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June 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Trump says undocumented migrants aren’t welcome: ‘We don’t want you in the country’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. You show your disrespect for America and your rejection of the rule of law if you come to America illegally, if you stay in America illegally, and if you bring others to America illegally.)
http://abc7chicago.com/news/trump-says-undocumented-migrants-arent-welcome-we-dont-want-you-in-the-country/3655220/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use an asylum seeker from Brazil and her son to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/asylum-seeker-from-brazil-sues-government-to-reunite-with-son-held-in-chicago/3652651/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Republican McCann gets in the governor race as third-party candidate, possibly complicating Rauner’s re-election bid – Rick Pearson, Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-sam-mccann-illinois-governor-petitions-20180625-story.html
— Trump’s trade tirade hits Harley and the Midwest – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-trade-trump-mexico-dairy-20180625-story.html
— Rauner was in Washington awaiting decision in major labor case before Supreme Court – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-supreme-court-20180625-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats run Illinois, but nevertheless, “Pritzker blames Rauner for college students leaving Illinois.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-supreme-court-20180625-story.html
— As crushing student debt keeps young people from saving, employers are stepping up to ease the squeeze – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, could you have gotten a student loan? While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-abbott-student-loan-repayment-0626-story.html
— Why Sarah Sanders shouldn’t have been booted out of that Virginia restaurant – Karin Klein
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-huckabee-sarah-sanders-virginia-restaurant-lgbt-0626-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s clout within GOP on the line in Tuesday elections.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump-clout-on-the-line-primary-elections/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Even though, ever-increasingly, you will not be hired, retained, or promoted if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who promote LGBTQ activity say that “nearly half of LGBTQ employees remain closeted at work.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/nearly-half-of-lgbtq-employees-remain-closeted-at-work-study/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF TRUMP AND WATERS: Insults and rancor: Democrats risk treading on Trump’s home field – AP (DIERSEN: What do Durbin, Duckworth, Democrat Congressmen and Congresswomen, Madigan, Cullerton, Democrat State Senators, Democrat State Representatives, etc. have to say about this?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180625/news/306259895/
— Lincolnshire officials also worried about flooding from Wisconsin Foxconn plant – Russell Lissau (DIERSEN: After 928 Golf Lane was built uphill from my home at 915 Cove Court, much more storm water has flowed into my lot.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180626/lincolnshire-officials-also-worried-about-flooding-from-wisconsin-foxconn-plant
— The 50 fastest-growing companies in the Chicago area (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency was downsizing. It was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/fast-50

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Crete bets on horses, but not in the way you think – H. LEE MURPHY
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180622/ISSUE01/180629943
— Harley-Davidson is moving factories overseas, but don’t expect the ads to change – I-HSIEN SHERWOOD
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180625/NEWS06/180629902/harley-davidson-is-moving-factories-overseas-but-dont-expect-the-ads

WTTW
— Illinois Governor’s Race Widens – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/06/25/illinois-governor-s-race-widens

WBEZ
— U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez: GOP Using ‘Inhumane’ Immigration Policy To Win Midterm Elections – Steve Bynum (DIERSEN: Ever increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Republicans, you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/worldview/us-rep-luis-gutierrez-gop-using-inhumane-immigration-policy-to-win-midterm-elections/671f848f-9787-444c-a49c-378de3c5b74c

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that Trump’s zero tolerance policy is controversial and they are overjoyed that Hultgren and Roskam have expressed concerns about it.
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/06/25/republican-reps-express-concerns-about-trumps-zero-tolerance-policy/a46qe16/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Tollway’s commitment to diversity as strong as its commitment to roads – Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180625/our-view-tollways-committment-to-diversity-as-strong-as-its-comittment-to-roads

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen calls taxpayer funding required for Obama Center “unprecedented” – Carrie Bradon
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511464420-breen-calls-taxpayer-funding-required-for-obama-center-unprecedented

CAPITOL FAX
— Voting with their feet (DIERSEN: Democrats run Illinois, but they blame Republicans for people leaving the state. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want individuals, organizations, and companies to leave the state if they 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/2018/06/25/voting-with-their-feet-3/

WTAX
— McCann files 65,000 signatures
http://wtax.com/news/101101-mccann-files-65000-signatures/

FOX NEWS
— Democrats fear call to shame Trump admin officials will cost votes in midterms – Edmund DeMarche (DIERSEN: In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in shaming 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.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/26/democrats-fear-call-to-shame-trump-admin-officials-will-cost-votes-in-midterms-report.html

NEWS BUSTERS
— Taxpayer-Funded NPR Hypes VA’s Drag-Show Outreach to LGBT Veterans in Vermont – Matthew Balan (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps call for bars to ban customers who 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.newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2018/06/25/npr-hypes-vas-drag-show-outreach-lgbt-veterans

BLAZE
— If you’re wearing a MAGA hat, you’re not welcome at this Chicago bar – Carlos Garcia

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/25/if-youre-wearing-a-maga-hat-youre-not-welcome-at-this-chicago-bar
— Mike Huckabee says there’s an even worse component to his daughter’s story that no one’s reporting – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/25/mike-huckabee-says-theres-an-even-worse-component-to-his-daughters-story-that-no-ones-reporting
— Border Patrol: ‘Catch and release’ policy temporarily reinstated for illegal immigrant families – Breck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/25/border-patrol-catch-and-release-policy-temporarily-reinstated-for-illegal-immigrant-families
— Protesters harass DHS Sec Kirstjen Nielsen for eating at ‘a Mexican restaurant of all places!’ – Pat Gray (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps call for Mexican restaurants to ban customers who 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.theblaze.com/video/protesters-harass-dhs-sec-kirstjen-nielsen-for-eating-at-a-mexican-restaurant-of-all-places

DAILY CALLER
— WOMAN THANKS ILLINOIS MEDICAID FOR GIVING HER FREE ‘CARD’ TO ABORT – Grace Carr
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/woman-gets-free-abortion-in-illinois/
— GOP LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE CENSURE MEASURE, CALL ON MAXINE WATERS TO RESIGN – Scott Morefield
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/gop-censure-maxine-waters-resign/
— PROTESTERS GATHER OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE ADVISER STEPHEN MILLER’S APARTMENT, PASS OUT ‘WANTED’ FLYERS – Scott Morefield
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/protest-outside-white-house-adviser-stephen-millers-apartment-pass-out-wanted-flyers/

CNS NEWS
White House Press Secretary: We Should Be Able to Disagree Freely, Without Fear of Harm – Melanie Arter (DIERSEN: What about financial harm? My Democrat GAO superiors in the federal government caused me tremendous financial harm because I disagreed with their discrimination against their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made 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.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/wh-press-secretary-we-should-be-able-disagree-freely-without-fear-harm

WORLD NEW DAILY
— MAXINE WATERS’ ANTI-TRUMP SPEECH ‘INCITEMENT’ Pelosi’s mild rebuke like saying ‘her skirt was too short’ – GREG COROMBOS
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/maxine-waters-anti-trump-speech-incitement/
— RED HEN OWNER STALKED SARAH SANDERS’ FAMILY Followed them to nearby restaurant where she organized protest – ART MOORE
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/red-hen-owner-continued-harassment-after-ejecting-sanders/

TOWNHALL
— Sen. Booker Advocates Confronting Trump Admin. Officials Over Policies But With ‘Radical Love’ – Lauretta Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/06/25/sen-booker-advocates-confronting-trump-admin-officials-over-policies-but-with-radical-love-n2494353

BREITBART
— U.N.: Transgender Individuals No Longer Mentally Ill – Dr. Susan Berry
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/25/u-n-health-group-transgender-individuals-no-longer-mentally-ill/

POLITICO
— Goodlatte offers E-Verify mandate, farm worker fix for immigration bill – JOHN BRESNAHAN
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/26/goodlatte-immigration-bill-e-verify-farm-worker-plan-671883

AOL NEWS
— Chuck Schumer slams Maxine Waters: ‘Not American…to call for harassment of political opponents’
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/06/25/chuck-schumer-slams-maxine-waters-harassment-of-political-opponents/23467795/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Takes His Time Supporting Sanders After Restaurant Rejects Her.” (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that my supporters have soured on me. 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. They stress those religious, conservative, and/or Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants who I have promoted, but who have failed/refused to come to my defense.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/politics/trump-restaurant-sarah-sanders-border.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In recent days, Mr. Trump has asked people privately what they think of Ms. Sanders — an indication, they say, that the press-obsessed president has begun souring on her. He has also told her, before she heads out to the lectern in the briefing room, that he is “going to grade” her televised performances. (People who have heard Mr. Trump make the threat say it is in jest.))
— Democrats Are Turning Out to Vote in the Most Competitive Primary Races – ADAM PEARCE and ALEXANDER BURNS (DIERSEN: The Illinois 6th Congressional District is one of them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/25/us/politics/midterm-primaries-voter-turnout.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In more than 20 of the most competitive House races of 2018, the share of Democrats voting in primaries notably increased, compared with 2014, the last midterm election cycle.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) encourage people to come to America illegally, b) encourage people to stay in America illegally, and c) encourage people to being other people to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/politics/due-process-undocumented-immigrants.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trump lawyers make it clear that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/opinion/zero-tolerance-trump-asylum-family-separation-lawyers.html
— Trump officials deserve public shaming. – Michelle Goldberg (DIERSEN: Who are the leading public shamers in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about the leading public shamers in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/opinion/trump-sarah-huckabee-sanders-restaurant-civility.html
— Republican or Conservative, You Have to Choose – David Brooks (DIERSEN: Those who want to destroy the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) want Republican candidates in Illinois to dump those voters a) who support Trump and b) who support the traditional family, right to life, and/or immigration planks in the IRP platform. What have the Republican candidates on the November 6 ballot in your precinct said or done that shows that they a) support Trump and b) support the traditional family, right to life, and/or immigration planks in the IRP platform?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/opinion/trump-republican-party-conservative.html
— The New Tax Form Is Postcard-Size, but More Complicated Than Ever A new version of the 1040 income tax form, set for release this week, omits some popular deductions and requires several worksheets for many taxpayers to complete. – Jim Tankersley (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/your-money/1040-income-tax-postcard.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Focus Shifts to Ensure Disadvantaged Students Can Enter Elite Programs – Dana Goldstein (DIERSEN: Are/were you disadvantaged? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a disadvantaged person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a disadvantaged person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a disadvantaged person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted disadvantaged people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a disadvantaged person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a disadvantaged person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/schools-excellence-gap.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in turning Americans against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/11/us/tennessee-immigration-trump.html
— Disenchanted Youth May Tip Mexican Election to López Obrador – Paulina Villegas
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/world/americas/mexico-election-youth.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial with a color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps encourage everyone in the world who promises to vote for Democrats to seek sanctuary in the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/immigration-border-nogales-mexico.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats Confront Democrats Over How to Confront Trump – Jonathan Martin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/politics/trump-liberal-activists-shaming.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Rep. Waters on Trump administration: ‘Tell them they’re not welcome’ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that members of the following groups should not be welcome in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/segments/rep-waters-on-trump-administration-tell-them-theyre-not-welcome/2018/06/25/33198e62-7888-11e8-ac4e-421ef7165923_video.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— M.B.A. Graduates Enter Tougher Job Market – Kelsey Gee (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business courses that I took at Loyola 1972-1976 a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/m-b-a-graduates-enter-tougher-job-market-1529959689
— The Moral Logic of School Choice – Bobby Jindal (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents for sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod and b) who hint/imply/argue/shout that those schools turned me into a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Better yet, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-moral-logic-of-school-choice-1529966248
— The Democrats’ Racial Fault Line Asian-Americans challenge party orthodoxy on race-based admissions. – William McGurn (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote a) patronage, b) political affiliation discrimination, c) reverse discrimination, d) age discrimination, and e) retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-racial-fault-line-1529966157
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America a) by sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) by keeping many millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) by sending many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally. In this war, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs side with Mexico against America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/vanishing-frontiers-review-the-ties-that-bind-1529966124

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Stop politicizing pensions: The sole duty of politicians should be to deliver maximum return to retirees – CHRISTOPHER BANCROFT BURNHAM
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-stop-politicizing-pensions-20180621-story.html
— President Trump threatens California Rep. Maxine Waters in response to her urging protesters to ‘push back’ vs. cabinet members – CHRIS SOMMERFELDT
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-trump-threat-iq-maxine-waters-administration-20180625-story.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Business + politics can equal profit Taking a stand could inspire loyalty – Zlati Meyer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, businesses act like they are operatives or dupes for the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties. Ever-increasing, they make it clear that 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, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/06/25/trump-red-hen-business-personal/731808002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Using DNA tests to reunite migrant families on the border raises privacy concerns.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/23/using-dna-tests-reunite-immigrant-children-parents-poses-privacy-risk/727424002/

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— Democrats take risk with insults, rancor toward Trump Veteran flame-thrower Rep. Maxine Waters’ attempts at shaming Trump and his Cabinet open a party rift. – Jonathan Martin
http://www.startribune.com/dems-take-risk-with-insults-rancor/486511051/

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Divisions over immigration policy spark rancor, acts of incivility – Debra J. Saunders
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/divisions-over-immigration-policy-spark-rancor-acts-of-incivility/

NEWSWEEK
— DECAPITATED CARCASS LEFT AT DHS STAFFER’S DOOR AMID HEIGHTENED THREATS – CHANTAL DA SILVA
http://www.newsweek.com/decapitated-carcass-left-dhs-staffers-door-amid-heightened-threats-995090

HOME FOR SALE
— FOR SALE: 1002 SOUTH WHEATON AVENUE, WHEATON – $567,000
http://www.homeforsale.at/1002_SOUTH_WHEATON_AVENUE_ijse8-mew

June 25 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Trump Slams Virginia Restaurant That Kicked Out Sarah Sanders (DIERSEN: Democrats do not kick Rauner out of their restaurants because he has taken actions against those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/25/donald-trump-sarah-sanders-kicked-out-red-hen-restaurant/
— New Contender Sam McCann Enters Governor’s Race
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/25/mccann-governors-race/

ABC7 & NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use illegals to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/durbin-visits-chicago-kids-making-cards-for-children-separated-from-parents/3651257/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Durbin-Cards-to-Give-to-Children-Separated-From-Parents-at-Border-486469761.html

NBC5
— Trump to Attend Groundbreaking of Wisconsin Foxconn Factory Taiwan-based Foxconn is perhaps best known for assembling Apple iPhones in China – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-to-Attend-Groundbreaking-of-Wisconsin-Foxconn-Factory-486494081.html
— Where to Watch Fireworks for Independence Day in Chicago: FROM THE LIST: Tuesday, July 3: Wheaton — Graf Park, 1701 Manchester Road, dusk (DIERSEN: DuPage Republicans will have a booth at this event.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Where-to-Watch-Fireworks-for-Independence-Day-in-Chicago-486301491.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago bar bans MAGA hats (DIERSEN: Democrats would never ban Rauner hats because of the actions that Rauner has taken against those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/chicago-bar-bans-maga-hats

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— It’s official: GOP Sen. McCann files to run for governor in ‘Conservative Party’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/downstate-gop-sen-mccann-seeks-to-run-for-gov-as-conservative-party-candidate/
— Trump lashes out at restaurant that booted Sanders – AP (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are extremely intolerant. They not only do not tolerate, they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-red-hen-restaurant-sarah-huckabee-sanders/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illegal immigration will dramatically increase because “Border Protection halts prosecution referrals to keep adults, children together.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/immigration-border-protection-halts-prosecution-referrals-separating-families/
— Pfleger plans to shut down Dan Ryan on July 7 by marching on roadway – Mitch Dudek (DIERSEN: I drove my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint and then my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 on the Dan Ryan 1966-1968 when I commuted to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pfleger-plans-shut-down-dan-ryan-july-7-marching-on-roadway-protest-gun-violence/
— The question in November: ‘What kind of country do we want to be? – Jesse Jackson (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want America to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/the-question-in-november-what-kind-of-country-do-we-want-to-be/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Let’s take the high road, though Sarah Huckabee Sanders had it coming.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/sarah-huckabee-sanders-had-it-coming-restaurant-kicked-out/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump to Maxine Waters: ‘Careful what you wish for,’ after she calls for harassment of his Cabinet
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-maxine-waters-trump-20180625-story.html – Avi Selk and John Wagner
— Aurora hits quarter century as a casino town – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-casino25-st-0624-story,amp.html
— Trolls attack restaurants named Red Hen after Trump’s press secretary denied meal – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-red-hen-confusion-20180625-story.html
— Pfleger to lead July 7 anti-violence protest that will shut down stretch of Dan Ryan Expressway – Elvia Malagon (DIERSEN: I drove my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint and then my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 on the Dan Ryan 1966-1968 when I commuted to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-protest-gun-violence-dan-ryan-20180625-story.html
— When using village credit cards, Glenview officials often fail to properly track meal purchases, records show – Alexandra Kukulka
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glenview/news/ct-gla-village-credit-cards-tl-0628-story.html
— With McDonald’s moving HQ to Chicago, Oak Brook’s 22nd Street restaurant will close Saturday – Chuck Fieldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/news/ct-dob-mcdonalds-restaurant-closing-tl-0628-story.html
— Women-only space gives senior-level men their moment post-#MeToo – Heidi Stevens
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-monday-evolve-her-involve-him-0625-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Is your next electricity rate hike being cooked up in secret at the ICC? Lawsuit says yes. – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180625/NEWS11/180629911/is-your-next-electricity-rate-hike-being-cooked-up-in-secret-at-the
— Once a Trump fave, Harley now feels the trade war pinch – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180625/NEWS05/180629907/once-a-trump-fave-harley-now-feels-the-trade-war-pinch

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in using illegals to promote hatred against Trump.
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/06/25/residents-rally-in-woodstock-to-decry-trump-policies-push-for-family-reunification/aaa63s0/

BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE
— Williamson County voters to decide on gun sanctuary status
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/County-voters-to-decide-whether-to-become-a-gun-13023909.php

96.7 THE EAGLE
— GOVERNOR RAUNER IS AGAINST THE LEGALIZATION OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN ILLINOIS
http://967theeagle.net/governor-rauner-is-against-the-legalization-of-recreational-marijuana-in-illinois/

CHICAGO READER
— Time to yank Trump’s wretched name off his tower—or make him pay more taxes – Ben Joravsky (DIERSEN: To this day, my critics/opponents in Wheaton remain furious that I cited building code violations, construction defects, storm water problems, and unrecorded easements in 915 Cove Court in Wheaton to get a reduction of the home’s assessed valuation from the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board. To this day, my critics/opponents a) are terrified of, b) glorify and praise, c) pander to, d) are operatives for, and/or d) are dupes for the home’s builder. Republican candidates tell me that he tells them that he does not want to give them any money or any campaign sign locations until the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party gets rid of me.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/25/time-to-yank-trumps-wretched-name-off-his-tower-or-make-him-pay-more-taxes

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
— More Synthetic Cannabinoids Cases – Melaney Arnold
https://www2.illinois.gov/IISNews/16899-More_Synthetic_Cannabinoids_Cases_Release.pdf

CHRONICLE ILLINOIS
— Black lawmakers lash out at Rauner – Kevin Beese
http://chronicleillinois.com/government/black-lawmakers-lash-out-at-rauner/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAOUL BLASTS ANONYMOUSLY-REPORTED ANTI-GAY COMMENTS MADE BY RAUNER-BACKED CANDIDATE 18 YEARS AGO
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/raoul-blasts-anonymously-reported-anti-gay-comments-made-by-rauner-backed-candidate-18-years-ago-.html
— FOUR MORE IL GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES COULD BE ON NOVEMBER BALLOT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/four-more-il-gubernatorial-candidates-could-be-on-november-ballot.html
— PETITION TO OUST MAXINE WATERS EMERGES ON WHITEHOUSE.GOV SITE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/petition-to-oust-maxine-waters-emerges-on-whitehousegov-site.html
— AFTER REVELATIONS IRS WAS URGED TO RUIN TEA PARTY GROUPS, ILLINOIS LEADER CALLS ON TRUMP TO OUST INSTIGATOR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/after-revelations-irs-was-urged-to-ruin-tea-party-groups-illinois-leader-calls-on-trump-to-oust-inst.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Gov. Rauner and JB Pritzker both attended Equality Illinois’ Pride Parade reception on Sunday. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the future looks bleak for those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. To promote LGBTQ activity is to dump those voters who support the traditional family plank in the IRP platform. To promote abortion is to dump those voters who support the right to life plank in the IRP platform. To promote illegal immigration is to dump those voters who support the immigration plank in the IRP platform. Ever-increasingly, Rauner seems to promise that if he is reelected, he will drive those who support the aforesaid planks out of the IRP once and for all, that is, that he will destroy the IRP once and for all. If Rauner is reelected, he will dump those who support the aforesaid planks. If Rauner is not reelected, he will blame those who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/25/close-but-no-cigar/
— Fact checkers and opinion checkers (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/25/fact-checkers-and-opinion-checkers/
— Raoul slams Harold in new online ad (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will destroy you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/25/raoul-slams-harold-in-new-online-ad/
— Sam McCann round-up
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/25/sam-mccann-round-up/

BLAZE
— Former Obama adviser David Axelrod slams left for praise of Sarah Sanders’ restaurant ejection – Sarah Tylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/25/former-obama-adviser-david-axelrod-slams-left-for-praise-of-sarah-sanders-restaurant-ejection

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Files House Ethics Complaint Against Maxine Waters For Inciting Violence and Assaults on Trump Cabinet (DIERSEN: In Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct, how soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps tell everyone to harass all Republicans, and especially Republicans who are precinct committeemen/captains, township/ward/county party organization officers, Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members, the IRP national committeeman and committeewoman, activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, political consultants, etc.? To avoid harassment, how many of the aforesaid will dump Trump and dump Trump’s supporters if they have not already done so?)
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-files-house-ethics-complaint-against-maxine-waters-for-inciting-violence-and-assaults-on-trump-cabinet/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Maxine Waters addressed a rally in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 23, telling a crowd: “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them! And you tell them that they are not welcome, anymore, anywhere.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Fu3g1MGHY In today’s letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics co-chairman, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton writes: “In encouraging individuals to create “crowds” who will “push back” on President Trump’s Cabinet members at private business establishments and in seemingly trying to prevent these Cabinet officials from obtaining basic necessities without fear of assault and violence, Rep. Waters seems to be violation of House rules, specifically: “A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall conduct himself at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House. [House Rule 23, clause 1.]” We hereby request that the Office of Congressional Ethics conduct a preliminary investigation into whether Rep. Maxine Waters violated House Rules in encouraging attacks on Cabinet officials. “Rep. Maxine Waters incited violence and assault against members of President Trump’s Cabinet,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “It is urgent that the House ethics quickly act to hold her accountable for this dangerous incitement.”)

DAILY CALLER
— SARAH SANDERS BEGINS PRESS BRIEFING WITH BLISTERING MESSAGE TO RESTAURANT THAT KICKED HER OUT – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/sarah-sanders-blistering-message-kicked-out-of-restaurant/
— MAXINE WATERS PRAISED VIOLENT LA RACE RIOTS AS ‘DEFINING MOMENT’ FOR RESISTANCE – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/maxine-waters-race-riots/
— PRO-CHOICE REPUBLICANS WRITE THEIR OWN OBITUARY, BLAME TRUMP – Grace Carr
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/25/pro-choice-republicans-blame-trump/

GOPUSA
— Maxine Waters calls for attacks against entire Trump administration (DIERSEN: Democrats do not attack members of the Rauner Administration because of the actions that Rauner has taken against those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48753
— Do Christians Have a Future in LGBTQ America? (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you live and/or work in a precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, or state that is anti-Trump, the more of the following groups that you are a member of, the bleaker that your future looks: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48498
— Restaurant owner who booted Sarah Sanders cites ‘moral’ grounds — this is tolerance? (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are extremely intolerant. They not only do not tolerate, they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48746
— Rep. Barbara Lee accuses Trump of ‘criminalizing’ alien lawbreakers
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48750
— Banks, corporate America threaten Second Amendment, gun industry says
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48765
— Has the West the Will to Survive? – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48636

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
— Conservative on a Budget – Carmen Diaz (DIERSEN: Are you on a budget? I have been on a budget big time since 1997 when my income dropped 59%, or by $73,461/year in today’s dollars. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $125,325/year, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864/year, or just 41% of that.)
https://www.leadershipinstitute.org/news/?NR=13963&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=careers_services&utm_content=june2018_budget_blog

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Decapitated Animal Carcass Placed on DHS Official’s Porch – JACK CROWE (DIERSEN: Democrats do not place decapitated animal carcasses on Rauner’s porch because of the actions that Rauner has taken against those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dhs-official-animal-carcass-burned-decapitated-porch/
— Border Patrol Commissioner Suspends Prosecution of Adults Who Cross Border with Children – JACK CROWE (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to use children to get into America illegally.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/illegal-immigrant-families-prosecution-suspended-border/

THE HILL
— Restaurant’s Sanders snub snowballs into partisan fight – JUDY KURTZ AND AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: Democrats do not snub Rauner supporters because of the actions that Rauner has taken against those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/393997-restaurants-sanders-snub-snowballs-into-partisan-fight
— House barrels toward immigration vote despite Trump tweets – JORDAIN CARNEY AND JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/393885-this-week-house-barrels-toward-immigration-vote-despite-trump-tweets

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans cheer that “Border Officials Suspend Handing Over Migrant Families to Prosecutors.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/politics/border-officials-suspend-handing-over-migrant-families-to-prosecutors.html

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Federal employees have the right to refuse illegal orders at the border – Louis Clark (DIERSEN: While some of my superiors in the federal government were reluctant to enforce the orders that they were given to waste my career and to get rid of me, none of them refused to carry out those orders. I should write a book about a) my GAO superiors who 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 who did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors who forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. All of the aforesaid disapproved of one or more of my demographics, especially that I was a draft avoider.)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Federal-employees-have-the-right-to-refuse-13023515.php

FORTUNE
— Rep. Maxine Waters Tells Supporters to Harass Trump Cabinet Members – MCKENNA MOORE (DIERSEN: In Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct, how soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps tell everyone to harass all Republicans, and especially Republicans who are precinct committeemen/captains, township/ward/county party organization officers, Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members, the IRP national committeeman and committeewoman, activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, political consultants, etc.? To avoid harassment, how many of the aforesaid will dump Trump and dump Trump’s supporters if they have not already done so?)
http://fortune.com/2018/06/25/rep-maxine-waters-tells-supporters-to-harass-trump-cabinet-members/

FORBES
— Trump’s Executive Branch Restructuring: What If The Federal Government Is Beyond Streamlining? – Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. (DIERSEN: During the mid-1990s, Newt Gingrich streamlined GAO. The agency got rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made 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. The agency is just a shell of what it once was.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/waynecrews/2018/06/25/trumps-executive-branch-restructuring-what-if-the-federal-government-is-beyond-streamlining/#3822320f52f7

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more of the following that you are, the more that you oppose E-Verify: 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.cato.org/blog/house-republicans-consider-e-verify-mandate-part-compromise-bill-what-will-happen-when-e-verify

DAILY MAIL
— Don’t be duped into legalizing dope – PETER HITCHENS
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-5878595/PETER-HITCHENS-Billys-plight-awful-dont-duped-legalising-dope.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What drives you away from activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc.? For me, it is when they promote the following:
– dependency on government,
– dependency on charity,
– LGBTQ activity,
– abortion,
– mass/illegal immigration,
– diminishment of First Amendment rights,
– diminishment of Second Amendment rights,
– booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
– patronage,
– political affiliation discrimination,
– reverse discrimination,
– age discrimination,
– religious discrimination,
– national origin discrimination,
– union bashing,
– American nameplate car bashing, and
– government employee/retiree bashing.
http://www.gopillinois.com

FACEBOOK
— Advertiser Help Center: National issues of public importance
https://www.facebook.com/business/help/214754279118974

ILLINOIS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
— Practical Advice for Employers on Increased Immigration Enforcement (DIERSEN: What percent of low-paid restaurant employees are in America illegally?)
https://mailchi.mp/illinoisbic/o3qsu7jkdr-811561?e=1d387c0f46

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those candidates who promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that if elected, they will use the power of government to destroy those individuals, organizations, and companies that do not promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Raoul-for-AG-attacks-opponent-on-anti-gay-views/63316.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago promotes LGBTQ activity. What does your municipality promote? To promote LGBTQ activity is to reject the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Mother-Nature-shines-on-49th-Pride-Parade-/63312.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hundreds of thousands of Chicagoans and out-of-towners lined the streets of Lakeview and Uptown for the 49th annual Chicago Pride Parade the afternoon of June 24. Police officials did not yet have attendance figures at the time of publication, but estimates have suggested the crowd measured about one million spectators for the last several years. Those spectators could not have asked for better weather on June 24; after several days of rain and clouds in Chicago, sunny skies returned for Pride weekend and temperatures remained in the 70s for the afternoon of the parade. Community organizations, city agencies, educational and religious institutions, labor unions and LGBT groups from major corporations were among those taking part. Organizers were limited to 150 parade entries, and kicked off from the corner of Broadway and Montrose Avenue shortly after noon. The final float crossed the starting point at about 2:45 p.m. The parade was headed up by members of Scouts for Equality, an organization working to ensure that precepts of equality are carried out within the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), which, at least in units not affiliated with non-affirming faith-based organizations, no longer discriminates against LGBT adults. Cate Readling, vice-president of membership of the BSA’s Pathway to Adventure Council, noted that BSA had recently begun admitting girls as well. “We’re all official now,” Readling said. The Scouts were followed up by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who briefly spoke alongside Alds. Tom Tunny (44th Ward) and James Cappleman (46th). In his remarks, Emanuel spoke of the city’s “inclusivity” and “belief in equality and tolerance.” With both federal midterm and state gubernatorial elections in November, and a city election in early 2019, politicians were out in full force. J.B. Pritzker (D), who is challenging incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) in November, said, “We’re [at] a time when Donald Trump has put rights at risk. He has stood up against trans rights and LGBTQ rights, and he stood against children by putting them in detention, children who are here emigrating with their families, separating them. At a time when it feels like government has become an instrument of immorality, I think we need a governor who will stand up for the LGBTQ community and the immigrant community and not be silent in the face of Donald Trump’s attacks.” “We’ve got to stand together so we can all stand for the planet,” said Cameron Davis, formerly President Barack Obama’s “Great Lakes czar,” who is running for a commissioner’s post for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD). “It doesn’t get any simpler than that.” Sean Casten, a Democrat who is running against incumbent Peter Roskam (R) in the 6th Congressional District, added, “We are going to come through this horrible time, because there is more love in the world than there is hate, and today we can stay focused on that.” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said, “I think it’s important in these times that those of us who are despised minorities in our own country stick together. So I always try to come to this parade and I’m encouraged by the warm reception that I get.” Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th Ward) said that the parade is “not just a celebration but our annual call to arms to defend all required acceptances in our own communities. So I’m glad to be here with our brothers and sisters, making that call for acceptance one more time.” State Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago) said, “LGBT people got their rights when we stood up and fought up and fought back against oppression at Stonewall. This country, under Trump, is seeing oppression unlike what we’ve seen before, not only for LGBT people, but for our immigrant communities and people of color [as well]. We need to stand together in solidarity.” Other politicians who either attended and/or sent delegations included U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley (D-6th), Robin Kelly (D-2nd) and Jan Schakowsky (D-9th); Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs; state Comptroller Susana Mendoza; Democratic state Reps. Kelly Cassidy, Sara Feigenholtz and Juliana Stratton (running with Pritzker); City Clerk Anna Valencia; and Deb Mell was among several other aldermen marching. Mayoral candidates included Lori Lightfoot (marching with her wife), Paul Vallas, Dorothy Brown, Gary McCarthy and Ja’Mal Green. MWRD Board President Maryana Spyropulos and MWRD Commissioners Debra Shore and Kari Steele also attended, as did Cook County Commission candidate Kevin Morrison and Berwyn School Board Member Julia McAleer-Forte. Orlando “El Fenomeno” Cruz, the first openly gay active professional boxer, was grand marshal. Educational institutions participating included Nettelhorst School; Chicago Waldorf School; Francis W. Parker School & Catherine Cook School; Elmhurst College; Rush University; Truman College and other City Colleges; University of Illinois at Chicago; University of Chicago; and Northwestern University. Among local consulates participating were Australia (for the first time), Ireland, Great Britain, Canada and Israel. Advocacy organizations and agencies included American Veterans for Equal Rights (carrying their large American flag), ACLU of Illinois, Asians and Friends Chicago, La Casa Norte, Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus, PFLAG, Night Ministry, Lambda Legal, Equality Illinois, Planned Parenthood, Chicago Gender Society (marching with Heels & Hardhats), The Legacy Project, LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois, Howard Brown Health, TPAN, Project VIDA; Thresholds, About Face Theatre, Windy City Performing Arts, Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus, Center on Halsted, ForeskinPride.org, AARP of Illinois, the National Gay Pilots Association, Human Rights Campaign, Mercy for Animals and the Obama Foundation. Lakeside Pride had dozens of its members performing during the parade. Also working hard were ROTC, Chicago Spirit Brigade and the Second City Outlaws dancing cowboys. There were three motorcycle groups this year, but not Dykes on Bikes: Bikes & Mics, Chicago Gay Bikers and Organized Chaos all powered through the route. Gay Liberation Network’s large contingent was largely focused on Palestinian rights for their entry. Both professional and amateur sports teams and organizations were represented, among them Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Fire, Chicago Dragons, Chicago Smelts, Chicago Gay Hockey Association and Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association. Local businesses included Sidetrack, Roscoe’s, Balloons by Tommy, Evanston Subaru in Skokie, Broadway in Chicago, GRAB and Goose Island Beer. Dozens of area churches took part in Chicago Welcoming Churches’ entry, shouting, “God is love” as they traversed the parade route. Persons from Chicago-area synagogues also marched together. Labor Unions and trade organizations included Chicago Women in Trades, Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers, Chicago Teachers Union, United Here Local 1 and SEIU Illinois. Among corporations represented by their LGBT groups were MB Financial Bank, Discover Financial Services, Bank of America, ComEd, Anheuser-Busch, Gap, Bloomingdales, Salesforce, Macy’s, Boeing, American Airlines, United Airlines, Hyatt Hotels, Hilton Hotels, Facebook, Google, Johnson & Johnson, Chipotle, WGN, Fox 32, ABC 7, NBC 5, Univision, Deloite, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile and Pepsico. MWRD Commisioner Debra Shore, shortly before the parade started, commented on how the LGBT community cuts across every sector of society, especially in terms of “race, class and gender,” adding, “That’s why it’s so important for us to stand up for others and for them to see us stand together in all our diversity.”)

June 25 Morning Edition

GOVERNOR RAUNER
— A beautiful Sunday to celebrate Pride Day in Chicago! (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the future looks bleak for those who support the traditional family, right to life, and immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. To promote LGBTQ activity is to dump those voters who support the traditional family plank in the IRP platform. To promote abortion is to dump those voters who support the right to life plank in the IRP platform. To promote illegal immigration is to dump those voters who support the immigration plank in the IRP platform. Ever-increasingly, Rauner seems to promise that if he is reelected, he will drive those who support the aforesaid planks out of the IRP once and for all, that is, that he will destroy the IRP once and for all. If Rauner is reelected, he will dump those who support the aforesaid planks. If Rauner is not reelected, he will blame those who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://twitter.com/GovRauner/status/1010998446646546433

NBC5
— Corporate America Increasingly Avoids Gun-Industry Business In the wake of high-profile mass shootings, corporate America has been taking a stand against the firearms industry amid a lack of action by lawmakers on gun control – Lisa Marie Pane (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-Second Amendment are most commonly also anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/Corporate-America-Gun-Industry-486420701.html
— Democratic insurgents want to ‘abolish ICE.’ Democrats aren’t there yet. – David Weigel (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-democrats-ice-analysis-20180624-story.html
— Democrats Hoping to Flip House Not Just Trash-Talking Trump (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps make it extremely clear that the more that you support Trump, the harder that they will work to destroy you. How successful have the anti-Trumps been in getting the Republican candidates on the November 6 ballot in your precinct a) to play down their support for Trump, b) to not support Trump, and c) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump? How soon will anti-Trumps post signs that say that members of the following groups are NOT WELCOME: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/democrats-hoping-to-flip-house-not-just-trash-talking-trump-486402771.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The party is encouraging the “all politics is local” approach despite the temptation to focus on the Republican president’s tweets. U.S. Rep. Denny Heck, of Washington, is helping lead the Democrat’s effort to pick up the 23 seats needed to regain control of the House. He said trash talking Trump will only go so far. Republicans also are encouraging House candidates to focus on local issues instead of the latest national headlines.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE ARTICLE TITLE: 6 months in, abortion law having impact – Angie Leventis Lourgos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-abortion-medicaid-taxpayer-funded-illinois-20180523-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner outraged his party’s conservative base by signing the legislation in September. Then in the March primary he narrowly defeated challenger Jeanne Ives, a state lawmaker whose televised campaign ad featured a young woman thanking the governor “for making all Illinois families pay for my abortions.” Anti-abortion organizations along with some Republican lawmakers sued to block the measure and, after a judge dismissed their case, appealed to the Illinois State Supreme Court in February. The suit is pending. “The fact that the government is using taxpayer money to fund abortion is reprehensible to me,” said Tim Moore, president of Springfield Right to Life, one of the plaintiffs. “I’m subsidizing an immoral act. I’m subsidizing the culture of death. The government, which is supposed to protect life, is willfully taking part in the slaughter of innocents.”)
— A collision of values: Does Harvard cheat Asian-American applicants? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion? According to Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs, it should be Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-harvard-asian-american-bias-20180619-story.html
— Time magazine’s major mistake on the crying-girl cover – Aaron Blake
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mistake-time-magazine-cover-crying-girl-trump-0625-20180622-story.html
— Another whack at Illinois pension spiking. Good. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Have you benefited from a pension spike? My critics/opponents would say that I did. They would say that the only reason why my Democrat GAO superiors promoted me to GS-13 in 1986 and gave me step increases in subsequent years was to get my “high 3” salary, and therefore my pension, high enough that I would cave in and take their a) early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, if not take b) their $25,000 buyout “offer” in 1993 when I was 45 years old.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pension-spiking-rauner-schools-20180619-story.html
— Here’s how successful people meet their goals – Marcel Schwantes (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. If you are a non-veteran White male federal employee who want to be successful, that is, if you want 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, you should a) become a Democrat, b) paint yourself as being a yes-man, and c) help your superiors get rid of their employees who are non-veteran, White, and/or male who did not make the aforesaid promotions.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-here-s-how-successful-people-meet-their-goals-20180619-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in promoting hatred of Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-glanton-column-trump-reversal-20180622-story.html
— Republican state Sen. Sam McCann to enter governor race Monday, posing threat to Rauner – Rick Pearson, Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-sam-mccann-illinois-governor-preview-20180622-story.html
— Outmigration of Illinois high school students a concern – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-sam-mccann-illinois-governor-preview-20180622-story.html
— The latest sign of political divide: shaming and shunning public officials – Mary Jordan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Green and Green plants, and RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have shamed and shunned me the most.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-shaming-public-officials-20180624-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Between Donald Trump and the internet, we’re forgetting how to be decent – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/decency-corey-lewandowski-and-the-trump-administration/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use children who were brought into America illegally to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180624/news/306249996/
— Gun industry sees banks as new threat to 2nd Amendment – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180624/news/306249963/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: DuPage mayors: Fight against state funding cuts not over – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180625/dupage-mayors-fight-against-state-funding-cuts-not-over

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County Board member Michael Walkup sells home, leaves Illinois District 3 representative Walkup sold historic Crystal Lake home in March – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/21/mchenry-county-board-member-sells-home-leaves-illinois/aysp57o/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180624/georgette-braun-rauner-overstates-colo-pot-trouble

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote those who come into America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/immigrant-rights-advocates-call-rauner-sign-bills

JOLIET PATCH
— Laurie McPhillips Gets 2 Big Will County Clerk Endorsements McPhillips goes against Lauren Staley Ferry in November’s election. – John Ferak
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/laurie-mcphillips-gets-2-big-will-county-clerk-endorsements

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/Wirepoint’s Ted Dabrowski on exploding IL Gov Pensions & bankruptcy as a cure
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/06/berkowitz-wwirepoints-ted-dabrowski-on-exploding-il-gov-pensions-bankruptcy-as-a-cure-cable-web/

DAILY CALLER
— NEW NORMAL: TRUMP ALLIES FACE HARASSMENT, PROTESTS ANYWHERE THEY SHOW THEIR FACES – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps make it extremely clear that the more that you support Trump, the harder that they will work to destroy you. How successful have the anti-Trumps been in getting the Republican candidates on the November 6 ballot in your precinct a) to play down their support for Trump, b) to not support Trump, and c) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump? How soon will anti-Trumps post signs that say that members of the following groups are NOT WELCOME: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/24/trump-allies-facing-threats/
— MAXINE WATERS: GOD IS ON THE SIDE OF PEOPLE DRIVING TRUMP OFFICIALS FROM RESTAURANTS – Virginia Kruta
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/24/maxine-waters-driving-trump-aides/
— TRUMP-FRIENDLY FLORIDA AG PAM BONDI DRIVEN OUT OF MOVIE THEATER: ‘SHAME ON YOU’ – Virginia Kruta
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/24/pam-bondi-driven-out-movie-theater/

BLAZE
— Maxine Waters comes completely unhinged, calls for public harassment of Trump’s Cabinet – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/24/watch-maxine-waters-comes-completely-unhinged-calls-for-public-harassment-of-trumps-cabinet

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The New York Times Highlights Heritage’s Influence Three Times in One Week (DIERSEN: Which individuals and organizations have the most conservative influence in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality? What are the indicators of their influence? Who reads their emails?)
https://www.heritage.org/impact/the-new-york-times-highlights-heritages-influence-three-times-one-week

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/24/opinion/america-white-extinction.html
— Silicon Valley Gets Even More Political – Jack Nicas (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Silicon Valley officially dump all those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/technology/tech-silicon-valley-immigration-political.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps put foreign countries and their citizens ahead of America and its citizens.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-advocates-depriving-undocumented-immigrants-of-due-process-rights/2018/06/24/dfa45d36-77bd-11e8-93cc-6d3beccdd7a3_story.html
— Illicit drone flights surge along U.S.-Mexico border as smugglers hunt for soft spots – Gina Harkins
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/illicit-drone-flights-surge-along-us-mexico-border-as-smugglers-hunt-for-soft-spots/2018/06/24/ea353d2a-70aa-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Candidates Highlight Their Ties to Trump – Valerie Bauerlein (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps make it extremely clear that the more that you support Trump, the harder that they will work to destroy you. How successful have the anti-Trumps been in getting the Republican candidates on the November 6 ballot in your precinct a) to play down their support for Trump, b) to not support Trump, and c) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-south-carolina-runoff-trump-is-on-the-ballot-twice-1529845201
— How to Re-Elect Trump You’re so deplorable you can’t eat in their restaurants. – Editorial (DIERSEN: How soon will anti-Trumps post signs that say that members of the following groups are NOT WELCOME: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-re-elect-trump-1529878046
— Amid Chaos at Border, Some Immigrant Families Reunite In a series of tweets, Trump ratchets up rhetoric, suggesting he would like to change the legal process for asylum seekers – Ian Lovett and Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-reunites-522-immigrant-children-with-adults-1529850825
— Divided GOP Lawmakers Seek Another Vote on Immigration Bill would provide $23.4 billion for border security and a legal status for Dreamers – Siobhan Hughes (DIERSEN: The more that is given to Dreamers, the children that will be brought into America illegally.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/divided-gop-lawmakers-seek-another-vote-on-immigration-1529877119
— How Income Equality Helped Trump Working Americans sense that taxes and transfers now leave them little better off than those who work less – Phil Gramm and Robert B. Ekelund Jr. (DIERSEN: Progressive income taxes discourage earning more income.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-income-equality-helped-trump-1529862473

USA TODAY
— Retiring with debt? More Americans are. Here are some strategies – Susan Tompor (DIERSEN: How much debt do you have? My critics/opponents continue to be furious that my wife and I paid off our mortgage in the 1990s and that we have not had any debt since then. They continue to hint/imply/argue/shout that we would not have been able to do that a) if I had not avoided the draft, b) if the federal government had not grossly overpaid me, and c) if we had not given up trying to have children, if we had adopted, or if we had become foster parents.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/tompor/2018/06/24/retiring-debt-here-some-strategies-worth-considering/721265002/

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— A day care and a dog rescue benefit: On Facebook, they were political ads – Kevin Roose (DIERSEN: Will Facebook deem GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to be “political ads?” GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails promote Trump and the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and all the other planks in the Republican Party platform. But those who dominate the Republican politics in Illinois do not want me to promote Trump or the traditional family, right to life, immigration, or Second Amendment planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/A-day-care-and-a-dog-rescue-benefit-On-Facebook-13020539.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under the new rules, advertisers who want to buy political ads in the United States must first prove that they live in the country, and mark their ads with a “paid for by” disclaimer. Any ad Facebook deems to contain political content is stored in a searchable public database.)

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Lawmakers Call for an Investigation Into Discipline at VA – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: When will Republicans call for an investigation into discipline at GAO, IRS, and the Post Office? 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 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/oversight/2018/06/lawmakers-call-investigation-discipline-va/149135/

June 22 Evening Edition

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Durbin uses “66 children separated from parents at border being housed in Chicago” a) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans and b) to encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/senator-dick-durbin-66-migrant-children-housed-in-chicago-trump-486277751.html
— Rauner, Pritzker Exchange Jabs – Carol Marin and Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-rauner-pritzker-ads-486302861.html

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Durbin uses “66 children separated from parents at border being held in Chicago” a) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans and b) to encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/-durbin-meets-with-some-of-66-separated-children-being-held-in-chicago/3636105/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote hecklers outside Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s home
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/homeland-security-secretary-kirstjen-nielsen-heckled-outside-her-home/3637261/

WGN TV
— Black lawmakers’ feud with Rauner grows – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/06/22/backlash-continues-over-rauners-comments-on-his-contribution-to-black-businesses/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Anti-Madigan messages might have edge on anti-Rauner messages – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/anti-madigan-messages-might-have-edge-on-anti-rauner-messages/
— Bruce Rauner’s off base when he claims on Juneteenth to be a friend to blacks – Juliana Stratton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/bruce-rauners-off-base-when-he-claims-on-juneteenth-to-be-a-friend-to-blacks/
— Is Melania Trump rising to Evita status? – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/is-melania-trump-rising-to-evita-status/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner praises Trump for executive order halting family separations, calls for immigration reform – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rauner-praises-trump-20180621-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago promotes LGBTQ activity. What does your municipality promote?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/data/ct-chicago-gay-pride-fest-parade-history-2018-htmlstory.html
— Former owner of Chicago soccer bar Globe Pub charged with pocketing taxes withheld from employees’ paychecks – Jason Meisner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-globe-pub-owner-tax-charges-20180622-story.html
— As officials spar, Kane County morgue using candles against ‘unbelievable’ smell of decomposing bodies – Denise Crosby
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-coroner-st-0624-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with MS-13.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-willie-horton-immigration-0625-20180622-story.html
— A renewed case for term limits: Time to fire everyone in Washington – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-heather-term-limits-congress-0625-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Trump says Dems are spreading phony border tales – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180622/news/306229932/
— Off-duty Schaumburg police officer resigns after DUI charge – Eric Peterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180622/off-duty-schaumburg-police-officer-resigns-after-dui-charge

WLS AM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives, that is, anti-Republicans, promote Pat Brady.
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/06/22/connected-to-chicago-06-24-2018-special-guest-pat-brady/

NORTHWEST HERALD
— President Trump’s trade war threatens the U.S. newspaper industry – Jackie Spinner (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails drive lots of traffic to newspaper websites.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/22/president-trumps-trade-war-threatens-the-u-s-newspaper-industry/agrb4ga/

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Rauner: Black Legislators Not Serving Their Community – BRIAN MACKEY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/rauner-black-legislators-not-serving-their-community#stream/0

WDBR
— Black Caucus “motivated as hell” after Rauner remarks on WTAX
http://wdbr.com/news/101101-black-caucus-motivated-as-hell-after-rauner-remarks-on-wtax/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois Democrats take wait-and-see approach on Madigan’s leadership – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-democrats-take-wait-and-see-approach-on-madigan-s/article_b111bc16-758d-11e8-942e-0311fd176ed3.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSKAM LONE IL GOPER TO OPPOSE GOODLATTE IMMIGRATION BILL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/roskam-lone-il-goper-to-oppose-goodlatte-immigration-bill-.html
— ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL SUES TO END TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S “ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY” TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/illinois-attorney-general-sues-to-end-trump-administrations-zero-tolerance-policy-towards-immigrants.html
— GRIEVING ILLINOIS FATHER RAY TRANCHANT SHARES TESSA’S STORY WITH THE NATION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/grieving-illinois-father-ray-tranchant-shares-tessas-story-with-the-nation-.html
— IN VIDEO, IL COMPTROLLER BLASTS TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION POLICY AS “RACIST, ANTI-AMERICAN AND EVIL”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/in-video-il-comptroller-blasts-trumps-immigration-policy-as-racist-anti-american-and-evil-.html
— CHICAGO TONIGHT FEATURES DISCUSSION ON IMMIGRANT FAMILY SEPARATIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/discussion-on-family-separations.html
— GUTIERREZ ON IMMIGRATION BILL SAYS GOP WANTS TO BE BOTH ARSONISTS AND FIREFIGHTERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/gutierrez-on-the-immigration-issue-gop-wants-to-be-both-arsonists-and-firefighters.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker campaign calls comments “racist” *** After Black Caucus backlash, Gov. Rauner says he’s “Not surprised they’re sensitive because the black legislators really have not been serving their community very well”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/after-black-caucus-backlash-gov-rauner-says-hes-not-surprised-theyre-sensitive-because-the-black-legislators-really-have-not-been-serving-their-community-very-well/
— Police chiefs want Rauner to veto hemp bill
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/police-chiefs-want-rauner-to-veto-hemp-bill/
— Rauner brags he’s “dramatically” reduced Medicaid enrollment, but hit on “failing” computer system
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/rauner-brags-hes-dramatically-reduced-medicaid-enrollment-but-hit-on-failing-computer-system/
— Rauner campaign responds *** New Pritzker TV ad blames Rauner for job losses to neighboring states
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/new-pritzker-tv-ad-blames-rauner-for-job-losses-to-neighboring-states/
— School has kid slapped with felony eavesdropping charge
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/school-has-kid-slapped-with-felony-eavesdropping-charge/
— AG Madigan to file lawsuit challenging “cruel and unconstitutional policy” at southern border
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/ag-madigan-to-file-lawsuit-challenging-cruel-and-unconstitutional-policy-at-southern-border/
— Fitch: “The enacted budget entails significant implementation risk”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/22/fitch-the-enacted-budget-entails-significant-implementation-risk/

WHITE HOUSE
— President Donald J. Trump Stands with the Victims of Illegal Alien Crime (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps stand with a) those who come to America illegally, b) those who stay in America illegally, and c) those who bring others to America illegally.)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-stands-victims-illegal-alien-crime/

FOX NEWS
— ‘They Seek Power at All Costs’: Levin Says Dems Are Nothing But Hypocrites Over Immigration Detention Protests
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/06/21/mark-levin-rips-democrats-over-illegal-immigration-asylum-seeking-open-borders
— Mexican Presidential Frontrunner Essentially Encourages Illegal Immigration to U.S. – Tucker Carlson (DIERSEN Essentially, Mexico has declared war on America a) by its sending millions of its citizens into America illegally, b) by its keeping millions of its citizens in America illegally, and c) by its sending mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/06/21/tucker-carlson-debates-jorge-ramos-mexico-presidential-election-encouraging-illegal
— U.S. has 25 million illegal immigrants: Texas Lt. Gov. – Julia LimitonePu
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/us-has-25-million-illegal-immigrants-texas-lt-gov

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump meeting with ‘angel families’ whose loved ones were killed by illegal immigrants – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/22/trump-meet-families-loved-ones-killed-illegals/

GOPUSA
— Trump rips media for ignoring Americans ‘permanently separated’ from loved ones by illegals’ crimes
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-rips-media-for-ignoring-americans-permanently-separated-from-loved-ones-by-illegals-crimes/

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN, MSNBC Conflate Legal Asylum Seekers With Illegal Immigrants – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2018/06/21/cnn-msnbc-conflate-legal-asylum-seekers-illegal-immigrants

CNS NEWS
— The Catholic Establishment and Illegal Immigration – Matt Abbott
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/matt-abbott/catholic-establishment-and-illegal-immigration

JUDICIAL WATCH
— McCain’s Subcommittee Staff Director Urged IRS to Target Conservative Groups – Tom Fitton
https://www.judicialwatch.org/video-update/tom-fittons-video-weekly-update-6-22-18/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Amnesty Push Proves We Need Jim Jordan As Speaker
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28215

BLAZE
— Advertiser drops ‘The Ingraham Angle’ after latest David Hogg boycott – Sarah Taylor (DIERSEN: I do not seek advertisers a) because he who pays the piper calls the tunes and I do want anyone to call my tunes and b) because I can afford to contribute the time and money necessary to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out each and every morning and each and every evening. But if I did seek and get advertisers, my critics/opponents would viciously destroy them. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. They reject a) some, most, or all of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and/or b) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/22/advertiser-drops-the-ingraham-angle-after-fox-news-issues-scathing-statement-on-david-hogg-boycott

NEWSMAX
— Joe Walsh: Immigration Vote Will Only Anger GOP Base – Bill Hoffmann
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/joe-walsh-immigration-vote-immigration-bill/2018/06/22/id/867794/

DAILY CALLER
— HERE ARE THE 41 REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED AGAINST SECURING THE U.S. BORDER – Robert Donachie (DIERSEN: The list includes Roskam.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/22/republicans-who-voted-against-border-security/
— PHOTOS: CONDITIONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN IN AMERICA VS. SHELTER FOR MIGRANT CHILDREN – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/22/photos-homeless-shelters-detention-centers/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Trump’s Position on Immigration, Compared With Obama’s ‘Catch-and-Release’ Policy – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/22/poll-americans-overwhelmingly-support-trumps-position-on-immigration-compared-with-obamas-catch-and-release-policy/
— Trump Budget Embraces Numerous Conservative Reforms – Romina Boccia
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/22/trump-budget-embraces-numerous-conservative-reforms/

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— The Children’s Crisis Isn’t Working – SCOTT MCKAY
https://spectator.org/the-childrens-crisis-isnt-working/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump: “Inhumane Treatment” of Illegals Under Obama Admin – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/06/21/trump_inhumane_treatment_of_illegals_under_obama_admin.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrats Have Zero Tolerance for Solutions to Illegal Immigration – DAVID HARSANYI
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/democrats-maintain-status-quo-illegal-immigration/
— The New Democratic Party – THEODORE KUPFER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat, is to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/democrats-economic-policy-radicalism-has-obstacles/

THE HILL
— GOP pollster: Democrats are poised to take back the House (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and RINOs will blame Trump and Trump’s supporters for each and every defeat that Republicans suffer on November 6.)
http://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/393735-gop-pollster-democrats-are-poised-to-take-back-the-house-in-the

NBC NEWS
— Trump accuses Dems of ‘phony stories’ of sadness on border, seeks delay on immigration fix until after midterms “Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November,” Trump tweeted. – Adam Edelman and Rebecca Shabad
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/reversal-trump-suddenly-calls-lawmakers-stall-immigration-action-until-after-n885661

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— E-Verify, Guest-Worker Terms Return to Center of Immigration Fight Republican leadership had planned to hold a later vote on the two issues, but they are now adding them to a compromise bill – Andrew Duehren (DIERSEN: What do you say to employers that a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/e-verify-guest-worker-terms-return-to-center-of-immigration-fight-1529688372

BLOOMBERG
— Agency Reorganization Not About Cutting Workers, Official Says (DIERSEN: To help him dramatically downsize GAO, Charles Bowsher got buy-ins from the agency’s employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That meant that employees who were White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 would be adversely affected by the downsizing.)
https://www.bna.com/agency-reorganization-not-n73014476783/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The administration will need to get “buy-in” from both parties in Congress and from stakeholder groups such as federal employee unions if the plan is to become a reality, Stier said.)

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-how-to-help-immigrant-kids-20180622-story.html

GOVERNING
— 11 States (INCLUDING ILLINOIS) Will Challenge Trump’s New Immigration Executive Order in Court – Lewis Kamb
http://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/tns-states-lawsuit-trump-immigrant-children.html

June 22 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Trump Throws Wrench In GOP Immigration Push, Says Republicans Are ‘Wasting Their Time’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/22/donald-trump-immigration-republicans-midterms/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No, thank you! That’s Pritzker’s snarky message to Rauner in latest TV ad – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/no-thank-you-thats-pritzkers-snarky-message-to-rauner-in-latest-tv-ad/
— Roskam navigates immigration uproar as rival Casten woos Hispanics in Illinois 6 – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: The more that a bill defends and advances the Republican Party platform, a) the more that the bill is called “hard-line” and b) the more that Democrats and RINOs vote against it.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/roskam-navigates-immigration-uproar-as-rival-casten-woos-hispanics-in-illinois-6/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., voted against a hard-line immigration bill on Thursday that failed on a 193-231 roll call, siding with Democrats as his Democratic rival, Sean Casten, is making a major appeal to Hispanic voters. Casten campaign manager Michael Garton told the Chicago Sun-Times that they project the Hispanic vote in the west suburban 6th Congressional District seat to be between five and eight percent, a big enough bloc to be a factor in the high- profile battle. Garton told me that the Casten campaign is “specifically targeting the Hispanic community,” and has been running immigration related ads on Facebook and websites. There were 193 Republicans who voted for HR4760, introduced by Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. ANALYSIS Roskam was one of 41 Republicans to vote no, along with 190 Democrats. There were no Democratic yes votes. Roskam most often votes with the GOP majority. The other six Illinois House Republicans – Randy Hultgren; Adam Kinzinger; John Shimkus; Rodney Davis and Michael Bost – voted for the Goodlatte legislation. . .Roskam heads into the summer election fight with immigration a Casten priority issue, with about 2,900 Dreamers in the district, according to Garton.)
— City urged to go easy on scofflaws after study shows minorities bear the brunt – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: What percent of those who share your demographics are scofflaws?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/city-urged-to-go-easy-on-scofflaws-after-study-show-minorities-bear-the-brunt/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity crow about their success in getting Jews to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pride-parade-chicago-and-israel/
— Trump tells GOP to ‘stop wasting their time’ on immigration – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/immigration-donald-trump-gop-stop-wasting-time/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois set to collect sales tax on more online purchases after Supreme Court ruling – Lauren Zumbach and Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-supreme-court-online-sales-tax-illinois-0622-story.html
— Lake County’s congressional leaders weigh next steps after Trump signs order ending family separations – Emily K. Coleman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-lake-county-border-st-0621-story.html
— Mundelein prepares for the next trend in storage units: $90,000 ‘garage condominiums’ – Rick Kambic
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/mundelein/news/ct-mun-industrial-flex-condominiums-storage-tl-0628-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County clerk feels pressure of meeting needs of Aurora voters – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180621/kane-county-clerk-feels-pressure-of-meeting-needs-of-aurora-voters
— It may take a calamity to force governments to act on pensions. – Dan McCaleb
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180622/it-may-take-a-calamity-to-force-governments-to-act-on-pensions

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. Democrat anti-Trumps want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINO anti-Trumps want immigrants because RINO anti-Trumps want cheap labor.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180622/ISSUE07/180629954
— Why McDonald’s may be safe in China Authorities in China are free to punish McDonald’s, like any other U.S. company. But the government’s stake in the company gives them reason not to. – JOE CAHILL (DIERSEN: Who has a stake in you? No one has a stake in me. He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180622/ISSUE10/180629955

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps celebrate immigrant families.
https://qconline.com/rock-island-event-celebrates-immigrant-families/collection_6e3a808e-8f2f-56ee-956d-13a11231446e.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— University of Illinois requests dismissal of students’ free-speech suit over protest fallout – Ben Zigterman
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-06-21/ui-requests-dismissal-students-free-speech-suit-over-protest-fallout.html
— Put on a happy face? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-06-22/editorial-put-happy-face.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Should Madison County become a ‘sanctuary county’ for gun owners? Voters will weigh in. – KELSEY LANDIS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article213536284.html

WIFR
— New tax credit to make adoption process easier in Illinois (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/New-tax-credit-to-make-adoption-process-easier-in-Illinois-486214381.html

CHICAGO READER
— If Rauner loves African-Americans, he’s got a funny way of showing it – Ben Joravsky (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors would say that they showed their love for African-Americans by 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, got 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. My Democrat IRS superiors would say that they showed their love for African-Americans by 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. My Democrat Post Office superiors would say that they showed their love for African-Americans by forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/06/22/if-rauner-loves-african-americans-hes-got-a-funny-way-of-showing-it

ONE ILLINOIS
— ILLINOIS WORKERS HAVE TO MAKE $20 AN HOUR JUST TO AFFORD A DECENT RENTAL HOME (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, I earned $26.88 an hour in 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park. In addition to my IRS salary, I worked part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 and I was taking graduate business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.oneillinois.com/stories/2018/6/21/boxed-in
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new study finds that Illinois workers need to make more than $20 an hour just to afford a decent two-bedroom rental home. “Out of Reach 2018: The High Cost of Housing” was released this month as a national study localized by Housing Action Illinois. Working from a statewide average of $1,058 a month for rent and utilities for a two-bedroom apartment, the study projects that a resident spending the generally accepted 30 percent of income on housing would need to make a “housing wage” of $20.34 an hour to afford it. According to Sharon Legenza, executive director of Housing Action Illinois, it casts in relief how unaffordable it is to eke out a living at the minimum wage.)

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Average pensioner in Norwood Park FPD Firefighters Pension Fund earns $96,230 per year
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511418762-report-average-pensioner-in-norwood-park-fpd-firefighters-pension-fund-earns-96-230-per-year

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PRIME WORKING-AGE ILLINOISANS LEADING THE STATE’S POPULATION DECLINE – Orphe Divounguy and Bryce Hill and Suman Chattopadhyay
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/prime-working-age-illinoisans-leading-the-states-population-decline/

NUMBERS USA
— ‘Goodlatte bill’ vote was highest in House EVER to end chain migration & mandate E-Verify – Roy Beck
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/goodlatte-bill-vote-was-highest-house-ever-end-chain-migration-mandate-e-verify

GOPUSA
— House GOP cancels immigration votes in setback for Ryan’s amnesty
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48618
— Democrats don’t cry for U.S. citizens — or aborted babies
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48629

FOX NEWS
— Trump says ‘red wave’ needed to pass immigration bill over ‘obstructing’ Democrats – Adam Shaw (DIERSEN: What about the 41 obstructing House Republicans?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/22/trump-says-red-wave-needed-to-pass-immigration-bill-over-obstructing-democrats.html
— Government can more easily tell federal employees ‘You’re fired!’ for poor performance – it’s about time – Kay Coles James (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, it would be great if Trump would pardon me. Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because my federal superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer,” I must have been one of the worst of the worst employees in the federal government. They stress that before that, a) my GAO superiors 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; b) my IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/06/22/government-can-more-easily-tell-fed-workers-re-fired-for-poor-performance-it-s-about-time.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the same time, I realized a few bad actors have given the federal workforce a bad reputation. Of course, “few” is a relative term. In a federal civilian workforce of 2.1 million, a “few” can equate to tens of thousands of nonproductive workers. And their impact is not only wasteful – it’s a real disservice to their hard-working colleagues. That’s why I produced a series of OPM reports that explored ways to attract high performers to the federal workforce. And it’s why I think President Trump’s recent action is so important. On May 25, the President issued three executive orders that will do much to protect outstanding federal workers from the comparatively few “bad apples” in their midst. One order holds nonproductive workers more accountable for unsatisfactory performance and speeds up the disciplinary process. This fixes what has become a seemingly never-ending appeals process that has made it extremely difficult to remove those who are guilty of poor performance or misconduct.)
–Steve King: House Is Trying To “Fool” American People, Pass Amnesty – Tom Shillue
https://radio.foxnews.com/2018/06/21/steve-king-house-is-trying-to-fool-american-people-pass-amnesty/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— House Republicans cancel immigration votes in embarrassing setback – Stephen Dinan and Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/21/house-republicans-cancel-immigration-votes/

BREITBART
— Trump Tweet Deflates Ryan’s Amnesty Push – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/21/trump-tweet-deflates-ryan-amnesty-push/
— Ryan Pulls Amnesty, Promises Changes and Vote Next Week – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/21/ryan-pulls-amnesty-promises-rewrite-and-vote-next-week/
— Nervous Republicans Ask Trump to Save Ryan’s Amnesty Bill – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/21/amnesty-wavering-gop-reps-want-cover-from-president-trump/

BLAZE
— Trump asked protesting NFL players for pardon recommendations. Here’s how they responded. – Aaron Colen (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, it would be great if Trump would pardon me. Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because my federal superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer,” I must have been one of the worst of the worst employees in the federal government. They stress that before that, a) my GAO superiors 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; b) my IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/21/trump-asked-protesting-nfl-players-for-pardon-recommendations-heres-how-they-responded

LIFE SITE NEWS
— 48 conservative groups demand media, tech companies disavow Southern Poverty Law Center – Calvin Freiburger (DIERSEN: Of course, I would have signed this letter if I had been asked. Since 2000, I have led a conservative group. It is called “GOPUSA ILLINOIS Email Readers.” However, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes 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. They stress the conservative leaders in Illinois who have never come to my defense. The only legitimate reason to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is to get information to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/48-conservative-groups-demand-media-tech-companies-disavow-southern-poverty
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 48 conservative organizations joined forces Wednesday to call on governments, corporations, and media to cut ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), in light of the group’s recent surrender in a major defamation case. SPLC’s ostensible mission is to monitor hate groups, but is notorious for applying the “hate” label to mainstream Christian, pro-family, and conservative groups. Earlier this week, it admitted defeat in a defamation suit brought by the British-based Quilliam Foundation. SPLC issued a public apology for labeling the group “anti-Muslim extremists” and agreed to pay $3.4 million. The new letter, signed by representatives of the Family Research Council, the Ruth Institute, Liberty Counsel, Eagle Forum, and more — all of whom have been “maligned, defamed, and otherwise harmed” by SPLC’s “groundless epithets” — cites the settlement as the latest reason for disavowing SPLC.)

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that a bill defends and advances the Republican Party platform, a) the more that the bill is called “hardline” and b) the more that Democrats and RINOs vote against it.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/393460-hardline-immigration-bill-fails-in-the-house

CBS NEWS
— House vote on “compromise” immigration bill delayed until next week
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-vote-on-compromise-immigration-bill-delayed-until-next-week/

NEW YORK TIMES
— House Rejects Hard-Line Immigration Bill and Delays Vote on Compromise – Thomas Kaplan and Nicholas Fandos (DIERSEN: The more that a bill defends and advances the Republican Party platform, a) the more that the bill is called “hardline” and b) the more that Democrats and RINOs vote against it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/us/politics/house-immigration-bills-dreamers-daca-family-separation.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Rebuking Trump, Senate panel okays federal pay raise, but House plans big hit on pensions – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have painted themselves the most strongly as being a) anti-federal employee and b) anti-federal retiree.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/06/21/rebuking-trump-senate-panel-okays-federal-pay-raise-as-house-plans-big-hit-on-pensions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the House, Budget Committee Republicans proposed taking from federal workers by cutting $145 billion from their pensions over 10 years — that’s $1.5 billion more than Trump wanted. . .Greater contributions by individuals with no increase in benefits amounts to a cut in compensation. Creating parity with private-sector employers that have already whittled away or ended pensions is the opposite of progress. If parity is the goal, encourage the corporate world to offer better retirement. . .Womack adopted recommendations by a 2010 panel informally known as the Simpson-Bowles Commission. In addition to the points mentioned in the budget document, the commission also recommended reducing pensions by basing them on the highest five years of earning for new employees, instead of the highest three, which is now the case. The budget plan also calls on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to find $32 billion in savings, which likely would result in another hit on federal employees’ wallets. With recommendations like these, federal employee organizations are preparing for a fierce fight against the House GOP budget plan.)
— Why do we need more people in this country, anyway? – Michael Anton (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want cheap labor. They despise lowly workers like I was 1964-1997. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-do-we-need-more-people-in-this-country-anyway/2018/06/21/4ee8b620-7565-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After at least two decades of wage stagnation and even decline, now that we’ve finally reached the nirvana of full employment (and who knows how long it will last), why not take advantage of this tight labor market to raise wages across the board? Especially for the working and middle classes that got nowhere or even lost ground during the housing, finance and tech booms of recent years? Just about everyone knows the answer: because the business community does not like tight labor markets and the concomitant necessity to raise wages. That’s bad for the bottom line. The solution? More workers! And so the Chamber of Commerce annex — a.k.a. Capitol Hill Republicans — dutifully attempt to do their donors’ bidding at the expense of their voters’ interests. . .It’s clear what the oligarchs get out of an endless influx of cheap labor. What the Democratic Party gets is also clear: more voters, and with them the tantalizing possibility of turning the country as irreversibly blue as Democratic policies have already done to New York, California and many other states.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Canada Attacks Religious Freedom We tried to open a law school that upholds Christian values. That’s not allowed. – Bob Kuhn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/canada-attacks-religious-freedom-1529623475
— Trump’s Order to End Immigrant Family Separation Sows Confusion Law enforcement says prosecution plans are changing, while support groups say fate of 2,300 young illegal immigrants remains unclear – Alicia A. Caldwell and Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-order-to-end-immigrant-family-separation-sows-confusion-1529606272
— House GOP Postpones Vote on Immigration Bill Until Next Week The chamber already has rejected a more conservative version of the legislation – Natalie Andrews and Siobhan Hughes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-weighs-immigration-bills-1529594711
— Trump’s Critics Desecrate the Holocaust – Jay Winik (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint Trump as being Hitler, paint Republicans as being Nazis, and paint anti-Trumps as being Jews.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-critics-desecrate-the-holocaust-1529623337
— The Case for the Do-Nothing Vacation – Danny Heitman (DIERSEN: My wife and I have not taken a vacation since the early 1990s.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-case-for-the-do-nothing-summer-1529623412

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE OF TRUMP: Polarized poll: People see worst in each other – Susan Page and Merdle Nzanga DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in making individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries more and more and more 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.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20180622/281535111715621

— Who is accountable for immigrant kids? – Elvia Diaz
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20180622/281672550669093

June 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— At raucous rally, Trump touts hawkish immigration plans – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/at-raucous-rally-trump-touts-hawkish-immigration-plans/
— In Illinois, get redistricting and the 2020 Census right – BGA (DIERSEN: How many illegals live in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois. Democrats and RINOs want them to be counted so that they will have more power to get rid of Republicans.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/in-illinois-get-redistricting-and-the-2020-census-right/
— Cook County’s black population continues to decline – Manny Ramos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cook-county-black-population-continues-to-decline-census-data/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs will not be satisfied until U.S. citizenship is immediately given to ANYONE who a) promises to vote for Democrats or b) promises to work for less money than U.S. citizens will work for.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/donald-trump-immigration-border-kids-families-detention-executive-order-editorial/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you support the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform, United and American airlines do not want your business.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-united-airlines-migrant-children-20180620-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Millennials are largest age group in Cook County, census shows, but will they stay? – Elvia Malagon, Tessa Weinberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-census-bureau-cook-county-age-race-20180619-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs will not be satisfied until U.S. citizenship is immediately given to ANYONE who a) promises to vote for Democrats or b) promises to work for less money than U.S. citizens will work for.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-children-immigration-border-separation-20180620-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-border-children-family-separation-0621-20180620-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-glanton-column-immigration-20180620-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If/when pot is legalized in Illinois, and if municipalities will be able to bar the sale of pot in their jurisdictions, I will lead the effort to bar the sale of pot in Wheaton.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–canada-marijuana-legalization-things-to-know-20180621-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s up to the provinces and territories to determine how to handle distribution, and they’re taking a variety of approaches. Ontario plans to open up to 150 stores run by its Liquor Control Board — a model of public ownership that is unusual in the U.S. The tiny Washington state town of North Bonneville has one city-owned pot shop. British Columbia is planning for a mix of public and privately owned stores, while Newfoundland and Saskatchewan will have only private pot shops. In some remote areas where stand-alone marijuana stores might not be economically feasible, including in the Northwest Territories, cannabis could be sold at existing liquor stores. Just like U.S. states with legal pot, the provinces also differ on home-growing, with many allowing up to four plants and others, including Quebec, barring it. And rather than a minimum age of 21, as U.S. states have set, Canada’s federal minimum age to use marijuana will be 18, with most provinces adding an additional year. The varying approaches make the provinces something of a laboratory for determining the best ways to legalize, said Matt Gray, founder and chief executive of Herb, a Toronto-based news and social media platform for the pot industry.)
— Records: Mansion used in Rauner’s ‘Porcelain Prince’ ad got its own tax reduction – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN Have you ever gotten a tax reduction? I did. The Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board (http://www.ptab.illinois.gov/) reduced the assessed valuation of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton because of construction defects and unrecorded drainage easements. SEE: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1975935/diersen-v-joe-keim-builders-inc/ My critics/opponents stress that the following sided against me: the home’s builder, the City of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and the Northern Illinois Home Builders Association.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rauner-ad-mansion-tax-reduction-20180620-story.html
— Average Chicago homeowner to pay $110 more in property taxes this year – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-cook-county-tax-rates-20180620-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs will not be satisfied until U.S. citizenship is immediately given to ANYONE who a) promises to vote for Democrats or b) promises to work for less money than U.S. citizens will work for.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180620/editorial-the-unsettling-residue-of-a-welcome-reversal-of-immigration-policy
— Average property tax bills jump $213 in northwest Cook County – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180620/average-property-tax-bills-jump-213-in-northwest-cook-county

WBBM
— Rauner Tries To Flush JB Pritzker In New Ad, Pritzker Fights Back – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/news/rauner-tries-flush-jb-pritzker-new-ad-pritzker-fights-back

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats and RINOs shout at immigrants that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats and RINOs want to use immigrants to get rid of Republicans.
https://qconline.com/news/local/ri-event-celebrates-immigrant-families/article_ae6798eb-09a7-5a80-82e3-5d2c0c129dbe.html

LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites and anti-Americans promote hatred of Whites and promote hatred of Americans.
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/white-americans-disliked-undocumented-immigrants-long-before-trump/article_44a0df42-1580-5e91-bfc5-c1f1e9116377.html

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Is bankruptcy the only way Illinois can overcome ‘unsustainable fiscal policy’? Economist thinks so – Doug McMurdo
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511457740-is-bankruptcy-the-only-way-illinois-can-overcome-unsustainable-fiscal-policy-economist-thinks-so

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— TAX HIKE TO BALANCE BUDGET SHORTFALL COULD COST ILLINOIS’ ECONOMY 9,000 JOBS – Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/tax-hike-to-balance-budget-shortfall-could-cost-illinois-economy-9000-jobs/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Pension crisis grows as politicians do nothing – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-pension-crisis-grows-as-politicians-do-nothing/article_9515f8f6-7484-11e8-b67c-9b6097a81adf.html

WIREPOINTS
— Pending Bill Would Expand Pension ‘Intercept’ To Illinois University System – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/pending-bill-would-expand-pension-intercept-to-illinois-university-system-wirepoints-original/

DAILY CALLER
— MEDIA UNSATISFIED BY TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER ON FAMILY SEPARATIONS – Amber Athey and John Wellington (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs will not be satisfied until U.S. citizenship is immediately given to ANYONE who a) promises to vote for Democrats or b) promises to work for less money than U.S. citizens will work for.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/20/media-dems-unsatisfied-with-trump-eo/
— AMERICA’S IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS WON’T BE SOLVED AS HOUSE CONSERVATIVES REFUSE TO CONCEDE – Robert Donachie (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats and RINOs shout at immigrants that Republicans, that is, conservatives, are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats and RINOs want to use immigrants to get rid of Republicans.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/20/house-republicans-immigration-bills/

BREITBART
— DOJ Employee Caught Protesting DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at Mexican Restaurant – Kristina Wong
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/20/doj-employee-caught-protesting-dhs-secretary-kirstjen-nielsen-at-mexican-restaurant/

BLAZE
— Fox News issues biting statement on Parkland student’s latest boycott attempt against Laura Ingraham – Sarah Taylor (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have called for everyone to boycott GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Previously, they called for boycotts of a) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois while I was its chairman 2005-2012, b) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce while I was a member of its Government Affairs Committee 2003-2011, c) Milton Township Republican Central Committee while I was its webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, d) Illinois Center Right Coalition while I was a member of its Steering Committee 2003-2007, and e) American Association of Political Consultants while I was a member of its Midwest Chapter board 2001-2003. My critics/opponents stress that extremely few people who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican have come to my defense.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/20/fox-news-issues-biting-statement-on-parkland-students-latest-boycott-attempt-against-laura-ingraham

FOX NEWS
— Trump holds rally in Minnesota after touting progress on immigration, trade – Gregg Re
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/20/trump-holds-rally-in-minnesota-after-touting-progress-on-immigration-trade.html

THE HILL
— Trump caves after negative images, pressure from family – NIALL STANAGE
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/393379-the-memo-trump-caves-after-negative-images-pressure-from-family

POLITICO
— Trump dodges family separations, but takes aim at illegal immigration – MATTHEW NUSSBAUM, STEPHANIE MURRAY and CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/20/trump-minnesota-economy-immigration-661018

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Republicans Dislike Separating Families. But They Like ‘Zero Tolerance’ More. – Simon Romero and Jonathan Martin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/politics/republicans-family-separation.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use illegals to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/opinion/family-separation-melania-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/opinion/trump-family-separation-executive-order.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/opinion/andrew-cuomo-a-moral-outrage-new-york-will-not-tolerate.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/opinion/new-york-marijuana-legal.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Trumps blame Trump for incivility.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/politics/trump-language-immigration.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States – Sabrina Tavernise (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, RINOs a) paint themselves as being anti-White and b) pander to anti-Whites.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/white-minority-population.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Voter interest in the midterm elections stands at a historic high with a singular focus — Trump – David Lauter (DIERSEN: RINOs would rather have Democrats elected than Republicans. Of course, Democrats and RINOs have, are, and will shout at the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America to shout their disapproval of Trump by voting for Democrats and for RINOs in the November 6 election.)
— http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-midterm-election-poll-20180620-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs want Republicans to lose. Democrats and RINOs want the Republican Party to dump the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform and dump all those individuals, organizations, and companies that support it, especially those who 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.wsj.com/articles/make-2018-about-taxes-not-migration-1529536339
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kids-in-cages-1529536302
— FRONT PAGE: Growth in Retiring Baby Boomers Strains U.S. Welfare Programs Census projections see a rapid increase in retiree-age Americans, putting pressure on Social Security – Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats and RINOs shout at immigrants that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats and RINOs want to use immigrants to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retiring-baby-boomers-leave-the-u-s-with-fewer-workers-to-support-the-elderly-1529553660
— How Amazon Became One of Washington’s Most Powerful Players The company has built a huge presence in the nation’s capital, with an army of lobbyists and a growing list of government contracts – Brody Mullins, Laura Stevens and John D. McKinnon (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-amazon-became-one-of-washingtons-most-powerful-players-1529509628

STATESMAN
— The Texas GOP’s platform, by God – Ken Herman (DIERSEN: What does Rauner want the 2020 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform to be? Ever-increasingly, it appears that he wants to dump the current platform’s traditional family plank, right to life plank, immigration plank, and other planks. Of course, I oppose that. I have repeatedly asked Bob Grogan, my representative on the IRP State Central Committee, to appoint me to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform & Resolutions Committee like Ron Smith did in 2008.)
https://www.mystatesman.com/news/opinion/herman-the-texas-gop-platform-god/mtjD4odMchi6HzZptPln4L/

FEDERAL TIMES
— Will agencies punish feds who engage ‘in good faith’ with unions? – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors were vehemently anti-union. They punished their employees, including me, who were not anti-union.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2018/06/20/will-agencies-punish-feds-who-engage-in-good-faith-with-unions/

June 20 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use an asylum-seeker to bash Trump.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/evanston-asylum-seeker-says-she-hasnt-seen-daughter-in-3-years/3623904/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner attacks Pritzker in new ad about toilets: ‘royal flush of tax avoidance’ – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/rauner-attacks-pritzker-in-new-ad-about-toilets-royal-flush-of-tax-avoidance-
— Illinois attorney general demands end to ‘zero-tolerance’ policy – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-attorney-general-demands-end-to-zero-tolerance-policy

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner says U.S. border policy splitting families is ‘heartbreaking’ – Kim Geiger (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps use children who were brought into America illegally to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rauner-border-policy-20180619-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To defeat Republican candidates on November 6, Democrats will increasingly call Trump supporters White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-trump-bannon-border-referendum-0620-20180619-story.html
— As governor, Rauner says, he’s done more for African-Americans than ‘anybody’ – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: If you were asked what you have done that helped Blacks, what would you say? In 1997, a Black got my job and my preferred corner office at GAO because I succumbed to my Democrat superiors’ pressure to take their early retirement “offer.” In 1980, my Democrat IRS superiors could give my job to a Black because I transferred from IRS to GAO. In 1969, my Democrat Post Office superiors could give my job to a Black because I succumbed to their pressure to resign.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rauner-juneteenth-radio-interview-20180619-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use children who were brought into America illegally to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-met-schmich-kids-in-cages-20180619-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-trump-immigration-kass-0620-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-immigration-st-0620-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-parkland-students-town-hall-st-0620-story.html
— Rauner contends Democrats “hypocritical” on #MeToo; Rauner says Rahm a failure on schools since “day one” – Rick Pearson, John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rauner-border-policy-20180619-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner says he asked White House and Congress to end ‘bad policy’ at border – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-says-he-asked-white-house-and-congress-to-end-bad-policy-at-border/
— Illinois Republicans in Congress break from Trump over border children – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-republicans-in-congress-break-from-trump-over-border-children/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use children who were brought into America illegally to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-moral-failing-tearing-up-families-lies-border/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pro-life-voices-need-to-speak-up-against-family-separation/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/stand-up-to-people-who-would-make-us-jailers-of-children/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Is Trump’s ‘1,000 percent’ support enough to defuse family separations issue?”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/immigration-separating-children-house-republicans-donald-trump/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Video gambling is a vice. If you promote video gambling, you promote vice.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180619/our-view-towns-still-need-to-approach-video-gambling-with-caution
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use children who were brought into America illegally to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-immigration-st-0620-story.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote opposition to migrant separation policy.
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/opposition-grows-to-migrant-separation-policy/article_b6b18e7e-64bb-507b-9382-3b4c4bbc5546.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Bost compares policy of separating immigrant families to legal process after shoplifting – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article213445364.html
— Son of ex-township trustee gets probation in corruption case – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article213505134.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Gov. Rauner proclaims Juneteenth Day in Illinois
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/gov-rauner-proclaims-juneteenth-day-in-illinois

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Anti-Trump GOP Boss Went To Bat For Child Sex Predator – DOUG E. IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14526

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— First look at U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam’s opening TV ad of the general election race (DIERSEN: All those who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise 1980-1997 were disabled, minority, female, veteran, and/or were employees who they wanted to get rid of.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/20/rauner-razzes-jb-the-plumber-black-caucus-calls-out-governor-on-african-american-claims-roskams-first-ad-uihlein-back-in-il-money-game-280735
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Its focus is on what Roskam voted against, a change to the American Disabilities Reform Act, which he says would have thrown up obstacles for individuals with disabilities seeking accommodations. “Our fellow citizens who are disabled bear a heavy burden in their mobility. The law should not make it more difficult on them,” Roskam said in a statement. He faces Democrat Sean Casten in November.)

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— DO CHRISTIANS HAVE A FUTURE IN LGBTQ AMERICA? – Star Parker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, as November 6 approaches, a) Democrats will shout that Republican candidates are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) Democrats will call for them to dump platform planks, to dump individuals, to dump organizations, to dump companies, to dump governments, and to dump countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. How will the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct react to the aforesaid?
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/do-christians-have-a-future-in-lgbtq-america/

DAILY CALLER
— HERE’S WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO FBI AGENTS WHO TOOK GIFTS FROM REPORTERS – Kevin Daley
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/19/fbi-agents-investigated-over-gifts/
— HERE ARE HORRIFYING PHOTOS OF OBAMA’S ILLEGAL ALIEN FACILITIES THE MEDIA REFUSES TO SHOW YOU – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/19/photos-obama-immigration-detention-facilities/
— ANTIFA SPREADS LIST OF ICE AGENTS COMPILED USING LINKEDIN AND BLASTS IT OVER TWITTER – Kyle Perisic (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years – that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and that I worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/19/antifa-spreads-ice-agents-identities/

BLAZE
— University of Washington settles lawsuit, agrees to pay Republican group $122,500 – Mike Ciandella (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps threaten violence. Ever-increasingly, Trump supporters are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/19/university-of-washington-settles-lawsuit-agrees-to-pay-republican-group-122500
(FROM THE ARTICLE: UW College Republicans planned a rally on Feb. 1 with the group Patriot Prayer. The college determined that the rally was a security risk, and demanded that the club pay $17,000 in security fees. This made the event unaffordable for the College Republicans, who argued that this amounted to suppression of their right to free speech.)
— Trump demanded biased FBI agent be fired – he’s just been escorted from the FBI building – Carlos Garcia (DIERSEN: Starting in late August of 1997, when I was 48 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors started talking and acting like one or more Democrat politician had demanded that I be forced to take early retirement.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/19/trump-demanded-biased-fbi-agent-be-fired-hes-just-been-escorted-from-the-fbi-building

BREITBART
— Jim Jordan: Ryan Amnesty Bill Inconsistent with Trump Election Mandate
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/19/exclusive-jim-jordan-ryan-amnesty-bill-not-consistent-with-2016-election-mandate/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in turning “religious leaders” against Trump.
http://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/393120-the-memo-religious-right-hits-trump-on-border-crisis

NEW YORK TIMES
— Elon Musk Accuses Tesla Employee of Sabotage – Neal E. Boudette (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government hint/imply/argue/shout that their efforts to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females are sabotaged by their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote 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/2018/06/19/business/elon-musk-tesla-employee-sabotage.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use children who were brought into America illegally to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/children-border-separated-foster-care-trauma.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/donald-trump-immigrants-children.html
— Matching Job Program To People Most in Need – Jeffery C. Mays (DIERSEN: Ya’seen Madyun, 22, wants “a job that pays anywhere near $50,000.” In 1971, when I was 22 years old, I took a job that paid only $45,703 in today’s dollars. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 and I had worked for Firestone Stores as a Retail Sales Manager for 7 months.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/nyregion/nyc-jobs-de-blasio-poor.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since graduating two years ago from a small private high school in Queens, Ya’seen Madyun has completed a culinary training program and has attended security training courses, all in the hopes of landing a job that pays anywhere near $50,000. In January, Mr. Madyun, now 22, sought assistance at one of the city’s Workforce1 centers. He said he was directed toward an opening at a Family Dollar on New Lots Avenue in Brooklyn, a good 90-minute subway ride from his home in Far Rockaway, Queens. When he arrived, 15 people were already waiting to apply. “I’m used to a line,” Mr. Madyun said, adding that he never heard back about the job. He knows many young people in his neighborhood who are in a similar situation. “They want a full-time job,” he said, “anything 9 to 5.” It has been a year since Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a $1.5 billion New York Works program aimed at creating 100,000 jobs paying $50,000 or more over the next decade. The program is designed to tackle what the mayor calls an “affordability crisis” by creating jobs in fields such as technology and life sciences.)

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Is it really a good idea for John Cox to have Trump campaign for him in California?”
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-campaign-john-cox-20180620-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally and b) encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/migrant-keep-crossing-southern-u-s-border-undeterred-by-risks-1529456791
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Saudis are having a hard time getting Saudis to take bad jobs. All the jobs that I had were viewed as being bad jobs. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabias-economic-revamp-means-more-jobs-for-saudisif-only-they-wanted-them-1529420902?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1
— Marriage Is Out of Fashion. So Why Is Tiffany Selling More Engagement Rings? – Suzanne Kapner
https://www.wsj.com/articles/marriage-is-out-of-fashion-so-why-is-tiffany-selling-more-engagement-rings-1529487001
— Five Ways to Improve 401(k)s Too many people don’t save enough for their retirement—if they save at all. It doesn’t have to be that way. – Anne Tergesen (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my wife and I have saved a lot for our retirement only because we have always had unfair advantages, mainly, that the federal government grossly overpaid me and that my Civil Service Retirement System pension and federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies are too generous. They stress that I avoided the draft and that we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/five-ways-to-improve-401-k-s-1529460601
— My Lazy Summer as a Public Employee Baltimore’s utility workers are in hot water for loafing on the clock. That brings back a few memories. – Jason L. Riley (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, I could and did deliver mail in about half the time that I was given to deliver it.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-lazy-summer-as-a-public-employee-1529449487

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s Hard Line on Immigration Traps Republicans in a 2018 Dilemma.” Ever-increasingly, as November 6 approaches, a) Democrats will shout that Republican candidates are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) Democrats will call for them to dump platform planks, to dump individuals, to dump organizations, to dump companies, to dump governments, and to dump countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. How will the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct react to the aforesaid?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-20/trump-s-hard-line-on-immigration-traps-gop-in-a-2018-dilemma

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Rauner, Partner Buy 53 Acres of Land Near Springfield Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has bought 53 acres of land west of Springfield with a local farmer.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-06-20/rauner-partner-buy-53-acres-of-land-near-springfield

June 19 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Rauner Tries To Flush Pritzker Down The Toilet In New Ad – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/19/rauner-campaign-ad/

NBC5
— Illinois Governor’s Race Goes Down the Toilet– Literally The Pritzker campaign has responded with a new television ad attacking Rauner -Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-Governors-Race-Heads-Down-the-Toilet—Literally-485968081.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner says Trump should stop splitting families – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/rauner-says-trump-should-stop-splitting-families#/

WGN TV
— President Trump, Gov. Rauner mark Juneteenth celebration
http://wgntv.com/2018/06/19/president-trump-gov-rauner-mark-juneteenth-celebration/

WLS AM
— Rauner and Emanuel laud each other at U of I announcement – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/06/19/rauner-and-emanuel-laud-each-other-at-u-of-i-announcement/
— Rauner denounces policy of separating families – Bill Cameron http://www.wlsam.com/2018/06/19/rauner-denounces-policy-of-separating-families/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner says he’s done more for African Americans than any other governor – Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-rauner-says-hes-done-more-for-african-americans-than-any-other-governor/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan relents, and hires an independent investigator – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-investigation-hickey-springfield-20180619-story.html
— Illinois governor says Trump should stop splitting families – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-il–rauner-immigration-20180619-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting religious people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-methodists-letter-attorney-general-church-rules-20180619-story.html
— To end family separations, GOP weighs plan to hold kids in detention longer — but with their parents – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-border-family-separation-20180619-story.html
— Trump, defiant as border crisis escalates, prepares to lobby House GOP on immigration bills – Mike DeBonis and John Wagner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-family-separation-policy-border-20180618-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— No increase to taxes or fees to close Cook County budget gap – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180619/no-increase-to-taxes-or-fees-to-close-cook-county-budget-gap

WTTW
— Rauner Calls Separating Families ‘Wrong’ But Mum on Border Troops – Amanda Vinicky
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/06/19/rauner-calls-separating-families-wrong-mum-border-troops

WSIU
— U.S. Rep. Bost Says Separating Families at Border is Not New – BRAD PALMER
http://news.wsiu.org/post/us-rep-bost-says-separating-families-border-not-new#stream/0

WAND
— Rauner proclaims Juneteenth Day in Illinois (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I got jobs and promotions that Blacks should have gotten. According to them, instead of me, a) the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office. My critics/opponents consider the federal government to be the employer of last resort, that is, a dumping ground for those who are lazy, stupid, minority, female, older, disabled, and/or veteran.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38458276/gov-rauner-proclaims-juneteenth-day-in-illinois

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Administration ‘Enforcing The Laws In The Books,’ Talk Show Host Sandy Rios Says Of Immigration Policy
http://nprillinois.org/post/trump-administration-enforcing-laws-books-talk-show-host-says-immigration-policy#stream/0

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Husband of abortion rights candidate, Terra Costa Howard, puts Jesus in the middle of Starbucks shoving incident – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511458247-husband-of-abortion-rights-candidate-terra-costa-howard-puts-jesus-in-the-middle-of-starbucks-shoving-incident

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Darren Bailey says new law to combat harassment in Springfield allows politicians to ‘duck’ responsibility – Glenn Minnis
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511460026-bailey-says-new-law-to-combat-harassment-in-springfield-allows-politicians-to-duck-responsibility

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— NEPOTISTIC HIRES HIGHLIGHT TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT WASTE Two McHenry County highway commissioners hired each other’s sons to township government positions in 2017. Despite concerns of nepotism, these practices are not uncommon in township government. – Joe Kaiser
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/nepotistic-hires-highlight-township-government-waste/
— CHANGES TO FEDERAL SALT DEDUCTION EXPOSE ILLINOIS’ HIGH TAXES – Travis Nix (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/changes-to-federal-salt-deduction-expose-illinois-high-taxes/

PROPUBLICA
— When Do Reporters Collaborate, and When Do They Compete? Increasingly, we work together to produce stronger journalism. – David Eads (DIERSEN: Because my critics/opponents cannot manipulate/dominate me, they do not want you to first learn of anything by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Consequently, they blacklist me, they blacklist my supporters, they blacklist my emails, and they try to bribe and/or threaten activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. Ironically, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails drive lots of traffic to the websites that my critics/opponents operate.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/ask-propublica-illinois-reporters-journalism-collaboration-between-newsrooms

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Gay Pride is Normalized Through “Pride” Month – Benjamin Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/video/gay-pride-is-normalized-through-pride-month/

CAPITOL FAX
— Uihlein gives $1.5 million to Liberty Principles PAC
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/19/uihlein-gives-15-million-to-liberty-principles-pac/
— Rauner claims he’s done more for black people than any other governor
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/19/rauner-claims-he%E2%80%99s-done-more-for-black-people-than-any-other-governor/
— Rauner calls on White House to end child separations at U.S. Southern border
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/19/rauner-says-he-will-not-send-national-guard-troops-to-mexican-border/
— Pritzker campaign, Campaign Workers Guild clash over intern compensation
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/19/pritzker-campaign-campaign-workers-guild-clash-over-intern-compensation/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge strikes down Kansas law requiring proof of citizenship to vote – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, illegals are strongly motivated to vote for Democrats because Democrats promise to give illegals amnesty and much more. Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Democrats will use government a) to give illegals preferential treatment and b) to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/18/kansas-voter-id-law-requiring-proof-citizenship-st/

GOPUSA
— DACA: ‘Dreamers’ include those arrested for murder, rape and other sex crimes
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48320
— Dozens of states tighten election security — by going back to paper
http://www.gopusa.com/dozens-of-states-tighten-election-security-by-going-back-to-paper/
— Satisfaction with country higher than any point during Obama presidency: Poll
http://www.gopusa.com/satisfaction-with-country-higher-than-any-point-during-obama-presidency-poll/
— When children are separated from their parents at the border, here is where they go next
http://www.gopusa.com/when-children-are-separated-from-their-parents-at-the-border-here-is-where-they-go-next/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Declares Dems Want Illegals to ‘Infest’ America – Bill Hoffmann (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who ever-increasingly make it clear that they want to get rid of citizens of America and replace them with illegals. They especially want to get rid of citizens of America who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. For their self-defense, the aforesaid are buying lots of firearms and ammunition.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-democrats-zero-tolerance-policy/2018/06/19/id/867020/

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP ATTACKS MEDIA FOR HELPING SMUGGLERS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKERS: ‘THEY KNOW IT’ – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/19/trump-blames-media-helping-smugglers/
— DOJ’S WATCHDOG: FBI REFUSING TO ALLOW ANTI-TRUMP AGENTS TO BE NAMED – Chuck Ross (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who were the most anti-Republican based on their actions.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/19/fbi-blocks-id-anti-trump-texts/

BREITBART
— 13 Facts the Media ‘Pros’ Don’t Want You to Know About ‘Family Border Separation’ – John Nolte
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/06/19/13-facts-border-children-family-separation/
— How the Left Misinterprets the Bible to Promote Open Borders – Joel B. Pollak
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/19/pollak-how-the-left-misinterprets-the-bible-to-promote-open-borders/

BLAZE
— Marijuana tour bus driver arrested and 30 passengers cited for public consumption in Colorado – Jana Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/19/marijuana-tour-bus-driver-arrested-and-30-passengers-cited-for-public-consumption-in-colorado

FEDERALIST
— Democrats’ Border Separation Bill Would Let Nearly All Parents Who Commit Federal Crimes Get Off Scot-Free Every Senate Democrat has signed on to cosponsor a bill written so carelessly that it does not distinguish between foreign children at the border and U.S. citizen children. – Gabriel Malor
http://thefederalist.com/2018/06/19/democrats-border-separation-bill-let-nearly-parents-commit-federal-crimes-get-off-scot-free/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Answer Is Don’t Bring Your Kid Here Illegally
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28187

THE HILL
— McConnell backs bill to keep immigrant families together – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: Of course, this encourages “families” to come to America illegally. Democrats want immigrants because they vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because they want cheap labor.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/393051-mcconnell-backs-bill-to-keep-immigrant-families-together

NEW YORK TIMES
— Governors Refuse to Send National Guard to Border, Citing Trump’s Child Separation Policy – Matthew Haag (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/us/national-guard-trump-children-immigration.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Also on Monday, the Democratic governor of North Carolina and the Republican governor of Illinois said they opposed the policy and called on Mr. Trump to immediately halt it. ” Those states did not respond to questions on Tuesday about sending the National Guard to the border.)

FORBES
— Promoting Wrong People Hurts Employee Retention And Productivity – Bill Conerly (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They want to hire, retain, and promote those who a) inspire Democrats, and especially those who are minority, female, and/or younger, to stay and b) inspire Republicans, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, to leave.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/billconerly/2018/06/19/promoting-wrong-people-hurts-employee-retention-and-productivity/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Senate Approves $40,000 Buyouts – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: Employers offer buyouts to their employees who they want to get rid of. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, including me, a $25,000 buyout.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/06/19/senate-approves-40000-buyouts/
— 45 Senate Democrats Demand That Trump Rescind Workforce Executive Orders – Erich Wagner
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/06/45-senate-democrats-demand-trump-rescind-workforce-executive-orders/149124/

RAW STORY
— Ex-GOP chairman Michael Steele says Trump’s base wants to terrorize immigrants: ‘That’s the whole point — they want this’ – Travis Gettys (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who ever-increasingly make it clear that they want to get rid of citizens of America and replace them with illegals. They especially want to get rid of citizens of America who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. For their self-defense, the aforesaid are buying lots of firearms and ammunition.)
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/ex-gop-chairman-says-trumps-base-wants-terrorize-immigrants-thats-whole-point-want/

June 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Tower in Chicago failed to follow fish protection rules.”
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/records-trump-tower-in-chicago-failed-to-follow-fish-protection-rules/3617085/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with those who bring their children to America illegally.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/border-immigration-families-separated-children-donald-trump-rahm-emanuel-485838841.html

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use family separation policy to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/18/thousands-protest-trump-administrations-family-separation-policy/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Food stamp enrollment falls to 8-year low as Trump clamps down on fraud, economy improves
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/food-stamp-enrollment-falls-to-8-year-low

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump digs in on immigration amid family separation crisis: ‘The United States will not be a migrant camp’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-family-separation-policy-border-20180618-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with those who bring their children to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-glanton-column-trump-sessions-20180618-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-trump-immigration-children-20180618-story.html
— Stop waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to end gerrymandering in Illinois – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-scotus-gerrymandering-illinois-remap-20180618-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says U.S. won’t be a ‘migrant camp’ as national outrage rises – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/donald-trump-immigration-policy-migrant-camp/
— AG Sessions heading to Supreme Court over Chicago’s sanctuary city policy – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/jeff-sessions-going-supreme-court-sanctuary-city-policy/
— Nine bills Gov. Rauner should sign to make Illinois safer and fairer – Editorial (DIERSEN: All nine of these bills conflict with the Illinois Republican Party platform, either completely, or to some extent.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-legislature-bills-bruce-rauner-2018-gun-violence-immigration-voter-rolls-opioids-editorial/
— Madigan taps Rauner’s former watchdog Maggie Hickey to probe House for ‘failures and mistakes’ – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, while Hickey served as Peter Fitzgerald’s Chief of Staff, Fitzgerald appointed both the district court judge, Amy J. St. Eve, and the attorney who represented GAO, Patrick Fitzgerald. All of the aforesaid made it very clear that they favored patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Eve granted Patrick Fitzgerald’s motion to deny me my 7th Amendment rights, that is, to deny me a jury trial. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes used that to hint/imply/argue/shout that Peter Fitzgerald, Hickey, Eve, and Patrick Fitzgerald viewed me as being someone who was lazy, stupid, bad, and even worse things.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-taps-rauners-former-watchdog-to-probe-house-for-failure-and-mistakes/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Madigan spokesman Steve Brown said Hickey will be paid $500 an hour to conduct the investigation. Brown said the funds will come from the Illinois House operations budget. Brown initially told the Sun-Times there was a cap of $50,000 but later said “the final version of the contract does not have a cap.” . . . When Hickey left Rauner’s administration, the governor said in a statement that “her objectivity and fairness can be a model for public servants.” Hickey helped to lead a health care fraud elimination task force and also led an investigation into the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services that uncovered multiple flaws. Hickey left the administration to join the Schiff Hardin LLP law firm as a partner. Hickey also served as an investigative counsel for a U.S. Senate committee and as the chief of staff for former Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill. But as a Rauner political appointee, she was blocked by Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, as well as Mayor Rahm Emanuel last year to replace former U.S. Attorney Zach Fardon in the Northern District of Illinois.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with those who bring their children to America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-trump-policy-separate-families-us-mexico-border-zero-tolerance-sessions-sanctuary/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/because-im-pro-life-i-am-appalled-to-see-children-taken-from-parents-at-border/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/slave-owners-and-nazis-quote-the-romans-13-to-justify-immorality-too/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/who-we-are-as-americans-is-being-tested-as-our-government-tears-families-apart/
— Homeland Security chief says no apology for separating families – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/homeland-security-kirstjen-nielsen-no-apology-separating-families-border/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with those who bring their children to America illegally.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180618/roskam-trump-administration-needs-to-immediately-end-tearing-apart-migrant-parents-and-kids
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180618/news/306189916/
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180618/news/306189934/
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180618/news/306189954/
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180618/what-suburban-members-of-congress-are-saying-about-trump-immigration-policy
— Protesters burn Mississippi flag, say it symbolizes racism – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180618/news/306189895/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Public money for the Obama Center? Just say no, Mr. President. – MARK GLENNON
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180615/ISSUE07/180619947/obama-should-reject-taxpayer-money-for-chicago-presidential-center

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, ANTI-RELIGIOUS, ANTI-CONSERVATIVE, ANTI-REPUBLICAN: GOV RAUNER MARCHES IN AURORA’S FIRST GAY PRIDE PARADE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/gov-rauner-marches-in-auroras-first-gay-pride-parade-.html
— CLARK CO JOINS GROWING NUMBER OF ILLINOIS COUNTIES PASSING RESOLUTIONS UPHOLDING SECOND AMENDMENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/clark-co-passes-2nd-amendment-resolution.html
— 50% OPPOSE SANCTUARY COMMUNITIES IN NEW RASMUSSEN POLL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/50-oppose-sanctuary-communities-in-new-rasmussen-poll.html
— JUDICIAL WATCH SUES STATE DEPARTMENT FOR OBAMA-ERA RECORDS ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT SITE LOCATIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/judicial-watch-sues-state-department-for-obama-era-records-on-refugee-resettlement-site-locations.html
— THORNER: GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA’S LARRY PRATT, REP. IVES HONORED BY LAKE COUNTY CONSERVATIVE GROUP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/06/gun-owners-of-americas-larry-pratt-and-rep-ives-honored-by-lake-county-conservative-group.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Bill Brady says GOP leveraged balanced budget from nervous Democrats
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/18/brady-says-gop-leveraged-balanced-budget-from-nervous-dems/
— Rauner campaign launches two new initiatives
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/18/rauner-campaign-launches-two-new-initiatives/
— Madigan taps Maggie Hickey for independent investigation of House
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/18/madigan-taps-maggie-hickey-for-independent-investigation-of-house/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/18/medical-marijuana-expansion-bill-to-be-released/

DAILY CALLER
— MOMS OF CHILDREN KILLED BY ILLEGAL ALIENS SLAM MEDIA FOR HYPOCRITICAL COVERAGE OF BORDER SEPARATIONS – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/18/angel-moms-border-separation/
— SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER PAYS OUT MILLIONS TO GROUP IT WRONGLY LABELED BIGOTED – Joe Simonson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who talk and/or act like they are SPLC operatives or SPLC dupes.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/18/splc-pays-out-millions-to-group/

BREITBART
— U.S. Far-Left Group SPLC To Pay Counter-Extremist Maajid Nawaz $3.3M Settlement Over Anti-Muslim ‘Hate List’ – Chris Tomlinson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who talk and/or act like they are SPLC operatives or SPLC dupes.)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/06/18/u-s-far-left-anti-hate-group-to-pay-maajid-nawaz-3-3-million-dollar-settlement-for-including-him-on-hate-list/
— GOP’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers: Ryan Bill ‘Does Not Provide Amnesty to Anyone’ – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/17/gop-pr-ryan-amnesty-not-amnesty-you-are-looking-for/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The message tries to downplay the demand by GOP donors for more cheap labor, yet it describes immigration as a tool for business groups and also reveals that Ryan plans to expand the H-2B visa-worker program. Some of the phrases chosen by McMorris Rodgers are even plagiarized from pro-amnesty speeches by President Barack Obama, who also supported cheap-labor immigration.)
— Schumer: Ryan’s Amnesty Bill is ‘Doomed to Fail’ For Cutting Legal Immigration – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/06/18/schumer-ryan-amnesty-bill-doomed-fail/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No immigration bill can get through the Senate without support from 60 Senators. That high number means a bill has to be backed by roughly 15 Democratic Senators plus nearly all of the GOP’s cheap-labor caucus, which includes at least 20 Senators out of the 51 GOP members in the Senate. In February, for example, Sen. Susan Collins and eight other GOP Senators pushed a surprise bill that would have provided a priority-amnesty for all 8 million illegal immigrants who are holding jobs.)

BLAZE
— Poll: Democrats view President Trump more unfavorably than Kim Jong Un – Mike Ciandella (DIERSEN: How unfavorably do Democrats in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county view Trump? If you are a Trump supporter, how unfavorably do the anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county view you?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/18/poll-democrats-view-president-trump-more-unfavorably-than-kim-jong-un

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— John Cox might be California’s last chance – Steve Deace
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/john-cox-might-be-californias-last-chance/

TOWNHALL
— Unhinged: Citing Trump Immigration Policies, Leftists Attack Conservatives for…Celebrating Father’s Day – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/06/18/unhinged-liberals-attack-paul-ryan-for-celebrating-fathers-day-n2491486

NEWSMAX
— 51 Percent of Federal Workforce Support Bid for Easy Firing – Scott Rasmussen (DIERSEN: I would expect that all of the aforesaid 51 percent are Democrats, minorities, females, and/or veterans. The federal government wants to get rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who 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.)
https://www.newsmax.com/scottrasmussen/administrative-conduct-performance-regulatory/2018/06/18/id/866869/

GOPUSA
— Illinois judge blocks village’s ban on semiautomatic rifles, magazines
http://www.gopusa.com/illinois-judge-blocks-villages-ban-on-semiautomatic-rifles-magazines/
— Wanna stop parent-child separation on the border with Mexico? Build the wall
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48234
— It’s green power, not fossil fuels, that would collapse without subsidies
http://www.gopusa.com/its-green-power-not-fossil-fuels-that-would-collapse-without-subsidies/
— The Left’s Kathy Griffin unleashes profanity-laced tirade at Melania Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/the-lefts-kathy-griffin-unleashes-profanity-laced-tirade-at-melania-trump/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use “family separation” against Trump.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/family-separation-border-central-american-migration-lessons/
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/family-separation-trump-policy-controversy-dominate-news/

THE HILL
— Poll: Majority of Republicans back family separation policy – LUIS SANCHEZ
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/392802-poll-majority-of-republicans-back-family-separation-policy
— Trump defends family separation policy: US ‘will not be a migrant camp’ – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/392788-trump-defends-immigration-policy-us-will-not-be-a-migrant-camp
— Trump doubles down on family separation policy – JORDAN FABIAN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/392757-trump-doubles-down-on-family-separation-policy
— Joe Walsh: Every Republican privately admits Trump lies all the time but is afraid to say it publicly – ARIS FOLLEY
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/392743-ex-gop-lawmaker-every-republican-privately-admits-trump-lies
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use “family separation” against Trump.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/392908-mccain-calls-on-trump-to-rescind-family-separation-policy-its-an-affront-to

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQers blame their problems on members of the following groups: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/conservative-republican-senator-calls-action-acute-suicide-crisis/story?id=55928749

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage illegals to bring their children so that they came be used against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/us/immigration-deported-parents.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/opinion/trump-lying-separate-immigrant-children.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/opinion/amnesty-deportation-immigration-family-separation.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Why would the Fed want to raise the unemployment rate a full percentage point? – Jared Bernstein (DIERSEN: Unemployed people are a far more likely to vote for Democrats. RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/06/18/why-would-the-fed-want-to-raise-the-unemployment-rate-a-full-percentage-point/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Administration Defends Family-Separation Policy – Louise Radnofsky and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-defends-family-separation-policy-1529341079

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use “family separation” against Trump.
http://www.businessinsider.com/list-of-senior-republicans-attacking-trump-family-separation-policy-2018-6

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage illegals to bring their children so that they came be used against Trump.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/border-saga-a-foreshadowing-of-mass-deportation-backlash.html

FED SMITH
— Will Federal Employee Buyouts Go to $40,000? – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, including me, a $25,000 buyout.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/06/18/will-federal-employee-buyouts-go-40000/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— The Federal Agencies Where the Most Employees Are Eligible to Retire – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee, you should expect to be forced to retire as soon as you are eligible if you are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, and you 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.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/06/federal-agencies-where-most-employees-are-eligible-retire/149091/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 50% Say No to Living in a Sanctuary Community
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/june_2018/50_say_no_to_living_in_a_sanctuary_community

June 18 Morning Edition

ABC7 & CBS2 & CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rauner promotes LGBTQ activity in Aurora. Ever-increasingly, Rauner makes it clear a) that he rejects the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and b) that he does not want those who support that plank to help reelect him. Constructively, he has banished from the IRP those who support the traditional family plank in the IRP platform.
http://abc7chicago.com/society/aurora-holds-first-ever-pride-parade/3612265/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/17/898858-aurora-first-pride-celebration/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-pride-parade-st-0618-story.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Laura Bush to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-laura-bush-separating-child-immigrants-20180617-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Be a rebel at work – Marcel Schwantes (DIERSEN: In what ways were you a rebel at work? I refused to become a Democrat. I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I refused to help my superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I maintained and improved my job skills by taking job-related graduate courses.)
https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/how-can-you-tell-someone-has-true-leadership-skills-surprisingly-science-says-they-are-rebels-who-break-rules.html
— Other pensions can put Social Security benefits at risk – Elliot Raphaelson (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced, it is only $2,064/year, because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security 1964-1973 while I washed dishes; cleaned golf shoes; chipped slag; pumped gasoline; delivered mail; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard; and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201806051948–tms–savingsgctnzy-a20180605-20180605-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: he most common complaints I hear from readers about Social Security relate to the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions reduce Social Security benefits, and those affected don’t believe they are fair. One class of people affected are those who receive a pension from a job in which they haven’t paid Social Security FICA taxes, such as public-sector workers like police officers and firefighters. Many federal, state and local employees are enrolled in retirement systems that are not part of Social Security. Federal employees hired before 1984 who stayed under Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) are affected. Federal workers who retired under the newer Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) are not subject to WEP because they paid Social Security FICA taxes. Some foreign workers are also affected.)
— Summer job lessons that can last a lifetime – Jill Schlesinger (DIERSEN: What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964; washed dishes during the summer of 1965; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966; and delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201806081909–tms–retiresmctnrs-a20180608-20180608-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-tomboy-hair-bigotry-gender-racism-0618-20180614-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage illegals to illegally bring their child to America so that anti-Trumps can use them against Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–immigration-holding-facility-20180617-story.html
— Evergreen Park school board rescinds new principal’s contract following anonymous misconduct allegations – Zak Koeske (DIERSEN: Have you ever had a job offer withdrawn? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. But of course, my critics/opponents reject that. They hint/imply/argue/shout that Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer because it found out from my Firestone Stores boss that I was a bad person. My Firestone Stores boss did not hire me. His superiors hired me and sent me to his store. He refused to let me report for work at his store unless I passed a 2-week probationary period at the Firestone Store in Gary, Indiana. He disapproved of my demographics – he disapproved of my avoiding the draft, my national origin, and my religion.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-evergreen-park-terminates-principal-st-0617-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Trump Tower, one of largest users of Chicago River water, has never met EPA rules for protecting fish, records show – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-trump-tower-fish-kill-20180618-story.html
— State Senate GOP leader Bill Brady “fundamentally opposed” to graduated income tax – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rahm-emanuel-fundraising-shahid-khan-20180617-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat Senator Don Harmon crows about his success in pushing pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rahm-emanuel-fundraising-shahid-khan-20180617-story.html

WGN RADIO
— Bill Brady on the IL State Budget: “Maybe the election was an opportunity we could leverage to do the right thing”
http://wgnradio.com/2018/06/17/bill-brady-on-the-il-state-budget-maybe-the-election-was-an-opportunity-we-could-leverage-to-do-the-right-thing/

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHIC: 1 slot machine for every 46 residents: The suburbs with the most gambling – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180618/1-slot-machine-for-every-46-residents-the-suburbs-with-the-most-gambling
— Free summer meal program participation declines in suburbs, nation – Madhu Krishnamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180618/free-summer-meal-program-participation-declines-in-suburbs-nation
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Melania Trump to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180618/news/306189990/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180615/ISSUE05/180619902

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry Township officials send letter to Gov. Bruce Rauner supporting elimination bill Correspondence opposes County Board measure – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/17/mchenry-township-officials-send-letter-to-gov-bruce-rauner-supporting-elimination-bill/anspe2u/
— Some McHenry County officials flee homes in search of cheaper property taxes – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/06/15/some-mchenry-county-officials-flee-homes-in-search-of-cheaper-property-taxes/ap8qeej/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINES: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use problems with opioids to push pot.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180617/rauner-to-consider-allowing-medical-cannabis-for-opioid-patients
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want everyone to oppose Trump.
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180617/george-will-congress-suffers-arthritic-knees-from-genuflecting-to-presidential-power

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Base raises on merit, not ‘steps’ – Dan McCaleb (DIERSEN: Step increases recognize the work experience that you gain. The more step increases that you get, the more that is expected of you.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-17/dan-mccaleb-base-raises-merit-not-steps.html

TIMES
— Rauner pledges $5,000 to Freedom Run – Kate Reynolds
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/06/17/rauner-pledges-5-000-to-freedom-run/a1trf9k/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Push To Bridge Gender Wage Gap Continues – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees who had less job-related work experience than I had, less job-related education than I had, no professional certifications, and/or no professional licenses higher salaries than GAO paid me. I worked for GAO 1980-1997 and for IRS 1971-1980. 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.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/push-bridge-gender-wage-gap-continues#stream/0

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Republican Leader Bill Brady talks budget, capital plan, campaign season – Paul Cicchini
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/ldr-brady-talks-budget-capital-plan-campaign-season/1242140105

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) analogize Trump to Hitler, b) analogize Trump supporters to Nazis, and c) analogize illegals to Jews.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/06/18/gutierrez-rips-nazi-administration-tactics-elizabeth-brackett-rip-musks-high-speed-plan-280346

WORLD NET DAILY
— CRITICIZE ‘CHILD ABUSE’ ON FACEBOOK, GET BANNED FOR ‘HATE SPEECH’ Controversial video shows adult indoctrinating 5-year-olds to identify as ‘gay allies’
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/criticize-child-abuse-on-facebook-get-banned-for-hate-speech/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites use Roseanne Barr to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/opinion/roseanne-racism-blacks-apes.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps encourage illegals to illegally bring their child to America so that anti-Trumps can use them against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/opinion/trump-and-the-baby-snatchers.html
— Why the I.R.S. Should Go After Trump – Philip T. Hackney (DIERSEN: In its February 1978 4-page article on me, constructively, Money Magazine called for IRS to disallow my education deductions. Money Magazine hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business and accounting courses that I had deducted a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. Of course, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates sided with Money Magazine.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/opinion/trump-foundation-new-york-attorney-general.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Melania Trump to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/06/18/us/politics/ap-us-immigration-melania-trump.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Top 20 Milton Township precincts in terms of percent of Republican turnout
http://www.gopillinois.com

Rank Precinct Committeeman Registered Voters Total Ballots Cast Percent
1         130             Beth Tatro                465                                156                              33.5%
2         109            Stanley Boris             666                                182                               27.3%
3         32              Mark Thomas            784                                213                               27.2%
4        4                Amy Grant                 554                               141                               25.5%
5         65             Jeanne Ives               630                                 157                               24.9%
6        71              Joseph Caruso         559                                 138                              24.7%
7        102            Richard Klinger         559                                136                                24.3%
8        107            Fred Bucholz             672                                 163                               24.3%
9        75              Bob Larsen                710                                 172                               24.2%
10      25              Robert Jacobsen       779                                 188                               24.1%
11      37              John Monino             768                                  184                               24.0%
12     91              Chuck Smith             658                                  156                               23.7%
13      99             John Zaruba              448                                  103                              23.0%
14     106            Gary Muehlfelt          664                                  149                               22.4%
15     95              Conner McCarthy     904                                  202                               22.3%
16    9                David Diersen          504                                 112                              22.2%
17     84             Martin Keller               792                                  176                              22.2%
18     77             Open                          609                                   134                              22.0%
19     85             Ron Menna                657                                   143                              21.8%
20    126            Open                          524                                  114                              21.8%

— Top 20 Milton Township precincts in terms of total Republican turnout
http://www.gopillinois.com

Rank Precinct Committeeman Registered Voters Total Ballots Cast Percent
1         32               Mark Thomas          784                                 213                               27.2%
2        95               Conner McCarthy    904                                 202                               22.3%
3         25               Robert Jacobsen      779                                188                               24.1%
4        37                John Monino            768                                 184                                24.0%
5        109              Stanley Boris            666                                 182                               27.3%
6         84               Martin Keller             792                                 176                              22.2%
7        75                Bob Larsen              710                                  172                               24.2%
8        107              Fred Bucholz           672                                  163                               24.3%
9        65                Jeanne Ives             630                                  157                               24.9%
10      130              Beth Tatro                465                                  156                               33.5%
11       91               Chuck Smith             658                                  156                               23.7%
12      90                Drew Ellis                 724                                  155                                21.4%
13      87                Bob Cherry               752                                  154                               20.5%
14      18                Scott Marquardt        762                                  150                               19.7%
15      106              Gary Muehlfelt          664                                  149                                22.4%
16      54                Art Grant                   747                                  148                               19.8%
17      74                Ralph Hinkle             684                                   147                              21.5%
18       8                Suzanne Fitch            697                                   147                               21.1%
19      85               Ron Menna                657                                   143                               21.8%
20      23               Ryan Kipfer                 816                                   142                              17.4%