearance

 

POLITICO
— Richard Uihlein, one of the top donors of 2018, has dropped tens of millions of dollars only to watch most of his picks go down. – NATASHA KORECKI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/17/richard-uihlein-gop-donor-losing-candidates-784146

 

CNN
— Teens who vape or use hookah are more likely to use marijuana later, study finds – Maritza Moulite
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/06/health/vape-hookah-marijuana-teens-study/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Can I Cure My White Guilt? – Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond (DIERSEN: Democrats promote White guilt to promote Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/style/white-guilt-privilege.html

 

USA TODAY
— Florida school districts defying hazy rules on the use of medical marijuana for students – Keona Gardner
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/10/florida-schools-medical-marijuana-policies-mixed-messages/957250002/

 

BOND BUYER
— Illinois offering document paints a gloomier picture than its politicians – Yvette Shields
https://www.bondbuyer.com/news/illinois-pos-counters-politicians-balanced-budget-claims

August 17 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Trump says he cancelled military parade, citing ‘ridiculously high’ price tag – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-says-he-cancelled-military-parade-citing-ridiculously-high-price-tag/3981473/
— College student home from U.S. Senate internship shot in Riverdale – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/college-student-home-from-us-senate-internship-shot-in-riverdale/3977767/

 

CBS2
— U.S. Senate Adopts Resolution Declaring “The Press Is Not The Enemy Of The People” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream media a) defends and advances the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and the Green Party platform and b) demonizes, denigrates, and condemns the Republican Party platform.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/16/senate-adopts-resolution-declaring-press-not-enemy-people/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 76 people overdose in Connecticut park near Yale – AP (DIERSEN: What percentage of those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois talk and/or act a) like they want to smoke pot, b) like they smoke pot, c) like they want to make money selling pot, and/or d) like they want government to take in lots of tax revenue from legalizing pot? Who leads the fight against pot in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? If/when the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs legalize pot in Illinois, and if municipalities and counties can ban the sale of pot in their jurisdictions, I am going to lead the fight to get Wheaton and DuPage County to be the first municipality and the first county in Illinois to ban the sale of pot in their jurisdictions.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/yale-new-haven-connecticut-park-overdoses-synthetic-marijuana-k2/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The number of overdose victims linked to a suspected bad batch of synthetic marijuana has risen to 76 in New Haven, Connecticut, as officials try to determine exactly what sickened people. People on and around the historic New Haven Green near Yale University began falling ill shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday, and the overdoses continued into Thursday morning. No deaths were reported, and most people brought to hospitals have been discharged, officials said. Symptoms varied. Many victims lost consciousness, officials said. Others vomited. Some just became nauseous or lethargic. City officials said police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel will staff a command post on the Green for the time being, and social workers and private health outreach workers will be on hand. Toxicology testing remained incomplete Thursday. Some victims tested positive for the powerful opioid fentanyl, but it appeared most if not all the overdoses were caused only by a potent batch of “K2” synthetic marijuana, said Dr. Kathryn Hawk, an emergency medicine physician and professor at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where many of the victims were treated.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel says O’Hare protest wouldn’t ‘secure and strengthen the entire city of Chicago’ – Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-ohare-protest-20180816-story.html
— The new employee perk that’s slowly taking hold: Help for those caring for aging parents – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-working-caregivers-0819-story.html
— Illinois’ overdose crisis getting worse, mirroring nationwide trend, CDC says – John Keilman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-opioid-overdose-deaths-cdc-20180816-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-reagan-ronald-patti-davis-media-0817-story.html
— Connecticut police work to stop pot overdoses after 76 fall ill – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-ct–city-green-overdoses-20180816-story.html
— Congressman’s son rips him for ‘ruining’ FBI agent’s career – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–virginia-congressman-sons-tweets-20180813-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— ‘How I run my office is absolutely none of your business’: Lauzen, McMahon spar at Kane meeting – Jim Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180816/how-i-run-my-office-is-absolutely-none-of-your-business-lauzen-mcmahon-spar-at-kane-meeting
— DuPage voters to weigh in on consolidation, possible taxes – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180817/dupage-voters-to-weigh-in-on-consolidation-possible-taxes
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote anti-Trumps.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180816/editorial-keep-the-conversation-about-free-press-alive
— Are you in good enough shape to be an FBI agent? We took the test. – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: When you were young, could you have passed the test? I could not. While my having had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease) has not harmed my ability to walk or ride a bike, it has severely harmed my ability to run. Further, a) my eyesight has never been correctable to 20/20 and I have always had partial red/green color blindness.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180817/are-you-in-good-enough-shape-to-be-an-fbi-agent-we-took-the-test
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Of course, it requires much more than being in shape to make it as an FBI agent. But to meet the bureau’s fitness standards, a candidate must post a satisfactory result in four physical tests: number of situps in 60 seconds; a 300-meter sprint; maximum consecutive push-ups; and a 1½-mile run. To add to the difficulty, candidates move from one event to the next with just 5 minutes of rest in between.)
— Harper College wants to keep tax increase in place to fund $180 million in upgrades – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180817/harper-college-wants-to-keep-tax-increase-in-place-to-fund-180-million-in-upgrades

 

WTTW
— Rauner Uses State Fair to Compare Opponent to Swine
https://video.wttw.com/video/rauner-uses-state-fair-compare-opponent-swine-ez5xgl/

 

WBBM 780
— Congressman Kinzinger And Opponent Sara Dady Feud On Facebook After Staffer Knocks On Door – MIKE KRAUSER
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/congressman-kinzinger-and-opponent-sara-dady-feud-facebook-after-staffer-knocks-door

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Democrats say downstate counties can go their way – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180816/illinois-democrats-say-downstate-counties-can-go-their-way

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Allies, not enemies – Editorial (DIERSEN: The mainstream new media is an ally of the Democrat Party, and therefore, it is an enemy of the Republican Party.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-08-16/editorial-allies-not-enemies.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner paying no attention to issues – Dick Zaker, Decatur
https://herald-review.com/opinion/letters/rauner-paying-no-attention-to-issues/article_8afbef2b-9f6d-5a87-aeee-07c4f4eb1b06.html

 

CANTON DAILY REGISTER
— Illinois has led in banning employer ‘no-poaching’ pacts – Bill Knight (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, consistent with their “up-or-out” policy and their needing to meet Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, they wanted other employers to poach their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.cantondailyledger.com/news/20180816/illinois-has-led-in–banning-employer–no-poaching-pacts

 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Lake County worries about flooding impact from Foxconn – Lee Bergquist
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/16/new-clash-illinois-county-worries-flooding-foxconn/1000955002/

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Stand in defense of the truth. Don’t let Trump label journalists as the enemy.”
    https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-stand-in-defense-of-the-truth-don-t-let/article_c00c0d05-9080-56ef-8a58-a7ea5467c92d.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Dems Vow Down-Ballot Effort, Red-State Reach – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: One could say that those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) are united against those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that support Trump and the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the IRP platform.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/dems-vow-down-ballot-effort-red-state-reach#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: They began by stressing how united they are as a party heading into the fall campaign. “There’s a basic rule in Illinois politics: The political party that remains united wins the election,” said Speaker of the Illinois House and chairman of the state Democratic Party Michael Madigan.)
— Rauner Offers Rare Public Display Of Affection For Trump – JACLYN DRISCOLL
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/rauner-offers-rare-public-display-affection-trump#stream/0
— Colorado Baker Sues State Again, After Refusing To Make Cake For Transgender Woman – JAMES DOUBEK
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/colorado-baker-sues-state-again-after-refusing-make-cake-transgender-woman#stream/0

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Rauner rallies Republicans at Governor’s Day: ‘We’ve got to fight’ – Rachel Droze
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/rauner-rallies-republicans-at-governors-day-weve-got-to-fight-08-16-2018

 

WSIL TV
— Gun safety group holds Be SMART Training – Brooke Schlyer
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38903816/gun-safety-group-holds-be-smart-training

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— 5 REFERENDUMS ON NOV. 6 BALLOT IN KANE COUNTY
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/08/5-referendums-on-nov-6-ballot-in-kane-county/

 

CRYSTAL LAKE PATCH
— Psychiatrist Stabbed After Denying Pot Prescription A Crystal Lake man now faces attempted murder and armed violence charges – Amie Rowland
https://patch.com/illinois/crystallake/psychiatrist-stabbed-after-denying-pot-prescription-authorities

 

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— Annual Celebrating Diversity Reception, September 10 – Julie Barnhill (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2018/08/annual-celebrating-diversity-reception-september-10/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Survey: Illinois’ small business owners say state has failed them – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? How has Illinois failed those who share your demographics?)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/survey-illinois-small-business-owners-say-state-has-failed-them/article_43c06bd4-a0b8-11e8-bf88-a7f2cffcf46d.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER TELLS CONSERVATIVES WHY THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR HIM IN NOVEMBER (DIERSEN: It would be great if Rauner would pledge to take no further action against the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. It would be even greater if he would pledge to defend and advance all the planks in the IRP platform, and especially its traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/08/gov-rauner-tells-conservatives-why-they-should-vote-for-him-in-november.html

 

BREITBART
— Rahm Emanuel Responds to Chicago Bloodshed by Pushing More Gun Control – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/16/rahm-emanuel-responds-to-chicago-bloodshed-by-pushing-more-gun-control/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GAO: Govt. spent $2.5 billion to jail criminal migrants in 2016 – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/16/govt-spent-25-billion-jail-criminal-migrants-2016/

 

CBN NEWS
— The Media Can Dish It Out But They Sure Can’t Take It – Dale Hurd
http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/august/the-media-can-dish-it-out-but-they-sure-cant-take-it

 

CONSERVATIVE TRIBUNE
— Democrat Candidate Caught on Camera Stealing Opponent’s Flyer – LISA PAYNE-NAEGER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps in my precinct, including those who are registered Republican voters, talk and/or act like they have been told to disrespect, to be rude to, to be nasty to, to be mean to, to harass, and/or to threaten me and anyone else who brings Republican literature to their door.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/democrat-candidate-caught-stealing-flyer/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Marxism and Marriage – David Solway
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/marxism_and_marriage.html

 

CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— Canadian Christian College Drops Sex Standards in Law School Bid – Morgan Lee
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/august/trinity-western-community-covenant-canada-law-school-twu.html

 

THE HILL
— Bernie Sanders socialism moves to Democratic mainstream – AMIE PARNES
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/402251-bernie-sanders-socialism-moves-to-democratic-mainstream

 

CNN
— Clapper: Trump sending ‘chilling’ message (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have sent me many chilling messages. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/08/16/james-clapper-intv-john-brennan-security-clearance-first-amendment-trump-sot-newday-vpx.cnn
— Clapper: Trump is retaliating against an ‘enemies list’ – Jennifer Hansler (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being my enemies.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/politics/james-clapper-brennan-trump-security-clearance-cnntv/index.html
— Key GOP senators say they have no issue with Trump revoking Brennan’s security clearance – Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Daniella Diaz and Clare Foran (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican in Illinois have “no issue” with the adverse actions that those who dominate the 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, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. have taken against me.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/politics/republican-senators-john-brennan-security-clearance/index.html

 

CBS NEWS
— Newspapers don’t help themselves by coordinating against Trump – MICHAEL GRAHAM (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how my critics/opponents coordinate against me. Some of them reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks. Some of them reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution. Some of them focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. Some of them were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-newspapers-dont-help-themselves-by-coordinating-against-trump/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says that Trump uses the tools of government to punish his critics. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who use the tools of religion, government, politics, finance, etc. to punish me. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/opinion/donald-trump-john-brennan-security-clearance.html
— Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” is the most empowering popular song ever. Could we have shown her more? Just a little bit, our critic writes. – Wesley Morris (DIERSEN: Who are the most disrespectful people in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about the most disrespectful people in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/arts/music/respect-aretha-franklin-death.html
— What it’s Like to Intern at The New York Times – Claire Ballantine (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://open.nytimes.com/what-its-like-to-intern-at-the-new-york-times-3d27af36715
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Working on the Luxury Sales team has been amazing, but I think that out of all the projects I’ve done this summer my most fulfilling project has been my Maker Week project. I worked on a Diversity & Inclusion project with interns from a variety of departments to create an employee resource site. The idea came from the fact that many people were unaware of diversity initiatives throughout the company so we thought that creating a database and website to record the diversity initiatives would be a great internal resource and create visibility for the programs. First, we gathered all the information about the diversity initiatives to create the database. Second, we interviewed different people in the company like A.G. Sulzberger, Dean Baquet, Meredith Kopit Levien and other employees involved in diversity initiatives. Lastly, we formatted the website to hold the database, show diversity efforts in recruiting, the newsroom and the business side. We also added a tab for various conferences based on departments. Our showcase at Maker Week was great because employees seemed really interested in the accessibility of the website. It was one of the best projects I’ve worked on and I’m so glad to have been a part of it. I think this project really taught me to be bold in my work. I spoke to all these amazing people by just emailing them and taking a chance and it worked out which was amazing. I’ve also been a diversity advocate throughout my years in school and this project showed me how an idea from one of my passions can become a useful reality. In the fall, I’ll be heading back to Syracuse University to be a Resident Advisor for my last year. I’ll also be a peer facilitator for our first diversity-oriented freshman forum. I want to use the skills I’ve learned in this internship to create something amazing on my campus that is fueled by my passion just like I got to create at The New York Times.)
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Facebook Ad Service Is Seen As Ripe for Political Trickery – Natasha Singer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/facebook-microtargeting-advertising.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump journalist says “Show of Unity in Face of Mockery and Threats.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/business/media/news-media-editorials-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump journalist says “Trump Says Newspapers Are in Collusion.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/us/politics/trump-news-media-collusion.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Signed a Trump Nondisclosure Agreement? Get banned from the airwaves – ROSS ROSENFELD
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-sign-a-trump-nda-get-banned-from-the-airwaves-20180816-story.html

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at immigrants and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats want to use immigrants to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/08/16/immigrants-who-change-america-are-its-lifeblood/M6Aam5KzgBwls5aFiTyYhK/story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Youth Unemployment Hits 52-Year Low Data suggest more opportunities are available to some groups that historically struggled to find jobs – Andrew Duehren (DIERSEN: When you were young, would you have taken the jobs that I did? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; and pumped gasoline 1971-1972. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that the aforesaid jobs were bad jobs, b) that my taking the aforesaid jobs proves that I am bad, and c) that they would never have stooped to take the aforesaid jobs.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/youth-unemployment-hits-52-year-low-1534455755

 

BLOOMBERG
— Funerals Are Becoming One Last Extravagant Display of Wealth – Olivia Carville
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-17/rolls-royce-hearse-7-million-crypt-are-final-displays-of-power

 

NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites.
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/08/16/deradicalizing-white-people/

 

BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that Aretha Franklin was an anti-Trump.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/aretha-franklin-frequently-bashed-trump-in-private-blew-off-inauguration-invite-5

 

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/567694/jose-antonio-vargas/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Anti-war protest on 50th anniversary of 1968 Democratic National Convention (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1968? I was a full-time student at UIC and a part-time employee for the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I sold my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE. I saved money for college expenses.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Anti-war-protest-on-50th-anniversary-of-1968-Democratic-National-Convention-/63814.html

August 16 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner’s pitch to GOP: J.B. Pritzker will bring ‘more corruption,’ ‘higher taxes’ – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-republicans-state-fair-20180815-story.html
— Illinois GOP — Rauner’s “No. 1 place” to give
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-thursday-20180815-story.html
— Rep. Hultgren says America’s ‘immigration laws need to be fixed’ at Yorkville town hall – Linda Girardi (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. In Illinois, if you do not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform, including its immigration plank, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-yorkville-town-hall-st-0816-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: 20,000 CPS freshman seats unfilled – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-schools-under-enrollment-20180815-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Thousands of CPS high school seats unfilled despite new application process – Alexandra Arriaga and Tanveer Ali
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/thousands-cps-public-high-school-seats-unfilled-gocps-application-jones-college-prep/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200 pulls back on new Jefferson center, looks to referendum after all – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180815/district-200-pulls-back-on-new-jefferson-center-looks-to-referendum-after-all
— She works for Trump. He can’t stand him. This is life for Kellyanne and George Conway. – Ben Terris (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, how do you communicate with Republican voters in a home when anti-Republican voters in that home do everything that they can to stop you?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180816/she-works-for-trump-he-cant-stand-him-this-is-life-for-kellyanne-and-george-conway
— Hultgren said election security starts with dedicated polling place workers – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180816/hultgren-said-election-security-starts-with-dedicated-polling-place-workers
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps viciously demonize you, viciously denigrate you, and viciously condemn you if you do not glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens. Ever increasingly, anti-Trumps count on foreign countries and their citizens to help Democrats destroy America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180816/fox-seems-to-be-hosting-a-constant-anti-immigrant-olympics

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Corporate Chicago needs to do better on diversity Chicago may not hold the title of the best city for minority talent advancement or minority business success. But we can and we should. – GLORIA CASTILLO (DIERSEN: Will corporate Chicago bring in Charles Bowsher? Bowsher had great success during the 1980s and 1990s at GAO a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) making way for them by getting rid of GAO’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO had not promoted to 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. Will corporate Chicago adopt a formal “up-or-out” policy of firing its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who are not earning at least $100,000 by age 25, $115,000 by age 30, $135,000 by age 35, and $165,000 by age 40?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/corporate-chicago-needs-do-better-diversity

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner: 2018 election is ‘one of most important’ in Illinois history – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180815/rauner-2018-election-is-one-of-most-important-in-illinois-history
— City, local NAACP marks 110th anniversary of 1908 Race Riots with new memorials – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing in 1908? My grandfather on my father’s side helped his father operate Crete’s only a hardware store. My grandmother on my father’s side helped her parents operate a farm in Crete. My grandparents on my mother’s side helped their parents operate farms in Grant Park near the Indiana border.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180814/city-local-naacp-marks-110th-anniversary-of-1908-race-riots-with-new-memorials

 

TIMES
— Kinzinger criticizes Dady campaign on social media Democratic challenger defends canvassing visit – Derek Barichello
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/08/14/kinzinger-criticizes-dady-campaign-on-social-media/a1704ia/

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— LaHood touts lock and dam upgrades during visit to Illinois River lock – Doug Wilson (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors tout a) their success in hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) their success in making way for the aforesaid by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.whig.com/20180815/lahood-touts-lock-and-dam-upgrades-during-visit-to-illinois-river-lock#//

 

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Hultgren talks issues at Yorkville event billed as ‘town hall’ – TONY SCOTT
http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2018/08/13/hultgren-talks-issues-at-yorkville-event-billed-as-town-hall/ajzpz2u/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— In face of lawsuit, Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200 plans to put proposed childhood center on ballot
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/08/16/in-face-of-lawsuit-district-200-plans-to-put-proposed-childhood-center-on-ballot/aioqqbu/

 

ILLINOIS PATCH
— Money Magazine: Here’s Where Illinois Colleges Rank MONEY ranked more than 700 of the best colleges based on quality of education, affordability and outcomes. Here’s how our colleges ranked. – Shannon Antinori
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/money-magazine-here-s-where-illinois-colleges-rank

 

WHEATON-WARRENVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT 200
— Board of Education tables action on new Jefferson Early Childhood Center and schedules an August 20 Special Meeting to consider a November referendum – Erica Loiacono
https://medium.com/district-200-newsroom/board-of-education-tables-action-on-new-jefferson-early-childhood-center-and-schedules-an-august-20-909bfe199a04

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— RAUNER walks TRUMP tightrope at state fair; SEX-HARASSMENT panel makes recommendations – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/08/16/rauner-walks-trump-tightrope-at-state-fair-sex-harassment-panel-makes-recommendations-and-lightfoot-pushes-back-on-violence-298567

 

ILLINOIS POLITICS BLOG
— PRITZKER LEADS RAUNER BY 11 POINTS IN LATEST ILLINOIS POLL (Pritzker’s lead down from 15 points six weeks ago. – Rod McCulloch (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote Rod McCulloch.)
https://www.illinoispoliticsblog.com/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Roskam on Medicare Red Tape Cutting
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/15/roskam-medicare-red-tape-cutting/
— Governor Amendatorily Vetoes Marengo Rescue Squad Referendum Tax Hike Bill, Says Taxpayers Should Be Able to Cut Taxes, Too
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/08/15/governor-amendatorily-vetoes-marengo-rescue-squad-referendum-tax-hike-bill-says-taxpayers-able-cut-taxes/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Dodge blames Springfield corruption, complacency for CPS sexual abuse scandal – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511529899-dodge-blames-springfield-corruption-complacency-for-cps-sexual-abuse-scandal

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— RETIRING AS EARLY AS AGE 50, SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL PENSIONERS BANK OVER $1M – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/retiring-as-early-as-age-50-springfield-municipal-pensioners-bank-over-1m/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— A Free Press – Our thoughts… – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/08/a-free-press-our-thoughts/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Time for Illinois Attorney General’s office to take on corruption here – Brett Rowland
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-time-for-illinois-attorney-general-s-office-to/article_0ef67f3a-a09d-11e8-997e-d7de764963da.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rodney Davis’ field director arrested for alleged fight at opponent’s campaign event
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/16/rodney-davis-field-director-arrested-for-alleged-fight-at-opponents-campaign-event/
— Senger agrees Rauner is “lesser of two evils”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/16/senger-agrees-rauner-is-lesser-of-two-evils/
— Lay off the ageism, Jason
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/16/lay-off-the-ageism-jason/
— Harold goes on the attack
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/16/harold-goes-on-the-attack/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrat Andrew Cuomo: America ‘was never that great’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52589
— Pearl Jam releases poster depicting dead president and burning White House
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52584
— Fake News: Newspapers collusion to publish anti-Trump editorials on same day proves Trump’s point
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52612
— The anti-bigotry bigots at work (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give them standing to destroy those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52361

 

FOX NEWS
— Joe Biden ‘under doctor’s orders’ to skip Democrat Day at Illinois State Fair, reports say – Amy Lieu (DIERSEN: If you were asked what evidences your good health, what would you say? I would say that since 2000, health problems have never stopped me from putting a GOPUSA Illinois email together and sending it out. Since 2004, I have put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. It takes 5+ hours to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email.)
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/15/joe-biden-under-doctors-orders-to-skip-democrat-day-at-illinois-state-fair-reports-say.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— CANADIAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY CAVES ON HOMOSEXUALITY – David Krayden
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/15/christian-university-caves-on-homosexuality/
— DOCTOR TELLS JOE BIDEN TO STAY HOME ON ‘DEMOCRAT DAY’ – David Krayden (DIERSEN: If you were asked what evidences your good health, what would you say? I would say that since 2000, health problems have never stopped me from putting a GOPUSA Illinois email together and sending it out. Since 2004, I have put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. It takes 5+ hours to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/15/biden-misses-democrat-day-doctors-orders/
— #METOO ACTIVISTS ARE AWFULLY QUIET ABOUT THE ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST KEITH ELLISON – Stephanie Hamill
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/15/keith-ellison-metoo-dnc/

 

BREITBART
— Tucker Carlson: If Children of Illegal Aliens Are Given U.S. Citizenship, Why Should I Pay Taxes? – Jon Binder (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/15/watch-tucker-carlson-if-children-of-illegal-aliens-are-given-u-s-citizenship-why-should-i-pay-taxes/

 

HANNITY
— BIDEN’S HEALTH: Democrat Official Says Former VP Under Doctor’s Orders ‘NOT TO TRAVEL’ (DIERSEN: If you were asked what evidences your good health, what would you say? I would say that since 2000, health problems have never stopped me from putting a GOPUSA Illinois email together and sending it out. Since 2004, I have put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. It takes 5+ hours to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email.)
https://www.hannity.com/media-room/bidens-health-democrat-official-says-former-vp-under-doctors-orders-not-to-travel/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— MASTERCARD ORDERS CRITIC OF JIHAD DROPPED Islam expert Robert Spencer points to influence of far-left SPLC – ART MOORE
https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/mastercard-orders-critic-of-jihad-dropped/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Media Strike Back – THEODORE KUPFER
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-media-strikes-back/

 

THE HILL
— Are Trump’s Nondisclosure Agreements legal? – STEPHEN M. KOHN
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/judicial/402027-are-trumps-ndas-legal
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s big wall isn’t going anywhere.”
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/401630-trumps-big-wall-isnt-going-anywhere-and-the-polls-show-why

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Texas Democrats Discard Washington Platform in Bid for House Control – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/us/politics/democrats-house-midterm-campaign.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Is Trump a Regular Guy?” and says “Yes, an Ex-Aide Says, Sometimes He Drives His Rolls-Royce.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/us/politics/trump-regular-people-corey-lewandowski.html
— Protesters in Russia Accuse Government of Entrapping Young Critics – Neil MacFarquhar and Ivan Nechepurenko
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/world/europe/russia-online-extremism-teenagers.html

 

USA TODAY
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: School violence skyrockets across USA, report finds – Marina Pitofsky
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/08/14/school-violence-us-schools/987901002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump investigative journalists say “What our investigative journalists expose isn’t fake news.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/08/14/what-our-investigative-journalists-expose-isnt-fake-news-column/992760002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “But the return of the Blame America First Democrats is bad news for the Democratic Party in 2020—and for the country as a whole.” – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/listen-to-the-democratic-left-1534374165
— Don’t Invite Me to a Party if It’s a Political One A good friend of mine says he ‘hates’ Paul Ryan. Hates! What motivates such an unseemly passion? – Joseph Epstein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-invite-me-to-a-party-if-its-a-political-one-1534374083
— The Case Against Cutting Class It’s a waste of money, and it’s bad for your mental health. – Jennifer L. Taitz (DIERSEN: Far too often, while I was a student at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969, I skipped Monday and Friday classes to earn more money working for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-case-against-cutting-class-1534374214

 

BLOOMBERG
— GOP Mega-Donor Richard Uihlein Struggles to Find a Winner in Midterm Races – John McCormick
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-16/gop-mega-donor-struggles-to-find-a-winner-in-midterm-races

 

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Have public employee pensions become more generous, or less? – Andrew G. Biggs
https://www.aei.org/publication/have-public-employee-pensions-become-more-generous-or-less/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, “newsrooms” 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.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2018-08-15/us-newsrooms-to-trump-were-not-enemies-of-the-people

 

PEW TRUSTS
— Olympia Fields: Where Black Homeownership Is the Norm – Tim Henderson
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/08/15/where-black-homeownership-is-the-norm

 

TECH REPUBLIC
— The top 10 most successful cities in the U.S. Based on median income, unemployment rate, and education rate, here are the most successful cities in the country. – Macy Bayern
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-top-10-most-successful-cities-in-the-us/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Zippia, a career search engine, found the most successful city in every US state. Using Census data from the 2012-2016 American Community Survey PUMS, Zippia ranked cities based on median income, unemployment rate, and education rate (percentage of residents over 25 with a bachelor’s degree). Each city’s success was measured on a scale of 1 to the number of cities in each state, along with the three variables above, and averaged those values to determine an individual index, according to Zippia’s announcement. The lower the score, the better the rating, said Zippia. Here are Zippia’s top 10 most successful US cities in 2018: 1. Glencoe, Illinois. . .Ranked first is Glencoe, Illinois, right outside of Chicago. With a median income of $185,320, unemployment rate of 1.5%, and education rate of 86.7%, Glencoe reigns supreme. In close proximity to Chicago, residents can escape the fast pace of the Windy City, while still being in close proximity to visit.)

 

THE WEEK
— Democrats’ massive primary turnout advantage fuels more predictions of a blue wave (DIERSEN: What percent of the Democrat voters in your precinct voted in the March 20, 2018 election versus Republican voters? Of the 137 registered Democrat voters in my precinct, 107 (78%) voted while of the 207 registered Republican voters, only 112 (54%) voted.)
http://theweek.com/speedreads/790397/democrats-massive-primary-turnout-advantage-fuels-more-predictions-blue-wave

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. What if the Union had not defeated the Confederacy, that is, what if Republicans had not defeated the Democrats?
http://prospect.org/article/sorry-sarah-sanders-black-job-creation-doesnt-excuse-racism

 

FED SMITH
— GAO Report Suggests Improvements for Handling Federal Employee Misconduct – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse employment actions against me, that is, disciplined me, because of my misconduct and a) NOT because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, or age discrimination, b) NOT because I complained about the aforesaid, and c) NOT because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 when I was 40 years old that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/08/15/report-suggests-improvements-handling-federal-employee-misconduct/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GAO said that an average of less than 1 percent (17,000) of the federal government’s 2.1 million employees are formally disciplined for misconduct annually. While this is a very small number, GAO notes that even a few cases of employee misconduct can have significant impacts on workplace morale and impede an agency’s efforts to achieve its mission. Based on data from the Office of Personnel Management, federal agencies made 10,249 suspensions, 7,411 removals, and 114 demotions for misconduct in 2016. However, GAO said that because of weaknesses in OPM’s data on employee misconduct, which is provided by the agencies, OPM is unable to accurately target supervisory training to address misconduct, and decision-makers do not know the full extent or nature of this misconduct. Examples of employee misconduct can include: time and attendance infractions, intoxication, workplace violence, physical aggression toward an employee, improper use of a government-issued credit card, misuse of government equipment (such as viewing pornography or gambling), use of public position for private gain, behavior that affects national security)

 

FED WEEK
— Age Discrimination, 50 Years Later – Editorial (DIERSEN: For federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, age discrimination starts at age 25. The federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who fail to 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. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotions.)
https://www.fedweek.com/publishers-perspective/age-discrimination-50-years-later/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal government officially outlawed age discrimination in the workplace 50 years ago and therefore it is now nothing but a distant memory. We now pause for the laughter to die down. Unfortunately, it is still with us—as are a number of other forms of bias also outlawed around the same time, not incidentally—according to the very agency that enforces the law in the federal workplace as in other workplaces, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act was passed in 1967 but its effective date was put off until June of the following year. The law barred discrimination on grounds of age with respect to any term, condition, or privilege of employment; barred retaliation for opposing employment practices that discriminate based on age or for filing an age discrimination charge; and generally barred including age preferences in job notices. Protection against bias on the basis of advanced age was an admirable foresight in a nation awash with young baby boomers. However, “After 50 years of a federal law whose purpose is to promote the employment of older workers based on ability, age discrimination remains too common and too accepted,” says an EEOC report. “Despite decades of research finding that age does not predict ability or performance, employers often fall back on precisely the ageist stereotypes the ADEA was enacted to prohibit.” While quantifying age discrimination is difficult—in part because, like other forms of discrimination it often is not formally reported—“the perception that age discrimination exists in our workplaces is prevalent,” it said. It cited a recent survey finding that more than 6 in 10 workers age 45 and older say they have seen or experienced age discrimination in the workplace and of those, 90 percent say it is somewhat or very common. This most frequently takes the form of unlawful firing, harassment, discriminatory terms of employment and discriminatory discipline, said the assessment of the nationwide workforce whose findings should be of special concern in the generally older federal workforce. For those who don’t have a job and are looking at an older age—such as in the common scenario of a federal employee who retires relatively young and wishes to continue working—things can be even worse. In another survey cited in the report, more than 3 of 4 older workers said their age was an obstacle to finding a job. It also cited studies that have documented age discrimination by employers as reflected by the share of job applicants who are called for an interview when applications contained an age, versus those that were age-neutral. Employers also have been found to be signaling a preference for younger workers by stating that “digital natives” are needed.)

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Being a Federal Employee, Simplified – Steve Goodrich (DIERSEN: Good rich should write about Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion. Goodrich should write about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Goodrich should write about how Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire Republicans, to not retain Republicans, to not promote Republicans, and to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.govexec.com/excellence/management-matters/2018/08/being-federal-employee-simplified/150553/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average age of a federal employee is pushing closer to the 50-year mark and less than 17 percent of workers are under age 35, pointing to the facts that people are working longer and fewer young people are entering government. Civil service reform discussions have for years focused on streamlining hiring and modernizing the approach to employee compensation, never quite getting any of it done. Some believe federal employees are underpaid, others claim they’re overpaid. Maybe there is just too much noise in the system for some to regard federal employment as a great place to work. Perhaps we need to hit the reset button and take a hard look at what is right. Let’s begin with a basic premise: To obtain a job, you must possess a skill set, or at least the aptitude to develop the skills needed. Employment then becomes a form of contract. The employer agrees to pay the employee money and benefits in exchange for job performance consistent with defined requirements and standards. This should be obvious. However, in today’s environment we need to add a second premise: In a rapidly changing world, jobs and organizations must continually evolve, grow, and adapt to be effective. This applies to government, not just the private sector. It should be easy, right? Unfortunately, it’s not. Achieving the following three things would go a long way toward improving the performance and accountability of federal employees.)
— One Quarter of Suspended Feds Have Been Suspended Before – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress the many adverse employment actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/08/one-quarter-suspended-feds-have-been-suspended/150582/

 

GAO
— Actions Needed to Ensure Agencies Have Tools to Effectively Address Misconduct (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse employment actions against me, that is, disciplined me, because of my misconduct and a) NOT because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, or age discrimination, b) NOT because I complained about the aforesaid, and c) NOT because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 when I was 40 years old that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-18-48

August 15 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Bob Berlin spoke very highly of Jeff MacKay at his outstanding fundraiser Tuesday evening, August 14, 2018, at the Danada House in Wheaton. The 60+ attendees included J. Anderson, Bakalis, Brennan, Chapman, CoCo, DiCianni, Fullerton, Gavanes, Gibson, Guerin, Kinsella, Kleeman, LeVan, G. Marchese, McCluskey, McKillip, Mendrick, Olsen, Puchalski, Reidy, Rohm, Walsh, C. Zaruba, and Zay. Jim Ryan was a host and sponsor of the event. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Erika Harold attacks Kwame Raoul with first TV ad in Illinois attorney general race – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/harold-attacks-raoul-with-first-tv-ad-in-attorney-general-race/3957421/

 

CBS2
— Fact-Checking Attorney General Candidate Erika Harold’s Political TV Ad – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/14/fact-checking-attorney-general-candidate-erika-harolds-political-tv-ad/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Wrath of the Omarosa – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-omarosa-trump-kass-20180814-story.html
— Republicans to have their state fair rally as Rauner tries to unify party (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. One could ask what has the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) done since the March 20, 2018 primary to encourage those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the IRP platform to vote for Republicans?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-republicans-illinois-state-fair-20180814-story.html
— Rauner hopes Madigan’s a crook, but he still can’t back up his accusations – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: Who has hoped that you would do illegal things so that you would be prosecuted? My Democrat superiors always hoped that I would do illegal things so that they could use those things to get rid of me faster than they did. In 1968 and 1969, my Democrat Post Office superiors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my sick leave requests were illegal. In 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my partial per diem requests were illegal and in 1978, they and Money Magazine hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my education deductions were illegal.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-rauner-madigan-criminal-0815-20180814-story.html
— Pelosi takes on the roaring economy, and Trump – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pelosi-house-speaker-democrat-20180814-story.html
— Rauner vetoes anti-discrimination proposal – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for an employer that had 14 or fewer employees? Between 1964 and 1997, I worked for only one such employer, John’s Sinclair in Chicago Heights for 2 months in 1966. I worked for S.S. Kresges 1964-1966; Flossmoor Country Club, Thrall Car, and John’s Sinclair in 1966; the Post Office 1966-1969; Chrysler and University Plaza Dormitory in 1970; Firestone stores 1970-1972; IRS 1971-1980; and GAO 1980-1997.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-discrimination-veto-20180813-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries and especially citizens of Mexico and b) count on citizens of foreign countries and especially citizens of Mexico to help Democrats get rid of Republicans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-republicans-illinois-state-fair-20180814-story.html
— One group (introverts) definitely faces prejudice in college admissions – Jonathan Zimmerman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-shy-asian-americans-college-admissions-discrimination-0815-story.html
— When the call to evacuate comes, what will you take? – Amy Koss (DIERSEN: What have you owned for a long time? I have owned my 1972 Corvette since October 14, 1971.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-evacuate-special-possessions-insurance-documents-passports-photo-albums-0815-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps argue for open borders.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180815/281771335029105
— Chicago cop files lawsuit over years on desk duty while under investigation – Jeremy Gorner (DIERSEN: Constructively, my Democrat superiors in the federal government always had me “under investigation” and “on desk duty” because I have always been a Republican, but also because I have always opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-cop-lawsuit-desk-duty-20180814-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago police officer on desk duty for years in connection with one of the Police Department’s worst scandals in its history has filed a federal lawsuit against the city that alleges that the department refused to hold a disciplinary hearing, violating his constitutional rights. In a front-page article in October 2016, the Chicago Tribune chronicled how Officer Thomas Sherry and a second officer remained on desk duty at full pay, filing papers or answering phones because they were barred from working the street because of ongoing disciplinary investigations that can take years to close.)
— Misinformed gullibility is the true ‘enemy of the people’ – Jerry Davich (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all you need to know is what they tell you, no more and no less.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-enemy-of-the-people-trump-cnn-st-0808-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Canceled Trump campaign rally at UIC was turning point for Omarosa – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/omarosa-trump-uic-rally-protests-donald-manigault-newman/
— The joy of being first with a ’64 Mustang – Editorial (DIERSEN: D&M Corvette in Downers Grove has appraised my 1972 Corvette at $41,500. But that was after I recently invested $6,702 in the car – $5,228 to D&M ($3,466 labor and $1,762 parts) and $1,474 to Coker Tire for 5 Firestone Wide Oval replica tires. I had not started the car for almost 9 years. Most of D&M’s bill was for repairing damage that ethanol did to car’s entire fuel system. The master cylinder and four calipers were replaced, A/C was charged, carbonator was rebuilt and fuel pump replaced, minor electrical and mechanical problems were fixed, five new tires were installed, new battery was installed, etc. I could have avoided much if not all of the fuel system and brake problems if I had driven the car more – at least once each summer. But my excuse for not starting the car since 2009 is that since 2004, I have spent 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/autos/first-ford-mustang-park-ridge-convertible-garage/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Ford has confirmed what Tom and Gail were hearing — that their Mustang was the first ever sold — and now the car is on display in Michigan this week as the company celebrates the sale of its 10 millionth Mustang. Not only did the Gail and Tom Wise hang on to their Mustang all these years; they also hung on to the original paperwork. By one estimate, that makes their old blue car worth as much as $450,000. We are constantly reminded to de-junk our lives. The KonMari method tells us to tidy up. Feng shui tells us to remove unneeded items. But sometimes there’s joy to be found in proper storage.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Governor signs bill requiring public notice of tollway contracts (DIERSEN: Government employers should be required to give “public notice” whenever they take adverse employment actions against their employees. Government employers have always been under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180814/governor-signs-bill-requiring-public-notice-of-tollway-contracts
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TWO COLOR PICTURES: Pritzker, Rauner storm the suburbs in battle for swing voters – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180815/pritzker-rauner-storm-the-suburbs-in-battle-for-swing-voters
— Why politics has become so acrimonious – Jim Oberweis
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180815/oberweis-why-politics-has-become-so-acrimonious
— FRONT PAGE: Voters have rejected new school twice. Wheaton-Warrenville District 200 board looks to build it anyway. – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180815/voters-have-rejected-new-school-twice-district-200-board-looks-to-build-it-anyway

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
–DIERSEN HEADLINE: How much money per month would it take to get you to stop working and to go on welfare – $500, $1,000, $2,000, $4,000, $8,000, $16,000+? What have you done to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? Even though my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always painted me as being stupid and lazy, I nevertheless 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. One could argue that if I could do the aforesaid, ANYONE could do the aforesaid.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/why-chicago-should-test-basic-income-program

 

WBBM
— Rauner Takes Fresh Jab At Emanuel Over Chicago Crime – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/rauner-takes-fresh-jab-emanuel-over-chicago-crime

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Joe Biden ill, cancels trip to Springfield
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180814/joe-biden-ill-cancels-trip-to-springfield

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Lawsuit filed against Wheaton-Warrenville District 200 to prevent construction of new early childhood center
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/08/14/lawsuit-filed-against-district-200-to-prevent-construction-of-new-early-childhood-center/a9bp4g2/

 

TRI STATE PUBLIC RADIO
— Statehouse Reporting Pool Grows Smaller while Candidates’ Pocketbooks Grow Larger – RICH EGGER
http://www.tspr.org/post/statehouse-reporting-pool-grows-smaller-while-candidates-pocketbooks-grow-larger

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Chicago Battles Its Image As Murder Capital Of The Nation – CHERYL CORLEY
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/10/637410426/chicago-battles-its-image-as-murder-capital-of-the-nation

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— WHO’S ON THE BALLOT? CHECK OUT THE STATEWIDE CANDIDATES IN 2018 GENERAL ELECTION; Two Republican incumbents for Congress (Roskam and Davis) are ramping up their advertising.
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2018/08/whos-on-the-ballot-check-out-the-statewide-candidates-in-2018-general-election/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— BIDEN CANCELS Illinois speech due to illness
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/08/15/biden-cancels-illinois-speech-due-to-illness-lisa-madigan-targets-trump-lou-lang-is-back-in-the-fold-and-campaign-ads-rev-up-298056

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Board Approves Three Referenda Questions for November Ballot
http://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=58006

 

WIREPOINTS
— $125,000: The pension debt each Chicago household is really on the hook for – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/chicagoans-cant-count-on-mayor-emanuel-for-the-truth-on-pension-debts/

 

WEST COOK NEWS
— CRETE-MONEE HIGH SCHOOL Football Players Take the Advanced Placement Challenge
https://westcooknews.com/stories/511530197-balmoral-elementary-school-cmhs-football-players-take-the-ap-challenge

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Politically connected former employees sue to get state jobs back – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operative, and their dupes a) are “politically connected,” b) paint themselves as being “politically connected,” or c) want to be “politically connected.” Most commonly, they paint themselves as being operatives or as being dupes for those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operative, and their dupes.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/politically-connected-former-employees-sue-to-get-state-jobs-back/article_ad04c49e-9fde-11e8-b7e9-83574e4b0c09.html
— Illinois Supreme Court rules city liable in trip-and-fall accident, could cause more suits statewide – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/illinois-supreme-court-rules-city-liable-in-trip-and-fall/article_c7227c6e-9ccc-11e8-945c-6725ad9095d1.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— GOP national committeeman calls Pritzker a “billionaire ass-kisser”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/15/gop-national-committeeman-calls-pritzker-a-billionaire-ass-kisser/
— County commissioner says Rauner camp threatened him with a smear campaign
https://capitolfax.com/2018/08/15/county-commissioner-says-rauner-camp-threatened-him-with-a-smear-campaign/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— URBAN VIOLENCE BEGINS IN BROKEN HOMES – Star Parker
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/urban-violence-begins-in-broken-homes/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats demand DHS un-deport illegal alien parents
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52526
— Chelsea Clinton: Roe v. Wade was a boon to U.S. economy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52518
— The War on Gender
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=52294

 

BREITBART
— CNN: Antifa’s Violence Against ‘Bigots’ Is ‘Right’ – John Nolte (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps call everyone who is not an anti-Trump a bigot.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/08/14/cnn-chris-cuomo-antifa-violence-right/

 

DAILY CALLER
— HERE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE TRUMP HAS CALLED ‘DOG’ – Saagar Enjeti
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/14/heres-all-the-people-trump-has-called-dog/
— MAINSTREAM MEDIA GLORIFIES VIOLENT ANTIFA PROTESTS – Sharan Kumar
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/14/unfake-news-media-glorifies-antifa/

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— Why John Cox Can Win Governor of California – BRIAN HARRINGTON
https://spectator.org/everyone-knows-why-john-cox-can-win-governor-of-california/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Times Conflates Conservatives with Society’s White-Supremacist Fringe – HEATHER MAC DONALD
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/new-york-times-conflates-conservatives-and-white-supremacists/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Supporters Raise Over $300,000 for Peter Strzok’s Legal Expenses – Haris Alic
https://freebeacon.com/politics/supporters-raise-300000-peter-strzoks-legal-expenses/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump’s Trying To Shut Omarosa Up. Good Luck With That. Unlike the nondisclosure agreements Trump used in his business, those he made staffers sign at the White House are almost certainly unenforceable. – S.V. Date
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-omarosa-nda_us_5b734531e4b02b415d73668b
— Omarosa Fiasco Spotlights Unusual Trump Tactic To Silence White House Aides President Donald Trump’s administration reportedly asked aides, including Omarosa Manigault Newman, to sign nondisclosure agreements. – Dominique Mosbergen (DIERSEN: If Democrat superiors in the federal government required their employees to sign nondisclosure agreements to be hired, retained, and/or promoted, those agreements would cover their efforts to a) not hire Republicans, b) not retain Republicans, and c) to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-omarosa-nondisclosure-agreement_us_5b7288c9e4b0ae32af9b3861

 

POLITICO
— ‘People are terrified’: Trump staffers live in fear of Omarosa’s next tape Trump aides are suffering from the same type of psychological warfare that gripped Clinton’s campaign during the WikiLeaks dumps. – ANNIE KARNI
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/14/white-house-staff-omarosa-tapes-777490

 

UPI
— ICE needs jail space in Midwest, but communities resist – Jessie Higgins
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/08/14/ICE-needs-jail-space-in-Midwest-but-communities-resist/4871534159291/

 

CNBC
— Trump launches Twitter attack on Omarosa: ‘She was vicious, but not smart’ – Tucker Higgins
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/13/trump-launches-twitter-attack-on-omarosa-she-was-vicious-but-not-smart.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois Sues Trump Tower Over Wastewater Discharged Into the Chicago River – Matt Stevens
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/us/trump-tower-chicago-river-lawsuit.html
— The New York Times Joins Effort to Combat Trump’s Anti-Press Rhetoric – Jaclyn Peiser (DIERSEN: Should GOPUSA ILLINOIS join the effort to combat the Illinois mainstream media’s anti-Trump rhetoric?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/business/media/trump-news-media-editorials.html
— Trump Campaign Says It Has Filed Case Against Omarosa Manigault Newman – Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/us/politics/omarosa-trump-campaign-arbitration-case.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites oppose school choice.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/opinion/charter-schools-desegregation-los-angeles.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Raging Dumpster Fire of the President vs. Omarosa We are yet again reminded of how this president has hired people who reflect and reinforce his nastiness, neediness and narcissism.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/opinion/editorials/trump-omarosa-firing-recording.html

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: An anti-Trump says “Trump-Omarosa feud deepens racial divisions. President’s rhetoric may bolster Democrats.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/08/14/trump-omarosa-feud-deepens-wedge-black-voters-ahead-midterms/990640002/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois accuses Trump hotel of jeopardizing the Chicago River aquatic life
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/illinois-accuss-trump-hotel-of-jeopardizing-the-chicago-river-aquatic-life/2018/08/14/385b2bba-907f-11e8-b769-e3fff17f0689_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Help us cover our polarized nation. We’re reporting on the political and cultural divide in America and want to surface unheard views across the country. Give us a hand by filling out our questionnaire.
https://graphics.wsj.com/across-the-divide/
— New Topic on Campus: Civil Discourse 101 Skits, questionnaires and dinner parties help teach students, faculty to have constructive, if still heated, conversations – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: What percent of educators 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.wsj.com/articles/new-topic-on-campus-civil-discourse-101-1534325402
— Wage Stagnation Is Everyone’s Problem Low working- and middle-class incomes aren’t likely to rise without new subsidies. – William A. Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wage-stagnation-is-everyones-problem-1534287594
— Household Borrowing Reaches Record $13.3 Trillion as Rising Rates Have Yet to Bite Borrowing has continued at a brisk pace for auto loans and mortgages, as delinquencies remain low – Josh Zumbrun
https://www.wsj.com/articles/household-borrowing-reaches-record-13-3-trillion-as-rising-rates-have-yet-to-bite-1534258838

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illegals and their supporters oppose the border wall. Bloomberg and GAO side with the illegals.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2018-08-14/trump-s-border-boondoggle-editorial
— College Donors Are Getting Picky Universities face more scrutiny from donors over how their gifts are used. – Janet Lorin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, it seems like college donors insist that their donations be used to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and even worse vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and hatred 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/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-15/college-donors-are-getting-picky

 

FORBES
— Have Public Employee Pensions Become More Generous, or Less? – Andrew Biggs
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewbiggs/2018/08/14/have-public-employee-pensions-become-more-generous-or-less/

 

MARKET WATCH
— Don’t confuse public pension cost with generosity States and localities are paying less for benefits than in the past – ALICIA H. MUNNELL
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dont-confuse-public-pension-cost-with-generosity-2018-08-14

 

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are “mean and clueless.”
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2018/08/13/jennifer-rubin-how/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Governor’s Day at State Fair Puts Focus on November Election Illinois Republicans are converging on Springfield and the Illinois State Fair for Governor’s Day.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-08-15/governors-day-at-state-fair-puts-focus-on-november-election

 

ILLINOIS SENATE DEMOCRATS
— Castro: Rauner shows once again he is no friend of working class (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on those who are/were members of the working class. I was a lowly member of the working class 1964-1997.)
http://illinoissenatedemocrats.com/sen-castro-home/6626-castro-rauner-shows-once-again-he-is-no-friend-of-working-class