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May 12 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain in Illinois? Do you agree with me that your Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) member should always:

 a) advise you by email of the date, time, and location of the next IRP SCC meeting,

 b) seek your input by email for agenda items for those meetings,

 c) provide you by email with the agendas for those meetings as soon as they are available,

 d) insist that all IRP SCC meetings include a public comment period and that only appropriate items are relegated to executive sessions,

 e) seek your input by email on how to vote on agenda items,

 f) advise you by email of what the their weighted vote is,

 g) promptly provide you by email with summaries of major actions taken, including all votes taken, at IRP SCC meetings,

 h) seek your recommendation by email on who they should appoint as their deputy,

 i) advocate for Republican organizations, Republican companies, Republican governments, Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican political consultants, Republican etc. in their congressional district,

 j) promote those who defend and advance the IRP platform, and

 k) work against those who work against the IRP platform? – Dave Diersen


http://www.gopillinois,com

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats want Illinois taxpayers to do even more to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats focus on driving individuals, organizations, and companies out of Illinois 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. Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats act like they are paid agents for criminals in Mexico and in other foreign countries.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/immigration-illinois-laws-legislature-editorial/
— It’s way past time for Gov. Rauner to do his job and negotiate a budget – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/its-way-past-time-for-gov-rauner-to-do-his-job-and-negotiate-a-budget/
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Hat in hand? Abraham Lincoln museum may sell artifacts to pay debts – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/abraham-lincoln-presidential-library-museum-artifacts/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use “New art installation looks like Divvy station for guns” to wage war against the Second Amendment.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/public-art-guns-divvy-station-gun-control-daley-plaza/
— OCTOBER 9, 2017 FLASHBACK: When government sues to keep you in the dark – Madeleine Doubek (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to keep you in the dark, that is, they do not want you or anyone else to first learn of anything by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They want you to first learn of things only from them, or from those who they manipulate/dominate or who they are in bed with. Should I write a book about the aforesaid who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican? Virtually all of them reject planks in the Republican Party and/or the Illinois Republican Party platforms, most commonly, the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Most commonly, they promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/doubek-when-government-sues-to-keep-you-in-the-dark/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Former Lake in the Hills cop in prison for sex assault on teen girl will keep $84K pension – George Houde (DIERSEN: How much is the pension that you a) are in line to get or b) are getting? Of course, since 1997, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my COLA-adjusted Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension, currently $51,864/year, is excessive. In my defense, I worked for federal government for almost 30 years – almost 3 years for the Post Office 1966-1969, almost 9 years for IRS 1971-1980, and almost 18 years for GAO 1980-1997. In today’s dollars, my ending GS-13 Step 10 GAO salary was $125,325. My $51,864/year CSRS pension is $6,224/year less because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 and suffer a 12% early retirement penalty (2% X 6 years). Of course, my CSRS pension would be much higher if my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. If the Democrats who run the federal government had promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, my CSRS pension would be $131,360/year (80% of $164,200/year.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-ex-cop-sex-assault-pension-20180511-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— College of DuPage students define their own success – Ann Rondeau (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, what could you have done that would have made your career more successful? For me, as a federal employee, it would have been my a) becoming a Democrat, b) becoming a veteran, c) painting myself as being a yes-man, and d) helping my superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180510/cod-students-define-their-own-success
— District 200 school board, teachers union ink 4-year contract – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180511/district-200-school-board-teachers-union-ink-4-year-contract
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Union members will receive across-the-board base salary increases of 2.5 percent in the first year. The district will determine annual salary increases in remaining years by averaging the rate of inflation over two levy years. The pact also establishes a 2.5 percent floor and 3.5 percent ceiling for annual cost-of-living raises in the remaining years. A first-year teacher now makes $44,525. Under the new contract, that teacher will make $45,416. The highest-paid teacher under the previous agreement received $114,616. The new contract eliminates scheduled salary steps based on longevity in the district, so there won’t be a set top salary. Instead, teachers will receive lane increases tied to their education and professional development.)

 

WLS AM
— Gutierrez passes on presidential bid, will focus on mobilizing Latino voters (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Who focuses on motivating those who share your demographics?)
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/05/11/rep-gutierrez-passes-on-presidential-bid-will-focus-on-mobilizing-latino-voters/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Companies propose immigration detention centers for Midwest, including Illinois – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/companies-propose-immigration-detention-centers-for-midwest-including-illinois

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Thumbs down to Gov. Bruce Rauner for yet another failure to lead. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What percent voted for Rauner in 2014 because he said that he was “not interested in waging a culture war.” To promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, and illegal immigration is to wage a culture war.)
http://qctimes.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-thumbs-up-thumbs-down/article_b32a8a4e-82c4-5c0b-b141-c165f47eea0b.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Illinois’ Republican governor won’t say whether he would back a state ratification of the long-stalled Equal Rights Amendment. The center-right politician is battling conservatives angered by his handling of abortion and immigration. And he’s facing Democrats frothing over his role in Illinois’ continued budgetary morass. We supported Rauner because he was precisely the kind of Republican the country needs. He’s business minded. He’s not interested in waging a culture war. He’s a man whose party has abandoned him. And that’s unfortunate. But, decades ago, Illinois was key player in stalling the proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee women equal rights. The country has changed. And Rauner should muster Republican support in the Illinois House in order to ensure its passage.)

 

HERALD NEWS
— Summit on opioid epidemic in Illinois held in Romeoville Experts tackle the causes, solutions and progress – ALEX ORTIZ
http://www.theherald-news.com/2018/05/11/summit-on-opioid-epidemic-in-illinois-held-in-romeoville/a7oai4j/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Counties In Southern Illinois Declare That They Are Gun Sanctuaries – RACHEL OTWELL (DIERSEN: When will your county declare that it is a sanctuary for individuals, for organizations, and for companies 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? Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois make it clear that they want to drive the aforesaid out of Illinois.)
https://www.npr.org/2018/05/11/610315769/counties-in-southern-illinois-declare-that-they-are-gun-sanctuaries

 

WJBD RADIO
— Salem Receives $363,244 For Housing Rehabilitation Work Salem Is One of 14 Communities to Share in $6-Million in Federal Funding (DIERSEN: In your precinct, how many homes need to be rehabilitated or torn down? Should I seek government funds to rehabilitate or tear down homes in my precinct?)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2018/05/11/salem-receives-363244-for-housing-rehabilitation-work

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Welcome to the POLITICO Illinois Playbook! Please send tips, events, announcements to nkorecki@politico.com or @natashakorecki (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to keep you in the dark, that is, they do not want you or anyone else to first learn of anything by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They want you to first learn of things only from them, or from those who they manipulate/dominate or who they are in bed with. Should I write a book about the aforesaid who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican? Virtually all of them reject planks in the Republican Party and/or the Illinois Republican Party platforms, most commonly, the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Most commonly, they promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinoisplaybook

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Who watches the watchdogs? (DIERSEN: In the federal government, GAO watches the federal watchdogs. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403/year – $125,325/year.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/11/who-watches-the-watchdogs/

 

GOPUSA
— Rosie O’Donnell’s excess donations to Democratic candidates break law
http://www.gopusa.com/rosie-odonnells-excess-donations-to-democratic-candidates-break-law/

 

BREITBART
— Speaker Ryan Splits From President Trump Over Amnesty – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you got elected or appointed to a government or political office as a Republican, and if you do not defend and advance the Republican Party platform, you should immediately resign.)
http://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/05/11/speaker-ryan-splits-from-president-trump-over-amnesty/

 

BLAZE
— California teachers pension fund threatens companies financially over gun control issues – Aaron Colen (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Illinois Democrats prohibit pension funds in Illinois from investing in or lending to companies that have employees who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/11/california-teachers-pension-fund-threatens-companies-financially-over-gun-control-issues
— Harley-Davidson jobs reportedly being shipped to Thailand – Breck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/11/harley-davidson-jobs-reportedly-being-shipped-to-thailand

 

INTELLECTUAL CONSERVATIVE
— Google Censoring Christian Ads – Rachel Alexander (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout who talk and act like they hate Missouri Synod Lutherans.)
http://www.intellectualconservative.com/google-censoring-christian-ads/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Google said no to the conservative Lutheran publisher because … it’s religious. Concordia Publishing House CEO Bruce Kintz says Google will no longer accept ads for its Remarketing AdWords program because “the items in the ad and on the CPH website refer to Jesus and/or the Bible.” According to a Concordia press release, Google told CPH its ads were “disabled due to a violation of Google’s policy for advertising based on interests and location.” When CPH objected, the company told them it did not allow remarketing ads based on Christian beliefs. CPH could either remove the offending words or apply for a different type of ad. When asked, the Google rep refused to send the decision to reject the ads up for review. Remarketing ads are targeted at users who have visited a website. Google describes them as showing “ads to people who’ve visited your website or used your mobile app. When people leave your website without buying anything, for example, remarketing helps you reconnect with them by showing relevant ads across their different devices.”)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats want American taxpayers to do even more to encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally. Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on driving individuals, organizations, and companies out of America 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. Ever-increasingly, Democrats act like they are paid agents for criminals in Mexico and other foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/12/us/immigrants-family-separation.html
— White House Refuses to Apologize for Aide’s Joke About McCain – Peter Baker (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents want you to apologize for? My critics/opponents want me to apologize for causing all of their problems, for causing all of your problems, for causing all of my problems, for causing all of everyone’s problems, and especially for causing all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000. Of course, they will blame me for all the defeats that Republicans suffer on November 6, 2018. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/us/politics/mccain-kelly-sadler-comments.html
— Colleges Hire Consultants to Help Manipulate Student Loan Default Rates – Erica L. Green (DIERSEN: What percent of defaulted student loans were for degrees that are not job-related? My undergraduate degree and my three graduate degrees are job-related. Nevertheless, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that those degrees 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/us/politics/colleges-student-loan-default-rates.html
— First-Time Home Buyers Learn to Move Quickly in Tight Markets – Ann Carrns (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from that enabled you to buy your first home? For me, it came from money that I had earned a) working for IRS for the previous 15 months, b) working part-time for Firestone Stores the previous 18 months, and c) working full-time for Firestone Stores for 7 months before that. I bought a new town home in University Park in September of 1972 when I was 24 years old.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/your-money/first-time-home-buyers.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— NRA Sues New York After Insurance Crackdown Group accuses state of unconstitutional ‘political blacklisting campaign’ to stop banks, insurers from doing business with it – Leslie Scism and Joseph De Avila (DIERSEN: Who blacklists you? Should I sue those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who blacklist me? Should I sue their many operatives and dupes?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nra-sues-new-york-after-insurance-crackdown-1526075373

 

WDTV
— Federal Air Marshal Service accused of alcohol abuse, harassment within ranks – CBS
http://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Federal-Air-Marshal-Service-accused-of-alcohol-abuse-harassment-within-ranks-482412881.html

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— OPM Retirement Cut Legislative Proposal Draws Bipartisan Opposition – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: How many federal employees and federal retirees live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in your congressional district, and in Illinois? Who takes the lead in promoting hatred against federal employees and against federal retirees? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in the 6th congressional district, and in Illinois who take the lead in promoting hatred against federal employees and against federal retirees. Because I am a federal retiree, if I was a “single issue” person like many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes are, I WOULD BE A DEMOCRAT. Most commonly, they promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/05/opm-retirement-cut-proposal-draws-bipartisan-opposition/148157/

May 11 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— A Call to Attend the May 19th meeting of the IL GOP State Central Committee – John Biver (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) make the IRP more anti-conservative, that is, more anti-Republican. Anti-conservatives, that is, anti-Republicans, reject the traditional family, right to life, and/or immigration planks. Ever-increasingly, Rauner runs as an anti-conservative, that is, as an anti-Republican.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/05/a-call-to-attend-the-may-19th-meeting-of-the-il-gop-state-central-committee/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Three Illinois conservatives who have a keen understanding of politics were asked by Illinois Family Action to comment on the upcoming meeting of the Illinois Republican Party’s State Central Committee on May 19th. A lot is at stake — here are just two related items. First, there’s the question of the establishment’s tampering with the county party State Central Committee elections last month. The outcome of one of the races is being contested. Second, that outcome will probably decide who gets chosen for the party chairmanship. The Bruce Rauner-backed incumbent, Tim Schneider, is seeking reelection, and conservatives who are seeking better leadership have put forward an alternative candidate, Mark Shaw. There needs to be a strong conservative turnout at that meeting! Here are the comments of three conservative leaders in Illinois (Carol Davis, Pam Johnson, and Doug Ibendahl):)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Fight to decide state GOP chair could go to court – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) make the IRP more anti-conservative, that is, more anti-Republican. Anti-conservatives, that is, anti-Republicans, reject the traditional family, right to life, and/or immigration planks. Ever-increasingly, Rauner runs as an anti-conservative, that is, as an anti-Republican.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-gop-chairman-squabble-0511-20180510-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An attorney for an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican State Central Committee says his client may go to court to try to reverse a decision by the Illinois State Board of Elections — a move that could affect who becomes the next state GOP chairman. State Board officials said they had no choice under law Thursday but to certify the results of county conventions held previously across the state that elected a member of the state central committee from each of the state’s 18 congressional districts. Those 18 will decide — by a weighted vote of GOP ballots cast in the March primary — whether to keep Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s handpicked chairman, Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider, or opt for challenger Lake County GOP Chairman Mark Shaw. The battle represents a continued outgrowth of dissatisfaction among the party’s social conservatives that played out in Rauner’s narrow win in the March GOP gubernatorial primary over state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton. Ives is backing Shaw, as are many of Rauner’s conservative critics. Rauner has pointed out he picked Schneider, and the wealthy governor has largely been the state GOP’s sole funding source. At issue are the results of the Downstate GOP state committeeman’s race in the 15th Congressional District, one of the most Republican in the state, which could decide the outcome of the party chairman’s contest. Rauner supporter and state Rep. Chapin Rose of Mahomet was declared the narrow winner over former state Rep. Bob Winchester of Rosiclare who is backing Shaw. Stephen Boulton, an attorney representing Winchester, said no decision had been made about going to court, alleging irregularities in counting by a GOP staff working under Schneider’s direction. Such a decision will have to come quickly, with the Republican State Central Committee scheduled to meet May 19 in Springfield. “It’s difficult, expensive and a few other things, so I think a lot of people who aren’t me have to decide what they want to do,” Boulton said after the state board’s 7-0 vote. John Fogarty, the legal counsel for the state GOP, dismissed Boulton’s criticism that vote tallying at the county conventions lacked safeguards. “These are political elections. They are not any type of election that the state can come in and force, order with election judges and the like. These are county conventions and the counties are perfectly able to conduct these elections in the manner that they see fit,” Fogarty said.)
— Work scheduling study – Gregory Pratt (DIERSEN: In 1969, to justify forcing me to resign my part-time Park Forest Post Office job that I had held since 1966, my Democrat superiors said that my being available to work Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and all days that NIU was not in session was NOT ENOUGH. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-gop-chairman-squabble-0511-20180510-story.html
— In closed-door meeting, Roskam brings pro-gun rights teens to talk gun violence prevention with students – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-students-roskam-closed-door-st-0511-story.html
— More Americans expect to work until 70; there are benefits – AP (DIERSEN: For federal employees who are not Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, “age discrimination becomes a very real thing” if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–retirement-age-70-20180508-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Those who want to work into their later years sometimes have difficulty finding work. AARP senior vice president of programs Jean Setzfand said that age discrimination becomes a very real thing as early as 45.)

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— GOP Chairman showdown heats up – Mike Miletich (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) make the IRP more anti-conservative, that is, more anti-Republican. Anti-conservatives, that is, anti-Republicans, reject the traditional family, right to life, and/or immigration planks. Ever-increasingly, Rauner runs as an anti-conservative, that is, as an anti-Republican.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/capitol-connection/gop-chairman-showdown-heats-up/1172844944
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The fight for control of the Illinois Republican Party is heating up with little more than a week left before they pick a party chair. Thursday afternoon, the Illinois State Board of Elections confirmed results from the State Central Committee’s contest. But, there is still a dispute over the winner in the 15th Congressional District. The results showed State Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) won. He could be the deciding vote, but critics say the process was rigged. According to Matt Dietrich, a spokesman for the State Board of Elections, ISBE has no legal authority over the party rules. “All we are able to do under state statute is accept the results when the party gives them to us from their county conventions and certify those results, which are then used to elect the state chairman,” Dietrich said. Local party operative Mark Shaw said Thursday’s announcement shouldn’t significantly change the outcome of his race against current GOP Chairman Tim Schneider. Shaw is threatening legal action because of the dispute. Governor Bruce Rauner’s office released a statement after the results were announced. “Sen. Rose and the 17 other members of the State Central Committee will be seated at the upcoming meeting and will cast their votes for party chairman,” Rauner spokesman Aaron DeGroot stated. “We look forward to completing this important party business and focusing our efforts to defeat JB Pritzker and Mike Madigan in the upcoming November election.” The committee is scheduled to appoint the party chair on May 19th.)
— Democrats drag Rauner back into abortion debate – Raquel Martin (DIERSEN: In Illinois, if you run as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the right to life plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/democrats-drag-rauner-back-into-abortion-debate/1172635709

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hoosiers welcome President Trump: ‘He wants our freedom to go forward’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/indiana-town-welcomes-president-trump-he-wants-our-freedom-to-be-heard/

 

DAILY HERALD
— We must also focus on demand for opioids – Robert Berlin, DuPage County State’s Attorney; Joseph McMahon, Kane County State’s Attorney; Michael Nerheim, Lake County State’s Attorney
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180511/we-must-also-focus-on-demand-for-opioids
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Chicago Tribune disables reader comments on website – Robert Feder
http://www.dailyherald.com/opinion/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County Board members concerned McSweeney’s consolidation bill is ‘flawed’ – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/05/10/mchenry-county-board-members-concerned-mcsweeneys-consolidation-bill-is-flawed/ao5utfy/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Former Gov. Edgar says budget more ‘doable’ this year – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180510/former-gov-edgar-says-budget-more-doable-this-year

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois House ERA vote could come next week – MAXIMILIAN KWIATKOWSKI (DIERSEN: To ask/demand equal rights for a group is to charge another group with discrimination. Ever-increasingly, members of Group A charge members of Group B with discrimination. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B are 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.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/herald-review/news/state-and-regional/illinois-house-era-vote-could-come-next-week/article_2cc9d36d-16cd-5526-a0b3-f31c33950f57.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Lawmakers Still Waiting to See Budget Savings – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=264953#.WvVvRlpy-M8

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois Senate votes to protect residents from registering their faith – Rachel Droze and Emily Manley (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who disapprove of, if not despise, Protestants and especially Missouri Synod Lutherans?)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-senate-votes-to-protect-residents-from-registering-their-faith
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Senate is sending a message to Washington D.C. They took action on a bill on Thursday that would ensure all people in Illinois wouldn’t have to register their faith in a database. The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 3488, which would bar Illinois from participating in any sort of religious registry. Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, is the sponsor of the bill. He said the bill comes after President Donald Trump suggested creating a Muslim-registry. President Trump floated the idea during his campaign. Cullerton said forcing people to register their religion is ‘un-American.’ He said he doesn’t want Illinois to be part of such narrow-minded politics. “The bill was initially in response, quite frankly, to the last presidential election where it was indicated by the president that he wanted to create a federal registry of Muslims,” Cullerton said. A Senate Republican spokesman said Republicans who voted for this bill aren’t necessarily taking a stance against the president. He said they’re trying to protect religious freedoms. The bill is now heading to the House for consideration.)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republican Leaders and County Board Put Pressure on Rauner to Veto McSweeney Township Abolish by Referendum Bill, If Passed – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/10/republican-leaders-county-board-put-pressure-rauner-veto-mcsweeney-township-abolish-referendum-bill-passed/

 

WIRE POINTS
— “Two hundred cities in Illinois could face garnishment” Wirepoints Press Conference, May 8, 2018 – Video
http://www.wirepoints.com/two-hundred-cities-in-illinois-could-face-garnishment-wirepoints-press-conference-may-8-2018-video/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Lawmakers to homeowners: ‘You’ll get nothing and like it’ – Austin Berg (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-lawmakers-to-homeowners-you-ll-get-nothing-and/article_2cd91d68-5463-11e8-9ebd-1b4a3cbffe36.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SANCTUARY COUNTIES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/sanctuary-counties.html
— GLENNON: STATEWIDE PROPERTY TAX PROPOSED BY CHICAGO FED
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/glennon-statewide-property-tax-proposed-by-chicago-fed.html
— NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS SAY TRUMP MEDIA COVERAGE IS TOO TOUGH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/nearly-half-of-americans-say-trump-media-coverage-is-too-tough.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CONGRESS MUST CONSTRAIN FACEBOOK’S ‘RIGHT TO CENSOR’ Alan Keyes hits elites using private companies to limit speech (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website. Who wants to censure you? Those who want to censure me are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wnd.com/2018/05/congress-must-end-facebooks-right-to-censor/

 

THE HILL
— GOP has few takers for 2020 convention – REID WILSON (DIERSEN: In what city will the 2020 Illinois Republican Party State Convention be held?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/387165-gop-struggles-to-find-host-city-for-2020-convention
— Good economic vibes fail to make GOP tax law popular – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/387184-good-economic-vibes-fail-to-make-gop-tax-law-popular

 

POLITICO
— Showtime series captures New York Times grappling with press-bashing and erratic presidency – MICHAEL CALDERONE
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/11/fourth-estate-nyt-media-showtime-series-582350

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making women anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/us/democratic-women-campaigning.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Classic Car Museums Are Losing Much of Their Luster – Steve Friess (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been a) anti-car, and especially anti-General Motors, anti-Ford, and anti-Chrysler and b) anti-union.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/business/car-museums-closing.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Loyalty, unease in Trump’s Midwest Voters gave Trump a chance. Some remain all in. Others have grown weary of the chaos. – Dan Balz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/trump-voters/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A demonize, denigrate, and condemn members of Group B as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B are 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://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/05/08/starbucks-naacp-implicit-bias-training-racism-column/587402002/

 

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
— ‘We are rocking’: President Trump energizes GOP base at Elkhart rally – Jeff Parrott, Margaret Fosmoe and Michael Wanbaugh
https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/we-are-rocking-president-trump-energizes-gop-base-at-elkhart/article_a4d82b17-83f8-5c13-8f66-80b894503e1e.html

 

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Asian Americans turn angst for Trump into political activism – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats want Asian Americans to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article210847174.html

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Duckworth joined with 28 other veterans Wednesday in calling for Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson to apologize for questioning the “cognitive thought process” of veterans who are Democrats. (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always questioned the “cognitive thought process” of federal employees like me who were Republicans. Democrats, Democrat plants, Libertarians, Libertarian plants, Greens, Green plants, and RINOs have always questioned the “cognitive thought process” of conservatives like me who are Republicans.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wisconsin/articles/2018-05-09/sen-duckworth-12-democrats-call-for-nicholson-apology

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Stage Is Set for Battle Over Data Privacy in Europe Saying ‘No, thanks’ to online data collection won’t be so simple, even after new data-privacy law takes effect later this month – Sam Schechner (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of Group A use all the information that they can get to destroy members of Group B. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B are 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://www.wsj.com/articles/stage-is-set-for-battle-over-data-privacy-in-europe-1526031104?mod=djemwhatsnews

 

BLOOMBERG
— Cyberwar, How Nations Attack Without Bullets Or Bombs – Jordan Robertson and Laurence Arnold (DIERSEN: For many decades, Mexico and other countries have been attacking America a) by illegally sending many millions of their citizens into America illegally, b) by illegally keeping many millions of their citizens in America illegally, and c) by illegally sending mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-11/cyberwar-how-nations-attack-without-bullets-or-bombs-quicktake

 

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Firm culture may conflict with the profession’s long-term goals – Daniel Hood (DIERSEN: Some of my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who had no job-related professional certifications or licenses hinted/implied/argued/shouted that complying with professional codes of conduct conflicted with being a “good” and/or a “loyal” GAO employee. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and I became a licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1990, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/icpas-report-suggests-accounting-firm-culture-needs-a-re-examination

May 10 Evening Edition

NPR ILLINOIS & PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Pro-Choice Advocates Want Written Pledge From Gubernatorial Candidates – DAISY CONTRERAS  (DIERSEN: Illinois Republicans want a written pledge from Rauner that he will defend and advance all the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/pro-choice-advocates-want-written-pledge-gubernatorial-candidates#stream/0
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/pro-choice-pac-seeks-pledges-rauner-pritzker-endorse-new-abortion-law#stream/0

 

ABC7
— Supporters line Elkhart streets ahead of Trump, Pence appearance at rally – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/supporters-line-elkhart-streets-ahead-of-trump-pence-appearance-at-rally/3456513/

 

NBC5
— President Trump Set to Hold Indiana Rally
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-president-trump-preparing-to-speak-in-elkhart-482323501.html
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/trump-pence-rally-indiana-elkhart-482288631.html

 

WGN TV
— CPD: More than 100 ‘high-powered assault rifles’ removed from Chicago streets – MARCELLA RAYMOND
http://wgntv.com/2018/05/10/cpd-more-than-100-high-powered-assault-rifles-removed-from-chicago-streets/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The president just made America safer – John Bolton (DIERSEN: I remember speaking with Bolton at the Illinois Republican Party’s February 5, 2011 fundraiser at the Hilton in Chicago. I remember hearing him speak at several CPACs.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-safer-trump-iran-deal-bolton-0511-20180510-story.html
— Split over plan to expand food stamp work requirements: ‘A good thing’ or ‘a recipe for disaster’ – Greg Trotter and Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-welfare-work-requirements-20180417-story.html
— Illinois lawmakers weigh ban on all formulas of synthetic pot after deaths – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-synthetic-marijuana-20180510-story.html
— On his 200th birthday, wouldn’t Karl Marx be surprised? – Editorial (DIERSEN: What would Marx think of you? What would Marx think of me? Would he agree with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I owe everything that I have (education, financial assets, pension, real estate, automobiles, etc.) to my parents’, my grandparents’, my great grandparents’, and the rest of my ancestors’ discrimination against minorities and against women and b) that because of the aforesaid, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-marx-statue-germany-china-20180507-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If write something against tradition, those who are anti-tradition will publish it.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-scouts-boy-mormons-church-0511-20180510-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Asian Americans turn angst for Trump into political activism – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/asian-americans-turn-angst-for-trump-into-political-activism/
— Blame the sexual revolution for abuse committed by men today – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/blame-sexual-revolution-abuse-eric-schneiderman-mona-charen/
— The ‘Dreamers’ Trump would deport are greatest asset of the restaurant industry – Cisely Simpson (DIERSEN: Did you work in the restaurant industry? I did. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and senior at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966. In all likelihood, if there had been as many illegal immigrants back then as there are now, an illegal immigrant would have had that job instead of me. I used the money that I earned from that job to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint that I used to commute to/from classes at UIC from parents’ home in Crete.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/dreamers-daca-restaurant-industry/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Retirement of DuPage’s chief investigator leads to shake-up in state’s attorney’s office – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180510/retirement-of-dupages-chief-investigator-leads-to-shake-up-in-states-attorneys-office
— Asian Americans turn angst for Trump into political activism – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180510/news/305109868/

 

WTTW
— Chicago Police Seize 100th Assault Weapon This Year – Matt Masterson
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/05/10/chicago-police-seize-100th-assault-weapon-year

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The Democratic Machine’s New Monarch How J.B. Pritzker’s bottomless pockets could spell business as usual in state politics – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-2018/JB-Pritzker-Democratic-Machine/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What Illinois could learn from its neighbor to the north about pensions – JUSTIN FOX
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180509/OPINION/180509828/what-illinois-could-learn-from-its-neighbor-to-the-north-about

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lincoln library foundation says it may have to sell artifacts to pay debt – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180510/lincoln-library-foundation-says-it-may-have-to-sell-artifacts-to-pay-debt

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Term limits? Dead. Fair maps? Dead. Higher taxes? Thriving. – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article210769304.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner, Harold refuse to be drawn into ERA debate
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/10/rauner-harold-refuse-to-be-drawn-into-era-debate/
— Sheriff won’t enforce any new laws “that infringe on Second Amendment rights”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/10/sheriff-wont-enforce-any-new-laws-that-infringe-on-second-amendment-rights/

 

BREITBART
— 2.2 Million Fewer People on Food Stamps Under Donald Trump – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/10/2-2-million-fewer-people-food-stamps-trump/

 

AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— As Trump Delivers Jobs, Biden & Sanders Talk Inequality – HUNT LAWRENCE AND DANIEL J. FLYNN
https://spectator.org/as-trump-delivers-jobs-biden-sanders-talk-inequality/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mark Meadows to seek GAO audit of Mueller investigation – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/mark-meadows-to-seek-gao-audit-of-mueller-investigation

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to an anti-White, if politicians want the anti-White vote, they will have to work for it.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-escalante-latino-vote-spanish-ads_us_5af1bc57e4b041fd2d2b6dc9

 

NBC NEWS
— Lawmakers inquire about ‘troubling’ removal of SBA’s LGBTQ resources  More than a year after content was removed, there are still no resources on the Small Business Administration’s “LGBT Outreach” page. – Brooke Sopelsa (DIERSEN: What about heterosexual resources?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lawmakers-inquire-about-troubling-removal-sba-s-lgbtq-resources-n873096

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s aides defend pay freeze and retirement cuts, but raise questions – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/05/10/trumps-aides-defend-pay-freeze-and-retirement-cuts-but-raise-questions/

 

SACRAMENT BEE
— Republican John Cox regrets not voting for Donald Trump – ANGELA HART
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article210783159.html

 

FED WEEK
— Court Rules on Forced Retirement Standards (DIERSEN: Outrageously, I was denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v GAO.)
https://www.fedweek.com/retirement-financial-planning/court-rules-on-forced-retirement-standards/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A recent federal appeals court decision could make it easier for federal retirees to succeed in a claim that they were forced into retirement, by holding that the evidence they cite in support of their argument should be viewed as a whole. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit noted that federal retirements (and resignations) are presumed to be voluntary, but that presumption can be overcome if the employee proves that he or she “had no realistic alternative but to resign or retire, and the employee’s resignation or retirement was the result of improper acts by the agency.” That should be determined by examining “the surrounding circumstances to test the ability of the employee to exercise free choice.” The court sent back to the MSPB a case in which a retiree argued that his retirement was involuntary, saying that the MSPB improperly viewed his evidence as a series of separate developments, none of which it found was sufficient to support that claim. The court cited the employee’s evidence that he was afraid to meet personally with certain supervisors after “multiple instances of hostility” from them, his request to be transferred away from them, and the worsening of a health problem. The court said that they should have been considered “as a series of escalating incidents” and viewing them “collectively, rather than dismissing them one by one, as the Board did, we find that a person in like circumstances could reasonably feel unable to exercise free choice and compelled to retire.”)
— Guidance Sent on Recording Resignations ahead of Possible Discipline (DIERSEN: Outrageously, I was denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v GAO.)
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/guidance-sent-on-recording-resignations-ahead-of-possible-discipline/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: OPM has told agencies to record in the official personnel file of an employee who resigns during an investigation that could lead to disciplinary the results of that investigation if the agency concludes that action would have been warranted. The guidance carries out a 2016 change in law resulting from concerns that by resigning, those employees could later return to the government without consequences because their personnel records would not reflect it. That same law also required agencies to review those records when considering hiring a former federal employee. OPM’s memo says that before putting that information in an individual’s official personnel file, an agency must provide notice of the adverse finding and an opportunity to respond and receive a final agency decision. That could be appealed to the MSPB. “While the statute prescribes the process for making the required permanent notation, an agency may use its own discretion for determining the format for making the notation. Agencies may wish to consult with their legal counsel,” OPM said. The guidance includes a sample for documenting the notation, and further recommends that agencies place the document and any supporting materials on the permanent side of the employee’s OPF, subject to removal if the employee prevails in an appeal at the MSPB.)

May 9 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP CONSERVATIVES EXPECT TO PICK NEW PARTY LEADER SATURDAY, MAY 19TH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/il-gop-leadership-expected-to-pick-shaw-over-schneider-saturday.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thus far, Stan Bond (14), John McGlasson (16), Char Foss-Eggman (9) and assumedly Mark Shaw (10) will support Shaw. Bob Grogan (6) supported Jeanne Ives in the gubernatorial primary and is likely to support Ives. Shaun Murphy (1), Judy Diekelman (2), Sean Morrison (3), Jay Reyes (4) and Ryan Higgins (8) are expected to back Rauner – as is Chapin Rose (15) and Jan Weber (17) – who the Rauner campaign backed during county elections. Saturday’s meeting will be held at 11:00 am at 522 S. Fifth Street.)
— SKILLICORN STEPS UP TO DEFEND TRUMP FAN BLOCKED OUT OF HOUSE RACE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/skillicorn-steps-up-to-defend-trump-fan-blocked-out-of-house-race-.html

 

ABC7
— Kendall County Democrats led by all-female board for first time – Jesse Kirsch
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/kendall-county-dems-led-by-all-female-board-for-first-time/3446533/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Yingling Joins McSweeney, Demands Apology From Bruce Rauner (DIERSEN: Who calls who an extremist? Beyond overwhelmingly, members of Group A call members of Group B extremists. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B are 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. If your group does not promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, sooner or later, if not already, the SPLC will call your group a hate group.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/community/chi-ugc-article-yingling-joins-mcsweeney-demands-apology-fro-2018-05-09-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. – In response to a Northwest Herald report that Bruce Rauner met with Diane Evertsen, the former president of Minutemen Midwest, a group the Southern Poverty Law Center labeled a nativist extremist group, state Rep. Sam Yingling (D-Grayslake) issued the following statement: “Instead of negotiating in good faith to pass a state budget or working to reduce local property taxes, Bruce Rauner spent last weekend meeting with the former leader of Minutemen Midwest, a group the Southern Poverty Law Center labeled a “nativist extremist” group. There’s no place in for the fear-mongering tactics and conspiracy theories these extremist groups espouse in our state, and I applaud Representative Dave McSweeney, a Republican from McHenry County, for demanding an apology from Bruce Rauner, the head of the Illinois GOP. I join my colleague across the aisle in demanding an apology from this failed governor and hope other local elected officials and candidates will as well.”)
— Experts dismiss central Illinois cop’s claim that legalizing pot would lead to euthanizing drug-sniffing dogs – Elyssa Cherney
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-legal-marijuana-police-dogs-20180509-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-say, those who encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and/or to bring others to America should be prosecuted.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-immigrants-crime-ms-13-sessions-trump-0510-20180509-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump suggests revoking reporters’ credentials – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about times since 2000 when Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) threatened to take away my GOPUSA ILLINOIS press credentials and b) took them away.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/trump-suggests-revoking-reporters-credentials/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County Clerk’s Office announces ballot position lottery for November General Election – Kane County Clerk John A. Cunningham
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20180509/kane-county-clerks-office-announces-ballot-position-lottery-for-november-general-election

 

WLS AM
— Civic Federations grades Rauner’s budget: “Incomplete” – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/05/09/civic-federations-grades-rauners-budget-incomplete/

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Adams County to consider becoming gun sanctuary – Matt Dutton
http://www.whig.com/20180509/adams-county-to-consider-becoming-gun-sanctuary

 

TIMES
— Streator sets limits on city officials spending City declines to give locals leeway in bidding – Brent Bader
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/05/08/streator-sets-limits-on-city-officials-spending/a3tpb9g/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner, Democrats say they don’t want another budget war but face deficit despite tax hike – MONIQUE GARCIA
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/rauner-democrats-say-they-don-t-want-another-budget-war/article_3d4c97b9-9e6f-5c96-8bbf-3e5fdcde919d.html

 

CITY OF WHEATON
— New Route for Memorial Day Parade (DIERSEN: Please consider watching the parade a) in Ives’ precinct along Main Street between Roosevelt Road and Elm Street and along Elm Street between Main Street and Wheaton Avenue or b) in my precinct along Elm Street between Wheaton Avenue and Warrenville Road and along Warrenville Road between Elm Street and the Wheaton Cemetery at 1209 South Warrenville Road. Please consider watching the ceremony. It starts at 11:00 AM at the Wheaton Cemetery in my precinct.)
https://www.wheaton.il.us/civicalerts.aspx?AID=98


(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2018 Memorial Day Parade is Monday, May 28, 2018, beginning at 10 a.m. Due to construction taking place on part of the usual parade route, the parade is scheduled to step off from Memorial Park and proceed:

– South on Hale Street to Wesley Street.
– West on Wesley Street to Wheaton Avenue.
– South on Wheaton Avenue to Liberty Drive.
– East on Liberty Drive to Main Street.
– South on Main Street to Elm Street.
– West on Elm Street to Warrenville Road.
– South on Warrenville Road to the Wheaton Cemetery.

During the parade, the Wheaton Police Department, with the cooperation and assistance of the Milton Township Highway Department, will temporarily modify the traffic pattern on Warrenville Road from Wheaton Cemetery / Merrill and Warrenville Road to Orchard Road from two-way to only one way southbound. This condition will exist for approximately two and a half hours (9:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.). During the event, these streets will be adequately staffed with uniformed Police Officers to assist and direct traffic. Residents, citizens, and motorists are being asked for their cooperation in not moving the barricades to ensure the safety of the parade participants. Motorists may experience temporary traffic delays and choose to alter their travel route to avoid these areas. American Legion Post 76 invites veterans, youth groups, bands and schools to participate. A ceremony honoring those who have given their life in service will begin at 11 a.m. at Wheaton Cemetery, located at 1209 S Warrenville Road.)

 

WQAD
— Rock Island and Moline among 20 Illinois cities a watchdog group says should declare bankruptcy
http://wqad.com/2018/05/09/rock-island-and-moline-among-20-illinois-cities-a-watchdog-group-says-should-declare-bankruptcy/

 

WQLZ
— Lang Calls on Rauner to Push ERA Over the Finish Line
http://www.wqlz.com/2018/05/09/lang-calls-on-rauner-to-push-era-over-the-finish-line/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County’s 2018 Real Estate Tax Bill Music Video
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/09/mchenry-countys-2018-real-estate-tax-bill/
— BGA Supports McSweeney Abolish McHenry County Townships by Referendum Bill
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/09/bga-supports-mcsweeney-abolish-townships-referendum-bill/
— Support for Referendum to Put McHenry Township Road District Under Township Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/09/support-putting-mchenry-township-road-district-township-board/
— Tax Information for McHenry County Schools
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/09/tax-information-mchenry-county-schools/
— Former Algonquin Township Assessor Bob Kunz Replies to Illinois Leaks’ Article
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/08/former-algonquin-township-assessor-bob-kunz-replies-illinois-leaks-article/
— Illinois Leaks Calls for Resignation of Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/08/illinois-leaks-calls-resignation-algonquin-township-clerk-karen-lukasik/
— Secret Gift Cards Put Karen Lukasik & Bob Miller in Sights of Illinois Leaks Again
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/08/secret-gift-cards-put-karen-lukasik-bob-miller-sights-illinois-leaks/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CIVIC FEDERATION “THUMBS DOWN” ON GOVERNOR’S FY 2019 BUDGET PROPOSAL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/civic-federation-thumbs-down-on-governors-fy-2019-budget-proposal.html
— SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN STATE’S HEADLINE NEWS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/sexual-orientation-in-states-headline-news.html
— AKIN: LAWMAKERS STILL HAVE TIME TO PASS LAWSUIT REFORM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/akin-lawmakers-still-have-time-to-pass-lawsuit-reform.html
— ERA PROPONENTS RALLY FOR HOUSE VOTE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/era-activists-push-for-illinois-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— McSweeney slams Rauner for meeting with party chair who’s also “a known extremist” (DIERSEN: Who calls who an extremist? Beyond overwhelmingly, members of Group A call members of Group B extremists. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B are 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. If your group does not promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, sooner or later, if not already, the SPLC will call your group a hate group.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/09/mcsweeney-slams-rauner-for-meeting-with-party-chair-whos-also-a-known-extremist/
— Hippies are gonna make us kill all our dogs!!!
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/09/hippies-are-gonna-make-us-kill-all-our-dogs/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— ‘Downward spiral’ of Scouts self-inflicted, says LaBarbera – Charlie Butts
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2018/05/09/downward-spiral-of-scouts-self-inflicted-says-labarbera

 

BLAZE
— Here’s who will really pay for all that ‘free’ stuff progressives keep promising – Glenn Beck
https://www.theblaze.com/video/surprise-heres-who-will-really-pay-for-all-that-free-stuff-progressives-keep-promising

 

GOPUSA
— California wants money for illegal alien health care
http://www.gopusa.com/california-wants-money-for-illegal-alien-health-care/
— Why is Los Angeles a hotbed of STDs? Racism, of course.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45389

 

NEWSMAX
— Drudge Hits Trump Over Reporter Ban, Fears Licensing of Reporters – Mark Swanson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about times since 2000 when Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) threatened to take away my GOPUSA ILLINOIS press credentials and b) took them away.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/matt-drudge-media-credentials-wh-reporters-fake-news/2018/05/09/id/859335/
— Trump Threatens to Take Away Press Credentials Over Fake News – Jeffrey Rodack (DIERSEN: I should write a book about times since 2000 when Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. a) threatened to take away my GOPUSA ILLINOIS press credentials and b) took them away.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/press-credentials-fake-news-donald-trump/2018/05/09/id/859260/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump, citing negative news coverage about him, questioned whether the “corrupt” and “fake” news media should be stripped of credentials. The president’s comments came in an early morning tweet on Wednesday. He pointed out 91 percent of the “network news about me is negative (fake).” Trump appeared to be referencing a report by the Media Research Center. The MRC had looked at broadcast evening news reports of Trump from Jan. 1 through April 30 and “found 90 percent of the evaluative comments about the president were negative.” The report examined 1,065 network evening news stories about Trump and key members of his administration. And it noted the “hostile coverage” from ABC, CBS and NBC. According to the study, The Russia “collusion” story was given the most time on the broadcasts of all stories regarding the administration. The MRC reported it took up 321 minutes or nearly one-fifth of all Trump administration coverage. The study was a topic of conversation on TV’s “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday. The president is a longtime viewer of the show.)

 

THE HILL
— GOP leaders seek to stamp out Republican revolt on immigration – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/386977-house-gop-leaders-blast-move-to-force-a-vote-on-immigration

 

FISCAL TIMES
— Trump Administration Proposes $143.5 Billion in Federal Employee Retirement Cuts – Yuval Rosenberg (DIERSEN: Because I am a federal retiree, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are overjoyed about this.)
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2018/05/09/Trump-Administration-Proposes-1435-Billion-Federal-Employee-Retirement-Cuts

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Congressman slams OPM for targeting federal employee benefits – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: From what I see, I am one of only an extremely few, if not the only, Republican federal retiree in the 6th Congressional District. If you know of any Republican federal employees or retirees who live or work in the 6th Congressional District, please ask them to contact me ASAP.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/05/09/congressman-calls-out-opm-targeting-of-feds-retirement-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, wrote to Office of Personnel Management Director Jeff Pon May 9, 2018, to express “strong opposition” to a recent letter in which the director proposed sweeping cuts and increased contributions to federal employee retirement. “Federal employees are the cornerstone of an effective and efficient federal government. Our country relies on these talented men and women to perform critical duties across all sectors of government, from national security and healthcare to economic expansion and infrastructure development,” Turner wrote. Turner’s opposition as a Republican is notable, as Democrats have traditionally held a strong line against cutting federal employee benefits in order to balance the budget. Pon’s legislative proposals would likely require fairly unified Republican support to pass into actual legislation. According to a news release on the letter of opposition, Turner’s district contains 30,000 federal employees that would likely be impacted by the proposed changes. Turner took particular issue with aspects of OPM’s proposals that would impact current employees and retirees, such as increases in retirement contributions for current employees and the elimination of cost-of-living adjustments for all current and future retirees under the Federal Employee Retirement System. “This breaks a promise to current federal employees and retirees. We should not arbitrarily make changes to policies that families have planned their lives around, particularly when it affects current retirees with limited ability to make up for unanticipated reductions in estimated income,” wrote Turner. Pon justified the proposed changes as bringing the government more in line with private sector practices, though some have argued that prospective employees are attracted to the government over the private sector due to more generous retirement packages. “In order to ‘recruit, retain and honor a world-class workforce to serve the American people’ as OPM seeks, the federal government must maintain a competitive benefits package befitting such a workforce. With the United States’ growing economy and a tightening labor market, we cannot afford to make the federal government a less attractive place to work by diminishing the very benefits that help the government keep pace with jobs in the (often higher-paying) private sector,” Turner wrote.)

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— OPM Chief Defends Pay Freeze as a Chance to ‘Right-Size’ Compensation Across Occupations – Erich Wagner
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/05/opm-omb-leaders-take-tough-questions-compensation-proposals/148085/

May 8 Evening Edition

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McSweeney: Gov. Bruce Rauner should apologize for meeting with ‘known extremist’ Diane Evertsen David McSweeney attacks governor for meeting with ‘known extremist’ Diane Evertsen – ED KOMENDA  (DIERSEN: Why did Rauner meet privately with the leaders of the McHenry County Republican Party? What if Rauner met privately with the leaders of your Republican county party organization and/or with the leaders of your Republican township/ward party organization? In the 2002 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary, Corrine Wood called Jim Ryan an extremist.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/05/08/mcsweeney-gov-bruce-rauner-should-apologize-for-meeting-with-known-extremist-diane-evertsen/adt9cfh/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A state lawmaker is lambasting Gov. Bruce Rauner after Illinois’ top leader met with members of the McHenry County Republican Party over the weekend in private. Rauner spent part of his Saturday at an invitation-only roundtable at the McHenry County GOP’s Crystal Lake headquarters – an event featuring a Who’s Who of party insiders, including: McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim, McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally and McHenry County Board Member Jim Kearns. But State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, took issue with someone else in attendance at the Saturday meet-up: McHenry County’s new chairwoman, Diane Evertsen, who at one time served as president of the Minutemen Midwest – an organization the Southern Poverty Law Center designated a “nativist extremist” group. “The governor should apologize for meeting with a known extremist,” said McSweeney, who heard about the meeting after it happened. McSweeney pointed to Evertsen’s association with Minutemen Midwest, which the SPLC named several times on its annual list of nativist extremist groups between 2007 and 2010. The Alabama-based civil rights nonprofit defines nativist extremist groups as organizations that go beyond mere advocacy to personally confront suspected undocumented immigrants or those who hire or help them. McSweeney said a simple Google search reveals the views of the group Evertsen chaired. The legislator characterized those views as “disgraceful.” Minutemen Midwest had a website – www.minutemenmidwest.com – but it has been taken down since its launch. While the site is dead, some of the material published there is recoverable with the internet archive known as the “Wayback Machine,” McSweeney said. McSweeney highlighted an article published on the website written by William H. Calhoun titled “Illegal Immigration: Third-World Invasion” – a piece suggesting the U.S. is under threat by immigrants of different “blood.”​ “Invaders from the Orient, Asia, Africa, Central and South America are invading the first world, and they are intent only upon conquest,” the article said. “With the exception of a very small upper class of pure European blood, most Mexicans are either Amerindian or Mestizo (mostly Amerindian with a few drops of Spaniard or African blood). They are not Western; genealogically they are Asiatic; and they despise the West.” The article appalled McSweeney, he said. “It’s probably the most extreme article that I’ve read in a long time,” McSweeney said. “It’s disgusting.” Evertsen, a 73-year-old Harvard grandmother who once served on the McHenry County Board and now serves on McHenry County College’s board of trustees, could not be reached for comment. The Northwest Herald also reached out to Gov. Rauner’s campaign communications director for comment, but campaign officials weren’t immediately available Tuesday. About 20 people attended the Saturday gathering, according to sources invited to the event.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Grads, including senior citizens, put perseverance on display at commencements – Maudlyne Ihejirika
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/grads-including-senior-citizen-put-on-perseverance-at-commencement-ceremonies/
— Golden arches new headquarters most ‘un-McDonald’s like’ – Lee Bey
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/golden-arches-new-headquarters-most-un-mcdonalds-like/
— Are legal pot backers blowing smoke? Report finds limited green in grass revenue – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/are-legal-pot-backers-blowing-smoke-report-finds-limited-green-in-grass-revenue/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner, Democrats say they don’t want another budget war but face deficit despite tax hike – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-budget-talks-20180508-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, in Illinois, anti-Trumps are the MAJORITY and Trump supporters are the MINORITY. Ever increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporters.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-pitts-trump-supporters-understanding-0508-20180506-story.html
— Women’s voices are largely missing from newspaper letters to the editor – Heidi Stevens
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-monday-letters-to-editor-gender-0507-story.html
— Emanuel responds to ‘bully’ characterization, says he will focus on problem-solving, not personalities – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-personality-vallas-20180508-story.html
— More legislative lip service, but no fair map amendment – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-remap-amendment-illinois-dead-20180507-story.html
— Orland officials delay vote on video gambling – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-orland-park-video-gambling-st-0509-story.html
— How Speaker Madigan elbows aside Illinois taxpayers – Keith Wheeler
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-blame-illinois-budget-budget-michael-madigan-lisa-illinois-barbara-flynn-currie-republicans-keith-wheeler-0509-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Every person in Illinois owes $11,000 for pensions, with no fix in sight – Bloomberg
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180508/every-person-in-illinois-owes-11000-for-pensions-with-no-fix-in-sight
— Demoted Wheaton cop files sex discrimination lawsuit – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180508/demoted-wheaton-cop-files-sex-discrimination-lawsuit
— Misguided demands for teaching history – Mary Plunkett, Wheaton
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180508/misguided-demands-for-teaching-history
(FROM THE LETTER: Are you kidding me, Springfield? The state of Illinois is imploding at a frightening rate, and you’re focused on passing a bill that forces our schools to teach LGBT history? (Paid for by our outrageous property taxes, by the way.) This bill (SB3249) also requires schools to teach about the illegal deportation of Mexicans during the Great Depression and labor union contributions to our economy. And children will not be permitted to graduate eighth grade if they don’t receive this instruction. Holy political agenda, Democrats! But, perhaps you are sincerely interested in teaching our children an accurate and nondiscriminatory account of our history. If this is true, you must necessarily include a unit on the societal benefits that Catholics have contributed toward Illinois’ schools, hospitals and charities. The impact is quite significant. I would encourage anyone reading this to demand that your particular group be recognized in a mandatory history unit as well. After everyone feels good about being recognized, there might be a few minutes left in the school day for reading, writing and arithmetic.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Rauner: Pick up the pace on budget talks – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180508/gov-rauner-pick-up-pace-on-budget-talks
— VERY SAD: Supporters rally at Capitol in support of ERA – Maximilian Kwiatkowski
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180508/supporters-rally-at-capitol-in-support-of-era

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— TRAGIC: Normal, Illinois, passes ordinance making community a ‘Welcoming City’ for immigrants – DEREK BEIGH (DIERSEN: As everyone knows, to be a “Welcoming City” is to be a city a) that encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally and b) that is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/normal-illinois-passes-ordinance-making-community-a-welcoming-city-for/article_5a4f618f-6874-5fc3-9cad-eb48ed765844.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Senate Debating Votes from Jail (DIERSEN: What percent of criminals vote for Democrats – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=264812#.WvIZAVpy-M8

 

JEANNE IVES
— House Back in Session for Home Stretch
http://www.jeanneives.org/2018/05/house-back-in-session-for-home-stretch.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Progressive tax ‘totally wrong for Illinois,’ Ives says – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511408458-progressive-tax-totally-wrong-for-illinois-ives-says

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Bills could add millions to billion-dollar pension debt, GOP representatives warn – Angela Underwood
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511408330-bills-could-add-millions-to-billion-dollar-pension-debt-gop-representatives-warn

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— LaHood promotes tax cuts, ‘merit based’ immigration – Mark Maxwell (DIERSEN: How much “merit” do you have? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, I am “meritless.”)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/capitol-connection/lahood-promotes-tax-cuts-merit-based-immigration/1166837510

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Legislative leaders and governor meet, still no agreement on revenue estimate – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/legislative-leaders-and-governor-meet-still-no-agreement-on-revenue/article_7171a748-52eb-11e8-abc5-3f4deccbc9d0.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— After saying he’s “unifying” the GOP, Gov. Rauner says he’s not putting much thought into the task
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/08/after-saying-hes-unifying-the-gop-gov-rauner-says-hes-not-putting-much-thought-into-the-task/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. David McSweeney@1980reagan: We need a solid conservative to lead the IL GOP, not an inept insider completely controlled by Governor Rauner!)

 

BREITBART
— Study: Donald Trump’s Polls Improve Despite 90% Negative Media Coverage – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/08/study-trumps-polls-improve-despite-90-percent-negative-media-coverage/

 

GOPUSA
— Tell the uninformed what President Trump has accomplished (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents only want people know about what they accomplished.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45380
— Orrin Hatch calls John McCain’s decision not to invite Trump to his funeral ‘ridiculous’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45456
— California has the 5th largest economy in the world yet leads the nation in poverty and homelessness
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45465

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— McCain’s Funeral Guest List Doesn’t Define Him – JIM GERAGHTY (DIERSEN: Who does not want you to attend their funeral? I should make a list of those who do not me to attend their funeral. They blame me for their problems. They blame me for your problems. They blame me for my problems. They blame me for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/mccains-funeral-guest-list-doesnt-define-him/

 

THE HILL
— Labor Dept to let teens work longer hours in hazardous jobs: report – MORGAN GSTALTER (DIERSEN: How hazardous were the jobs that you had when you were a teen? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; and delivered mail 1966-1969.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386652-labor-dept-to-let-teens-work-longer-hours-in-hazardous-jobs-report

 

ROLL CALL
— House Appropriators Vote to End Perk for Former Speakers Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi both back ending office space, funding for former speakers
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/house-appropriators-vote-end-perk-former-speakers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Government Accountability Office: The watchdog agency would be funded at $579 million, the same as the fiscal 2018 enacted level.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— It’s Time for a New Discussion of Marijuana’s Risks You may reasonably decide the benefits outweigh the harms, but you should know about those potential harms. – Aaron E. Carroll
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/upshot/its-time-for-a-new-discussion-of-marijuanas-risks.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump supporters as being racists.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/opinion/trump-supporters-economy-racism.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Companies Trying to Deal With Discrimination Face Backlash Critics of diversity efforts say programs unfairly exclude other people – Kelsey Gee and Lauren Weber (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-trying-to-deal-with-discrimination-face-backlash-1525604400
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Companies trying to rectify a legacy of discrimination are finding that some tactics are backfiring and sparking new grievances. The Wing, a women’s shared-office space and networking club, has drawn such ire. Its no-men-allowed membership policy for collaboration spaces in trendy New York neighborhoods is designed to attract like-minded women professionals who want to encourage and invest in one another. The Wing recently opened a Washington, D.C., location and there is a wait list for a future office in Los Angeles, the company says. In March, the New York City Human Rights Commission launched an investigation into the Wing’s practices, which include workshops on political organization and panels reserved for members featuring celebrities and U.S. legislators. Seth Hoy, a spokesman for the New York commission, confirmed the agency’s probe and declined to comment on it further. He says the agency works to ensure that businesses comply with laws prohibiting gender discrimination. The inquiry is one of the latest examples of how female-only initiatives and other diversity efforts are drawing objections from those who feel left out or challenge the idea that people in historically underrepresented groups need targeted resources to help them accelerate in their careers and are raising concerns that the programs unfairly exclude other people.)

 

USA TODAY
— American teens are hooked on iPhones, new survey shows – Leo Sun
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/05/08/american-teens-are-hooked-on-iphones-survey/34405795/

 

WATERLOO CEDAR FALLS COURIER
— Good old days not good for everyone – KARRIS GOLDEN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn the GOOD OLD DAYS: 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.)
http://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/good-old-days-not-good-for-everyone/article_c3428eaa-629d-54dd-9967-fb683689e7bd.html

 

FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Mustang Tops List Of The Five Most Desired Dream Cars In The US – AARON BRZOZOWSKI
http://fordauthority.com/2018/05/ford-mustang-tops-list-of-the-five-most-desired-dream-cars-in-the-us/

 

OPM
— OPM Celebrates Public Service Recognition Week 2018 (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who ever-increasingly a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn and b) promote hatred against government employees and government retirees, and especially against federal employees and federal retirees.)
http://www.opm.gov/blogs/Director/2018/5/8/OPM-Celebrates-Public-Service-Recognition-Week-2018/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Each year, during the first full week of May, our Nation comes together to celebrate the men and women who serve our country as Federal, state, county, and local government employees. For 34 years, we’ve taken this time to honor the people who work diligently to promote safety, security and quality of service for the American public. Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) is a time to promote and share stories of excellence in public service with you, the Nation we serve. Every day a Federal employee is impacting your life in some way. Whether it’s telling you not to eat lettuce because of an E.coli outbreak, scanning your luggage at the airport, or preparing an exhibit at your favorite Smithsonian museum, it’s affecting your life in a positive manner.)

 

VOX
— Bullshit jobs: Why they exist and why you might have one And why this professor thinks we need a revolution. – Sean Illing (DIERSEN: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I have had were bullshit jobs.)
https://www.vox.com/2018/5/8/17308744/bullshit-jobs-book-david-graeber-occupy-wall-street-karl-marx

 

EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES
— Distressed patient speaks out after emotional support dog banned from Felixstowe surgery – Amy Gibbons
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/distressed-patient-speaks-out-after-emotional-support-dog-banned-from-haven-health-surgery-in-felixstowe-1-5509513

 

BIRMINGHAM MAIL
— The law on dogs barking – and why it could land their owner in hot water Many will be left frightened by activity, noise and lights outside – James Rodger
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/law-dogs-barking-uk-gov-13724097

 

CAMBRIDGE NEWS
— What the law says about dog barking and how to avoid getting in big trouble Here’s some guidance for dog owners on how to stay the right side of the law – Nigel SlaterTom Pilgrim
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/law-dog-barking-neighbour-noise-14621865

May 7 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES, MCSWEENEY ENDORSE SHAW FOR ILGOP CHAIRMAN (DIERSEN: Carl Segvich submitted a comment on this article Sunday, May 06, 2018 at 10:51 PM and Mark Weyermuller submitted a comment on this article Monday, May 07, 2018 at 08:14 AM)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/ives-mcsweeney-endorse-shaw-for-ilgop-chairman.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Circular firing squad: Rauner, Ives endorse competing state party chairman candidates (DIERSEN: Nine comments as of Monday, May 7, 18 @ 10:09 am)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/07/circular-firing-squad-rauner-ives-endorse-competing-state-party-chairman-candidates/

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, Democrats focus on destroying traditional marriage and destroying traditional families.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/06/international-family-equality-day/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Chicago Children’s Museum at Navy Pier took part in the worldwide celebration by showing their support for LGBTQ families. Story time with drag queens helped kick off two months of the museum’s playful programming dedicated to celebrating Chicago’s LGBTQ community. Children also participated in a rainbow scavenger hunt and made bracelets. The celebration goes through the end of June. Visitors can write their ideas about what makes family on the museum’s huge chalkboard.)

 

NBC5
— Illinois Companies Reveal Pay Differences Between CEO, Median Employees (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-companies-reveal-pay-differences-between-ceo-median-employees-481880211.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Big demand for Chicago’s new municipal IDs surprises officials – Elvia Malagon (DIERSEN: What percent of those who live and/or work in Chicago are illegals?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-first-week-chicago-municipal-id-cards-20180507-story.html
— Equal Rights Amendment not ready yet – Bill Lukitsch (DIERSEN: To support the ERA is to join the Democrats in shouting that Republicans continue to deny women equal rights. Democrats have always shouted at women that Republicans have caused all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have. Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage/insist/demand that women hate Republicans.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ra-joy-chicago-mayor-20180504-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lang said some on the Republican side “haven’t committed one way or the other” and attributed that to “people on the far right,” referring to some opposing groups that contend the Equal Rights Amendment would enshrine abortion in the U.S. Constitution and undermine religious freedoms. “It has nothing whatsoever to do with abortion, it has nothing whatsoever to do with gay rights or bathrooms or football scholarships or the draft or anything else that those folks are peddling,” Lang said. “It has to do with giving women equal rights under the United States Constitution. That’s all it’s about.”)
— GOP Rep. Wehrli wants a constitutional convention (DIERSEN: Illinois Democrats have made it extremely clear that if there was a constitutional convention, they would use it to get rid of individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ra-joy-chicago-mayor-20180504-story.html
— Why people leave their job – Bryan Adams (DIERSEN: In 1971, while I was working for Firestone Stores in Chicago Heights, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile because that job would have given me far greater opportunities to use what I had learned earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-why-people-leave-their-job-20180502-story.html
— Why you should get a raise – Anya Kamenetz (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201804251003–tms–savingsgctnzy-a20180425-20180425-story.html
— Ben Carson, where will l live? – Jeliner Jordan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demand that employers pay a “living wage” for jobs that require little or no work experience, education, job skills, etc. What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-hud-ben-carson-increase-rent-work-requirements-0507-story.html
— Cultural-appropriation outrage shows people are desperate to be offended – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-goldberg-cultural-appropriation-offended-rules-0507-20180504-story.html
— Trump’s medical deceptions should be a scandal – Paul Waldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-medical-trump-doctor-bornstein-documents-0504-20180503-story.html
— Tronc recognizes Chicago Tribune newsroom union – Robert Channick (DIERSEN: If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-tribune-newsroom-union-tronc-20180506-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Tronc to recognize Chicago Tribune Guild – Evan F. Moore (DIERSEN: If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/tronc-to-recognize-chicago-tribune-guild/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Estimated tax savings appears to be inflated – Tom Teune, Wheaton (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. What is your household income? The Diersen’s household income is far less than $135,000. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864 and my Social Security is only $2,064. My critics/opponents who have more income than I do use that to paint me as being a financial failure. My critics/opponents who have less income than I do use that to paint me as being a undeservedly filthy rich.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180507/estimated-tax-savings-appears-to-be-inflated
(FROM THE LETTER: In the Daily Herald’s March 22 issue, Peter Roskam is quoted saying that the median income of a family of four in the 6th congressional district is $135,000. And it stands to save $4,000 in 2018 federal income taxes. My senses told me that Rep. Roskam’s numbers were inflated, so I searched a number of sources and selected the highest 6th District family income given by the federal government’s Census Bureau. The Census Bureau reports the district’s median family income is $98,000. I also calculated the income taxes at both levels and found that a family owning a home with a mortgage would save only $2,000 at Roskam’s suggested median income and only a few hundred dollars at the Census Bureau’s reported median income.)
— Women make up just 11% of the highest paid jobs in corporate America – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a woman in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a woman in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted women in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a woman in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a woman in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a woman could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180506/study-women-make-up-just-11-of-the-highest-paid-jobs-in-corporate-america

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Lawmakers Vote Down Plan to Limit School Administrative Costs – Benjamin Yount
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=264654#.Wu8YFJch02w

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Larry Enz: Keep townships as is – David Giuliani
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/official-keep-townships-as-is/article_5f941830-4e1d-11e8-b85b-3304d08b221f.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Under Pressure, Tronc Recognizes ‘Chicago Tribune’ Union – David Folkenflik (DIERSEN: If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/06/608903044/under-pressure-tronc-recognizes-chicago-tribune-union

 

WGIL
— RAUNER CALLS FOR INCOME TAX CUTS INSTEAD OF PROGRESSIVE TAX PLAN (DIERSEN: Democrats know full-well that many millions of voters in Illinois pay little or no state income tax.)
http://www.wgil.com/2018/05/07/rauner-calls-for-income-tax-cuts-instead-of-progressive-tax-plan/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrat Mendoza and Democrat Duckworth.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/mendoza-slams-senger-over-veterans-home-email/1160370634

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What percent of criminals vote for Democrats – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/05/07/youre-innocent-until-proven-guilty-but-that-doesnt-mean-you-can-vote

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Natasha Korecki will be moving on from Illinois Playbook to take on a new role for POLITICO as a national correspondent. (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but should I apply for her job? If Politico came anywhere close to considering my application, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would come out of their closets and viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me as being a White supremacist, a Nazi, a KKK member, a hater, a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things. Who would come to my defense? My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and they crow that they can a) destroy any individual, b) destroy any organization, c) destroy any company, and d) destroy any government in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois that they want to.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/05/07/tribune-guild-we-did-it-we-have-a-union-hamilton-the-exhibition-coming-to-chicago-268203
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s truly bittersweet for me. As I told media columnist Robert Feder in his kind writeup, helping launch Illinois Playbook and connecting with readers from across the state has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. Not only do we have the best local politics around, our readers are savvy and incredibly engaged, which has made all of this a complete joy. I am also thrilled for the next chapter and the opportunity to work more closely with a tremendous group of reporters and editors at POLITICO. Don’t worry! Illinois Playbook isn’t going away, we are actively seeking a new author. We’ll have updates here when they happen.)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Torching Marriage – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: Those who want to destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have always worked the hardest against me. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a hypocritical fraud because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/torching-marriage/

 

GOPUSA
— Bank of America didn’t hire a DACA recipient. Now it’s being sued for discrimination. (DIERSEN: Of course, in Illinois, Democrat employers would rather hire citizens of foreign countries than citizens of America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45294

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Cook County sheriff accidentally releases man who promised terror attack – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/05/cook_county_sheriff_accidentally_releases_man_who_promised_terror_attack.html

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Shame Based Thinking – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who shame others? I should write a book about those who shame those who are not a member of a church, who do not attend church services, who do not give money to a church, who do give money to charities, who do not donate time to charities, who do not have children, who do not have dogs, who do not drink booze, who do not gamble, who do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are 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. Who are the biggest shamers in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2018/05/06/shame-based-thinking-part-1/
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2018/05/07/shame-based-thinking-part-2/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Equal Benefits for all Employees – Jennifer Hyman (DIERSEN: To get their votes, Democrats have always demanded that employers to give preferential treatment to their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, veterans, non-Protestant, non-German American, have less money than others, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/opinion/workers-benefits-inequality-rent-the-runway.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Which Anti-Depressant is Right for You? Your DNA Can Shed Some Light – Lucette Lagnado (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on making members of the following groups feel depressed: 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/which-anti-depressant-is-right-for-you-your-dna-can-shed-some-light-1525622524
— Good News in the Labor Market The black and Hispanic jobless rates are at record lows. – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/good-news-in-the-labor-market-1525640801

 

USA TODAY
— Facebook pledges to investigate charges it’s biased against conservatives – Jessica Guynn (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have no problem with anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/05/03/facebook-pledges-investigate-charges-bias-against-conservatives/574505002/
— How Facebook fired workers who blocked ‘fake news’ — ‘After the Fact’ book excerpt – Nathan Bomey
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/05/06/after-fact-erosion-truth-donald-trump-book/541341002/
— Millennials bypass smaller starter homes for dream houses – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24, a studio condo in downtown Chicago when I was 25, and a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago when I was 27. My wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton when I was 29 and we had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton when I was 35.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/05/07/millennials-buying-first-home-skip-starter-house-buy-dream/582309002/

 

VALLEY REPORTER
— Profiting from cheap labor – Jake Sallerson (DIERSEN: Those who want cheap labor have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.valleyreporter.com/menu-opinion/letters/12561-profiting-from-cheap-labor

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Newspapers are Fighting Harder Than Ever Against the Spread of Misinformation – Jennifer Swift (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, everything is misinformation except for the information that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/feature/newspapers-are-fighting-harder-than-ever-against-the-spread-of-misinformation/

May 4 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump, Pence speak at NRA convention in Dallas
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-pence-to-speak-today-at-nra-convention-in-dallas

 

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting high school students to act as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/sen-durbin-visits-high-school-after-student-sends-letter-about-gun-violence/3429526/

 

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-bill-would-expand-availability-of-medical-marijuana-481777301.html
— Aurora Ranked 4th-Best City to Live the American Dream – Jonathon Sadowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-suburb-ranked-4th-best-city-to-live-the-american-dream-481755791.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/04/illinois-bill-would-expand-availability-of-medical-marijuana/

 

WBBM NEWS RADIO
— Ives Says She Will Vote For Rauner, But Doesn’t Necessarily Think He Will Win – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbmnews.radio.com/articles/news/ives-says-she-will-vote-rauner-doesnt-necessarily-think-he-will-win
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Representative Jeanne Ives, who lost the narrow GOP Primary election to Governor Bruce Rauner, said he has her vote, but not necessarily her confidence, or that of other conservatives. Representative Jeanne Ives has not resolved her differences with Governor Rauner after their often bitter race. Still, she indicates she’ll vote for him in November. But she doesn’t necessarily expect him to win. “I’m a republican. I will vote for our republican nominee, but other folks are going to make their decisions differently and as I said in the primary, which I still believe is true today, there’s many conservatives who will just skip the top of the ticket, as they did in the Mark Kirk race, and vote Rauner out of office,” she said. Make no mistake, Ives feels that if democrat JB Pritzker wins, his plans for a progressive income tax will drive more people out of the state. “If we go down the road for the democrats. If we go to the progressive income tax, you can watch that you’ll have far more out migration…that is my prediction this year…because of that 32 percent tax increase,” Ives said. So she predicts this will be an interesting time for Illinois. Meanwhile, conservative and moderate republicans may clash over the future of the Illinois GOP as well. Governor Rauner is supporting Illinois GOP chairman Tim Schneider, a Cook County Commissioner, to continue in his role. “We have a very important vote coming up on May 19 as to who is going to be the leader of Illinois GOP. And obviously Governor Rauner has put forward Tim Schneider and many of us conservatives want an alternative to Mr. Schneider and so you have this inter-party feud going on,” she said. Ives said conservatives support Mark Shaw of Lake County over incumbent chairman Tim Scheider, and allies of the Governor are exerting pressure on GOP committeemen. She said the struggle continues.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump salutes 2nd Amendment, urges NRA members to vote GOP in November – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-nra-convention-dallas-20180504-story.html
— A Nobel Peace Prize for Trump? – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-nobel-peace-prize-20180504-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump spent his business career swindling people. Nothing’s changed.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-business-scams-20180503-story.html
— Iowa governor to sign 6-week abortion ban into law – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-iowa-abortion-law-20180504-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump salutes NRA, slams Chicago and thanks Kanye West – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump-nra-national-rifle-association-convention-gun-control/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers a) push pot and b) oppose any kind of drug testing.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/small-businesses-cannabis-marijuana-pot-drug-testing/
— Public universities can’t get past the lingering effects of state budget crisis – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: GAO can’t get past the lingering effects of its budgets being cut by Republicans during the 1980s and 1990s. The agency is just a shell of what it once was.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/public-universities-cant-get-past-the-lingering-effects-of-state-budget-crisis/
— Google to verify, disclose identities of US political ad buyers – AP (DIERSEN: What about illegal pot pushers who use illegal pot money to buy illegal pot ads?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/google-verify-identity-political-ad-buyers/
— U.S. House says ‘No Catholic Need Apply’ to be next chaplain – Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who work the hardest against Protestants.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/u-s-house-says-no-catholic-need-apply-to-be-next-chaplain/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Even pre-screened leader candidates need critical eye – Editorial (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail or to prosecution, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political job or office.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180503/editorial-even-pre-screened-leader-candidates-need-critical-eye
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: There are several cautionary messages that emerge from the short, bumpy tenure of former Des Plaines school superintendent Floyd Williams Jr., but perhaps the most surprising is that apparently a school district would be wise to thoroughly vet and critically question the search firm they hire before they seriously consider the candidates it produces. In 2015, the Des Plaines Elementary District 62 school board paid a highly regarded search firm $24,750 to help it find and ultimately hire Dr. Williams, who resigned a year and half into the job under allegations he sexually harassed five female district employees.)
— Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is sending every family an election-year check. Democrats call it bribery. – Jeff Stein
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180504/wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-is-sending-every-family-an-election-year-check-democrats-call-it-bribery

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Suburban mayors are fighting state aid cuts – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180504/BLOGS02/180509899/suburban-chicago-mayors-fight-illinois-aid-cuts

 

STATELINE
— House Republicans push for wage freeze for Illinois lawmakers (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.mystateline.com/news/senate-republicans-push-for-wage-freeze-for-illinois-lawmakers/1159742609

 

NPR NEWS RADIO
— Trump, Pence Address NRA Convention
http://nprillinois.org/post/trump-pence-address-nra-convention#stream/0

 

WGIL
— GOVERNOR RAUNER PUSHING TERM LIMITS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
http://www.wgil.com/2018/05/04/governor-rauner-pushing-term-limits-for-elected-officials/

 

WIFR
— OUTRAGEOUS: Cheers to Illinois’ 200th birthday with state-themed tequila
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/Cheers-to-Illinois-200th-birthday-481797251.html

 

WQAD
— Illinois needs to come up with $21 billion a year to pay for repairs to its infrastructure, according to a new report.
http://wqad.com/2018/05/04/price-tag-to-update-illinois-infrastructure-tops-20-billion/

 

ALGONQUIN PATCH
— Should The Algonquin Township Highway Department Be Abolished? County Board Chairman Jack Franks thinks so and is calling on the township board to put a referendum on the Nov. ballot to abolish it. – Amie Rowland
https://patch.com/illinois/algonquin/should-algonquin-township-highway-department-be-abolished

 

GAZETTE CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINES: Anti-Americans illegally encourage people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.gazettechicago.com/index/2018/05/census-citizenship-question-would-cost-this-community-representation-dollars/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Bill allowing special pension allowance for 17 Chicago police fund members passes House – Angela Underwood (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates remain beyond furious to this day because I got Civil Service Retirement System credit for the almost 9 years that I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for the almost 3 years that I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511406107-bill-allowing-special-pension-allowance-for-17-chicago-police-fund-members-passes-house
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During Illinois’ colossal pension crisis, Democrats proposed to carve out funds for the Chicago Police Benefit Fund for work performed a decade ago. HB5177, sponsored by Rep. Kelly Burke (D-Evergreen Park), amends the Illinois Pension Code to allow for 17 police officers to receive a hearing to reconsider service credit for investigatory work they performed prior to 2008. . .“It’s actually unaffordable,” Ives said. The bill is just one of many examples over the past few years of that permits pension carve-outs for employees who want to move from one plan to another. “What you see here is the need for massive pension reform, not just at the state level, but really at the local level,” Ives said. The focus should not be on these 17 officers, according to Ives. “Our pension problems that are literally bankrupting local governments,” Ives said. Using Danville as an example of destroying pension debt, Ives said the town has seen a 112 percent increase in the cost of the local pension plans. “They have no idea how they are going to pay back the $105 million in debt they have accumulated, and Chicago is far worse off,” Ives said. Why should the board go back as far as 2008 to possibly reimburse the officers, Breen asked.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— 49th House District candidate Khouri votes to freeze her pay on DuPage County Board – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511406851-49th-house-district-candidate-khouri-votes-to-freeze-her-pay-on-dupage-county-board
— Addison Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 11 years without taxpayer subsidy (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are not getting a pension and who are not in line to get a pension a) declare the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to be bankrupt and b) demand that the CSRS cut if not eliminate my pension?)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511406261-analysis-addison-police-pension-fund-would-go-bankrupt-in-11-years-without-taxpayer-subsidy

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Public employee union chief: Higher taxes won’t drive people from Illinois (DIERSEN: In addition to high taxes, individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are members of the following groups drive people from Illinois: 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, inti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511403201-public-employee-union-chief-higher-taxes-won-t-drive-people-from-illinois

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Springfield Swampsters Fear ONLY Private-Schooling Parents – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/springfield-swampsters-fear-only-private-schooling-parents/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP SENATORS UNIFIED IN OPPOSING PROGRESSIVE TAX HIKE; BUT NOT LGBT HISTORY MANDATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/il-gop-senators-unified-in-opposing-progressive-tax-hike-but-not-lgbt-history-mandate.html
— ARLINGTON HEIGHTS GUN RIGHTS GROUP OFFERS FREE TEACHER TRAINING DAY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/arlington-heights-gun-rights-group-offers-free-teacher-training-day.html
— Over 96% of job-able Americans are employed now, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday (DIERSEN: What about jobs that are appropriate for those who have qualifications (work experience, education, professional certifications, professional license, etc.) similar to yours? What is the prevailing wage for those who have qualifications similar to yours?)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/05/while-over-96-employed-nationwide-illinois-job-finders-lag-slightly.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Twenty-one percent of legislative incumbents have left or are leaving
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/04/twenty-percent-of-legislative-incumbents-have-left-or-are-leaving/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— Facebook Investigating Whether It Has Anti-Conservative Bias – Michael Gryboski
https://www.christianpost.com/news/facebook-investigating-anti-conservative-bias-223670/

 

 

BLAZE
— At least 158 Central American migrant ‘caravan’ members admitted into US port of entry – Jana Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/04/update-at-least-158-central-american-migrant-caravan-members-admitted-into-us-port-of-entry

 

BREITBART
— Kanye West’s Music Blacklisted by Detroit Radio Station – JOHN NOLTE (DIERSEN: Who blacklists you and why? I should write a book about those who blacklist me and why they do it.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/05/04/blacklisted-detroit-radio-station-bans-kanye-wests-music/
— Nearly 40 Shot over 3 Days in Gun-Controlled Chicago – AWR HAWKINS
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/03/nearly-40-shot-three-days-gun-controlled-chicago/
— DHS Nielsen Approves Extra H-2B Workers – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Have you taken jobs that other Americans refuse to take? I have. 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. Because the aforesaid jobs were so bad, my superiors had an extremely hard time finding qualified minorities, qualified women, and qualified younger people who would take them.)
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/05/04/dhs-promises-extra-h2b-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump’s federal agencies will allow companies to bring in an additional 15,000 foreign “guest workers” for use in landscaping, forestry, resorts, and seafood processing, say Maryland seafood executives. The expected offer of 15,000 visas “is very late, and it is not enough,” said Jack Brooks, owner of a seafood company, J.M. Clayton Company, in Cambridge, Md. Maryland’s crab industry has already gotten 300 of 500 H-2B workers it sought, but the absence of the 200 workers has generated an emotional editorial by the Baltimore Sun. The 15,000 extra workers will be added to the annual inflow of 66,000 H-2B visa workers, but few of the extra visas will go to the seasonal seafood industries in Maryland, Texas, and Alaska, Brooks told Breitbart News. The extra visas likely will be distributed via lottery, so the more numerous landscaping and resort companies are likely to win the largest shares of the cheaper workers, said Brooks, who has already received a set of H-2B visas for work this year. The worker giveaway to business is bad news for Republican politicians because it reduces the pressure on business to deliver wage increase to voters before the next election, said Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies.)

 

GOPUSA
— Perhaps Canada should build a wall
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45144
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TREASONOUS: U.S. Government sues Albertsons for requiring employees to speak English
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45197
— National Day of Prayer seeks to unify U.S., but some secular Americans see discord, division (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who talk and act like they are anti-Protestant, and especially about those who talk and act like they are especially anti-Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45187

 

ABC NEWS
— Under Trump, Congress has expanded use of controversial legislative tool to ‘tear down’ regulations – CHO PARK and ALEX HOSENBALL (DIERSEN: When will “Trump, Congress” tear down regulations that encourage, if not require, federal agencies to waste the careers of and to get rid of their 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://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-congress-expanded-controversial-legislative-tool-tear-regulations/story

 

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Dispatched by the Trump Administration, a Federal Agent Is Shot on the Streets of Chicago – Julie Bosman and Ali Watkins
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/us/atf-agent-shot-chicago.html
— Actually, National Democrats Should Interfere in Primaries – Elaine Kamarck (DIERSEN: What if Trump, Pence, Helland, Harold, Senger, Dodge, Shimkus, Roskam, Hultgren, Kinzinger, Davis, Bost, LaHood, Brady, Durkin, and/or etc. had campaigned for Ives?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/opinion/dccc-democratic-primaries-interference.html
— A Fast-Food Problem: Where Have All the Teenagers Gone? – Rachel Abrams and Robert Gebeloff (DIERSEN: Were you a fast-food worker when you were in high school? I was. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and the summer in between 1964-1966. If there was as much legal/illegal immigration back then as there is now, a citizen of Mexico or of some other foreign country would have had that job. I was able to earn and save enough to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint to use to commute to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/upshot/fast-food-jobs-teenagers-shortage.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says immigration laws were written by people who ‘could not love our country’ – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs wrote America’s immigration laws. Democrats are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/04/trump-says-immigration-laws-were-written-by-people-who-could-not-love-our-country/
— Trump got a ‘do-over’ with white evangelicals. Will continuing Stormy Daniels news affect that? – Eugene Scott
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/04/trump-got-a-do-over-with-white-evangelicals-will-continuing-stormy-daniels-news-affect-that/

 

BLOOMBERG
— America is minting more millionaire retirees than ever – Suzanne Woolley (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is $4,322/month and my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy is $1,500/month for a total of $5,822/month. For me to buy an annuity that would pay me that much for life, it would cost me about $1 million.)
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/03/millionaire-retirees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of every six retirees in the U.S. is a millionaire (if you include the value of their homes), according to the new report. Their average wealth has risen more than 100 percent since 1989, to $752,000, and the share of those who are millionaires has doubled. More retirees-62 percent-are enjoying life without physical or cognitive limitations, according to the data. That number is up from 49 percent in 1963, the first year such data was taken. . .Income inequality has remained about the same among retirees since 1989. The picture changed dramatically when a household’s financial assets came into play, however. A rising stock market led to a 42 percent rise in wealth inequality among older Americans. “People have held incomes and spending constant over time,” said Matt Fellowes, United Income’s founder and chief executive officer. “The wealthiest retirees are wealthier but are not spending more, relative to previous generations.” Fellowes believes many Americans are being unnecessarily frugal in their spending and are leading “overly contained” lives as a result. The gap between the wealthy and the ultra-wealthy has also widened. The wealth of the median millionaire rose by about 12 percent from 1989 to 2016, while the median millionaire’s equity position was swelling from 27 percent of financial accounts to 55 percent. The wealth of the top 1 percent of millionaires, meanwhile, more than doubled, from $14.9 million to $31.3 million, in 2016 dollars, as their equity positions jumped from 30 percent to 69 percent, according to the report. ”It’s clear that the dividends from being an investor are paying off for retirees fortunate enough to have savings and investments,” said Fellowes. “What’s discouraging is that those who are not saving or investing are just getting left progressively farther and farther behind as each successive generation enters retirement.”)

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Denver Post Editor Who Criticized Paper’s Ownership Resigns – Jack Healy
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/denver-post-editor-who-criticized-papers-ownership-resigns/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chuck Plunkett said he knew that he was risking his job as the editorial page editor of The Denver Post when he wrote an impassioned editorial last month blasting the newspaper’s hedge-fund owners as “vulture capitalists” who had hobbled Colorado’s largest newspaper with deep layoffs and cost-cutting.)

 

BRINKWIRE
— Mandatory LGBT History Lessons for Schoolchildren Approved by Illinois Senate (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes who have harmed me because I refuse to promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://en.brinkwire.com/305340/mandatory-lgbt-history-lessons-for-schoolchildren-approved-by-illinois-senate/

May 4 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner on “unifying” – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Are you an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman? I have been one since 2000. Did you vote for Ives? I did. Do you believe that Rauner wants those who voted for Ives to support him? I do not. I believe that Rauner is taking advice from those who tell him that for every Ives voter like me that he drives out of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten+ Independents, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, etc. will vote for him in the November 6, 2018 election. To dump Ives voters is to dump those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and the rest of the planks in the IRP platform. To dump Ives voters is to destroy the IRP.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-staff-20180504-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an appearance on Quad Cities radio, Rauner downplayed any post-primary rifts among Republicans after his narrow victory over state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton last month. Speaking on WOC AM-1420 in Davenport, Iowa, Rauner declared himself a unifier — not just among Republicans, but also with independents and Democrats. “You know primaries are tough. They’re part of the process. I respect the process and now we’re all coming together in the state. We’re unifying all Republicans,” said Rauner, who faces a third-party challenge from Downstate Republican state Sen. Sam McCann and a potential battle over re-electing his hand-picked state GOP chairman. Rauner said his candidacy is one representing Illinoisans against House Speaker Michael Madigan and Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker. “This is not an election that’s really about Republicans versus Democrats. This is about the people of Illinois against a corrupt political machine run by Madigan and Pritzker, and it’s the people against the political insiders,” he said.)
— Rauner’s office doesn’t commit on bill to ban payroll practice known as ‘offshoring’ – Bill Lukitsch (DIERSEN: Since the 1980s, the Democrats who run GAO have done a tremendous amount of offshoring, that is, forcing their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran a) to take their early retirement “offers” or b) to take regular retirement as soon as they are eligible. My Democrat GAO superiors offshored me to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) in 1997 when I was 49 years old. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1,071,856.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-staff-20180504-story.html
— Roskam brings Madigan into congressional race
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-staff-20180504-story.html
— As Boy Scouts drop ‘boys’ from name, Girl Scouts seek to capitalize on theirs – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-male crow about their successes. Those who are anti-male vote for Democrats.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-boy-scouts-name-change-20180502-story.html

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Attorney: disputed Republican State Central Committee race decided by party staffers with ‘personal and financial interests’ in the outcome – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511404951-attorney-disputed-republican-state-central-committee-race-decided-by-party-staffers-with-personal-and-financial-interests-in-the-outcome
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Boulton also refutes Fogarty’s contentions in his April 30 letter that the election procedure “has always been in place” and that this “procedure is fully authorized by both the Election Code and by IRP leadership.” Boulton writes that no such authorization exists in the Election Code, the IRP bylaws, the State Central Committee or the Executive Committee (IRP leadership). “The procedure may have well have been employed before, but it is not properly authorized and stands in contravention of the plain language of the Election Code,” Boulton wrote. “Repetition of an unlawful practice does not make it legal. If such were true bank robbery would be legal today.” The 18 Republican State Central Committeemen (17 if the race in the 15th remains undecided) meet in Springfield on May 19 to organize the party and elect a state chairman. The results in the 15th congressional district could determine the final outcome in that race. Republican sources say that Mark Shaw, chairman of the Lake County Republicans, is mounting a strong challenge to Schneider. In his April 30 letter to Boulton, Fogarty asked Boulton for details of any improper conduct or incorrect votes alleged by Winchester. “Evidence will have to wait for a proper forum,” Boulton wrote in his reply. Sources tell Prairie State Wire that the dispute will wind up in court if the State Board of Elections fails to step in and certify the results. For its part, a spokesman for the board said it has no authority to audit or investigate intra-party elections.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: OUTSTANDING: Cops & Crime: How Hanover Park woman got ‘Justice for Buddy’ – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who neglect their dogs, b) those who abuse their dogs, and c) those who use their dogs as weapons.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180504/cops-amp-crime-how-hanover-park-woman-got-justice-for-buddy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: By the time the loose dogs’ owner retrieved them, Buddy lay bloody and battered on the garage floor of the family home. He died later that day at an animal hospital. Over the next few days, Parry met with animal control officials and Hanover Park police. All offered their sympathy but told her there was nothing they could do to help. Parry wasn’t just devastated. She was determined. That paid off Wednesday, when the Illinois Senate unanimously passed the Justice for Buddy Act. ‘This is wrong’ The legislation, also expected to win House approval and Gov. Bruce Rauner’s signature, allows the designation of someone as a “reckless dog owner” if their dog is deemed dangerous for killing another dog and is found running at large twice within 12 months of being deemed dangerous. If that occurs, the owner would have to surrender their dogs to a licensed shelter, rescue or sanctuary, where efforts would be made to find them new homes if possible. A reckless dog owner also would be prohibited from owning dogs for up to three years. The work that led to the act’s creation began when Parry, unsatisfied with the response she was getting from local authorities, reached out to state Sen. Donna Murphy of Des Plaines and state Rep. Michelle Mussman of Schaumburg. Fighting for the legislation for the past year “hasn’t been easy,” she said. . .The dogs that killed Buddy still live in the neighborhood, and Parry admits it’s tough seeing them in their yard when Buddy is gone. However, she said, those dogs’ owners have been “very kind and remorseful” and have even offered support for the Justice for Buddy Act. “We don’t want dogs to be put to sleep, but we want to educate owners and train their dogs,” Parry said.)
— Why proposed Kane County health insurance switch could rile employees – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180502/why-proposed-kane-county-health-insurance-switch-could-rile-employees-

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Citizens United money-in-politics case an issue in 13th House race – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180502/schoenburg-citizens-united-money-in-politics-case-issue-in-13th-house-race

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Rep. Peter Roskam makes 6th Congressional District campaign stop in Marengo Incumbent defends Trump’s $1.5T tax cut plan; Casten attacks his standing with president – ED KOMENDA
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/05/03/rep-peter-roskam-makes-6th-congressional-district-campaign-stop-in-marengo/akfic7i/

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— LaHood hopes farmers don’t become collateral damage in brewing trade war – Matt Hopf (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion as weapons in their war against Republicans. Are/were you collateral damage? Federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran are collateral damage if they do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.whig.com/20180504/lahood-hopes-farmers-dont-become-collateral-damage-in-brewing-trade-war#//

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers use the “opioid crisis” to push pot.
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/illinois-senate-bill-would-make-medical-marijuana-an-alternative-to/article_6cf239e1-c4a5-5194-a34e-03d506379f55.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Gov. Rauner wants term limits put on ballot – SARAH HAYDEN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes want term limits. The longer that a person is in office, the harder that they work against that person, unless, of course, if they can/do manipulate/dominate that person.)
http://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gov-rauner-wants-term-limits-put-on-ballot/article_92835747-ca44-5ae0-be25-83d6ebed8968.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Congressman Darin LaHood agrees with Trump to set term limits (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes want term limits. The longer that a person is in office, the harder that they work against that person, unless, of course, if they can/do manipulate/dominate that person.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/congressman-darin-lahood-agrees-with-trumps-motion-to-set-term-limits

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— GOP Primaries Focus On Candidates’ Loyalty To President Trump – SUSAN DAVIS
http://nprillinois.org/post/gop-primaries-focus-candidates-loyalty-president-trump#stream/0

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Casten.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/05/04/casten-poll-claims-he-and-roskam-tied-non-illinois-governor-faces-impeachment-dems-hit-senger-rauner-over-duckworth-email-267985

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Students demand University action on black student experience, departmentalization, dining transition – Troy Closson, Rishika Dugyala, and Jonah Dylan (DIERSEN: While you attended college, were you a member of any group that made demands? While I attended UIC 1966-1968, 1971, and 1981-1983, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Roosevelt 1980-1981, and IIT 1992-1997, I was never a member of any group that made demands.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/05/04/lateststories/students-demand-university-action-on-black-student-experience-departmentalization-dining-transition/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Students released a list of 47 demands Thursday — the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover — urging the University to improve campus culture for black students, departmentalize the Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies programs, and provide a smooth transition for food service workers. The list, organized by Black Lives Matter NU, the Latinx Asian American Collective and Students Organizing for Labor Rights, said the students want administrators to “clearly and definitively” indicate within two weeks whether they will fulfill the requests. “We hereby condemn the University’s hypocritical co-optation of the Bursar Takeover Commemoration,” the list of demands stated. “We conclude these demands with the promise that failure to comply and take immediate action in enacting them will result in continuous confrontation and direct action.” University spokesman Al Cubbage told The Daily in a statement that administrators will continue to meet with students and alumni to further understand their points of view and work together. “We agree on the critical importance of these topics, and we also agree they merit further examination and additional solutions, wherever possible,” Cubbage said. “This discourse is fundamental to the dynamic nature of Northwestern.”)

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tax Bills in Mail Tomorrow, Curious Can Find Totals Now Online
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/03/tax-bills-mail-tomorrow-curious-can-find-totals-now/

 

BREITBART
— Illinois May Approve Law Forcing Public Schools to Teach LGBT History – WARNER TODD HUSTON (DIERSEN: To promote LGBTQ activity is to destroy the traditional family. Who takes the lead in promoting LGBTQ activity, that is, who takes the lead in destroying traditional families in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/03/illinois-approve-law-forcing-public-schools-teach-lgbt-history/

 

BLAZE
— Illegal border crossings are up, reportedly erasing the drop that occurred after Trump took office – Beck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/03/illegal-border-crossings-are-up-reportedly-erasing-the-drop-that-occurred-after-trump-took-office

 

NEWSMAX
— Data: Illegal Immigration Rose 233 Percent in April – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/illegals-border-security-daca-border-wall/2018/05/03/id/858229/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chuck Schumer’s view of transparency: For thee, but not for me – Bryan Berky
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/chuck-schumers-view-of-transparency-for-thee-but-not-for-me

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— NASA’s Aging Workforce – HALEY BYRD (DIERSEN: To achieve its Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, the federal government has an “up or out” policy for its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran. QUESTION: What frustrates that policy? ANSWER: Budget cuts that limit/stop hiring and/or promotions and lack of young qualified job applicants.)
https://www.weeklystandard.com/haley-byrd/nasas-aging-workforce
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During the early years of NASA’s existence, the majority of hires were individuals who were fresh out of college. People who were already in the workforce had higher-level jobs and were making good money at Boeing and other companies, Launius said, and many of them weren’t jumping out of their seats to become civil servants. So when it came to expanding NASA for the Apollo program, “they typically hired a bunch of new college graduates.” He added that it was not uncommon to see 30 to 35 year olds leading important branches of the agency during the 1960’s. “That same job today is usually filled by somebody who’s 50 years old, because they’ve been on the job a lot longer,” said Launius. “That’s just the nature of the aging of the workforce, I would contend, altogether.” And although there are plenty of people who go to work for NASA today, there aren’t as many opportunities for young professionals. “You’ve got people who are in the workforce already and NASA’s not expanding,” he explained. Young engineers and scientists see adventure in the innovative work being done by the private aerospace sector, and many of the people who would have gone to work for NASA during the Apollo era — “Going to the moon was a cool thing to do,” the historian reasoned — are today finding themselves at companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin. But he argued the trend isn’t necessarily bad news for NASA. “A wealth of experience is a good thing, and a person who’s got that is an asset,” he said. At the same time, however, someone could be stuck in their ways, trying to apply methods from 30 years ago to problems that may be more easily solved by recent technology. “It works both ways. It’s not a good thing or a bad thing altogether.”)

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s Lawyer Went to the Worst Law School in America Michael Cohen’s alma mater has long been a punchline in the legal world. – PHILIP SHENON (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my alma maters: NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT.)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/04/trump-michael-cohen-lawyer-cooley-law-school-218318

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— Democrats scrambling to derail fake news attacks in 2018 races – ALEX ROARTY (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news is fake except for the news that they put out or bless.)
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article208972209.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When J.B. Pritzker decided to run for Illinois governor, he and Campaign Manager Anne Caprara talked about a problem that had bedeviled Hillary Clinton and, they feared, might imperil his own candidacy. They were worried about deliberately misleading information spreading far and fast online. They were worried about fake news. So the Pritzker campaign hired the data science group Civis Analytics to conduct an in-depth online survey studying voters who had been exposed to fake news. What it found unsettled the campaign: Even attempts to correct the information didn’t fully undo the damage. Worse yet, the damage was even greater for female candidates.)

 

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Columbia looks forward to using pot to destroy the world. It you want to destroy people, organizations, companies, governments, and/or countries, you push pot on them.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-marijuana/colombia-sees-billion-dollar-bonanza-from-legacy-of-marijuana-trade-idUSKBN1I42M9

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Nike CEO Apologizes for Corporate Culture That Excluded Some Staff At rare all-staff meeting, Mark Parker apologizes to employees who felt excluded – Sara Germano (DIERSEN: What is/was the “culture” where you work/worked? While I worked for GAO in its Chicago Office 1980-1997, its culture was a) pro-Democrat, pro-minority, pro-female, pro-younger employee, and pro-veteran and b) anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older employee, and anti-non-veteran. Its “culture” was a) anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-German American, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nike-ceo-apologizes-for-corporate-culture-that-excluded-some-staff-1525399012?mod=djemwhatsnews

 

BLOOMBERG
— Banks Thought They Had a Win With Guns. Now They’ve Got a Big GOP Headache How Citigroup and Bank of America shot themselves in the foot with D.C. Republicans. – Robert Schmidt
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-04/citigroup-s-scolding-at-sec-exposes-gop-backlash-over-gun-policy

May 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Email about veterans’ home deaths sparks controversy in race for governor, comptroller – Craig Wall (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Duckworth’s gender, race, veteran status, combat injuries, U.S. Senate position, children, etc. to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/email-about-veterans-home-deaths-sparks-controversy-in-race-for-governor-comptroller/3425248/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— J.B. Pritzker, Susana Mendoza demand apology from Rauner (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Duckworth’s gender, race, veteran status, combat injuries, U.S. Senate position, children, etc. to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans.)
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/jb-pritzker-susana-mendoza-demand-apology-from-rauner

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker, Mendoza demand Rauner, Senger apologize to Duckworth for vets email – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Duckworth’s gender, race, veteran status, combat injuries, U.S. Senate position, children, etc. to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mendoza-pritzker-apology-rauner-senger-policy-chief-quincy-veterans-home-email/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— League of Women Voters partners with students, doubling primary election turnout in Naperville precincts – Suzanne Baker (DIERSEN: Observations on March 20, 2018 primary election results for Diersen’s DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton: Of the precinct’s:
– 504 registered voters, 207 (41%) are Republican, 137 (27%) are Democrat, and 160 (32%) are unaffiliated.
– 504 registered voters, 219 (43%) voted and 285 (57%) did not vote.
– 207 registered Republicans, 112 (54%) voted and 95 (46%) did not vote.
– 137 registered Democrats, 107 (78%) voted and 30 (22%) did not vote.
– 160 unaffiliated registered voters, 0 (0%) voted.
– 504 registered voters, 23 (5%) changed their affiliation from Republican to Democrat.
– 504 registered voters, 21 (4%) changed from unaffiliated to Democrat.
– 504 registered voters, 16 (3%) changed from unaffiliated to Republican.
– 504 registered voters, 2 (.04%) changed their affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
– 504 registered voters, at least 20 (4%) no longer live in the precinct.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-204-primary-turnout-doubles-st-0504-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: League of Women Voters targeted two adjacent precincts – 21 and 50 – from the March 2014 primary election where voter turnout was 7 percent. Since 2014, DuPage County increased the number of precincts in Naperville Township from 69 to 97 and those precincts were split in two. In order to make an accurate comparison, the students and league members canvassed precincts 21 and 85 (formerly precinct 21) and precincts 50 and 91 (formerly precinct 50). Kenny said door-to-door contact made a difference. Turnout was 15 percent in precinct 21 and 13 percent in precinct 85. That area — roughly bounded on the west by Route 59, north by Jefferson Avenue, and Ogden Avenue on the south and East — includes the Grand Reserve of Naperville subdivision. Just to the south of Ogden Avenue in precincts 50 and 91, 14 percent and 15 percent of registered voters went to the polls respectively.)
— FEBRUARY 15, 2018 FLASHBACK: Duckworth explains ‘Cadet Bone Spurs’ nickname for Trump (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Duckworth’s gender, race, veteran status, combat injuries, U.S. Senate position, children, etc. to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-donald-trump-tammy-duckworth-20180215-story.html
— Fallout from veterans’ home deaths reaches Illinois comptroller race – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Duckworth’s gender, race, veteran status, combat injuries, U.S. Senate position, children, etc. to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-quincy-rauner-lawmakers-20180503-story.html
— The blamers who run Illinois also flout its rules – David Greising (DIERSEN: Who blames you and for what? I should write a book about those who blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, for everyone’s problems, for Wheaton’s problems, for Milton Township’s problems, for DuPage County’s problems, for Illinois’ problems, for Milton Township Republican Central Committee’s problems, for DuPage County Republican Central Committee’s problems, for Illinois Republican Party’s problems, for TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois’ problems, for Wheaton Chamber of Commerce’s problems, for Illinois Center Right Coalition’s problems, for American Association of Political Consultants’ problems, for GAO’s problems, for IRS’ problems, for the Post Office’s problems, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-rauner-madigan-illinois-balanced-budget-0504-story.html
— Students learn grass-roots activism while campaigning to rename Douglas Park – William Lee (DIERSEN: In my defense, while my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, none of them owned slaves, and they always lived in northeast Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-douglas-park-renaming-campaign-20180420-story.html
— Who killed the Cinco de Mayo parade? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-cinco-de-mayo-chicago-parade-20180503-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump marks National Day of Prayer amid hush money scandal – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180503/news/305039925/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Home value still down? Join the (big) club – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180503/CRED0701/180509934/home-value-still-down-join-the-big-club

 

WLS AM
— State politics: Pritzker, comptroller Mendoza call for apology (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Duckworth’s gender, race, veteran status, combat injuries, U.S. Senate position, children, etc. to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/05/03/state-politics-pritzker-comptroller-mendoza-call-for-apology/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— ‘Brewskis with Bruce’ kicks off in Springfield – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180503/brewskis-with-bruce-kicks-off-in-springfield
— Bill preventing ‘offshoring’ of governor’s office salaries heads to Rauner’s desk – Brenden Moore (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors offshored me to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) in 1997 when I was 49 years old. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1,071,856.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180503/bill-preventing-offshoring-of-governors-office-salaries-heads-to-rauners-desk

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois needs term limits to protect the people of Illinois – BRUCE RAUNER (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want term limits. They are overjoyed about the following, if not take credit for the following: I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Post Office employee, etc. They stress how much better off the aforesaid organizations are without me.)
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article210364379.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Senate Clears Payroll Transparency Bill – JACLYN DRISCOLL (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, there should be a federal “Forced to Take Early Retirement Transparency” bill. My Democrat GAO superiors offshored me to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) in 1997 when I was 49 years old. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1,071,856.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-senate-clears-payroll-transparency-bill#stream/0

 

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY EAGLES
— Illinois House Schedules ERA Hearing for Monday, May 7
https://mailchi.mp/86f5689273a0/illinois-house-schedules-era-hearing-monday-may-7

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP County Chairman Diane Evertsen Comes Out Against Bill Allowing Voters to Abolish Townships
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/03/gop-county-chairman-diane-evertsen-comes-bill-allowing-voters-abolish-townships/
— Bob Anderson Rolls Out McHenry Township Salary Reductions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/03/bob-anderson-rolls-mchenry-township-salary-reductions/
— Franks Calls on Algonquin Township Board to Schedule Referendum on Fall Ballot to Put Road Commissioner Under Their Control
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/03/franks-calls-algonquin-township-board-schedule-referendum-fall-ballot-put-road-commissioner-control/
— Campaign: Cut 10; Reality: Plus 3.9%
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/03/116309/
— No Records of How Bob Miller Redeemed Hundreds of Thousands of American Express Reward Points
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/03/no-records-bob-miller-redeemed-hundreds-thousands-american-express-reward-points/
— US EPA Removes McHenry County from Ozone Nonattainment List
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/02/us-epa-removes-mchenry-county-ozone-nonattainment-list/
— Reick’s Efforts to Lessen Teacher Shortage
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/02/reicks-efforts-lessen-teacher-shortage/
— Althoff Co-Sponsoring Bill To Freeze Legislative Salaries
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/02/althoff-co-sponsoring-bill-freeze-legislative-salaries/
— McConchie Multi-Year Vehicle Registration Bill Passes without Dissent
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/01/mcconchie-multi-year-vehicle-registration-bill-passes-without-dissent/
— Reick on Inside of “Red Flag” Gun Control Legislation
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/05/01/reick-inside-gun-control-legislation/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— McCann goes off – Infers reporter is a Raunerite, calls him “yellow” and “a joke”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/03/mccann-goes-off-infers-reporter-is-a-raunerite-calls-him-yellow-and-a-joke/
— Dems attack Rauner, Senger (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Duckworth’s gender, race, veteran status, combat injuries, U.S. Senate position, children, etc. to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/03/dems-attack-rauner-senger/
— Mendoza “offshoring” bill clears Senate (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors offshored me to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) in 1997 when I was 49 years old. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1,071,856.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/05/03/mendoza-offshoring-bill-clears-senate/

 

BREITBART
— Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Will ‘Dial Up the Intensity’ of News ‘Suppression’ Leading Up to Midterm Elections – LUCAS NOLAN (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents a) side with Zuckerberg, b) want to suppress all news that they either do not put out or bless, c) want to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out, and d) want to stop everyone from reading those emails.)
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/05/02/facebook-will-dial-up-the-intensity-of-news-suppression-leading-up-to-midterm-elections/
— Jamie Glazov Suspended from Twitter for Quoting Islamic Religious Texts – LUCAS NOLAN
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/05/02/jamie-glazov-suspended-from-twitter-for-quoting-islamic-religious-texts/
— Ohio’s Christina Hagan: ‘Ludicrous’ to Send Mexico Foreign Aid While Cartels Traffic Heroin Into U.S. – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/02/ohios-christina-hagan-ludicrous-to-send-mexico-foreign-aid-while-cartels-traffic-heroin-into-u-s/

 

TOWNHALL
— GOP Midterm Slogan: ‘We Need Guest Workers To Do Your Jobs!’ – Ann Coulter (DIERSEN: RINOs want cheap labor. Who are the biggest RINOs in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? RINOs focus on destroying Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2018/05/02/gop-midterm-slogan-we-need-guest-workers-to-do-your-jobs-n2476928

 

DAILY CALLER
— Reporter Screams At Trump About Stormy Daniels At National Day Of Prayer Ceremony – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/03/reporter-screams-at-trump-national-day-of-prayer-video/
— Bill Clinton To DNC Chair: Keep Bernie Supporters Out Of Power – Amber Athey (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform make it clear that they want the 18 members of the IRP State Central Committee to banish from the IRP those who support the aforesaid planks.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/03/bill-clinton-to-dnc-chair-keep-bernie-supporters-out-of-power/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Dozens of conservatives sign statement calling out social media giants for bias
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/dozens-of-conservatives-sign-statement-calling-out-social-media-giants-for

 

GOPUSA
— Boulder approves ban on sale, possession of ‘assault weapons’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45107
— Facebook users angry over ‘hate speech’ button
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45084
— Bill would allow illegal aliens to serve on California boards (DIERSEN: Constructively, that bill is an act of war against America and against its citizens.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44962
— Nationwide, Democrats Attack ICE Instead of Crime (DIERSEN: Criminals vote for Democrats.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=45026

 

NBC NEWS
— Trump tweeted that he can fire anyone (including Robert Mueller). – Steve Vladeck
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-tweeted-he-can-fire-anyone-including-robert-mueller-here-ncna871166

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Illinois lawmakers send ‘off-shoring’ salary bar to Rauner (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors offshored me to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) in 1997 when I was 49 years old. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1,071,856.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/illinois-lawmakers-send-off-shoring-salary-bar-to-rauner/
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-lawmakers-send-off-shoring-salary-bar-to-rauner

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Ryan Reinstates House Chaplain After Priest Decided to Fight Dismissal – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Elizabeth Dias (DIERSEN: What if I had NOT succumbed to threats from my Democrat GAO superiors and taken their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/us/politics/house-chaplain-resignation.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “From the first day he entered the chamber, Father Conroy has done a superb job tending to his flock with wisdom and kindness,” said Representative Bill Pascrell Jr. in a quickly released statement after the chaplain’s letter came to light. “The feeble excuses offered by Speaker Ryan are merely a pretext to cover for the whims of extremists in his caucus. Father Conroy is standing tall and I stand with him.” Mr. Ryan moved quietly in April to remove the chaplain, who submitted his resignation when he was asked to, and said his last day would be May 24. The abrupt dismissal caused an immediate uproar in the House, as Catholic lawmakers of both parties demanded explanation from Mr. Ryan. In a closed-door meeting with Republicans, the speaker said he had received complaints about Father Conroy’s pastoral care, according to several lawmakers who attended.)

 

WASHINGTON POST
— House chaplain rescinds resignation after furor over Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s decision to force out the Catholic priest (DIERSEN: What if I had NOT succumbed to threats from my Democrat GAO superiors and taken their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/03/house-chaplain-rescinds-resignation-after-furor-over-speaker-paul-d-ryans-decision-to-force-out-the-catholic-priest/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a two-page letter, the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy informed Ryan that he gave in to pressure from the speaker’s staff when he agreed in mid-April to resign, believing that Ryan had the power to fire him, but the chaplain now believes he was pressured into the resignation for lack of cause. “I have never been disciplined, nor reprimanded, nor have I ever heard a complaint about my ministry during my time as House chaplain,” Conroy wrote. Ryan (R-Wis.) had told House Republicans at a closed-door meeting last week that he had received complaints about Conroy about his pastoral style and believed that replacing the Catholic priest was in the best interest of the institution. He said the dismissal was not motivated by Conroy’s political views or a prayer the Jesuit gave in November on the House floor when the chamber was debating a tax bill.)

 

FORBES
— An Answer To Demographic Pressure: Encourage More Americans To Work – Milton Ezrati (DIERSEN: Ezrati should write a book about how my Democrat superiors in the federal government a) wasted my career, b) forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, and c) assured that I would never get a job appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/miltonezrati/2018/05/03/an-answer-to-demographic-pressure-encourage-more-americans-to-work/#5b6fa3703b07
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since this country’s aging demographics will otherwise leave the existing workforce struggling to support and outsized population of dependent retirees, all potential remedies implicitly look for ways to increase the economy’s available productive talent. Immigration, as described in the last installment, is one obvious answer, though, as that discussion made clear, a complex one. A partial answer might come from lengthening the working lives of the existing population and in persuading a greater proportion of the nation’s women to seek gainful employment. Keeping older workers on the job longer would help in two ways: first by increasing the number of people at work and second by reducing the size of the dependent retired population. Considerable potential exists here. If the average American were to work until 70 instead of 65, the nation could by 2030 have four people at work for every dependent retiree instead of the much more constrained three presently expected by the Census Bureau.)

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, anti-Whites viciously demonize Whites, viciously denigrate Whites, and viciously condemn Whites.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/for-america-to-be-white-blacks-must-be-an-underclass.html

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Are you and your fellow feds red, blue or puce? – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: What percent of those in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois a) hate federal employees, and b) hate federal retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 20 years. )
https://federalnewsradio.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2018/05/are-you-and-your-fellow-feds-red-blue-or-puce/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Any way you slice it, the federal family of working civil servants, retirees, spouses, friends and family is huge. It is also very well-educated and spread throughout the country. Everybody’s old enough to vote, and with many good reasons to vote. Think about it: The president is more than POTUS; he is also feds’ CEO. And members of the House and Senate “represent” them but also act as their hard-line board of directors. And both Congress and the White House are seriously looking for ways to cut the payroll of both bodies and costs. They are looking at changes that would have a lifetime — and not good — impact on both current workers and current and future retirees. To some politicians you, wherever-you-are — and not just us here Inside the Beltway — also represent the swamp-that-must-be-drained. That is, unless maybe they know you are living, working, spending and voting in their back yard. Federal/postal workers are a major factor in California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Illinois, Washington state, Colorado, Pennsylvania, New York, North and South Carolina, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, etc. In many communities the local Veterans Affairs hospital, postal processing facility, federal prison, military installation or IRS center is the primary employer. Some places have all of them. They are true federal centers.)
— Federal workforce by the numbers: Who they are and where they work – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: According to this, there are 44,760 federal employees in Illinois.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/workforce/2018/05/who-they-are-and-where-they-work-the-federal-workforce-by-the-numbers/slide/1/

May 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aurora Election Commission could end by mid-May – Steve Lord
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-commission-st-0502-story.html
— Brewskis with Bruce – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-paul-vallas-chicago-mayor-announcement-20180503-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Rauner says he doesn’t rest or sleep much but likes to skate and ride his motorcycle with veterans and “union guys,” according to his re-election campaign’s latest social strategy, a series of videos called “Brewskis with Bruce.” Sitting with seven people over beers, one of them tells Rauner in the one-minute video: “Your presence at the motorcycle shows and at the different events they have throughout the local area here is awesome.” Rauner, who rode his Harley-Davidson in a kickoff video for his re-election campaign, responds by touting his motorcycle rides with “union guys” — despite his frequent clashes with organized labor. He also promotes how much he likes to ride with veterans, as his administration faces sharp criticism over its handling of continued Legionnaire’s disease outbreaks at the state-run veterans home in Downstate Quincy, where a 2015 outbreak killed 13 people. “I love riding with veterans. I love riding with police officers. I love riding for Toys for Tots to fundraise. I’ve been a motorcycle rider since I was 14. I got my first dirt bike. I saved up. I raked leaves and mowed grass and saved up. I saved up and bought a little dirt bike,” Rauner says in the video. “Since I became governor I’ve joined, um, I was invited to join and I was honored to do it, a group called the Canaryville Veterans Riders Association,” Rauner said. He had a dust-up with the group in 2015. “They’re based on the South Side of Chicago. It’s a lot of union guys. It’s police officers, firefighters, carpenters, electricians, plumbers and they support veterans. And I love to ride with veterans.”)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As campaign begins, Vallas pokes Rahm: People ‘don’t like you. You’re a bully’ – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/vallas-formally-declares-run-for-mayor-slams-pay-to-play-culture-at-city-hall/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to destroy veterans encourage them to drink booze, gamble, and smoke pot.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180503/proposal-would-give-veterans-groups-a-way-around-gambling-bans
— Library apologized for the wrong thing – Stan Zegel, Winfield
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180503/library-apologized-for-the-wrong-thing
— A stand against public-paid golden parachutes – Editorial (DIERSEN: Were you ever “sent packing.” My Democrat GAO superiors sent me packing in 1997 when I was 49 years old. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, “what led to the departure” a) was NOT my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) was NOT because I had complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and c) was NOT because my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger than me talked and acted like they would quit if GAO did not get rid of me. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, “what led to the departure” was me being AN EXTREMELY BAD EMPLOYEE. But wait, none of my performance appraisals indicated that. So far, my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in sending me packing has cost the Civil Service Retirement System $1,071,856 in today’s dollars.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180502/a-stand-against-public-paid-golden-parachutes
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: What happens when a top government administrator gets sent packing? Often, lawyers for the employer and employee negotiate, a severance package is worked out, all agree never to say a word about what led to the departure — and the taxpayers are kept in the dark with their wallets open, sometimes paying a six-figure bill for the administrator to go away. It happens all the time.)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: More and more and more people need/demand welfare. Soon, everyone in Illinois, in Cook County, and in Chicago will be either be a) handing out welfare or b) getting welfare.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180503/OPINION/180509978
— Home prices haven’t recovered in most area ZIP codes – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180503/CRED0701/180509934

 

ABC7
— US surgeon general talks about opioid epidemic in Kane County – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/health/us-surgeon-general-talks-about-opioid-epidemic-in-kane-county-/3420693/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Roskam makes 6th Congressional District campaign stop in Marengo Incumbent defends Trump’s $1.5T tax cut plan; Casten attacks his standing with president – ED KOMENDA (DIERSEN: Those who want Roskam to lose on November 6, 2018 want him to pander to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Those who want Roskam to lose on November 6, 2018 want Roskam to dump those who share my demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (I am 69), non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, ancestors have been in America for a long time, former union member, retiree, homeowner, married, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, etc. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want Roskam to lose on November 6, 2018. They focus on demonizing me, denigrating me, and condemning me. They blame me for their problems. They blame me for Roskam’s problems. They blame me for your problems. They blame me for my problems. They blame me for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/05/02/rep-peter-roskam-makes-6th-congressional-district-campaign-stop-in-marengo/a4bk47s/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Citizens United money-in-politics case an issue in 13th House race – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180502/schoenburg-citizens-united-money-in-politics-case-issue-in-13th-house-race
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-men and anti-boys claim progress.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180502/with-girls-joining-ranks-boy-scouts-plan-name-change

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Where’s The Budget? – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=264516#.WurXB1py-M8

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois debt rises, so does electioneering – Editorial
http://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-illinois-debt-rises-so-does-electioneering/article_44f16cfa-e66f-50b6-b181-0e6ea493a543.html

 

WBUR
— Debt Plagues Too Many College Graduates. Public Universities Should Be Free – Rich Barlow (DIERSEN: If you were graduating this year instead of the year that you did, would you be debt-free? I graduated debt-free from NIU 38 years ago and owing a 18-month-old Dodge Charger SE. Almost all the money for my college expenses came from my part-time job delivering mail for the Post Office. In today’s dollars, my pay increased from $15.85/hour in 1966 to $16.91/hour in 1969. Because my parents provided me with room and board while attended UIC 1966-1968, I could afford to a) pay all my tuition and book expenses, b) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, c) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and d) pay for my room and board at NIU 1969-1970.)
http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2018/05/03/the-case-for-free-college-rich-barlow
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Seventy percent of college students graduate owing significant student loans; the average exceeds $37,000, a burdensome headwind discouraging attendance. In particular, low-income students, plagued by poor K-through-12 schools and, well, low incomes, lag their wealthier peers in college enrollment.)

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— IL Senate Says ‘No More’ To Hefty Severance Payouts For Dismissed Public Employees – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: Should I sue those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am guilty of “misconduct” and that is why the federal government took adverse actions against me?)
http://nprillinois.org/post/il-senate-says-no-more-hefty-severance-payouts-dismissed-public-employees#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Illinois public officials are dismissed for misconduct, they are sometimes awarded large severance packages – which are paid for by taxpayers. A new proposal approved by the Senate would stop the practice. Under the plan, golden parachutes – as these payouts are called – would be eliminated in cases where someone is fired under circumstances of misconduct. These range from criminal assault, abuse or neglect in the workplace. When dismissal is not for misconduct, packages would be capped at 5 months. If the plan becomes law, any future public employee contract would follow this limit.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Public employee tally: Bottom 25 counties in Illinois (DIERSEN: The number of DuPage County employees per capita will increase significantly a) because Democrats and RINOs are bringing into the county more and more and more people who need massive government assistance and b) because the cost of living in the county is very high.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511369206-public-employee-tally-bottom-25-counties-in-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage is among the Illinois counties that employ the fewest government workers per capita, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports. State law requires local governments to self-report financial records each year, including the number of employees whose paychecks come from taxpayers. Employees per capita is calculated to compare staffs across cities and villages.)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— More Dumb Stuff From Springfield Swampsters – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/more-dumb-stuff-from-springfield-swampsters/

 

BREITBART
— More than 6-in-10 Hispanics Support Trump Plan to Cut Legal Immigration – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: All my ancestors were German-American. None of them have ever sided with Germany. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/02/more-than-6-in-10-hispanics-support-trump-plan-to-cut-legal-immigration/

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— The Wheaton Meeting, Political Dealmaking and the Crisis of Evangelicalism – Mark Labberton (DIERSEN: What do religious people think of you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and dupes have had tremendous success in turning religious people against me. They shout at religious people that I am not a member of any church, that I do not attend church services, and that I do not give money to a church. They have had great success in convincing religious people that because of the aforesaid, I am anti-religious and THAT I SHOULD BE SENT STRAIGHT TO HELL. They have had great success in convincing religious people that they should focus on destroying people like me who are not a member of any church, who do not attend church services, and who do not give money to a church.)
https://www.christianpost.com/voice/wheaton-meeting-political-dealmaking-crisis-evangelicalism-mark-labberton.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s How Gutless Bureaucrats Are HELPING Antifa Mobs Censor Speech With Threats Of Violence – Jeffrey S. Podoshen and Lindsay Shepherd
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/02/bureaucrats-help-antifa-censor-speech-with-threats-of-violence/

 

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Democrats are taking minorities for granted – Michael Barone (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Which politicians take those who share your demographics for granted? I should write a book about politicians who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who not only take their constituents who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican for granted, they throw the aforesaid under their bus, they flush the aforesaid down their toilet.)
http://www.aei.org/publication/democrats-are-taking-minorities-for-granted/

 

THE HILL
— Giuliani: Trump reimbursed Cohen for $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels – JACQUELINE THOMSEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385965-giuliani-trump-reimbursed-cohen-for-payment-to-stormy-daniels

 

CBS NEWS
— Jeff Sessions says DOJ will move more prosecutors, judges to border
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-sessions-makes-remarks-at-doj-live-updates/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some U.S. School Districts That They’re Recruiting Overseas – Dana Goldstein (DIERSEN: If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the minimum wage if you do not have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the Post Office for $15.85/hour if you have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for IRS as a Revenue Officer for $45,703/year if you have a job-related bachelor’s degree?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/us/arizona-teachers-philippines.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites want to destroy England.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/opinion/sajid-javid-home-office-hostile-environment.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans want America to give asylum to anyone who wants it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/opinion/trump-asylum-immigration-caravans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/us/what-it-takes-to-get-asylum-us.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New York Found a Fix for Some Hit by Tax Law. – Richard Rubin and Mike Vilensky (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-skeptical-of-new-yorks-creative-workaround-for-tax-deduction-caps-1525253401?mod=djemwhatsnews
— U.S. Government Struggles to Track Some of Its Own Social Media Accounts National registry of official accounts in some cases lists handles snapped up by others, with little indication of the change – Samarth Bansal and Rob Barry
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-government-struggles-to-track-some-of-its-own-social-media-accounts-1525339800
— ‘Hi, It’s Amazon Calling. Here’s What We Don’t Like in Your City.’ After the retail giant told cities why they didn’t become finalists for its second headquarters, some started making changes – Shayndi Raice and Laura Stevens (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps do not like cities that have residents, organizations, or companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hi-its-amazon-calling-heres-what-we-dont-like-in-your-city-1525253400
— The Problem With a Federal Jobs Guarantee (Hint: It’s Not the Price Tag) Proposed legislation guaranteeing a job to anyone who wants one, at $15 an hour plus benefits, aims to eradicate underemployment – Greg Ip (DIERSEN: If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the minimum wage if you do not have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for the Post Office for $15.85/hour if you have a high school diploma? If you were unemployed and needed money, would you work for IRS as a Revenue Officer for $45,703/year if you have a job-related bachelor’s degree?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-problem-with-a-federal-jobs-guarantee-hint-its-not-the-price-tag-1525267192

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE AND GRAPHIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot big time. If you push pot, you push destruction.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/27/medical-marijuana-used-pots-emotional-connection-spread-nationally/520864002/

 

TIMES ONLINE
— Please don’t confuse White House correspondents with real journalists – JD Mullane
http://www.timesonline.com/news/20180501/mullane-please-dont-confuse-white-house-correspondents-with-real-journalists